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

All of the reviews that mention an hour of pounding (and praying) with a rubber mallet are accurate if you dont cut your 4x6 beam ahead of time. I did this for one side and it was a nightmare. For the other side, I got out a circular saw and cut the beam down to 5.5x3.5 (I measured the inside of the bracket and I think I got away with more like 5 9/16 or something). Once the end of the beam was resized, the bracket slid on just like we all dreamed when we purchased it. A second tip: it seems logical to do the first legs laying on the ground and the second up in the air. However, it was a lot easier to get a good position of the 4x4 in the up in the air position and also easier to use my socket wrench (if you have a big enough drill bit, that part doesnt matter). I used a ladder to support the 4x4 while it was up in the air and to get a good position within the bracket. So, were I to make this again, I would do both legs up in the air, and then push them to the ground so the other legs would be up in the air while I worked. All in all, if I had known the circular saw thing ahead of time and I had a drill bit for the lag bolts, This is a half-day project. The results felt very sturdy with my 170 lbs swinging on it. However, shame on the company for creating a 1-2-3- bracket that doesnt fit the commercially available 4x6 you get at your big box store. My guess: the manufacturer screwed up the mold and instead of eating the cost to get them right, they just passed them off to us.

I learned from reading comments that the wood might not fit into the brackets so I had my handheld belt sander ready and had to sand one end of the 4x6. I used a impact driver and socket attachment. I needed to buy 4. 4x4s 8 feet long and 1. 4x6 12 feet long. I used a ladder to prop up one side as I managed to get the 4x4s in one at a time

Easiest swing set Ive ever built.

So the problem with these is if you buy a 4x6 that is pressure treated, you could be hard pressed to get it to fit. The way I got it to work for me is I used a hand planer to shave down the sides and still had to put the bracket on the ground while I used gravity to pound in the lumber (the logo is fixed to both sides of each bracket using metal studs that stick into the bracket itself making it even harder to get these on). Once those were on, the pressure treated 4x4s went in without issue (thank God!). I used an 8 swing beam because my options were that or the 12, and I didnt want to rent a uhaul for a piece of lumber, so I went with the 8. The swing brackets go right up to the frame bracket and the beam is in 3/4 of the way which is still being supported by the 4x4. The swing brackets are centered 12 apart between each swing and 18 apart for each individual swing, starting 10 from the end (I had 2 extra inches to play with). From my research, that was as close as they could be together safely, and these brackets eat up 12 on either end (about 9 in my case because the swing bracket was in the way). Overall, still a very sturdy swing, can hold my husband and I on it no problem. We have it anchored. Painted it with paint made for humidity and severe weather (we live in Georgia). If I could do it over, I would have sucked it up and found a way to go with the 12, though the spacing works just fine. Have a hand planer handy (got one for $14 at Lowes). Rating it with 4 stars because of difficulty with 4x6 and how the logo was fixed to it (definitely didnt help). For frame of reference, I am a 32 year old mom who is pretty handy, and the only part I needed help with was raising it up once I got all 4 legs on. Without these brackets, it would have taken a bit more brain power. Total cost for swing: 3 days and $280. (Beats paying $1500 for someone else to build the same thing)

Good system. I’ve seen some reviews of complaints of beams not fitting in the brackets, taking them to the lumber yard and trying to fit 4X6 beams on a lumber rack-not realistic. I used a sheetrock knife to take down all four corners and then a 5 in orbital sander with 80 grit and sanded all sides down—make sure to radius the corners like in picture(bottom side is not complete so you could see the difference between the two). You will still need a rubber mallet but will slide on easily. Hope this helps some aggravation for people.

These brackets are great! Made putting together an A-frame swingset extremely simple. We bought the following from Home Depot: -12 ft top beam (6 x 4 pressure treated beam) - 4 x 10 ft side legs (4 x 4 pressured treated beams) Then we got swingset anchors for all sides. We went with the 12 ft top beam because we wanted to get as much space on the beam as possible. We got the 10 ft side beams because it gives more swing radius/height for when my kids get older. However, we could have easily done 8 ft beams on the sides. Once we had the beams, we sanded the rough edges to prevent splinters, then coated with stain/sealer before putting together. We did have to sand 2 of the beams at the end where they go in to the brackets. Id read about that from another review and glad I did. Beams are not uniformly cut and not exact, so just make sure you have a sander handy in order to get the ends in, if needed. The whole thing took less than a few hours total. I should note that we are newbies to putting swingsets together, but Id read another review from a rookie whod put it together herself in a few hours, which gave us confidence we could do it. Bottom line, if we can do it, you can too! Also, highly recommend a disc swing and horse glider swing (those are the two we put on this). My kids love them!

This product was a time and life saver. My son and I had the task of building a swing set for my grandson. At first, we were trying to figure out angles for the wood. We thought we had solved everything but when we tested the structure, we were not sure if it was sturdy or safe for a one year old. I remember seeing these brackets on YouTube and decided to check Amazon. Well, we ordered and a few days later, they were at our house. We assembled the swing set . Everything went well. I only gave it four stars on the sturdiness because I noticed when we were tightening the screws, the metal deflected a little but that’s just the grandfather in me. The parents were pleased and our grandson loves his swing

Easy to build and quick…

The 4x6 had to be sanded to fit the bracket

Very pleased with these brackets. Very well constructed and heavy. If you are unaware, cut wood/lumber is not always the same size. Be sure to measure the ends of each 4x4 and 4x6 to make sure they are the right size. In my case I did and all pieces fit easily but snugly. Better yet, take one of the brackets with you when shopping for the wood so you can test at the store. Very happy with how they worked and everything came together.