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I had one of those mother-of-all-swing sets in my back yard...I think it set me back $3600 several years ago. It was really nice, all redwood, has a big house with a deck and windows, had a little picnic table under the house...it was kewl man. Took me a week to set it up. I could not believe I was spending that much on it but the kids had a ball on it. I dug out an area and filled it with about 8" of wood chips. (You will REALLY need to do this, kids are going to fall and you don't want to get sued when they fall...and they will fall) (I tried pea stone but that tracks everywhere, the hardwood chips are pretty spongy and soften the impact.) I felt I got my moneys worth out of the thing. Back in RI sometimes I would look out into the back yard and see the other kids from the neighborhood on it with the stay at home moms serving lunch...and my kids were someplace else! It is a kid magnet.
I even moved the friggin thing to MV and eventually it went unused for a year and I gave it to a deserving family with a bunch of lil kids who would never be able to afford such an elaborate play item. I turned the mulched area into a garden now. The deal was...You can have it for free but you have to take apart, move and re-assemble it... I did it once and that was enough for me. Their kids love that thing.
You should be able to get a few generations out of it.
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