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- April 15, 2011 at 4:56 pm #32078
  Bob Rooks
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  No doubt she figured out that the slots were all on the inside so no way it could be a sprinkler, but she just didn't feel like arguing. Did you make the horse? Nice! Daughter is a cutie!
  
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- April 15, 2011 at 5:42 pm #32079
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  Yea I don't think she fell for the sprinkler bit either, I knew it wouldn't work as it was leaving my lips but it was all I could come up with on the spur of the moment
  
  I built that horse for Christmas when she was two or three.
  
  Luckily there is a site http://www.funspot.com that makes mats and pads to order, this thing was made by Roadmaster out of Ogdon, Utah, no longer in business. It's not a 12' or a 13', it's 12'9″, a real oddball. I could have bought a new one for not much more than what it's taking to restore this one, but a new cheap one is just that, cheap. These folks in Georgia take pride in their work and make high quality stuff. Besides I want to give my money from one family owned business to another in the good ol USA.
  
  I now know more about trampolines than I ever knew existed
- April 15, 2011 at 5:56 pm #32080
  Bob Rooks
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  Forgot to mention that my creedo is the same as your wife's, only I'm called a pack-rat.
  
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- April 25, 2011 at 9:50 am #32142
  Tinbender
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  Update on the “sprinkler”. The spring pad seems to have been mis-boxed but everything else turned out great
- April 25, 2011 at 10:34 am #32143
  Bob Rooks
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  That turned out very nice!
  
  It's obvious the spring pad is for a larger unit, did they charge you extra?
  
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- April 25, 2011 at 11:44 am #32145
  RichWaugh
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  That did turn out nicely, indeed. Good job! Now just keep firmly in mind that that thing is for the kiddo, and NOT for your middle-aged self. Those things look to me like a great way to kill old joints.
- April 25, 2011 at 4:11 pm #32149
  Jackpine
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  Those things look to me like a great way to kill old joints.
  
  Or old idiots
  
  Why didn't you use your new fangled forks to move this Eric?
  
  How many times did you run over the ring before you got the rope “just right”
  
  Nice job. Looks like it should last a couple years at least.
  
  Jack
  
  People are hilarious...
  I'm supposed to choose and be in one of the 2 parties. And NEITHER is worth a damn!
- April 25, 2011 at 5:02 pm #32151
  Tinbender
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  Acually Jack I put the thing together where it was upside down. The frame was a little tweaked and that was the only way to get the legs slid in. The bucket and rope were used to turn it right side up. After that picture I put a 2×4 under the frame, lowered the bucket, re-tied the rope and did it again. The only way I could figure to flip it by myself. Now that you mention it the forks would have given me more height And I did try it out. 15 seconds was enough to tell it was good to go and that I have no business being on it
- April 26, 2011 at 5:47 pm #32154
  Jackpine
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  Well you are a good father.
  
  You 'load tested” it to insured it would safely hold your daughter. NOT! I'm thinking you are more like the rest of us…. just couldn't resist climbing up there.
  
  Jack
  
  People are hilarious...
  I'm supposed to choose and be in one of the 2 parties. And NEITHER is worth a damn!
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