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You can build it on stilts, have known several people who have done this. One was basically a two story storage shed, 1st floor was for lawnmowers and stuff, 2nd was for kids. My brother-in-law just built one for his kid, don't know how much six big posts like that go for. My uncle made an A-frame elevated fort like that for his kids. Got four telephone poles and a friend with a crane to set up the frame, built fort on that frame.


I did this for my son, it was about 4 feet off the ground at the rear and 10 feet at the front. I might have a picture somewhere. It was on the side of a hill in the backyard and was approx 4' x 8" in footprint and tall enough for me to stand in.

When the 1st hurricane in 2004 was bearing down on us and I was done shuttering up, I looked up on the hill and thought to myself, " that thing is going to end up taking out my house".

30 minutes later and the use of a chainsaw and sledge hammer and it was in pieces, tucked away against the wall in the garage. I hated to take it down but know it would fly in 100+ MPH winds.
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