HELP w/ Pole Vault Covers

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HELP w/ Pole Vault Covers

Unread postby CoachenField » Wed Oct 29, 2003 9:54 pm

Anyone with some knowledge, I need help.
We share pits with a high school at a public park adn we want to get a rollover cover for the pits. Does anyone know where you can get this in the states and who and whatnot, we need some location help.

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Unread postby lonestar » Wed Oct 29, 2003 10:28 pm

Check out Gill's new "Pit Garages" at

http://www.gillathletics.com/GillItemVi ... ?FSID=8663
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Unread postby CoachenField » Thu Oct 30, 2003 3:52 pm

Perfect, thanks!
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Unread postby wacky274 » Thu Oct 30, 2003 4:39 pm

those pit garages remind me of the pit cover we had at my high school. Ours was built by one of the metal classes at our school, and they worked out really well.
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Unread postby Barto » Thu Oct 30, 2003 7:35 pm

The Pit Garage is the best idea I have seen come along in ....well, a long time!

Designed to not only protect your investment, it's multi-purpose design allows it to serve as a pop-up shelter. Jeff out did himself on this one.

Take a look!

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Unread postby OAKPV2004 » Thu Oct 30, 2003 8:39 pm

I wish our school had one of those, Stupid little 7th and 8th grade football fans jump on our pit and now theres holes in the weather cover, and water seeps through. :mad:
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Unread postby jmayesvaultmom » Fri Oct 31, 2003 6:11 am

Kids were climbing all over ours and jumping on it at the first game. We solved it by putting hurdles around the pit and "roping" it off with security tape. :P
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Unread postby Lord of the Poles » Fri Oct 31, 2003 9:24 am

since when do they listen to that? we needed to do that AND have someone guard it...
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Unread postby jmayesvaultmom » Fri Oct 31, 2003 11:45 am

It has worked so far. Of course, the entire oval of the track is surrounded by chain link fence. The football field is inside the track and the PV Pit is beyond one of the end zones, but still inside the track.
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Unread postby blazerunner121 » Thu Dec 02, 2004 9:45 pm

do any pole vault pit covers with straps to hold down exist? a wind storm 2 days ago totally blew the covers off my school's pit and then taking the soft cover mat off too.
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Unread postby vaultmd » Thu Dec 02, 2004 9:47 pm

lonestar wrote:Check out Gill's new "Pit Garages" at

http://www.gillathletics.com/GillItemVi ... ?FSID=8663


University of Hawaii has one made by Nordic. I like it a lot better, as it seems more solidly built.
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Unread postby achtungpv » Thu Dec 02, 2004 10:12 pm

I've seen pit garages with a pole rack built in (basically just a couple of bars hanging from wires attached to the roof. No more packing poles from the field house.
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