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Looks awesome, where did you get all that stuff. Mainly the spools and
monster truck tyre. But anything really, I need to get stuff like that!
Looking awesome though, alotta great possibilities there.

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Nice! Are you using nails or screws with pilot holes? I find that 2x4s
split when I nail into them. The problem with pilot holes is that you
need a cordless drill. Also, nails are much faster and cheaper. How are
you gonna deal with wood rot? Or is this more intended for the short
term?

How skinny will the north shore stuff be? It'd be cool if it got to be
as thin as mabey 2" that high off the ground.

For the trials course, what will the general obstacle stuff be? More
leaning towards small takeoff/landing zones or leaning towards skinnies
and bigger moves? Is it gonna be like Zack's old one? I hope you're
gonna use that rail he has, or is it in his yard for good?

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Robbie- To get spools you first need to find a constuction site of some
kind. Cable and other stuff comes on the spools, and the workers
usually don't need them after that. Kindly ask the construction workers
if you can have them.
They're putting in an auditorium at my high school, and in the
construction area I saw a bunch of big spools. I talked to the
principal, he talked with the workers, and they gave them to me, no
problem. Monster truck tire? I have no idea.. someone gave one to
zack.

Bevan- just nails, maybe some screws. Wood rot? Blah. How skinny?
Different sizes throughout the whole course. It will be kind of similar
to zack's old course. We don't have an exact plan or anything. Yesh,
the rail is at my house now. You can see it in the truck in the picture
below.

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-P.S. Your yard is about three times the size of the entire plot my
house rests on.-

I know, I'm pretty lucky to live here. Especially since Granite Bay has
gotton so expensive. Good thing my parents bought our property 16 years
ago.

*in the pic below you can see the last big load of stuff transported
from Zack's to my house*

Later,

Jess

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Here's a pic of what we added on yesterday.

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For the UNICON 11 trials course, we were able to get huge used tires (I
think they were tractor tires) from our local tire store's recycle pile.
They were even kind enough to deliver them to the MUni venue free of
charge.

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Wow, that's a lot of wood! I really wanna ride that stuff. How stable is
it? Any idea about the trials obstacle types?

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Jester2000 said:

*just nails, maybe some screws. Wood rot? Blah.*

Jess, you might want to consider using square drive screws instead of
nails, everything goes together *a lot sturdier and a lot quicker*. I
get mine here and buy them 1000+ at a time: http://www.mcfeelys.com/
At that rate they aren't too expensive.....more than nails but WELL
worth the difference.

The nice thing about square drive is that you won't strip them
out.....plus when a piece does rot (and they will) replacement simply
consist of popping out a few screws and putting the new lumber in
place.

Here's a section of North Shore we just finshed making at my house a few
weeks ago. It's 300+ continuous feet of elevated bridge and two 6 inch
skinnies. Because it loops you can stay off the ground indefinitly!
There will be a few skinnies and maybe a teeter that will pass thru the
middle of the circle but then we'll move on to the next session which
will roll off the back side of this loop. Here's vid of one of my
friends who helped me build it hitting it on his bike.

http://tinyurl.com/2lco8

Here's some more of our construction pics...

http://gallery.unicyclist.com/albux54

Oh yea, awesome massive spool! I got a spool connection, I can get 'em
by the truck load.......they come in super handy!

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Are the posts and supports in the ground? or just on top?

David

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you guys are crazy.

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darchibald said:

*Are the posts and supports in the ground? or just on top?

David *

Mine or Jess's?

Mine are in the ground, usually about 18 inches. You will never have
North Shore stuff as sturdy as if you dig post holes for the supports.
It makes everything ROCK SOLID! Plus the soil here in the South has a
lot of clay in it so when you tamp/pack it back into the holes it's
about like pouring cement around the posts!

I have some things on my land that we did not put the supports into the
ground and it is super rickety and requires a good deal of
maintanance........

Digging post holes is not fun but it's worth it.....a high dollar set of
diggers makes all the difference in the world. These DG16 Buckeye Post
Hole Diggers are expensive but they'll dig a hole in under half the
time/effort......they'll cut through roots like its butter!

http://www.hooverfence.com/tools/post-hole-digger.htm

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Thanks Zod any more tips? All are appreciated.

David

PS. Pretty sweet set-ups for both you guys!

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That's absolutely fantastic!!! You have the best parents. 🙂 When can
we expect to see photos and videos of the course being used? I love the
green (or black? I can't tell) horizontal ladder! Was it made
specifically for unicycling on? You're very lucky to have access to all
that great stuff.

What I want to do here at home is learn to weld, then make a rail (both
flat and curved) that is detachable and can be set up in a big 20m long
windy path that goes high and low. I'll have some 10mm wide sections
and some 50mm wide, and some 100mm with 120 degree turns and some 50mm
with 90 degree turns...it would be brilliant and I will do it
eventually. For now though I'm stuck with making small wooden obstacles
that don't take up too much room.

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It kind of looks rickety in the picture, but it's actually really
sturdy. You can jump up and down violently on the 2 suspended pallets
and it is rock hard.

Zod- those screws sound really good. I think we might use some screws
(most likely normal cheapy ones), but for now, we are just nailin.
Whew, your course looks pretty nice. Super clean and well-built.
It was worth the overnight download to see that video. Thanks for the
tips.

darchibald- Both. Only a couple are on the ground. Most are in there 6
in. to 16 in.

Andrew- Zack and probably John foss are coming tomorrow to work on it.
We will surely be testing it out, since we haven't yet. We'll most
likely get some footage of it.
Zack welded up the black horizontal ladder. Just for unicycling, yes.
It's a fun obstacle, because you can hop between the rungs, on the
rungs, or ride the edge.
I agree, I'm really lucky.
Hey, I wouldn't say you are stuck with the small wooden obstacles. I
saw your video, and it was wicked. Keep coming up with awesome
combinations, it's awesome.

Later,

Jess

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Thanks Jess, yeah one of those ladders is one of the first items on my
list of things to make when I learn to weld. I've wanted to make one
for a long time - it'll be good to see one in action. At a bike trials
competition I rode in they had a ladder with round rungs spaced well for
bikes, but it was a tease for me because I was forced to hop on the tops
or I'd slip through. 🙂

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Didnt know if it was worth starting a nw thread or not seeing as what i
have is not that impressive, heres a small playground i knocked up with
5 palletes, we cut them up to be smaller and easier to move and store
and also needed spare wood to reinforce the slats that kept snapping.
some pics here of it all and ryan about to gap.

(note its a bit [censored] but that suits our [censored] trials skills so its fine
for now, and i can just keep adding stuff, going to bring some of ryans
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Ahoy there mateys!

I decided to videotape a tour of our progress on the course. The
quality isn't great, but hey, I have a 28.8 modem. 🙁 Sorry.

Enjoy!

http://tinyurl.com/2c7mk

later,

Jess

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Good stuff Jess........!

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Good stuff Jess........!

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