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How should I do this?

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POW-WOW
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So last summer my friend and I tried to make a backyard setup and it barely worked. We bought turf(not green, black and white if that makes a difference) and nailed it pretty tightly to the grass. I'm lucky because my hill is already slanted at about a 45 degree angle for 20 feet or so. On the bottom and top it goes to complete flat, so it's just about perfect for a setup. I had trouble getting speed and I came to the solution that I need to get something hard under the turf. I have no money so I don't really know the best way to do this. Where could I find wood for really cheap that would hold down?

I was also wondering what I should do with my rails.
I have:
A PVC shotgun 8' that is 4" wide
A 2" PVC
And a 13' metal rail that is 1 foot tall. How should I set these up?

I'll post pics later. +K for help and bumps, I know this was kinda scrambled together.
Jun 11 2012 8:46PM
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penguin_steeze
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plywood. You have the same the type of drop in as me. I would recommend slightly overlapping the plywood and then nailing them together so they don't move.


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Jun 12 2012 2:52PM
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Poikenz
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If you have no money go get some skids and lay them down, but obviously they aren't that long so you would need a lot of them. But it would work and be kind of like a ladder style drop in except you probably wouldn't want to cut your carpet for that. Then if you still don't have enough speed go "find" some construction fence and place it over the carpet, or spend a little bit of money to get some plastic lattice as it is also pretty damn fast.
Jun 12 2012 6:23PM
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POW-WOW
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Thanks guys! 10/10 K to both. Yours looks really fun.
Jun 12 2012 6:58PM
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penguin_steeze
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put up some pictures of your drop and I'll be able to help you more
Jun 12 2012 11:37PM
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NWPA
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plywood is gonna be pretty expensive. Go to a work site and see if theyve thrown out any old wood, use 2x4s and space them out so there is a 2x4 size gap in between each of them until you get close to the lip, wedge 2x4's together to make a lip, if you want anymore help, I can send you a picture of how my lip was built.
Jun 20 2012 11:58PM
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penguin_steeze
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I have 4 sheets of 8X4 1/4 thickness plywood that cost me like $4 a piece. The thicker ply cost a lot of money
Jun 23 2012 2:55PM
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