Wtf - 12 foot trampoline nicked from my garden!

[Riley Blue]

Chrisgr31 said:

JimSuperSix said:

Seeing as trains are quite heavy and the rails are nailed down, what were the other 50%??

Trees mainly would be my guess, plus the occasional overhead wire.

As has been reported elsewhere, it was the wrong sort of leaves - those with the trees still attached...

[Gareth1974]

The other 50% were items on railway property to begin with - trees on railway land, rather than from gardens of neigbouring properties, or roofs from railway buildings not nearby buildings.

[vikingaero]

Do people not use tie down kits? You can get them for £9.99 at The Entertainer.

[anonymous-user]

vikingaero said:

Do people not use tie down kits? You can get them for £9.99 at The Entertainer.

Now you tell me.

[fr 150 boy]

I wish someone would pinch the one from my garden, the wife had it for the kids, in which they don't use & it's a bar steward eye sore!!!!

[elanfan]

Stick it on Freecycle chances are it'll be gone the same day!

[IIIRestorerIII]

Reminds me...

A storm is a great time to steal a trampoline from a garden. They'll assume it blew away but won't go and look in case it killed someone.

[S11Steve]

elanfan said:

Stick it on Freecycle chances are it'll be gone the same day!

Ours went to a load of students on Gumtree for their communal house. I offered it free for collection, and 4 lads turned up after walking 2 miles out from their house. They had planned to carry it back between them but had misjudged the size...

I volunteered to drive them back if they dismantled it, at least that way they would know how it went together, and probably safer than carrying/rolling/walking it back to their digs.

[anonymous-user]

IIIRestorerIII said:

...in case it killed someone.

I am extremely relieved mine didn't kill anyone, fortunately my house is surrounded by fields. Even so, it travelled nearly a mile, crossed a single track road, and stopped within 20 feet or so of a busy/fast A road.
Lesson learned, its replacement will be securely anchored...

[spitfire-ian]

This thread reminded me of this...

https://youtu.be/hwWv6UphTWM

[pim]

Our nextdoor neighbour got one of these contraptions.

Rusty, cloth in tatters she has safety in mind when kids are doing a bouncy.

[surveyor]

Gareth1974 said:

Rick101 said:

These bloody things are all over the railway on windy days. They cause significant disruption!

I work in the railway control, of the various objects, that ended up causing chaos on Thursday, I reckon a good 50% were items that came from outside the railway. Sheds, roofs, trees, and of course, trampolines

A friend whose house backs onto the East Coast railway line had to dismantle his daughters trampoline quick time on Thursday... Ironically he works on the railways....

[Foliage]

OP get a ground anchored! so many people with trampolines are irresponsible and don't know the dangers of them.

[Kitchski]

There's one about 10ft up in a tree opposite my house at the moment. Has been there since last week! If no one claims it....

[anonymous-user]

Foliage said:

OP get a ground anchored! so many people with trampolines are irresponsible and don't know the dangers of them.

Well, it'd been there for 8 years without budging. When was the last time you checked your roof tiles?

[The Wookie]

Well PH never fails to surprise and educate... who knew that the land was full of flying trampolines every time the wind picks up

[Kitchski]

Spumfry said:

Foliage said:

OP get a ground anchored! so many people with trampolines are irresponsible and don't know the dangers of them.

Well, it'd been there for 8 years without budging. When was the last time you checked your roof tiles?

[Foliage]

Spumfry said:

Foliage said:

OP get a ground anchored! so many people with trampolines are irresponsible and don't know the dangers of them.

Well, it'd been there for 8 years without budging. When was the last time you checked your roof tiles?

I have them checked yearly, why?

[pits]

Kitchski said:

Spumfry said:

Foliage said:

OP get a ground anchored! so many people with trampolines are irresponsible and don't know the dangers of them.

Well, it'd been there for 8 years without budging. When was the last time you checked your roof tiles?

[anonymous-user]

Foliage said:

I have them checked yearly, why?

Including the ones on your stable?