Permanent Slider Question

Slaytwebeling · Addict Joined: 05 Feb 2003 Posts: 892 City: Houston

Ok we were thinking about making an aframe for the river i live on that is like 4 ft deep and we wanted to make it a permanent slider. So I was wondering if for the main post you put them in a bucket filled with cement if that would keep the slider steady.

ridetilludie · Newbie Joined: 01 Sep 2004 Posts: 19 City: Wrightwood

hey man do you know how to dig holes under water for the support post. anything woould help thanks

colefooter · Posted: Sep 05, 2004 5:26 pm Post subject:

it would have to be a big bucket...

Cheb75 · Outlaw Joined: 16 Jan 2003 Posts: 154 City: Dallas

let the questions poor in....

VIDEO : http://www.wakepics.com/view_single.php?medid=11560

ridetilludie · Newbie Joined: 01 Sep 2004 Posts: 19 City: Wrightwood

thats the nicest slider Ive seen yet how did you make the holes for the support post that sit in the water??

Nice rail manh

Elevation · Posted: Sep 07, 2004 3:47 pm Post subject:

that is a tight rail, haha i could see some huge slide outs on that puppy

Liquid*Force*Rider · Posted: Sep 08, 2004 5:40 pm Post subject:

WakeKid07, Laughing

ridetilludie · Newbie Joined: 01 Sep 2004 Posts: 19 City: Wrightwood

Cheb75, what is your email I have lots of question and I need to ask them fast we are trying to put are rail up this weekend... Thanks

Cheb75 · Outlaw Joined: 16 Jan 2003 Posts: 154 City: Dallas

ask away.....

ask'em here so everyone can learn...

ridetilludie · Newbie Joined: 01 Sep 2004 Posts: 19 City: Wrightwood

Just wanted to know about how he got those 2x6's in the water, Im having an incredible difficult time putting support post in the ground at lake havasu, CA ... everyone has been helpfull just still nothing worker yet, post pounder, agur drill, post hole digger... looks like you got yours in the ground

Cheb75 · Outlaw Joined: 16 Jan 2003 Posts: 154 City: Dallas

They are in the mud. Here in Texas, the river bottom is sorta soft mudd and not a hard rock bed like it would be in AZ or Cali. We drove them into the ground with a sledge hammer. The posts are 10ft long. We drove them into the ground as deep as possible and then cut off the acess on the top that had splintered up from being pounded by the sledge hammer. We just made sure the slider will be as high as the lowest post. Some posts went in far, like 3-4ft, and others only went in like 2 ft. Which is plenty deep considering there are 8 other posts bearing the load on the slider and stuff. We also took a chain saw and cut the end of the post to a point like a pencil before we drove them into the ground which helps alot.

You can see in the picture the shoreline is like a silty/sand/mud bottom....so this is a perfect place for something like this. Fortunately its also pretty level all the way out. meaning the shoreline doesnt just drop off to like 4-6 ft. Its like waist high all the way out to the post...where the slider will be.

Elevation · Posted: Sep 14, 2004 6:04 pm Post subject:

Cheb75, looks real nice. get some pics of you hitting it man.

noneya · Addict Joined: 13 Jan 2003 Posts: 796 City: Roxboro, NC

Is that @ the Brazos?

Liquid*Force*Rider · Posted: Sep 15, 2004 7:00 am Post subject:

look super sick man

good work

Cheb75 · Outlaw Joined: 16 Jan 2003 Posts: 154 City: Dallas

Scroll up..all those pictures and video are me.......... Neutral

Liquid*Force*Rider · Posted: Sep 15, 2004 3:53 pm Post subject:

WakeKid07, your blind Wink

Elevation · Posted: Sep 15, 2004 6:03 pm Post subject:

hahaha sorry i am an idiot. i saw the video and pictures ofCheb75 at the top of the page, but i didnt notice the same user name and thought those pictures of the slider being built was somebody else starting to build a slider. haha great shots man.

Liquid*Force*Rider · Posted: Sep 17, 2004 3:37 pm Post subject:

WakeKid07, Embarassed

Cheb75 · Outlaw Joined: 16 Jan 2003 Posts: 154 City: Dallas

yes we did

ballywho · Wakeboarder.Commie Joined: 05 Feb 2005 Posts: 1725

Man thats gotta sting if you fall. Waist deep going 20, OUCH Shocked

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Ctipping · Posted: Feb 09, 2005 3:36 pm Post subject:

Yea those ones is sketchy....i gotta hit em up this summer

Ctipping · Posted: Feb 09, 2005 3:36 pm Post subject:

maybe if Liquid*Force*Rider doesn't ditch me again

Liquid*Force*Rider · Posted: Feb 10, 2005 7:49 am Post subject:

Ctipping · Posted: Feb 10, 2005 6:11 pm Post subject:

O we can blast some Rage now!

Cheb75 · Outlaw Joined: 16 Jan 2003 Posts: 154 City: Dallas

I did take a nasty fall on it...almost broke my neck

66ft slider - 22mph faceplant in 6 inches of water from 4ft high. I got super lucky....Yes, it hurt like a mofo. A severe case of whiplash and a really bad headache.

here's the video:

http://www.wakepics.com/view_single.php?medid=11562

Elevation · Posted: Feb 10, 2005 8:29 pm Post subject:

great filming... Rolling Eyes

but from what i could see that looks like it hurt a ton, glad to hear you didnt die from that ha

Liquid*Force*Rider · Posted: Feb 11, 2005 7:43 am Post subject:

Cheb75, you should have made that a little farther out in the river Shocked

That is like a plant i did once but im not going in to it Laughing

Cheb75 · Outlaw Joined: 16 Jan 2003 Posts: 154 City: Dallas

The slider usually is farther out in the river...but the water level sometimes goes up and down. That weekend it was pretty far down....we rode it anyways.

We were'nt planning on filming that day but a friend happen to have a camera that captured video...hince the poor quality. Better than nothing but you get the idea. Shocked

looking back...that was really dangerous and I'm very lucky. A guy broke his leg out there like a week or so early and had to be airlifted to the hospital. It was pretty bad.

Liquid*Force*Rider · Posted: Feb 12, 2005 11:05 am Post subject:

Cheb75, that little rail on the beach looks pretty pimpin' Wink

Cheb75 · Outlaw Joined: 16 Jan 2003 Posts: 154 City: Dallas

Yeah, thats "the trainer" its pretty fun.

My buddy is really good on it with a skate. Its always fun to watch.

Liquid*Force*Rider · Posted: Feb 12, 2005 6:05 pm Post subject:

The last pic is funny Wink

look at his face Laughing