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TomTom
Average Member
Kyrgyzstan
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 Posted - 01 November 2008 : 19:40:20
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grasshopper
Senior Member
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Posted - 01 November 2008 : 23:56:14
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| Didn't even know you were going down.....but well done and many thanks, must have been a hell of a job. |
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admin
Forum Admin
United Kingdom
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Posted - 03 November 2008 : 09:42:45
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Nice one. Great work guys.
Heres the pics:
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TomTom
Average Member
Kyrgyzstan
596 Posts |
Posted - 03 November 2008 : 16:41:52
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| Hehe some of that pipe was alot longer than I thought. A couple of sections were almost as long as the car park!!! |
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grasshopper
Senior Member
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Posted - 27 February 2009 : 10:29:59
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The new season will be upon us soon, I've been giving this track situation some thought - allied to the fact we have limited funds we have to think outside the box a little.SO.....
If we need to raise the track area to avoid flooding and can't get sufficient raw materials shipped in, why can't we take up some of the clay / mud from the far area (our extra carpark)next to Dave's junior track?
If we were to dig down from this side of his mound and put it on the track area - this would raise the track and leave a sump for excess water. If we create an embankment as he has done with drainage going through from trackside to new sump, natural evaporation would get rid of some of it but it would also supply us with water to wet track down in the arid times.
If the weather was to dry out big time - the remaining dry 'pan' would be water flat and perfect for those 1/10 rally cars.
Ideally, we could trench the whole way round our area and create the same embankment idea as Dave, this would stop water running off the fields onto our bit - a lot of work but most of it would be done by a machine - not with shovels.
Drainage would have to be sorted with the trenches around our land and with the sump idea (as well as the ones already existing)- at least we could drop a pump in to remove a bit for wetting the track down..
Comments and alternative, sensible remedies please.... |
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Donk
New Member
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Posted - 27 February 2009 : 13:05:32
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Sounds like a damn'd good idea. That bit of car park is rarely used & is often soggy/flooded any way. It could always be filled in again at a later date as funds/materials become available.
Maybe when full of water you could use it for model boats!, I believe you have one or two Phil! |
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grasshopper
Senior Member
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Posted - 27 February 2009 : 15:18:16
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Now, now Donk, you might get people thinking that I'm in this for my own personal gain, private boat lake! (actually need a bigger lake - my boats are too quick for puddles!)
I'm glad though that you understood what I tried to explain. |
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TomTom
Average Member
Kyrgyzstan
596 Posts |
Posted - 27 February 2009 : 19:36:42
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Sounds like a plan. An idea I had regarding the bits of the track which are prone to flooding (look at the pictures ^^^above^^^). If we dug trenches about a foot wide, leading downhill to the drainage pits accross the problem areas, fill with hardcore and cover with astro or something, it would give the water somewhere to go instead of just sitting there?? This is assuming that the water cannot soak into the ground because it is so compact. Then again, Im no expert on groundworks but I thought Id throw it in :-)
I also overheard Chris mention rotivating the plot. I think this would be a good idea. Look at the water in the fields next time you are out for a drive. 99% of that water is there because farmers now dont plough very much, instead they use minimum tillage methods to keep costs down. This leads to soil compaction, which in turn makes it harder for the water to soak away. I know our cars arent very heavy, but running over the same area hundreds if not thousands of times is going to compact the ground. It would also help level out the ground getting rid of the deep grooves on the racing line.
Just my 2 cents, as they say! |
Edited by - TomTom on 27 February 2009 19:38:27 |
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scooby
Junior Member
United Kingdom
117 Posts |
Posted - 02 March 2009 : 18:48:16
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I will come down to help as the track needs doing soon
as all the big races are creeping up on us |
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grasshopper
Senior Member
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Posted - 02 March 2009 : 20:50:12
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Excellent news Paul, thank you.
If there are any other willing volunteers please shout up and we'll get sorted with a plan of action.
It only took about six weeks last time we did this, from quagmire to track...
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TomTom
Average Member
Kyrgyzstan
596 Posts |
Posted - 02 March 2009 : 21:18:48
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| Ill be there when we are ready to start work, just give me a shout |
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Donk
New Member
55 Posts |
Posted - 02 March 2009 : 22:00:46
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| Phil & I will be there, looking forward to getting started, just need to clean the cobwebs off the wellies! |
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grasshopper
Senior Member
1652 Posts |
Posted - 03 March 2009 : 10:12:00
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| More importantly make sure they haven't perished, gone brittle and leak - nowt worse than soggy socks! |
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TheStuntman
Junior Member
United Kingdom
130 Posts |
Posted - 03 March 2009 : 17:09:12
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| I'll be there any weekend i'm available as usual. |
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grasshopper
Senior Member
1652 Posts |
Posted - 03 March 2009 : 23:32:00
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| Hello Dave, good to have you back on board - about time you came racing!! |
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Track Work
