Re: Use pine for trials obstacles?

[The Munieer]

Hi,

We pulled out the old pine shelving in our closets and I thought I might
be able to use the planking for building boxes to hop on.

But pine wood seems like it wouldn't take the stresses of hopping and
would probably split.

Any thoughts?


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[tennisgh22]

i just built a couple of sandwich boards yesterday using compressed
pine...im not sure what the technical term is, but its like 5 layers of
pine compressed together. Anyways, i'll let you know how it holds up.
I'm curious to see how strong it is.

-Grant


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[billham]

munieer

Sure pine is okay. I use boxes from pine and whatever wood I can find
for free. I build it and then jump on it with my feet to see if there
is any flex. Brace it more if you have some give in the boards. On
your uni the weight is in a single area as opposed to standing on it
with your feet.

I have some boxes with a 30" span for the pine boards that I added a
piece of 2 X 4 underneath for extra support.

Go for it! Never throw out wood, it can always be used.

Bill


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