I never stopped to give it a thought , but I must have spent weeks of my life just riding the rope while teaching at my local dry slope. It’s great for getting in the laps, hope you get it dialled :-)

If you want a faster lift and don’t mind a bit of noise… you can use a lawn tractor with the back end lifted up with the rope going around the back tire. It the goes to a wheel barrel at the bottom on the hill upside down with a come along to give it the tension. It works amazing and I have a big steep hill and still pulls 2 people up fast. Good luck 👍🏼

@GoodRoads

2 жыл бұрын

The back yard rope tow that I grew up around was one that my friends dad made from the carcass of a tractor. It was rad!

@macmacdonald4996

9 ай бұрын

Could you possibly post a few pics or some stats for your gear ? I.e.: hp rating on drive motor..size of wheels, length orf run?? Sound great ! Thx

My homie in Michigan fabricates sweet rails. We were just talking about this series. Very inspiring. You have a lot of grit!

@GoodRoads

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks dude! I'd love to see some of those rail builds

Yooooo, finally working! Now you need a box and a kicker!

@GoodRoads

2 жыл бұрын

For SURE!

Thanks for sharing your tow rope story! I also appreciate the lessons learned. I am thinking about building one in my backyard and your video has been very helpful!

Great to see the tow up and running! Nothing good happens without hard work. Well done for keeping at it and coming up with the win 👍

@GoodRoads

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks, I figured y'all deserved to see it finished

You're the man, sir!

@GoodRoads

2 жыл бұрын

NO U! Thanks dude

Yes sir time to learn rails

You got it done, awesome!

@GoodRoads

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks dude!

We going to see more development this winter? It’s been invaluable data for the one I’m building. Share some more pain for us backyard engineers!

Design the rope tension on the bullwheel at the bottom of the hill. If you get nice threaded rod you can tighten the caster to the pole to get the desired tension (use two/three large nuts on the back end to keep it from undoing itself). Also maybe consider using a tree instead of a pole! Its already structurally sound. 😂 I’m considering making a system for spring/summer park laps. Your videos were a great help! It really gives me a good head-start.

@GoodRoads

2 жыл бұрын

Glad it helps! That's the whole point of documenting these projects. And good call on the tension mechanism!

I am making a rope tow and I know how frustrating this is. Good job

@GoodRoads

2 жыл бұрын

They seem like they would be so simple but physics has a lot to say about that lol

Been waiting for this vid!

Funny that you have to retension your rope so many times. we have a 260 foot lift line, so ~580 ft of rope. It's nylon 3 strand which grips really well to the bull wheel, doesn't freeze, and has never gotten tangled. We put it on once a year but never have to tension it. It's long spliced and we wrap it a few times around the bullwheel. With enough elbow grease we get it, sometimes we do a wrap and then wait a day to do another, so it can stretch out. Nice looking setup you have though!

@GoodRoads

2 жыл бұрын

It wasn't because the rope went slack, it was because I had to re-tension every time I tried a new attachment method for the ropes. So between knots, printed handles, bolted connections, etc., I ended up doing it over and over again. Thanks for the tip on the rope!

Great videos!

You should build a jump

I had good luck adding garage door springs in series to the ratchet strap. This way I don't have to constantly adjust the tension. My lift uses 1200' of rope.

@GoodRoads

9 ай бұрын

Yeah some kind of tensioner is going to be a big part of v.2

Dream and nice❤😮😊

4:47 I'm sorry, but I laughed. It's good to see the progress. Thank you.

Long splice your rope, minimal diameter change and retains most of the strength.

Splicing the rope might be better method of attaching sperate types to each other and it's a great skill to have anyways

Hmm if you were making a battery powered tow rope up a super steep snowy hill then you could make it not be a circular rope so it spools up like a winch. It would need a second smaller rope/winch to retract it down the hill (no tensioning would be nice). If it was a circular rope attached to a sled that reversed back down that would be interesting too. Both use about the same parts to build.

@GoodRoads

2 жыл бұрын

The loop isn't that big of a deal and it's much more convenient than winch for a long session. The 24v option I mention at the end of the vid could theoretically be battery powered, which could be another advantage of going that route. Certainly something to think about

Capstan

Motor wise just a VFD and 1-2hp regular 3 phase 208V motor

@GoodRoads

2 жыл бұрын

I'm trying to run it off of standard 120v AC, it's definitely limiting my options though

@Shredxcam22

2 жыл бұрын

@@GoodRoads get a single phase 120VAC drive. I've worked on allen bradley ones. Model 22bv6p0n104

Yeeeeah man!

Awesome, you will get it sorted 👍🏻 , but lest you can do snowboarding in your backyard 😀👍🏽 I would have to spend alot of money to go to a ski mountain, but I have never done snowboarding lol just skateboarding and surfing,

Fusing, whipping, or splicing, would be weaving the rope ends together, and that may do you better long term. But it is summer, so, you do you man. Ah you mentioned splicing, definitely checkout whipping to keep your splices together longer.

@bagok701

2 жыл бұрын

Oh and it would be interesting to know if you have tried to put your power at the low end of the hill and just have the top of the hill be an idler.

My 3rd try of building a ropetow is now finally working, but we have no snow😑

@GoodRoads

2 жыл бұрын

Oh dude, gotta get yourself a mountain board then!

How long is your rope tow?

Chain saw winch💭💭💭

@MTNWILL

9 ай бұрын

Look it up

@GoodRoads

9 ай бұрын

I want to use an electric motor so I don't have to deal with cold carburetors and fuel/noise when it's freezing out, those winches are dope though

Splice the rope by weaving it into itself for about a foot

Great vid but Use a stronger motor that think barely pull u up

we could help make this faster and stronger with less tangle if you want