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Re: Truss-Style Pit

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Originally Posted by PurpleInk View Post
Is the box on wheels? We recently built a box on wheels to put the pit design elements in so they can wheel it around. I can get away with a lot when it is on wheels
Our pit was actually built by one of our sponsors, Skyline Exhibits, who does trade show exhibits for Intel and big companies like that. So our pit packs into one of their "crate 24" boxes. Which looks like this:

For reference, it's about 5 feet tall and weighs about 100 lbs unloaded. With all our steel truss in there, it's a bit of a monster. We've been working on alternative methods of transportation.
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