left a floater...

Bird Dog · Posted: Mar 22, 2006 4:50 pm Post subject: left a floater...

will a flat slide box work with out sinking in post????
basicly, dragging a dock out (use some sort of drop anchor...) so that it can be removed and tied back up at the end of the day???
im pretty sure the two would work differintly but...
any one have much experiance with this?
(before i start swinging a hammer)

*if this is crap topic, my bad...

NotSoBueno · Backside 180 Joined: 16 Oct 2005 Posts: 1806 City: SoCal

I thought this thread had something to do with a public restroom Smash

Michael Manzer · Posted: Mar 22, 2006 5:07 pm Post subject:

yup...since its floating, though, it wont be nearly as stable as a permanent rail.

Bird Dog · Posted: Mar 22, 2006 5:09 pm Post subject:

its a public lake... is that the same thing???

VonBoggin · Backside 180 Joined: 21 Nov 2005 Posts: 1666 City: Austin

ya i did that, cept mine wasnt big enough and i had to weight it down, and all a sudden one of the supports broke and it turned itself into a bad ass kicker and we did that till it broke

Bird Dog · Posted: Mar 22, 2006 5:43 pm Post subject:

im thinking 4' wide by 20' long???? (ish)
over the winter a long section of some nes dock floated to our shore...
so, its mostly pre built. maybe re surface.

how big is "not big enough" (???)

VonBoggin · Backside 180 Joined: 21 Nov 2005 Posts: 1666 City: Austin

ya thats perfect it you ancor it right

Bird Dog · Posted: Mar 22, 2006 5:48 pm Post subject:

cooo...
once the wethater is better i will give it a try.
i am still stuck carpet skating (living in the north west)

VonBoggin · Backside 180 Joined: 21 Nov 2005 Posts: 1666 City: Austin

its not as bad as lookin at glass when its freezing outside, but i know what you mean bro haha

Bird Dog · Posted: Mar 22, 2006 6:06 pm Post subject:

i watch bens oak part for insperation... (sick, well edited &* music...)

Bird Dog · Posted: Mar 22, 2006 6:31 pm Post subject:

still looking for any ohter feed back on this...

if its all good and will work for what it is then ill let it die...

nottoldyet · Frontside 180 Joined: 04 Feb 2006 Posts: 257 City: orlando

just make sure you anchor it with plenty of rope so it will stay in place good it sucks when you try to hit and it is turning on you

VonBoggin · Backside 180 Joined: 21 Nov 2005 Posts: 1666 City: Austin

here is a special way to ancor it...... its in text form so bare with me...im bored

...............................___________
................box..>.....|..................|
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................................*...............*
.......ancor rope>.........*.........*
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--------------------------------------------------- <bottem

VonBoggin · Backside 180 Joined: 21 Nov 2005 Posts: 1666 City: Austin

thats how i would ancor my box

bjr · Posted: Mar 22, 2006 7:14 pm Post subject:

that looks good.
and u should thank him for the time spent on the drawing.

Jholiday · Posted: Mar 22, 2006 7:16 pm Post subject:

bird dog, that would work fine, my friends and i just built a box rail, we keep it up with 4 50gal barrels, 2 galvanized steel straps per barrel, and a pvc plank all courtesy of home depot. and i suggest you screw not hammer.

Bird Dog · Posted: Mar 22, 2006 7:30 pm Post subject:

sick!!!

SkateForce, is that a top view or side view?
i was thinking of dropping boat anchors down into a lake that is 18-25' deep.
(i could do some sort of an extension off of our dock like the you drew as well???/unless that is a side view and that still works.. great)

that is great work for on the fly drawing, good job! (you got "props"...)

* i was using hammer as a figure of speach... i do prefer screws. (but thanks for the extra thought. thats with zero sarcasm...well now its...)

Bird Dog · Posted: Mar 24, 2006 3:21 pm Post subject:

i cant belive im watching post go up on "whack" topics???
(but i also shouldnt be complaining..)
mean while back on the ranch...

i have noticed that the cable parks have flat kickers but,
what about a floating transition ramp or launch ramp.
i know these things would be better posted into the grond but if the only option is to make it float, would a kicker work and or a trasitioned ramp???

(*has any one thought or seen a quarterpipe used at all????