Towable Slider?

crowem87 · Criminal Joined: 21 Aug 2004 Posts: 64 City: Indianapolis

Hey does anyone have a towable slider? my friends and i are hoping to make a towable rainbow like the one in metronome...i was jsut wondering how long we should make it...i want to make it before the season starts back up so its all ready to go but can see how wid the wake is....

Liquid*Force*Rider · Posted: Mar 07, 2005 4:35 pm Post subject:

i would go 1 foot wide and about 12-15 feet long.

crowem87 · Criminal Joined: 21 Aug 2004 Posts: 64 City: Indianapolis

thanks, do you know how we could make the wood curve into the rainbow? 15 feet i mean i guess i can always lengthen or shorten the lines that are towing the slider but i think we want it as longas possible-

Liquid*Force*Rider · Posted: Mar 08, 2005 6:47 pm Post subject:

crowem87, You can cut out little noches every 2 inches to make in bend.

Ctipping · Posted: Mar 08, 2005 7:29 pm Post subject:

do you know how to make a 1/4 pipe with plywood? with the 2x4's nailed inside 2 sheets of plywood and anothe piece bent and screwed to the 2x4's....i think you could work something like that.

Liquid*Force*Rider · Posted: Mar 09, 2005 4:59 pm Post subject:

Ctipping, I don't get what you just said. Confused

Beaver · Posted: Mar 09, 2005 7:36 pm Post subject:

Liquid*Force*Rider, I think he means to cut out a rainbow shape out of plywood trace it on another sheet of plywood cut it out and screw in 2 by 4s in the middle for braceing and figur out a top sheet mabe another pice of plywood screwed down to form the rainbow and PVC overtop.

Ctipping · Posted: Mar 09, 2005 8:32 pm Post subject:

Id_Rather_Be_On_A_Board, thanks...im not so articulate while i'm sick......

Liquid*Force*Rider · Posted: Mar 10, 2005 7:51 am Post subject:

Id_Rather_Be_On_A_Board, Thanks, that makes sence.

Beaver · Posted: Mar 10, 2005 7:05 pm Post subject:

Liquid*Force*Rider, no problem

crowem87 · Criminal Joined: 21 Aug 2004 Posts: 64 City: Indianapolis

ok guys well i decided to go ahead and build this thing while i was grounded for pretty much no reason this weekend...but anyways i took a 16ft 2x4 and cut notches 3/4" deep every 2 inches, then put a 12" piece of 2x4 in the middle perpendicular to it. then i put a stright piece on the bottom and bent the notched 2x4 to the straight piece and screwed it down. Then i made supports evenly distributed at different heights to make the curved board into a rainbow shape. I repeated all of this and made two rainbow trestles if you will and then made crossbars of 2x4 and connected them about 8" apart. This thing is incredibly strong and camp out better than i thought. The only trouble i ran into was that the second slotted board was sorter than the first so the supports are uneven when they are next to eachother. Next im going to build it up on to 4x4s and cover the sides with 1/4 plywood and paint it. I will finish it by putting a trex type composite decking on top. All the wood cost me around 70$, and i already had the screws needed. The only thing that will be costly is the decking surface im using to slide which runs about 27$ a board at home depot(u will need two)- Just thought u guys could all make your own! I will post pics soon hopefully.

Method9455 · Outlaw Joined: 23 Feb 2005 Posts: 111

what do you mean by towable? just floating or like - towing it?

crowem87 · Criminal Joined: 21 Aug 2004 Posts: 64 City: Indianapolis

towing it while ur wakeboarding lol i duno if this will work but basically it will be like this: the /= wake, -=slider /------\

FASTnSPEEDY · Newbie Joined: 14 Sep 2004 Posts: 16 City: JAX

Ctipping · Posted: Mar 14, 2005 7:34 pm Post subject:

FASTnSPEEDY, you carve in hard to get speed and ollie up

crowem87 · Criminal Joined: 21 Aug 2004 Posts: 64 City: Indianapolis

yea, if u watch metronome there are a lot of towable sliders in the video...

Liquid*Force*Rider · Posted: Mar 16, 2005 9:14 am Post subject:

crowem87, It will be super fun to hit up when it is done.

Can you post some pics while it the progress of building?

colefooter · Posted: Mar 16, 2005 5:24 pm Post subject:

FASTnSPEEDY, like this.. photos from the thread:
http://forums.wakeboarder.com/viewtopic.php?t=21175

Posted by scottpeever

Method9455 · Outlaw Joined: 23 Feb 2005 Posts: 111

yea thats what i was thinking but then i was like - no way thats nuts

Liquid*Force*Rider · Posted: Mar 16, 2005 9:09 pm Post subject:

That rail looks like it took alot of work and money to make. Rolling Eyes

crowem87 · Criminal Joined: 21 Aug 2004 Posts: 64 City: Indianapolis

sadly i meant to take pics of the building process, but never got around to it because it didnt' take long to make, u could probably build the whole thing in a day if uwanted...i will get a pic of it now that its finished....cant wait to ride this year!

Liquid*Force*Rider · Posted: Mar 24, 2005 10:56 pm Post subject:

crowem87, Done it yet?

Blk2k4Mach · Newbie Joined: 17 Mar 2005 Posts: 6 City: Indianapolis

yeah crowem did it. he just finished it today. i ride with him sometimes and stopped by to see it and it is BADA**

Liquid*Force*Rider · Posted: Mar 26, 2005 11:12 pm Post subject:

pictures please.

Beaver · Posted: Mar 27, 2005 10:15 am Post subject:

yah pics would be sweet.

Liquid*Force*Rider · Posted: Mar 28, 2005 2:22 pm Post subject:

Did you make a blue print or just 'Freestyle'? Laughing

crowem87 · Criminal Joined: 21 Aug 2004 Posts: 64 City: Indianapolis

i was sitting in school one day and drew out the whole plan for it and estimated the cost for everything...so i went out and bought it that day.....started making it and showed one of my friends the plans and lost them....and form there on out it was deff freestyle....pic will be up shortly....if i could ge ta camera!

Liquid*Force*Rider · Posted: Mar 29, 2005 9:12 am Post subject:

crowem87, I'm going to maybe make one so your plans would be nice, with some pics.

Liquid*Force*Rider · Posted: Mar 29, 2005 9:13 am Post subject:

crowem87, I'm going to maybe make one so your plans would be nice, with some pics.

als132 · Soul Rider Joined: 10 Mar 2005 Posts: 462 City: shoreline

people, people, people.....i hear many discussing the money issue, while the answer is this: go to a construction site @ night and "borrow" many 16 ft 2x4's...we built my frind's skateboard halfpipe for 100 bucks (10 ft wide, 30 ft long, 5 ft. tall). Tonight we are going to our school and taking 10 planks of trex (thats what their picninc tables are made out of). When you're low on money, you gotta make due with your surroundings.

Beaver · Posted: Apr 14, 2005 4:43 pm Post subject:

als132, Sweet, don't get caught takeing the trex man.

Liquid*Force*Rider · Posted: Apr 14, 2005 5:41 pm Post subject:

als132, haha, then make sure the school puts more on and just keep taking it. Laughing

Beaver · Posted: Apr 14, 2005 6:03 pm Post subject:

Haha yeah that would be sweet, free trex source.

als132 · Soul Rider Joined: 10 Mar 2005 Posts: 462 City: shoreline

yeah its gonna be a toughy because our school just installed a security camera in that part of the school. But it is spring break, maybe they wont be on, and we are going to go mission impossible on their asses, hopefully just come out un-noticed...we'll se how it works out, ill keep you updated. Oh, and theres like 10 different picnic tables with 10 planks on each so i think we're ok on the amount, only taking like 5 or six planks

Beaver · Posted: Apr 16, 2005 5:16 am Post subject:

haha sweet man goodluck