How to raise a mountain bike ladder bridge?

Question

Me and my buddies are making a trail out in his woods we have all the ladders made but we just cant figure out the best way to elevate them we need some help?

Answer 1

Depends on if you can incorporate natural features like knolls and rocks or trees, or if you're going to do it all with lumber or whatever.  for whatever posts and bracing you build, just use some of the basic framing techniques (cross bracing, trestles, etc).  Be sure that you use long fasteners....screws are better than nails, but if you use nails be sure to get ring-shank.  It's best if you use 4" or larger uprights and sink them into the ground at 3 feet or so, but I've seen some rickety things built with just 2x4s (and lots of them).  

Check out some of the freeride pics at Pinkbike and study them to see how they're made.  You can search the pics for things like "ladder", "structure", "skinny" , "catwalk", etc.  If you find some users with pics of teeters or other structures, look at those too.  

hope this helps....get your rad on!   :o)