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stizz
Posts: 102 - Karma: 10
anyone built thier own rails,, and anyone have any advise,,

i've been looking at sign posts and thinkin those might work,, and they're sorta free if you steal them
anyway just looking for ideas
Sep 16 2003 10:13PM
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*cowboy*
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yeah.... unless you have the ability to weld metal and stuff (or the equipment i should say) i would use PVC piping as the top of your rail.. slides VERY nicely.


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Sep 16 2003 10:15PM
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stizz
Posts: 102 - Karma: 10
pvc is a good idea,,

i actually do have access to welding equipment
Sep 16 2003 10:16PM
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sidekick_rep
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yea, word to the pvc, attaching metal pipes to 2x4's works good too



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Sep 16 2003 10:57PM
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Ryno
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i used PVC last winter, slides nice but makes a bunch of little shavins from the plastic. also shatters if it gets real cold out
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Sep 16 2003 11:44PM
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Romo86
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i just made one outta metal with my friends welder its sick
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Sep 16 2003 11:57PM
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Romo86
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here it is

All it needs is to get the rust grinded off and thats about it........
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Sep 17 2003 12:14AM
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D-40
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pvc is really cheap i think. its wayyy worth it and doesnt do the damage that metal can do on your skis
Sep 17 2003 1:25AM
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fuck elvis
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i ripped my tampoline and as i was taking it down i realize i could make a sorts of rails out of it so when the snow falls im gunna set it up
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Sep 17 2003 1:49AM
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P-JO
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If you have access to welding then I would say just spend $20 on some nice steel rails and weld a flat to kink or a c rail. Somethin along those lines. Make sure its longer than 10 feet.





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Sep 17 2003 3:07AM
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switchskier88
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pvc blows but its mad easy to make rails , if u cant weld drilling metal to 2x4's works fine i have a sweet 12 footer made that way
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Sep 17 2003 3:28AM
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fuck elvis
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p-jo nice metal isnt 20$ its way more expensive
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Sep 17 2003 5:22AM
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HandiBoard
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ya metal piping is wicked expensive WAY more than 20$ (and that's why you steal it)
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Sep 17 2003 4:55PM
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vtrider
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^ no its not, we got 3 8 foot sections of steel 2.5 inch pipeing for 12 bucks at my local steel yard. cant beat that.
Sep 17 2003 5:00PM
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stizz
Posts: 102 - Karma: 10
still thinking of stealing some square stop sign posts

they are 1 inch thick and you could attach two side by side for a 2 inch flat rail,,

oh and thanks for all the ideas
Sep 17 2003 7:58PM
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vtrider
Posts: 1988 - Karma: 41
dont steal stop signs, steal some other sign, cause if your caught you could get charged with attmped manslaughter, no joke. they assume that you were taking it down so that someone would fly through the intersection and cause a crash, i know a kid that was stealin signs and the only one he got in truly deap shit for was the 1 stop sign he had, all the others he just had to return.
Sep 17 2003 10:50PM
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Romo86
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your fucking dumb, the steel in my pick the is over 300$ worth of materials idiot, the top rail is galvanized steel which is really expensive because it doesnt rust unless u grind and of the top off............you did not pay 20$ for any rail ever
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Sep 17 2003 11:31PM
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vtrider
Posts: 1988 - Karma: 41
bet you i did. never said it was galvinized, go to a steel yard and ask for straght gauge steel, 8 foot lengths cost no more then 10 bucks, trust me i would not spend any more on a rail. just sounds like you got ripped off.
Sep 18 2003 12:30AM
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jibhouse
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the dudes name who started this is 'stizz' what the FUCK is stizz?
maybe your looking for 'steeze'?

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Sep 18 2003 4:17AM
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P-JO
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Yeah maybe if any of you know what they were talking about and not talking out of there asses I would understand except vtrider. But I got 20 foot steel rails for $10 each from menards. They were made to be fences but are sturdy and I couldn't get anything better. They fit really good on my rainbow with lip off box. Overall materials cost like $150. But romeo your a fuckin deusche and got deusched into buying the wrong shit for your rail man.





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Sep 18 2003 4:22AM
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vtrider
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yea, shutup nOOb
Sep 18 2003 4:02PM
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Romo86
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r u fucking kidding me, i got the steel for free from my friends dad who owns a construction company that makes precast molds so actually no i didnt get deusched and it was free but still 300$ of steel, ur the one who doesnt kno wtf ur talking about
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Sep 19 2003 2:20AM
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vtrider
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no one uses solid metel for rails like your axe pic dumbass
Sep 19 2003 3:39AM
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SiverCartel
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There's a nice article on building rails on here somewhere.


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Sep 19 2003 3:46AM
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Romo86
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First off the bottom supports go in the snow second thing.....the rail slides sweet so i really dont care and yea there are solid rails
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Sep 19 2003 3:47AM
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stizz
Posts: 102 - Karma: 10
who is stizz,, ?? who the fuck you think your talking to,,

sorry kidding its part of my last name,,

and i've been around longer than steeze


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