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Old 01-03-2011, 01:38 PM   #41
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completely amazing, cant think of a better name for it, crawliseum fits perfect. you need to send pictures into rc car action or something!
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Old 01-03-2011, 11:38 PM   #42
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Great spot! I love it.

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Old 01-03-2011, 11:57 PM   #43
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Did you use any stain in the mix with that lower section? Looks very realistic, and I'm guessing cheaper than buying rocks that size. I am looking into building something in the backyard to crawl on that will be nice a purty for the wife as well. I am thinking I'll have to put a waterfall in it so she won't know its for crawling.
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Old 01-04-2011, 12:59 AM   #44
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That's awesome man! Got some good stuff going on and sounds like plenty of people to come try it out.
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Old 01-04-2011, 01:20 AM   #45
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By far the best home course i've seen yet Very cool that you have the means and the space to build that bad boy. I'll be following this thread, it'll be fun to watch what gets added
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Old 01-04-2011, 07:28 AM   #46
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completely amazing, cant think of a better name for it, crawliseum fits perfect. you need to send pictures into rc car action or something!



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Great spot! I love it.

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Thanks Casey. If you ever make it to the States, crawl by.


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Did you use any stain in the mix with that lower section? Looks very realistic, and I'm guessing cheaper than buying rocks that size. I am looking into building something in the backyard to crawl on that will be nice a purty for the wife as well. I am thinking I'll have to put a waterfall in it so she won't know its for crawling.
Yea, I've used different color liquid dyes in most of the concrete mixes. (Available at Lowes and Home Depot.) But I used enough of the dye only once, in the red steep section in the corner. Next time I'll use the entire bottle for 2 bags of cement. Its very tough to match colors when you to have touch up a section the next day or add to it later, which always happens.
Comparing the cost of rocks vs. concrete. Hmmmm
Concrete/Cement $8/10 for 80/90 lb. bags
Stucco lathe $8 for 2'x6' I think
Boulders $15-20 a ton, I hauled 'em. Alot more exspensive if somebody brings them to you. Also consider whether a large truck can get to your desired spot. Dumping rocks then moving them again is not good.
The rocks are changeable but too many gaps are bad. Also can be faster to get a section built and ready to crawl on. But very hard to make it look natural.

Concrete or cement is labor intensive to form up, mix, slather out and finish. I tkink it's easier to make it look natural with a little work. But pretty rewarding. So far it takes me a day to form,mix, and pour 2 large bags. Then another 1/2 day to spray some paint on and scrape most of it off with a piece of rough concrete.
Waterfall... yea I've been trying to fight that urge....


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That's awesome man! Got some good stuff going on and sounds like plenty of people to come try it out.

Thanks. I hope everybody comes by for a big practice!



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By far the best home course i've seen yet Very cool that you have the means and the space to build that bad boy. I'll be following this thread, it'll be fun to watch what gets added
Thanks very much! I definetly feel lucky to have the tools and spot to do this and want to share it with folks. Life is good!

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Old 01-04-2011, 07:59 AM   #47
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I was out there around Thanksgiving and Mike is a great guy. He's as nice in person as he is online. And it appears building the Crawliseum is a full time job for Mike. The place looks completely different than it did a month agO! Thanks Mike!

The holidays are over. It's time to get back over there!!
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Old 01-04-2011, 05:11 PM   #48
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I was out there around Thanksgiving and Mike is a great guy. He's as nice in person as he is online. And it appears building the Crawliseum is a full time job for Mike. The place looks completely different than it did a month agO! Thanks Mike!

The holidays are over. It's time to get back over there!!
Thanks Chris, not sure I deserve the comps though.
It has def been a full-time obsession lately. It's easy to start working on it and hard to stop!
Come crawl anytime, Thanks again.


Here's some before and after pics of a couple of sections I've changed since Thanksgiving. I took out these two sections of bedlined foam and put in Quartz and concrete slabs.






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Old 01-04-2011, 06:20 PM   #49
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i need a indoor park at my house
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Old 01-04-2011, 06:43 PM   #50
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we need some vids, looks great
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Old 01-04-2011, 06:46 PM   #51
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May as well wash the new white quartz.














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Old 01-05-2011, 05:04 PM   #52
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Next I removed one of the elevated bedliner pieces and setup some concrete slabs. We filled the gaps and seams with cement to get rid of some of the raw edges.














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Old 01-05-2011, 05:40 PM   #53
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I'm trying to figure out what type of climbing surface u forgot, thats hard to do U got about every thing . Great job looks like fun
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Old 01-05-2011, 05:52 PM   #54
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It was nice to have one side of the course open while the weather was nice but that didn't last long enough. We threw a few boards up and stretched some 4mil plastic.









The plastic is temporary 'tll spring, but is well worth the $25 to cover the 12'x50' wall to block the wind and hold in some heat.

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Old 01-05-2011, 06:14 PM   #55
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wicked, i wish this was closer to me....would love to try it, but michigan to NC is quite a trek
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Old 01-05-2011, 06:32 PM   #56
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I'm trying to figure out what type of climbing surface u forgot, thats hard to do U got about every thing . Great job looks like fun

LOL, let me know if you think of what I'm missing! Thanks.


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wicked, i wish this was closer to me....would love to try it, but michigan to NC is quite a trek
Come on down anytime, I'm hoping to head to the U P for some Dualsport riding one of these days.
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Old 01-06-2011, 01:33 PM   #57
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we need some vids, looks great

How about live streaming video of my son and I practicing?

From 4:30 -6pm est today we'll be crawlin' live check it out!
This is my 1st attempt at this, bare with me.





Thanks for watching yall.

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Old 01-07-2011, 04:16 PM   #58
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Here's a couple of bridge pics.


We had to try it.





We've changed the points where the ropes are attached, adding some offcamber excitement.

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Old 01-07-2011, 04:23 PM   #59
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A few of the NCRCCrawlers.com guys came by last weekend.







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Old 01-09-2011, 06:21 AM   #60
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At this point the pics are update and it's time to add another fake rock area. First are a couple of pics of the area before I get started.







It's gonna be big, anyone want to help mix and slather on cement today?










That's as far as I got last nite.
Today I'll have a couple of buds helpin', so hopefully we'll get all of the cement layed on the lathe. Btw, it's 18 degrees here, not exactly concrete pouring weather!

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