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dancan

dancan

Spruce , The preferred wood of the Purgatory !
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We have pulled them out of the lake but the kids had a ball because it made a large platform (16x14) so there were no disputes over real estate , we used a kids plastic playset slide and mounted over the edge of one of the floats and covered the 1x6 decking with outdoor carpet , the 2x12 frames were built on 4x6 skids. The only bought stuff was the hardware , carpet and stain.
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dancan

dancan

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We used plastic barrels that were about 25 gallons in size (approx 1.5ft by 3 ft only a guess I can measure later), they make for the perfect height and critters don't make nests in them .The skids and cross braces keep them in place .
 
dancan

dancan

Spruce , The preferred wood of the Purgatory !
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hemlock around here is very rot resistant (closest thing we have to cedar) .
All the frames are bolted together with galvanized hardware and the decking is screwed on with deck screws , the original rafts were made with store bought spruce lumber and lasted about eight years ,they only spend about 3 months in the water then they are up on high ground .
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