Thanks, much appreciated! I'm looking forward to getting a new video up soon once more of the track has been reconstructed. I'm about 80% done as of now, so the next video will be the new layout and riding it. Thanks again!
I had a small arena cross track and people don't realize how much maintenance a track needs. Unless you live in the desert it is a constant battle with the weeds. And no matter where you live you always have to water. So much work.
@ MGO Network A lot of people have asked the same question; I didn't have a stock pile available or dump truck loads brought in (which is ideal), so I just used the scraper box attached to the rear of the tractor and dug out two areas where the track wasn't being utilized... their now small ponds. lol
Steven Hernandez I'm basically in the same situation. Got a track roughed in last fall as it was snowing. Now we are waiting for spring to get back at it. Nice job on your part!! Thanks for posting.
@ Aidan Schwantz, I'm finally able to find time again to work on it and I hope to be able to make another video soon. It's a long story, but I live about an hour from my track now and work so much in only able to get out there about twice a month for about 6 or 7 hours in Sundays (due to my work schedule). There hasn't been much to video yet, just moving dirt and redesigning the layout. I've had to shrink the track a little but there's still a good amount of space. I'll keep everyone posted. Thanks to all for the comments! Now get out and ride. Braaap
Steven Hernandez how did you come up with the layout? Do you happen to have a sketch of the layout you can share? I have about 3 acres to play with and would like to start building but know it will take time. Any pointers on laying out the design now that you have done it and redesigning it?
@ Luke Cameron: I'd like to be able to but it just depends on time. When I originally built the track I was between jobs and had roughly 6 days a week to work on it. That's not the case these days, I'm back to full time work so I'm not sure when I'd be able to. I'm kicking around the idea of changing the layout of the track, so if that happens I'll video it and show more detail.
@ Danny Boy! I didn't do much of that in the beginning, but I have recently. I'm in the middle of reconstructing some things before the ground is too hard to work again. It's tough though, balancing time on the track around a 40+ hour work week.
Update (10-4-15) Thanks for all the comments and for being patient. Recently after posting this video I ended up working out of state for a few months which obviously put this track on hold. Then once I was back in California the dirt wasn't too easy to work with, thanks to this major drought. However, I should be able to post a new video of the track actually being ridden fairly soon. Thanks again for your patience!
👍Just waiting on a few days of no rain and I'll finally be getting back to the long awaited track maintenance and rebuild. Looking forward to making a new video soon.
@ kevin Okeefe, Danny Boy! I haven't been able to keep up on maintenance lately and haven't touched the track since sometime in April. I had a wreck in Feb. (on a different track) and suffered an AC separation type 3 in my shoulder and sold my 2012 kx250f to pay the bills. Long story short, I'll be getting another bike soon and getting back to track maintenance after that. It's just hard to keep on top of since I work roughly 60 hours a week. Roundup works too, but it's almost 70,000 square feet to cover. lol
@christophervillarreal8565 Thank you! Surprisingly it didn't take too long to figure it all out. I had all my practice building a BMX track about a year before I built this. I also quickly learned that you don't need to use a rake (or any hand tools for that matter), you can get a consistent smooth finish with the bottom of the front end loader.
About how much work could you get done in one day? a lot? a little? I want to build a small track with only about 4 or 5 jumps and want to know how much I could get done with the dirt ready in front of me.
Sorry for the late response! Must have missed your question long ago. It just depends, berms can be done in a few hours (depending if you have the dirt piled up or have to drag, scoop, and move it), and bigger jumps could take a few days. I had a few months off at the time and was able to spend 6-8 hours a day 5-6 days a week on it. I hope your track worked out too.
Sorry for the delayed response. Roughly it took about 5 months, I was out of work at the time and worked on it 5-6 days a week. Got the dirt from scraping the area and stock piling it. I also dug out 2 ponds to get more dirt instead of lowering the level ground too much.
Can you give me any tips for building the whoops? I'm having such a hard time with it, once you lay the dirt it seems too sketchy to drive over to fix stuff.
Just depends how big you want them to be. Once you figure that out try to dump the same amount of dirt (height) in the same spot for 2 or 3 buckets (tractor loader) for your width then roll over them with a bobcat (ideal) or whatever tractor you have as many times as needed to get that well rounded shape. You'll want to stake out a distance of 8' from the top center of each whoop to the top of the next one in line for a good flow. Then just repeat the steps for as many whoops as you desire; I found it was best to have an odd amount. Hope that helps, that's how I did it.
Also, it does take quite a few passes over each whoop to get them compacted enough. The big tractor tires helped out a lot. If there were and high or low spots I'd fix them with either the tractor or rake and shovel before moving onto the next one.
@@mxrider337 noise from 7am to 10pm all week but i will be out the woods where i am buying nobody around me bit for sure will be making sure to have proper paperwork to make sure if someone gets hurt i am not liable
I haven't paid for any dirt; I was able to till and scrape all the dirt with the tractors scraper box from the nearly 70,000 square foot track area. You'd be amazed at how much dirt you can scrape by only going down a few inches. But it's a fine line, you don't want to go too low and have areas that will puddle up after rain.
Fucking great video man. Was a lot of that just loads of sand with top soil being placed on top of it? About to start my own and just wanting some knowledge.
Man! Great job!I know first hand how much work is involved. My 3 sons and I built some trails and small track,but nothing like yours.You have inspired us.We plan on expanding it this fall and i will post a video when we get it completed.Check out our track now @ tndeere "xr200r build first ride".Our video skills are not as good as yours but we are working on them.Thanks
Sorry for the delay, I was out of state for a few months last year and came back to a dry track with extremely hard packed dirt to work with. I'm in the process of putting the 2nd video together; waiting for the standing water to dry up so the whole thing is rideable again. Hopefully it won't take much longer.
Yeah you're right! I didn't originally want to call it that since I removed the whoop section just after it was built (because I don't race Supercross and can't afford to get injured, amongst other reasons), but since it's tight, technical with rhythm sections and berms it's technically a Supercross layout. 👍🏼
@@kristerssprogis4165 Thank you very much! I'm looking forward to more redesigning work on it and another video when the standing water disappears. A lot has changed and was removed over the years; but I started rebuilding a few months back.
@@mxrider337 that would be great dude,hope to see more footage of the track,and thats fkn cool that a guy wants to do stuff,not just like get drunk or high
Beautiful build man! I can't wait to construct one for my kids.
Thanks, much appreciated! I'm looking forward to getting a new video up soon once more of the track has been reconstructed. I'm about 80% done as of now, so the next video will be the new layout and riding it. Thanks again!
Awesome! can't wait to see it bro. Stay safe.
I had a small arena cross track and people don't realize how much maintenance a track needs. Unless you live in the desert it is a constant battle with the weeds. And no matter where you live you always have to water. So much work.
Ian Grogan not in Holland lol
@ MGO Network
A lot of people have asked the same question; I didn't have a stock pile available or dump truck loads brought in (which is ideal), so I just used the scraper box attached to the rear of the tractor and dug out two areas where the track wasn't being utilized... their now small ponds. lol
Steven Hernandez I'm basically in the same situation. Got a track roughed in last fall as it was snowing. Now we are waiting for spring to get back at it. Nice job on your part!! Thanks for posting.
can't wait to afford my own property. brought back a lot of memory's thanks. great video
You have a great deal of patience to do that much work one scoop at a time. Very nice.
Sweet track and thanks for sharing. Cool song too.
@ Aidan Schwantz, I'm finally able to find time again to work on it and I hope to be able to make another video soon. It's a long story, but I live about an hour from my track now and work so much in only able to get out there about twice a month for about 6 or 7 hours in Sundays (due to my work schedule). There hasn't been much to video yet, just moving dirt and redesigning the layout. I've had to shrink the track a little but there's still a good amount of space. I'll keep everyone posted.
Thanks to all for the comments! Now get out and ride. Braaap
Steven Hernandez how did you come up with the layout? Do you happen to have a sketch of the layout you can share? I have about 3 acres to play with and would like to start building but know it will take time. Any pointers on laying out the design now that you have done it and redesigning it?
This is so great..
Fantastic work!
@ Luke Cameron: I'd like to be able to but it just depends on time. When I originally built the track I was between jobs and had roughly 6 days a week to work on it. That's not the case these days, I'm back to full time work so I'm not sure when I'd be able to. I'm kicking around the idea of changing the layout of the track, so if that happens I'll video it and show more detail.
Awesome video. I can't wait to build my own.
This video made me generally happy, just to see the effort and dedication. I am doing the same at the moment.
Thank you very much! Good luck with your track and building process.
@ Danny Boy! I didn't do much of that in the beginning, but I have recently. I'm in the middle of reconstructing some things before the ground is too hard to work again. It's tough though, balancing time on the track around a 40+ hour work week.
This is my dream. One day, one day...
Wow! Great build! I'm super jealous haha. Looks great, I wish I had the land, time, and equipment to build one of those haha, great job by the way
wow, beatifull work, good job!
Holy crap! Ur like a pro track builder!😂 How do u get ur dirt too?
awsome video! where do you get all the dirt? just loads and scraping? looks awsome! glad to see what a compact tractorbcan do with some time!
Update (10-4-15)
Thanks for all the comments and for being patient. Recently after posting this video I ended up working out of state for a few months which obviously put this track on hold. Then once I was back in California the dirt wasn't too easy to work with, thanks to this major drought. However, I should be able to post a new video of the track actually being ridden fairly soon. Thanks again for your patience!
+Steven Hernandez How long did it take for you to build this track?
+Caleb Wells the track took roughly 5 months to build.
Very cool video! Where did you get all the dirt from?
That dirt 😲🔥👍
👍Just waiting on a few days of no rain and I'll finally be getting back to the long awaited track maintenance and rebuild. Looking forward to making a new video soon.
Good job
Bad ass vid🤟🏽💪🏽💪🏽
Thank you very much!
I love this heaps of ideas
So i live in Sac when can i come ride Looks nice man How many acres does the track use.
@ kevin Okeefe, Danny Boy!
I haven't been able to keep up on maintenance lately and haven't touched the track since sometime in April. I had a wreck in Feb. (on a different track) and suffered an AC separation type 3 in my shoulder and sold my 2012 kx250f to pay the bills. Long story short, I'll be getting another bike soon and getting back to track maintenance after that. It's just hard to keep on top of since I work roughly 60 hours a week. Roundup works too, but it's almost 70,000 square feet to cover. lol
We found this really great technique for killing weeds/grass at our own track. We call it Roost™.
Sampson boooooo
thats what i built my track with
That's insane how nice you built it. How long did it take for you to master the tractor to get it looking that clean?
@christophervillarreal8565 Thank you! Surprisingly it didn't take too long to figure it all out. I had all my practice building a BMX track about a year before I built this. I also quickly learned that you don't need to use a rake (or any hand tools for that matter), you can get a consistent smooth finish with the bottom of the front end loader.
No doubt, it's quite a lot of work to maintain. well worth it though!
How many acres is this track on? I'm looking at 4.5 acres to build on...
The track area is only roughly 70,000 square feet.
About how much work could you get done in one day? a lot? a little? I want to build a small track with only about 4 or 5 jumps and want to know how much I could get done with the dirt ready in front of me.
Sorry for the late response! Must have missed your question long ago. It just depends, berms can be done in a few hours (depending if you have the dirt piled up or have to drag, scoop, and move it), and bigger jumps could take a few days. I had a few months off at the time and was able to spend 6-8 hours a day 5-6 days a week on it. I hope your track worked out too.
great job man, but you need a track loader. lol. awesome
dammm all thats nice for a tractor build :O
I know where this is, is this by sacramento? if so i pass by there alot and keep seeing this beautiful track in someones backyard.
Northern California, but not Sacramento. Not too far from it though.
oh my bad :P, mustve been a vey similar looking track. But great job on your track you have alot of talent.
+C4Detonator Thank you very much!
Loving the song on this video,,, Who might this be?
Griffin House. He has a ton of music to check out.
@@mxrider337 thank you
what kind of mud did you use and what is the mixture??
ride safe!!
I didn't use any mud or water combo, just happened to build it shortly after the rainy season in 2013
how long did it take to 100% finish and where did you get the dirt?
Sorry for the delayed response. Roughly it took about 5 months, I was out of work at the time and worked on it 5-6 days a week. Got the dirt from scraping the area and stock piling it. I also dug out 2 ponds to get more dirt instead of lowering the level ground too much.
can u do a video on how to make stuff bc i cant really see what your doing
Can you give me any tips for building the whoops? I'm having such a hard time with it, once you lay the dirt it seems too sketchy to drive over to fix stuff.
Just depends how big you want them to be. Once you figure that out try to dump the same amount of dirt (height) in the same spot for 2 or 3 buckets (tractor loader) for your width then roll over them with a bobcat (ideal) or whatever tractor you have as many times as needed to get that well rounded shape. You'll want to stake out a distance of 8' from the top center of each whoop to the top of the next one in line for a good flow. Then just repeat the steps for as many whoops as you desire; I found it was best to have an odd amount.
Hope that helps, that's how I did it.
Also, it does take quite a few passes over each whoop to get them compacted enough. The big tractor tires helped out a lot. If there were and high or low spots I'd fix them with either the tractor or rake and shovel before moving onto the next one.
Im planning on buying property and making a public track to help pay the mortgage and hold races every couple of weeks
That's awesome, hope everything works out! Make sure you do your research on city ordinances and get yourself a good release of liability. Rock on!
@@mxrider337 noise from 7am to 10pm all week but i will be out the woods where i am buying nobody around me bit for sure will be making sure to have proper paperwork to make sure if someone gets hurt i am not liable
@@briansewelloutdoors8404 That should work out nicely! Not being real close to neighbors or businesses is key. Good luck and congrats!
@@mxrider337 yeah it’ll be a while till then but its my goal
hi sir can i use this video for my video making competiton plz help me ill be using this only for few secondos or so. . ty sir
Absolutely, have at it.
how much was the cost of the dirt used in the video?
I haven't paid for any dirt; I was able to till and scrape all the dirt with the tractors scraper box from the nearly 70,000 square foot track area. You'd be amazed at how much dirt you can scrape by only going down a few inches. But it's a fine line, you don't want to go too low and have areas that will puddle up after rain.
haha this was great!
Man only if I had a tractor
It's cool
You change sound when update. Please: what is previous video sound?I really liked!!!
If your sound, please upload.
The band was "The Lesser Light Collective" and the album is titled "The Lamb Wins". The song is titled "choose your best"
Steven Hernandez thx bro! I am building my private mx track looking your video.
Fucking great video man. Was a lot of that just loads of sand with top soil being placed on top of it? About to start my own and just wanting some knowledge.
Man! Great job!I know first hand how much work is involved. My 3 sons and I built some trails and small track,but nothing like yours.You have inspired us.We plan on expanding it this fall and i will post a video when we get it completed.Check out our track now @ tndeere "xr200r build first ride".Our video skills are not as good as yours but we are working on them.Thanks
Right on, that's always cool to hear. good luck with your build too! it's definitely a fun process.
70th sub keep up
can u plz have part 2
Sorry for the delay, I was out of state for a few months last year and came back to a dry track with extremely hard packed dirt to work with. I'm in the process of putting the 2nd video together; waiting for the standing water to dry up so the whole thing is rideable again. Hopefully it won't take much longer.
More please
Currently back to work on the track. Sorry for the late response. Hope to have a new track layout and video up within a few weeks.
Thats techinaclly a supercross track,not motocross
Yeah you're right! I didn't originally want to call it that since I removed the whoop section just after it was built (because I don't race Supercross and can't afford to get injured, amongst other reasons), but since it's tight, technical with rhythm sections and berms it's technically a Supercross layout. 👍🏼
@@mxrider337 yeah,but the track looks good man,just a piece of beauty
@@kristerssprogis4165 Thank you very much! I'm looking forward to more redesigning work on it and another video when the standing water disappears. A lot has changed and was removed over the years; but I started rebuilding a few months back.
@@mxrider337 that would be great dude,hope to see more footage of the track,and thats fkn cool that a guy wants to do stuff,not just like get drunk or high
I'm the 29,000th viewer. Ayyy lol