QUICK poll needed re trampoline In this wind??

[Wonderingwhyme]

So have a 10 foot trampoline with net enclosure. Had bad winds before and I have left the zip open, wedged the bench under it over one of the legs and pushed it against the fences. Garden is small.

I don’t have the anchor things as it won’t go in the grounds as too hard (half cement long story). So my question is, is the trampoline better to leave with the net on it (zip open) or take it off??? I can’t collapse the trampoline but can pull the net up and off it on my own.

In terms of ‘wind damage’ which is better to prevent it going flying? Net on or off? Can’t help but think the net prevents it flying? But then again does the netting make a wind tunnel (logically I don’t think so as there are lots of tiny holes in a net!) HELP!

Take the net down as it acts like a sail.
Do the legs have horizontal bits? We weigh those down with old tyres or sandbags.

Not sure it would make much difference. I think the issue is the wind catching it from underneath. Can't you block it down with something?

When it's windy, I push ours against the house, and use the heavy picnic table to block it down from the other side. I push it so the top is over the springs and it would take a lot of force to push it off from that angle.
That was after having to grab it down from waist high a month after we got it.

Take the net off and flip the trampoline over if you can.

If not take up a religion & pray! 🤞🏼

Can you remove the whole enclosure and turn it over? Or fasten a leg to a fence so it doesn't take off down the street at least?

Tie it to a tree.

Does your trampoline have horizontal bars between the legs, as many do? We bought some sacks of sand from a DIY store, and put one on each bar. They've been there for years now with no problems, so would suggest this.

Definitely take the net down!! Ours blew away last year in high winds, even though it was anchored. Luckily landed in a field, so no damage (except to the trampoline!)

Not a chance

My neighbours ended up in the road yesterday morning. We haven't got ours anymore but we buried it slightly in the ground. It never moved. Take the net off if you can.

Net off definitely, and tie to a tree or bush if you can

Take it down. DH set off for work at 4am one dark windy morning in his car and nearly had it written off when a trampoline barrelled down the road behind him.

Mine got tied to a fence but blew off with the fence

Do you have a big supermarket nearby? A few bags of kids playsand are ideal for weighing it down

I took the net off and weighed mine down but I'm just about to retrieve it from next donor's garden .

Hadn't thought of tying it down so I'll attach it to the apple tree I think.

Try to get some brambles to grow around the bottom.
I dont think an actual hurricane could rip ours out.

Sorry got so caught up I forgot to come back! It’s fine. No damage to anything, anyone or the trampoline! I will be getting some sand bags though for sure. I can’t take it down by myself. The most I can do it take the net off but not the poles hence why I couldn’t flip it over.