@@Memberz372 the homies lettin u know how to build something or you can diy whatever u want, if you have a problem with their hard work then do it yourself.
EXACTLY!! @keenramps pretty sure we are going to order 2 x 5ft quarters for our little skatepark. We've built a bunch but supporting you all would be the icing on the cake!
I think that's a much harder ask because you need decent plywood and a lot of 2x4s cut to specific length. I'm sure you could still do it on the cheap but it's gonna be hard to make a sturdy decent qp that's worth the time and effort out of cheap garbage.
@@FreudianQuip I agree, for a qp you’d have to be a lot more precise and specific. But I don’t doubt that someone could for cheap! I’ve even seen some with pvc pipes that perform well
@@itsdakota6442 you're correct the problem is that quarter pipes take longer to build, it's probably not worth the time investment to use shitty potentially warped pallet wood that probably won't hold up as well over time
Back in the late 80's there was a neighborhood being built (Point Mallard Estates). My friend's mom would take his older brothers over there and we built a huge half pipe in his back yard with all the wood they were boosting from the houses...
yo mad respect on this one. Out here in savannah georgia we dont have a solid diy and the park is half ass. Gonna make a ledge from this and hopefully sparks a flame with the scene, stay easy - Ben
this is what i love. it just shows that this company isn’t all about the money and it truly just wants to help the skating community grow and kids to get better. huge respect for you guys
This is 100% amazing and Cory is such a solid dude for offering this kind of transparency. Honestly, could not be more stoked to have watched this! One thing....The local Library in my area just sent out an email saying that they are offering tools for a one-week rental now...I thought that was amazing so I donated some old tools that I had to them so that is a new option too!
You guys are awesome for showing kids who may not be able to afford your products how to enjoy skating at a low budget cost. I will continue to support your company and it’s products due to your humble attitude! Thank you Keen Ramps.
I wouldn't say they're over priced. If you calculated the time it took you to drive to the store, buy all the material, formulate a cut sheet (or wing it and maybe miss something), assemble, and maybe have to paint/seal/coat. The slappy ledge is $399 at $100+ hour, which is what anyone in the service industry charges, it would take about 4 hours or more to complete it (with quality workmanship). Once Keen starts to grow and actually open a manufacturing facility with more efficient processes the prices will go down, but support now for them is the most important thing for growth.
Sounds like a cliché but anything's possible if you want it enough, me and my friends built a whole pretty large funbox with hubbas and everything using no powertools at all. Just handsaws and screwdrivers, pretty dumb but if felt sick afterwards haha!
Hahahah!! I was literally thinking about how I needed angle iron yesterday... wake up today, and watch this vid You guys are awesome!!!! Lol thank you 😎🖖🤙
Incredible video guys, thanks for putting this knowledge out there. I grew up making janky pallet boxes and now that I'm 35 I still make janky pallet boxes haha. Although, the cover sheet idea was never on my radar. That's an insider knowledge pro tip right there. I'm gonna hit up the local hardware stores and see if I can snag a few.
hey guys, i have to say, i watched this video and got inspired. i literally found a bed frame sticking out of a neighbor's trash can a few days ago. i borrowed an angle grinder from a neighbor (literally). he showed me how to use it. instead of building a grind box like you did, i got a 4x4 post from home depot. cut it down to the length of the bed rails -- about 5 1/2 feet -- and put the rails on both sides of the 4x4. added some short 2x4 cut offs for feet and stability and the thing ROCKS! i spray painted and waxed the rails and it slides so fast i can barely stay on it! super stoked. thanks for the tutorial and keep doing 'em! btw, i'm 48 years old and got back into skating last year to teach my 2 little boys how to ride. loving it.
In order to prevent the pallet planks from splitting, drive in the screw in reverse to start with to make an initial hole and "heat cauterise" it to strengthen, then set drill back to normal and drive the screw in, it shouldn't split.
Love you guys showing the youth how to build stuff; not everyone got the opportunities we did in school! I got in woodshop class in 6-8th grade and took carpentry 1 & 2 in Vo-Tech in high school learning the skills you guys have. I’m old now(48) still skating when I can and went thru apprenticeship & now teach S/M in industry (28 yrs) and Love giving back! Keep up the great work!#Props#🛹#Carpentry#🧰⚒#skillz2payda’billz#DirtySouth#SouthMs.
I realize that I'm late to this video, but... Its was super helpful and I plan on using it as a reference for my friends new box. Props to these two legends for giving out some of there trade secrets, and proving that not all companies are greedy, definitely subscribing.
Where can I get an 8 foot angle iron with a blunted, sightly rounded corner? I made a box with angle iron from lowes but it cuts through trucks like butter leaving truck metal shavings everywhere.
I need to get a new box, years back it was at a friends along with a rail I had custom welded. His mom just gave them to her gay friends kid. It could have been worse, seeing him call his parents fags was kinda funny. But I'm going to use 2 by 4s, and make it 2 by 5 or six. I'm gonna make it around 5" tall to skate it like a curb, and to adjust the height I'm going to either use cinder blocks and maybe have two sets with just regular blocks and the other set will have a smaller block liquid nailed on top. But putting some 4 by 4s together would work. Also I used to work at home Depot, those toppers would work, but you'd want a few more supports going across the frame as they're somewhat thin. Also if you keep it from getting rained on its relatively smooth. Edit: after a minute I thought "this sounds like Dan".
Asked for the cover sheet off a stack of hard wood flooring , and wound up with a free 4x8 piece of 3/4” black Masonite 😅! Used it to make a desk, but if I thought about it, I really should have considered using it to make a grind box 🤔?
If you don't have a grinder just drill out the rivets and use a hacksaw to cut it. You don't NEED a grinder or a skill saw for something like this. People have built much more complicated things without power tools. They did it for a pretty long time.
"just ask around" "someone has a grinder" "just go behind a home depot for wood" Bro. If I walked around my neighborhood I'd get stabbed and the back of my home depot is a nest of crack addicts and gang members. We don't all live in the good parts of california.
Fun video! We used to make our own ramps as we lived on dirt roads. So our skatepark was our driveway.. Pro tip; screw 2-3 2x4s on the other side and then take 2 PVC pipes and screw them on top. It makes a raised flat rail on the other side. This is fun for board slides and such
Blue pallets are called CHEP pallets. They are all owned by an international company and company’s that have them around usually rent them so they get pretty protective of people running off with them. Same with the red ones just a different company. Just so people are aware ask before you take them.
what about a ledge that one person can carry? me and my friends always wanted a ledge so if you could help us design a low-weight, ~13 inches tall and 4.5-5 feet long. we have all the tools in the world and are ok to buying materials. thank you!
Thing is, most of the people who can’t afford to buy your stuff right now will be more likely to stick through with skating and eventually have the means to buy your stuff.
Careful about taking those blue pallets, those are owned by a company that rents them out, they give them back to shippers. The company is pretty crazy about enforcement too, they send people into non-customer warehouses to make sure they aren't using their pallets. If you notice, they are the most solid pallets
i’m trying to get a skateboard for christmas and i have size 13 feet and have no clue what to buy. i want a ramp too, and i’m probably gonna buy some wax and pads if i fall. i’m not sure what to buy though so if anyone can help please do
Went to a new construction site in my area, one house had a couple of piles of scrap wood. Asked permission and walked away with a bunch of nice 2x6s 🙌🏽
I work at a tilt up so I got a shit load of wood I recently built a ramp in 5 mins at work hahaha now i was like wait i can make a box and it’s free and I like to skate so it all works haha thanks keen ramps
Shout out to y'all originally i was gonna make my own but since this vid imma just buy one of y'all's bc a lot of the time people shove products in ur face and don't realize that some people don't have money like that to buy ur product but y'all are like hey we understand if you can't buy our products because they aren't super available financially for everyone so here is a alternative so thanks
Sharing what you know is so appreciated and under rated in so many communities! Kudos to helpin every1 out !
This dude overcharges way to much a good quality ramp like theirs is max 150
@@Memberz372 the homies lettin u know how to build something or you can diy whatever u want, if you have a problem with their hard work then do it yourself.
@@MrBerserker946 For Real lol That's why this exists! haha
@@Memberz372 bruh 150 max is hella good for a ramp
"Hopefully this teaches some kids..." There's me at 38 like scouting for scrap wood
Same ,38 building a park in my house 🏠 😂
Haha😂 yup
Never stop, dude.
@@A.D.D.O.C.D.Tremind me when it’s finished
35, just finished mini ramp, about to start pouring concrete for street area.
Ironicly doing this makes me want to support your company! Nice!
Thanks for the love!
Exactly 🦸
EXACTLY!! @keenramps pretty sure we are going to order 2 x 5ft quarters for our little skatepark. We've built a bunch but supporting you all would be the icing on the cake!
*These guys are legit not many people would let out good tips like that*
thanks for the love!
@@keenramps you’re welcome! 🙏🏼
I actually made a box during the quarantine, using an old drawer flipped over with angle iron from an old bed frame
i got recommended a video of these guys just skating a metal filing cabinet
I feel like it would be puncurted easy if it’s a drawer
@@youpinhead8789 it could’ve just been a old hardwood one instead of a laminate one
Nice
rad! hope you're able to make more stuff down the line
This video was incredible!
sup Doug
Whoa hi Doug I have your griptape
This is the type of content I live for. Would love to see you make a QP outta junk.
I think that's a much harder ask because you need decent plywood and a lot of 2x4s cut to specific length. I'm sure you could still do it on the cheap but it's gonna be hard to make a sturdy decent qp that's worth the time and effort out of cheap garbage.
@@FreudianQuip I agree, for a qp you’d have to be a lot more precise and specific. But I don’t doubt that someone could for cheap! I’ve even seen some with pvc pipes that perform well
besides some good ply wood and some screws everything else could be made out of a pallet
@@itsdakota6442 you're correct the problem is that quarter pipes take longer to build, it's probably not worth the time investment to use shitty potentially warped pallet wood that probably won't hold up as well over time
@@FreudianQuipit can certainly be done.
If you have a new store being built by you when they’re stocking up there will be huge mountains of pallets that you can take if you’re fast
good tip!
Back in the late 80's there was a neighborhood being built (Point Mallard Estates). My friend's mom would take his older brothers over there and we built a huge half pipe in his back yard with all the wood they were boosting from the houses...
@@averyprice9422 Decatur, Alabama?
yo mad respect on this one. Out here in savannah georgia we dont have a solid diy and the park is half ass. Gonna make a ledge from this and hopefully sparks a flame with the scene, stay easy - Ben
he says my friends wouldn’t be excited to skate it while me and my friends get excited to skate a curb, that box would be sick
Respect. What other company would do this
I first need to learn how to not to kill myself on the ground and then I would def order a box from you guys
I build so many skate ramps, kickers, and ledges with my friends, the pallets are easy to take from like schools and are great for supports!
this is what i love. it just shows that this company isn’t all about the money and it truly just wants to help the skating community grow and kids to get better. huge respect for you guys
This is 100% amazing and Cory is such a solid dude for offering this kind of transparency. Honestly, could not be more stoked to have watched this! One thing....The local Library in my area just sent out an email saying that they are offering tools for a one-week rental now...I thought that was amazing so I donated some old tools that I had to them so that is a new option too!
Probably one of the coolest videos in skateboarding tbh
If you tell the clerk at home Depot that the ply wood is a bit damaged they will give it to you half priced. That goes for ace lows and Menards.
You guys are awesome for showing kids who may not be able to afford your products how to enjoy skating at a low budget cost. I will continue to support your company and it’s products due to your humble attitude! Thank you Keen Ramps.
"Teach a man to fish" Kind of thing goin' on 👍
I'm shocked that Keen Ramps actually realizes their products are way beyond overpriced.
I wouldn't say they're over priced. If you calculated the time it took you to drive to the store, buy all the material, formulate a cut sheet (or wing it and maybe miss something), assemble, and maybe have to paint/seal/coat. The slappy ledge is $399 at $100+ hour, which is what anyone in the service industry charges, it would take about 4 hours or more to complete it (with quality workmanship). Once Keen starts to grow and actually open a manufacturing facility with more efficient processes the prices will go down, but support now for them is the most important thing for growth.
@@sauceboss9313 Facts all Facts bro
lol foh go buy some bunk amazon shit then if you don't wanna pay for the quality
I am gonna buy a Keen Grindbox now just for putting out this video to help those who can't afford it. Thanks for this!
Thanks for the support!
I love how they are telling us how to make one if we are not going to buy one of theirs instead of just saying by one of theirs
I built my ledge out of a bed frame drawers.
This was a great idea for a video. You guys are champs.
thanks for the support!
im so glad this video blew up, yall are to underrated:)
appreciate that, we're hyped to put out more!
would love to see a kicker or quarter budget video like this.. trying to make a little diy
Many moons ago I built an entire mini ramp frame out of free pallets!
this is SOOO sick for people like me that dont have money to buy a built many pad
Sadly we dont have something like keenramps in Germany. I would instantly buy a curb from you guys!
Sounds like a cliché but anything's possible if you want it enough, me and my friends built a whole pretty large funbox with hubbas and everything using no powertools at all. Just handsaws and screwdrivers, pretty dumb but if felt sick afterwards haha!
A year later im about to build my first box. So excited.
Can you make a mini ramp low budget video? Awesome vids either way!!
Hahahah!! I was literally thinking about how I needed angle iron yesterday... wake up today, and watch this vid
You guys are awesome!!!!
Lol thank you 😎🖖🤙
Incredible video guys, thanks for putting this knowledge out there. I grew up making janky pallet boxes and now that I'm 35 I still make janky pallet boxes haha. Although, the cover sheet idea was never on my radar. That's an insider knowledge pro tip right there. I'm gonna hit up the local hardware stores and see if I can snag a few.
Yo, this is awesome. You are showing you really care for your community! Def buying something soon!
Third also great video your products are great
Can u guys make one on a quarter pipe
Trying this asap! Sick vid, keep giving back!
I went to a furniture store and asked the owner for a bad bed frame. Now I have a grind box!!
hey guys, i have to say, i watched this video and got inspired. i literally found a bed frame sticking out of a neighbor's trash can a few days ago. i borrowed an angle grinder from a neighbor (literally). he showed me how to use it. instead of building a grind box like you did, i got a 4x4 post from home depot. cut it down to the length of the bed rails -- about 5 1/2 feet -- and put the rails on both sides of the 4x4. added some short 2x4 cut offs for feet and stability and the thing ROCKS! i spray painted and waxed the rails and it slides so fast i can barely stay on it! super stoked. thanks for the tutorial and keep doing 'em! btw, i'm 48 years old and got back into skating last year to teach my 2 little boys how to ride. loving it.
can't wait to see more videos like this!
Thanks man I’m actually going to try building one
In order to prevent the pallet planks from splitting, drive in the screw in reverse to start with to make an initial hole and "heat cauterise" it to strengthen, then set drill back to normal and drive the screw in, it shouldn't split.
they expect 12 year olds to be sawing palettes and using powersaws?
I feel like this was why youtube was created, I love this video so much
Too bad right now in Canada wood is worth more than gold so asking anybody for any is far fetched.
Glad my dad is a carpenter i pretty much have a lot of this material laying around maybe I can use cinder blocks 🤔
Awesome, can you make a video on how to make a free kicker or wedge ramp?
Brings me back to my teen through mid 20's. All we had was diy setups we made and I loved every minute of it 😁. Thanks for the awesome videos
I made a skate box with some old cabinets and it works great
Looks great but id build the next one longer
for the love of skateboarding... 🌹
You guys are real ones for making this video
The fact yall are making this video shows how much yall love and care about skateboarding. Thank you
I bought a long pallet and its decently wide. I drilled plywood on top and it works like charm.
Switch blade rails and ramps are liiit
Love you guys showing the youth how to build stuff; not everyone got the opportunities we did in school! I got in woodshop class in 6-8th grade and took carpentry 1 & 2 in Vo-Tech in high school learning the skills you guys have. I’m old now(48) still skating when I can and went thru apprenticeship & now teach S/M in industry (28 yrs) and Love giving back! Keep up the great work!#Props#🛹#Carpentry#🧰⚒#skillz2payda’billz#DirtySouth#SouthMs.
This video is so great. Thanks alot guys! I would like to buy your products but i live in Germany so I need to go DIY. This helps alot :)
You guys actually explain what and why your doing it, and give great examples of where to get stuff. Awesome video!!
I realize that I'm late to this video, but... Its was super helpful and I plan on using it as a reference for my friends new box. Props to these two legends for giving out some of there trade secrets, and proving that not all companies are greedy, definitely subscribing.
I’m 1000% going keen over any other ramp company 💯 this is good energy
Hate that they say grind box lmao
I remember I did this same thing with some friends a few months ago but it was much more low budget lol
Omg hell yes super awesome video!!!
That turned out so much slicker looking than I expected. Awesome!
Imma use this when I go to a college in a town with no skate parks
Great video! Only the missing the 3 ramps of varying levels of crapitude you built before this box to learn, cause you were like 11 bitd 😂
SI SON DE LATINOAMERICA compren tarimas como a 2 dolares madera comprimida y róbense un angulo jajajaj
Finally can put the pallets in my back yard to use!!
Where can I get an 8 foot angle iron with a blunted, sightly rounded corner? I made a box with angle iron from lowes but it cuts through trucks like butter leaving truck metal shavings everywhere.
"this box was basically free"
*ahem* what about the screws you used, and the power for the saws and drills and stuf HUH?
What we used to do back in the day was have a extra set of trucks and wheels to screw to the side of the box to move it around easier
Angle irons is actually super cheap at Lowes
convenient is a better fork of using the word cheap.
I need to get a new box, years back it was at a friends along with a rail I had custom welded. His mom just gave them to her gay friends kid. It could have been worse, seeing him call his parents fags was kinda funny. But I'm going to use 2 by 4s, and make it 2 by 5 or six. I'm gonna make it around 5" tall to skate it like a curb, and to adjust the height I'm going to either use cinder blocks and maybe have two sets with just regular blocks and the other set will have a smaller block liquid nailed on top. But putting some 4 by 4s together would work. Also I used to work at home Depot, those toppers would work, but you'd want a few more supports going across the frame as they're somewhat thin. Also if you keep it from getting rained on its relatively smooth. Edit: after a minute I thought "this sounds like Dan".
Asked for the cover sheet off a stack of hard wood flooring , and wound up with a free 4x8 piece of 3/4” black Masonite 😅! Used it to make a desk, but if I thought about it, I really should have considered using it to make a grind box 🤔?
now make a vert ramp!
If you don't have a grinder just drill out the rivets and use a hacksaw to cut it. You don't NEED a grinder or a skill saw for something like this. People have built much more complicated things without power tools. They did it for a pretty long time.
"just ask around" "someone has a grinder" "just go behind a home depot for wood"
Bro. If I walked around my neighborhood I'd get stabbed and the back of my home depot is a nest of crack addicts and gang members. We don't all live in the good parts of california.
Fun video! We used to make our own ramps as we lived on dirt roads. So our skatepark was our driveway..
Pro tip; screw 2-3 2x4s on the other side and then take 2 PVC pipes and screw them on top. It makes a raised flat rail on the other side. This is fun for board slides and such
Lol 3:06 your talking about finding a pallet source and it looks like there is a stack right there behind that building your driving by 😂
Exactly! I live in Australia. Don’t think the shipping is in my budget! Thank u for ur generosity! Love it
currently saving to buy a mini ramp :))
Blue pallets are called CHEP pallets. They are all owned by an international company and company’s that have them around usually rent them so they get pretty protective of people running off with them. Same with the red ones just a different company. Just so people are aware ask before you take them.
This is so cool. We can't buy your stuff in Canada.
what about a ledge that one person can carry? me and my friends always wanted a ledge so if you could help us design a low-weight, ~13 inches tall and 4.5-5 feet long. we have all the tools in the world and are ok to buying materials. thank you!
lol damn! i skated w Bets in high School was not expecting to hear his name in this
I know this is two years late…(troll much?) but you just blew my damn mind with the bed frame thing. Ded. Thank you.
Be careful with angle grinders, kids. Fantastic tool, just make sure you know or ask how to operate/handle beforehand. 👍
Thing is, most of the people who can’t afford to buy your stuff right now will be more likely to stick through with skating and eventually have the means to buy your stuff.
Gotta remember screws and nails cost money!! That never gets mentioned 🤣 love these videos. As a Marylander we claim Dan Corrigan btw!
Careful about taking those blue pallets, those are owned by a company that rents them out, they give them back to shippers. The company is pretty crazy about enforcement too, they send people into non-customer warehouses to make sure they aren't using their pallets. If you notice, they are the most solid pallets
i’m trying to get a skateboard for christmas and i have size 13 feet and have no clue what to buy. i want a ramp too, and i’m probably gonna buy some wax and pads if i fall. i’m not sure what to buy though so if anyone can help please do
I'm ashamed with myself... at 16:16 I instinctively tried to blow off the metal dust and promptly realized the problem with that🤯
Do more!!!!!!! Pleaseee, so fun to watch all the process
Hmmm... Build 1, Buy 1! Respect Gents! Thank You!
This same design should still work fine for grinding bmx's right? Like just make the box itself a bit higher since we have to jump a bit higher.
Went to a new construction site in my area, one house had a couple of piles of scrap wood. Asked permission and walked away with a bunch of nice 2x6s 🙌🏽
You can’t find anything in London just laying around 😂
I work at a tilt up so I got a shit load of wood I recently built a ramp in 5 mins at work hahaha now i was like wait i can make a box and it’s free and I like to skate so it all works haha thanks keen ramps
Shout out to y'all originally i was gonna make my own but since this vid imma just buy one of y'all's bc a lot of the time people shove products in ur face and don't realize that some people don't have money like that to buy ur product but y'all are like hey we understand if you can't buy our products because they aren't super available financially for everyone so here is a alternative so thanks