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

This was easy to assemble and very sturdy!

I have built 3 swingset using these brackets and expanded one using the 90° bracket. Ease of use was self explanatory. I used 10 5x6 and 8 4x6. Every thing went together fine. I hand no issues with wood fitting. I did use 3 lb maul for fine adjustments. I noticed some complaints about fitting. Than I noticed they were from Canada must use different dimension standards. I am very happy with the durability have had them up for over a year now. Grandkids and neighborhood plays on them almost everyday. With no sign of wear. I also bought returned ones there is nothing to damage on these. Did have to run to hardware store for one missing lag bolt but no big deal.

This worked perfectly. Was confusing on what length 4x4 I needed but I just stuck with an 8’ and it was just right.

Added this to our large solar array for some outside fun. Used Home depot Prowood pressure treated lumber. Went with a 12 foot 4x6 that is attached to an existing 6x6 and the other end is supported by 12 ft 4x4s buried into the ground about a foot. The top beam extends about 32 inches through the a frame bracket for the trapeze. The swings are a little tight with the two swings and I should have went with a 16 ft top beam. The bracket slid right onto the wood with no issues. I was expecting to have to plane the wood a bit based on reviews but that was not needed. Took maybe an hour to assemble and dig my holes to get it level. Seems to support my 200 lbs at full speed swinging no problem. The 6x6 is anchored in several hundred lbs of concrete though. You probably want anchors if you are building a free-standing frame.

***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!

Easy to install and so far so good in the west Texas winds

The ends of the 4x6 will need to be planned down to fit. It’s impossible to get together otherwise but it’s incredible sturdy and I’m using 4x4x8’s for the legs so my 11 year old can still have a swing at a decent height. She’s destroyed more expensive swing sets and this one shows no sign of abuse.

As many other reviewers have noted, these brackets are very tight fitting on a 4”x6” cross beam. I took the brackets with me to a wood yard and I recommend you do the same. The yard I went to had a new bundle of 12’ 4”x6”s. I sorted through about 10 before I found 2 that the brackets would slip over both ends tightly. The other 4”x6”s would have had to be planed down 1/8”-1/4” to get the brackets to fit. The beams from the yard I was purchasing from were ‘Yellow Wood’, so that shows you what variations in dimensions you could get from a random 4”x6” from the supply store. The brackets have all of the hardware needed to affix to posts and cross beams. There were no issues with any 4”x4” posts fitting. Even though I made sure the brackets would slide over the ends of the 4”x6” cross beams, I still had to use a block of wood and hammer to get them to slide all the way on. I drove them all the way flush to the ends of the beam. If you wanted a 3’-4’ overhang, it would be difficult to get the brackets to slide that far without planing down your cross beam. I made a 24’ swing, so I used these brackets on both ends and a middle support bracket to join the 12’ Cross beams. The middle support bracket seemed to be a little larger than these brackets and went on both ends of the cross beams with relative ease. I installed hardware to hang 3 swings on each 12’ Beam. This allowed for 22” from cross beam end to the first swing and 20” center to center for each swing hanger and 20” between each swing. This is very spacious for my girls (10 and 7) and the 20” spacing also allows ample room for adults to swing. You could certainly fit 4 swings on a 12’ Beam if you needed too. With the 4”x4” posts angled out on the end brackets, you could get by with starting your first swing hanger at around 14” from the end of the beam and be fine. I used 12’ 4”x4” posts to allow the girls to swing higher. I also used a 2”x6” brace on each set of 4”x4” posts. I did not trim the ends of the posts where they join the dirt and I have not anchored my swing set. I tested it out by swinging as high as I could and this set does not move at all. I may bury 4 posts on each end of the swing set and screw the ends of the 4”x4”s too just to be safe as the girls get older and wilder. I attempted to stain and waterproof my wood before putting it up, but it was just too green to hold the stain. I’ll come back and do that in a couple of months. I did have the luxury of using a front end loader to hold the cross beam in the air while I stood the 4”x4” posts up and into the brackets. Most slid right in and tight. If they didn’t, I got on ladder and rocked the cross beam while pulling down and they easily slid the rest of the way down on the 4”x4” posts.

It was decently easy to use, even by myself. The kids have been thrilled with their swingset.

Swing set