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

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.

great product

Great product. Makes building a swing set very easy. The most difficult part for me was the unavailability of 4x6 beams in my area. I bought a 6x6 and notched it with many cuts with a circular saw and chisel. One of the parts also had a dent in it but the paint is still intact so I did not bother to do anything about it. I am sure I could have gotten it replaced if I was willing to wait. My only real complaint is the hardware provided. It is zinc plated (that is why I removed a star)... It should at the very least been galvanized. I would have paid more for stainless. Actually that is what I did. Now I have an extra 28 zinc lag bolts taking up space. If cheap hardware is to be included, maybe it should not be included at all... I feel it cheapens the product.

Super sturdy and great coating. I definitely recommend bringing them to store when you are purchasing the wood. Wood is not all cut correctly every time so bring the bracket to confirm the wood you select fits into holes

The attached picture shows the finished product. I have 5 kids with another on the way so I was building this with the intent for it to last a good 18+ years and that it would be big and sturdy enough for even teenagers to enjoy. Im only about a month or so into using this swing set, so well see how long it lasts :). This a-frame piece made setting up the swing beam and a-frame much easier than rigging something up myself. I did 10 4x4s for the legs of the a-Frame, so this is pretty tall (approx 9), and I was a bit nervous about whether this would be strong enough. I just added 2x6 boards across the a-frame for added stability and I think that is sufficient. Some other reviewers have remarked about the difficulty in getting this piece on the 4x6 swing beam and I can confirm that was the biggest challenge. For me, my swing beam is 16 long, and as it should, this piece fits snugly (although the rivets holding on the logo for Eastern Jungle Gym make it even tighter). But getting this to move 8 to the middle of the beam was quite a challenge. I ended up laying my beam across several 2x4s on the ground with this piece slid on the end of the beam, then proceeded to move the beam across the 2x4s like a battering ram into a post (and yes that was as hard as it sounds). Each time moved it a few inches along. Difficult, but it worked. My 4x6 had also spent a few days in the rain and had softened up a bit, so I think that helped too. If you get this particular piece (the 90 degree a-frame), just make sure your swing beam doesnt have wide variations in its dimensions and be prepared for some elbow grease to get this on.

Update: 18 month later and after much fun we moved. When we went to disassemble the set the 4x4s just fell out of the slots. The bolts have rusted and broke. We love this set enough that for re-assembly we bought the middle type bracket to expand the set, but we are headed to the hardware store to get bolts that will last. We live in Florida, so with constant rain and humidity it’s not surprising to have things rust faster than normal. I’m keeping it at 5 stars because the brackets are great, but keep an eye on the bolts. I bought these this week and set up the swing set today, so this review will be based solely on assembly. Everything that I needed to set up the A frame was included except for the wood of course. The 6x4 was a tight fit as others have said. Mostly the corners were snug going in, so I sanded the corners and it slipped on easier. Toward the end I still had to bang it on with a mini sledge hammer and wood between to soften the blow. All the hardware was present and worked great. We put the wood in the slots, drilled holes then added the bolts. Once the 4x6 was in place we added the swing hinges before the 4x4s to make assembly easier. I also sanded down the wood to prevent splinters in little hands. All in all it took 6 hours to complete including the trip to lowes for wood, sanding, assembling, digging. At first we let it just sit on he ground, but there was some lifting of the posts, so we buried them about 6 and will get the anchor kit. I would recommend this as I feel it is safe and sturdy for my kids to play on. Im 130lb and felt comfortable swinging on it. I took it as high as I could go to test it and there was no sign of safety issues.

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.

Three kids and a wife who loves green! DIY swing set came out amazing and the kiddos really enjoy the options.

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.

The only thing keeping me from giving this product a 5.0 is that a heads up that the 4x4 and 4x6 posts arent always an exact size and to be prepared to shave the top 4 of the posts down in order to fit in the brackets if needed. In the end, it turned out amazing!