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Seeing as winter is right around the corner, the time has come once again t break out all the rails and start dreaming up some setups. I have every rail you can imagine, u/f, cannons, d/f/d, A frame, etc. I want the help of NS to help me dream up the biggest, most epic, back yard park (rails mostly/ max of 20ft kickers) for me to create and then ill post a pick this winter.
I drew out a pic and cleared a new area in the wqoods for mine. It first starts with a dropin onto a flat area on top of a hill( hill we be used for landing) with a flat rail with a drop on it. then it comes down into a cannon rail, then a berm that makes a right turn onto a roller, then the roller is used for a drop in coming into a flat rail, then a double option of either a dfd or a down
Soooo I had this old lawn mower my dad bought and found the idea online so researched it a little bit and have been using one for a couple years now. Bascally what I did-
Materials-
Lawnmower
Rope- good kind that wont slip
pulleys- 2 large pulleys possibly 3
large springs/ strong bungy ropes
assorted tools
Step 1
park the lawn mower at the top of your hill and mount it there facing the top by tying it to a tree or something. measure your hill and get enough rope to go to the top and back (get a little extra and cut later)..
Step 2
remove the rear tire from one side of the lawn mower. at the bottom attatch one pulley to a tree or solid mounting spot and the other pulley about five feet to the side on another tree/ pole...
Step 3
Run the rope on the track it will be attatched to (up arround the bare rim of the lawn mower and then through both pulleys at the bottom). Where the rope is run around the rims you may have to re-route it a couple times before havin it rest in a way that it will not slide. on my lawn mower I mounted a smaller rim (this is where you might use the third pulley) and axcel and welded it on the hood so it would have less friction on the rope and so it would be tighter. I wound the rope between this rim and the bottom one and after a couple tries it holds the rope w/o it sliding.
Step 4
Tighten it as much as you can. you will probly need some help with this part. tie the rope togethor when you get it tight enough and rap in tape so there is less of a knot.
Step 5
throw that bad boy in gear and have a nice day shreddin your home setup with no hiking.
here is a really terrible edit my dad made of my little brothers friends who are just awful. this is before i added all my rails which i have a pretty good colection now btw. also my hill is probably going to be longer than yours so you will most likely have an easier time getting the rope to not slide and other complications.
here is a really terrible edit my dad made of my little brothers friends who are just awful. this is before i added all my rails which i have a pretty good colection now btw. also my hill is probably going to be longer than yours so you will most likely have an easier time getting the rope to not slide and other complications.[/QUOTE]
When I was picturing your rope tow it sounded cool but I wasnt expecting it to be that huge! thats crazy! You should post an edit with all your rails etc. set up now. I'm sure it's sick!
PowdaChowdaWhen I was picturing your rope tow it sounded cool but I wasnt expecting it to be that huge! thats crazy! You should post an edit with all your rails etc. set up now. I'm sure it's sick!
Yeah dude go big or go home. My friends and I are planning on making a bunch of edits this year tho so I'll post one or two on here for sure
BenFrostYeah dude go big or go home. My friends and I are planning on making a bunch of edits this year tho so I'll post one or two on here for sure
sick man! sounds great! Unfortunately I dont have a hill in my backyard so I cant do something like what you have. But someday I hope! anyways yea for sure post em. It would be sick to see!
