The Ok Corral

[minister man]

So I have thise new "bright Idea". We recently had a hurricane and there are broken/ destoryed trampolines around the country side. I am thinking if I can get my hands on one, and take the metal leg parts and fasten 2x4 welded wire to them making a Round wire Corral, about 3 feet high. Then they have those mesh security things about 6 feet high around them so kids don't fall off, and I could use that nylon mesh stuff to make a top. In real hot weather, I could put a trap over part of it for shade. Then When the grass was all gone in that spot, just move it to the next spot. If it is a 12' trampoline, it would have about 115 square feet inside so a trio of geese would hopefully be very happy. What do you think? Do you think it would make an "Ok Corral?"

[fordson major]

yes it would, they also make great tarps for loads on trucks and trailers.

[Allen W]

Seen a peacock trap made out of one once.

[jennigrey]

I helped a friend put a trampoline together once and with that particular one, the frame didn't stay together well until you got the springs and the bouncy part stretched taut and attached. I wondered if maybe running a metal cable through the perimeter of the frame would help. You'd have to cut a little access hole in the underside of one of the pipes and put a turnbuckle in there to snug it up once you had all the pieces together.

Maybe others are made differently. It sure seemed like a design deficiency at the time. It was frustrating to assemble and without the bouncy part holding it together you wouldn't have been able to move it around and keep it intact. You could tack-weld it, I guess.

Sounds like a neat idea, though, and could certainly be made to work one way or another!

[minister man]

That is definetly a good point that the frame would have to be soild. The only one I put together had bolts that held each piece together, so if they didn't maybe they could be drilled and bolted. I need to come up with some type of fastening device that would fasten the wire to the metal legs, and some way to build a gate into the corral.

[oregon woodsmok]

That circular part of the frame makes a good greenhouse hoop. If you can get several trampolines, you could put up a heck of a nice greenhouse.