One more Backyard Crawler Course....

[mv1985]

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.....:roll:

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":lmao:

Anyway, here we go.....

 

[mv1985]

Early stages, trying to figure out what works out the best with the materials on hand.

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[mv1985]

Broken cement became a Rock Mountain

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[mv1985]

Put some old wood logs to good use.

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[mv1985]

Made a Rock face out of broken up blocks.

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[mv1985]

Added some red clay around the Rock face, now it's time to get really creative...

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[mv1985]

Made a cut in the clay mountain, made some retaining walls out of plywood and metal flooring transition strips.

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[indybama]

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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[mv1985]

Turned out better than I thought it would, wife is pleased with it so far[emoji106]

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[mv1985]

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!:mrgreen:

 

[mv1985]

Built another retaining wall to keep the clay from washing away, different type of wall this time.

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[mv1985]

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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[mv1985]

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![emoji23]

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[mv1985]

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

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[Panther6834]

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

~ More peace, love, laughter & kindness would make the world a MUCH better place

 

[mv1985]

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

~ More peace, love, laughter & kindness would make the world a MUCH better place

Thanks for the compliment, I really appreciate it!"thumbsup"

 

[Panther6834]

Thanks for the compliment, I really appreciate it!"thumbsup"

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.

~ More peace, love, laughter & kindness would make the world a MUCH better place

 

[mv1985]

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.

~ More peace, love, laughter & kindness would make the world a MUCH better place

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.

 

[Panther6834]

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)

~ More peace, love, laughter & kindness would make the world a MUCH better place

 

[mv1985]

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

~ More peace, love, laughter & kindness would make the world a MUCH better place

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.