keepin em afloat

Jholiday · Posted: Oct 27, 2005 7:42 pm Post subject: keepin em afloat

im lookin to build a rail, im not sure if i should use posts and secure it in the ground or use styrofoam or barrels. if i were to float it, where would i get like giant blocks of styrofoam or barrels?

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

local marina

hammer49 · Backside 180 Joined: 18 Mar 2004 Posts: 646 City: longwood

i searched an found this

http://www.wakeskating.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=4518&highlight=styrofoam+blocks

Jholiday · Posted: Oct 28, 2005 3:13 pm Post subject:

deltarider · Guest

i would say to put it into the ground.......

deltarider · Guest

but not too shallow, you will hurt yourself.........

n8t3d0gg · Posted: Oct 29, 2005 10:14 pm Post subject:

ok ok...
Ive been thinking about this one for a long time and was planning on doing this when ever i get the money together to make a box. If you remember from Moster Garage when they made the VW Bug float they used liquid closed-cell foam. The stuff is pretty cheap, you can buy it by the gallon, dump it in to what ever you want to float and the stuff expands something like 10 times its volume. Just google it.

deltarider · Guest

no...wait you can dump so water in it and buy some gorilla glue, it foams up and it will work a lot better because it is glue Wink

Jholiday · Posted: Oct 30, 2005 8:57 am Post subject:

good call

Jholiday · Posted: Oct 30, 2005 12:13 pm Post subject:

im gonna sink my rail, but my friend is wanting a floater on his lake, where would you come across that foam stuff

Jholiday · Posted: Oct 30, 2005 12:14 pm Post subject:

we are goin pretty shallow with mine, like 4 feet. if we get hurt, owell

Bad Luck · Posted: Oct 30, 2005 4:11 pm Post subject:

4ft isnt shallow. 10in is shallow.

Jholiday · Posted: Oct 30, 2005 6:43 pm Post subject:

aye, that is shallow, we went skating in a ditch behind my fourwheeler, like 10in to a foot. that didnt feel good falling at 15-20

deltarider · Guest

4 feet is definately not shallow Wink

Ben Caruso · Posted: Oct 31, 2005 5:10 pm Post subject:

n8t3d0gg, i dont know what cheap would be but at $18/cubic foot (you'd need at least 10 cubic feet to float even a small rail or box) that could run you up a little bill...

the only reason i say anything is i have a little bit of knowledge of foam- my old man owns a styrofoam company, and we use it to float stuff and its way cheaper than that for raw foam. for that kind of price you could get it polycoated and it would be pratically indestructible... either way i just thought i'd share a little knowledge with everyone else Wink

take it easy guys and have fun

o and 4 feet is not shallow Very Happy

Jholiday · Posted: Oct 31, 2005 5:18 pm Post subject:

i never said it was really shallow, i said pretty , that is the shallowest spot on my lake where we can put it

Ben Caruso · Posted: Oct 31, 2005 5:27 pm Post subject:

oh and if anyone needs foam let me know i can hook them up...

Jholiday · Posted: Oct 31, 2005 5:36 pm Post subject:

dude im only an hour and a half away, gimme some prices

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

4 ft isnt shallow. 3-4 inches is. Wink

Jholiday · Posted: Oct 31, 2005 5:39 pm Post subject:

i hate you