Building a dirt track
06-22-2008, 09:13 PM
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RE: Building a dirt track
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I built a dirt track in my backyard, and the only motorized tool i needed was a tiller. Once the ground is chewed up, moving it is easy. Just use a wheelbarrow. I used dirt for jumps and the natural terrain for the structure. I dug down the corners and used the dirt for the banks.
I built a dirt track in my backyard, and the only motorized tool i needed was a tiller. Once the ground is chewed up, moving it is easy. Just use a wheelbarrow. I used dirt for jumps and the natural terrain for the structure. I dug down the corners and used the dirt for the banks.
06-24-2008, 04:10 PM
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RE: Building a dirt track
this is the link in which there are many off road tracks :http://www.steelcityhobbies.com/WashPaTrackPropo.shtml
I hope i have helped you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I hope i have helped you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Kool guys, i am currently building one in muh backyard by myself with one shovel and it takes LOTS of work but i think it will be worth it in the end.. i son't even have a truck yet. but im puchasing a tmaxx 3.3 soon.
05-07-2010, 07:26 PM
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RE: Building a dirt track
So I'm building a track in my woods where there are to many roots to use the existing dirt. I'm going to bring in fill dirt but I have two options. Brown fill dirt and Red clay fill dirt. They say the Red clay is great for packing but I'm afraid it will just be too much. I'm probobly going to get Brown dirt but I was just curious if anyone has used a red clay track before.
05-07-2010, 07:44 PM
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RE: Building a dirt track
Thanks, I figured the clay would lay down better, but you have a good point. It will probably erode less than the brown dirt.
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The clay would make for a better track layout with less work in the long run. I say same yourself some trouble and get the clay..
The clay would make for a better track layout with less work in the long run. I say same yourself some trouble and get the clay..
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RE: Building a dirt track
We have been working a track and just using the dirt in the field. Not the best for holding form. Wish we would have put clay into the mix atleast for the jumps and banks..
05-08-2010, 10:41 AM
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Where are you guys getting the fill dirt from??
Where are you guys getting the fill dirt from??
05-09-2010, 09:05 AM
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RE: Building a dirt track
I hope dirt doesn't cost as much as when you are buying it by the acre!! Think about it?
You guys have got me wanting a little track in the back yard.
05-09-2010, 01:29 PM
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I hope dirt doesn't cost as much as when you are buying it by the acre!! Think about it?
You guys have got me wanting a little track in the back yard.
I hope dirt doesn't cost as much as when you are buying it by the acre!! Think about it?
You guys have got me wanting a little track in the back yard.
I attached a couple pics, one is the area before starting and another is the track with a rough outline in sticks. You'll notice the natural dips and banks that I'm taking advantage of.
05-14-2010, 10:13 AM
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RE: Building a dirt track
So I found out how much dirt costs at least from this supplier. They charge $20 per 1/2 ton. And a that covers an area 100 square ft. and 3 in deep. 3 in is pretty deep so I think I could get away with just over an inch. since I have about 1000 Sq ft to cover I will need....calculating.....between 1 1/2 and 2 tons. So without deliver thats about $80 bucks. Not bad considering its high quality sifted red clay.
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RE: Building a dirt track
Dirt is not that cheap, I just had 10 yards of sifted dirt (no rocks) delivered for my track and it cost $80. Really that dirt did not go that far for $80.
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thats a pretty sweet track u got there ^^
i should have pics up by thursday of my mini-t track.
its small but i will be making it wider and longer soon
06-10-2010, 10:32 AM
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RE: Building a dirt track
To make a nice size track with some nice jumps for 1/8th scale buggies how much dirt do you all think I may need? I figured I would till up the grass in an area about 100' long and 50" or 100' wide and then bring in dirt specifically for the jumps and banked corners. I thought about a dumptruck load which is 17 tons but I don't really know if that would be too much or too little. Any thoughts?
06-11-2010, 05:55 PM
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To make a nice size track with some nice jumps for 1/8th scale buggies how much dirt do you all think I may need? I figured I would till up the grass in an area about 100' long and 50" or 100' wide and then bring in dirt specifically for the jumps and banked corners. I thought about a dumptruck load which is 17 tons but I don't really know if that would be too much or too little. Any thoughts?
To make a nice size track with some nice jumps for 1/8th scale buggies how much dirt do you all think I may need? I figured I would till up the grass in an area about 100' long and 50" or 100' wide and then bring in dirt specifically for the jumps and banked corners. I thought about a dumptruck load which is 17 tons but I don't really know if that would be too much or too little. Any thoughts?
06-12-2010, 03:34 PM
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RE: Building a dirt track
Heres some pics of my the track I run at my freinds house. We mainly run 1/18 scale but I have had some fun on it with my Ten-T as well. It all started with raking and with lots of driving and sweeping and patching its becoming real nice. We are working on replacing the stick border with the black flexible PVC piping you see pictured.
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06-14-2010, 01:17 AM
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RE: Building a dirt track
An old trick I learned a while back for tearing up dirt with a LOT of weeds... in it is to take a board, or an old shipping pallet... something old, big and heavy! and stick a bunch of nails in the stupid thing and then drag it around with a quad, riding mower, your friend, a donkey, something. Just make sure the nails are strong and the board is weighted down with a few bricks... It may take a few passes for it to begin to dig down but after a little bit it will start to tear the roots... up and you can rake them out. Mind you it helps when the soil is soft but I have done it before in Cali's evil clay soil [:@]
You guys got me inspired to start working on our backyard track so I got something for my mini/1/10 scale ST [8D] I am constantly scouting out a new location to put a track in, not sure if I will find one out but you never know... [8D]
You guys got me inspired to start working on our backyard track so I got something for my mini/1/10 scale ST [8D] I am constantly scouting out a new location to put a track in, not sure if I will find one out but you never know... [8D]
06-14-2010, 07:19 AM
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RE: Building a dirt track
We just (almost) completed this last weekend.
A track this size takes quite a bit of work, planning and funding.
The soil is salt flat soil that compacts pretty well when watered (soaked is a better term actually) and tamped down with the bucket from a JCB or Bobcat.
The lane borders are old oil tanker mooring ropes 4 - 5 inches in diameter. They get hammered into place with some custom manufactured spikes. We need to truck water in so a couple of water storage tanks had to be found, plus a water pump to deliver the water. The raised pit lane is being built out of unused concrete blocks that are usually used to make sidewalk curbs, then it's filled in with sand. Our driver stand is an old 40' shipping container that has stairs welded to it as well as railing around the top. We've installed (no pictured) shade netting over the top for some shade as well.
Still more work to be done. We plan on carpeting the jumps so they hold their shape. We also have flexible hose to border the jumps that still needs to be installed.
It was a lot of work..[:@]..in very hot weather...[:@]...but we finally have a decent track to run on.
A track this size takes quite a bit of work, planning and funding.
The soil is salt flat soil that compacts pretty well when watered (soaked is a better term actually) and tamped down with the bucket from a JCB or Bobcat.
The lane borders are old oil tanker mooring ropes 4 - 5 inches in diameter. They get hammered into place with some custom manufactured spikes. We need to truck water in so a couple of water storage tanks had to be found, plus a water pump to deliver the water. The raised pit lane is being built out of unused concrete blocks that are usually used to make sidewalk curbs, then it's filled in with sand. Our driver stand is an old 40' shipping container that has stairs welded to it as well as railing around the top. We've installed (no pictured) shade netting over the top for some shade as well.
Still more work to be done. We plan on carpeting the jumps so they hold their shape. We also have flexible hose to border the jumps that still needs to be installed.
It was a lot of work..[:@]..in very hot weather...[:@]...but we finally have a decent track to run on.
06-14-2010, 07:22 AM
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RE: Building a dirt track
Whoah!!![X(]
Don't ask me what happened there with those pics. Didn't do that last time I posted them.
These pics don't show the re-worked jumps. They have been shaped and shaved better now. We're also going to have a walk-around (FOD) next week to remove all those nasty little stones.
Don't ask me what happened there with those pics. Didn't do that last time I posted them.
These pics don't show the re-worked jumps. They have been shaped and shaved better now. We're also going to have a walk-around (FOD) next week to remove all those nasty little stones.
06-14-2010, 01:59 PM
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RE: Building a dirt track
I made one in high school in my backyard. It was just a tri oval (Dad and I's favorite NASCAR track was Poconos). One thing I highly suggest; banked turns into a jump. We'd hit the straight away at full throttle, build up momentum around the banked turn, then launch off a jump.