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crooks
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Ok so I am planning on building a rail from three PVC pipes with a 2" diameter and have it be 10 feet long.... BUT, I have heard alot of people saying that PVC cracks and it's not good, and I know its really cheap, but I dont want to have to rebuild it again....

so PVC pipe yes or no?
Dec 3 2005 7:28PM
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wolvenfire
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you can always replace the pvc pipe if it cracks and its cheap too
Dec 3 2005 7:29PM
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TheProfitSkier
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PVC is the way to go
Dec 3 2005 7:30PM
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Antoine.
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dude check out ours
Dec 3 2005 7:51PM
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eheath
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i would go with metal...
Dec 3 2005 7:52PM
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$tezzyStu
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if you've already got the pcv build the bitch
Dec 3 2005 8:04PM
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Lukey1080
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i wouldnt, i have a rail in the works right now, its about 8.5 feet long and crotch worty without snow, I bought two steel rails to make a double barrel and its not expenisve at all. Its gonna be sooo sick ill post some pics when its done.

but yea i wouldnt use pvc if u plan to use it for years. I dont like pvc either cause it slides to unrealy fast and your edges shave it and sometimes catch
Dec 3 2005 8:44PM
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TheProfitSkier
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haha
Dec 3 2005 9:31PM
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Moses
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go pvc


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Dec 3 2005 10:06PM
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eLevate
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^how did you attach the pipes? did you drill through the top and screw in on the bottom, or countersink and have the screw through both...?
Dec 3 2005 10:32PM
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s.jeff
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maybe he used those things that are plastic and kinda curve if you dont know what im talkin bout go look under your sink there will prob be 1 or 2 there
Dec 3 2005 10:51PM
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Moses
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i believe my brother used a heat gun to melt and then bend the pipes. Then screwed small holes into the bottom of the PVC, put lag bolts into the wood, and then hammered the pvc into place
Dec 4 2005 10:43AM
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snoopy
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pvc is fine, as long as
1) you dont have sharp edges
2) Its not like -30 all the time
3) your not doing disasters onto it

If your going to make one, make it goood.
Dec 4 2005 11:19AM
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Grimace.
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i do disatsters onto mine it it hasent broken yet
Dec 23 2005 11:57AM
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ISkiSwitch
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Yea PVC is sweet. The only problem is its really slippery, so u slide off easy, and it slides fast.
Dec 23 2005 12:09PM
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BillyGoteMan
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freeskier235 that was quite a bump this thread is about 21 days old
Dec 23 2005 12:10PM
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Grimace.
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why thank you
i have nothing to do till 2 so i'm on ns
Dec 23 2005 12:13PM
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Jwenz
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dont use 2 inch pipe use liek 4 half inches or 2 inche oipes
Dec 23 2005 12:27PM
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Grimace.
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doesnt really matter
Dec 23 2005 12:27PM
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President
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fill your pvc with snow or ice, it won't crack
Dec 23 2005 12:28PM
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Grimace.
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thats a great idea
untill the snow freezes
then expands
then u hit it once and it cracks
Dec 23 2005 12:34PM
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ihatemyscratches
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get 3" diameter and rip some 2x4s to support it. then you can interchange the pipes on different setups using countersunk bolts. its the easiest way to go but isnt as easy as two 2" pipes next to eachother
Dec 23 2005 12:37PM
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President
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that's what i did, and it never cracked
Dec 23 2005 1:06PM
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Itsbackfliptime
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just scew in from the bottom. It's super easy. I've only had the end of my rail crack and you can just jump over that part.
Dec 23 2005 1:09PM
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TheProfitSkier
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you will regret a 10 foot rail... you will grease it easily then get really bored
Dec 23 2005 1:36PM
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SBP
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pvc is the shit. and IF the pipes crack you buy new ones for 10$ and put them on... if i were you id go longer then 10 feet.
Dec 23 2005 2:50PM
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Jwenz
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yeah 10feet is boring go with like 20 specially for a back yards its way more fun
For example I am making a 20 foot fdf out of pvc and that will last a while
Dec 23 2005 2:52PM
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LostCarKeys
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Longer then 10 ft, pvc is good, and forgiving on a fall, it won't break for awhile unless you do some SERIOUS jibbing...
Dec 23 2005 2:53PM
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Desjardins
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thats a pretty rail, are you gonna bury it?
Dec 23 2005 4:13PM
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Moses
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^
it already is burried
Sep 26 2006 6:00PM
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