Scaffolding drop in.. thoughts

4mica

4mica

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i search barred it and only came up with only one thread from like 3 years ago.

what are your thoughts on it ? safe ? cost efficient ? best ways to do it ? any help would be appreciated. I'm putting on a rail jam at my campus in feb and need a drop in for it ..
 
Start looking up scaffold companies in your area. I'm sure you can rent out the stuff you need instead of having to buy it. Basically what you would need is:

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Then you need a few extra of these for the ramp:

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I would get some plastic lattice like this in 4 x 8 sheets and use this for the sliding surface for the flat platform and the start of the drop in.

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Then make the tranny and lip out of natural snow.

You could also try laying some kind of cheap carpet down on the drop in ramp and throwing snow on top of it. It should hold well enough to make the carpet fast enough, but it will also add weight. The last thing I would want is to have the platform collapse with someone on it. That's why I would go with lattice as much as possible. It's lighter and it is super fast.

Hope it all goes well.
 
yo i appreciate the responses, does anyone know of a video I could use for an example to show my partner ?
 
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We built drop in ramps that connect onto scaffolding when I was in college for our jibfest. We would rent the scaffolding. Pretty cheap from what I remember.

Just make sure everything is secured tightly and you have waivers.

Here's an edit from 08 after I graduating, they were still using the same setup pretty much.
http://vimeo.com/3329201

 
I used a scaffolding drop in last year. It pretty much sucked, but I used some old scaffolding that wasn't very stable. It worked like 10 times and then it tipped over. I think you'll be good if you just make sure it's stable and take longer then 5 minutes to set it up.
 
Saint Michaels College has been doing this for years. it has always worked out well and there has never been a problem with it being unsafe.
 
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