March 23, 200521 yr I have a small sideyard (10'wide X 40' long) that I want to set up as a practice area. Its small but I dont have to drive. What is a easy to build obstacle to practice on for a total beginner? Wire reels, pallets, picnic table, what?
March 23, 200521 yr I have a similar area for practicing and it was really easy to set up. Pallets are good but they aften fall apart, you can set them up at different angles to make them easy or impossible(diferent types of palettes are different to ride, big gaps between planks=more grip), stones or wide rocks would be good to support those. If you can get some a couple of old oil drums are allways good, they get slippy and if you can dig a hole for them or jam it between two things then it should be good. The other thing which we have are three big railway sleepers which are useful for making ramps and small steps. Hope this helps! Bob
March 23, 200521 yr So, if you can dig a hole for an old oil drum it will generally stay in place? Hopefully some one can post some pictures of these sections, i would love some insperation
March 23, 200521 yr We actualy welded a couple of legs to each end of a 45 gallon drum and it works quite well.
March 23, 200521 yr This is a section we had set up this morning for practicing on push bikes. It's really simple but really good fun as you can make gaps wider as you improve and put things in at awkward angles. Edited March 23, 200521 yr by bob
March 23, 200521 yr We fill the oil drums with concrete..they dont move much then..and we use big old truck tyres..and yep..railway sleepers are great..so are huge rocks..but both of those are probably gonna be pricey. Good luck..wish I had a bit of land at the back of my house
March 23, 200521 yr Ishy and Wayne Thais have some ideas but I suspect they may be a little large for your backyard.
March 23, 200521 yr wish I had a bit of land at the back of my house I do!!! Theres a big tree stump in it which my mum tells me im not aloud to ride on it because i mash up all the grass
March 24, 200521 yr I have a couple friends who are tree climbers. They dropped off some log chunks that we have in about 15x25 ft area, 5 logs, each about 5 ft long, long enough for safety. One has part of a fork, it doesn't roll around and it gives a couple more angles to attack. Call some tree services, they have to pay dearly to get rid of logs too big for the chipper (i.e. just what trials folk want, maybe 18-36 inches diameter). They may not want to mess with only a couple pieces, but if you can take a small dump truck load, they like to dump them for free instaed of paying to dump. k
March 24, 200521 yr Yeah thanks Ishy. Anybody can put together 3 acres of landscaped garden with a pi**y little river in it, but we're talking proper sections 'ere - oil drums and stuff. I'm going to work feeling poor again now
March 24, 200521 yr Hey ishy, how good is that little lot of handy work. If you want to come on down under for a nice long holiday Ive got a few acres you can have to put your landscaping talents to work
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