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highlandladdie Newbie Posts: 85	diy jumps Jul 10, 2008 18:59:11 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by highlandladdie on Jul 10, 2008 18:59:11 GMT hi all what does every body use for practice jumps had thought of old car tyres and ideas
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rebanna Grand Prix Snooty Booty Posts: 2,269	diy jumps Jul 10, 2008 20:08:23 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by rebanna on Jul 10, 2008 20:08:23 GMT drain pipes, hay bale's wooden pallets and people lol
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kateflashy Guest	diy jumps Jul 10, 2008 20:12:42 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by kateflashy on Jul 10, 2008 20:12:42 GMT we used old fire doors , and a sheep hurdle

highlandladdie Newbie Posts: 85	diy jumps Jul 10, 2008 20:54:00 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by highlandladdie on Jul 10, 2008 20:54:00 GMT they all sound great but people mmmmmmmmm will give that a miss lol ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
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rebanna Grand Prix Snooty Booty Posts: 2,269	diy jumps Jul 10, 2008 21:18:16 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by rebanna on Jul 10, 2008 21:18:16 GMT little children r best put a pole up and get them to be the filler
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rebanna Grand Prix Snooty Booty Posts: 2,269	diy jumps Jul 10, 2008 21:19:26 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by rebanna on Jul 10, 2008 21:19:26 GMT oh and garden trellis make's good fillers
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diy jumps Jul 10, 2008 22:25:59 GMT

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Post by aimee on Jul 10, 2008 22:25:59 GMT

this is a bad pic I know, but look in the background and you will see...traffic cones!!!

"find" some "abandoned" and claim them, cut a L shape out of the top and hey presto! great wings for an easy cross pole or like I have used, a little spread!

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aimee Disgraceful Dismounter I finally worked out how to put writing here! Posts: 1,162	diy jumps Jul 10, 2008 22:28:45 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by aimee on Jul 10, 2008 22:28:45 GMT Also, if you want to put some fight-factor in, a chunk or tarpulin under a simple jump will make a 'water jump' Also someone on here mentioned an old towel laid over a jump to make a little filler!
	Riding: The art of keeping a horse between you and the ground. Much sexyness for sale or loan/share! Peanut, 4 Years, Reg New Forest gelding. Easy, fun ride, but still green. Hacks and jumps small fences. 1 in a million pony. PM for details

aimee Disgraceful Dismounter I finally worked out how to put writing here! Posts: 1,162	diy jumps Jul 10, 2008 22:37:01 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by aimee on Jul 10, 2008 22:37:01 GMT haha talk about tramp, I rummaged through our bonfire on bonfire night and took all the wood out to make some fillers! haha! Still have yet to actually make them though!
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kateflashy Guest	diy jumps Jul 11, 2008 6:56:04 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by kateflashy on Jul 11, 2008 6:56:04 GMT my dad built all mine with wood we were given for the fire
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fimacg Moderator Posts: 7,009	diy jumps Jul 11, 2008 9:29:03 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by fimacg on Jul 11, 2008 9:29:03 GMT I did the easy (but expensive option and bought a set of 4 polyjumps... DIY - I'm still waiting 1 year on for the OH to make some fillers
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diy jumps Jul 11, 2008 21:19:41 GMT

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Jul 11, 2008 9:29:03 GMT fimacg said:

DIY - I'm still waiting 1 year on for the OH to make some fillers

I gave up waiting for my OH to make me some. I told him i was gonna be an independant woman and make my own

thinking it would hurt his manly ego but it didn't! lol but i did get them done myself.

Railway sleepers are good. pile em up and put a row of birch logs on top looks good. barrels, brush, Big fat logs. I did manage to get my Oh to lift some heavy logs the tree surgeon left behind into XC jumps for me and he mobbed the whole time it was gonna give him piles! hee hee hee

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diy jumps Jul 16, 2008 20:46:32 GMT

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Post by fleabitten on Jul 16, 2008 20:46:32 GMT

Poles
Rustic poles from timber merchants - 10-12ft long (you can paint them yourself if you want)
Carpet roll inner tubes
Drainpipes filled with sand
Planks from timber merchants - 10-12ft long with sticky out bits added on so you can rest them on cups (flat cups for safety)

Stands
Straw bales
buckets
containers (filled with sand)
tyres
traffic cones (can get a council depot)
beer barrels
oil drums
Or you could make some with planks of wood
Buy some (classifieds)
Cups can be made buy shaping blocks of wood into a shallow cup shape and nailing them onto the stand
Planks and hanging fillers should rest on flat cups

Fillers
Conifer branch twig things stuck into straw bales to make a brush fence
tyres propped against pole or threaded onto a pole
traffic cones
oil drums
old doors
woodem pallets (branches to make brush fence)

Tips
Always make your fences wide and solid and use proper ground lines.
Paint your jumps if they are left outside to prevent rotting
When positioning you jumps always allow plenty of space for each approach and landing.

Groundlines
To help the pony judge the fence sixe and when to take off. Always have a pole lying at the base of your fence.
Crosspoles have one end of a pole at each end of the jump so they have a ready made groundline.

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