Has anyone successfully built a turfdog style land board, that you can learn Vulcan’s on? If so how did you do it? Issues I have considered are:

Weight –should I go for the lightest castor wheels I can find for the front?-
Board –Make my own out of plywood or use some kind of skate board deck. I noticed that the actual turfdog has a higher level deck where the castors attach would this be important to emulate-
Dimensions –If anyone could tell me the dimensions of the turfdog particularly where the mast base goes, size of the deck, wheels and back axle would really appreciate it-

Also any suggestions of good spots to turfdog in Sydney more than welcome.

Thanks in advance

I saw some great boards of this type in Maui.
Are you really planning to learn to do Vulcans on dry land ?
Is there anything worth leaving me in your will ?

KenHo said...

I saw some great boards of this type in Maui.
Are you really planning to learn to do Vulcans on dry land ?
Is there anything worth leaving me in your will ?

I learned to Vulcan on a Turfdog. With big footstraps and quick feet it's (relatively) safe.

Shopping trolley wheels would probably be great for bitumen, but thinking more along the lines of pneumatic wheels (anyone now the diameter of the wheels they use on turfdogs?), to cope with either short grass or hard sand for a slightly more forgiving surface !!!

Been thinking about the split level deck on the turf dog and I guess it is to make for a level board with the height difference between the way the wheels are mounted for castors at front, and skate board/mountain board axel at the back. Wondering whether I would be able to modify a cheap long board deck to do something similar

grumplestiltskin said...

If it was me, I would be scouting around the parks close to your local shopping centre.
You will undoubtedly find a plethora of abandoned shopping trolleys.
Make sure you have a crescent in your back pocket and quickly knock off the two best wheels.
The size of these wheels is perfect for skipping over most pebbles within a carpark without tossing you in a screaming heap to the bitumen.

PS: you didn't hear it from me about borrowing the trolley wheels

Them trolley wheels are really hammered on with a rattlegun, you usually damage tools,and the thread trying to get em off.
most cities have a shop that specializes in really good castors.
have a look through the fallshaw site for Australia . www.fallshaw.com.au
they do a rather good landyacht wheel, so why not a turfdog wheel

I made one in an afternoon with dolly wheels from magnet mart.. I also had a proper one at work, so Ive compared both.

the turfdogs got trucks at the back and i just bolted fixed directional wheels and it worked fine..

but still boring and painfull.