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Real quick. around how much does a summer set up cost to build?

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chr1sl33
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i needa know so i can budget this out. thanks bre
Aug 8 2008 8:22PM
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Alex_G
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Check out what kind of place you are building in aka if you have a hill (no drop in needed) or not (drop in necessary). The rail itself doesn't cost to make much, it's more the drop in that is a lot of $$ at least in my experience.
Aug 8 2008 8:29PM
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funk.
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Couple guys and I costed out a DFD box plus our drop in and it was about 2 grand.
Aug 8 2008 8:30PM
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funk.
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you could probably build a decent one for a couple hundo though.. get scroungin.
Aug 8 2008 8:30PM
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oiECSoi
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that is rediculous. why would you ever pay 2 grand for a dfd box and a drop ramp. My friend and i made both of those for our backyard setup for practically free. Go to a contruction site and go dumpster divin or find some wood lying around your house. Both are legit and are not ghetto at all. you sir wasted alot of money.
Aug 8 2008 8:38PM
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invader7
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word our droppin and 20 footer ended up being free all except the turf

Aug 8 2008 8:46PM
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_steezefiend8
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mine is ending up to be about 400. but i built and designed it like a beast.
Aug 8 2008 8:58PM
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comeatmebro
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free. stole about 80 ft. of railing from an old school, then my dads friend welded it. then my dad got me wood from his work and pvc from his work. worddddddddd
Aug 8 2008 9:36PM
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ATLskier
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$20 astroturf
$20-30 for a rail

at the cheapest, unless you steal shit.
Aug 8 2008 10:45PM
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chr1sl33
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thanks guys. i think ima have to build a drop in ramp. i'll prbly find some wood around the area to jack or sumthing.
Aug 8 2008 10:48PM
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GreenStezz
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about 200 bones for this one, but dont forget the three days.......

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Aug 8 2008 10:50PM
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GreenStezz
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hahahaha what?
Aug 8 2008 10:51PM
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Karcher
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mine was 50 for everything. not that hard to get it cheap
Aug 9 2008 2:01AM
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Drew.C
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i paid 300 but mine is big, u can get free wood in dumpsters at construction sites tho
Aug 9 2008 2:09AM
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cottonwoodarmada1651
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Wow...I hope that's in pesos.




Aug 9 2008 2:09AM
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skihood
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Find a local construction site, they usually give out extra lumber.

That's how i built mine.
Aug 9 2008 2:34AM
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MadSteezin
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That's ridiculous. You obviously don't know how to build shit. Thats probably 1/4 the cost of the wood for my deck that my dad built. And that shit has a fuck load of wood...
Aug 9 2008 2:45AM
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MadSteezin
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What the hell is that outragous drop off for? And you have no tranny which probably kills your speed like mad...
Aug 9 2008 2:49AM
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.jr
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mine was $50 but I bought the wood and pvc for the rail, and took some 2 x 4s from construction sites, dumpster diving also worked.
Aug 9 2008 3:03AM
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GreenStezz
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yeah speed kinda sucks, still working that out.  but the drop is kinda fun just a little speed boost.
Aug 9 2008 9:29AM
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slashquatch
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you can do it easily for like 250 300 if you try to use a design that doest use a ton of material. its really easy to overdo a summer set up just plan it out before and think about how much it will cost and how you can cut it down
Aug 9 2008 12:17PM
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3ski6guy0
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well you can build a 10' long PVC rail which works perfectly fine for 20-30 bucks. i built a drop in for about 60 but when i make another im gonna use a lot less wood to make it lighter and collapsable .mine was so heavy.
Aug 9 2008 12:48PM
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chr1sl33
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collapsable sounds sick. how do u make that?
Aug 9 2008 2:01PM
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icon1234
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coasted us about 45 bucks for a really legit rail, and another 30 bucks for astro turf. If you want a drop in, maybe another 50 max? We just spilt the price between 4 friends, so it costed us like 15 dollars each for a sick setup.
Aug 9 2008 2:08PM
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Barmski
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dumpster dive and it cost u nothing but your time

Aug 9 2008 2:09PM
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tombudinger
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I'd like to see a drawing of these plans!
Aug 9 2008 4:29PM
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cottonwoodarmada1651
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I think the rail was made of solid gold.



Aug 9 2008 5:50PM
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ginty
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you could pull off a pretty decent one for $100 bucks esp if you've got some supplies laying around
Aug 9 2008 6:49PM
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