Portable Gaga Pit Build

[@CharlesRiverChurch]

Youth pastors are THE BEST! Bet your students were psyched. Thanks for the helpful video.

[@mjmeneley]

Great design...we built one this weekend using your eye hook/all thread connections and it worked beautifully. Only thing we changed was instead of 2"x12"s (which would have cost over $500 just for the boards) we used 5/4"x6" deck boards, spaced 1.5" apart with 2"x4" posts at each end. Same wall height and saved a lot of money!

[@Ryanc696]

Does this hold up to kids sitting on it?

[@mjmeneley]

@@Ryanc696 i would say it does…although I would try to encourage kids to sit near the ends where the vertical supports are. If they did it enough or are too rough with it I’m sure you could have problems eventually

[@Ryanc696]

@Mj Meneley thanks for the reply.

[@kellysclass9176]

Thanks bunches and bunches! We are building this for our youth group. Appreciate you!

[@rjlomas9337]

The supplies chart is not accurate. Am I missing something? I see 6 panels with 2, 8 foot boards, so this means you need 12-2x12x8, correct?

[@rjlomas9337]

Is this accurate? SIX PANEL 12 - 2x12x8 pine 6 - 1/2 all thread 2 feet long 6 - 1/2 nuts 12 - handles 48 - Size 4 eye hooks 4 - caster wheels (optional) EIGHT PANEL 16 - 2x12x8 pine 7 - 1/2 all thread 2 feet long 7 - 1/2 nuts 16 - handles 64 - Size 4 eye hooks 4 - caster wheels (optional)

[@jamiepetrie2624]

I would like to build this for the youth group at my church. I am an adult leader.

[@Ryanc696]

How do the joints stand up to the kids sitting on the edges and such?

[@JasonJohnCowart]

Sorry for the late reply. I haven't been at New Covenant for about 3 years now (moved to Houston to plant a church). They are still using it every wednesday night lol. Holding up great!

[@Ryanc696]

@@JasonJohnCowart Thanks!

[@patronus132]

do you have a visual design of this build, or a digital layout?, I'm looking to do something like this for my eagle scout project.

[@JasonJohnCowart]

Sorry for the late reply. No visual other than the video. Super easy work though. 2 2x12s, eye hooks, threaded rod, nuts and washers, and the mending plates.

[@Dragon-vu5ic]

Hey, my names Alex. I’m probably going to do something similar for my Eagle Project. I was wondering, did you complete yours and how did it turn out?

[@rueda76541]

It turned out great 👍🏼

[@thefrankperspective4247]

Genius.

[@mattterry9702]

this is great! how is it holding up? What would you do different now some 3 months later?

[@JasonJohnCowart]

We use it every single week and it has held up beautifully. The only thing I would’ve done differently is when it comes to the caster wheels on the bottom, I would’ve purchased much bigger ones. The ones I purchased did not have a high enough weight capacity. They roll, but when you get all of them stacked, it is very difficult to roll it. Bigger wheels with a higher load rating would’ve worked better. But, our guys just carry them in and out as I have attached a handle to the tops of the panels

[@dougbrunson5208]

Very quick and helpful, thank you

[@keithwrage2079]

The two planks really stay together with just mending plates???

[@JasonJohnCowart]

Yes. Once you see them you'll understand. I built this years ago and they still use it every week.

[@annavand4149]

Do you have any issues with the ball getting stuck between the panels?

[@JasonJohnCowart]

Anna van D none at all.

[@shawnkirkland2713]

How much did this cost???

[@JasonJohnCowart]

Shawn Kirkland Less than $300. It’s about $200 for the lumber (pretax) and probably another $50-100 or so for the hardware.

[@jamiepetrie2624]

Could I get a list of the materials you used?

[@JasonJohnCowart]

Jamie Petrie I believe I listed them out in the video itself. 2 x 12s, mending plates, all thread, eye hooks, lock nuts, and heavy duty wheels, should you choose to put it on wheels. Each panel is two 2 x 12 x 8‘. I used 4 mending plates to put them together, two on one side, two on the other. Each end gets at least 4 eye hooks. I used 4 eye hooks on each side. Then each junction gets a 2 foot piece of all thread with a lock nut at the top.

[@jamiepetrie2624]

Jason John Cowart oh man! Thank you so much!

[@rueda76541]

ThAnkyou!!!