Residential Swing Hardwares

[quest4more]

For a project I need to specify hardware for a residential indoor swing. Please guide me with regards to the kind of hardware I need to call out that would connect the swing to the structure

 

[dicksewerrat]

How strong would you make it for your child? How heavy is the person that will use it? OSHA asks for a safety factor of 10 for lifting personnel.

Richard A. Cornelius, P.E.

http://WWW.amlinereast.com

 

[37ed]

Build it for a child,No a group of kids.
A kid can bust a rock.If you design with this in mind a 400LB FAT MAN will be no problem.

 

[dicksewerrat]

37ed, you got it right. My kids tested a Tonka ready mix truck. They saw an ad that the Tonka people drove a real truck off a cliff and threw the toy truck off, too. They threw their truck off a 60 ft. high bridge to the rock below. Then were upset when the plastic truck broke.

Go to a couple of "private' i.e. expensive, school playgrounds and measure the fittings. They will have a strength about 10-15 times what they need.

Richard A. Cornelius, P.E.

http://WWW.amlinereast.com

 

[blackwed]

Consider strength but don't ignore durability. From childhood experience--man, that's been a while--whatever you use needs to contain a bearing surface that's intended to be used in this or some similar application. Don't just put the end link of a chain in a u-bolt no matter how big they are. Sooner or later it will fail and by default, there will be someone in the swing when it does. Get a connector with a bearing in it that's intended to allow motion with minimal friction and wear.

DB

deja moo: I've heard that BS before.