For my birthday this year, I wanted something different than I had ever received from my wife...not clothes, not bike parts, not tools...
I wanted a Birthday Jump I worked alone on this so it took me working on it for at least 2-3 hours every night last week to finish. Please come along for the journey of the construction of my very first Birthday Jump
I have to give Tim (opjones) MAJOR props for all of his tips and for the original design for the jump. Couldn't have done it without ya bro!
Dimensions: The lip is 4ft wide and 5ft tall with a 9ft radius. The landing (before I had to bury the posts) was 8ft wide and 5ft tall with 9 feet of ply to touch down on and is STEEEEEP
Lip is all framed up! (Note the bracing on the side was only temporary)
Now it's time to start the landing
The lander is all framed up...I'm standing behind it for size reference This friggin thing weighs a TON!!! 8)
Now for the finished product in its permanent home because its too heavy to move haha :twisted: It ended up being a stepdown (had to bury lander posts 6-8" because of the slope of the hill its on). I can move the lip further away but was having too much fun hitting it to stop I can also get going MUCH faster than in the vids but didn't to move lip as stated above. I love how steep the lander is..feels way more like a DJ than a box jump.
Now for the good part...action shots!! I apologize that they are blury but the conditions weren't exactly agreeing with my digital camera. Here are a couple pics and videos from the evening
Here are the vids:
http://s271.photobucket.com/albums/jj149/AnnArborDJer/Wooden Jump/?action=view¤t=100_4200.flv
http://s271.photobucket.com/albums/jj149/AnnArborDJer/Wooden Jump/?action=view¤t=100_4199.flv
http://s271.photobucket.com/albums/jj149/AnnArborDJer/Wooden Jump/?action=view¤t=100_4198.flv
I wanted a Birthday Jump I worked alone on this so it took me working on it for at least 2-3 hours every night last week to finish. Please come along for the journey of the construction of my very first Birthday Jump
I have to give Tim (opjones) MAJOR props for all of his tips and for the original design for the jump. Couldn't have done it without ya bro!
Dimensions: The lip is 4ft wide and 5ft tall with a 9ft radius. The landing (before I had to bury the posts) was 8ft wide and 5ft tall with 9 feet of ply to touch down on and is STEEEEEP
Lip is all framed up! (Note the bracing on the side was only temporary)
Now it's time to start the landing
The lander is all framed up...I'm standing behind it for size reference This friggin thing weighs a TON!!! 8)
Now for the finished product in its permanent home because its too heavy to move haha :twisted: It ended up being a stepdown (had to bury lander posts 6-8" because of the slope of the hill its on). I can move the lip further away but was having too much fun hitting it to stop I can also get going MUCH faster than in the vids but didn't to move lip as stated above. I love how steep the lander is..feels way more like a DJ than a box jump.
Now for the good part...action shots!! I apologize that they are blury but the conditions weren't exactly agreeing with my digital camera. Here are a couple pics and videos from the evening
Here are the vids:
http://s271.photobucket.com/albums/jj149/AnnArborDJer/Wooden Jump/?action=view¤t=100_4200.flv
http://s271.photobucket.com/albums/jj149/AnnArborDJer/Wooden Jump/?action=view¤t=100_4199.flv
http://s271.photobucket.com/albums/jj149/AnnArborDJer/Wooden Jump/?action=view¤t=100_4198.flv