My Thai bag setup

[flight_2119]

A little while back i purchased a 100lb 6ft Thai bag from KOfightgear (awesome customer service and quality, highly recommended http://kofightgear.com/ ) Originally I had it hanging between 2 joists but ran into some problems, when I hit the bag the entire house would shake. Pictures were falling and if you stood directly above the bag it felt like the floor was dropping an inch. So I came up with this setup.




I added two 2x6's with one end sitting on top the frost wall as seen above, and the other ends sitting on top of the center beam. They are not touching the floor above and are only attached to the floor joists at one end with a threaded rod to stop them from sliding out. This way the 2x6's are free to flex or crook without affecting the rest of the house.

I put spacers and foam between the 2x6's and existing floor joists to prevent too much side to side movement

I hung the bag from a telepost plate that sits on top of the 2x6's to provide maximum clearance for the bag. (I also ended up having to shorten the chain and use quick chain links for the bag to fit) I recommend using a permanent strength threadlocker to prevent the nut holding the eye-bolt on the telepost plate from vibrating loose.

Here are some videos of the setup in action

[crapshoot]

That's quite a brilliant setup. How long did it take you to figure out the details? How about adding a spring to the bag hookup to help minimize the vibration even more?

[flight_2119]

It took a little thinking but once i got the idea for adding extra 2x6's everything else came pretty quick. I tried using a spring when I had it attached directly to the joists it helped a bit but not much and the bag dragged a bit. With this setup I can't notice anything throughout the house other than a bit of noise and have plenty of bag clearance.

[Tim]

Nice work, great writeup!

[punchingbag]

Now this is what I call a good set up for a heavy bag!

I remember when started my brilliant idea was to drill a whole through the wooden rafters in my house and place the hook piece they gave me.

Sure enough after like 10 hits the punching bag rips itself out of the rafter rofl.

Still kicking myself for that!

[jason_m_amy]

Hey, nice setup! I currently have 2 Powair water bags that I really like, am looking to get a Thai bag, was considering the Title Boxing Leather one (as every Title thing I own has really lasted and lasted so I'm sold on Title). But after reading about the KOFighting bags, they're slightly cheaper and seem to be (at least from the marketing on their site) really high quality. I'd get a water thai bag but man, they are really heavy and with 2 water bags and 6 pullup bars already hanging from my garage rafters, I need it to be 100lbs or less. How 'hard' is the bag? Does the stitching look good? Have you noticed any 'bunching' of the insides?

Thanks, Jason

[Speedbag]

Very clever. Setting the Telepost plate over the top of the 2x6 was an original idea that I would have never thought of! I would have tried to connect the bag to some type of Rod or something through the 2x6's, not over them. Pretty slick.

Nice job. Hope it works out well for you.

[PIEFURZ]

Nice

Looks like the boards "float like a butterfly" when you "sting like a bee". Pun intended. Nice Ali poster. Is the top S hook strong enough for a 100lb bag and hard punching?

[flight_2119]

Hey, nice setup! I currently have 2 Powair water bags that I really like, am looking to get a Thai bag, was considering the Title Boxing Leather one (as every Title thing I own has really lasted and lasted so I'm sold on Title). But after reading about the KOFighting bags, they're slightly cheaper and seem to be (at least from the marketing on their site) really high quality. I'd get a water thai bag but man, they are really heavy and with 2 water bags and 6 pullup bars already hanging from my garage rafters, I need it to be 100lbs or less. How 'hard' is the bag? Does the stitching look good? Have you noticed any 'bunching' of the insides?

Thanks, Jason

In my opinion the bag is the perfect hardness. It is completely rag-stuffed so there limited settling and no sand to turn to rock when it settles but is definitely hard enough for shin conditioning. The stitching is holding up no problem the top is laced shut so there are no zippers to break. No bunching whatsoever.

Is the top S hook strong enough for a 100lb bag and hard punching?

The S-hook came with the bag and is holding up to hard kicking and punching just fine.