I’m in the fortunate position of having a disused railway line running alongside my garden, and having a gate straight on to it. All owned by my girlfriend’s family, (farmers).

There’s about a 250 yard stretch right by us which is in a cutting ranging from about 6 to 12 feet deep, it doesn’t get used for much at all, so I had this idea yesterday…….. The old trackbed itself is basically flat by the way and I suppose about 15 feet wide or thereabouts now.

I’ll have to leave a strip down the middle wide enough to get the tractor down, but suppose I can pretty much do what I like with the rest.

So, if it was you, what would you put in? Photo’s would be helpful! At the moment I know my cornering speed & berm technique leaves a lot to be desired, along with jumps, so that’s a starting point.

Riding a Genesis Core btw

Marry her

HTH

[video]http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=C6qHdtyBWy4&t=24[/video]

Put some stuff in you don’t often see on the trail, and also build in some stuff you can’t do at the moment to account for progression.
One thing I love putting trails I dig is an S bend of berms with a roller in the middle.

You say the total width is 15′ or so? That’s going to be tight getting a 180 berm in. Leaving the middle 8′ clear for the tractor means a long oval with two (small) 180 berms at either end with small doubles and tables along each length. Maybe even a wooden drop or two.

One thing I love putting trails I dig is an S bend of berms

Stuff like that is great fun to ride but i’m not sure if he has the free space.

I’ll try and post some photo’s up later if I get time, although the flat is about 15ft wide, the sloping banks to the side are mostly clear of big trees and could accommodate some stuff, it varies quite a lot to be honest.

Here is the one i made in our garden.

[video]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1bGbY1KitSM&feature=youtu.be[/video]

[video]http://youtu.be/1bGbY1KitSM[/video]

Probably easiest to start with a few straight jumps then see what space you have to work with. A ladder drop ibto the jump line would be fun 🙂

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Awesome vid mate!

Can you bribe the farmer to do some digging with machinery to save time and effort shifting the dirt in the first place ? 😉

GEDA – get a fire going in that fire pit and build a line through the flames! 😈

Awesome vid mate!

+1, I’m feeling inspired, but then remember I don’t have anywhere I can build a pump-track 🙁

I do have a JCB 3CX at my disposal……….. But he might get a bit concerned if I’m down there digging for too long!

Geda,

Love the video of your mini pump track 🙂