I'm really impressed with these brackets. They are decent gage steel. I also bought the matching center bracket to make a really long swingset with multiple bays. The weldings are a bit messy, but complete and appear to be plenty strong. The holes are offset from side-to-side, and the lag bolts and washers are decent. This makes the job much easier and is well worth the price. One humerous issue: One bracket has the company logo plate rivetted on one side. The other bracket has the plate on one side, but has another plate rivetted upside down on the other side. Oh well, no big deal.