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MaxxZilla · 09-13-2007, 08:28 PM

Here are some pics of my course, all rocks hand moved.

Water crossing

Uphill

2nd water crossing

There are still some rocks that are too large for me to get in the trailer that I could bring over, just not sure how I would get them on.

TIMZKRAWLER · 09-13-2007, 09:26 PM

lookin cool brotha....wish i had that much to play on at my place

MasterShake44 · 09-13-2007, 11:37 PM

Man That Is Sweet! Looks Like A Good Time!

hitt · 09-14-2007, 06:26 AM

i just went and picked up some rocks the other day for my yard

i guess they can double as a rock course if i line them up

i like the water crossing

MaxxZilla · 09-14-2007, 08:10 AM

I'll post some action shots on the course monday I hope. Still haven't tryed it out.

rockwerks · 09-14-2007, 08:34 AM

Here is my front yard, been working on it for a few years, the rear yard is more of the same. some of the rocks are in the 4' range and over a ton

red sandstone walkways and waterways etc. designed with ascetics and rc crawling in mind

MaxxZilla · 09-14-2007, 09:06 AM

Looks like you need some round up to get rid of those plants ;)

rockwerks · 09-14-2007, 09:10 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MaxxZilla

Looks like you need some round up to get rid of those plants ;)

spent alot of money on those plants..........still tons of lines for the 2.2's

crawlinghulls · 09-14-2007, 09:15 AM

Here is our home rock crawling garden. My husband moved every rock by hand. It is becoming an addiction I think

. We enjoy this every chance we get. We began with it being primarily for 2.2's but once he got his High Lift, we added a 1.9 course throughout.

rockwerks · 09-14-2007, 09:18 AM

nice work!

jetboat · 09-14-2007, 09:22 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by crawlinghulls

. My husband moved every rock by hand.

Husband??? A wife with a crawler NICE!!!!!!!! My wife is great at not saying anything about my addiction she even supports it but I can never get her to drive. Course looks great, Im getting ready to start a small course at my house for when I cant get down to the large one at my "farm"

rockwerks · 09-14-2007, 09:24 AM

Ali has her own and now startting to build her a tuber next week

wshipley · 09-14-2007, 09:47 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jetboat

Husband??? A wife with a crawler NICE!!!!!!!! My wife is great at not saying anything about my addiction she even supports it but I can never get her to drive. Course looks great, Im getting ready to start a small course at my house for when I cant get down to the large one at my "farm"

My wife was never into RC, until I took here to Nationals, I let here run my rig on Monday in Moab, and she says to me, Ok build me one now. So I'm in the process of building a Scorpion.

I'll post up pics of my Home track soon.

toy4crawlin · 09-14-2007, 03:24 PM

Lucky guy

Nice job

Thanks for the PICs

I hope to have one soon,
have the ok from the Mss's :-P

JavelinSST390 · 09-14-2007, 04:02 PM

Nice courses and yards, guys. I only WISH my wife supported my habits. With my wife, anything that I do that doesn't directly benefit her is a bad thing.

Heck, I consider myself dang lucky if I can do ANYTHING I enjoy for more than 20 minutes without her interrupting me and asking me to do something.

And as far as the courses go, those are nice, but here in Nebraska just a simple course could cost Thousands of $$$$. (Around here rocks sell for more per pound than a good Black Angus Steak, and a good steak sells for about $7 a pound, so you do the math.) The guy with the really nice yard, well, around here, that's about a $50,000 yard, and that's if you did it yourself! Hire someone, and it would be over 100 G's! (WELL over!)

Oh, and you can't just go pick up rocks or whatever from out in a pasture or the side of the road. Oh, no. That's HIGHLY illegal. (like JAIL TIME!

For freaking ROCKS!)

I am slowly accumulating busted-up concrete chunks for my own course, (at least THAT I can get for free, or nearly free!) but it'll take some serious terra-forming in my yard to get something cool, since I live on a nice, flat piece of land here. Oh, wait, it's ALL flat... IT'S NEBRASKA!

The_Green_Mennie · 09-14-2007, 04:10 PM

In my job once in awhile I get to bring something good home. Today it was a 12 ton load of dirt and ROOOOOOOOOOCKS. Freshly brokin from the big rock we call Vancouver Island. I'm stoked to have a huge supply of rock to use. My mind is going a mile a minute thinking of the cool things to do with them. I have unlimited supply of dirt in the back to make hills and mounds then cover them with rocks (no need to waste a bunch to make 1 big pile) Here are some pics of my pile. Now I just need to get it all across my creek into the proving grounds, wish my back luck. Couldn't resist put my trucks on the pile for the pics. Hey Stef, since your not going to Van Saterday...... want to come help out for abit. ;D

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My new AX-10 at the top of the heap. I tip my hat to the boys at Axial, they built one hell of a truck.

Tacoma747 · 09-14-2007, 04:59 PM

Already have a thread with pics of mine in it, here ya go, it is gonna suck when I move out next year... Guess I'll come back to my parents house to work on my 1:1 truck (if I don't get a garage right away) and play with the R/C....

My at-home rock garden...

crawlinghulls · 09-14-2007, 05:20 PM

All of the rocks were taken from a local building project. I spoke to the soon to be home owners and they were thrilled someone wanted to take the rocks for free. I think I made around 50 trips with my little ford ranger. My wife was right it is somewhat addicting. The wife drives a BMV which she loves due to its simplicity. She is learning and definitely understands that it is not what you drive but how you drive. Now if I can only find some more rocks!!!! I have been thinking about having a 1 ton rock (yes a single rock) and bury it so it looks like a natural ledge. I spoke to a stone mason I know he told me figure at least 1500 bucks so I gotta start saving.

crawlinghulls · 09-25-2007, 04:54 AM

Here's a video of an update to our rock garden. Like I said, it is an addiction

dabid · 09-25-2007, 03:31 PM

I have a crappy waterfall/rock garden, it's impossible to hit with anything because there's sand inbetween the rocks and you can't get traction.

09-13-2007, 08:28 PM	#1
MaxxZilla Rock Crawler Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Astoria, Oregon Posts: 559	Personal rock courses? Here are some pics of my course, all rocks hand moved. Water crossing Uphill 2nd water crossing There are still some rocks that are too large for me to get in the trailer that I could bring over, just not sure how I would get them on.

09-13-2007, 11:37 PM	#3
MasterShake44 Rock Crawler Join Date: May 2007 Location: Valdosta Posts: 588	Nice Man That Is Sweet! Looks Like A Good Time!

09-14-2007, 09:15 AM	#9
crawlinghulls Rock Crawler Join Date: May 2007 Location: Norwich Posts: 920	A Crawlers Heaven Here is our home rock crawling garden. My husband moved every rock by hand. It is becoming an addiction I think . We enjoy this every chance we get. We began with it being primarily for 2.2's but once he got his High Lift, we added a 1.9 course throughout.

09-14-2007, 04:02 PM	#15
JavelinSST390 Rock Crawler Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Rectalville Posts: 889	Nice courses and yards, guys. I only WISH my wife supported my habits. With my wife, anything that I do that doesn't directly benefit her is a bad thing. Heck, I consider myself dang lucky if I can do ANYTHING I enjoy for more than 20 minutes without her interrupting me and asking me to do something. And as far as the courses go, those are nice, but here in Nebraska just a simple course could cost Thousands of $$$$. (Around here rocks sell for more per pound than a good Black Angus Steak, and a good steak sells for about $7 a pound, so you do the math.) The guy with the really nice yard, well, around here, that's about a $50,000 yard, and that's if you did it yourself! Hire someone, and it would be over 100 G's! (WELL over!) Oh, and you can't just go pick up rocks or whatever from out in a pasture or the side of the road. Oh, no. That's HIGHLY illegal. (like JAIL TIME! For freaking ROCKS!) I am slowly accumulating busted-up concrete chunks for my own course, (at least THAT I can get for free, or nearly free!) but it'll take some serious terra-forming in my yard to get something cool, since I live on a nice, flat piece of land here. Oh, wait, it's ALL flat... IT'S NEBRASKA! Last edited by JavelinSST390; 09-14-2007 at 04:06 PM.

09-13-2007, 09:26 PM	#2
TIMZKRAWLER Rock Crawler Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: APPLE VALLEY,CALIFORNIA Posts: 985	lookin cool brotha....wish i had that much to play on at my place

09-14-2007, 06:26 AM	#4
hitt Newbie Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Staunton Posts: 31	i just went and picked up some rocks the other day for my yard i guess they can double as a rock course if i line them up i like the water crossing

09-14-2007, 08:10 AM	#5
MaxxZilla Rock Crawler Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Astoria, Oregon Posts: 559	I'll post some action shots on the course monday I hope. Still haven't tryed it out.

09-14-2007, 08:34 AM	#6
rockwerks I wanna be Dave Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: FLAGSTAFF Posts: 3,728	Here is my front yard, been working on it for a few years, the rear yard is more of the same. some of the rocks are in the 4' range and over a ton red sandstone walkways and waterways etc. designed with ascetics and rc crawling in mind

09-14-2007, 09:06 AM	#7
MaxxZilla Rock Crawler Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Astoria, Oregon Posts: 559	Looks like you need some round up to get rid of those plants ;)

09-14-2007, 09:18 AM	#10
rockwerks I wanna be Dave Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: FLAGSTAFF Posts: 3,728	nice work!

09-14-2007, 09:24 AM	#12
rockwerks I wanna be Dave Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: FLAGSTAFF Posts: 3,728	Ali has her own and now startting to build her a tuber next week

09-14-2007, 03:24 PM	#14
toy4crawlin I wanna be Dave Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Campbell, CA 4 hrs 2Rubicon ! Posts: 2,044	Lucky guy Nice job Thanks for the PICs I hope to have one soon, have the ok from the Mss's :-P

09-14-2007, 04:10 PM	#16
The_Green_Mennie Quarry Creeper Join Date: May 2006 Location: Next to your girlfriend Posts: 224	In my job once in awhile I get to bring something good home. Today it was a 12 ton load of dirt and ROOOOOOOOOOCKS. Freshly brokin from the big rock we call Vancouver Island. I'm stoked to have a huge supply of rock to use. My mind is going a mile a minute thinking of the cool things to do with them. I have unlimited supply of dirt in the back to make hills and mounds then cover them with rocks (no need to waste a bunch to make 1 big pile) Here are some pics of my pile. Now I just need to get it all across my creek into the proving grounds, wish my back luck. Couldn't resist put my trucks on the pile for the pics. Hey Stef, since your not going to Van Saterday...... want to come help out for abit. ;D . . . . My new AX-10 at the top of the heap. I tip my hat to the boys at Axial, they built one hell of a truck.

09-14-2007, 04:59 PM	#17
Tacoma747 Pebble Pounder Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Winston-Salem Posts: 158	Already have a thread with pics of mine in it, here ya go, it is gonna suck when I move out next year... Guess I'll come back to my parents house to work on my 1:1 truck (if I don't get a garage right away) and play with the R/C.... My at-home rock garden...

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09-14-2007, 05:20 PM	#18
crawlinghulls Rock Crawler Join Date: May 2007 Location: Norwich Posts: 920	All of the rocks were taken from a local building project. I spoke to the soon to be home owners and they were thrilled someone wanted to take the rocks for free. I think I made around 50 trips with my little ford ranger. My wife was right it is somewhat addicting. The wife drives a BMV which she loves due to its simplicity. She is learning and definitely understands that it is not what you drive but how you drive. Now if I can only find some more rocks!!!! I have been thinking about having a 1 ton rock (yes a single rock) and bury it so it looks like a natural ledge. I spoke to a stone mason I know he told me figure at least 1500 bucks so I gotta start saving.

09-25-2007, 04:54 AM	#19
crawlinghulls Rock Crawler Join Date: May 2007 Location: Norwich Posts: 920	Here's a video of an update to our rock garden. Like I said, it is an addiction

09-25-2007, 03:31 PM	#20
dabid Quarry Creeper Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: HP lounge Posts: 289	I have a crappy waterfall/rock garden, it's impossible to hit with anything because there's sand inbetween the rocks and you can't get traction.

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