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Jump Building idea - sandbags
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I was just thinking about building jumps, and instead of pre-building with dirt or wood, I could use sandbags covered in snow, then move them if I didnt like the jump. Think it would work? and how much do bags cost, I can fill them with dirt/sand
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or u could just build it out of snow?
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can be a pain in the ass when building big jumps
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Hay bales would work good, and they are only 2-4 dollars each.
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yea like the Schrab (sp?) brothers in Warren Miller's Ride
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not any more, hey prices are going up. know why, well let me tell you, its all because of our dependence on oil. To reduce our dependence on oil more and more ethanol is being produced which uses corn driving corn prices up, the higher price of corn raises the price or milk, because corn is feed to the cows the make milk, and higher hay prices, because many fields that used be used to grow hay are now planted with corn. The latest development is the plowing under of many blue aguave, (no idea how to spell) which are used to make tequila to plant more corn in mexico. Tequila prices will rise.
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damn oil companies trying to control the tequila markets!
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hay bales would probably work just as well, the point Im trying to get across is that they can be moved and "reset" fairly easily. and how much are bay bales going up by exactly?
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So instead of just grabbing your snow saw and cutting out some nice blocks of ice/snow you would rather lug multiple sandbags to your jump spot? Sounds brilliant... I'm sure it would work, just seems kinda inefficient.
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bahahha. that's very humbling.
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i thought it was 50 or did they do it in both?
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Bags are like $0.45 but you would need a whole bunch.
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and a whole bunch of sand = heavy!
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You don't actually put sand in them. You go up in the summer to the spot where you want to have your jump. And you dig somewhere else for dirt and fill the bags up and then put them in place.
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bahahaha, i watched that last night. so funny
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You can use anything stable to cut down on the snow you need. It really helps to be able to build something without needing the 2 feet of snow we dont get here in MN. Sand bags might be a bit heavy but anything you can stack will work. Problem with dirt is once the ground freezes you're stuck with what you have.
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yeah I was thinking about wood chips out at my cousins place, would it crumble and spread out when theres pressure on it?
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hay bails rot don't they?
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i dont remember hay bails ever being that cheap...
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well its only grass isnt it?
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