Turbo Tube Slide - Green

Product Description

Two times the fun, the Turbo Tube Slide can be used as a slide or a crawl tunnel, or both at once! Turning summer days into fun days, this tube slide keeps them outside and active. Go ahead, let the Wii collect dust. Mounting easily to existing play sets, this super fun piece meets or exceeds ASTM safety standards for your peace of mind. Additional information: Requires a 2x 4x 8 (not included) Weight capacity: 250 lbs. Lifetime warranty against cracking or breaking Complete with manufacturer's 5-year limited warranty About Swing-N-Slide Founded in 1985, Swing-N-Slide was America's first manufacturer of do-it-yourself wooden playground products. This remarkable company designs, manufactures, and distributes residential and commercial play sets across the nation. Committed to safety and driven by a desire to provide compliant, fun, and value-packed products, Swing-N-Slide backs every play set with quality and pride. They offer unparalleled value and the unique opportunity to tailor playground products to your specific needs and budget. Use as a slide or a crawl tube, or both!. Available in a choice of yellow or green. Mounts to a 7-foot platform. For backyard use only, not for public settings. Meets/exceeds ASTM safety standards.

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Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #107253 in Toys & Games
• Color: green
• Brand: Swing-N-Slide
• Model: NE 4405-T
• Released on: 2009-04-20
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: 22.00" h x 34.00" w x 56.25" l, 107.00 pounds

Features

• Multi-functional tube slide
• Can be mounted to 7' or 5' platform
• Lumber required - one - 2" x 4" x 8'. (sold separately)
• Weight Limit: 250 lbs
• For Residential Use Only. Unable to ship to commercial addresses

Customer Reviews

Most helpful customer reviews

14 of 15 people found the following review helpful.
The easy way to assemble the Turbo Tube Slide
By W. ANDERSON
This is really a great tube slide, both my boys love it, (8&10) I really like the tube slide since it makes it impossible for the boys to fall off the slide, and with a deck height of 7 feet, that was a concern. I found the slide easy to assemble and the directions were clear and had pictures. The directions state that it takes two persons to assemble the slide, and they way they have you do it, it would take at least two persons and they had better be strong and very patent. I was able to assemble the slide easily by myself, by not following the directions. The easy way is to assemble it on the ground by sections. First assemble the two halves of each section, then bolt the sections together until you have the whole tube bolted together laying on the ground. The tube is light enough that one person can roll it to reach all the bolts that need to be installed. The trick, is in the directions they tell you to align the bolt holes by forcing a screw driver through the holes to align them, great piece of advice, but of course as soon as you remove screw driver, the holes will move out of alignment before you could insert a bolt. The trick is to insert the screw driver or drift pin, (the tip of a needle nose pliers works best) and then use a vise grip pliers (a sheet metal vise grip pliers works best and doesn't leave a mark) to lock the pieces in place while you remove the drift pin and insert the bolt. That one trick makes putting the tube slide together a lot easier. Put the bolts in loose, and then tighten them once a joint has all the bolts are in place, that way, any out of alignment holes will be "forced" or enlarged in the right direction.

Once the tube is together, roll it over to where it is going to go and tip it up into place. If you are working alone, you can nail a temporary block for the bottom edge to rest on, and use a brace on the tube to hold it against the tower while you climb up and screw in the screws. The slide comes with two brackets that bolt onto the last section joint, one attaches to the tower leg, the other supports the joint from below using a wooden support you have to build out of treated lumber, there is a diagram in the instructions. I made up a wooden cradle to support the last joint, so it supported the entire joint instead of just supporting two bolts on the joint. The weight limit for the slide is 350 lbs, there is a super turbo slide, that costs a lot more and has 50% thicker plastic but only has a weight limit of 375 lbs, but doesn't need the extra support brackets at the last joint.

The slide is intended for use with the manufactures' wooden playsets and includes green metal brackets and screws for building the tower platform for the slide, but doesn't include the directions for building the tower. The directions apparently were included with the playset instructions.

The price here at Amazon, ($425) was the best price on the web and was cheaper than what I could find in all the local stores.

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful.
Instructions are horrible
By Rebecca Jones
Our daughter LOVES this slide. She has a great time on it, which makes the fact that it was a nightmare to assemble at least worth it. The instructions that go with the slide aren't thorough at all. For some parts of the instructions we just relied on common sense and guessing to get it right. For instance, we shouldn't have to look at a picture of the finished product to figure out which way the slide turns, it should be stated in the instructions if it makes a difference. And it does make a difference. Only half of the holes lined up if put on the wrong way (slide turning counterclockwise instead of clockwise) whereas all but 2 holes lined up going the other way.
Which leads me to the next complaint: not all the holes lined up . . .ever. The instructions state that some holes may need to be enlarged and that using screwdrivers on adjacent holes will help keep things lined up. This doesn't always work. We had to drill new holes in more than one place -- at least once per section.
It also states that mounting the slide takes a minimum of 3 people. These shouldn't be just any 3 people but 3 good-sized people. The slide is fairly heavy and awkward when assembled making it very difficult to hold up and keep straight at the appropriate height for mounting while actually doing the mounting and referring to the instructions to be sure to mount it properly.
There is also a support bracket for the base of the slide. Without this piece, the slide moves a lot while in use and doesn't seem very stable. Unfortunately, there is only a picture (and not a very detailed one) to illustrate how to make this support. We've done our best and it doesn't move nearly as much, but I'm still not sure if it's what the manufacturer actually intended. The same goes for the mounting bracket, with perhaps one sentence and one unclear picture for instruction -- it's not even clear if the mounting bracket is needed in every case or only in certain cases.
It took several hours to finish and there was a lot of frustration and cussing involved, but at least it's getting used daily. The smile on my daughter's face made it worth while.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful.
love the turbo tube slide!
By CARL L. BENN
I read some reviews where people had difficulty assembling this slide, but I did not have much trouble. My brother in law and I assembled this slide in a few hours on a tree fort that I built from scratch, not a prefab playhouse...so we had to make it fit! I am an auto mechanic, so nuts and bolts are my life. That being said, here are some tips to help with assembly. First, read the instructions and follow them. The slide sections are not marked well, but there are numbers molded into them. Lay them out on the ground before you start. Let them sit in the sun for an hour before you start. This will soften them up and make it easier to tweak them into alignment. On the holes that don't line up well, stick a screwdriver through the hole next to it and force them to line up. Work the screwdriver around in circles to elongate the holes if necessary to achieve alignment. My slide went together without drilling any new holes, but I did have elongate several, especially on the short radius bend pieces. Some people were also concerned with the amount of flex in the slide when it is being used. I do not share this concern. There is some movement, but I think it is normal for a plastic slide. Just remember to make sure your kids don't wear hooded sweatshirts with neck strings on the slide. There is a choking hazard from the strings getting caught while sliding. Not a defect in the slide, just a general safety rule on any slide.

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