I choose that height because in little league the mound is 6 above home plate.
Homemade portable pitching mound plans.
That s more than the price i built one for.
Constructing a dirt mound in the back yard is not easy and it must be constantly maintained.
Its especially difficult not to start drawing up blueprints when you can make the item for less than the cost of shipping.
1 2x10x12 treated.
Simple steps of constructing a portable pitching mound step 1 assemble your raw materials and tools for the job.
I decided to use a piece of 4 x 8 treated plywood as the main part of the mound.
Steps of building a portable pitching mound step 1.
Step 2 cut the ply wood to the right sizes.
Mark one inch at the end of one of the 8 foot 2 by 10 pieces of wood.
Once you have the cut pieces of the ply you will have four pieces yielded of the two planks.
I added the 4 x 8.
Diy pitching mound step 1.
Nail the remaining 2 by 4 in between.
For the base i started.
Building a portable pitching mound for under 100 it s a curse being an engineer.
This mound can be built in just a few hours and the cost is around 125.
Your logical side won t let you buy anything that you can make ask my wife about our home made refrigerator.
That turned out to be the case when i priced portable pitching mounds.
The dimensions of the mound are 84 x 42.
1 2x4x8 treated.
Cut the angle down to two.
Nail one 4 foot 2 by 10 to the rear of the two sloped pieces.
Make a mark at 24 then make a mark at 3 4 5 6 7 and 8.
To start with first get your plywood which i am assuming an 8 foot ply sliced into a 2 and a 6 foot section.
I used a lot of scrap pieces to brace the 1 x 10 s probably overkill but i wanted to make sure.
But then a few years later this guy brock hit me up in facebook messenger and showed me his.
These raw materials include an 8 foot ply wood ribbed nails.
That turned out to be the.
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.
The materials needed are.
The flat section with the rubber is 22 inches wide before it begins to taper.
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.
So as you ll see in the video i bought all of the stuff for my diy pitching mound.
Slice one ply wood into a 2 x 6 foot section and the other one into a 10.
An option is a portable pitcher s mound made from wood and astroturf.
If you re building it for indoor use or porting it you could use non treated wood and knock.
Cut 4 off the 2 x 10 x 12 board as it will be used as the back support of the mound.
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.
3 2x10x8 treated.
Homemade portable pitching mound.
