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One of the few shows I received and watched whilst living in Korea was the "Tree House Guy" or some such. Built great chitt. Something I thought would be good in Idaho if any my three sons ever sort out a proper woman.

I hope the 3 can find more than 1....

GFY you literate [bleep]. Remember, I is a dump-[bleep] enginear.

[bleep] is such a fun word.

Yep, like a chin sack

I dunno about chin sacks and enginequeers, but I know a bad azz tree fort in the making when I see one.

Gonna be some righteous pine cone and bottle rocket wars waged there, I'd wager.

These type projects not only require such a hand, but succeed or fail because of them.

Each lad has a priority and focus for Dad-time. I like it.

8 hours of wrestling metal on a 69 ford mustang followed by 3 hours of tree climbing after the school bus drops off the project leader....

I hurt.

Lol!

Gonna do it all over again today!

All you guys gotta remember, PWM needed something built for Him after RWS project was completed.

Don't worry Dave, after this one's done, there is only Pam's project, then Taylor's project to be completed, before you can start on YOURS !

Hey, I wanna play...

nails or skrews?

Tape

Is that thang square and plum and alla that?

Dave, you phugger. I'm readin' ya. You and 2nd are building a bigger , better treestand for later to shoot chit out of when older brother moves out of the nest.

Have fun.

LD

Dave, serious question here...

On building the framework in the tree, is tree movement a consideration, like when the wind blows? Can it loosen things?

It's a great thing that you spend time with your kids like that. They won't forget that.

Yeah, I'm trying to allow for tree movement. Especially since this thing is in 2 trees.

I basically have a set of main joists that are the crib for a floor frame which is now sitting on top.

My thoughts are that the "house" floor can be fastened down to the main crib at the 2 center joists of the floor frame and let the rest float. I'm hoping for enough flex out of the main crib between the trees.

The crib joists are attached with hangers where I used screws to mount the hangers and then used nails to anchor the joists in the hangers.

I've put deer stands up in trees with crappier lumber, what ever screws or nails I have on hand and a lot less planning and the damn things seem to stay up there till the tree falls over.

Lol

Less typee, more workee.

You appear to be at your best when you are working like a field slave on a project you enjoy.

Thanks Dave.

I like the hanger idea. May have to steal that from you. I have the perfect place between some trees to put a roof over my tractor. Was worried about movement with the oaks though.

Bofe.

Nails anywhere I think flex will occur.

Cuz nails bend, screws break.

PS, I got all my lumber and screws in greenbush. But I have to go back cause lumber boy forgot to throw an 8' 2x6 in the truck. Roof center beam.