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Wedge the end of the legs lying on the ground so they can't move to the left. Loop rope around the join half way along the top leg where the cross brace is and pull the frame upright making sure the frame pivots on the end of the bottom leg where the wedge is.
Dig trenches under the legs lying on the ground, so it sits a bit more in your favour. Then lift the top bar onto a wheely bin. A few more "lift & brace" sequences, with you stood on the wheely bin with aforementioned braces to hand, should see it stand proud. Might be worth tying off the top bar from the lifting side so it doesn't roll with the momentum.
Be sure to video it for the inquest.
If the Coroner doesn't thank you, an appearance on "You've been Framed" will leave your good lady £250 better off.
Wow...That was a bit brown pants and satisfying. I love a bit of danger at the weekend!
Started with a deadlift into a wheelie bin. Wife put it in squint so i had to hold it there for a while so she could pop it in straight. Then I wiggled the hop-up into a spot that would take the angles and popped it higher, with wife bracing it with a small ladder.
I then put up my henchman platform and got it a bit higher. Wife had to use the bigger ladders to support this and they were a bit too heavy for her so it got interesting!
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Then i tried weighting a leg. Didn't get a chance to weight the other leg as this started making things all wobble crazy and start to lean so i had to jump up the platform again. This is where freestyle started and plans went out the window. Once i got the spar lifted higher, the whole lot did a wild pirouette with me 6ft up amongst it all. Amazing, my limbs weren't twisted off, and all i had to do was contort myself to get from the platform alive and shimmy one of the A-frames back upright and it's all good!
A few mini shuffles to get it into place. All i need to do now is tighten the bolts, add some braces, dig the footings and ground anchors, saw a little off the back legs to level it and attach the swings! Hey presto...Biggest swing set for miles!
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Well; [i]that[/i] was a rollercoaster of a thread.
Well done! Just make sure you anchor the legs before use as a swing.
Giz a go of your swing....
Sky hook would have been easier 🙂
Chapeau!
Wife put it in squint so i had to hold it there for a while so she could pop it in straight. Then I wiggled the hop-up into a spot that would take the angles and popped it higher, with wife bracing it with a small ladder.
Post of the Week. 🙂
Well if you MUST take it out of context!!!
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Wife put it in squint so i had to hold it there for a while so she could pop it in straight. Then I wiggled the hop-up into a spot that would take the angles and popped it higher, with wife bracing it with a small ladder.
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Crikey. There was an easier way.
I would have done one a frame at a time and then lifted the truss with the same a frames. You could guy them.
Once was presented with a similar lifting problem at work. No one would listen to my protests. I left the site and someone ended up with a collapsed lung.
Nice in theory, but the weight and sheer height of this lot (spar is 3.3m high) was a significant issue. I tried it that way first.
I think tilting the Earth by 90 degrees whilst leaving the frame where it was might be considered cheating?
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