So long, trials course...

[Spudman]

An interesting surprise awaited us when we came home from a robot demo earlier today... Guess we won't be doing any riding on that again anytime soon. :)

[habbywall]

What happened? And what did it look like before?
If you can't find any real pictures of it, maybe a google earth shot?
It looks like it could have been quite the trials setup.

[kerosian]

sad...
(violin)

[dunawan]

Did it burn down? Im confused.

[Brian O.]

Did it burn down? Im confused.
Nah, they just kept spraying it with water until it all fell down and started turning black. :(

[beeper]

Did it burn down? Im confused.

>.> no there are firemen hosing it down simply becuase someone sneezed on the trials course. lol of course it burned down.

sorry to hear it man. if it were me, i'd rebuild one before i even posted about it burning down.

[kerosian]

they dumped copiuos (sp?) amounts of oil on it then decided to wash it off.

[Goats_On_Unicycles]

Oh, mannn...
I'm sorry.

[Spudman]

We currently think that a nearby transformer popped and started it, that's the only thing nearby that could have done it. Our dad was home, but the fire was behind our garage and he didn't see it until some passing neigbors pulled up and started spraying it with our garden hoses.

It's probably a good thing it burned down, though. It was full of old nasty wood and tons of rusty nails.

[john_childs]

So that was at your home? That's scary. Thank goodness it was caught before it spread.

[Blegas78]

awww, and I didn't get to ride on it.

[Brian O.]

awww, and I didn't get to ride on it.
Thats what she said.

In light of the other recent post.

[Spudman]

So that was at your home? That's scary. Thank goodness it was caught before it spread.

Yeah, just 200 feet from our house! Fortunately not too much of our property is flammable and there was no real direct way for the fire to get to our home.

awww, and I didn't get to ride on it.

Too bad, you may have enjoyed it! There were lots of long footwide planks from a recently demolished horse arena in there that made cool little trails over scary piles of splintery ruins and rusty nails. Would have made some good camera footage...

[GUI]

On the bright side, now we can build a real trials course (need more pallets!), and there aren't any rusty nails or snakes to worry about.


EDIT: and here's an action shot

[SAVAGE]

dude, that sucks! but it looks like a couple pallets survived. can't wait to see the new course you'll build. Show us some pics of you building it when you do!

[dudewithasock]

I'm still waiting for pre-fire pics, Just based on that action shot, it looks like a good setup.

[monkeyman]

they dumped copiuos (sp?) amounts of oil on it then decided to wash it off.
....with fire.

Man, that sucks about your course. Luckily, you can take consolation in the fact that you still have a house to uni on.

[Uniman_3]

that suks alot it burned down...
we have one in our backyard and if it burned down it would burn down our neighborhood cuse its all in prairies..
hope u get a better one rebuilt!!

[Spudman]

I'm still waiting for pre-fire pics, Just based on that action shot, it looks like a good setup.

Alas, I don't think we have any. My friend took some video of us playing on it a couple of years ago (when we were really terrible...) but I don't know if he still has it.

Now that we don't have any wood left, I don't know how we would build a new one. We're too cheap to buy any, so we'll just have to wait until someone demolishes a building nearby. :)

[john_childs]

We currently think that a nearby transformer popped and started it, that's the only thing nearby that could have done it.
Look for a charred remains of a squirrel below the transformer. My theory is that a squirrel fried itself in the transformer, caught fire, did a final dive to the grass below and started the fire. Flaming suicide flying squirrels. You gotta watch out for them.

[forrestunifreak]

On the bright side, now we can build a real trials course (need more pallets!), and there aren't any rusty nails or snakes to worry about.
Yeah, now the rusty nails are just on the ground for you to ride over...





Nah, they just kept spraying it with water until it all fell down and started turning black. :(

That made me laugh. Haha. Good one!

[john_childs]

Flaming suicide flying squirrels.
Nice avatar there monkeyman :D

[mawesome]

Flaming suicide flying squirrels. You gotta watch out for them.

Oh man. That is so sigged.

-Keven

[monkeyman]

Nice avatar there monkeyman :D

:D Thanks. I couldn't resist.

[Hazmat]

Nice avatar there monkeyman :D
+1 :D