foam pits

[dunnonuttin]

well me and the old man are thinkin of building a foam pit to go w/ the dirt jumps im about to start building for the ole bmx bike to do in my free time while im not racin the bike. anyone ever built one of these? i need to know how to build one and how much its gonna cost. thanks

[dunnonuttin]

come on people! if you can jus tell me how much it will cost

[atvrider12764]

i may be wrong but if i rember i heared they cost over 20 grand

[dunnonuttin]

Originally posted by atvrider12764
i may be wrong but if i rember i heared they cost over 20 grand for the foam or jus to buy the wood and the foam and nails and stuff?

[steveatv3]

you could do this:

Dig whole in ground, fill it with foam, just packaging **** and put a tarpover it when not in use

that might be cheaper

[atvrider12764]

Originally posted by dunnonuttin
for the foam or jus to buy the wood and the foam and nails and stuff?

i do not have any idea...probably for the complete setup....but just go price foam becuase youll need alot of it and the wood will probably be like 1000+

[I-7]

Originally posted by dunnonuttin
well me and the old man are thinkin of building a foam pit to go w/ the dirt jumps im about to start building for the ole bmx bike to do in my free time while im not racin the bike. anyone ever built one of these? i need to know how to build one and how much its gonna cost. thanks

A lot of money to build a safe decent one... not one that your going to kill yourself when you land in

[dunnonuttin]

Originally posted by steveatv3
you could do this:

Dig whole in ground, fill it with foam, just packaging **** and put a tarpover it when not in use

that might be cheaper hell i'd be afraid i'd over shoot the damn thing if its jus a hole in the ground or that a snake or somethin i dont want in it would craw in and bite me. i used to do that kinda stuff into a pond but it was a pain to strip down the bike and clean it out. its worth a try though

[dunnonuttin]

so far ive found 1000 blocks for 450 dollars at 45 cents each. i dont think thats gonna be enough but i can always buy more i guess

[dunnonuttin]

exriders needs to start a fund for people who are way too poor to make one. i claim first funds:p :blah:

[atvrider12764]

its going to cost in the upwards of 50,000 so unless your extremely rich dont bother

[dunnonuttin]

Originally posted by atvrider12764
its going to cost in the upwards of 50,000 so unless your extremely rich dont bother i did the math and it would be around 27000 dollars for 60,000 blocks so it wont cost too much for the size pit i wanna make

[Aceman]

Originally posted by dunnonuttin
i did the math and it would be around 27000 dollars for 60,000 blocks so it wont cost too much for the size pit i wanna make

You said you need people to chip in to help you pay for the pit, now you say it won't cost too much to build(27,000):huh Am I missing something???

[atvrider12764]

27,000 just for the foam....then your going to need to build a base to put the foam in which will take so much wood.

[Rootar]

there is a foam pit at this indoor skatepark around here that is like 25 feet long i think 12 feet wide it was bigg enuff to have room to land in the stuff with out hitting any walls oh yea and needs to be like 4 feet deep from top of foam too.

[Screamin440]

Okay, if you built a pit that's 24 x 12 x 8 you would need 18 sheets of plywood. I believe 5/8" plywood is running about $20.00 a sheet. You're at $360 for the plywood itself. I can't imagine what kind bracing you'll need. You'll want at least 4 x 4 posts for structural support and then 2 x 4s for bracing in between the 4 x 4s.

I would say you're safely looking at $1,000 in lumber in order to do this project.