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Home-made box ideas

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ShabbaRanks
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Hey NS i'm in the process of designing my own rails/boxes and I am an amateur at this. I know that pvc is a really well known and reliable material to use but just wondering on how high, long, width what wood to use as support beams it should be and what you guys use for speed? How wells does wet astroturf work. If anybody has past experience please reply to the thread and help me out here.

K+ to anybody with legitiment and helpful answers. Thanks
Feb 14 2012 2:13AM
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Mag
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check build a jib 101 cult
Feb 14 2012 4:29AM
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ShabbaRanks
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thanks K+
Feb 14 2012 8:37AM
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ShabbaRanks
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Feb 14 2012 11:59PM
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Dmarc
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the astroturf is awesome and if u want to drop the extra money u can buy the treated wood but untraeted works fine too!
Feb 15 2012 12:02AM
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FreezerKid
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treated wood is better but more expensive i bought untreated and painted it with treater this worked out loads cheaper and i can leave i outside all year
Feb 15 2012 7:17AM
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ShabbaRanks
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Alright K+ to both of you. Thanks
Feb 15 2012 5:18PM
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KillaSteeze
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seriously can you please change your icon, its really annoying, it was made for me
Feb 15 2012 11:41PM
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Woodhouse
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For all supports, I use pressure treated 2X4s. For surface, I use UHMW puck board for the bottom of jet boats (shit's expensive but its so hard you don't need coping) or ABS pipe if I am making rails. As far as my in-run, I use this bristly plastic stuff I bought at Home Depot, or astro turf. For landings, I use industrial strength tarps that are wet. It sounds weird, but it's as slippery as snow, so you don't stick if it's not wet enough. Much more forgiving.

Hope that helps.
Feb 16 2012 12:00AM
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ShabbaRanks
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Sorry dude. Super sick icon though and reps what I love i'll be sure to change it a.s.a.p.
Feb 16 2012 1:31AM
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ShabbaRanks
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So this UHMW is a better version of pvc? sorry i'm a tad confused. but thanks dude K+
Feb 16 2012 1:32AM
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Phil-X-
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Ive never personally tried it, but if you build a fram out of would i think you could use a high gloss resin and cover the top of it in that, or possibly a tile like material found in the countertop section of homedepot (laminate)
Feb 16 2012 1:33AM
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ShabbaRanks
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So u mean use tile material as a replacement pvc? thanks K+
Feb 16 2012 1:39AM
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Phil-X-
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yea, because if you pour resin itll end up being flat when it drys, and if you can find a good laminate to use that also could be flat and work like box material
Feb 16 2012 1:49AM
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ShabbaRanks
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word thanks dawg
Feb 16 2012 1:50AM
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KillaSteeze
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thanks bro. wutang forever!
Feb 16 2012 2:13AM
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ShabbaRanks
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YESSSIR
Feb 16 2012 2:20AM
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Woodhouse
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UHMW is the hardest plastic ever developed. It's the best. Where I buy it, it comes in 1/4 inch thick sheets of whatever size you desire.
Feb 16 2012 5:27PM
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ShabbaRanks
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So its a sheet of plastic?
Feb 16 2012 5:28PM
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Woodhouse
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Yeah. I use it for boxes, and ABS pipe for rails. ABS is cheaper and harder than PVC, so the only downside to it is that it can't bend like PVC for whale tails or rainbows.
Feb 16 2012 5:30PM
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ShabbaRanks
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okay, Thanks dude
Feb 16 2012 5:40PM
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danontario
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100% the best box you can make is out of the composite deck boards. Head to home depot or whatever hardware store is around and order/try to find one 12 foot piece of composite deck board; shit slides like crazy and is indestructible.
Feb 16 2012 9:49PM
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ShabbaRanks
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Thanks dude K+
Feb 16 2012 9:51PM
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kvan
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Im working at lowes now so hopefully I get a discount on supplies. Operation terrain park in my backyard this summer!
Feb 16 2012 9:55PM
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ShabbaRanks
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damn lucky man
Feb 16 2012 9:57PM
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russ.bar
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threads for when i try to go buy some of this plastic heh.
Feb 16 2012 11:38PM
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ShabbaRanks
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Feb 18 2012 3:01AM
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I_Am_Mod
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here's one i made last summer, simple HDPE on top, all pretty thin planks, dunno the exact measurements (i'm european) but i think they're 1x4 planks ....

end result was pretty sturdy and worked great !

i used hdpe cause i can get it for free thanks to my dad, but pvc slides better, is generally cheaper but tends to break every now and then ....
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Feb 18 2012 6:42AM
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ShabbaRanks
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thanks dude! good to have a picture K+ to you sir
Feb 18 2012 11:54AM
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