homemade drop barrel

me on my homemade spinning drop barrel...cant seem to make 8 seconds on a real bull so i had to build one i could make it on

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Sports

Tags:

• bucking
• barrel
• drop
• bull
• paris
• texas
• mechanical

[hardyzstillstand]

you mind tellin me how you made this? thanks

[jonathanbdaniel]

base:

took a 4 ft shaft and hammered it into the ground about 2 foot...i have a plate on the bottom mounted so it wont go any deeper...the top part has a bearing which allows it to spin

pivot point: built up the sides with some square tubing and mounted bearings on each side...then ran a shaft through and welded the long square tubing to the shaft...it is pretty much a spinning see-saw

[jonathanbdaniel]

barrel: most important part of a drop barrel is to have the barrel 6 inches away from the pivot point...according to gary leffew that is what makes the drop barrel so effective

counter balance: at the other end of the square tubing are weights...i have them on some all-threads so you can move them back and forth to balance out different riders weights...then you have a handle...it is a big workout for the operator...

[jonathanbdaniel]

all the stuff i got were scraps from junkyard and work...i had to buy the 2 small bearings - they were cheap 3/4" bearings...bout $20 for both...and i bout some square tubing

i think it would work better if you used extension springs instead of a counter weight if you are using your own

[jonathanbdaniel]

hope that helps...let me know if i didnt explain something well enough

[jonathanbdaniel]

thanks for the advice

[cgriff96]

ur gettin out over him good, but then u dont set your hips you just sit on ur ass and lean back, if u get on bulls that are flat and wont set u back to ur rope there gonna run u out the back door

[Riderank247]

Turn ur toes OUT