making paintball bunkers
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Topic: making paintball bunkers
Posted By: E-Wall
Subject: making paintball bunkers
Date Posted: 27 March 2006 at 7:27pm
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I want to build a paintball feild of my own but dont know what kind of material for bunkers to use. Yeah go ahead say wood. but how do i prop a wooden bunker up if there isn't a tree around. I am open to any ideas at all |
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Posted By: Ashdawg
Date Posted: 27 March 2006 at 9:36pm
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you could use a mixture of 55 gallon drums and nail two pallets
together and stand them up to form a "v" shape. Having two nailed
together on one side will give them enough stability to stand upright.
you could even dig a small trench just big enough for the very bottom
of the pallet to rest in for added stability...Me and my friends
actually used tarps once, yes, it was bootleg, but it worked out pretty
well. We strung a piece of rope from two poles and drapped a tarp over
it, it provides sufficient cover from paintballs. Variety is the key,
the layout should be interesting. At least, thats how I see it. Now
that I think about it, maybe you shouldn't use the tarp idea, it's
pretty red-neck and most likely will give your field a bad reputation.
Stick with the drums and pallets...maybe some of that large black
plastic construction pipe, that's always cool. Old junk cars would be
neat if you have any and you don't think it's an accident waiting to
happen. It really depends on the size area you have...you could even
use those containers like the ones on the back of semi-trucks...
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Posted By: MoNkeY Hunter
Date Posted: 27 March 2006 at 9:58pm
| To day I was working on my field and we just got 50 haybales from my nabor for free!!! So we are making a Big snake and we made our "fifty" out of two 55 gallon Drums with 2 tires on top of each with a stack of 3 tires in between them. On top of that our flag ins on a short pole in the middle of the stack of tires. Then our "Pillows" are pallets with a sheet of plywood on them. We also have 2 railroad trets, (if thats wast they are called) with 2 big sheets of tin on em. Our field is about 75feed long so we have to turn our guns down to like 185-235FPS. Just get creative and ue what ever you can. |
Posted By: the flanker
Date Posted: 28 March 2006 at 5:17pm
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i have already made a field by using sandbags [ordered over the intenet] that we filled up with dirt only problem is for the first month they fall over alot because they havent "set" in yet ------------- 
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Posted By: kuhndog599
Date Posted: 28 March 2006 at 6:42pm
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sand bags ------------- model 98 - homemade handguard solid stock - opsgear mag polished internals homemade sling - paintjob operator barrel progressive barrel opsgear mag - stock |
Posted By: the flanker
Date Posted: 28 March 2006 at 8:42pm
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yes they were made from burlap and they work great^^^
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Posted By: sn00py13
Date Posted: 28 March 2006 at 11:00pm
| i used big wooden spools (electrician wire comes on um) and just pallets set up. Its a pretty sweet field (can post pics if asked). Also farm tile works well. |
Posted By: E-Wall
Date Posted: 29 March 2006 at 8:05pm
| wow how much where those bags? |
Posted By: MoNkeY Hunter
Date Posted: 29 March 2006 at 9:11pm
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True. |
sn00py13 wrote:Posted By: raflexjrsr
Date Posted: 03 April 2006 at 9:23pm
please post pics |
Posted By: nightfox9
Date Posted: 08 April 2006 at 1:57pm
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Like this?
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Posted By: McKnight576
Date Posted: 08 April 2006 at 8:18pm
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Where did you buy the sandbag bunkers. I'm in the process of revamping a paintball field and sandbags would be perfect for what I need. ------------- 
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Posted By: the flanker
Date Posted: 08 April 2006 at 10:22pm
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here is the link http://esandbags.com/ggg.html - http://esandbags.com/ggg.html hope you like it! -------------
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Posted By: sporx
Date Posted: 09 April 2006 at 12:21pm
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I have my own field. I have a little bit of everything on my course. I mean it's fun to play on cuz we have couches, little boats, crates, those big wooden spool things, big wooden 90 degree angle things. You could use just about anything. Be creative. ------------- 
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Posted By: Styro Folme
Date Posted: 09 April 2006 at 10:06pm
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plexiglass is always fun to experiment with. ------------- X |
Posted By: __sneaky__
Date Posted: 09 April 2006 at 10:33pm
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Posted By: Styro Folme
Date Posted: 09 April 2006 at 11:03pm
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Posted By: nightfox9
Date Posted: 10 April 2006 at 12:56pm
What the flame?! lol -------------
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Posted By: DsXz
Date Posted: 10 April 2006 at 5:32pm
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cheapest way is to steal skids from behind super markets :D ------------- http://imageshack.us"> 
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Posted By: Styro Folme
Date Posted: 11 April 2006 at 12:36am
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Posted By: sporx
Date Posted: 11 April 2006 at 10:23am
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^really? I never knew that. -------------
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Posted By: nightfox9
Date Posted: 11 April 2006 at 9:55pm
LOL!! OMG that's crazy wicked! :P -------------
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Posted By: nebelwerfer
Date Posted: 23 April 2006 at 9:11pm
| I called a Sears Hardware cause they always have skids behind it. they wanted to keep the ones they had but they told me where i could get some. try to get ones that have no spaces between the boards and they will work great. Also ask at construction sites for leftover supplies. I keep eyeing up the hyperpipe at the wal-mart they are building. Maybe I'll get lucky and gat a piece of that. And just like prviously mentioned sandbags work great !! |
Posted By: sxgarland
Date Posted: 23 April 2006 at 10:53pm
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i've always scavenged where they are building new houses, like they have trash bins outside the house, and its full of all scrap wood. also, the wooden spools work wonderful...and if you can find a car dealer that changes tires..they usually let you take the old plugged tires off their hands for free...they make pretty decent snakes...good luck in finding |
Posted By: Stoz
Date Posted: 25 April 2006 at 12:26pm
Sounds delicious. -------------  |
Posted By: MeanMan
Date Posted: 25 April 2006 at 7:30pm
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i think ill trick one of my friends into trying that honey and plexiglass thing now i have to think of how to trick them into pouring honey onto plexiglass for nothing without making it seem like somethings up ------------- 
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Posted By: GI JOES SON
Date Posted: 25 April 2006 at 7:44pm
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i was walking around in these woods along a hiking trail by me and there were holes dug into the ground randomly, it looked almost like a battlefield (they werent some half baked holes, they were real dug in positions), then i realized the paint on the trees. if theres woods around you could do that, use the dirt from the holes to build one big mound in the middle and ashdawg, i have to disagree with your sig, your NEVER too close for missiles |
Posted By: benttwig33
Date Posted: 26 April 2006 at 8:23am
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take your peice of wood, and 3 spikes.
Put 2 spikes along the right and left side on the front of the bunker, and on the back put one spike in the center. I will get pic of my field to help you out. Those big plastic kidde-pool they sell at walmart for $20 work awsome. We have a big yellow BIG BIRD pol right in the middle of our field  ------------- Sig is WAY too big. |
Posted By: Stoz
Date Posted: 26 April 2006 at 9:37am
Now that you mention it, you may be able to make 2 taco-shaped bunkers out of a kiddie pool via slicing it in half and placing its semicircular halves staked into the ground somewhere. Might be feasible. ------------- |
Posted By: Rcpaintballer
Date Posted: 29 April 2006 at 2:30am
| Well me and my friends dug out holes and we put the dirt in front of the bunker but we were in the woods and used some sticking to reinforcce the buckers or just get some wood and purt in in the dirt to make it stand |
Posted By: ardyandkari
Date Posted: 29 April 2006 at 7:19am
that has got to make the coolest sound.... ------------- If you define cowardice as running away at the first sign of danger, screaming and tripping and begging for mercy, then yes, Mr. Brave man, I guess I'm a coward. |
Posted By: pbhalo
Date Posted: 29 April 2006 at 6:33pm
thats funny as crap ------------- english 101 remedial kick ass |
Posted By: SSOK
Date Posted: 30 April 2006 at 4:05pm
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Posted By: ardyandkari
Date Posted: 02 May 2006 at 10:53pm
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imagine this...house of mirrors....uh oh...which one is the real one??? or maybe this...chains hanging down from the sky...just poke through to shoot... im trying to get my dad to let me take his old crappy camper out into the woods and use it... just pile up a bunch of junk... ------------- If you define cowardice as running away at the first sign of danger, screaming and tripping and begging for mercy, then yes, Mr. Brave man, I guess I'm a coward. |
Posted By: benttwig33
Date Posted: 04 May 2006 at 5:53pm
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if you need ideas look in my sig, look at how the wodden bunker are held up in the "pics" section.
Also, if you cut a kiddie pool in half, it would be too small to use for tacos. Unless you bought a really really big one. ------------- Sig is WAY too big. |
Posted By: ninety8freak
Date Posted: 11 May 2006 at 9:55pm
| Hay bails. |
Posted By: kalieb
Date Posted: 22 May 2006 at 5:02pm
| at the field that i play at her near Riggins i just went to the junk yard and got some old tires. all you got to do with them is stack them in a staggered position like you would legos and then just fill them with dirt. dig out behind them and you got yourself a nice little dig in bunker. the field that we play on is like 2 acres of forest service land behind a campground in the Seven Devils Mountains. the forest service guys just told us that we would have to get all of the tires out of there if they ever develope the area. They also told us that if we littered we would not be able to play there anymore. |
Posted By: dark assassin
Date Posted: 30 May 2006 at 6:07pm
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who needs bunkers...gosh you people amaze me ------------- It's like a new pair o underwear, at first it's constrictive, but then it becomes a part of you." -Garth |
Posted By: barn_user
Date Posted: 31 May 2006 at 8:16pm
| the field i play at just 1/4 mile up the road from me (actually my brothers abandoned farm) we set up 55 gallon barrels randomly and use round bales for big bunkers, they work awesomely especially if you get a snake of em. Hay bails work wonderfully, a farmer might have some old ones he'll let you take |
Posted By: mrguy3
Date Posted: 14 March 2007 at 10:47pm
| Hey I just saw this forum and I have my own homemade paintball course, and need some more bunkers. Anyone have any ideas for CHEAP ways to make/get bunkers? |
Posted By: Lt. Thomas P.
Date Posted: 15 March 2007 at 4:03pm
| the field me and my friends play at has an old old old snowmobiler's house in the woods about 10 yards from the field were we have a home made "house" (if you really call ply wood palets and 2/4's a house) but under the snowmobilers house we dug tunnles and a hole to the roof also its really cool |
Posted By: woodsballman
Date Posted: 18 March 2007 at 11:19am
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that sounds really cool ^^^ ------------- tippmann custom pro E-trigger cyclone feeder 21" core barrel or 11" stock barrel 20 and 9 oz co2 tanks or Brass Eagle Talon Ghost with copperhead red dot scope and a wooden stock |
Posted By: frag_68
Date Posted: 19 March 2007 at 12:07pm
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Here are a few ideas. First rule of paintball bunkers: Make them bee proof! :) 1. Dig holes/create mounds of dirt. Raw manpower or rent/borrow an excavator or tractor w/ a back hoe. 2. Tires. For best results, fill the tires w/ a bit sand and concrete. You can usually get tires from your local automotive store for cheap. Watch out for tires w/ exposed belts. 3. Wood slabs. Find someone local who does anything with wood (pallet construction, lumbering, etc.) and you can probably nab trailer loads of wood slabs. We had some lumbering done on our property and the pine cut into boards. The slabs all went to the paintball field. Here are some pics of our main bunkers: http://geocities.com/frag_68/map.htm - http://geocities.com/frag_68/map.htm 4. Pallets. As mentioned before. Only problem is the nails will fall out over time and no one wants their game ended by someone w/ a rusty nail in their hand. Any factory, retail store, shop, school, etc probably would give you pallets if you call them. 5. Barrels. 55-gallon drums are really nice and make the action more intense just because of the sound they make when shot. If you want the open side up, drill a hole in the bottom so water can drain and put some sand in there. 6. Sand bags. Buy them online or at your local surplus store. 7. Good ol' junk. Industrial junk is the best. Large culverts, panels, cars... anything big. 8. Trees. Get some. Find a friend with a chainsaw and a cedar swamp and you have a fresh supply every year just with the cedar trees that have blown over. Cedar/pine (coniferous) last longer than other untreated woods because of their resin (sap). A post hole digger can make building wooden bunkers even easier where you can't prop against a tree. 9. Sawed wood. Don't forget your local lumber yard. Get some 4x4's and some plywood and you can make any field you want. Again, a post hole digger is nice for sinking the 4x4's into the dirt. 10. Beach inflatables. If you find some large inflatable items they can last a little while on a paintball field. You'll want to put some sand in them before blowing them up completely so that they won't blow away. Worried about them getting ripped? Wrap them in duct tape in critical areas. Remember, you want it to be a safe field so be careful using sharp metal objects that are going to rust or glass that will break. Don't forget about the bees either!!!!! A good paintball field can be hard work, but it can also be fun just making the field.
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Posted By: woodsballman
Date Posted: 19 March 2007 at 2:26pm
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Another thing that you can use that hasn't beeen mentioned is old carpet nailed to a couple of trees or to boards dug into the ground. This works great and its also some of what I use. I also use plywood and holes dug into the ground. ------------- tippmann custom pro E-trigger cyclone feeder 21" core barrel or 11" stock barrel 20 and 9 oz co2 tanks or Brass Eagle Talon Ghost with copperhead red dot scope and a wooden stock |
Posted By: frag_68
Date Posted: 20 March 2007 at 8:59pm
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Oh, I forgot #11. Hay/straw bales. Cheap and easy to make some nice bunkers. ------------- Honor Respect Game |
Posted By: What to do?
Date Posted: 02 April 2007 at 8:39pm
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JUST READ ALL 3 PAGES OF THIS!!!!! AND THX for da tips you ppl posted you guys are awesome!!!! ------------- 
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Posted By: Hockeykidd5
Date Posted: 16 June 2008 at 3:27pm
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You could use those big black plastic pipes im not sure what the real name
for them is( Im trying to find out myself to use) but i was playing at splatterpark and they worked great ------------- Kyle |
Posted By: Snake6.
Date Posted: 16 June 2008 at 3:41pm
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Why in the hell did you bump a 2 year old thread? Whats wrong with you? ------------- 
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Posted By: Mack
Date Posted: 16 June 2008 at 5:08pm
He's "special." ------------- 
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Posted By: StormyKnight
Date Posted: 19 June 2008 at 11:57pm
As in 'riding the short bus wearing a white helmet' "special"? ------------- 
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Posted By: Ace_Of_Spades
Date Posted: 20 June 2008 at 12:07am
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taaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaarded ------------- 
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Posted By: StormyKnight
Date Posted: 20 June 2008 at 12:47am
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Now say this as fast as you can out loud: I M Whee Todd It -------------
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Posted By: Tiny-Turtle
Date Posted: 27 June 2008 at 9:50pm
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on the paintball feild i go to they have little plywood houses (about 4) and little plane fuesalagues. on their "D day" area they dug trenches with sandbags on the sides with a circle made out of sandbags with a canopy(?) draped by a nearby tree to cover the circle a little along with the tree ------------- 
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Posted By: K Hop
Date Posted: 30 June 2008 at 8:07pm
have them eat a spoonfull of honey and make have them swirl it around their mouth and then give them a dollar to lick the plexi |
Posted By: that guy1256
Date Posted: 16 April 2010 at 8:58pm
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Get a bunch of palats(I know I spelled that wrong. Palates? Wait, no, that's a type of yoga...), a nail gun(always fun to use), and a good spot of land. Make a 4x4(or bigger) square of palets(there we go!), nail them together, but leave one palet out where you want the door to be. Do the same thing on top of the first layer, again leaving a space for a door. Then add a roof. You could make multiple stories using this method. Maybe take more palets and built a wall around the bunker, a sniper tower, etc. The possibilities are endless. To get the material just go get some scrap wood from a construction site or some palets from just about anywhere. There's plenty of stuff you can use. You just need to be creative. ------------- There's a death waiver? Cool! |
Posted By: The Guy
Date Posted: 17 April 2010 at 7:59pm
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sounds rickety. Read the rules about bumping old posts also.
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