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Terrain Park in my woods...

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TylerS
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    Alright, so by my house there is a very small nature preserve that is pretty dumb followed by a bunch of private land and a little bit of public land. I have been looking back there for awhile in hope to find a perfect spot to build my own terrain park. Speed is not  a problem at all because there are a bunch of hills. This summer i plan on building some rails and jumps to make it sick for next year.
   The area i have been looking at is very secluded and hard to see from the main trail which is perfect. I "plan," on having a 2 jump line on the right and a bunch of boxes, rails, and jibs on the right followed by a wallride at the bottom. This is probably going to end up changing well over 10 times from now until summer but oh well
    Heres my question. After skiing at Maple Ski Ridge and Okemo the past few days i have really liked the handle tows just for the park. I know this sounds crazy and probably impossible but i want to put a rope tow in. Not like a rope tow at the mountains but maybe ike a "ghettoer version." Again i know i doubt it will happen and im fine with hiking it but if i can get a rope tow in that would perfect this.
     
So NS, give me some ideas, feedback (good and bad) so i can make this park sick.

Thanks
Jan 13 2008 10:29PM
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KravtZ
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i no theres a way to make a rope tow idk were i read it but if u take like a lawnmower engine or smoething and put some pullys and a rope on it im not realy surea t all search online i no tehres something like this...it was in powder mag i think a couple issues ago some guy made a hill with his own ropetow in vt i forget were
Jan 13 2008 10:33PM
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TylerS
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yea my friend who knows a lot about motors suggested that. take a vertical drive shaft and make a rope, pulley kind of system.
Jan 13 2008 10:36PM
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eastcoastsoloMAN
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mygrandfather is a fucking mechanical jenius, he made my mother and her sisters a ropetow and it worked for like 20 year, i think he used a tractor engine and a lot of cables. It was all in their backyard.
Jan 13 2008 10:39PM
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comeatmebro
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i think there was an article in skiing, ski, or freeskier magazine that i read. ill have to try and find it tomorrow for you.
Jan 13 2008 10:45PM
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davyjones
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find a 4x4 truck drive it there. park it. lift the ass end. take the wheels off then put just a rim on and then put a rope on it...might work
Jan 13 2008 10:57PM
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ILoveOhio
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Check this forum out.

http://snowguns.com/eve/forums/a/frm/f/2646033735
Jan 13 2008 11:09PM
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InfernoHits
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make a simple pully system. Where like just a long loop of a rope around two trees so if you pull on one end the other end goes up. This means you'll have to attach youself to the up part and pull yourself up from the other side?
Jan 13 2008 11:13PM
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Roy
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I like the vehicle idea. Maybe find something old, carburated and automatic (no fuel injection). Then set it up where you want and put the drive end up on blocks. Use the tire (maybe get a grove cut into it) to put the rope around, hang another one through an axel of somekind off a tree where you want it to end. As for the carburated part, I think there is a screw on it to adjust the engine idle speed, the higher you set it the more power and speed your rope to will have. Set it to a speed where you like it but you wont burn through a fuck load of gas. As for the automatic part, that just makes sure the wheels are always spinning, think about how an automatic drives forward on its own when your take your foot of the brake but don't step on the gas.

Hope that helps, I think it'll work!
Jan 14 2008 1:25AM
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Alex_G
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Where are you gonna find power to run this rope-towing contraption?
Jan 14 2008 1:30AM
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treesmann
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i would also be worried about gettin kicked out- u said its all nature preserve and private land. dont get caught
Jan 14 2008 2:09AM
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jeremy.g
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there is a video on the freeskier podcast like one of the first ones and it shows u how to make one
Jan 14 2008 8:59AM
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Shorton
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pitty sure you could get hold of one of those row tows they put on the front of 4x4 cars and stuff, i reckon they probably run of the car battery which you could easily buy, and they're pitty strong too, definatly be able to pull you up a hill, look into it.
Jan 14 2008 9:48AM
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dgcarbs
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you would be fine with a stick shift too, all you have to do is get it into gear, and then let it idle and your fine
Jan 14 2008 10:42AM
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t_rob
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last tuesday my friend chip and I made a bonk.



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Jan 14 2008 1:42PM
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t_rob
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i'm an uber noob at that but i hit up bishops tutorial and now i'm all set. hopefully.
Jan 14 2008 1:45PM
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TheButterHashira
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I heard you can take an old push lawn mower and use it as a rope tow.
Jan 14 2008 3:22PM
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396222687862
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dude, theres no way.... haha, lets just hike
Jan 14 2008 4:04PM
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TylerS
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I like infernohits idea of a pulley system, because if i used a motor it would be too loud and i might get in a heap of trouble. any more ideas or experiences of a pulley system?
Jan 14 2008 4:47PM
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TylerS
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to the top
Jan 14 2008 7:33PM
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wintersway
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i dunno if this has been said or not but im  pretty sure freeskier had a podcast of a how to make one, it was two old guys that seemed to be joking around and it actually worked... looked like an old video too
Jan 14 2008 9:29PM
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