[meatloaf]

My local field is potentially acquiring 1000 railroad ties. Trying to brainstorm some ideas for a new field. We have access to a backhoe and the ground is flat open field. One idea was above ground trenches. If anyone has seen ties used in different ways for building or has links to pics, post up.

[dustyshouri]

What about digging trenches and using them to line the walls of them?

[cocker addict]

Someone say castle?

[nighthunter]

cocker addict, on 20 January 2013 - 04:05 PM, said:

Someone say castle?

I second the motion.
Castles are cool

[meatloaf]

dustyshouri, on 20 January 2013 - 04:00 PM, said:

What about digging trenches and using them to line the walls of them?

I would love to dig trenches but the ground gets too wet.

cocker addict, on 20 January 2013 - 04:05 PM, said:

Someone say castle?

I like the castle idea also but how far will 1000 go?

[cocker addict]

probably not very far, but the secret is to use skids. Most companies will give skids away for free but the hard part is transporting them. Castle are awesome I just had to throw that out there

This post has been edited by cocker addict: 20 January 2013 - 04:26 PM

[paintballguy2255]

Or you could do a "defend the wall" sort of thing,where you put 8 or 9 down in a row,then leave a space empty,then put 8 or 9 down,and so on until you have a wall with little "archer"slits.Put a flag 20 or 30 feet in front of the wall,and scatter some bunkers made of ties on their sides,so that the opposing team has to try and get the flag.

[dustyshouri]

Could just use them for support beams/posts, and use cheaper/thinner wood for the actual walls. Of course that means finding more wood, but it's the only thing I can think of. If you use them this way 1000 will go very far.

[REDCOBRA]

[dustyshouri]

Question: When you have a paintball field and you build forts, especially with upper levels/ladders/stairs... do you have to build them according to a building code? Do they have to be inspected before they can be used and such? I mean bunkers are pretty harmless, but I've seen some fields that practically have houses, and of course the first thing I think is, "I wonder if they're built sturdy enough to not collapse."

[CPS]

I think a field maze would be the coolest thing ever

[CdnNinja]

Build a tactical igloo.

[meatloaf]

CdnNinja, on 20 January 2013 - 05:45 PM, said:

Build a tactical igloo.

yes

[slinkyaroo]

Are the ties slippery and contaminated? You can trench and use them as flooring for it.

[meatloaf]

slinkyaroo, on 20 January 2013 - 06:33 PM, said:

Are the ties slippery and contaminated? You can trench and use them as flooring for it.

They will be used ties. I can speculate they will be slippery when wet.

[slinkyaroo]

Well some are corrosive and not good for bunkers or such. The slippery ones usually are that style.

[meatloaf]

Guess we'll have to wait and see what the quality is.

[Panda Man]

CPS, on 20 January 2013 - 05:38 PM, said:

I think a field maze would be the coolest thing ever

that would be epic as hell.

4-6 go in, 1 comes out.

[wicker77]

http://www.minnesota...octagon&page=10
This has been around at Splat Tag (the main local field for scenario stuff in MN/WI) for a few years, and it's really fun to play. There's more course you don't see and basically the whole thing is made out of railroad ties.
(Pictures are like 2 posts down, and throughout the entire thread)

This post has been edited by wicker77: 20 January 2013 - 07:36 PM

[Pump Player]

because i have to outdo wicker77: http://www.orbitalpa...03/Default.aspx

competitiveness aside it would be awesome to make a big wall and arch with them, and one team has to get through the arch to win