Brush netting?

[Wulfthang]

First, let me say that I do not race and have no desire to race (Not sanctioned anyway!) so the issue of race organizations approval certifications and anything related to that is unimportant to me.

I run around with my Rat Rod Trail Rail on old mining trails and things like that. Most of them are overgrown with all kinds of Southern Arizona desert brush. I installed safety nets. They were new but expired "debris safety nets" for sanctioned car races. They worked ok but I had to "adjust" them (with big scissors) to fit properly plus the holes in the netting are to big. That's the real problem. The holes are big enough to allow sticks to poke thru. Getting slapped in the face with a Creosote bush is bad enough but getting stabbed in the eyeball is worse.

It seems all car safety, volley ball, cargo, restraint, etc. netting has holes that are to big...except for Trampoline enclosure safety netting. It has little holes I guess to keep fingers, noses and ears for getting caught. I have the capability to make the right size and shape netting from it but have a couple of questions.

I ordered a section of it for experimental purposes. It seems pretty tough to punctures and tears. Has anybody ever tried using it for safety netting on an off road play car? Does anybody have any experience with it as far as it's intended purpose on a trampoline? Thanks

[Dale M.]

Any netting is going to have holes and sticks or brush that wants to find you will find the holes no matter how small.... Suggest helmet with face shield to protect face, as for the rest of your body, it will eventually heal....
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[halfassleatherworks]

about the only thing that will work and you can still see though would be Hardware Cloth, 1/2 inch 24in x 100 ft roll

[racecougar]

I concur with Dale M.

I would not trust trampoline netting to repel even small sticks at any sort of appreciable speed.

[Wulfthang]

Sure, sticks will find a way in but I'm going to minimize the odds. Wearing a helmet and face shield is not an option for me here in the summer in Southern Arizona. There's not enough airflow inside to stay cool.

So I guess nobody has any hands on experience with this type of netting? It seems very tough and resistant to punctures. Like I said, I got a piece of it for experiments and have been stabbing it with sticks for two days. The only time it goes thru, is when I stab and work at the same spot for a minute or cut a sharp spear point on the tip.

It's very close grain for a netting. Maybe 1mm holes. It's see thru like dark window tint but not real dark like limo tint. It doesn't stretch at all. I think it will work fine for what I need.

[racecougar]

I have a fair bit of experience with it. Stabbing it by hand doesn’t correlate well to hitting it at speed.

I’d run (I should say, I do run) a Parker Pumper with their ice box. It pumps cold air into my helmet.

[cbeck]

4 kids and 2 trampolines. Don't waste your money. It may contain a child., but it won't stop sticks from poking your eye out.
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[Wulfthang]

What goes bad with it? Is it sun rot or what? I have compared it with the safety netting that it's replacing and it seems to be similar in strength if maybe a bit stronger. Of course, I have no scientific way of measuring it and the old netting is ...well...older.

The one place where it absolutely would fail, is stopping hot or burning parts from coming thru. It melts. Probably not good in a fire.

I'm going to try it. It won't be worse than what it's replacing and will in fact look better, at least for a while. We shall see. It may fail and I'll just buy race car nets and cut them to size or it may work great and be a good option for play cars. We shall see. I'll post updates with photo's.

[calvinater]

See if you can find some kind of screening or netting made of kevlar?
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[Dale M.]

How about metal screens from something like "fireplace screens", usually 1/8 to 3/16 mesh that you can probably see through pretty good but will stop things larger than a mosquito....
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[67rustavenger]

Perhaps, something like this side by side roll cage netting will keep the brush and prickly things out of your car.
https://www.kemimoto.com/products/roll-cage-side-w...D9EALw_wcB
Only $59.99 seems like a deal to keep your eyeballs intact.

EDIT, and another that is along the lines of the trampoline netting idea.
https://www.summitracing.com/parts/rjs-10000303?sr...mkTNyGy0Ek
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[WaterBuggy_24]

Netting is just to mitigate the chances of a stick poking your eye out. They are by far not perfect. I was considering netting myself for my rail. Missouri brush is different though I am sure.
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[ORANGECRUSHer]

This may require some imagination and fabricating skils, but have you considered making a louvered panel with plexiglass?

If they overlapped but had space between them, you would pretty much repel anything and still retain the airflow. Plus you would be able to see thru it. You might even be able to limit it to just a few louvers at the front edge. Kinda like a bug deflector but for plants.
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[calvinater]

Which netting did. You decide on?
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