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Re: <R11> Craziness!!!
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Originally Posted by tubeheaD37 View Post
I am not so convinced about that. If you look at the dimensions of the trailer, it should be perfectly feasible to do some sort of a dump rather than a shoot for ball expulsion.
As for pickup, I was thinking about rollers even before I knew about this rule, so I don't have another solution in mind right now. I am sure it is out there somewhere though.

I do have to agree that this rule seems a little confining, and I am not a huge fan of the increased human player involvement. R11 does seem pretty crazy, but it is workable if you are creative.
While I don't want to effect any designing ideas, Having a dumping designs that utilizes gravity to dispose of balls would require that you store balls above the 36" lowest end of the trailer limiting your storage to the top 24 inches.
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