Tractor tire swing

[RxRatedZ71]

I built my son a tire swing last year just using my pickup truck tire. I drilled holes in the bottom for drainage and also screwed in some boards/planks across the hole in the center. I used treated 1x6's about one-half inch apart. The tricky part came when I had to cut them long enough to reach either side of the tire's bead, yet they had to be short enough that I could get them "into the tire". I'll try to find some pictures of it. I just used some wood screws and secured them to inside of the bead. It gives him something to stand on, and while they're still small, 3 kids sit on the sides and 1 in the middle. Depending upon the span and child size, you might be able to do it with 5/4" treated decking.

 

[Gary Fowler]

Seems to me that half the fun of a tire swing was the ability to rotate it while swinging. Then again the safety police might balk at that so dont forget to install the 6 point safety harness and all the foam underneath to break the falls. With all the lack of safety features that we grew up with, how the heck did we survive? I think it was some luck, but we learned a lot about how not to do things wrong but once, if you survived that, then lifes lesson was learned early. Now days adults have to anticipate every event that could possibly go wrong and stop if from happening, it is the way of our society. If by chance a child falls from a swing set, it must be the fault of the manufacturer for not designing it correctly so we must sue them because our child cried when he fell. Some knocks and falls are good for development as long as they arent permanently damaged. I guess us old folks were luckier than todays kids. I still dont have any broken bones after 61 years and a lot of falls from swings, tree tops, monkey bars and lots of rope swings over shallow water and plenty more dangerous stuff that I dont want to admit that happened that I wouldn't want my grandkids trying for sure.

 

[firefighter9208]

You need to put 3 eye bolts evenly spaced in 3 locations around the tire ... a length of chain from each (any length suitable to you) to a swivel and a ring and one chain to the tree branch of choice...

And enjoy !!!

Pictures please!!!

I have a 11.2 x 24 tire off my farmall that I want to make into a swing for the kids.

Are you saying to lay the tire down and drill 3 holds in the tread. Run Chains from the 3 eye bolts to a center swivel and then a rope to the tree. I invision the tire swing being flat and the kids sitting on top of it.

The tire swings that I have always seen had the tire hanging as it would be mounted on the rim.

Chris

 

[Danno1]

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FF9208,

I would say you got that mostly correct. Except for, lay it flat and drill the three holes in the upper sidewall for the eye bolts. Then three holes in the lower sidewall to drain rainwater.


Yes, hanging in the in use position is most common.


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[tommu56]

sorta like this with ropes in stead of chain

here is some instructions

tom

 

[tommu56]

try this link to see some neater swings
tire swing - Google Search

 

[firefighter9208]

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FF9208,

I would say you got that mostly correct. Except for, lay it flat and drill the three holes in the upper sidewall for the eye bolts. Then three holes in the lower sidewall to drain rainwater.


Yes, hanging in the in use position is most common.


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That's what I thought!

sorta like this with ropes in stead of chain

here is some instructions

tom

try this link to see some neater swings
tire swing - Google Search

Thanks guys!

 

[Mace Canute]

This post reminds me of when I was a very young boy, well before school age, and my older sisters teaching me how to swing on the swing dad had made for us in the barn. He used a 2X6 for a seat and a couple of lengths of heavy rope to hang it from a beam that the joists for the loft floor sat on. My sisters would put me on it and push me and see how high they could make me go. To me at that age, it was terrifyingly high and they took an unwholesome pleasure in making me scream in abject terror! To this day, the scent of hemp rope invokes surprisingly poignant memories of those times.

 

[forgeblast]

When we were at Boy Scout camp one year we took a huge length of rope and make a chair swing. Tied a knot to a folding chair and would push kids in it. We had the smallest kid on it as we were trying to see how high we could get him. Well the knot let loose, he dropped down and landed right on the legs of the chair. he was white as a ghost but walked away from it.....our scoutmaster made us practice knots for the rest of the week.
Man that chair swing was fun.

 

[buck12]

You need to put 3 eye bolts evenly spaced in 3 locations around the tire ... a length of chain from each (any length suitable to you) to a swivel and a ring and one chain to the tree branch of choice...

And enjoy !!!

My elementary school had several build like this. They were a blast and we all lived. Too bad today's kids can not have the kind of fun we had.