Show us your private tracks

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I know there is a few threads about this but they are a couple of years old now.

I love seeing peoples private tracks, proffesionally built or amateur doesent matter.

I am in the progress of building my own track now that will be finnished this summer (i have 1.5 meter of snow now here in sweden) and it would be nice with some inspiration from others.
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2 different tracks: my current one and the one I used to have in CA.










Tumic
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The dirt on the second track looks mint!
1/22/2018 12:41pm
motomojo wrote:
My little piece of heaven. .[img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2018/01/22/239481/s1200_DSCF0581.jpg[/img] [img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2018/01/22/239482/s1200_DSCF0583.jpg[/img] [img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2018/01/22/239483/s1200_DSCF0587.jpg[/img] [img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2018/01/22/239484/s1200_DSCF0595.jpg[/img] [img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2018/01/22/239485/s1200_DSCF0610.jpg[/img] [img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2018/01/22/239486/s1200_DSCF0621.jpg[/img] [img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2018/01/22/239487/s1200_DSCF0623.jpg[/img] [img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2018/01/22/239488/s1200_DSCF0625.jpg[/img]
My little piece of heaven.

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Do you own that? That looks incredible, I'm so jealous.

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motomojo wrote:
My little piece of heaven. .[img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2018/01/22/239481/s1200_DSCF0581.jpg[/img] [img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2018/01/22/239482/s1200_DSCF0583.jpg[/img] [img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2018/01/22/239483/s1200_DSCF0587.jpg[/img] [img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2018/01/22/239484/s1200_DSCF0595.jpg[/img] [img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2018/01/22/239485/s1200_DSCF0610.jpg[/img] [img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2018/01/22/239486/s1200_DSCF0621.jpg[/img] [img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2018/01/22/239487/s1200_DSCF0623.jpg[/img] [img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2018/01/22/239488/s1200_DSCF0625.jpg[/img]
My little piece of heaven.

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Do you own that? That looks incredible, I'm so jealous.
Holy f.... can i be jealous.. yes i can!!
Tumic
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motomojo wrote:
My little piece of heaven. .[img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2018/01/22/239481/s1200_DSCF0581.jpg[/img] [img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2018/01/22/239482/s1200_DSCF0583.jpg[/img] [img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2018/01/22/239483/s1200_DSCF0587.jpg[/img] [img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2018/01/22/239484/s1200_DSCF0595.jpg[/img] [img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2018/01/22/239485/s1200_DSCF0610.jpg[/img] [img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2018/01/22/239486/s1200_DSCF0621.jpg[/img] [img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2018/01/22/239487/s1200_DSCF0623.jpg[/img] [img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2018/01/22/239488/s1200_DSCF0625.jpg[/img]
My little piece of heaven.

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Do you own that? That looks incredible, I'm so jealous.
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Woohoo

Mr.Moto...Hammer, and anyone else who has their own paradise...

I sure hope you realise how lucky you are!, and bloody good for you!, enjoy it guys.....how I wish.

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#76 wrote:
:woohoo: Mr.Moto...Hammer, and anyone else who has their own paradise... I sure hope you realise how lucky you are!, and bloody good for you!, enjoy it...
Woohoo

Mr.Moto...Hammer, and anyone else who has their own paradise...

I sure hope you realise how lucky you are!, and bloody good for you!, enjoy it guys.....how I wish.

Maybe a bit of luck sure. A lot of hard fricking work is what does it.
It's all in how bad you want it and it doesn't have to cost loads of cash if you are willing to get your hands dirty and spend some (a lot) time to work it.
There is so much hand work to get a track like this it is crazy and if i had to do it again knowing what i know now i would have never started it. Sometimes it pays to be stupid i guess.

You don't have to own major heavy equipment either i built this entire track with this 2004 New Holland TC 30 30 HP tractor with a front loader attachment.
Of course it took me a full year to lay it out and cut it then i bought a small dozer and spent another year widening it as it was only about 12 ft wide and de-rocking the full 1.2 miles.
Hired a pro track builder to come out and build all the jumps so they would be safe but challenging and started throwing down laps.

I guess i wanted it pretty bad i'm 60...Brrapp






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1/22/2018 2:24pm
#76 wrote:
:woohoo: Mr.Moto...Hammer, and anyone else who has their own paradise... I sure hope you realise how lucky you are!, and bloody good for you!, enjoy it...
Woohoo

Mr.Moto...Hammer, and anyone else who has their own paradise...

I sure hope you realise how lucky you are!, and bloody good for you!, enjoy it guys.....how I wish.

I do know how lucky I am. As Mr. Moto says, it's a lot of work, time, and $$$. but there's nothing like getting home from work with the boy waiting in his gear, ready to go. 15 minutes to check gas and air, get dressed, and go ride for an hour before dinner. Worth every dime, scar, and sore muscle.

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1/22/2018 2:27pm
Tumic wrote:
The dirt on the second track looks mint!
They are both similar. When the moisture content is right the traction is unreal. It's a clay base, and then I till in a mixture of sawdust and sand. I shoot for 60% clay/dirt, and the rest sawdust/sand. Sawdust is cheaper so I use that more. I pay $75 for a 53' trailer full of sawdust, and till it in at Springtime. Lasts all year.

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1/22/2018 2:31pm
Same here, working with a old -89 Ford 5610, i will hire some better machinery when it’s time for jump building.

The track will be around 1 kilometer long and 4.5 meters wide, guessing laptimes around one and a half minute mark.

My track will be a mx track with some basic SX sections thrown in.







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have any youtube vids to share gents?

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1/22/2018 2:41pm
Tumic wrote:
Same here, working with a old -89 Ford 5610, i will hire some better machinery when it’s time for jump building. The track will be around...
Same here, working with a old -89 Ford 5610, i will hire some better machinery when it’s time for jump building.

The track will be around 1 kilometer long and 4.5 meters wide, guessing laptimes around one and a half minute mark.

My track will be a mx track with some basic SX sections thrown in.







Very nice !!! Looks like you have a really nice area to build. With all that foliage you're cutting thru the soil must be incredible!! full of nice organic root systems to till in.
Take your time and enjoy the build it's a fantastic journey that will try your passion more than once but press on it's worth it.
Post pics of the build as you put it together.
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motomojo wrote:
My little piece of heaven. .[img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2018/01/22/239481/s1200_DSCF0581.jpg[/img] [img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2018/01/22/239482/s1200_DSCF0583.jpg[/img] [img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2018/01/22/239483/s1200_DSCF0587.jpg[/img] [img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2018/01/22/239484/s1200_DSCF0595.jpg[/img] [img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2018/01/22/239485/s1200_DSCF0610.jpg[/img] [img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2018/01/22/239486/s1200_DSCF0621.jpg[/img] [img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2018/01/22/239487/s1200_DSCF0623.jpg[/img] [img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2018/01/22/239488/s1200_DSCF0625.jpg[/img]
My little piece of heaven.

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Every time I see pictures it keeps looking better and better!! Man, I hope I get the chance to come ride there, because it looks amazing!
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Do you own that? That looks incredible, I'm so jealous.
Yeah , no shit! I totally hate my life right now! Gawd that place looks incredible!
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Very nice !!! Looks like you have a really nice area to build. With all that foliage you're cutting thru the soil must be incredible!! full...
Very nice !!! Looks like you have a really nice area to build. With all that foliage you're cutting thru the soil must be incredible!! full of nice organic root systems to till in.
Take your time and enjoy the build it's a fantastic journey that will try your passion more than once but press on it's worth it.
Post pics of the build as you put it together.
Thanks man!

Its all clay based material, i have a river that runs a bit from my house so all the land in the area is old sea bottom with zero rocks in it.

Here is a rough scetch over how the track will be drawn on my property.

The pictures i posted earlier is from the bottom left corner om this picture where the track will run trough the forest.




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kb-450 wrote:
Mine in SC. [img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2018/01/22/239504/s1200_IMG_0420.jpg[/img] [img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2018/01/22/239505/s1200_IMG_0450.jpg[/img] [img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2018/01/22/239506/s1200_IMG_0453.jpg[/img]
Mine in SC.






Now i'm jealous Wow look at that dirt I grew up in IL.. and raced tracks like this in IL., MO., & KY. I have mine ripped deep and with the right rain i can get some nice ruts going but nothing like this.
Oh i wish.
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motomojo wrote:
Very nice !!! Looks like you have a really nice area to build. With all that foliage you're cutting thru the soil must be incredible!! full...
Very nice !!! Looks like you have a really nice area to build. With all that foliage you're cutting thru the soil must be incredible!! full of nice organic root systems to till in.
Take your time and enjoy the build it's a fantastic journey that will try your passion more than once but press on it's worth it.
Post pics of the build as you put it together.
Tumic wrote:
Thanks man! Its all clay based material, i have a river that runs a bit from my house so all the land in the area is...
Thanks man!

Its all clay based material, i have a river that runs a bit from my house so all the land in the area is old sea bottom with zero rocks in it.

Here is a rough scetch over how the track will be drawn on my property.

The pictures i posted earlier is from the bottom left corner om this picture where the track will run trough the forest.




Nice but trust me once you get to building you will see things you can't see in the overhead view and you will change some things.
Good you have no rocks i had nothing but rocks except for a few places.
I ripped it a foot deep to remove rocks down that deep then i rip it about 8 inches for riding.
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1/22/2018 3:19pm Edited Date/Time 1/22/2018 3:30pm
GCBC wrote:
have any youtube vids to share gents?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SN803y26guQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MZBRaocYIyY

Pretty old ones of the CA track. Haven't taken any at the new Oregon track. I will this Spring after we repair from the winter rains. Hopefully that's before late May, unlike last year. Last year sucked.

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1/22/2018 3:22pm
motomojo wrote:
My little piece of heaven. .[img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2018/01/22/239481/s1200_DSCF0581.jpg[/img] [img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2018/01/22/239482/s1200_DSCF0583.jpg[/img] [img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2018/01/22/239483/s1200_DSCF0587.jpg[/img] [img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2018/01/22/239484/s1200_DSCF0595.jpg[/img] [img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2018/01/22/239485/s1200_DSCF0610.jpg[/img] [img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2018/01/22/239486/s1200_DSCF0621.jpg[/img] [img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2018/01/22/239487/s1200_DSCF0623.jpg[/img] [img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2018/01/22/239488/s1200_DSCF0625.jpg[/img]
My little piece of heaven.

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mattyhamz2 wrote:
Every time I see pictures it keeps looking better and better!! Man, I hope I get the chance to come ride there, because it looks amazing!
Yep it's a work in progress at all times getting better and better. Had hoped to have had a lot of ride days but two years of no monsoon has been rough.
My dozer has been broke for the past year finally got it fixed and now the tractor is down...usual can't seem to have em both running at the same time.
Got the dozer fixed 1st of Dec and while it's worthless at prepping i have started on the reservoir so i can some day install a watering system.
Getting the area bowled out and building a massive dam at the low end hope to have it done and ready for rain and snow to start filling up soon.





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GCBC wrote:
have any youtube vids to share gents?

motomojo wrote:
Indeed This a friend from Canada on a 2017 KTM 250 2 smoker doing a go pro lap Dec 2016
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aDYJkcHqK3w&feature=youtu.be
I've been lucky enough to ride at Motomojo's place on a few occasions. It's truly incredible. I tell people all the time that it's hard to believe a place like that exists in Arizona. A lot of hard work to put that place together and keep it together!

Here's a vid from my first visit.

https://youtu.be/0tmA02VKEhM?rel=0







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1/22/2018 3:43pm
Tumic wrote:
I know there is a few threads about this but they are a couple of years old now. I love seeing peoples private tracks, proffesionally built...
I know there is a few threads about this but they are a couple of years old now.

I love seeing peoples private tracks, proffesionally built or amateur doesent matter.

I am in the progress of building my own track now that will be finnished this summer (i have 1.5 meter of snow now here in sweden) and it would be nice with some inspiration from others.
Hey Tumic Off topic but you're from Sweden wondering if you have heard of the rock band Bonafide?
1/22/2018 4:02pm
My dad bought 37 acres, back in the 60’s. In the mid 80’s my older brothers started adding jumps, and it’s had more added in early 00’s. Nothing crazy, but it’s a lot of fun. Lots of trails too.


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1/22/2018 4:06pm Edited Date/Time 1/22/2018 4:28pm
kb-450 wrote:
Mine in SC. [img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2018/01/22/239504/s1200_IMG_0420.jpg[/img] [img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2018/01/22/239505/s1200_IMG_0450.jpg[/img] [img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2018/01/22/239506/s1200_IMG_0453.jpg[/img]
Mine in SC.






motomojo wrote:
Now i'm jealous Wow look at that dirt I grew up in IL.. and raced tracks like this in IL., MO., & KY. I have mine...
Now i'm jealous Wow look at that dirt I grew up in IL.. and raced tracks like this in IL., MO., & KY. I have mine ripped deep and with the right rain i can get some nice ruts going but nothing like this.
Oh i wish.
Thx, I built a water truck from a duce and a half. The key for my track is to lightly till the track and really soak it the night before, up to 30k gallons of water depending on the time of year. Next morning, we till that in, the another dusting of water. Finally, I always finish with a till. The final till is the main thing, it mixes in that bit of slim we are used to when you are the 1st on the track on race day. Till it deep!

https://youtu.be/AU5Frqe394o
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You guys are sooooo lucky, I have a 2acre rough practice track I use mainly for hard enduro obstacles with a few corners & jumps in for moto. Nothing like you guys. Would be embarrassed to post pics ! Guessing your land is not 10k an acre like here in the UK.

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