I have done a couple of additions and improvements. I wish I had the room to do something grand like Stav., but what I lack in over-all size, I try to compensate for in technique.

I needed a 'wide open, go for broke' jump so I added another landing to make a triple.(I know it isn't really wide open, but it's as close as I can get on my postage stamp)

I made some pretty abrupt elevation changes on the hairpin, and carved some 'character' into the track surface.

I added a bypass around the curved jump/chicane. But I carved some grooves and made some lumps to make it 'interesting' to take under throttle.

I have added some more gypsum pellets to the soil in a couple of areas that needed it, and reworked the 'big berm' a little bit for drainage. When it is watered and swept, it is a tacky blue groove type surface. When it is dry and dusty, it is like driving on 2 inches of fresh snow on an empty parking lot with a camaro.
One of the sad benefits of having such a small track is that I don't get enough velocity built up to actually break many parts, but there are enough challenges on the track that no 2 laps are the same. I have hours of fun out there...But you know how it is...The track always looks better on the other side of the fence[8D].

First pic is 'before' pic.

that jump over section is soooooo cool...

Dann

sweet track man, if u can get a video of a track or buggy running on it

lucky. i wish i could have any sort of track even close to where i live. but here i am stuck in suburbia.[]

I have gotten some video, and I am working on compressing it enough to post it. I am on 56k modem and it takes FOREVER to upload and download stuff. I am going to put it on a CD and bring it to a friend's place to upload(he's got broadband)

It is video of my RC10 and my buddy's XXX-NT.

I would like to see a video for this track. This is a great layout for a small track. I like the big over-section jump and the technical aspects of the track. wish i had one. maybe i'll build one. Well nice track and i would like to see that video!

Joe how much did the dirt set you back.

My buddy has enough room for a track at his house, we are trying to figure out how much a load of clay would cost so we can build a track on his property.

from my experiences you will need probably about 20 tonnes of dirt minimum, as dirt is very heavy and packs down into a solid rock(well almost) and dirt isnt so expensive , the most expensive part is transporting it all.

Dann

I lucked out.
I have a buddy that works for a local landscaping company, and they had fill to haul away. My place was closer to their job site than their shop. I got the dirt for free.

But I have had different material trucked in. The cheapest 'dirt' that hasn't been processed cost me about $45. That is for a 10 yard dump truck.
I think I paid closer to $70 per load last time I got gravel.

It would depend on the location. There is a gravel pit only 10 miles or so from my house, so they don't have to drive it far.
For most of my smaller projects, I just drive my pickup (F-150) to the pit, and tell the scale what I want. For a $10 minimum load fee, they will put as much material in my truck as I want. I did that for sand and gravel when I did my flagstone walkway, instead of having leftovers.

Having such a small area to work with, moving material around on-site wasn't really an issue. My little John Deere garden tractor, and my little trailer worked really well. But if you get much bigger, then I would look into getting a machine. It doesn't look like much, but there is probably 16 yards of fill added to make my little track.

16 yards of fill distributed by the 'armstrong' method is a formidable task in the name of fun. WELL worth every drop of sweat IMHO, but if you can justify renting or borrowing a skid-loader for a day or two....

so can you clear that 'jump over' section easily?

Dann

Quite easily...If you use the berm. I can stop on the berm right before turn-down and easily make it over when I gas it again.
The problem is over-clearing it and not getting lined up and moving for the following triple.
The face of the jump is different from one side to the other. If you take the left side of the jump, it launches you higher, but if you take the berm farther around, it launches lower and faster.

I am thinking about making a track very similar to yours. Is there anything you would have changed or done differently if you had to do it over again? Room is not an issue for me, but I do want a pretty small track so me and my buddies can run on it.

Thats a nice track, we have a good sized yard but my mom wont let me build a track. I live next to a field and i know the farmer, he let me build an oval track, as long as i dont put jumps on it. Its pretty fun when we got 4 or 5 guys on it. il post pics some time

make wooden kickers to put on that oval, then u can remove them when ur done.

Dann

This is the second incarnation of a track on that spot. The first track was about half that size. There was a raspberry patch in the way before. I moved the raspberrys to make the layout in the pics.
As far as different...I don't know how I could change the layout in my avail. space.

One thing to make sure of...Make sure the dirt is conditioned as you put it down. If it is dry, dusty, or sandy, mix in gypsum pellets as you are building. It makes a huge difference!
It helps the dirt retain moisture without making mud, and packs into a nice driving surface.

Also, because it is just dirt...I am able to change stuff up slightly without changing the overall layout. Every time I get a heavy rain, I gotta go back and make the low spots low again, and the high spots high, as it washes down.

For vegitation control, I used season long Ortho complete vegetation killer. It worked pretty well.

It is a work in progress, if you don't like something, or it doesn't act the way you want, then grab a shovel and a rake.

I have posted a vid on putfile.com.

http://media.putfile.com/GT-and-XXX-...backyard-track

It is a little over 18 megs, so dialup users, beware.

When i click the link and wait for the vid it only plays sound. can anyone help i want to see this vid.

What browser you using?
Use IE not Firefox..

NVm i get the same problem..lol

The clip is encoded with Divx. If you save the file to your computer, most players will play it. (window media player, irfanview, etc.)

Ok ill try that

Thats awesome! I made a truck almost exactly like that though, but I dug my own dirt, and it was really hard because I love right next to a huge forest so roots are in the dirt EVERYWHERE. They are a pain to pick out!

How do i save it?

lol, thats what I was just trying to figure out.

JOE WE NEED HELP! how do we save the vid! DER DER DER!