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Camp Chickenbuck ll?

Satellite camp

Don't forget to tin foil the roof.

What sort of contraption will loft personal to the tree house?

I'm thinking a ride in the loader bucket or maybe even a rope ladder would be fun for most but knowing you & Joe a trebuchet or other ingenious contraption may be in order for the lifting duties.

Chickenbuck Heights? Or how 'bout Chickenbuck Lite?

Dave, yer not foolin' me-I'm waiting for the pics of the shooting lanes going in planted with buckwheat and clover. Knowing you, there will be lazer rangefinders mounted to the roof on gimble brackets that articulate and pivot to cover all the trails and bedding areas. The cable operated automatic deer drags will go in next, along with the mini distillery on the third floor below the heliport and the satellite dish.........

A few photos from the weekend.

Winds were high, so being up in the tree platform was non fun.





The rechargeable battery for my framing/sheeting nailer went bad on us. So, we did some hammer swinging, which is actually an important part of a kids tree fort.







We are paneling the exterior of this fort with recycled barn boards, there's plenty of board cutting involved.





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here is our first 6' high sidewall ready to go up into the tree.

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These little details, are true American boyhood.

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My grandfather gave me a hammer holster when I was about his age.....and I still have it.

Bent nails are part of the education!

Earmuffs at the saw? Yanno, to be able to hear a twig snap in the future?

I guess I truly am some kind of dinasour. Lol.

I can't even make it through a tree fort project without safety violations!



I'm good to have ear protection on hand when shooting, especially for the kids.

I do need to have some hearing protection added to my shop's ppe inventory.

I do a lot of grinding and air hammer work, its loud as hell.

I've got the glasses, full face shield, various respirators, but I have no hearing protection on hand in my shop. I need to get some.

Aahhh. you probably couldn't hear the saw anyway. Everyone tells me I talk loud, but hell, I can't hear em.

Quintuple Security,..Outstanding.!

I can remember doing that to my grandpa's wooden saw horses when I was that age...

you're a smart cookie Dave

I can like that about you.


just did a project for your oldest boy that was hella cool


now one for the sprout


only move you had, but too many aren't smart enough to see it.

that you can, well carry on you car restoring, skyscraper fort building dude

I have this sneaky suspicion you ain't gonna go through some of the heartache some families do with their kids.

least I hope not

you're one cool dad

I'm sure you probably got it covered Dave, but I'd be remiss not to mention it.


some of those walls are gonna need hinged windows yaknow


kinda hard to defend the fort if we don't have shooting access with the bb gun.

c'mon pard FOCUS (grin)

First, thanks for the nice words.

As for window, we have one now which I do have higes for, lol! Thinking about picking up one more.

Sorry Dave. Meant out of concern rather than criticism.

I didn't take it any other way.

I cant beleive Joey let you get by nailing like that. I see he showed you the correct way...thats what those fancy dancy air nailers do to you.... Looks GOod. keep plugging away. Looks like some indoor chickenbuck wood there!

He's got me swinging the hammer a little better now. I only bend about half my nails over now.

Watch your fingrs, too - or the boy may get a vocabulary lesson!

That's awesome, he will always remember building that with dad. Great times.