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Originally Posted by Bunk
I miss the old tire swings with the three chains hanging from the wood frame. We used to do "earthquakes", where two would sit and one guy would stand and "pump" the swing to get it going. The standing up guy would pull the two chains at the top of the swing making the tire go vertical, and the tire would slam down at the bottom. It was extremely painful to be the ones sitting. About 10% of the time you might fall off. One time the best "earthquake" guy was going when I was sitting, and the whole thing came crashing down. The connector to the wood frame broke and we all hit the ground hard. This was about 1992.
After that the school took it down, and I think in fact this was the beginning of the end for these across the whole system.
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They still have the tire swings at some playgrounds. My kids love them.