MadPikAvenger's Super-Magical Funland

...for being so entertaining. I'm supposed to be studying.

Happy hump day everyone!

Do you think Xzibit woke up one morning and said "I want a TV show that only requires I'm on it for 10min an episode and allows me to be totally baked 24/7."?

So I got bored and was tired of the yucky pieced together look of my old blog theme so I changed it. Hopefully this will inspire me to stay on top of posting the fun things I encounter on the web. That being said I think we'll start of with a little "pic-a-day" action. Enjoy.

As promised, a video of us jumping the bike into the lake. Enjoy.

What you need:

• 1 8x4 sheet of 3/4" plywood
• 1 8x4 sheet of 3/8" plywood
• 2 8' 2x4's
• A bunch of deck screws (make sure at least 16 of them are at least 3" long)

• First, figure out the your desired radius for your ramp. Typically between 8' and 12' works well. We built one of each. The taller ramp is the 8' radius while the shorter one is the 12'.

• Once you've figured out your radius cut a piece of string to that length. Stretch the string out along the short side of your sheet of plywood so that the end of the string is in one corner of the plywood and the other end is straight out. Have a buddy hold the other end tight while you use a pencil to trace your curve on the plywood. Sorry I don't have any pics of this. You don't need to trace both sides of the ramp at this point since you'll be using the first side as a template to cut the second.
• Once your line is traced cut it out using a jig saw.
• Now that you have one side cut out use it as a template to trace onto the remaining 3/4" plywood. It should look something like this.

• Now that the shape is cut its time to cut the 2x4's. Since we only built our ramp for launching off of and landing on we decided to make it 2 feet wide but you could easily make it 4 feet wide instead. However you may need some more 2x4's.
• Depending on whether you decide to build a 2 foot or 4 foot wide ramp you'll need to cut the 2x4's to the appropriate width.
• Once that is done line them up evenly along the curve of the ramp as they'll act as the supports.
• Once you have them placed where you're going to want them, trace their outline on the plywood as you can see here.

• Once that's done cut those sections out with the jigsaw. You should end up with something like this. Again use your first side as a template for the second.

• Now cut the extra 2x4's into 4" sections. You'll need 2 for each cross beam on your ramp. We used 4 cross beams so we needed 8 4" sections.
• Your going to want to screw these to your cross beams on either end. Make sure you measure and place them 3/4" from the edge of the cross beam.

• As you can see we alternated sides, but I'm not sure this is necessary.
• Once those are complete simply slide them into the sides of your ramp.

• Now simply shoot some screws into the 4" 2x4 pieces you screwed onto the cross beams like this.

• Next its time to screw on the top of the ramp. This will be easiest if you soak your 3/8" sheet of plywood in water for a while, or let the hose run over it while you build the ramp. Either way, line the 3/8" plywood up on your ramp and screw it down into the cross beams.
• The rest is just finish work and adding supports where you feel them necessary. We added a horizontal 2x4 at the bottom of the ramp and another in the middle of the back of the ramp.

Tada! Ramps!

I'll post some videos of the ramp in action as soon as I get around to getting them on my computer so stay tuned!

Just a little video I threw together quickly of our first trip to Silver Lake this year.

So as promised here's another video. Sorry it wasn't the next day as promised, but I'm sure you'll forget all about that upon watching it.

So the title pretty much sums this one up. Anyway got something super exciting (and non-jeep related) for ya'll tomorrow so stay tuned!

So in the promise of bringing you fun things from around the internet I compiled some fun videos I'll throw up over the next couple days. First, I bring you a video demonstrating how to properly three wheel your lifted truck.

So I finally replaced my much worn out 275/70r16 BFGoodrich All Terrain T/A's with some brand new 265/75r16 Nitto Terra Grapplers. I was bit worried that the larger size (31.7" vs 31.2") of the Nitto's would cause some rubbing and so far it has a little bit. I haven't had it out in the dirt enough to truly test it but I can't imagine it's something that a little trimming won't remedy. On the road though they are amazing, granted new tires usually seem amazing so I'll drive on them for a while and report back with my thoughts.