How to store my rig at home

[daniloosh 0]

Any recommendations on how I can safely store my rig at my home apartment without damaging any of the components?

I have a Wings classic container shipping this week with a Pilot 230 main and an Optimum 218 reserve - weight will probably be around 35-40 lbs.

[IanHarrop 42]

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[tikl68 6]

Yes. You said it is an apartment so im guessing no permanent mods to the walls, bummer. It is fairly simple to DIY. Go to a home improvement store/ hardware store and buy some PVC pipe and a some 90 degree fittings and maybe a couple of "T"s. Try to get PVC with an inside diameter about the size of a wooden broom handle. Glue four sections of pipe together(for the base to be placed on the floor) using the 90s in a rectangle shape, with the long sides(two of them) being approximately 36 inches, and the short lengths( also two) approximately 24 inches. Place a T fitting on each of the 36 inch lengths about 24 inches in with the T fitting inverted. Run a piece of pipe up from each T fitting( measure how long your rig is when it hangs including the leg straps) long enough to keep your rig off the floor. Run two short sections of pipe across that meet in the middle from each vertical pipe and join them with another T fitting with the leg of the T running horizontal out over your rectangle base on the longer side.

In the two vertical pipes coming up from the "T"s of the base and in the three horizontal(two short and one medium length in "T" not on the ground) be sure to support them with wood handle/wood dowel inside the PVC.

I have made three racks for multiple rigs out of steel for three different DZs. I have seen some one do the PVC method and it worked pretty good. You might have to be lil creative with the design but this should give you some ideas.

My buddy/rigger used some schedule 80 metal pipe with threaded ends and some plumbing floor flanges with threads and mounted them on the wall and screwed the pipes into the flanges, and viola.

Good luck

[daniloosh 0]

Thanks! Are there any downsides to to leaving it in a rig bag on the floor? Would this damage the BOC over time?

[Blis 1]

daniloosh

Thanks! Are there any downsides to to leaving it in a rig bag on the floor? Would this damage the BOC over time?

Not really, as long as you store the rig in a cool, dry place nothing will happen to it...

[DBCOOPER 5]

Blis

***Thanks! Are there any downsides to to leaving it in a rig bag on the floor? Would this damage the BOC over time?

Not really, as long as you store the rig in a cool, dry place nothing will happen to it...


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[jumpsalot-2 3]

A 6 headed shower ...... that sounds like a hell of a party .....

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[tikl68 6]

That will work just fine.No it will not harm the BOC. Just make sure if it is going to sit for more than a week try to make sure the leg straps are sitting in a manner that they will not have a twist or fold in them that will take memory in a bad way/shape.

[shift 0]

I store mine on a scuba hanger.

[jumpsalot-2 3]

Very sturdy looking ... Thanks for posting .

Life is short ... jump often.

[jumpsalot-2 3]

Can you give us a "Brand Name" on that hanger ? Thanks.

Life is short ... jump often.

[baronn 111]

daniloosh

Thanks! Are there any downsides to to leaving it in a rig bag on the floor? Would this damage the BOC over time?

Best way to preserve the elastic in the BOC is to store the PC under the main flap. Leaving it in the BOC just stretches it out and over time the elastic breaks down. This will extend its life 20x or more

[shift 0]

jumpsalot-2

Can you give us a "Brand Name" on that hanger ? Thanks.

EBay "BCD scuba hanger". They go for $13-$15 usd

[hodges 4]

Hoy it in a cupboard...?

[Di0 2]

Or chutingstar sells some similarly designed ones for about the same price:

http://www.chutingstar.com/gorilla-skydiving-gear-hanger

They are VERY thick plastic, I have two of them and they work alright, no way a normal sport right would bent them a hair. I don't use them much because I am lazy, I live alone so I end up tossing the rig on the couch at the end of the day more often than not, but hey, don't judge. LoL

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[cruelpops 0]

This is what I use. Very sturdy; has a rubber seal which makes it air tight; has wheels and a grab handle and it's cheap too.

http://www.homedepot.com/p/Husky-35-in-Mobile-Job-Box-222167/205053257