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Re: Truss-Style Pit
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Originally Posted by cadandcookies View Post
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.
So jealous

You guys are lucky to have such a great sponsor
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