:) First off, thanks for the compliments on the track. The several guys who come ride on it just can't appreciate the maintenance involved in keeping the small gravel rocks off corners and the jump faces flat/nonrutted. In the summer everything gets nice and hard.
When someone digs a ditch for plumbing in England they have to pay to bring it to a quarry and then the quarry is suppose to eventually put only the dirt back into the ground. So all the bricks, wire, glass, plastic is to be separated. All the truck loads for this track are based on a 40ft truck, not sure what the tonnage is. It took 24 to build the initial track and was a mixture of these building site loads and some farmers fertile soil. Then I hooked up with a new guy and his backhoe in which he delivers good dirt to me that he has dug. I have gotten about 12 loads or so from him.
Most of the dirt he has brought has been only dirt, meaning there was very litte rock in it. Mostly it has about 2% sand mixed in it naturally. He brought some pure clay once and that was bad since in the wet it ruts easily and in the dry it tends to crack. After a year some of those jumps are sorted out and still have the clay faces. Its that it just initially does not pack well. For my straights I had some silt brought in and it gets very rutty in the winter but in the summer I repeatedly have a tractor rototil it for me and man that is a dream riding in that stuff. Blast into it and lay the bike down, hammer the throttle, no end to traction. Builds really nice berms too.
The most important part about the ramps is not to build it and ride the hell out of it right away. I get the ramp angle I want and then start watering it. It turns muddy and then let that dry. Then water it again and dry. Now the ramp is almost concrete-like. For repairing rutted faces I put dirt in a wheel barrow and mix water in to a moldable form that is rather wet. Place in the rut, not forgetting to make the ramp wet too and then let dry for a couple of days, good as new. :yeehaw: Also I got all the dirt for FREE. :) man am I lucky. I also am thinking about having a day for guys who subscribe to DRN to come over to the track. Any KDXer's can attend :flame: .
The fork boots on the bike are from a company called Pro-line and some of their braces are even sold in the states with names like Pinto. Can't remember who sells them. I like these over seal saver because it covers the entire leg and completely protects the portion of tube going past the fork seals. They run about 20 bucks. Some one else in the forum has told us how to make our own boots.