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BLOWIN' CHUNKS
A couple of weeks ago my friend and I built
a couple of ramps but had no place to put
them, so I decided to take 'em down the road
from me and place them in the driveway. I
went to my dad's house, and when I return-
ed. I saw that some stupid asshole had
trashed them and thrown the ply everywhere
in small chunks. I was so p.o.'d I could have
broken some idiot's neck. What should I do
about it? Should I make them pay for the
wood or just forget all of it and start all over
again?
Scott West
Winton, CA
Sounds like your ramps got run over by
a freight train and not just trashed. Ply-
wood is not easily broken into small
chunks. I think you guys were pretty hap-
pening to have been able to build more
than one ramp in the first place. I would
say forget those guys (unless you really
think you can make them pay), salvage
what you can and go build another one-
just be more cautious about where you
put it.
RAMP START-UP
I have a problem. I live in a small town.
Hardly anyone skates. There used to be at
skate park two hours away from us, but I
never got to go. I am thinking of building a
ramp. Do you have any idea how much a
half-pipe would cost and what size a starter
would need?
Lee Graham
Fredericktown, MO
That is kind of hard to say. The price of
a ramp can vary a lot depending on how
big you want to build and what kind of
lumber and other materials you use. For
a heavy duty, ten-foot tall, redwood-
trussed, masonite-layered, sixteen-foot
wide ramp with a 9-foot transition, roll-
out decks, twelve-feet of flat bottom, tiki
lamps and sound system, well...you're
going to pay anywhere from two to five-
thousand dollars (probably a lot less if
you don't actually "buy" the wood). Now,
for a starter, you could probably get away
with maybe four-hundred bucks. I spent
with Rick Blackhart
over four-hundred bucks on a ramp and
never made it past the framework. How-
ever, a little here, a little there and you'll
have some starter material in no time.
Spend a couple bucks and buy the
THRASHER ramp plans. I'm sure they'll
help a lot.
GO GLASSLESS
I'm going to be building a new ramp soon.
I'm not sure how wide it's going to be, maybe
sixteen or twenty feet wide. I'm just wonder-
ing if that would be wide enough for a three-
foot channel. And do you think it would be
worthwhile to have it covered with
fiberglass?
John Leach
Canandaigui, NY
If you build a ramp that is twenty feet
wide with a three-foot channel, that
would leave eight and a half feet on either
side. I would say that's an excellent ramp
layout. As far as fiberglass goes, I would
not use it. Eventually it's going to crack or
wear through. When it cracks it gets un-
der your skin. When it gets under your
skin, it sucks. Masonite is good, and steel
is even better if you can afford it.
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