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Old 11-01-2019, 04:25 PM   #1
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Inspired by many on this forum who built a backyard crawler course, and the fact there's nowhere to crawl around here, I decided to try my hand at it. First, had to get approval from Da Boss (Wife) Once she gave her blessing, there were several stipulations.....

No mudpits, cannot look like a messy rock quarry and it should have some type of shrubbery around it. Since that was not what I had in mind, I stood my ground and said "Yes Dear"

Anyway, here we go.....
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Old 11-01-2019, 04:29 PM   #2
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Early stages, trying to figure out what works out the best with the materials on hand.

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Old 11-01-2019, 04:33 PM   #3
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Broken cement became a Rock Mountain

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Old 11-01-2019, 04:41 PM   #4
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Put some old wood logs to good use.

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Old 11-01-2019, 04:44 PM   #5
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Made a Rock face out of broken up blocks.

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Old 11-01-2019, 04:50 PM   #6
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Added some red clay around the Rock face, now it's time to get really creative...

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Old 11-01-2019, 04:57 PM   #7
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Made a cut in the clay mountain, made some retaining walls out of plywood and metal flooring transition strips.

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Old 11-01-2019, 05:01 PM   #8
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Nice, thats lookin good. Ive thought about buildin one myself, but weve been lookin at movin. My landlord wouldnt care, its just the fact of if i build it, then i gotta move it lol. So figure ill wait til we find our new home to build

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Turned out better than I thought it would, wife is pleased with it so far

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Nice, thats lookin good. Ive thought about buildin one myself, but weve been lookin at movin. My landlord wouldnt care, its just the fact of if i build it, then i gotta move it lol. So figure ill wait til we find our new home to build

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Thanks! My wife asked me what we would do if we move. I told her I'm retiring at this house, they can bury me next to my Crawler Course!
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Built another retaining wall to keep the clay from washing away, different type of wall this time.

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Gotta keep my promise to the wife, so I added some greenery. Made some rock steps on the side of the mountain and polished up the other concrete pile. So far so good.

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Old 11-01-2019, 06:23 PM   #13
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So this is it so far. I still want to add more rocks on the mountains, maybe make a bridge or a water feature. This project has been five weeks in the making. Any suggestions are welcome, this Rock Crawling addiction is real!

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Almost forgot to thank the heavy equipment crew for all their hard work...LOOOOOLLLL

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I'd say, "Nice job"...but, it isn't. "Nice" is a 3-4 out of 10. That's at least a 9.

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I'd say, "Nice job"...but, it isn't. "Nice" is a 3-4 out of 10. That's at least a 9.

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Thanks for the compliment, I really appreciate it!
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Thanks for the compliment, I really appreciate it!
Wish I had a backyard, but love in a condo. I do have a front patio, be but it's barely 5'x12'. Of course, I'd need a really big yard, as I'd also want to build my own dirt off-road track.

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Wish I had a backyard, but love in a condo. I do have a front patio, be but it's barely 5'x12'. Of course, I'd need a really big yard, as I'd also want to build my own dirt off-road track.

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Believe me, if I had my way, I would also build a short course oval for my Slashes. Also a mudpit....gotta have a mudpit.
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Believe me, if I had my way, I would also build a short course oval for my Slashes. Also a mudpit....gotta have a mudpit.
No on-road track?
(I also have an XRAY T4)

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No on-road track?
(I also have an XRAY T4)

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My bad, almost forgot to look out for my on-road oldies! Been a while since I used them so it would be nice to have a paved track. How's this for an Old School lineup:

Losi Street Weapon, Nitro TC3, Yokomo MR4, HPI RS4 and Mini RS4.
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