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08-12-2007, 05:14 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2007
Richmond, VA Virginia
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Lakeside Trials Park
This weekend I installed a small trials training spot for myself in my back yard, with the help of johnglazer, muddyfox, and va tick.
... and a Volvo mini excavator!
It turned out better than I had hoped.
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the "V"rock
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Thanks to everyone involved, you get a free years pass to the park!
And of course thanks to my wife for letting me get away with it!
Last edited by Dang!; 09-16-2007 at 08:15 AM.
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08-12-2007, 05:18 PM
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Very nice...wish I had something like that around the house.
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08-12-2007, 05:20 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2004
Tucson Arizona
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verrrrry nice.......where did the rock come from and what was the total build cost?
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08-12-2007, 05:31 PM
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That's awesome.
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08-12-2007, 05:41 PM
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Looks good with the other 2 flat rocks at the end man, nice placement of the skinny too!!!
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08-12-2007, 05:43 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2007
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that is awesome. I am so looking forward to being able to ride stuff like that..
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08-12-2007, 08:15 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2007
Richmond, VA Virginia
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Quote:
Originally Posted by muddyfox
Looks good with the other 2 flat rocks at the end man, nice placement of the skinny too!!!
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I thought you might like that, and it fit perfect! There is no simple access to it either. I tried to set up another similar skinny on the back side with a suspended 90 deg. corner... denied! oh well.
As far as cost... a trade for a table custom built in a traditional Japanese rustic design. sweat equity I guess.
if I was to guess at the actual cost...
The street drug ROCK goes for @ $250.00 a ton (each one of those rocks weighed from .5 to 1.5 tons) plus delivery.
Rental of a mini @ $750.00 a day
Ability to operate the mini... priceless! (I just happen to be a licensed operator)
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08-12-2007, 08:36 PM
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CSlydel
Join Date: Dec 2003
Chapel Hill
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That reminds me of the song below, I wonder why?
But the rock cried out I can't hide you
The rock cried out I can't hide you
The rock cried out I ain't gonna hide you gal all on that day
I said rock what's the matter with you rock
Don't you see I need you rock
Lord Lord Lord all on that day
You now rock H.
Nice job chaps.
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08-12-2007, 08:52 PM
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08-12-2007, 09:26 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2007
Baltimore MD
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that's awesome. once the grass comes back it'll look alot nicer too...for your wife or any other non trials person that is..peronsally i think it's beautiful
guess having belle isle in your "back yard" wasn't good enough!! lol i'm jelous
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08-12-2007, 09:26 PM
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Nice.
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08-13-2007, 01:03 AM
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Join Date: Nov 2004
Tucson Arizona
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too fucking cool... now you have to ride everyday. thanks for the infos.
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08-13-2007, 02:19 AM
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...that's just awsome, I wish i could drag rocks on my playground. 
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08-13-2007, 02:27 AM
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That's a splendid idea! I think the rocks make a nice estetic piece in the garden as well as training facility for yourself. When I ever buy a house I would really like something like that, or better yet a garden with natural rocks or a small cliffside or something =)
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08-13-2007, 04:19 AM
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great !
would have been perfet with a little more space between some rocks
but maybe you couldn't do it for esthetic reasons
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08-13-2007, 04:52 AM
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Cereal
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Thats exactly what I want in my front yard, well done.
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08-13-2007, 05:07 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by stewpend0us
that's awesome. once the grass comes back it'll look alot nicer too...for your wife or any other non trials person that is..peronsally i think it's beautiful
guess having belle isle in your "back yard" wasn't good enough!! lol i'm jelous
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Seriously! Bell Isle wasn't good enough? LOL That's awesome man!
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08-13-2007, 05:29 AM
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Jigga wot?
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Bastard!
Some sweet lookin' limestone.
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08-13-2007, 05:38 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Dang!
Thanks to everyone involved, you get a free years pass to the park!
And of course thanks to my wife for letting me get away with it!
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 can't wait to ride it! It looks amazing.
(looks like you went over the lines a bit  )
I got some pics of the process and the first few rocks put down, I'll post them tonight.
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08-13-2007, 07:06 AM
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Join Date: Aug 2004
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Nice work, the best is the arch. Is it part of the line ?
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08-13-2007, 07:10 AM
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Ryan Thompson
Join Date: Oct 2005
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Oh, the best is that there is an apple tree 3 feet away for when your feeeling a little hungry!!!
I hope to utilize the free pass sometime this week..yay!
It looks great!!
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08-13-2007, 08:58 AM
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Free your heel.
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I'm showing my wife this, try to convice her we can have a nice looking trials section in the back yard.
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08-13-2007, 09:29 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2007
Richmond, VA Virginia
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The arch is a previous piece, it's hand built in the old way (dry laid) by my dad and I, there is a fire pit in the center.
The wife says: now that I have the other rocks, I can stop riding the rocks near the arch! oh-well.
And yes- I went out of the lines a little... It would have been nice to create more islands of rocks, but the boss said no.
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08-13-2007, 09:55 AM
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Join Date: Sep 2003
Dallas
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good job son. i've thought about backyard boulders for years, but the cost always scared me. way to sack up and pull the trigger
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08-13-2007, 11:28 AM
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thunder cats, hoooo!!!
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Boulder CO
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nice. there was this really fancy house that had insane amounts of rock work done a block away from me. it looks like the house built into a boulder field. while the house was being built they had a mini quarry for a while on this abandon school property right by the house, it was way fun.
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