Eastern Jungle Gym Easy 1-2-3 A-Frame 2 Brackets for Swing Set with All Mounting Hardware, Green

This product works great, appears to have a good coating and came with hot dipped galvanized lag screws to prevent rust when used on treated lumber. I had read reviews from people who couldnt slide this onto cedar lumber. That is because cedar comes in full 4x4 dimension, whereas treated lumber is called 4x4, but is actually 3.5x3.5 nominal dimension.

Opted for 10 ft 4x4s which gave me around 9 ft of clearance to remove my truck shell. Needed a way to remove my top. Straps for now. Will be using rope pulleys to then lower and store out of the way. Large swing on order for dual purpose use. Thinking about building another for the smaller kiddos.

***UPDATE*** I have changed my review from the 3 stars to 4 stars after receiving the replacement. I was able to get another good one out of the new box and after measuring one of the new ones, it was also smaller than the 3.625 they claim it to be. That being said putting the swing together was super easy and it looks great. I would highly recommend that you have a power drill though to run all of those lag bolts in because there are a lot of them! My DeWalt was nice and warm after putting it all together! We went with a 12 beam on the top and 8 legs but we are thinking of changing the legs over to 10 just to give us more room for the swing arc, assuming we dont get a letter from the HOA...so we might just hold on to the 8 as well! The thing is super sturdy but does need anchored to the ground if you are going to get crazy on it! ------------------------------------------------ I figured I would write this caution and I will for sure update this after I receive the replacement. But as you can see in this photo, the piece is not made correctly and is only 3.25 wide at the bottom and 3.625 at the top which is the measurement that they claim on their website. Since the final cut of a 4x6 is 3.5 x 5.5 if it was made correctly it would slide right on. And the second piece in this kit did just that....it slid right on without any issues at all. I have seen a lot of people saying they needed to soap up the board or push it on with a hammer, etc but being 1/4 under size is obviously a problem with the manufacturing of this piece. Amazon of course is making it right and sending me another one out and I sure hope at least one of the pieces is the correct size because we have some kids that were excited to have a swing set up and now they are learning some patience!

Most reviews have it covered that these brackets make assembling pressure treated (doug fir) 4x4x8 legs (4ea) and a 4x6x10 beam (1ea) a breeze (update: I wish I went with a 4x6x12 for 2 normal swings and one round swing as the round one takes up a lot of space). The seller lists this as having zinc coated hardware and it does appear galvanized with zinc (see picture for comparison to yellow zinc indoor, non-galvanized comparison). What I hear is to hold up in pressure treated wood now it needs to be hot dip galvanized. Im not sure this is hot dipped but it certainly appears galvanized, however for that many fasteners to fail, it would require complete failure as they are just preventing the beam from sliding and walking out. Thus even though I had purchased other fasteners (~$1/per) I went ahead and used theirs. If the seller could update that these are galvanized and if hot dipped, it would make this the go to set. Now, for how I assembled, simply slide brackets on to the beam (one end did take a 2x4 over the end of the bracket and tapping that with a hammer so as to not damage the coating on the bracket, but no planing required), drill holes and fasten bracket in place. Repeat for one side of legs, assembling at the end upside down (helps to have a helper, and assemble in a position so you roll into final place). Once youve rolled it up, have one person hold the beam up or slide an A frame ladder under the beam. Slide the other 2 legs into the brackets, drill, and assemble. Easy. I did add cross bracing on the legs but only because they are not buried and I thought it would make it more secure.

Great playset brackets. Super sturdy, good hardware, fast shipping. No complaints, better than what they have at your local big box hardware store by a mile.

Easy installation and very sturdy!!

Used it to construct a childs swing. Followed the advice from another review here and used 10 legs instead of 8. My granddaughter is only 2 right now, but going with the extra height will probably make the swing last until she grows out of it completely. In fact if we had used 8 legs, the kiddie swing seat we also got would have been 6 inches off the ground. With 10 legs its 2.5 feet, the perfect height for an adult to push it. I ordered pressure treated (aka ground contact) lumber from Lowes. one 10 x 4 x 6, and four 10 x 4 x 4. The wood fit almost perfectly into the metal brackets. I had to use a hammer to tap one onto one end of the 4 x 6, but not the others. You will also need loops to hang the swing, or whatever youre hanging. Install those in the 4 x 6 BEFORE you attach the legs. After that I attached one leg on each side. I put up my Gorilla ladder (goes to an A-frame shape). Tied a rope through the swing loops on the 4x6, and threw the rope over the top of the ladder, then with a helper, we hoisted the 4 x 6 up until the legs were almost vertical. You need to block the bottom of the legs so they dont slide. When its near vertical, one person can hold it up while the other inserts the other 2 legs. Then set it all on the ground, go up the ladder and install the rest of the bolts.

So while I just put this together today (2/15/19) I wanted to give an initial review on putting it together mostly because I used a 16ft 4x6 cross beam, which I hadnt seen any pictures for so I wanted to share so folks could have more examples. I used 4 10ft 4x4s for the legs and that 16ft beam. I plan on getting some 2x4s to eventually connet to the bottom of the 4x4 and cement those into the ground or buy some of the anchor kits online. As of now this thing and the weight isnt going anywhere :). The brackets (similar to others) worked well, but I had to sand down the 4x6 and then use a rubber mallet to get it in place. Not a huge deal. The 4x4s all went in with no help needed. I drilled pilot holes for the hardware that it came with and with a simply ryobi impact drill they all went in easily. The big challenge I knew would come from standing it up as I hadnt seen any reviews with the 16ft beam. Looking at a wood beam weight calculator this was right around 300lbs. I luckily had one buddy swinging by so 2 guys were able to stand this beast up. I only added one toddler swing for now that I transitioned from my parents house and I have two of the jungle gym standard swings coming. I plan on adding a 4th saucer type swing and might see if 5 things fit. As of now this gets 5 stars for ease of use. Im not crazy handy and this was as easy as it gets. The big thing will be to tell how well the 16ft beam supports a full load, but we only have 1 kid, with another on the way. We have friends over a lot that have multiple children which is why I made it big. I see no lag, but again it was just installed. I was going to do a 12 and as of right now am glad I got a 16ft top beam.

So getting the posts into the brackets was likely the worst part. A couple went in smoothly, but the rest I had to sand down and plane away some wood and hammer on with a mallet to get them in. If your budget allows, I would recommend buying some decent quality galvanized lag bolts as the provided ones are pretty chintzy. I snapped one off and went out and bout some good ones. The two major complaints I have is that they should have formed these with a little thicker gauge material considering that A: they are expected to hold a 4x6 beam and B: you’re sinking 3” lag screws into them which causes them to distort a tad when you tighten them. I bought the center pie a as well and ran another 4x6 beam to extend it another 6 feet and am not super impressed with its sturdiness as well. However, all in all they are a decent product and I would recommend for a budget friendly option. We shall see how they hold up as time goes on.

We used these for a swing set. Worked perfectly. Was super easy and is so much sturdier than the swing sets you purchase with play sets. I’m so glad we purchased these.