How deep should foam pits be??
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my friend and i are thinking about building one too, my guess would be like 8 feet deep, but i have no experience in this. also, does anybody know where to get foam for one?
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yeah, make it 8' tall. it should be fun to get out of.......Ride To The Hills said:
most i've seen are about 5'......
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sorry it was just a wild guess, i found an article on woodwards and its 5 feet so i was way off..WestCoastHucker. said:
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I think the one in Pastrana's backyard is 8ish....BJ- said:i have a pic of some dude doing backflips into one and its about 2m tall which is about 6ft...good luck finding that much foam...
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im gonna build one too. mines gonna be 20 feet long, 15 feet wide, and 5 feet deep with a 7 foot dirt kicker. only problem is thats a shiii load of foam and i dont know where im gonna get any. 1500 square feet of foam to fill it, well its gonna be less. anyone have any ideas?? besides google and the phone book(tried those)
it's 1500 cubic feet, not square, just thought i'd point that out. I 've run into the same problem with finding foam. I'm gonna call around tomorrow. good luck. ps if you go onto ebay there is a guy selling foam for $.41 for a bundle of 225 6" by 6" squares, it's like $25 for shipping though. He's in Kansas so if you live near there... good luck with your search for this springy gold.konabiker said:
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yeah cubic, square, stupid dimensions. 41 cents for 225 squares, im so buying it. thanks for the tip.matt said:it's 1500 cubic feet, not square, just thought i'd point that out. I 've run into the same problem with finding foam. I'm gonna call around tomorrow. good luck. ps if you go onto ebay there is a guy selling foam for $.41 for a bundle of 225 6" by 6" squares, it's like $25 for shipping though. He's in Kansas so if you live near there... good luck with your search for this springy gold.
just remember it's 25 for shipping, go on the ebay home page and type in foam pit if you wanna see it. it would take a lot of bundles to fill it though. because that onyl takes up like 28 cubic feet, I think, you work it out, make sure. good luck
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yeah. ive decided to make mine smaller. i dont really think ill need it to be 20 feet long or 15 feet wide. its not gonna be 10x15x5, and i also just remembered i have a 7 foot quarter pimp i used to skate, so im gonna use that as the lip so we can move it around.BJ- said:
now i only need 750 cubic feet of foam......
hey kona biker- I think you would need like 26 bundles. because i figured that each bundle of 225 is 28 cu ft. so divide 750 by 28. it's 26.78. i hope i did this right. anyway, i probably didn't but i think i may of, ahh whatever- too late. so 26.78 x 225 is 6025.
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it's the foam
that is hard to come by. Go to the dump, and get all the old couches you can find. It's very smelly stuff, but it's very cheap or free. I wanted to build one years ago, after visiting a dude who had one... He got all his foam at either salvage yards or the dump. I looked into buying the foam, and it would have been more $$ than two fully built up DH bikes....
I became better friends with the dude, and used his smelly ass foam pit.
good luck!
that is hard to come by. Go to the dump, and get all the old couches you can find. It's very smelly stuff, but it's very cheap or free. I wanted to build one years ago, after visiting a dude who had one... He got all his foam at either salvage yards or the dump. I looked into buying the foam, and it would have been more $$ than two fully built up DH bikes....
I became better friends with the dude, and used his smelly ass foam pit.
good luck!
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arrrgh. i dont think i would mind the smell i just want one. im gonna go on a search tommrow and find out if i can get enough. a couple of guys might be willing to pitch in to help pay for it, so well see how it goes.BJ- said:hehehehheheheh...konabikers gunna have a smelly foam pit...
and can someone tell me if my calculations were right?
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