| When there's an inch or more of snow on the ground | | | | large crater in the snow, then fill it with water, and |
| you have a chance to turn your yard into a remote | | | | let it freeze. You can hold some interesting races |
| control monster truck event center. | | | | with other monster truck hobbyists on the ice. |
| There's no need for that snow to just lie there and | | | | To extend your RC playtime even further break out |
| go to waste. Design a monster truck rally course, and | | | | the construction equipment to build your hills, ramps, |
| turn your yard into a neighborhood RC playground. | | | | lake, and any other obstacles you dream up. Front |
| Lay it out on paper first (draw a blueprint). Dream up | | | | loaders can shape oval tracks, and ramp approach |
| a full-scale four-wheel competition track, and scale it | | | | lanes. Excavators can erect your hills and ramps. |
| down to radio control model size. | | | | Dump trucks can move the snow to where you |
| The only thing that limits your fun here is your | | | | need it placed. |
| imagination. Let it go crazy with this project. Give | | | | Lay out a yard-sized RC park and you can schedule |
| your kids, and yourself, a thrill. | | | | all the racing events your imagination can create. Get |
| Pile the snow into tall mounds, and create a | | | | the kids involved, and let them design some activities. |
| hill-climbing event. Make the sides of your hills steep | | | | They'll surprise you with that childhood knack for |
| enough to give your trucks a challenge while they | | | | creativity that we adults often lose while growing up. |
| climb to the top. Flatten the top of your hills into | | | | They'll have a lot of fun doing it too. |
| mesas large enough to maneuver the trucks when | | | | Think of all the fun you'll have watching the children |
| they successfully negotiate the climb. | | | | driving their trucks around your four-wheeler park. |
| Build in-line ramps, separated but facing each other, | | | | Think of the exciting time they'll have just because |
| for jumping events. Make sure you erect these | | | | you're there playing with them. Think of the crowd |
| ramps far enough apart to exercise your remote | | | | you'll draw as the neighbors come out to watch your |
| control monster truck driving skills. If they're close | | | | monster-trucking antics. |
| enough that the jump is an easy one, where's the | | | | Maybe those neighbors will break out their RC |
| fun in that? | | | | vehicles, and join in the festivities. |
| Mold a line of side-by-side cars from the snow for a | | | | Snow and cold don't mean you have to take your |
| crushing competition. You'll want your snow cars hard | | | | radio control models inside. Create projects that turn |
| enough that they don't easily crumble with the first | | | | perceived bad weather into cheerful RC hours. |
| impacts of the truck tires as they climb onto the | | | | Design your own snowy remote control monster |
| obstacle line. | | | | truck rally course, and have a happy neighborhood |
| Build a frozen lake for driving your trucks on. See | | | | winter get together. |
| how well you handle icy driving conditions. Shape a | | | | |