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PVC Rail with no supports

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WU-sconsin
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I have a backyard setup I usually hit each winter and It is a 15 foot long pvc pipe that's probably like 2.5 inches in diameter. Last year I hit it without any wooden supports. I just elevated it in the snow and as a consequence, it was too low to the ground. Anyone ever hit a rail like this and have it still big enough to spin off of it. Like has anyone just built it up high in the snow? If so, how'd you do it?
Dec 6 2013 4:39PM
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Chinchi
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Just pick up some scrap wood and make supports, champ
Dec 6 2013 4:42PM
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WU-sconsin
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Yeah I guess I'll just do that.

Anyone know a good way to make supports for a pvc rail without like having a 15 foot 2x4 going along the bottom? Like just some legs on the pipe instead?
Dec 6 2013 4:55PM
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~Gotama~
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i always used to use a 4x4 at each end with little chucks of wood hammered into the top to keep the rail from sliding off the side. it wasnt perfect but got the job done.
Dec 6 2013 4:57PM
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WU-sconsin
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That'll probably do, I was thinking of just screwing in small lengths of 2x4's on each end so it doesn't roll
Dec 6 2013 5:01PM
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Plankton
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it's fairly easy just to use 2x4's to make supports, pm me and ill tell you how i do it. I'm currently working on this double barrel FDF in as my wood tech project in my school's woodshop, wasn't too hard at all. almost done...
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Dec 6 2013 5:08PM
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Wizerd
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Last year I literally threw the pvc on the ground and used it like that, it doesn't really matter unless you're going crazy on it
Dec 6 2013 5:42PM
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Blurst
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yep thats what Ive been doing.

The most simple way to support a tube though is just to make two x's and rest the tub in between the top part of the cross.
Dec 6 2013 5:44PM
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TotalNan
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nahhh the sketchy way is the only way
Dec 6 2013 9:20PM
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stupendous-man
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Except his is 2.5" in diameter... don't think thats gonna work so well. 6"+ just throw some x-braces under it
Dec 6 2013 9:46PM
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KingGeedorah
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I just put mine on the ground which works fine except for some sliding around, and spmetimes when you grip, your tips drag on the ground. But it's much easier to use when you barely have any snow.
Dec 6 2013 10:24PM
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Shredsterr
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I have two 4cm diameter pvc rails screwed into a plank of wood with another plank of wood underneath screwed in but only on the thin side so that it supports the structure really well. I have mine elevated about a foot off the ground and haven't hit it yet, just iced my drop in and lip and am waiting until tomorrow but it looks perfect if that counts for anything...
Dec 6 2013 10:31PM
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