Ever build one of these?

Ultradog MN · Jun 9, 2020

I you can avoid it do so at all costs!
I have close to 27 hours in this thing.
It was a major pia. You Must follow the instructions - to the letter and you Must do it in the correct order.
Nice lady. Repeat customer.
I didn't have the heart to bill her full bore and knocked a couple hundred off the bill.

544hydro · Jun 9, 2020

I built one similar to that for my kids. They have outgrown it so I trimmed the swings and moved it to the woods. Shot a deer from it this fall!

Dean · Jun 9, 2020

Nice work, UD.

The kids will love it.

Dean

centash · Jun 9, 2020

A neighbour took an old self propelled combine, added a few ladders and a swing, took the walkers out....his kids have a hoot with it!

Ben

psimmer · Jun 9, 2020

I too built one many years ago, kids outgrew it, married and moved away. I should have done like 544hydro and used it for a deer stand! In fact, I have seen ones occasionally on craigslist. Might just have
to check on the next one I see for that use! Thanks for the idea!

Janicholson · Jun 9, 2020

I disassembled about 70% of my neighbors Gym set, (kids grew out of it) and pulled it 300 feet to a new home with kids that call me Grandpa Jim. then reassembled and rebuilt weathered parts and put on an awning, slide, and new swing/slings and safety barriers. Probably similar time window over a weeks time. The kids from family 1 are getting married and moving, the kids from family 2 are 6 and 4 (and a bunch of neighborhood kids not included. Seeing their faces when playing in/on it is all the reward needed. Jim

FBH44 · Jun 9, 2020

Built a big one out of redwood and stainless steel for a hospital recreation area many years ago. They asked me to hand the opening day banner, I said sure, where, they said here, thru this room ……. full of caskets, it was the morgue for the beginning med students. I said I don't think so, I left in a hurry.

David G · Jun 9, 2020

Yes I have

Mike M · Jun 9, 2020

My wife wanted one of those for our kids. I asked her how good she was at removing splinters from screaming kids ! I won this one. I had a friend weld one up from pipe. It is still in good shape the grandkid will soon be enjoying it and be splinter free.

Bob Harvey · Jun 9, 2020

Yep. Built 2 of them (different families) from plans I got somewhere. Similar, but bigger 'fort'.

Shoprat · Jun 9, 2020

Looks good, nice job.

MarkB_MI · Jun 9, 2020

I haven't assembled any, but I've had to tear down a couple left behind by tenants. That wasn't much fun, either.

T.R.K. · Jun 9, 2020

I went up to Church to help put one together one night. With about 10 other guys. I got there a few minutes before 7:00. I left at 9:00 and they were STILL sorting all the fastners. I had to work the next day.

Ultradog MN · Jun 10, 2020

Now there's a man that thinks like I do!

olddog · Jun 10, 2020

Bunch of campers (more than half dozen) volunteered one Saturday at a campground.
Started 8ish, broke for lunch & hit it again.
I was only there for the weekend, so Joe & I quit when it got hot in midafternoon
and popped a top. Sunday we had other plans including me pulling out @ 2pm.
He told me later, they were still assembling it Mon.

Vito · Jun 10, 2020

I’ve done that before. Had to take apart at one of my brothers house and reassemble at mine. Mowed around it for years. Happiest day was when I cut it up and threw in a dumpster. My sons learned how to use a Sawzall that day so I guess it wasn’t a total waste! Lol

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