Built my first rail

mergeleft3 · Backside 180 Joined: 31 Aug 2004 Posts: 673 City: Orlando

Just got done building my first rail. It's 15' foot long with a 2-1/2' ride up and a little bit more than a 1-1/2' wide. I can't wait to get this thing into the water this weekend! It will be only my 3 time hitting a rail.

xstfu ill pwn youx · Backside 180 Joined: 17 Nov 2005 Posts: 837 City: 954.

wooordd

jordan · Backside 180 Joined: 15 Feb 2005 Posts: 649 City: Spectre

i swear to god the first picture is an optical illusion

VonBoggin · Backside 180 Joined: 21 Nov 2005 Posts: 1666 City: Austin

how?

c dub · Backside 180 Joined: 10 Aug 2005 Posts: 1171 City: Austin

mergeleft3, sick rail

revolutionconcepts · Posted: Apr 12, 2006 6:51 pm Post subject:

i like it....shallow water i take it?.....

marshk344 · Posted: Apr 12, 2006 7:02 pm Post subject:

how much did it cost? We have that grey stuff on our dock and it was pretty expensive? looks sweet though

holmespika · Frontside 180 Joined: 09 Feb 2006 Posts: 381

yeah, it looks sick.

mergeleft3 · Backside 180 Joined: 31 Aug 2004 Posts: 673 City: Orlando

revolutionconcepts, - Yeah it is going to sit in about 3-1/2' of water. The rail is 4-1/2" high to the top.

marshk344, - It cost me $210.00 to build and took me about 3 hours.

c dub · Backside 180 Joined: 10 Aug 2005 Posts: 1171 City: Austin

mergeleft3, have fun man

post some pics Smile

jordan · Backside 180 Joined: 15 Feb 2005 Posts: 649 City: Spectre

[quote="SkateForce"]how? Neutral

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it looks like the long part is slanting up and the small part is flat... if you look at it right...

c dub · Backside 180 Joined: 10 Aug 2005 Posts: 1171 City: Austin

jordan, yeah, I see it

Norcalz71 · Ollie Joined: 21 Mar 2005 Posts: 88 City: Benicia/SLO

really good looking rail man i like it, i wanna build something like that here soon. i think i have some wood already so hopefully it wont be quite as much $$, but looks really fun. what did you use for the sliding surface?

mergeleft3 · Backside 180 Joined: 31 Aug 2004 Posts: 673 City: Orlando

The top is made of that composite decking material. That was what cost the most on the whole rail. It was about $25.00 each and I had to buy 6 of them to cover the top. You can buy it at Home Depot

dietwater5 · Posted: Apr 14, 2006 1:15 am Post subject:

ya if u have the money do it but im pretty sure its easy to use something else instead of that expensive stuff. way too much in my opinion

Norcalz71 · Ollie Joined: 21 Mar 2005 Posts: 88 City: Benicia/SLO

i think im gonna try to do the exact same deal, but use plywood instead of the composite decking and then put a layer of HDPE, bathroom paneling, FRP, etc etc some kind of 1/8-1/4" plastic sheeting over it.

mergeleft3 · Backside 180 Joined: 31 Aug 2004 Posts: 673 City: Orlando

Norcalz71, I am not sure about the HDPE or the Bathroom Paneling because I have never used it but don't use the FRP! I built a kicker last year and used FRP and for some reason when it gets wet your board sticks to it. If you don't have the money for the composite decking I would just use plain old decking and wet it. It also helps if you put a little gas on it and then wet it. But it all depends on how fast you want it to slide.

RedXIII · Posted: Apr 15, 2006 2:21 am Post subject:

lol that pic is crazy it it crazy illusin but ya that looks really nice now we want videos of you hitting it

chriscut · Backside 180 Joined: 28 Jun 2004 Posts: 2000

Norcalz71, bathroom paneling is awesome for rails/kickers. and its cheap too, @ 30 bucks a sheet

urinal mint · Backside 180 Joined: 20 May 2005 Posts: 1990

[quote="Chris Barcellos"]Norcalz71, bathroom paneling is awesome for rails/kickers. and its cheap too, @ 30 bucks a sheet[/quote]

you're talking about tileboard right? it's got a cardboard like bottom? i bought some of that(if we're talking about the same thing) to put on my rail and i decided not to since i thought the bottom would soak up water and eventually fall apart.

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