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Who had a legit treehouse as a kid?
Posted on 3/11/19 at 10:43 am
Posted on 3/11/19 at 10:43 am
Not talking about nailing a few pieces of wood into the tree trunk so you could reach the limbs 
I'm talking full-on treehouse with a closed in room, window, trapdoor and retrievable rope ladder to keep out cootie-infested girls.
my dad was always 'going to get around to it' and we got as far as purchasing some lumber but never built it.
as a corollary; who has built a legit treehouse for their kids on here? my little boy is 4 and its time for dad to get off his lazy arse and build him a proper man-hut.
also, anyone got pics?
I'm talking full-on treehouse with a closed in room, window, trapdoor and retrievable rope ladder to keep out cootie-infested girls.
my dad was always 'going to get around to it' and we got as far as purchasing some lumber but never built it.
as a corollary; who has built a legit treehouse for their kids on here? my little boy is 4 and its time for dad to get off his lazy arse and build him a proper man-hut.
also, anyone got pics?
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Posted on 3/11/19 at 10:44 am to CAD703X
Posted on 3/11/19 at 10:48 am to CAD703X
We had an unreal giant oak tree for this in my yard and my mom would never let me build in it because it was some historically protected 200 year old tree she didn't want us nailing things to and climbing on.
I'm still salty about it.
You could walk up one of the fat branches that was drooping to the ground. It would've been epic. I could've built 1,000 square feet on that puppy if I wanted to (on several levels).
I'm still salty about it.
You could walk up one of the fat branches that was drooping to the ground. It would've been epic. I could've built 1,000 square feet on that puppy if I wanted to (on several levels).
Posted on 3/11/19 at 10:49 am to CAD703X
Dad built more of a wood platform up in some trees..
But it sufficed for my brother and I.
But it sufficed for my brother and I.
Posted on 3/11/19 at 10:49 am to CAD703X
a friend of mine's dad was a well-off homebuilder so needless to say his treehouse was awesome. It had ELECTRICITY in it. I never had one.
No pics sorry
No pics sorry
Posted on 3/11/19 at 10:51 am to CAD703X
Todd Grave's kids
Posted on 3/11/19 at 10:51 am to TheCaterpillar
how are you faring after all this rain?
our street has been tree-mageddon damnation alley from all the rain! its crazy how many massive trees have fallen in the last couple months.
i've had 4 fall on or near my house in the last 3 months.
our street has been tree-mageddon damnation alley from all the rain! its crazy how many massive trees have fallen in the last couple months.
i've had 4 fall on or near my house in the last 3 months.
Posted on 3/11/19 at 10:52 am to CAD703X
We would build forts our of all sorts of wood and logs and junk. God looking back it was dangerous as shite. But we had so much fun. We had a legit treehouse, and dozens of different forts over the years.
Damn trees grew and tore them apart though
Damn trees grew and tore them apart though
Posted on 3/11/19 at 10:55 am to vilma4prez
Neighbor and I just put up shitty platforms where we could. Just a couple dumbass 11-12 year olds fricking around with whatever scrap boards we could find. We didn't exactly follow OSHA standards. It's a miracle neither one of us ever fell and broke an arm.
Posted on 3/11/19 at 10:56 am to muncy
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a friend of mine's dad was a well-off homebuilder so needless to say his treehouse was awesome. It had ELECTRICITY in it. I never had one.
No pics sorry
I had a buddy that had electricity in his as well. It had some track lighting and a single dome light on the ceiling. He also had a smaller tree house across a big yard (no elec. in that one) that was connected to the bigger one by zip line.
It was cool AF. We could fit like 6-7 of us in it pretty comfortably.
Posted on 3/11/19 at 10:57 am to fr33manator
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We would build forts our of all sorts of wood and logs and junk. God looking back it was dangerous as shite. But we had so much fun. We had a legit treehouse, and dozens of different forts over the years.
Damn trees grew and tore them apart though
Us too. We'd have rusty nails sticking up all over the place and shite like that
Usually took one good storm season in south LA to destroy it all though.
Posted on 3/11/19 at 10:58 am to CAD703X
I consider a “legit” treehouse something all the kids built in the hood. I grew up on 30 acres with a lot of kids that lived in a neighborhood down the street. We would scavenge the new build sites for scraps and built a monstrosity on the back of property.
The construction guys were awesome. They would give us nails and specific cuts that we needed for those pain in the arse limbs.
The construction guys were awesome. They would give us nails and specific cuts that we needed for those pain in the arse limbs.
Posted on 3/11/19 at 10:58 am to CAD703X
We(neighborhood group) had one off in the woods near our house. Thing was badass, had two levels and an outside patio. Made it from a bunch of stuff we swiped off house construction sites.
Burned to the ground one day when the roach can caught on fire after we left.
Burned to the ground one day when the roach can caught on fire after we left.
Posted on 3/11/19 at 10:58 am to TheCaterpillar
quote:
I had a buddy that had electricity in his as well. It had some track lighting and a single dome light on the ceiling. He also had a smaller tree house across a big yard (no elec. in that one) that was connected to the bigger one by zip line.
This sounds flipping awesome!
Posted on 3/11/19 at 11:01 am to gjackx
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This sounds flipping awesome!
He was the super rich kid in our grade at Episcopal
His toys just got better as he got older
Posted on 3/11/19 at 11:06 am to CAD703X
We had a bad arse one that you needed a ladder to get in/out from. You could pull it up and tell the peons to GTFO
Used to have BB gun wars too which was really stupid. One group in the treehouse, other group down in the creek. Surprisingly, no one lost an eye.
Used to have BB gun wars too which was really stupid. One group in the treehouse, other group down in the creek. Surprisingly, no one lost an eye.
Posted on 3/11/19 at 11:17 am to hottub
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I consider a “legit” treehouse something all the kids built in the hood. I grew up on 30 acres with a lot of kids that lived in a neighborhood down the street. We would scavenge the new build sites for scraps and built a monstrosity on the back of property.
Would this happen to be in NC? A friend did the same thing. His group built an Ewok-style colony; I’m talking 30ft at the top of pine trees with rope ladders and bridges.
Posted on 3/11/19 at 11:25 am to CAD703X
We didn't have a tree worth a shite to put one in, but my dad had one built freestanding about 10 to 15 feet up in the air underneath the branches.
It was about 15' by 15' hole in the floor that the ladder came to, windows etc.
It was about 15' by 15' hole in the floor that the ladder came to, windows etc.
Posted on 3/11/19 at 11:28 am to CAD703X
I grew up in Baton Rouge, in Central. We lived in Biltmore. There was a big triangle of woods and field behind our house. My friends and I built 3 or 4 tree houses in those woods. Our main one was built between three trees and had 3 stories (including the roof).
We pilfered lumber and other building supplies from the new house builds in the neighborhood. One weekend we had planned on an epic build to add on to one of the smaller tree houses. The plan was to wake up early Saturday morning, go steal more wood, and then work all day on it.
That morning my parents woke me and my brother up and said we were going to Mansura to visit my great aunt. We were PISSED. We missed out on the build!
When we got home that afternoon we found out a cop had caught the whole gang stealing wood and taken them to the Central Sheriff's sub station. All of their parents were called. My brother and I would have been busted if not for great Aunt Tootie!
Later we built a tree house so high that one of our dads saw it and freaked out. He thought we would kill ourselves so he made us tear it down.
We pilfered lumber and other building supplies from the new house builds in the neighborhood. One weekend we had planned on an epic build to add on to one of the smaller tree houses. The plan was to wake up early Saturday morning, go steal more wood, and then work all day on it.
That morning my parents woke me and my brother up and said we were going to Mansura to visit my great aunt. We were PISSED. We missed out on the build!
When we got home that afternoon we found out a cop had caught the whole gang stealing wood and taken them to the Central Sheriff's sub station. All of their parents were called. My brother and I would have been busted if not for great Aunt Tootie!
Later we built a tree house so high that one of our dads saw it and freaked out. He thought we would kill ourselves so he made us tear it down.
Posted on 3/11/19 at 11:29 am to CAD703X
As a kid I rode down the middle of the street on a bicycle carrying 8 ft 2x4s without a helmet and survived. 
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