Posted: 4/19/2010 6:36:20 PM EDT
(5) boxes of parts, hardware, and accessories
this is the model that I’m assembling for our grand-daughters first Birthday next month 
16.5 ft. wide × 15 ft. long Platform Height:4 ft. 4 in. Swingbeam Height:7 ft. Slide Length:10 ft. •52 in. × 52 in. Clubhouse •Heavy-Duty Canopy •Easy-Climb Step Ladder •Rock Climbing Wall w/ Rope •Single Wall Slide •3-Station Swingbeam •2 Sling Swings w/ Powder-coated Chain •Half Bucket Swing •Trapeze / Rings Combo •3 Pairs of Commercial Grade Hangers •2 Pairs of Safety Handles •Ship's Wheel •Telescope •Picnic Table |
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Need help? thanks for the offer Tweak, but I got some help already from NataSS and son-in-law, and we got it half built this afternoon, and we’ll try to finish it up either tomorrow (weather permitting) or this coming weekend; as her birthday isn’t until the first week of May, so we have a bit more time ... or do we 
is it done yet grandpa! 
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ETA: Perhaps under that high power pole isn't the best place to put the swingset that is not a ‘High Power’ transmission pole … my Father worked at SCL for 35 years; and before he retired, he gave each one of the boys a sodium vapor ‘street-lamp’ for their home. I had originally mounted the lamp to a semi-dead cedar tree that we topped and limbed out; but one winter (about 10 years ago) a high wind storm took the tree and lamp to the ground and through a small section of the fence line; so I picked up a fiberglass lamp-pole and installed a new bulb and photo-cell. the ‘street-lamp’ has been on the property for nearly 28 years now; and it lights up my entire back yard and half of both the next-door neighbors as well ... and I’ve only had to change the bulb twice in nearly twenty-eight years
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made some major progress today, and with some help from my son-in-law tomorrow … we’ll have the swing-set project finish up by the afternoon 
the slide is in 
I got the wall climbing board and ladder assemblies ready to mount. 
I also got the beam hardware installed and the chains and seats ready to hang. 
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I've had mine for about 3 years. In fact, over the weekend, I moved it to the in-laws house in preparation of putting my place on the market. relocating it must have been a major PITA ... nice play-set too!
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I don't think I've ever seen a worksite that orderly. if there’s one thing that drives me crazy … it’s a trashed out job-site! 
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I suspect I'll be putting up one of these things this summer. if you do? and your local? I might be available … 'will work for a cup of Coffee’ we finished up the swing-set ‘project’ this afternoon! and it will be ready for next weekend’s … Big First Birthday Party! 
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Quoted: I don't think I've ever seen a worksite that orderly. I suspect I'll be putting up one of these things this summer. Then you'll want to keep it orderly. These things are a frickin cluster fuck to put together and if you start getting things out of place the amount of cluster grows exponentially. |
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Good for you and the grand-daughters is a cutie. I put one of those aluminum swing sets together one year and the directions covered every model the company made except the one I bought. It is time for it to come down and it fulfilled its obligation of childhood memories.
I'd look out the window and the kids would be hanging upside down, falling off, 4 of them would slide into each other and there would be a big pile-up at the bottom...at the end of those long summer days there would be Popsicle sticks, wrappers, flip flops, socks, shoes, water pistols and other detritus around the thing because we have the house and yard that the neighborhood kids play in, not to mention we always have Otter pops.. I tried to find an old tire that wasn't steel belted for a tire swing, I'm sure if I kept looking I would have found a unicorn first. |
