beowulf
Veteran Member
- Joined
- Dec 31, 2003
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- Location
- Central California Foothills
- Tractor
- Kubota L3410 HST, J Deere riding mower
I built an A frame swing - two "A"s on each end cross braced (like the horizontal part of an A) all out of 4 x 8s and bolted together. That held two regular swings and a tire swing for 20 years before I took it down and used the wood for other purposes. I would not attach a swing to a tree branch unless you were really certain it would not break - at least not on oak trees. We have seen very large oak tree branches and oak trees coming down from time to time even though you would swear the trees were solid.