Warning Track Help

It's very rare to have warning tracks on the fields in this area. Too hard to maintain in wet weather because of the drainage issues. In fact most fields have eliminated 1st and 3rd base paths for the same reason.

we made one last year...it was about 8ft i guess.. What a pain in the butt. Be careful with this one..hard to maintain.

Tell your board of education that you are going to need it for maintenance purposes either over the season or at the end of the season for repairs. You may have to move it but it will be worth it later on. Also, warning tracks are a pain in the butt (although they do help).

I'm sure your BOE will understand - they are always people who understand EVERYTHING and know EVERYTHING.

ehsbball,

The key to a good warning track is being able to get two strides down before hitting the fence. I’m not sure about this, but I’m guessing most warning tracks at colleges or pro parks are at least 12 foot.

Don’t know how much brick dust it would take, but you need a sod cutter to get rid of the grass and something that would help eliminate weeds from growing through the brick dust.

We actually rebuilt a warning track at one of the colleges I worked at. Sorry, but can’t remember all the details. I recommend going to the nearest professional park and asking or even measuring.

We've built ours. Get sod cut out. We did 10 feet. However, must meet a "standard" in what would be acceptable for lawsuits. Remember that if the warning track is too narrow, it won't give the protection that a "warning track" should and so, your going to end up in court. We put an underlayment down to prevent weeds. Doesn't work. We have to spray ours twice a year. We use the fine rock. It looks very nice and drains well. However, we channelled on the outside portion of the fence area and then layed drainage tubes down before filling in again. This helps with water run off. Now, if you can prevent your maintenance crew from DRIVING THEIR TRACTOR ON YOUR FIELD WHILE IT IS RAINING, you can have decent drainage to your warning track. BTW, we didn't put it down the left and right field sidelines beyond the dugout. Reason, we have 30 feet in foul and so we felt that it was safe enough and saved on that rock.

ours is actually 12.