..to not allow ds and 4 friends all on the trampoline at once?

[clam]

There's a safety net, they're all 11 or 12 and quite sensible, but.... just seems too much of a recipe for broken limbs to me. What are other people's trampoline rules?

We are a free for all here.

I think the safety standards actually specify only one at a time as there is a risk of head injuries with more than one.

Yeah, right. One at a time! And in real life? {grin]

5 sounds a lot, even for a large trampoline. You could try watching them for a bit, see how it goes, but they may find its not much fun with that many on anyway.

A woman nearly broke her neck (or perhaps actually did) when she went on the same time as her bopyfriend and he stopped bouncing and she fell funny and that was with a safety net on - she didn't actually fall off. It is meant to be one at a time.

def no more than 1 at a time.
i have seen some very nasy accidents with more than 1 child on the trampoline. one of our surgeons thinks that they should be banned as we get so many broken bones from them.

my ds's arent allowed one and i cringe when they go on their friends, if you must have one PLEASE get a safety net (i did see you had one clam)

there is a boy local to me who, last summer, jumped off his trampoline, into the swimming pool and broke his neck, he is still in addenbrookes,
its what they do when your not watching them on them too..

We have a 14' trampoline with safety net. The weight limit on it is 18 stone so we say to children that the rule is NO MORE THAN TWO AT A TIME. We shout that at them a lot. We don't mind the extras lurking around the edges but we really enforce the rule. We could ask everybody what they weigh but that seems a bit rude.

What do you mean by lurking around the outside? On the padding? Couldn't one of the bouncers still land on them?

Yep, on the padding so they probably could. It's not ideal but it is some sort of a limit which we can make them stick to.

I am sorry but a risk free life is as dull as ditch water.
I think YANBU because the children in question are not yours.
But for my family they can get on as they wish as long as they do not try to flip - sometimes the dog is on there too.
(although ours is dug in so dog infiltration is easier than it sounds)

Although DS, who is half the size (literally)of at least one of his mates, would probably be the one to come off worst at the bottom of the pile.

Same here, pagwatch. The dog loves it.