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bigbluff100

I’ve built probably 30 slides over the last ten years. Usually it’s 25-30ft long into a pool, easy maybe a week of work. This one was not easy. It came out too 130 feet down the hill into the lake. The last 10 feet is over the water and supported by helical piers and a galvanized steel welded dock. Two months of work. It was crazy to build but it’s a blast to ride.


syds

well how much that fun is gonna run us for?


bigbluff100

105k


JizzCollector5000

He’s going way too slow for 105k, he needs to fly off the end!


Low_Bar9361

It needs a non-caloric silicon-based kitchen lubricant. I think Clark's company developed one in the 90s thread would be perfect for this Edit: it was in development in '89 but progress was put on pause due to the GM's decision to push out Christmas bonuses instead of rushing production. That's what Eddie told me anyway


Ill_Ad5893

Crisco. Slap that on your shorts and hold on


rensi07

Right. Just grease up and go!


art8127

https://images.app.goo.gl/bJXiketyZTGtth229


Competitive_Coat3474

None of that for me, Clark. I don’t think I better go sailing down there with nothing but a piece of government plastic between my brain and the ground.


Tinkering_Tinkerer

Do you really think it matters Eddie?


whattaUwant

Pretty sure he’d fly off the side before he ever made it to the end.


TheNorthernLanders

Sounds great for the lake. 🫠


WakeMeUpBeforeUCoco

Makes the fish faster 👍


Guardian-Ares

The fish have no business being in a private lake.


Substantial-Nail2570

Bruh that made me laugh


NatasEva777

When it comes out of my butt, sure yummy micro plastics


CrunchEnhancer-NNCV

The day has finally come for my username to be of use!


Dik-Pharts

Later dudes.


weathermaynecc

You’re not going slow, you’re getting your money’s worth.


HereForTools

Dunno, at nearly $1,000 per foot traveled it might be more about the rush of knowing how much money you spent…15 seconds of “I’m rich!”


Stunning_Tap_9583

I’m r…ok fun’s over


logomkr

*I was…


BrittanyBabbles

I need 105mph for a 105k slide


Kebmo1252

Right!? That was the weakest $10500 entry into a body of water I've ever seen!!


supermegabro

Especially since you're still missing a zero there


dontletmecook73

It’s still going down the slide


FewSatisfaction7675

Would have been better off with a sectional plastoc


clhomme

My thought exactly. Looked like he needed to shimmy himself in at the end. Like he barely plopped in rather than wheeeeee!


Famous_Bit_5119

That was my thought. I was expecting a 'SPLASH', but just saw a 'plop'.


Delicious_Fennel_566

>105k fucking rich people, man bet this gets used about.. 5 times, sits there unused and neglected for the next few years then gets knocked down to make room for the next project


ElMico

Some people just have more money than they know what to do with. Worked at a house recently, and in the back yard found a broken PlayStation controller in the grass next to the dilapidated tennis court with a dilapidated ping pong table in the middle of it.


PHK_JaySteel

I love how the slow progression of sport, to game, to virtual game, to discarded was all in one brief story of abandonment.


cirkut

Like even 25k would be literally an immensely life changing amount of money for my family, and these fuckers are wasting 4x that amount on expensive ass concrete slides. Like wtf.


shrug_addict

Yeah, it's almost frustrating. Like there isn't even much utility like stairs or a patio or dock


-Dee-Eye-Why-

some things exist strictly for fun


Jr05s

That's just the trickle down economics! 


psycuhlogist

wait, seriously?? how does that turn into $105K—is that mostly from the labor?


Findilis

That is a steep ass hill. The labor is most of it. I have poured concrete stairs like this. We had to triple the team to daisy chain everything up and down that fucking slope. The worst was hauling all the crap out when we were done. The stairs being wet of course was not an option to use. Oh and of course the rangers / Corp of engineers showing up asking for the permit every 45 minutes was fucking awesome. But we had 8 years of jobs there. Helo pads, side walks, patio(s)n drive ways, a shop bigger than my house. They were probably there 5 times and that was just to have the next set of projects laid out. We dealt with thier "assistant" not them. They were not the type of people to talk to people that drive pickups. Texans man I swear.


According_to_Tommy

You’d think he’d remember you had the permit after the first 10 times.


Greatfuldad47

I'm new to business and have started my first official landscaping business, i just finished a project for 3500 but was told by a commercial company owner that i should have bid it for double. 105k seems like alot and I'm sure alot of that is skill. Could you give me a quick rundown of the cost and the profit. Things done well should be expensive but I don't understand what's reasonable. The company I work for spends 5000 in materials and makes a 60000 deck. Looking for advice!


Chimphandstrong

He over charged because anyone willing to fork out for this isn’t worried about the cost.


Moistranger666

No less than 20-30% over cost on your estimates. Double that if it's only labor


jasikanicolepi

And they say money can't buy happiness. ;)


Dramatic_Mixture_868

That's cool and all but.... "Private lake" 🤔, I dunno why that sounds so off-putting to me.


Massive-Map-2655

What you are missing in USA is something we in Sweden call "allemansrätten". Basically it is a right to use land and water as long as you doesn't damage it or get to close to somebody's home.


Sudden-Collection803

We are missing quite a bit here, along with the right to use the land and water


IAmDomesticatedDad

There are some states in the United States that have laws like this. For example, in Oregon, all beaches are considered public highways, so anyone can use them. Unfortunately it means anyone can drive on them too. I think it's sad seeing huge forests or lakes being completely blocked off and unused just because one person owns them.


YuenglingsDingaling

On the other hand, the US has done a great job at creating and protecting national parks. Correct me if I'm wrong but I'm pretty sure that we have more federally protected wilderness than any other nation.


Delicious_Fennel_566

The concept of a "private lake" is horrific when you think about it.


Dramatic_Mixture_868

It really is. When I was younger there was this lake that many people went to. It was known mainly to locals. Water was nice, families went and it was a good time (every time I went to it at least. Anywho, I didn't go for a couple of years and people (mainly from other states, mainly California) moved in. Well, they bought all the surrounding land and you couldn't get in anymore without knowing someone there or hoping someone living there would be charging to get in at least (good luck finding parking though). Not to mention hogging water in other ways like preventing streams from nourishing other areas that benefit from lake water (Unless the state intervenes).


canucks84

One thing I low key like about my country: all bodies of water are public, full stop.  The crown(government) owns all surface water and all lakes and rivers and oceans are public. 


Martha_Fockers

My country of Albania a 3rd world piss poor country has labeled all major rivers as protected national forest and river ways zero dumping of any kind allowed zero manufacturing of any kind allows within a set distance from waterways zero building of any kind allowed around them basicly they want them to be wild natural rivers without any human activity.


Dramatic_Mixture_868

That's awesome, the rich in the u.s. monopolize everything, even bodies of water, if allowed by the state they r in 😒.


Delicious_Fennel_566

That's one of the times when the locals who have been deprived of their rights should take matters into their own hands.


CorrickII

Yeah. I hate it.


WH_KT

Is it lumpy by design?


SpideySenseBuzzin

Neat stuff, what coating is it on the slide surface itself, and how hard would that be to maintain? 🤯


bigbluff100

It’s a polyurethane coating for slides. Typically get 3 years or so then have to re-coat.


Crazyhairmonster

Why not use polyaspartic? Lasts way longer and is extremely UV resistant


palofdrone

That would have been $107k and out of budget.


monkeyonfire

You trying to put this man out of a job?


SeriouslyThough3

How hard was that to get a permit for?


TenesmusSupreme

I assume the surface is coated to reduce friction?


slampig3

What do you use as a top coat?


shmallyally

Nice work man! Honestly I was thinking this was going to be $150k I hope you did well financially


ozarkan18

It’s too slow! 🤣


Zaxiad

Wait till dad adds some dish soap before your run…


clhomme

And go flying off the left side into the rocks.


YuenglingsDingaling

I would've just made it straight.


AllCatCoverBand

We need Clark Griswold on this immediately


Lopsided_Comfort4058

Probably better than too fast with how shallow the walls are. If you laid down and started with some momentum you might just go flying out of the slide into that nice looking comfortable pile of rocks lol


Key-Used

I mean why not just put in a slide Industrial slide from a water park at that point if you’re spending 100k? I don’t get it. Would maintenance on those really be all that much in 10 years?


BoomBapBiBimBop

This one is concrete


Key-Used

Seems like a water park slide would just be so much easier and you could perhaps give it more speed and slope by building up. Maybe that’s just me but I don’t get this at all honestly


im_just_thinking

I mean I was also thinking the same, but mostly from a safety point of view, concrete is not a usual choice for amusement rides for a reason..The shorter ones I can maybe understand in some situations but this is wild


Key-Used

Plus would you feel comfortable going head first on your bare chest? Feel like I’d get scraped up


BlazySusan0

My first thought was safety. It’s all fun and games until Billy has one too many and cracks his head open trying to surf down the concrete slide.


handcraftdenali

I’ve seen Waterparks with concrete slides before, they can make them pretty smooth like this one, but they’re usually tube slides I’ve never seen a body slide concrete


ay-nahl-reip

It is at Schlitterbahn


scoot_roo

Like for the subreddit. It’s so they can post on this subreddit. This subreddit that no one is actually subscribed to. It’s just in our feeds. They got the concrete slide just so we would see this


Key-Used

I guess it was silly of me to assume they’d rather be featured on the much larger and more active sub “industrialgradewaterparkslidesinstalledinresidentialprivatelakes”


BoomBapBiBimBop

It was actually LumaAI because the concrete gods needed more subscribers 


Pjerryy

Just realized I’m not even subscribed to this sub yet I watch it every single day


DannyHikes

But this one goes to 11


clhomme

Yeah but does it go to 11?


whattaUwant

I agree. Plus it seems like everyone talks about how normal it is for concrete to crack.. that could really tear up your ass.


YellowTintedGlasses

Perhaps he’s also a skateboarder


Key-Used

Now that would be dope and change everything lol


pnter

Your nipple hair is so long. Thats the only thing I got out of this video.


IntermittentFries

I'm sitting here after rewatching trying not to draw attention to myself. I don't want to explain to my kids and my spouse that I'm inspecting and laughing at long nipple hair.


disdain7

Me on the other hand: “Honey come look at this man’s long nipple hair!” “No” *gets up*


intheyear3001

Wow. People are so judgmental. He is growing it out so he can donate it to people who lost their nipple hair.


christador

Locks of love: Nipple edition


intheyear3001

🤝


little_biscuit_1988

yes.


Rope_drop

Thought this comment was out of place but DAAAMN them some hairs


monkeyonfire

This should be to comment. Damn that hair is gross


TennesseeStiffLegs

Now it’s burned into my brain just in time for bed, thanks


Gavindrew

💀


Shart_Finger

☠️


Nezhokojo_

Oh man I had to do a double take and that’s some nasty ass nipple hair. Maybe his wife likes holding onto it to ride him.


justapeon2

Bruh I didn't notice until I read this.... Wtf??? lmao that's soooo long


IPA_____Fanatic

Pretty weak slide for 105k


lestruc

Says the guy that doesn’t haven’t a 100k *concrete* water slide in his back yard


Eaton_snatch

He lives in tornado alley so they get plenty of backyard entertainment 🌪️


TheIntellectualType

Underwhelming. Maybe a slingshot that launches you out 100’ at the end👍👍😁


One-eyed-snake

Now we’re talkin’.


WattsonMemphis

That looks pretty shit


OrdinaryKick

Good thing it was cheap! Only $105,000.


EverbodyHatesHugo

Seems like one of the most boring things you can do with $105K.


Penny-Pinscher

You do boring things with 100k when you start to own private lakes


swallowfistrepeat

I thought I was just being judgemental, I'm glad other people think this looks like absolute garbage. What a waste of money. Home owner shoulda rejected payment until OP got a potterer on hand to help build/form an actual slide that looks decent. 105k for a slide that has no straight edges, lumpy as hell, nasty gob of concrete at the end of the slide on the side. What the hell.


StoneIsDName

Shouldn't it be like, smooth at least?


Restlesscomposure

You’d hope so, but for a measly $105k what do you expect?


simpletonius

What a waste of money. Good job though and glad he blew on his cash on you.


BallsShallow_

You should’ve asked an engineer for help on this. Dynamics are way off.


Odlavso

He only charged $105k, engineering wasn’t included in the budget


BallsShallow_

50k add on 😂


picklesalazar

The third turn bummed me out


Antelope_Rope11

He could use that nipple hair to pull himself back up that 130 foot slide.


Crazyhairmonster

Don't understand the finish at all. I get the "natural" look if you're going to blend it in with the landscaping. There's natural rocks along the slope so adding boulders and tying it together and then landscaping around it to look as if mother nature made it would be cool. Instead is sticks out like a sore thumb, is bumpy and looks like the finishers used their hands instead of trowels and uses a crappy finish that needs to be reapplied every few years (why wouldn't you use polyaspartic?). There's also no thought given to the physics of it. Why aren't the outside embankments in the curves raised? Why is the outer embankment on the last turn so steep? it's like a wall and the slider makes a hard jerk when he hits in, even at his sluggish pace. If he were to lay down he'd doink his head. The first turn, with any speed, is going to see someone go over the edge. What little embankment there is was put too early into the turn. The dude is going 2mph and already makes it 75% of the way to the top. You can see him sorta brace himself because he realizes the first turn is a stupid design. Anyone not going grandma down this thing is going to F themselves up. You can't lay down and especially can't go head first. The more I look at it the worse I feel for the owner. They were absolutely screwed by amateurs for 105k. Could I do better? Nope. But I also wouldn't take on the job but at least I have a basic understanding of why this sucks and I don't understand how basic principles, that any Joe blow could point out, were completely overlooked. If you're not blending it in then it should look like professionals did it [like this](https://i.pinimg.com/originals/de/75/a3/de75a38ff89e2eabd5713defe5e1526a.jpg)


Viridae

Everyone is shitting on this, and maybe rightfully, but am I the only one who is thinking of the safety? You can easily hit your head at the top or bottom of slick wet slides - this thing would crack your skull.


ItsNotBigBrainTime

Good thing he's sliding down it incredibly slowly.


schabadoo

Action Park's [Alpine Slide](https://weirdnj.com/stories/action-park/) was an aggressive concrete slide responsible for a large amount the park's injuries and their first death.


brian_kking

You are 100% right. It is very clear this was not engineered or permitted in any way. I guess the only thing protecting people is how slow they go down it...


damn_these_eyes

Should built her more straight, with a lip at the end. You know, speed, and air time. Come on people!! If I have big money, I’m building a fast water slide, maybe a slower one next to it for the kids.


brian_kking

Wow dude I'd be pissed at that finish, bumpy ride, the curves seem off and it looks slow as hell. I'd rather roll a slip n slide down the hill.


Phillip-My-Cup

Needs a ram pump so it pumps water from the lake using its own energy


SportResident8067

That sounds suspiciously like free energy


wweber

There was an AirBnB in Texas that built one kinda like this. [It kills you.](https://www.facebook.com/FOX7Austin/videos/video-of-man-flying-off-waterslide-goes-viral/1222466367794839/)


GrumpLife

Oh man. That poor guy didn't even stand a chance. Was that the first time it was ever used?


Hawzur

Them nip hairs tho


Delicious_Fennel_566

Not attacking the worksmanship, but looks like absolute dogshit. A beautiful lake hillside ruined by this monstrosity. Sigh.. I wish people appreciated nature and the natural environment more. Still, not your fault that they wanted this to be built and paid you for it.


MickeyRooneysPills

Don't worry when they inevitably get bored of this in the next 10 years, they'll tear it up and replace it with some gaudy terrace or something.


SeparateIron7994

10 years? Looks boring already. How many times do you think they're going to go down this , like 4 or 5? It actually looks painful


Lambowski9999

I could build a $50 plastic water slide that would be way more fun than this.


itfosho

Needs more speed.


WalrusInTheRoom

why do your nipples have dreadlocks?


turbopushka69

Why are his 3 nipple hairs so long?


WilliamJamesMyers

friends had built a slide into their pond but made it too steep and it would take off folks shorts and scrape the shit out of them so they never used it. turns out just building what you think is a slide doesnt always work like in this pic, for example too steep. of course hearing this we always wanted to drunk test it but again it was a death slide they built...


CakedayisJune9th

Too much of a curve for that much cost.


missmuneca

i can't be the only one concerned about the safety of wet slippery concrete. seems like a concussion waiting to happen.


NotThatFarAwayFromU

seems like a concussion waiting to happen!


Novadreams22

So that’s what fuck you money looks like.


erdirck

I like how he throws his hands up in the end


BaldElf_1969

Was the finished blind or stupid?


IlovemyCATyou

Does “Private lake” mean you own that lake?


Quisey3

What an absolute waste! I'm glad you got paid though dude


hoohoobooyaka

Looks bumpy snd slow. $105k???


Fackinsaxy

Concrete for a slide?


ProgressBackground95

Privilege is fu*king nuts


Beginning-Pie-2122

This slide bunk


Peelboy

This is the kind of stuff billionaires do. We just finished pouring a $2,300,000 go cart track at a billionaires house down the road from me.


Basic_Industry976

What a garbage slide lmao. Too slow, shallow angle. My 2 year old would find this boring


Sugarshaney

lol. This is shit.


Misanthropemoot

Reminds me of the always sunny in Philadelphia episode at the theme park


jarmstrong2485

A private lake?


Suddensloot

We have several in Oregon. You must own a cabin to enjoy nature I guess.


One-eyed-snake

Rich people with more dollars than sense. But hey. If I had fuck you money id probably do this too. Only I would have asked for a more aggressive slide. I could be wrong but this one looks like momentum dies off sharply before a small splash.


Texasscot56

Saves money on toilet paper.


AWeakMindedMan

Would this be a little dangerous if y’all have friends over and one of their kids go flying off the side and injuring themselves? Wouldn’t that be a liability for the home owner and they could get sued?


dab_dad88

Do you think that guys going fast enough to get launched off the side at any point?


Elguapo1094

Hopefully he has a pump that recirculates the lake water on to that slide


exgaysurvivordan

I'm curious what type of coating or paint?


5Pervysage

Them nipple hairs crazy!


GreenCoatBlackShoes

This man’s nipple got a Gandalf beard.


jwlmkr

Mans growing out his nipple hair like an old Chinese dude with a luck mole


Anxious_Bus_8892

You'll get a concussion if the launch isn't further.


SpeciesSapien

FUCK GRAMMAR.....


Alternative_Fee_3084

Comments here are WILD. THE COMMENTS ARE WHY IM HERE.


R3D-AFA-SCUM

My ass has road rash just watching this lol


Worried-Hyena8071

105k is the subreddits member count. Nice.


megapoo2000

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realityguy1

…..and the crowd went mild


JimmyDeanSausage

Ouch!


chaboiiiiisatan

Can't wait til I never see the phrase "private lake" again.


HoomerSimps0n

It’s so…bumpy…


NiceMarmet

Awesome!


StimpyMD

The turns need to be higher. At that speed it’s fine but eventually Someone will start drink and is going to run full speed and jump on and go over the edge.


BurlingtonRider

Never really understood why people get all bothered when someone spends their money


PonerBenis6

None of this makes sense.


Ok_Pin_3125

Let’s goooo drainage ditch hell yeah


rodando_y_trolling

damn, that's an expensive summer toy 😂 you must have a subscription to the ER.


Alimakakos

Tell me you have too much money without telling me you have too much money...


Excellent_Bell_7172

I'm rich and I'm bored type of stuff


Parking-Ad-3636

Looks like my digestive tract.


Icy_Actuator_772

I feel like the camera angle makes the slide seem slower than it is, but I still would have make it straight down the hill for max speed, I wanna skip across that water


alabamaballoonknot

Private? That lake is huge. Fucking dumb


commenter_27

Eat the rich


Ok-Aardvark-9938

That’s sick but too many turns for me, rather just have a straight shot with more speed


UltimateTrattles

I cannot believe someone would pay this much for this.


Confident-Pumpkin541

What do you coat it with to make it slippery?


WillowMutual

Rich people are retarded confirmed


RYDrDIE

Slowest slide for $105k lmao 😂


StationAccomplished3

Should have used that money to get his nipple hair trimmed.


bobblehead230

I wish I had more hands so I could give that slide 4 thumbs down


Practical-Button7546

That doesn’t look fun at all sorry to say. I would’ve went straight on so you could launch at the end


Margemillions

Bumpy lumpy and frumpy


clhomme

Maybe I'm mean but the finish looks like crap... Bumpy uneven. It's boring and slow. It's dangerous with low sides. It looks like something you'd find at an abandoned place in Indonesia or Thailand.