Trampoline set-up in cold?

KubotaSteve · Dec 9, 2005

A couple of things since I have been around trampolines for over 20 years. When I just became a teenager dad bought us a trampoline (first one around our area and he paid like $750 for it and I think it was 12 foot with no net). We had it for quite a while and then the material holding the hooks for the springs rotted and we had a professional sew all the hooks on with new material. It lasted for a while but when they get old it becomes very danergous with springs flying off.
I bought my kids one and huricane isabel through it accross the road and destroyed it. After buying the 2nd one I anchored it to the ground using house trailer tie downs. It has worked very well.
As far as the insurance, we were dropped because we had a pool and a trampoline. We then went with Erie and when my wife told him about the pool and trampoline, he simply asked how many houses could we see from ours and the answer was 2. He said we were fine, but they were tightening up on people who had lived in area of high concentration of houses.
I leave mine up all year around and if we get 6 inches or more, I usually take a rubbermaid tub out to the trampoline to clean it off with. It's tough to throw the snow over the top of the netting so I have found filling the tub and dumping it out through the door is the easiest since taking down the net is a pain.
Good luck and be careful. They are great fun but can be dangerous as well.

dent8 · Dec 9, 2005

Thanks Kubotasteve, we can't see any neighbors, about 1/2 mile one way and 1/3 the other, one road in and out. I'll pass this to the insurance department, family compound thing, they can figure if it's a problem, I'm 'facilities maintainence' i.e. least mechanically inept.
cheers,
Dennis
Wow, so many great responses for such trivia, ya'll are great!

mathey · Dec 10, 2005

( we were dropped because we had a pool and a trampoline )

thats funny, we were told our pool was not an issue, but the trampoline, dobermans and atv's were...we ended up with a farm policy, which doesn't have nearly as many restrictions.

LBrown59 · Dec 13, 2005

Most insurers will cancel your policy if you have a Trampoline.

What would be even worse is if your house burned to the ground and they refused to pay the claim because you had a Trampoline.

If it were me I'd get rid of the blasted thing because it's just not worth it.

DUMBDOG · Dec 13, 2005

Please help me understand your statement, how can an insurance company refuse to pay for a house that has burned down because you have a trampoline?

A insurance policy is a contract and cannot be canceled by one party without due notice.

I do not see how they could refuse a claim without the proper notification.

KubotaSteve · Dec 14, 2005

That statement confuses me as well. Do you have a trampoline and did you deal with an insurance company concerning one? I have and mine is insured properly. Like I said before, insurance companies are more concerned with there is a higher concentration of kids around as all 10 to 20 kids want to get on at once and that is when people get injured. One person on a trampoline can get injured too, but it just isn't as likely to happen like when there are a bunch of kids around.

LBrown59 · Dec 14, 2005

( Please help me understand your statement, how can an insurance company refuse to pay for a house that has burned down because you have a trampoline?

1*An insurance policy is a contract and cannot be canceled by one party without due notice.

I do not see how they could refuse a claim without the proper notification. )
1*Because having a Trampoline could void the policy.

DUMBDOG · Dec 14, 2005

The only way having a trampoline would void the policy is if the language to that effect was orginally in the policy. Other than that there is not any way that I know of a insurance company could weasel out of paying for a house fire just because the homeowner owned a trampoline.

Unless this language was so stimulated in the policy the insurance company would still have to pay for the loss, unless advance notice was given to the policyholder.