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HOW tall is your drop in?

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Moosen
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How tall and wide is your drop in. i have built just the platfrom not the actual ramp yeat and it's 6 feet tal and 2 ft wide and long. it's a freakin tower and it seems a little tall to me. would a 4 ft tall ramp thats 4 ft wide work good? or like 5 ft tall and 4 ft wide?
Mar 30 2009 11:49PM
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Jwenz
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i mean it really depends on your setup. 6 feet is typically pretty good but it depends on how much speed you need and your overall setup. We need some more information
Mar 31 2009 9:26AM
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Moosen
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well i am going to have a 12ft long pvc rail. and hopefully a big enough jump to do 360's and spins off of it.
Mar 31 2009 11:01AM
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Jwenz
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Okay so you are using this in the winter only id assume. Based on the fact that you want a jump you are probably good with 6 feet. Now if you just want the rail and having it no taller than 18 inches off the ground you could probably go down to 5 feet or so. you will want more speed than less. Hope that helps
Mar 31 2009 12:14PM
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Moosen
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No this is going to be a summer set-up. maybe ill just go down to 5 ft and try to make the drop in like 3 1/2 feet or 4 feet wide.
Mar 31 2009 10:49PM
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skinakedfast
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That should work really well^

Mine is about 5 1/2 feet and about 3 foot wide drop in really comfortable feeling cheak out my pics if that helps

Apr 5 2009 4:42PM
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moonofendor
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just finished building mine on sunday. it's 8ft tall and 3feet wide. things a monster.
also with your drop in it matters how long the ramp is cuz if it isn't steep enough you won't have enough speed.
Apr 6 2009 11:26AM
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MattWeiss
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Mine is 6 feet tall, 4 feet wide and long, and has a 12 foot ramp, its pretty big and gives plenty of speed, just built it yesterday.  I also have a hill in my yard so that helps out with speed too
Apr 6 2009 3:39PM
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blackoutbill
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Mine is 4 feet tall and way to short. I'm going to try and heighten it
Apr 7 2009 7:19PM
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.SteezusChrist.
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8 feet tall, 16 foot inrun
Apr 8 2009 3:08PM
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16candles
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im building one thats 7ft high and 5 ft wide

It has a 12 foot long in run

Apr 12 2009 4:38PM
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ellshuster
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yeah it all depends on your speed issues for your boxes,rails,ect 
Apr 12 2009 9:15PM
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Yung_Gnarley
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haha dude you live in the middle of friggin nowhere. That must be why you're buildin a backyard setup haha (jokes)

My drop-in is 6 feet tall, 3 feet wide, 3 feet deep, with a 10 foot long, 2 foot wide ramp.
Apr 16 2009 6:54PM
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C.Wood
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i have a hill at the side of my house but im thinking of using scaffolding for summer which is about 5 feet tall
Apr 17 2009 7:28PM
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LIL_WAT
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mine is 2040mm tall(6ft 9 inches) , about 2ft wide and quite steep.
May 6 2009 2:09AM
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cool.
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mine will be 14 feet from the top to the transition and 4 feet wide i think. i cant measure vertically though because its down a rock wall, but probably 10 ft or so
May 6 2009 7:21AM
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J-Neal
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6 feet tall, 3 feet wide

works well

May 9 2009 12:21PM
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