Store in Denver metro with yard size trampolines in-stock or on-display?

[.455_Hunter]

Have you guys seen a store that actually stocks or displays yard size trampolines?

I have checked Costco, Home Depot, Walmart and Dicks with the same or similar response- Sure, we can order you one, but we don't have them on the floor...

Thanks!

Hunter

[Jamnanc]

What is yard size. Sams usually has 14' rounds.

[.455_Hunter]

What is yard size. Sams usually has 14' rounds.

Great! Thanks!

I am thinking 12 - 15 ft.

[00tec]

Sams usually has them in store, display varies though.
You can check availability on their website.

[00tec]

3 Sams show in stock in Denver.
15' with a little basketball hoop or something.

[theGinsue]

If the tramp is to be used by younger kids, consider getting the net wall that HELPS keep the kids out of the springs and from falling off the tramp.

Also, trampolines are magnets for neighbor kids. The potential for injury on tramps is high, expecially if you don't set some ground rules (no one goes under the trampoline, 2 kids max on at any time, etc). If you do have other kids on the trampoline you'll want to ensure you have an adult out there watching at all times. This helps with liability to a limited extent and you can often catch unsafe behavior before it results in an injury. We had a 14' tramp for many years and there were plenty of minor bumps and bruises but having an adult present and setting ground rules kept us from getting a claim on our homeowners insurance due to broken bones or torn flesh from spring pinches.

[.455_Hunter]

Cool! I will take a look.

[.455_Hunter]

If the tramp is to be used by younger kids, consider getting the net wall that HELPS keep the kids out of the springs and from falling off the tramp.

Also, trampolines are magnets for neighbor kids. The potential for injury on tramps is high, expecially if you don't set some ground rules (no one goes under the trampoline, 2 kids max on at any time, etc). If you do have other kids on the trampoline you'll want to ensure you have an adult out there watching at all times. This helps with liability to a limited extent and you can often catch unsafe behavior before it results in an injury. We had a 14' tramp for many years and there were plenty of minor bumps and bruises but having an adult present and setting ground rules kept us from getting a claim on our homeowners insurance due to broken bones or torn flesh from spring pinches.

Good info. Thanks!

[00tec]

Another hint: RTFM

They look pretty straightforward to put together, but it really sucks to have to redo all the springs because the net is not positioned correctly.

[Lurch]

I have one I would sell cheap it needs netting but all else is complete. Let me know if you are interested.

[Sparky]

My son is wanting a trampoline also.

[def90]

Anchor them down with some good spikes, they blow away pretty easy with the winds we get here.

[CS1983]

Just wait for a good wind storm and then go get a free one. :)

[Irving]

If you do lose a trampoline to a wind storm, they are generally easy to track via the trail of broken down fences.

[theGinsue]

^^. ...and power lines. At my late in-laws home in KY a neighbor 2 homes down and behind us briefly lost their trampoline to wind. It blew into our yard and took out the power line from the home to the workshop/shed behind the home as well as the permanently affixed standalone clothes drying rack (Much like the one in the photo below, but much sturdier and anchored in concrete). They offered nothing to repair the damage teir trampoline caused and quickly retrieved it without saying a word to us. Thankfully other neighbors saw it and let us know. We had to get the power line shut off before a fire occured. Not an easy thing to facilitate from CO.

70187

Anchor those babies down!

[Ramsker]

Sam's usually has them, as mentioned. We had one for years (15 ft round from Sam's) . . . our kids loved it. They jumped for hours--were on it all the time when they were in elementary school. Kind of dwindled after that and pretty much stopped when they were hitting the end of middle school, so we gave it away to pay it forward.

You have to replace the net every couple years, especially if it gets a lot of sun. The netting will weaken and rip and then it becomes a losing battle to fix the small rips that turn into bigger rips. You can fix smaller rips with zip ties to make it last a little longer. But you can buy new nets online. Also, unless you have a dedicated spot where you can put something like pea gravel under it, you will want to move it occasionally or the grass will die off under the tramp. So be sure to put the wheels on it!

One other thing I ended up doing was drilling holes and using some sheet metal screws to hold some of the connections on the frame tubing together--there were a few places that would come apart with more aggressive bouncing and that seemed to take care of it.

[ray1970]

We had one when the kids were younger. Pre safety net. While the kids enjoyed it and it did give the wife and me an exciting place for the occasional sexual escapade, I hated having to movie it around twice every time I mowed.

[Gman]

An awkward quote excerpt;

...it did give the wife and me an exciting place for the occasional sexual escapade, I hated having to movie it...

[ray1970]

Lol. Stupid autocorrect.

I hated having to move the trampoline. Not movie the escapades.

[Snowman78]

I use 6, 65lbs sand bags on ours, seems to work well.

[ray1970]

I use 6, 65lbs sand bags on ours, seems to work well.

Doesn't that make it a real pain to move when you mow?

[Ramsker]

We never weighed or staked ours down at either house and it never moved in the wind. Maybe was shielded by enough houses and trees and all that, but a 15 ft trampoline is pretty damn heavy and ours stayed put unless I was physically moving it.

[newracer]

When we had one I used three corkscrew dog tie downs spikes with ratchet straps to hold it down.


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[Irving]

We never weighed or staked ours down at either house and it never moved in the wind. Maybe was shielded by enough houses and trees and all that, but a 15 ft trampoline is pretty damn heavy and ours stayed put unless I was physically moving it.

They are notorious for blowing around and causing damage in the insurance industry.

[theGinsue]

They are notorious for blowing around and causing damage in the insurance industry.

Dang trampolines still blowing around and causing damage in the insurance industry. You'd think they'd learned their lesson by now.

[Irving]

If they'd just make the trampoline more like a trapeze safety net, it wouldn't be a problem. And it'd be a LOT funnier when the dog jumped on with the kids.

Well played, by the way.