Y Rails

Why?



is he going to even build it long enough to be worth it?

He told me that's what he is going to do yesterday. It will likely be big enough to be worth it. I think he is mostly looking for dimensions/angle. I've never seen a Y rail so I don't have anything to help him with.

Go with 10 feet of straight then have 5 feet veer off at 30 degree angles to the left and right.

lfiebig11He told me that's what he is going to do yesterday. It will likely be big enough to be worth it. I think he is mostly looking for dimensions/angle. I've never seen a Y rail so I don't have anything to help him with.

Ok. Obviously it will be more oa f pain to build than an elbow.

It all depends what you want. 15 is very short imo though. Even on a c rail anything under 20 feels tiny.

Does he really need a y rail or is he just building it to do it? Okemo use to have a huge y rail. When I worked at beaver creek a few years ago we had a double flat down albow tube that was fun.

I just feel like it's more effort that it's worth for a backyard setup unless you're really looking for a specific curve.

Also it varies. There aren't many y rails out there and they aren't even close to being the same. Everything from 2 crails pretty much, 2 elbows, a long flat shotgun where both sides c out. different angles and lengths within that.


The only advice I can really give if he's set on it is to go longer than you think. For instance 15' sounds like a long rail but it's not, especially when you add a kink or curve. Good luck.

theabortionatorOk. Obviously it will be more oa f pain to build than an elbow.

It all depends what you want. 15 is very short imo though. Even on a c rail anything under 20 feels tiny.

Does he really need a y rail or is he just building it to do it? Okemo use to have a huge y rail. When I worked at beaver creek a few years ago we had a double flat down albow tube that was fun.

I just feel like it's more effort that it's worth for a backyard setup unless you're really looking for a specific curve.

Also it varies. There aren't many y rails out there and they aren't even close to being the same. Everything from 2 crails pretty much, 2 elbows, a long flat shotgun where both sides c out. different angles and lengths within that.


The only advice I can really give if he's set on it is to go longer than you think. For instance 15' sounds like a long rail but it's not, especially when you add a kink or curve. Good luck.

It is my understanding that he was going for something like this.

That's a pretty long rail though. How does he plan to get it home?