Yea!!! My new Chairlift Swing! :D

[snowmiser]

Here's the newest addition to my yard. I wish I had taken a before picture. Everybody thought I had lost my mind when I brought it home, especially my husband. It was all rusty and all of the wood had moss growing out of it. Thank God for Home Depot! Anyway, Here she is!

https://i227.photobucket.com/albums/dd294/snowmiser/anneschair003.jpg

https://i227.photobucket.com/albums/dd294/snowmiser/anneschair002-1.jpg

 

[dloveski]

way cool, love it, kudos for all of the work.

I tried to get one of the Millicent chairs, but they went fast. lucky you.

 

[RachelV]

I love it. I am adding this to the list of things I am going to put in my future yard. Already on the list: seats from a baseball stadium.

 

[SkiNurse]

I kicked myself hard for missing out on the chairs from the "old" Lenawee Lift at Abasin. Now after seeing your pic, I'm kicking myself again!:Cry:

 

[snowmiser]

I thought I had missed out last year when they ripped an old lift down. They sent it all to the scrap yard. Fortunatly, I have a friend that was able to dig one out of the ski area graveyard for me. It needed a whole lot of work, but I'm really happy with the way it turned out! I wish I could have figured out how to post the pictures without you having to click on the link. I'll figure it out one of these days.

 

[ski&bfree]

Ahh that's so cool! I love it!

 

[ski now work later]

Way nice. And nice yard too, right near water, lucky Diva!

 

[ski diva]

So so cool!!! Love the colors, too!

 

[RockSki]

That's 'curb appeal' for the members of this forum!

 

[ride_ski]

That looks great. Where did you get the "post" it's hanging from? The reason I ask is that we have a chair from a mountain here in NH (Temple Mtn) that we bought when they cleared everything out. Making a swing has been on "the list" of things to do- for a few years now, but it hasn't made it up to the top yet. We need to make a few runs to Home Depot as well because the wood isn't in great shape

Your picture makes me want to get moving on that project.

 

[snowmiser]

My husband runs a concrete plant and the beam is off an old truck. Before he found the beam, we went looking at Home Depot and they had some steel pipe that we considered using. Free is always better though!

 

[Severine]

So cool! We want one someday but they're always being sold for a few hundred dollars around here when chairs are taken out of service.

 

[MaineSkiLady]

Wow! Excellent! Love it. That's an old Riblet, no? Beautiful job - enjoy

 

[snowmiser]

Yes MSL! It's an old Riblet! Thanks! I'm Loving it!!!! So is my little girl! :D

 

[Heddious]

that's the coolest swing ever!

 

[MaryLou]

Can't view the pic from work ( :mad: ) - will look later. Dying to see how you did it. I have an old Sunday River triple. We've taken the wood off (rotted), bought new wood (mahogony) and bolts, but DH still has to cut it wood down to size. Have it primed, and have black paint - I think the black and natural wood will go well (original was dark brown, blech). We have a covered porch at SR to hang it, will fit perfect, but it's so heavy we have to reinforce the roof. Already taken a year (lol) but I'm hoping to get it done for ski season. Have to remember to put the original # back on it - was the year of my HS graduation lol (feel like it was destiny it's mine).

Was a PITA to get, transport, yadda yadda, but so worth it. If anyone has the chance to get something similar, DO IT - even if it sits for awhile. I've seen 3 complete ones from this batch that was given away and they look awesome!

 

[marge]

I think that is one of the coolest things I've ever seen!! I want one! I want one!! You need to start selling those things.

Maybe we'll have to get together sometime this summer too.