Simple tire swing

This is a very simple swing that can be done in an hour. They are great for children, are well adjustable in height, and do not contain expensive or scarce materials. Your children will be delighted with this design.

The swing is hung on a branch or tree branch.

Making a swing

We take a car tire, be sure to have no studs. It’s even better if its protector is completely bald.
We take a drill and reduce it, say 10 mm. And through the same interval we make such holes. This will be the bottom of the swing, and these holes are needed to allow water to drain from the rain.

Everything that you see in the frame from the materials I used can be easily bought at any hardware or hardware store.
I needed three of these sets:


The tire in my design will be suspended on three supports. Therefore, on the other side, where there are no rain holes, drill 3 holes equally spaced from each other and insert such bolts with rings into the bottom. We tighten everything with a wrench.

We put S-shaped hooks on these rings.

And we clamp them with special pliers.

We do the same for the other two fasteners.

Next, you need to make three sections of chain, approximately 1.2 m long.And we put each one on its own hook.

We bend


As a result, we do the same for all three.

Now we collect the ends of the chains into one hook.

Like this:

We bend and fix it.


The part on the left is called a swivel, this is a swivel joint and it is needed so that the chain does not twist.

We put on the swivel.

We bend the hook.

We put on the threaded connector.

Then the carbine. It will be needed in the future so that the swing can be removed or hung at any time.

Now we measure the main chain, everything depends on the height to the branch of your tree. Cut off the required length.

We hang the chain with a reserve.

We make a ring around the branch and connect both ends of the chain with a threaded connection - a screw carabiner.

Now you can use the carabiner to hang the swing.


The swing looks just great! They will definitely delight your kids, and while they are swinging, you can relax a little.

Original article in English