GeorgiePorgie
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Can a quad rider explain what they need as good prep? I'm being serious.
I'm being serious also.. It's not necessarily the prep either. It's the Monday morning hours putting dirt back on track too. Any input would help us.Can a quad rider explain what they need as good prep? I'm being serious.
With the addition of the bigger tractor we can now go thru the mix and water process The 2 wheel drive tractor just couldn't get it done. It's a new learning process. Now I can make track get very rough and rutted at will. A huge factor in any tracks prep is the weather. We have started track prep on a Friday morning and looking at weather and 10% chance of rain. 6 hours into prep and the weather changes to 80% chance of rain.. The struggle is real...Quads want brownie mix just like the bikes. Both never coexist perfectly, but they can be somewhat together if you rip it deep, and water, mix, water, mix.....over and over till you almost make the dirt to where it will flex like pavement on a 103 degree day (not like my track yesterday, I cringe when I don't chisel due to weather). This allows the bike to make inside ruts and quads can still go wide outside. Track corner design is key, very wide, and big bowl turns help....a lot. Both like the same jumps, except quads are bit more picky about even faces. Nobody likes kickers......ever. If you get worked in deep enough, and you don't get 100 quads versus 100 bikes, the track will hold up. That ratio is important. Too many of bikes or quads will effect the other. It seems like a 10:1 is about spot on. Keeps some ruts but doesn't overwhelm the vet bike guys or kids, and keeps the quads ok with it. Heck I get asked every week if I allow quads, even during sessions. Us quad billies are lucky we get to ride anywhere. The stigma is real.
My dad always says its like baking a cake when you never know the temperature of the oven, Suns out put down a bunch of water so it doesn't get dusty, oops there goes the sun now you've got slop, haul the disc out to fix that issue and oops Suns back now dust issue has returned... Fun, funWith the addition of the bigger tractor we can now go thru the mix and water process The 2 wheel drive tractor just couldn't get it done. It's a new learning process. Now I can make track get very rough and rutted at will. A huge factor in any tracks prep is the weather. We have started track prep on a Friday morning and looking at weather and 10% chance of rain. 6 hours into prep and the weather changes to 80% chance of rain.. The struggle is real...
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We get a few local quad guys when we open for quads. Our problem is the history we have we quads. A few quads came out and intentionally tried to destroy our place. Im sure I could have handled it better than I did but I banned all quads because of the actions of a few. But we are willing to give them another try Now the ball is in their court so to speak.So how was the quad turn out? We try to do the split format here and there to give the local quad guys a place to practice but rarely get more than a handful, just curious what kind of quad turn outs other tracks that don't have a regular quad practice get.
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My dad always says its like baking a cake when you never know the temperature of the oven, Suns out put down a bunch of water so it doesn't get dusty, oops there goes the sun now you've got slop, haul the disc out to fix that issue and oops Suns back now dust issue has returned... Fun, fun
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I heard they had closer to 60 for practice, but rain scared some away for racing41 at tvland. That's quite a few. And they all loved the track.
Joel hetrick was there. Practiced all day then went home. Mark Baldwin showed up to watch. We have a decent quad following up here but they all complain there's no place to ride. Shouldn't be that way. I still always tell them to buy a dirtbike. But as I have no interest I quads. They have no interest in bikes. There's a place for all of them.
Can a quad rider explain what they need as good prep? I'm being serious.