modifying a woodland scenics incline set?

I'm looking at the 2% Incline Set, and since I only need 2" of elevation (instead of 4"), I'm wondering if I can lop the tops off the pieces that exceed 2" such that I will essentially end up with two 8'-long 2" inclines and one 8'-long 2" riser. (I can draw a picture if this is unclear.) I'm trying to avoid having to affix incline starters on top of risers, and this would solve that problem quite nicely, if I can cut it cleanly.

Not having handled the stuff in person, is this more trouble than it's worth?

 

Im a visual person. A drawing would certainly help but I think Im catching your drift just fine.

I used their incline sets for all my grades. They are made of foam so it's easy to cut. I guess you can do that. I, for one, simply used insulation foam (the blue or pink stuff) as risers simply because I have a lot of this stuff. Cutting the incline sets have the benefit of bending to match any curve easily. Insulation foam can't do that.

 

Yeah, you might just use the 2% starter kits and then the half inch risers for the grade... and then for the additional 8 feet, use a 2 inch riser. As you already know, this will be more expensive than getting the 2% grade kit.

I think the most economical approach is to get the whole 16 foot long 2% incline set, and only use half of it. Then go to Home Depot or Lowes and get a sheet of the 2" thick Blue or Pink vapor barrior foam. You'll likely find plenty of uses for that foam.

This will probably get you there the cheapest.

 

Thanks for the suggestions and feedback. Due to space contraints, I had to use a 4% grade... not ideal, but it works. As for materials, I went with the 4% incline starter set, and a 2" riser set. I took one of the 2" risers and cut it into two 1" risers (to go under the inclines), and that worked great. All of this is sitting on 1/2" blue foam.

To summarize, the flow looks like: 4% incline; 4% incline/1" riser; 2" riser; bridge; 4% incline/1" riser; 4% incline. This gives a nice double-length run in a 30" x 62" space that wraps around my computer here on my desk. :tb-biggrin: