Where does your region buy cones?
#1
Burning Brakes
Thread Starter
Where does your region buy cones?
AX Junkies,
My PCA region is attempting to buy new cones for our AX program and we are running into some dead-ends. All the cone suppliers we used to use (it's been almost 5 years since we last bought cones) no longer carry the soft based cone we are all used to seeing. Many are an injection molded (stiff and thick) bottom where the soft PVC cone is then attached. The all-PVC cones we are finding still seem to either be glued to a stiffer plastic base or the base contains a much thicker amount of material. All this said, I wonder where other AX programs around the country are sourcing these old soft base cones from. Any leads would be great. (FYI...yes, several of us have done extensive internet searches for the right cone and unless you happen to know of a search function we don't we've probably already found and dismissed any cone you find on the internet. What we are looking for are actual references as to where people are buying AX cones.)
Thanks in advance!
My PCA region is attempting to buy new cones for our AX program and we are running into some dead-ends. All the cone suppliers we used to use (it's been almost 5 years since we last bought cones) no longer carry the soft based cone we are all used to seeing. Many are an injection molded (stiff and thick) bottom where the soft PVC cone is then attached. The all-PVC cones we are finding still seem to either be glued to a stiffer plastic base or the base contains a much thicker amount of material. All this said, I wonder where other AX programs around the country are sourcing these old soft base cones from. Any leads would be great. (FYI...yes, several of us have done extensive internet searches for the right cone and unless you happen to know of a search function we don't we've probably already found and dismissed any cone you find on the internet. What we are looking for are actual references as to where people are buying AX cones.)
Thanks in advance!
#2
Drifting
It's been a while since my local club bought cones, and I'm not exactly sure who we sourced from. But we did have a discussion on this here a year or two back might help you:
https://rennlist.com/forums/autocros...buy-cones.html
https://rennlist.com/forums/autocros...buy-cones.html
#6
Rennlist Member
Lakeside Plastics.
http://www.lakesideplastics.net/traf...y/products.htm
I managed to do a group buy with 3 clubs here. I bought a whole pallet of 500. If you plan ahead you can get an even better price if you buy seconds. You're just going to run the things over so who cares if they don't look perfect when you get them. Full pallet of 500 can also get you free shipping.
http://www.lakesideplastics.net/traf...y/products.htm
I managed to do a group buy with 3 clubs here. I bought a whole pallet of 500. If you plan ahead you can get an even better price if you buy seconds. You're just going to run the things over so who cares if they don't look perfect when you get them. Full pallet of 500 can also get you free shipping.
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Drifting
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Seriously though, the point is well taken as in not having weighted bases on the cones.
#11
Drifting
My SCCA region just bought a bunch of cones from SCCA (order form is on the SCCA website for regional supplies); 20 cones for $100. SCCA is printed on one side and TIRERACK on the other; they're nice cones.
The other indie club I'm with bought a bunch of (near as I can tell) identical cones from a local construction supply company for about the same price with shipping and all considered. No markings, though, just bright orange.
Thought it might be fun to give some of our more worn cones a "viking funeral" this past event only to get complaints about people thinking we were intentionally doing it to get freebies when we solidly smack half the cone about 20' in the air, but incur no penalty because the base stayed entirely in the box. No, that wasn't the intent, but it sure looked that way. So, lesson learned: put them only where someone is assured of hitting a good cone, too, so it becomes a question of +1 or +2 for the run, which isn't nearly so divisive a conversation.
The other indie club I'm with bought a bunch of (near as I can tell) identical cones from a local construction supply company for about the same price with shipping and all considered. No markings, though, just bright orange.
Thought it might be fun to give some of our more worn cones a "viking funeral" this past event only to get complaints about people thinking we were intentionally doing it to get freebies when we solidly smack half the cone about 20' in the air, but incur no penalty because the base stayed entirely in the box. No, that wasn't the intent, but it sure looked that way. So, lesson learned: put them only where someone is assured of hitting a good cone, too, so it becomes a question of +1 or +2 for the run, which isn't nearly so divisive a conversation.