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Does anybody have any idea how to properly install a new box?

with a butload of work and concrete

You have two options:

1) If you want to set it in concrete, be very deliberate and have it secured exactly where you want it BEFORE you start pouring.

2) The simple way would be to sink it in gravel, sand or road grade (I think they call it DRG). It won't move and you can adjust it if need be.

We sunk ours in concrete and it came out PERFECT; but the guys doing it are really, really good.

Don't screw up or you will get a lip on the box

I want the concrete instead of the sand or gravel. So I place the box exactly where I want it, then pour in the concrete around it????

rainbowgirl28 wrote:Don't screw up or you will get a lip on the box

Then you'd have a hard time jumping on them, huh?

pvtechie wrote:

rainbowgirl28 wrote:Don't screw up or you will get a lip on the box

Then you'd have a hard time jumping on them, huh?

Lips are potentially evil for all pole vaulters, not just pole pushers

Is this a "regular" box or one of the new "soft boxes"? If it is a "soft box" you had better have the person / persons installing the box talk to someone at some place that has already done it. It was done at Penn State and there were some problems and concerns. If you need a name I can get you an email of someone to speak to who has first hand information.

Good Luck
Dan

Sebes wrote:I want the concrete instead of the sand or gravel. So I place the box exactly where I want it, then pour in the concrete around it????

Yeah. I think the way our guys did it was that they framed it in with wood, then poured half the concrete, making bleeping sure the box didn't budge a millimeter. Then when that concrete set, they removed the wood, leaving the box fixed in place by the concrete already poured, and proceeded to pour the rest, again being super anal about it.

As DrCurran above noted, if you are installing a softbox, you really need to contact someone who has already done it. The guys at Gill are familiar with the process.

Oh, yeah - don't forget to account for the thickness of your runway when framing the box in.

This box is a thick, thick steel box

Have it secure first or it will float up and you'll have a super sweet 6" deep box with a nice lip.

//learned the hard way in HS when our AD allowed the maintenance crew to set a new box themselves.