How do rides set up

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Steve07
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How do rides set up

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Does anyone know people in the carnival areas that owns a ride and knows how to set up one and stuff??
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No, I think they all hire special staff to come from a company called, RENT A RIDE.com and SET ME UP.com They fly to Australia to all the carnivals and shows to just set up and pack up the machines. I think thats why carnivals are always on weekends too. Cos the Airfairs on Fly-Lo are cheaper on weekdays for the staff to fly and setup then on then weekends. Sounds crazy dont it!
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FML... Fly-Lo... Dear god I love that show...

But in all seriousness, it's a very complex procedure for some rides to be set up and pulled down. Other's are more simple. I couldn't really describe how it's done but yeah.
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Few of us on here work for various operators and some owners browse these forums. Depends what ride you want to know about, I've set-up/pulled down Hurricane, Dodgem Track, Rockin' Tug, Fun Slide, Fantasy Cups and Flying Fish them being Better Amusement's rides. And helped do the Top Gun once or twice
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Yeah, you'd be surprised who has helped pull down rides. I've personally helped pull down the following attractions in order from first to last.

Kids Rides
Voyager Simulator
Shockwave (Kamikaze)
Fun Factory
Cyber Party
Super Trooper
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just helped with Sky Walker here... that was a big job
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set up and pull down ride list what i done in past:

huss rainbow
huss enterprise
huss pirate
huss breakdance
sobema breakdance
mack matterhorn
spin dragon
kamikaze
zipper
wave swinger
mad mouse x 2 wittingslows / osbornes
galaxy rollercoaster
dodgem cars x 2
cha cha
mega drop
sky walker
hurricane
mini dodgem cars
merry go round
chair o plane
jumping castle

some are quick set up, some are take ages set up, some are comes with crane lift
the longer set up and many of bolts are mad mouse
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Okay. thanks well i want to know if anyone has set up and teardown the "extreme Speed" ride, and i see you have worked with the Hurricane ride... could you let me know what you did??
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the ride i'd like to know about is how do they set up the XXXL because i've seen it racked and i don't know how it is done so it ends up like that
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this youtube video may help a bit
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zNl_dsKUNcY
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i've seen this one. i'm actually trying to figrer out how they get the A-frames up
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oh its probably very simple to do i bet to get the main frame up, if your lucky enough this year if they come you may see them doing it in the next few days at the showgrounds??
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Its done by hydrolic rams... push the arms up, the arm that holds the seating is still attached, and then the a-frame is bolted... it's all done soo quickly! KMG really design their rides well for packup... well most!
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the only KMG that we have in aus that doesn't pack onto a single trailer is the sky walker but it still only takes two trailers maybe a B-double
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speederbrad95 wrote:i've seen this one. i'm actually trying to figrer out how they get the A-frames up
Im pretty sure to get the a frame up, they just use very large and very powerful hydraulic cylinders.
Have a look at this model made out of knex, it shows the rough set up of a KMg inversion. Although i just guessed how it sets up, i hope its pretty accurate.
http://www.sscoasters.net/coasters/othe ... rsion-808/
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http://www.sscoasters.net/coasters/othe ... rsion-808/
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Yeah Sky Walker is 1 main trailer for the main arm and 1 car with the backdrop folding around it, and the 2nd is for the 2 other cars, decks, gates, light towers and control booth!
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that looks like it :) next thing how does the Johnson's Hard Rock set up
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similar to xxxl, kind of similar to pirate, cars are attached... deck is layed... done
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