Eastern Jungle Gym DIY Swing Set Hardware Kit with Easy 1-2-3 A-Frame Brackets, Swing Seats, Ring Trapeze Bar and All Assembly Hardware and Instructions - Wood Not Included

BUYER BEWARE!!!! You will need to spend more. The hardware that came with it would have been good if it would have all come. Missing hardware!!! Missing 16 lag bolts and washers. Missing the additional 8 needed for the in ground stakes. Even more importantly missing the hardware to actually hang swings to the swing set. For $260 and change one would expect it all to be there, as described ( all lag screws no through bolts as described) I spent another $63.00 for the hardware that was missing. What a disappointment. The two brackets for the 4x4 legs and 4x6 beam look and seem adequate. That being said and after the added expense, it went together relatively easy (heavy work) and looks good. I used a 4x6x12 so I can add a saucer swing to the far end and 4x4x10 so it will sit higher. Took a little over 3 1/2 hours total. Suggestions. Use a carpenters square and drill the holes smaller that instructions tell you, to ensure maximum bite from screws into the wood. I don’t imagine the company with reimburse me for the missing hardware, and I’m not sending it back. Next I’d choose just the brackets and price it all together myself and would prob save close to $100.00 or more plus added cost.

Turned out great! Had our handyman put it together and he said it was pretty easy to assemble once you get the lumber you need. Very sturdy and kids love it! Strong enough for adults to swing! Love that the chain has a coating to prevent rust and not get hot for little hands in the summer. Materials are good quality. Totally worth buying it this way...saved about $300 to do it this way vs. buying from local hardware stores.

READ THIS BEFORE ASSEMBLING!!! If your 4”x6” beam does not immediately slide into the bracket, there is a trick that works like a charm. Instead of sanding or planing, first try this: with two people, stand the beam up on end, on top of the bracket it needs to slide into. Gently lift the beam and drop it onto the opening of the bracket. This will force the beam into the bracket with minimal effort compared to all other methods.

This kit built one strong swing set! I used 10 legs and a 12 beam. Assembly was pretty easy with the right tools. I used treated pine. I laid out my hardware pieces on the beam to get a basic sense of spacing. Then, I corrected for uniformity. Basically, the swings are 18 apart from each other and 12 away from the brackets. Because of the lean of the legs, you could get them closer to the brackets without issue, but I liked the look of the spacing. I also left 6 inches of the beam sticking out of one side to install a climbing rope. Then, I chalked out my spacing and started drilling some pilot holes. When using my 3/8s auger bit, I drilled from the bottom, but turned it over to countersink the top. I really recommend doing that. It makes the holes clean and keeps the tops of the bolts flush with the wood. That way, if anyone gets on top, they wont have to deal with metal sticking up. After the bolts were installed, I slid on the brackets. Ive heard others complain about this, but my wood was dry enough. They made a snug fit, but it didnt require any planing or sanding - just a few taps with a rubber mallet. When assembling the legs, I added one side and rested the other side on a ladder. (I did need some help guiding the second set of legs into the brackets, but that was the only time I needed an extra set of hands.) I adjusted the legs, drilled some pilot holes and bolted it all together. Finally, I took a hand planer to the edges to round them out a little and voila! All-in-all, it probably took 3 hours or so. Its so heavy, I didnt feel the need to stake it down. I tested it out with 2 heavy adults and it easily held 500 lbs - even with the longer beam. And because of the weight, there was no risk of tipping it over. Really great product!

Be prepared to sand every single post that is supposed to fit into these “easy” brackets. It’s an absolute joke that it takes so much personal labor to get these to work. I have an idea, make the bracket openings a little larger and provide a pack of shims. Dang.

I bought this swing set for my daughter since her old metal one was starting to fall apart. I originally was looking at fancier units but she said all she wanted was some swings and a trapeze so she could hang off of it. This kit caught my eye because it looked pretty beefy. Anyway, the kit arrived and I was not disappointed. The brackets are beefy and especially the hinges. They look like something off of a commercial grade swing set. I went with treated lumber and the total cost was around $80 for all the pieces of wood. Assembly took about 2 hours and I did it by myself (NOTE: Im a fairly tall and somewhat well built person and struggled a little so 2 people would make this go a lot smoother when inserting the legs into the top beam.) My advice, assemble the top beam with the brackets and hinges first inside a garage, or on the bed of a pickup truck as I did, then move it into place and assemble the legs. For drilling the bolt holes I just used a small framing square to make sure the bit went in straight. The only gripe I have is that I wish the vinyl/rubber coating on the trapeze chains didnt go up so high. I have it on the closest chain link to the coating and it is still too low to the ground for my daughter. Ill try cutting it away so I can raise it higher. In the end, this was well worth the money.

Excellent kit. If you use pressure treated pine, do yourself a favor and rent/borrow a belt sander to help get the boards into the brackets. Get a long 3/8” bit for drilling the holes for the swing mounts. I used 10’ 4x4 boards for the legs and buried them a foot into the ground. Used a 12’ 4x6 for the top beam. Be sure to enlist some help before starting, definitely not a one man job.

We are 2 months into using the Eastern Jungle Gym Classic Swing Set and love it. We replaced the trapeze for a toddler bucket seat (also Eastern Jungle Gym) for our almost 2 year old. He loves the swing & asks to swing often. I also love it and will swing for hours on end into the night. Assembly was relatively straightforward, but here are some notes: - Check the bolts & nuts. We had a bolt that was bent and went to the big orange store to get a new one. - I personally did not use pretreated wood, because Id read about the dangers of getting a splinter from the treated wood. Instead I used a standard deck stain - That same big orange store cut my 4x4s & 4x6s for me so no need to break out the circular saw. - Make sure to get a long enough drill bit to go through the 4x6. Trying to meet from either end would take a level of skill I didnt even want to attempt. - I was able to assemble the entire swing set by myself, but needed help flipping it over into place

This came together really easily. Took me about 2 hours by myself and bought all the lumber I needed at Home Depot: 4 pressure treated 4x4x8 foot legs and 1 (non-pressure treated) 4x6x10 foot beam. For the swing pivot/hangers: If you dont already have one, buy a long drill bit to get through the 4x6. I bought 1/4 and 5/16 x ~14 bits that I thought would be wide enough. They werent, but that ended up working out ok. I used the 1/4 x 14 long bit to create pilot holes, then cleared them out on both sides with the 3/8 bit necessary for the lag bolts to go through. This probably gave a cleaner finish since the 1/4 bit had quite a bit of chip-out on the exit wound and the 3/8 bit could clean it up on each side. For the beam: I left it 10 feet long instead of cutting it down to 9.5 feet. I figured 6 inches wouldnt take the engineering to its limits. Ill repost someday if I come to regret that decision (Hint: I wont). I actually kind of wish I had purchased a 16 foot beam so I could extend the beam off one side of the hardware and hang a baby swing off the overhang. Fortunately, the swings are really easy to swap out.

Brackets worked exactly as I hoped they would. Great quality and theyre very sturdy. The swings are great too!