Valley Bar boxes

[Kevin3824]

I have a few questions for valley barbox owners on here. What is the actual playing area on a valley barbox? How thick are the cushions? How wide are the rails? I am seeing three different model sizes on their site.

88 x 50
93 x 53
101 x 56

I ask because it seems to me they measure their table sizes different then other companies like Diamond Billiards or Rasson or Gandy

 

[Robert58]

7'

Playing surface

W-40" (102 cm)
L-80" (204 cm)

Overall dimensions

W-53" (135 cm)
L-93" (237 cm)


8'

Playing surface

W-44" (112 cm)
L-88" (224 cm)

Overall dimensions

W-57" (145 cm)
L-101" (257 cm)


The 88 X 50 must be the 6'

 

[Kevin3824]

Thank you that would make the cushion/rail combination 6.5 inches unless they measure under the rails. to me under the rails is not part of the playing area. I thought I remembered there was something very different in how valley tables were measured. None of the manufacturers seem to publish easy to locate diminesions that include both play area and overall dimensions.

 

[Skippy27]

Newer 7' tables are 40x80, but some if the older ones are slightly smaller.

The 3 older ones ZD-5 tables I just bought measure 38.5x77 cushion tip to cushion tip.

I can't speak for their 8' and 9' ones as I have never actually seen one.

 

[Kevin3824]

Newer 7' tables are 40x80, but some if the older ones are slightly smaller.

The 3 older ones ZD-5 tables I just bought measure 38.5x77 cushion tip to cushion tip.

I can't speak for their 8' and 9' ones as I have never actually seen one.

Maybe that is what I was thinking of. I thought I read somewhere that Valley measured the play area to include the space under the cushions (I could have sworn) where the ball cannot really roll. Granted when the cushion is compressed from a hard impact some of that space might be used for a fraction of a second.