Butler Amusements Giant Ferris Wheel is delivered and set up for the 2009 Marin County Fair. Total set up time was over 2 days from arrival to full up and running.
I've hauled these rides for many years. But I never could stop to watch them get put together. There either not put up yet or already taken down. Thanks for posting.
This IS a Chance Giant Wheel and they're ALL four trailers. Perhaps you're thinking of the Chance Centruy Wheel which is a one trailer ride, however some shows offload some of it onto another trailer to lighten the load.
Nice video; I like this kind of stuff. I made some videos of the set up of the Fair in Wijchen in the Netherlands this year. It takes 2 days as well, but I didn't speed it up; 3 videos, total time 1 hour.
That was awesome what you show in this video. Who is this wheel made by? The Chance Giant Wheel only has 2 trucks, but this one has 3. Well, technically 4. I'm kind of shocked they aren't going to buy a ferris wheel with less trucks because of gas. It's hard in the Chicago area to find anything over 2 trucks for a ride. There are only likely 3 rides I know of that even have 2 trucks. It's all one mostly. The Ferris Wheels are mostly Eli or Century Wheel.