Summer 2012 hot topic chat thread
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Something to think of too, if you are in an area that gets wind every so often, you will want to stake it down. I live on top of a hill, so mine is tied down well, it is windy here a lot. When I lived in Missouri, didn't get that much for wind most times, but had a thunderstorm come through, and the trampoline was blown a ways int o the fence. Didn't do any damage luckily, but could have. They blow around pretty easily.
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Yeah, I thought of that. I'm trying to figure out an easy way to stake it down, but still easy to move, to mow under it. I was thinking of sinking some kind of hook in the ground, and using straps to hold it down. That way, I could just unstrap it, and mow. Have the hooks low enough to go right over them.
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That is how I have it. I got the screw in anchors from Menards for $5, and have them low enough the mower goes over them. Had one a little high at first, caught it a couple times with the mower. Turned it in a little further, works fine.
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I hadn't even been putting it up for a while, but got it out of storage for the first time since we moved, so haven't really dealt with it, but am thinking I am going to leave the frame out and take everything else off. Just no real need to take the frame down IMO. Keep in mind you can't move it when the main netting is removed or it will fall apart.
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That is part of my issue, no real room to store it in anyway. It isn't hard to tear down, harder to keep it all contained.. Between cats and coons getting into my shed ( was feeding them in there, then the coon came too) pissing all over it and whatever else, I have some rust developed on the frame anyway. Just cosmetic, will be a long time before it is an issue. Cats have been evicted from the shed, coon have been getting picked off by my 12 gauge with birdshot, so the items in the shed are better protected nowadays... It is no wonder I was going through cat food so fast, have eliminated almost if not more than 10 coons by now, and they were even starting to come out in the daylight. Had them even growling at me at that time. They were chasing the cats off, looking in our door, all the not so good things.
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I've gotten good at shooting from the hip... I have the cat feeder in front of the house at the front door, so I come out the door and have to move quick to hit them little buggers... Some aren't as smart or fast though. Had one just stand on the step and look at me... others think they were hiding, but just allowed me better position. A few were approaching or at 40 lbs...
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40 lbs.....that's a big damn coon! Luckily, don't have those here. Not in big numbers, anyway. They'd probably get chased off by the dog. I see more turkeys than coons around our neighborhood.