Anyone ever try to use one of these
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Anyone ever try to use one of these
Anyone try a royal ranger kit for home?
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Re: Anyone ever try to use one of these
I AM GUESING THE WHEELS GO IN THE SLOTS? 
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no they are not slots they are like the supertrack, they have no center guide only outer guides like oldtime tracks
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Re: Anyone ever try to use one of these
Speedbuggy,
I'm guessing that those are side-guide rails.
Don't know for sure as I haven't used one let alone seen one in person.
Da Graphite Kid
I'm guessing that those are side-guide rails.
Don't know for sure as I haven't used one let alone seen one in person.
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Hey guys I would like to know about this too. 
Royal Racers makes two tracks, a center rail and the side rail pictured. They have some info on their Web site but not enough.
Royal Racers makes two tracks, a center rail and the side rail pictured. They have some info on their Web site but not enough.
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My concern about side guides is the effect of the raised lettering on the outside of the wheels rubbing against them.
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Hey guys,
My church R.A. group, "Royal Ambassadors" purchased one from this company several years ago, and I was'nt very pleased with it. To start with, it is made of a good 1/2" sandply plywood without any finish. On ours they did'nt router the slots for the release bar, nor did they send the start bar and pegs. The joints are held together with "tee nuts" and flathead screws going thru the track to a 1x2x16".(two per joint section).
Unless they changed their design, the first joint fell at the second leg support which created an buckling or upheaval at that joint. But other churchs in my area have ordered tracks from them and everything is o.k., maybe we just got a bad one. After two years of it, I just built us a new plastic laminate track to be used by the church and my son's boy scout pack. The closest desin to theirs is Darrin McGrew's plan,(but his is better!) .
My church R.A. group, "Royal Ambassadors" purchased one from this company several years ago, and I was'nt very pleased with it. To start with, it is made of a good 1/2" sandply plywood without any finish. On ours they did'nt router the slots for the release bar, nor did they send the start bar and pegs. The joints are held together with "tee nuts" and flathead screws going thru the track to a 1x2x16".(two per joint section).
Unless they changed their design, the first joint fell at the second leg support which created an buckling or upheaval at that joint. But other churchs in my area have ordered tracks from them and everything is o.k., maybe we just got a bad one. After two years of it, I just built us a new plastic laminate track to be used by the church and my son's boy scout pack. The closest desin to theirs is Darrin McGrew's plan,(but his is better!) .
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Sorry guys, I went braindead in the last post. You can buy the 1/2" sandply plywood at most Home Depot's for about $25 to $27 per 4'x8' sheet. A few pieces of lattice strip mold and some #2 1x4's pine, and you can build this two lane track for about $75 to $85 dollars. with the 4'x8' plywood you have wnough material to make a nice 3 lane track with no more expense if you wish.
