Homemade Portable Pitching Mound Plans

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Homemade portable pitching mound plans.

The portable pitching mound requires a 1 slope for every 1 of mound so we need to lay this out on our 2 x 10 x 8 boards one at a time. Nail the remaining 2 by 4 in between. Nail one 4 foot 2 by 10 to the rear of the two sloped pieces. The materials needed are.

That s more than the price i built one for. Simple steps of constructing a portable pitching mound step 1 assemble your raw materials and tools for the job. Steps of building a portable pitching mound step 1. These raw materials include an 8 foot ply wood ribbed nails.

Slice one ply wood into a 2 x 6 foot section and the other one into a 10. Your logical side won t let you buy anything that you can make ask my wife about our home made refrigerator. For the base i started. Building a portable pitching mound for under 100 it s a curse being an engineer.

I choose that height because in little league the mound is 6 above home plate. The dimensions of the mound are 84 x 42. Diy pitching mound step 1. 1 2x4x8 treated.

Constructing a dirt mound in the back yard is not easy and it must be constantly maintained. If you re building it for indoor use or porting it you could use non treated wood and knock. Mark one inch at the end of one of the 8 foot 2 by 10 pieces of wood. 1 2x10x12 treated.

But then a few years later this guy brock hit me up in facebook messenger and showed me his. Its especially difficult not to start drawing up blueprints when you can make the item for less than the cost of shipping. This mound can be built in just a few hours and the cost is around 125. Make a mark at 24 then make a mark at 3 4 5 6 7 and 8.

That turned out to be the case when i priced portable pitching mounds. Building a portable pitching mound for under 100. To start with first get your plywood which i am assuming an 8 foot ply sliced into a 2 and a 6 foot section. Homemade portable pitching mound.

I had hinges wheels a rubber the wood but i never did anything with it after cutting the slope of the mound of the frame pieces. I added the 4 x 8. How to build a wooden portable pitching mound create slope of mound. I used a lot of scrap pieces to brace the 1 x 10 s probably overkill but i wanted to make sure.

I decided to use a piece of 4 x 8 treated plywood as the main part of the mound. An option is a portable pitcher s mound made from wood and astroturf. That turned out to be the. Step 2 cut the ply wood to the right sizes.

Cut 4 off the 2 x 10 x 12 board as it will be used as the back support of the mound. So as you ll see in the video i bought all of the stuff for my diy pitching mound. The flat section with the rubber is 22 inches wide before it begins to taper. Cut the angle down to two.