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Offline Pitchy

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« Reply #15 on: June 11, 2009, 08:37:54 AM »
I stacked up rail road ties in sort of a C shape then mounded up a dirt pile behind it. Nothing gets through and any ricochets get funneled in by the slanted sides.
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« Reply #16 on: June 11, 2009, 10:30:51 AM »
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I stacked up rail road ties in sort of a C shape then mounded up a dirt pile behind it. Nothing gets through and any ricochets get funneled in by the slanted sides.

I've got plans for backstops that I got from the MN DNR that are made up of a C or U of railroad ties and then filled with sand-on the inside...

Haven't tried it yet, them ties are really hard to get out from under the tracks in one piece.
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« Reply #17 on: June 11, 2009, 11:40:17 AM »
Riley Bemoaned:
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Haven't tried it yet, them ties are really hard to get out from under the tracks in one piece.

Riley...Ya gotta wait til the train is all the way past ya!  It gets a bit easier then  ;)
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« Reply #18 on: June 11, 2009, 02:19:03 PM »
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Haven't tried it yet, them ties are really hard to get out from under the tracks in one piece.

And a little illegal.  :lol:
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« Reply #19 on: June 11, 2009, 04:26:34 PM »
You guys just take all the fun outta everything...
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