Safety Pads
Safety is Canada Trampoline Trampoline’s # 1 priority–so we ensure that the safety border around the perimeter of all trampoline models is from 15″ to 20″ wide. This orients trampolinists towards the center of the trampoline. Canada Trampoline’s uniquely designed friction fit, tightly fitted wrap around safety pads stay securely in place, completely covering the frame and springs and overlapping on to the jumping surface for no spring exposure for extra safety.
FOAM: Canada Trampoline uses a crosslinked polyethylene foam inside the safety pads, which shows in it’s unprecedented shock absorbancy, durability, and weather resistance. Crosslinked foam will retain it’s resilience long after non-crosslinked foam becomes flat. This closed cell foam will not absorb water.This high quality foam is made in the USA.
VINYL: In covering the foam, Canada Trampoline uses a long wearing, all weather 18 oz. PVC vinyl. This material is UV stabalized, has a cold crack rating of -50 degrees and has a very high tear strength. Canada Trampoline offers many attractive color combinations for the safety pads, such as multicolored, two color and solid one color, using the colors blue, yellow, green.
Jumping Surface
The jumping surface is one of the most important parts of the trampoline. It is the material that the trampolinist is in direct contact with all of the time. It affects your bounce, your safety, and the trampoline’s life span. Canada Trampoline uses the best material available. It is a polypropylene mesh that is manufactured specifically for trampolines called “permatron” supplied by Ten Cate Corp. in the USA. It is UV stable and the interlocking weave of the material makes it run resistant even if you accidentally puncture it. Being a mesh, it allows air to pass through when someone is bouncing, resulting in an easy, rhythmic, unrestricted bounce. Solid mats have a lot more air resistance, which greatly retards a trampolinist’s bounce. Water also drains through the trampoline surface keeping it dry, nonslippery, and it prevents a weight load that would put unnecessary stress on the springs. Canada Trampoline mfgr’s also do 10 rows of stitching around the perimeter of the jumpbed and use a heavy nylon seat belt webbing for extra durability and long life, unlike others who use a regular polypropoline webbing.
Frame
The frame is the foundation of a trampoline: the foundation that all the other parts are built upon. It directly influences the safety, performance, and durability of the entire trampoline. If the frame is light and fragile and moves around a lot while someone is bouncing, no matter how good the spring is, the bounce will be compromised. A strong, heavy, stable, immovable frame will allow the springs to really “do their stuff”.
STEEL: Canada Trampoline mfgr’s use heavy duty 12 gauge structural tubular steel that has a tensile strength of 55,000 P.S.I. and a yield strength of 50,000 P.S.I. on all models. All of the steel is galvanized by a patented flo-coat process then topcoated with 3 clear coats producing a smooth, shiny, and longlasting finish that prevents rusting and oxidation, this pipe is also zinc coated on the inside to prevent rusting from the inside out for longer life, This is why Canada Trampoline gives a lifetime warranty on each trampoline frame it produces. This tubular steel is made for Canada Trampoline MFGR’S. by Allied steel in the USA. They make the highest quality steel products in north america.
SPRING HOOK UP: There are no holes in the frame where rust can form and no perforations to structurally weaken the steel. On every single Canada Trampoline trampoline a 1/4” corrugated rod is mig-welded onto the frame—an addition that actually adds strength. The springs attatch onto and detatch from this corrugated rod quickly and easily, making trampoline setup and take down a breeze. This method also allows you to “double spring” when more tension is required. Because the corrugated rod places the springs lower than the frame, the springs are allowed to move freely, unrestricted by the frame or the weight of the safety pads, therefore enhancing their performance.
Springs
The springs are what make a trampoline perform. The length and diameter of the spring, the coil count, and the size and tensile strength of the wire used to form the spring determine how much bounce and what quality of bounce a trampoline will be capable of achieving. Benefitted by over 20 years experience with springs and driven by the desire for quality, Canada Trampoline special orders custom made springs for each of their models of trampolines. These superior springs are largely responsible for the reputation of a “softer, deeper, higher bounce” that sets Canada Trampoline trampolines apart from all the rest.
The number of springs on a trampoline in proportion to it’s size and apporopriate to it’s shape also affect the performance of the spring, as well as it’s life span. Too many springs cause a stiff bounce and too few springs cause overextension of the springs leading to premature spring failure. Each Canada Trampoline trampoline model has 120 – 9”springs except for the smaller 14′ octagon which has 96 springs, the recommended number—but because of Canada Trampoline’s versatile spring hook up there is always the option of adding more springs in unique situations where more tension is needed or a stiffer bounce is required. Canada Trampoline also offers a 10” higher performance spring for more advanced jumpers.