sumfear 0 #1 June 13, 2008 I'm interested in building a regulation accuracy pea gravel pit. Can anybody give me some suggestions? Thanks[email]SumFear Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DougH 270 #2 June 13, 2008 Sure, my advice is to use real pea gravel. "The restraining order says you're only allowed to touch me in freefall" =P Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
monkycndo 0 #3 June 13, 2008 Suggestion, bring lots of cash. Pea gravel, not crushed stone, is expensive. For the size of a decent pit, $$$$$. There was a discussion on here some time back. If you do a search, you should be able to find it.50 donations so far. Give it a try. You know you want to spank it Jump an Infinity Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gkchristopher 0 #4 June 13, 2008 There is not a regulation in the USPA competition manual for size of a pea gravel accuracy pit because competition accuracy is run on a tuffet these days. A tuffet is basically thick foam (12+inches) covered with vinyl. Regulation diameter is 5 meters (side to side). I've been competing in accuracy for about 20 years now and would be willing to help you out. Just msg me. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sumfear 0 #5 June 13, 2008 Thanks... I found all the info I need with the search. Great HelpSumFear Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skydived19006 4 #6 June 13, 2008 What I've done for accuracy is to simply mow, and maintain a circle in the grass. I chose to make it 10m diameter, so it works for a PRO accuracy target. It works well for us because most of our airport is harvested for hay, so the "manicured" circle really jumps out. We had a pea pit at a former DZ, and I think they had made it 2m in diameter, meeting the D license accuracy requirement. Unless someone spends time maintaining it, it'll grow over in grass, and compact. It'll disappear, and be just as hard or harder as the surrounding area.Experience is what you get when you thought you were going to get something else. AC DZ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ZigZagMarquis 9 #7 June 13, 2008 Quote I'm interested in building a regulation accuracy pea gravel pit. Can anybody give me some suggestions? Thanks Check this... http://www.dropzone.com/cgi-bin/forum/gforum.cgi?post=2832291;search_string=build%20a%20pea%20gravel%20pit;#2832291 ... have lots of $$$$ on hand. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gearless_chris 1 #8 June 16, 2008 Our pea pit ended up costing $1109 in gravel. One of our jumpers had access to a Bobcat to dig it. It was big too, I think 14m diameter, about a foot deep, not much of a hump stickng up."If it wasn't easy stupid people couldn't do it", Duane. My momma said I could be anything I wanted when I grew up, so I became an a$$hole. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ZigZagMarquis 9 #9 June 17, 2008 QuoteOur pea pit ended up costing $1109 in gravel. One of our jumpers had access to a Bobcat to dig it. It was big too, I think 14m diameter, about a foot deep, not much of a hump stickng up. A re-visit from the above thread I linked... QuoteAnd the hardest part would be remembering your high school geometry to calculate how many cubic yards of pea gravel to order to fill a pit 7 meters in radius and 1.5 feet deep... That's easy! That would be the volume of a cylinder; which is the area of the base times the height. I try not to do math in public, but if I get this right... you're looking about about 93 cubic yards of pea gravel... and if pea gravel runs about 1.3 tons per cubic yard... you're looking at about 121 tons of pea gravel... Continuing... If my maths is right... and my WAG on how much it will cost (pea gravel + sales tax + delivery (unless you're willing to make lots of trips to the quarry in the DZ pick-up))... my WAG is you're looking at $2000 to $5000 bucks. Do you really want a regulation sized (7 meters (apx 23 ft) RADIUS by 1.5 feet deep) pea pit that badly?? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
