Whimsical Tree Fort

reveivl

oops

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MALCO.New.York

Pictured....Where? Ah!!!! Now I see!!!! Nifty!!!!

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reveivl

All set for the season, my son (pictured) and I just got this wrapped up.

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reveivl

One more...

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KentWhitten

I think a 4" round ball will fit through those spindles

Looks nice. Wish I did the same with my kids. They get the rusty sheet metal for walls.

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genecarp

sweet, lucky kid, cool design

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rbsremodeling

Did you pull a permit for that??
Son must enjoy it

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mickeyco

I was going to ask about the permit as well. There was a battle over a tree house in St. Louis (I think), the town harassed the crap out of the owners, eventually ended up in court and if I remember correctly they got to keep it. I'll look for the link and post it if I find.


reveivl,

Nice, I always wanted one of those as a kid.

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mickeyco

Found the link, I actually had it bookmarked, it was in Mississippi not St. Louis:

Supreme Court Saves Treehouse !
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There was one in St. Louis as well

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I hate when Cities/ Towns/Villages abuse their power.

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JumboJack

This is the second time I posted this joke but so what...sue me...

A clown walks in to a bar.Goes up to the bartender and says"Give me a tree fort"....Bartender asks "What's in a tree fort?"
Clown says..................."Playboy magazines and cigars"...

Nice job BTW.

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reveivl

Yeah, good thing I'm not raising a pinhead....

Permit? Dang, knew I forgot something, oh well...

When I bought this property back in '82 or so there was this little clump of alders about three feet tall that I looked at and said "One day I will build a tree fort in these trees. Quarter century later, here it is.

Mickeyco, the article you linked to touches on something I have thought of: These trees are still not convinced they are dead yet, but they will get there. Once they do, I'm gonna have to keep an eye on the state of the root system for support. I built it so that I can retro fit a foundation under it when necessary. If the BI doesn't make me take it down first.

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06 F150

That's what she said...

neolitic

Don't know how I missed this.

Waaay cool!

Kid must look like his mom.

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DanTheMan9727

Honestly, coming into this thread, I had no idea what this would look like, but I was pleasantly surprised and now I'm incredibly jealous of your son.

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72chevy4x4

is the tree dead? I cut back a large dying maple and 8' of the 40" trunk was left for 1.5yrs until I got around to getting a backhoe in to pull it out. When it was time to dig it out, the root structure had already rotted and the tree easily pushed over.

the tree house looks great-congradulations!

reveivl

The trees (alder) were alive when I topped them and built the fort. that year they put out all kinds of suckers, so they ain't dead yet. they will die I'm sure, and when they do I guess I retro-fit a foundation.

Thanks for the comments, it now has a zip-line and a swing attached.

The zip line is a hoot!

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nikstar

wow what a lucky kid. Would have loved something like this when i was small...or hey even now who am i kiddin!

tbronson

That is way cool! Thank you. You made my day brighter with this.

Tom Struble

very nice...this would be a good idea for that CT competition the wood guys are doing after we see who builds the nicest birdhouse

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