Homemade Portable Pitching Mound Plans

The end with the pitching rubber is the full width of a 2x6 5 1 2 and it tapers down to 2 at the bottom.

Homemade portable pitching mound plans.

An option is a portable pitcher s mound made from wood and astroturf. Diy pitching mound step 1. Cut 4 off the 2 x 10 x 12 board as it will be used as the back support of the mound. Mark one inch at the end of one of the 8 foot 2 by 10 pieces of wood.

Starting at 500 with the good ones nearly double that the shipping was 125. 1 2x10x12 treated. Steps of building a portable pitching mound step 1. The dimensions of the mound are 84 x 42.

Constructing a dirt mound in the back yard is not easy and it must be constantly maintained. That turned out to be the. This mound can be built in just a few hours and the cost is around 125. I had hinges wheels a rubber the wood but i never did anything with it after cutting the slope of the mound of the frame pieces.

How to build a wooden portable pitching mound create slope of mound. I choose that height because in little league the mound is 6 above home plate. The portable pitching mound requires a 1 slope for every 1 of mound so we need to lay this out on our 2 x 10 x 8 boards one at a time. Its especially difficult not to start drawing up blueprints when you can make the item for less than the cost of shipping.

The materials needed are. Building a portable pitching mound for under 100 it s a curse being an engineer. I used a lot of scrap pieces to brace the 1 x 10 s probably overkill but i wanted to make sure. Simple steps of constructing a portable pitching mound step 1 assemble your raw materials and tools for the job.

Slice one ply wood into a 2 x 6 foot section and the other one into a 10. I added the 4 x 8. That turned out to be the case when i priced portable pitching mounds. Your logical side won t let you buy anything that you can make ask my wife about our home made refrigerator.

Make a mark at 24 then make a mark at 3 4 5 6 7 and 8. These raw materials include an 8 foot ply wood ribbed nails. 1 2x4x8 treated. Building a portable pitching mound for under 100.

That s more than the price i built one for. For the base i started. So as you ll see in the video i bought all of the stuff for my diy pitching mound. But then a few years later this guy brock hit me up in facebook messenger and showed me his.

Cut the angle down to two. I decided to use a piece of 4 x 8 treated plywood as the main part of the mound. The flat section with the rubber is 22 inches wide before it begins to taper. Once you have the cut pieces of the ply you will have four pieces yielded of the two planks.

Nail the remaining 2 by 4 in between. Nail one 4 foot 2 by 10 to the rear of the two sloped pieces. If you re building it for indoor use or porting it you could use non treated wood and knock. 3 2x10x8 treated.