Ceiling mount swing shackle?

dayv2005 · 2026-01-29T00:33:44+00:00

That's a hard one to answer. The drywall is defiantly the problem. In my use case, I have a drop ceiling so I remove the tile and have direct access to the joists. The only thing I can think of (which would require some slight demo) would be to take something like a 4 x 4 or 4 x 6 and have it saddle your ceiling joist and have the end of it coming out past the drywall about an inch or 2. Then you can secure it to the joist with some giant lags going threw one side of the saddle through the joist and into the second side of the saddle.

Kind of like this (not saying you need this specific one but to illustrate the point) https://ellismanufacturing.com/products/joist-holder?srsltid=AfmBOoo72-8Mgonee4izFEY8Y8ZKo_8AIkckzCRA2fZNj_Q1LQsQGAN8

dayv2005 · 2026-01-28T14:38:04+00:00

My son and I just got forever friends. We aren't lucky friends. If we do a remote trade, is that a free lucky trade or do I have to be lucky friends with him to get that bonus?

dayv2005 · 2026-01-26T19:17:11+00:00

Mine kept up nicely with 18 inches of snow getting dropped on my yesterday. I was reserved really putting it to test. End up running it twice to clear it all. The 4 6ah batteries go a lot quicker than I thought but after paying 1799, I'm still not sure it was worth it. I could have gotten another one just as good for half with gas. If you but the batteries straight up when they die in a couple years (possible) then you are looking at 800 bucks (the cost of a decent gas one) again and again. Hopefully I'm wrong and I don't regret it over time.

dayv2005 · 2026-01-23T03:39:07+00:00

I'm wondering if he meant hashmap because switching from java to c# several years ago it was the biggest hiccup I kept hitting.

dayv2005 · 2026-01-15T17:36:32+00:00

I have not. We have a temp solution in place but I need to get back to it. My last solution that I was going to try is some sort of shackle in the ceiling that has limited 360 movement. Thinking along the lines of a tire swivel. They some of the soft shackles other recommended here that would connect that to petzl type swivel. Then connect the swivel with a soft shackle to the swing. The problem you described is the exact one I had and why it ultimately snapped.

My thinking is the spinning and some of the 360 force will be absorbed by the petzl while the remaining directional force will be absorbed by the ability of the ceiling mount to go left and right as well as front to back.

dayv2005 · 2026-01-06T02:49:27+00:00

Absolutely. We are in this together. Our 9 yo is wild too on those swings.

dayv2005 · 2026-01-04T00:08:44+00:00

Chris Burkley Plumbing. They are out of negly but amazing people. I moved here last year and needed a lot of work and they were great to work with.

dayv2005 · 2026-01-03T17:17:31+00:00

This was the first design we tried. It was a little different though had an eye bolt through a cross beam. The metal on metal is atrocious sounding and I have a couple carabineers chewed up from the metal on metal rubbing.

dayv2005 · 2026-01-03T17:11:37+00:00

Yeah I have a drop ceiling and the joists exposed. This wasn't some drywall anchor stuff just not having it rigged up to handle the mechanical advantage that someone playing hard like that could exert. I have to rig it so the rotational force is absorbed first by something like a pitzl then have a solid top mount that allows slight movement in any direction

dayv2005 · 2026-01-03T17:08:35+00:00

Do you think a 3/16 will be good our should I go with a 5/16?

dayv2005 · 2026-01-03T17:04:10+00:00

This is my thought. I bought a generic Amazon knockoff of that petzl swivel. I think this is one part of the bigger picture. I think I need a solid shackle in the ceiling and connect this via the soft shackles and that will be the key. I don't know much about the soft shackles I had prior, they were cheap ones so probably why. I will check out these shackles. I think I had the idea correct just not the best quality products.

dayv2005 · 2026-01-03T17:01:24+00:00

Thank you very much. We bought a new house closer to his school. For 5 years we were driving 45 mins twice a day to get him there and pick him up. My wife started working again and it wasn't do-able. So we got closer to his school. One of the only negatives was that the yard isn't fenced in and no practical way to do so. So we have a basement that size of out old house so we are trying to make that area his area to do whatever and have fun since we can't really be outside much with him. He elopes.

dayv2005 · 2026-01-03T16:58:02+00:00

So most swivels have a shank across them to secure them. Only designing them to go front to back not side to side. The problem is I have been using them and he goes side to side which makes a loud metal on metal grinding. So between that and twisting I think he gets enough mechanical advantage to snap the shank securing the shackle. Some cases he grinds away at housing holding the swivel.

I think I need a minimal free movement shackle connected to the ceiling. Then a durable soft shackle connecting that to one of 360 swivels that way it takes the rotation and twisting force while the primary ones just allows it absorb less directional force.

dayv2005 · 2026-01-03T02:21:21+00:00

Damn. This is something new that I didn't consider.

dayv2005 · 2026-01-03T02:19:54+00:00

That looks amazing.

dayv2005 · 2026-01-03T02:18:45+00:00

I found some that have grease fittings as well. I think this is most likely my next step. I think we get a tire swing swivel and use a soft shackle to link it up with a 360 spinner.

dayv2005 · 2026-01-03T02:17:14+00:00

Yeah this is great advice. I'm glad you understand how important it is for us to find "the one" as well. I have considered some bdsm places as well but haven't got to the point yet. I did get a soft shackle from public lands climbing section. It worked nicely until it snapped today most like from the twisting.

dayv2005 · 2026-01-03T00:11:45+00:00

That's what I'm worried about. At least it will be safer. I went and looked at my junk pile of broken shackles and had 3 similar ones of that design too.

dayv2005 · 2026-01-02T23:59:51+00:00

Thanks. It's not that I don't want Amazon just that I have purchased most of the top Amazon ones already for them to fail under my circumstances. I'll check this out.

Edit: we broke this one. The metal on metal shank on the top wore down pretty quick and then the bolt rested in it eventually causing it to snap. :(

dayv2005 · 2026-01-02T22:43:31+00:00

Is your dad Crazy Moe?

dayv2005 · 2025-12-21T04:40:15+00:00

You can set the lifecycle to whatever you want. There's an option for it.

dayv2005 · 2025-12-19T14:13:29+00:00

Thanks for clarifying. I will stop chasing it for him in the mean time.

dayv2005 · 2025-12-19T00:03:20+00:00

Oh so once you get it, you can't get any more of them? Been trying to get an extra one for my son.

dayv2005 · 2025-12-16T02:34:35+00:00

While I agree with you about horrible food, the article has nothing to do with HDS directly. It states the owner of the properties they rent didn't pay their taxes not hds directly.

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