pic: Design Challenge: Pits

[Alexa Stott]

Originally Posted by EricH

If you want extra lighting, try some clip-on lights attached to the top rails, or some form of small spotlight-ish light that can be attached there. They're adjustable in angle, and if you do it right you can bring one down and light up particularly troublesome dark spots.

We usually have one or two of those clip-on lamps for when we need a little extra light. That seems to be more than adequate for those moments. They can be easily stored when not in use too.

Originally Posted by JonathanZur1836

This thread reminded me of the two story pits; I have never seen them myself as they were outlawed before my rookie year, but it sounds awesome just from the sound of it, as long as it is sturdy and there is some sort of railing to stop people from falling.

That's the first thing I was reminded of when I saw this thread. I even dug up the old thread on it.

Since I'm here anyway, here's a picture of our pits from this year:


Nothing too fancy, but it has plenty of storage for all our stuff which is probably most important.

I always liked the teams who shipped two crates to each event and had one that sort of folded out into their pit area. (237 comes to mind, though I've not been at an event with them in a while so I don't really know if they still do that. Either way it is/was cool.)