Author Topic: Temporary Snow Bocking... (Read 6834 times)

chocl8 · « **on:** March 18, 2008, 08:41:24 PM »

Hello all, just wanted an opinion, going skiing for a week, and since we are driving, i can take my bocks, so i have been thinking of a snow bocking mod. Came up with an athletics spike (for running shoes) put through a hole in tyre sock then secured with a nut on the other side, the tyre sock is then just put back on the hoof. My test run is below on a scrap bit of tyre, any thoughts on how it would handle the stress? bearing in mind it doesn't have to last ages just a couple of hours even? Cheers, Chocl8

webmaster · « **Reply #1 on:** March 18, 2008, 08:46:43 PM »

for some reason I cant see the pic :s

tundraH · « **Reply #2 on:** March 18, 2008, 08:48:04 PM »

Thats because the files are only 0kb's. I think lil chocl8 is having difficulties uploading.

webmaster · « **Reply #3 on:** March 18, 2008, 08:59:31 PM »

lol I need glasses!

chocl8 · « **Reply #4 on:** March 18, 2008, 09:05:26 PM »

Hmmm...indeed, il try and reupload the files...

webmaster · « **Reply #5 on:** March 18, 2008, 09:09:45 PM »

Something like what merlyn did may work (see below) and also I think Jason mentioned working on something for snow too!

see this thread http://www.projumpforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=779.15

chocl8 · « **Reply #6 on:** March 18, 2008, 09:17:42 PM »

Yeh, i looked at them, but i don't have the hooves that just bolt on and off, so the spikes had to be on the tire socks. Fixed the pictures now, you should be able to see them

Dark Knight · « **Reply #7 on:** March 18, 2008, 09:26:39 PM »

If you reinforce the tyre you could make a spiked one !
I'm thinking of doing that

webmaster · « **Reply #8 on:** March 18, 2008, 09:28:16 PM »

I think that would work well tbh

chocl8 · « **Reply #9 on:** March 18, 2008, 09:32:22 PM »

groovy

Jason · « **Reply #10 on:** March 19, 2008, 12:03:04 AM »

Two bits of advice

The studdies work well on icy grass so you could get some football studs like these

http://www.projumpforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=1025.60 (about half way down )

You need large washers on the back (I use 25mm washers ) or they just pull through (same will happen with the spikes)

The other one I have been working on (stopped due to lack of snow ) was very simple
Get yourself some 20mm machine screws washers and nuts and just bolt them through (screw, washer, tyre, washer, nut ) leaving the threaded ends sticking out (acts like a spike but a lot cheeper and you can use any length)
I made a set up but due to lack of snow and needing the rubber for a set of studdies I didn't take any pics

Hope it works well

Jason

chocl8 · « **Reply #11 on:** March 22, 2008, 08:11:03 PM »

cheers jason, this was a last minute mod the day before i left with whatever i could find, so hopefully it will work, however theres supposed to be 50cm of powder so i think i may just sink in anyway, i've got approx. 20cm nuts on them anyway from memory so hopefully it will still work

going to try them tomorrow, just got to put them together!!!

O and i don't think football studs would work as well on ice, or really hard packer snow, they'd be a lot more unstable i think, the athletics studs are a lot more like crampons, which work really well (for climbing up icy waterfalls

)

Sx Nutta · « **Reply #12 on:** March 23, 2008, 11:05:48 AM »

easier thing would be to clear the snow, lol

Nero · « **Reply #13 on:** March 23, 2008, 11:55:53 AM »

20cm? surley thats 20mm.
differently lots of pics and videos please

Spud · « **Reply #14 on:** March 23, 2008, 01:03:07 PM »

Its been snowing 6 hours solid here now

exept I cant go bocking and its not laying enough for snow men. I like snow tho. It looks pretty while it falls.

Nero · « **Reply #15 on:** March 23, 2008, 02:33:10 PM »

i think it looks far better under a microscope though..

Spud · « **Reply #16 on:** March 23, 2008, 03:44:59 PM »

Are they real?

Sx Nutta · « **Reply #17 on:** March 23, 2008, 03:46:06 PM »

I had to drive in the snow, was so fun

chocl8 · « **Reply #18 on:** March 24, 2008, 07:13:22 PM »

Quote from: Nero on March 23, 2008, 11:55:53 AM

20cm? surley thats 20mm.
differently lots of pics and videos please

hehe, o yea...

Nero · « **Reply #19 on:** March 24, 2008, 07:18:09 PM »

Spud: yeah thats what they look like up close, have a look in google images for "snow crystals"
Chocl8: that f**k for that i was getting worried, still lots of pics and vids though please

chocl8 · « **Reply #20 on:** March 26, 2008, 06:15:11 PM »

Vids/pics won't go up untill i get back to england

Dark Knight · « **Reply #21 on:** March 31, 2008, 08:53:48 AM »

I don't need temporary on Fusion

That's a normal size hoof on the right

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Author Topic: Temporary Snow Bocking... (Read 6834 times)

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