Did some trail work after the rain

[destroyer]

Well I got off work and headed out to do some trail work. I got a good amount of pictures so more are coming.

First up I built a kicker over the old service road. So it's about a 15-20 foot gap and a 4-5 drop. Probably the craziest of the jump I built today. As you can see the landing is about 20 feet tall and plenty long, the runway is also down hill so speed isn't an issue.]

This jump is kind of hard to take pictures of, so sorry if they are kind of hard to see.

[destroyer]

This is one of the smaller jumps. View of the lip, side view, and landing. One of the few I jumped today. Some I didn't want to jump because it was hard to get speed with the wind and wet conditions.

[BFloFoxRider.]

very nice
looks like you hit them a few times
ill have to head up and check out your trails soon

[destroyer]

Next up is a hip jump over a concrete gap. Looked like something that could be fun so I built it.

[BFloFoxRider.]

Originally Posted by destroyer

Next up is a hip jump over a concrete gap. Looked like something that could be fun so I built it.

holy crap! looks like something that you wouldnt wanna case

[destroyer]

Next up is the concrete gap. It takes a lot of speed but as you can see from the pic of the landing there is a huge roll in to get speed. This jump has always been here but it was in desperate need of a rebuild. Just don't come up short...

[BFloFoxRider.]

oh by the way, your new bike is sickk

[destroyer]

A fun little jump I made. Just a little lip and only about 4-6 feet to the landing which is about 25 feet tall and really long. So you can go slow or pretty fast and land a long way down the landing.

[destroyer]

And the last jump, this one is pretty hairy. I don't what's tougher this or the road gap one. But this one is tough because the landing has a hip (to the right). I threw some fresh brown dirt in one of the pictures so you can see where to the landing begins. It has a good 5 foot drop to the landing.

[destroyer]

Lastly I did a little work in the front yard play area. I built a brand new berm that leads to the left side line. Fixed the first lip going into the right side line, and smoothed the runway for the 2x4 shore stunt thing. All in all it was a productive day! Any of you are more then welcome to come ride up here in Hesperia, kind of a drive for most of you though. Sorry for the blurry pics at the end the cold and wind make it hard to hold the camera steady. There is a lot of cross country, some quick downhills (not too lengthy but some fast and steep hills), and plenty of jumps. Should be a little something for everyone.

[BFloFoxRider.]

DUDE! i am so coming to your house soon...!!!
it looks fun.. man you told me you had stuff but i didnt think it was that much!

[guero]

wow, that is some serious work! looks fun. have you given any thought to building some elevated stunts and/or ladders?

[2w4s]

Really Nice! those look like a lot of fun! I can't wait to get out of socal so I can have some land to build dj's, too!

[JamR]

Looks fun, but I hope it's not in an area where the owner or LM would take exception to it.

Most of it looks pretty harmless, but I would be careful about building then right up to the engineered drainage structures. If for some reason the structure gets undermined and fails (even if it's not a direct result of you trail work), they would still probably blame the trail work for the failure.

The one on the inlet side of the V-Ditch however could possibly change the flow just enough to undermine the structure.

Just don't want you (or bikers in general) to get blamed for anything.

Water is a tough thing to control and it does not take much to have a v-ditch fail if the edge berms lose their ability to direct water into the ditch.

Just a suggestion.

Nice work though....looks fun.

[BFloFoxRider.]

Originally Posted by JamR

Looks fun, but I hope it's not in an area where the owner or LM would take exception to it.

Most of it looks pretty harmless, but I would be careful about building then right up to the engineered drainage structures. If for some reason the structure gets undermined and fails (even if it's not a direct result of you trail work), they would still probably blame the trail work for the failure.

The one on the inlet side of the V-Ditch however could possibly change the flow just enough to undermine the structure.

Just don't want you (or bikers in general) to get blamed for anything.

Water is a tough thing to control and it does not take much to have a v-ditch fail if the edge berms lose their ability to direct water into the ditch.

Just a suggestion.

Nice work though....looks fun.

if i remember right, all those litttle jusmps and berm are on his property

[destroyer]

Originally Posted by BFloFoxRider.

DUDE! i am so coming to your house soon...!!!
it looks fun.. man you told me you had stuff but i didnt think it was that much!

Let me know when you want to ride, next week I have finals then I'm off of school for 3 weeks.

Originally Posted by guero

wow, that is some serious work! looks fun. have you given any thought to building some elevated stunts and/or ladders?

I want to make some stunts but I don't have wood and I'm kind of cheap to buy it. I need to go to the local construction sites and ask for scraps since the scrap 2x4 would make good ladder bridges. I have two ladder drops in me yard. A small not pictured and the one in the picture. Both are a lot of fun.

Originally Posted by 2w4s

Really Nice! those look like a lot of fun! I can't wait to get out of socal so I can have some land to build dj's, too!

You just need to know where to buy land in so cal.

Originally Posted by JamR

Looks fun, but I hope it's not in an area where the owner or LM would take exception to it.

Most of it looks pretty harmless, but I would be careful about......

........Just a suggestion.

Nice work though....looks fun.

Yea, the drainage is kind of goofy because it was put in but not finished completely so some drains go some where while other end in random locations. It's a housing track that was being built 10-13 years ago and hasn't been touched once it went bankrupt. But we haven't blocked anything or caused damage (well it's all dirt so I don't know what kind of damage could occur).

[JamR]