How to build a foam pit?

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How to build a foam pit?
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flag toolisgod
Posted: Oct 30, 2007 at 19:33 Quote
im trying to convince my parents to let me build a foam pit in my back yard, ide like to keep it decently cheap, anyone no any good ideas?
flag gibson19
Posted: Oct 30, 2007 at 19:36 Quote
Well you should start collecting foam right now... It takes a long time to get a decent amount of foam...
flag freerider333
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Posted: Oct 30, 2007 at 20:17 Quote
gibson19 wrote:
Well you should start collecting foam right now... It takes a long time to get a decent amount of foam...

Yup... thast about all there is to it,colect the foam, building the box is easy. the foam is realy expensive new, so go check out your lockal recycle, garbade, used, etc, place and see what you can find.
flag signorvince2
Posted: Oct 30, 2007 at 20:20 Quote
If you have a local foam/upholstery place where you live you could ask them for scraps, I know it'd take longer and the pieces would probably be smaller, but it'd probably be free.
flag kylechapman
Posted: Oct 30, 2007 at 20:43 Quote
look in the buy and sell for free sofa's and take the foam from themSmile
flag ErenG
Posted: Oct 31, 2007 at 14:54 Quote
go to a gymnastics place, they buy new foam every year and will give you the free foam when they get new foam.
flag m0ther-hucker
Posted: Oct 31, 2007 at 15:16 Quote
Drive around the streets and pile loadsa sofas and cushions into your car Cool
flag huckoveraduck
Posted: Oct 31, 2007 at 15:18 Quote
you people dont know shit!

you dont just get 'given' 12 metres square of foam. and even if you did you need like 40 thousand cubes of the stuff for a safe one.

try watching Travis Pastrana's Nitro circus series and you might learn a few things.

and for the body of it your gonna need like a huge skip or something or dig a big hole in the ground which will floor and everything will go mouldy haha
flag hmendel
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Posted: Oct 31, 2007 at 15:18 Quote
ErenG wrote:
go to a gymnastics place, they buy new foam every year and will give you the free foam when they get new foam.
i asked the person at the local gymnastics place when we went there for a field trip she said they do not give it away and it is a buck a piece
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Posted: Oct 31, 2007 at 15:20 Quote
same situation here. ive got he foam but now need the box. any ideas?
flag m0ther-hucker
Posted: Nov 1, 2007 at 10:10 Quote
petaypan wrote:
same situation here. ive got he foam but now need the box. any ideas?

Pallets (the thigns that forklift trucks pick up), There everywhere and there free
how did you get your foam?
flag kev211
Posted: Nov 1, 2007 at 10:22 Quote
huckoveraduck wrote:
you people dont know shit!

you dont just get 'given' 12 metres square of foam. and even if you did you need like 40 thousand cubes of the stuff for a safe one.

try watching Travis Pastrana's Nitro circus series and you might learn a few things.

and for the body of it your gonna need like a huge skip or something or dig a big hole in the ground which will floor and everything will go mouldy haha

good thing these guys are going to be jumping a 30 - 40 pound bike 15-20 feet into the air and not a 220 pound bike 40-50 feet in the air. A bit of a difference there dont you think? yes, it is hard to get foam, and no they wont be given 12 sq meters of foam. You do have to collect, and it take time. It took me about a year to get all the foam i needed for mine
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Posted: Nov 1, 2007 at 10:27 Quote
DavidS1 wrote:
petaypan wrote:
same situation here. ive got he foam but now need the box. any ideas?

Pallets (the thigns that forklift trucks pick up), There everywhere and there free
how did you get your foam?

my local gymnastic centre. in carlisle.
flag thevish
Posted: Nov 1, 2007 at 10:41 Quote
heres ours
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alot of blood sweat and tears went into building that thing.. but all in all.. it cost us about $400-$500 including Gas.
it needs more foam but it's just as good right now
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