Wednesday, March 12, 2008

finally did it

Since we finally received rain I was able to build everything wider, steeper or have deeper pits and make everything taller.

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I made the first landing wider by adding about 2ft to the right. You can now go to the right after the first set to get into the new line.

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1st set in the new line. Apx. 11ft from lip to landing.

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Looking back at the 1st landing in the new line. There is a roller after it with a tree stump sticking out of the top.

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2nd set in the new line. It is apx 13ft from lip to landing.

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Looking back at the 2nd sets landing

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This is the 3rd set in the new line. It is packed now and is about 15ft from lip to landing.

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Made the 3rd sets landing in the original line about 2ft wider to the left.

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Made the 4th sets landing taller on the left and cleaned up all of the loose dirt.

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I cleaned up the 5th sets lip and landing. I also shaved out the pits before and after the 5th set to make the 5th and 6th sets taller and you carry more speed and not have to work so hard to get over each set.

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the 6th sets landing grew in height about 2ft and shorter by a foot or so.

Hopefully TNT can come down this weekend and we can ride. (there's your mention buddy)

Tuesday, March 11, 2008

RAIN, RAIN, RAIN!

WELL!!!! IT RAINED!!!! That is good news because the dirt has been so dry lately that when it rains it just soaks up the water and is dust dry the next day. It actually poured all night and most of the next day. I went out today and did some "clean up" with the dirt that had fallen off of each take off and landing, then put that dirt on the take off of most jumps. I finished building up a landing and left. I went back to get a shovel to go do some work at another little place that I have been wantin to fix up and found out that the top layer of dirt that put on everything was drying out already. So I decided to stay and pack all of the work that I had done earlier.

Everything looks 10 times better now because there isn't loose dirt laying around each jump. Tomorrow when the pits dry up a little I think I will go scrape them out and make everything a little steeper and deeper. My buddy Glen helped a little today and I told him how I need some more carpet to put over the jumps when I leave so they don't dry out and fall apart. So I take him home and he shows me all of the carpet out of his house that is laying in his garage and says he'll help me take it out there tomorrow! This will help cut down on maintenance and help keep everything nice and smooth!

Pics when I remember to take the camera with me. Maybe tomorrow or the next day, but sometime soon.