Muel Posted December 12, 2006 Report Share Posted December 12, 2006 My Mum and Dad have granted me permission to build a trials area on this piece of land behind my house. So i have already got a large reel, about 4 foot diameter amd 2 foot deep.I was just wondering if anyone else has ever done anything like this, and if you have any advice, especially on things like how to stop it rotting away...I will be getting as many pallets as I want soon as well so I was wondering whether having them in stacks or on slants to try, any ideas helpful.Cheers! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liam_thornton Posted December 12, 2006 Report Share Posted December 12, 2006 If u got the money to u can put waterproof stuff over it (forgot what it called)But you are well lucky i wish i could do that but i havent got any where to do it, and i got a load of aother biker pricks who do dirtjumping and other stuff who wreck it if we try Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muel Posted December 12, 2006 Author Report Share Posted December 12, 2006 Yeh, I used to build jumps before getting into trials, and it wasn't like poeple were just riding over it and knocking them down that way, this gang of chavs were walking down every day and pick axeing them. Mind you we all waited for them one day, it was these two dicks in the year below us. So we hid in the bushes until they came and then we chased them off! They didn't come back but then I worked out that trying to ride trials on a scott yz0 doesn't work, havn't been back there yet! Was it creosote that you were thinking of? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liam_thornton Posted December 12, 2006 Report Share Posted December 12, 2006 Was it creosote that you were thinking of? i cant remember ................not sure Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muel Posted December 13, 2006 Author Report Share Posted December 13, 2006 Any Other Ideas?Pics would be useful or links to stuff to give me some ideas.EDIT: Just thought, what about pics from shows? (or links), then I could try and copy some of their lines, only smaller... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dano Posted December 13, 2006 Report Share Posted December 13, 2006 Any Other Ideas?Pics would be useful or links to stuff to give me some ideas.EDIT: Just thought, what about pics from shows? (or links), then I could try and copy some of their lines, only smaller...PALETS WILL ALWAYS GET WET I THINK WOTEVA YOU DO JST GET A BIG SHHET TO COVER THEM OVA OR NAIL DOWN SUM ROOFING FELT ON THE EDGES SO THEYRE NOT SO SLIPPY THATS WHAT THE SOUTH WEST MOTOR CLUB DID AT THEIR LAST TRIAL IT AND WORKD QUITE WELL! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Lowe Posted December 13, 2006 Report Share Posted December 13, 2006 Sorry i don't have any pictures but what i use to do was buy a load of wood (ply sheets, 4"x2" lengths of of soft wood, scalfold planks) and a big box of screws then set about making odd shaped things, boxes balance rails etc, its endless. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sno_man517 Posted December 13, 2006 Report Share Posted December 13, 2006 (edited) i have a north shore trail and i found that using anti slip paint is good if you want to use stuff during or after bad weather. protecta-kote make some, but i think you can get the same effect by using outdoor paint mixed with sand. hope you find that useful (but you might not). also, north shore style trials obstacle are cool if you have the time Edited December 13, 2006 by sno_man517 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muel Posted December 14, 2006 Author Report Share Posted December 14, 2006 I think what we are going to go for, is to build some stacks of pallets, so that with the reels i have, we can move them around as our riding progresses. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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