steel or wood 4 my for my ramp

[globe_2001]

hey has anyone got any free stell i could have for a ramp or does any1 know where i can get some really cheap metal cause im only 13 and money is tight and my parents wont help me out

[Mungoman45]

Well, i dont have any "free" or "cheap" steel, but i do have some advice. When it comes to ramps and especially building them yourself, 2 words come to mind "DON'T SKIMP". Ramps are 1 of those things in life that NEED to built 110% properly or it could end in sereous injury. I'd suggest waiting till ya have the needed money to build a Good 1. These things are rather expensive. Oh and dont use Wood for the frame, whatever ya do.

[Quadkiller]

Yeah, stick to the dirt and build up your skills for a few years.

[Simo]

use a metal frame m8 and a woodin top and ull be jumpin away in no time. the best place to get steel from is to break into a steel factory and steal it m8.

[Dorman]

or see if ur local engeerers have any scrap metal they dont want

[globe_2001]

does any 1 have any ideas wat i could use to hold the metal together cause i dont have a welder and dont know any 1 who has

[Mungoman45]

Ok, I dont condone stealing. Shame on you for even suggesting it Simo. if ya cant afford it Globe, dont buy it, simple as that. Like Quadkiller said, stick to dirt. All it takes is a little lookin after once the ramp has been made. and for GODS SAKE, if ya cant weld it together DONT USE ANYTHING ELSE PLEASE, for your safety. this is a freestyle motocross ramp we're talkin about that takes sereous punishment from bike and weather. I've said it before and I'll say it again, a ramp is something that needs to be built 110% properly!!! i cant stress that enough.

[globe_2001]

yeh but i dont have any land and i want i ramp so i can transpot it

[shirefmx]

i got all my steel for free from council clean up time ... its not rhs tubed steel but is angle iron which is good to weld and still pretty strong ... but cause its not as strong as the tube stuff you need heaps more supports to make to ramp strong enough

[Mungoman45]

well, like I've been told many a time during my life "Ya cant always get what ya want" so if it comes down to it, ya might have to go rampless, cause i mean if ya dont have any dirt, no steel, and even if ya DID have steel, ya still dont have any way of holding it together, then it might come back to the old school saying "tough titties" Sorry bro, but those are the breaks. I'm only thinkin of your safety here man, i dont mean to be so negative :(

[globe_2001]

hey simo the local steel factory is on a road the coppers dont go on so one night ill get my mate and well go down there on our pushys get as much as we can so i might try it

[globe_2001]

and there is heaps of good stell laying next to the factory so its a easy job

[LPB]

hahah
there is onlyone way to join a ramp together and that is a welder

[Mungoman45]

Oh I dunno Lee, maybe a combo of Zip Ties and Blu Tak, might do the job ya rekon????

PS, Globe I'm kidding bro:p, WARNING: dont use Zip Ties and Blu Tak to hold a freestyle ramp together :):p

[LPB]

haha
actually after thinking in all my experience with welding the best way ive found to do it is to combine the sludgy stuff out of washing machines and masking tape
works a treat

[spana]

Originally posted by globe_2001
hey has anyone got any free stell i could have for a ramp or does any1 know where i can get some really cheap metal cause im only 13 and money is tight and my parents wont help me out

i know what you mean. my parents wont help me at all:(

[Simo]

hahaha yea we will break into a big kenworth and out all the steal on that and then bust into the steel joint hahaaha