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Re: Swingset or trampoline?
You might want to check with your insurance agent before getting a trampoline. Some companies don't want to issue policies for homeowners with them.
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04-19-2005 10:02 AM
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Re: Swingset or trampoline?
We just bought a 14' trampoline @ WalMart the other night. My son is 6 and he has been playing on it every day as soon as he gets home from school(me too
We didn't get a net for ours(yet). They had marked the trampolines down to $138 and the nets were $70(we are waiting for these to go down also).
We also have a swingset(we got at Kmart a few years ago), it hardly ever gets played on though. I like the trampoline better because we can all get on it.
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Re: Swingset or trampoline?
As soon as we got a trampoline,the swingset was no longer played on.One thing to consider if you have any "neighbor" children........your house WILL be the main attraction if you have a trampoline.And it can be dangerous if they don't follow the rules.The neighbor children are allowed to jump on ours (when my daughter is playing on it) ,but with rules.I make their parents sign a form I typed up that states the rules,and also lets them know that I am not a babysitter and will not be constantly watching them.It also says that if I catch them breaking my rules,they will not be allowed on it anymore.Period.The children know that I don't fool around when it comes to the trampoline.Personally,my nerves might be a little calmer if we didn't have it-LOL.And we take ours down every winter.
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Re: Swingset or trampoline?
My 4 yr old granddaughter has both. She has fallen off the swingset a few times and won't play on it now but she loves the trampoline. It also has the net around it.
Never drive faster than your guardian angel can fly !!!!
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Re: Swingset or trampoline?
Originally Posted by
chanbe
I make their parents sign a form I typed up that states the rules,and also lets them know that I am not a babysitter and will not be constantly watching them
just wanted to tell you that i was told that those home-made forms don't mean nothing in court. you can have parents sign those all day long saying that you won't be held responsible and all that BUT if something actually happens it don't mean nothing in court. it's like those trucks on the highways that say "not responsible for flying rocks", you can say anything you want but it don't really mean nothing unfortunately. we have a pool, a trampoline, and a swingset. the only thing that will protect our liability is to not have other people's children over here, but then what fun would that be. we are just careful and have rules.
There is always someone bigger and badder than you!
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Re: Swingset or trampoline?
ust wanted to tell you that i was told that those home-made forms don't mean nothing in court.
Our forms are more to let the PARENTS know our rules and to also makes sure they're aware that their kids are jumping on the trampoline.It seems like the "threat" of not being allowed to jump anymore,makes the kids more aware and they are more careful.
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Re: Swingset or trampoline?
i would go with swingset b/c they are little. you could get a trampoline later if you still want one. (i am scared of trampolines, even with the enclosures b/c i am afraid of injuries, but i guess they can get hurt on swingsets, too)
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Re: Swingset or trampoline?
Originally Posted by
chanbe
Our forms are more to let the PARENTS know our rules and to also makes sure they're aware that their kids are jumping on the trampoline.It seems like the "threat" of not being allowed to jump anymore,makes the kids more aware and they are more careful.
ok 
There is always someone bigger and badder than you!
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Re: Swingset or trampoline?
We have both. A brand new wooden swing set/play thing..slide etc and a trampoline.I can't get my three year old to get off the tramp when she is on it,that's where she heads first "to yump" lol
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this is so funny that I seen this on here because I just posted earlier on another board,saffy, that I was out jumping on ours today.......and them suckers will kill you.....lol....I mean if your out of shape....like me........lol...........but anyway
we have both and they play on both...i have an 8 and 2 yr old and they absolutely love it...will not go on it without mom or dad but love it.....i hold my 2 yr olds hands and bounce all over the place for about a min....seems like forever.....lol....but we dont let other kids on it yet....fraid they will get hurt....we take ours down in the winter, last longer, and you just about need a man or very strong I mean strong women to put all the springs on...there is a lot of springs.....lol you can do a lot of them but like the last 10 or so are sooooooooo hard to get on......but get what you want to get ....your money ...your family ...you know if they act like heathens or not....lol...if they are accident prone or not... just pray over them before they jump
Last edited by tracyb; 04-19-2005 at 06:26 PM.
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Re: Swingset or trampoline?
we have the wooden swing set for my boys 7,5, and 19months. has a slide on it with a place for them to sit before they slide and dh put a basket ball goal on the end. they all three love it. even the baby climbs the ladder and slides down the slide head first and just has a ball. im workin on getting a trampoline in the next year or so. but there is danger in both. last summer my 5 yr ds decided he was superman and jumped halfway down the slide to the ground, his brother and cousin was jumpin off the swings and he thought he could do the same from the slide. needless to say superman got a broken wrist. so see they get hurt no matter what you have. but we chose the wooden swings for several reasons, i can go out there and swing and it doesnt buckle in the middle lol and the legs stay on the ground and it wont rust away.
good luck in whatever one you decide and im sure the kids will have a ball.
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