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Building a drop-in

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hippi3773
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Alright I really need help designing out a good drop-in. Yes i've looked at a bunch of threads for this but many of the ones I find are too big. I need it to be like 5ft tall and around 15ft long at the longest. I don't have too big of a backyard so i'm making do with what I have. Has anyone built or have any ideas for a smaller drop-in? Thanks for the help!
Aug 16 2014 8:06PM
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-WZ-
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mines 5.5ft tall and works fine, but my rail is only like 12ft long so ya
Aug 17 2014 1:48AM
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hippi3773
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Well the rail i'm going to be using is only going to be 12ft. I also planned on using the orange construction fence for the drop in and then turf for the takeoff
Aug 19 2014 11:21AM
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hippi3773
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I was also thinking about making it out of some wooden pallets too if that could work.
Aug 19 2014 1:01PM
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hippi3773
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I was thinking of stacking like 10 pallets up for the tower then using 2x4's and plywood to make the ramp and then another couple pallets for the flat transition and takeoff. Think this would work?
Aug 19 2014 1:07PM
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-WZ-
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hippi3773I was thinking of stacking like 10 pallets up for the tower then using 2x4's and plywood to make the ramp and then another couple pallets for the flat transition and takeoff. Think this would work?


thats like literally my setup haha. pretty sure I have a pic of it in my media
Aug 19 2014 3:53PM
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hippi3773
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Alright for anyone who uses pallets for your tower to fastem them together did you just screw them down or just nail them down?
Aug 20 2014 4:28PM
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hippi3773Alright for anyone who uses pallets for your tower to fastem them together did you just screw them down or just nail them down?


I screwed mine together
Aug 21 2014 10:39AM
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MarkDrvper
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7 feet tall use orange fence for the down slope and the us turf on the bottom and take off for more control.
Aug 24 2014 12:19AM
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hippi3773
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What type of turf should I be getting. I did a quick check at home depot and they have like 15 different kinds of turf..
Aug 24 2014 2:17PM
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hippi3773
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Would this work? http://www.homedepot.com/p/Unbranded-Green-6-ft-x-8-ft-Artificial-Grass-Rug-T85-9000-6X8-BM/202274592
Aug 26 2014 3:37PM
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hippi3773
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Yeah I planned on putting construction fence over the top of it for the drop in and stop at the transition
Aug 26 2014 11:58PM
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