Swing hangers

What to settle before you order

A hanger is the part that decides whether a swing turns or grinds. Ours are cast in one piece from aluminum alloy, with the underside hardened where the load sits, and a sealed bearing pressed into the loop so the movement happens on steel balls rather than on the paint of a hook. That is the whole trick, and it is why the squeak arrives years later instead of by July.

What holds the swing up, though, is the wood and the screw, not the casting. Before you buy a pair, look up at what you are drilling into and read the two notes below: one on lag screws against through bolts, one on how far apart the holes go.