How to build an awesom kicker for $60

JLMcRae333 · Newbie Joined: 02 Dec 2004 Posts: 34 City: Meridian, MS

This is me and my friends kicker that we built for about $60. with four of us it worked out about $15 a piece. not bad. The trick is to find somewhere where they are laying cement and get all the 2x4s and 2x8s that they use for framing. The only thing we had to buy was plywood for the top and the laminate that we put ontop of the plywood.

DavidHoff · Posted: Jan 30, 2005 3:47 pm Post subject:

Any pictures?

Bowen · Posted: Jan 30, 2005 3:58 pm Post subject:

JLMcRae333, so did you steel the wood from the cement places, or did they let you take it?...Also, pics please...

JLMcRae333 · Newbie Joined: 02 Dec 2004 Posts: 34 City: Meridian, MS

It was at our school, we talked to the workers and they let us have it. How do i add pics?

DavidHoff · Posted: Jan 30, 2005 4:34 pm Post subject:

JLMcRae333, Click the button that says "Post reply" rather than the quick reply right on the thread page. Then towards the bottom there is a box where you browse your files to insert a picture.

JLMcRae333 · Newbie Joined: 02 Dec 2004 Posts: 34 City: Meridian, MS

i tried that but my pics are too large...is there any other way?

DavidHoff · Posted: Jan 30, 2005 4:38 pm Post subject:

JLMcRae333, Take your picture, put It into microsoft Paint program, and click Ctrl+W (Or Image on the top bar and then sketch/skew) and then type in 60 in each of the top 2 boxes and hit enter. Then resave the picture. It should shrink It. If It's still huge, do this once more. See If It works.

JLMcRae333 · Newbie Joined: 02 Dec 2004 Posts: 34 City: Meridian, MS

I did that but i got this message "Upload Error: Could not upload Attachment to ./files/picture_001_214.jpg."

JLMcRae333 · Newbie Joined: 02 Dec 2004 Posts: 34 City: Meridian, MS

Im about to make a website to put them on and i will just put a link to it

Liquid*Force*Rider · Posted: Jan 30, 2005 6:49 pm Post subject:

sound good to me

lets see the link Twisted Evil

JLMcRae333 · Newbie Joined: 02 Dec 2004 Posts: 34 City: Meridian, MS

JLMcRae333 · Newbie Joined: 02 Dec 2004 Posts: 34 City: Meridian, MS

sorry the pic is so big....go to my other topic "Kicker Pics" to see all the pics

cwaker4 · Soul Rider Joined: 09 Dec 2004 Posts: 465 City: Gilroy

thats sick, what are you using for the top sheet and how did you score those drums?

Bosun · Newbie Joined: 15 Mar 2005 Posts: 8

Dimensions?

JLMcRae333 · Newbie Joined: 02 Dec 2004 Posts: 34 City: Meridian, MS

We used 1/4 inch thich plywood then a slick laminate for the top... We got the barrels from the agricultural center, i know some of the workers there and they hooke us up for free

JLMcRae333 · Newbie Joined: 02 Dec 2004 Posts: 34 City: Meridian, MS

As for the deminsions... Its 5' wide 10' long and i think 5 1/2' tall

Liquid*Force*Rider · Posted: Mar 18, 2005 4:12 pm Post subject:

JLMcRae333, You hit it yet?

wakerider07 · Posted: Mar 22, 2005 2:23 pm Post subject:

how do you make sure that it stays deep enough in the water? or does its own wieght hold it down enough?

JLMcRae333 · Newbie Joined: 02 Dec 2004 Posts: 34 City: Meridian, MS

no..its warming up so i should get some pics of us hiting it soon