I bought my spring loaded one at a garage sale for 1.50 and it was in pretty goood condition. The wood on the bottom was rotten and it was kind of rusty so I took the wood off and welded metal plates in the place of the wood and then I put primer on it and then painted the whole thing and it looks good as new and it really gets them goin fast. And then I welded my own stakes on it and made the stakes longer and now I dont have the problem of the stakes coming out of the ground, and it can be used with only one person. It was a great deal.