Swing Carousel Carnival Ride Set Up 

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The engineering that goes into making a traveling flat ride self-contained on one trailer is amazing.

You do an excellent job at documenting these rides. Can't wait for more : )

I am absolutely amazed that parts are not lost on every set up and brake down.

Wow! What an extraordinary large ride all on a standard trailer. That’s some well considered engineering!

I actually helped set up the older larger version of this back in the day, but it was on 2 trailers back then. One for the actual ride system, and one for the platform and scenery etc.

I am always amazed by the videos the time spent on designing and engineering these rides is very impressive. Also the leads on these installs really must know every square inch of this ride to also be able to break it down and get it ready for the road after installing. thank you for documenting this for us viewers to watch

Said it before...will say it again...love these build-up videos. Many more rides to see set up, and I hope Pete Rondeau will be there to film it. Thanks Pete for the awesome videos!

It's always so fascinating to me how all the parts of the ride are folded and stored in the trailer for transport.

Never cease to be amazed by the engineering behind these rides!! Thanks for another great video!

That ride is a beauty!

Amazing video. Hard to believe that entire ride folds down and fits inside a tractor trailer.

This is probably the most in depth build up video I've ever seen on this ride (like all of your build videos). Thank you for this, as it answered a lot of questions I had about the ride.

The Swing carousel ride has always been my favorite and always a pretty looking ride. Thank you for sharing. 😁

That is one impressive ride. Involved setup sequence. Everything must done properly.

Interesting - I had no idea these particular flat rides completely stow into one trailer, as I've only ever taken notice of these up and running at a theme park and always just left it at that! What amazing engineering that goes into this! Thanks for sharing!

This is a really good vid on setting up a swing- very detailed shots. I used to assemble and operate one of the first three Zierer Wave Swingers made- a 48 seat version. Trailerised very similarly to this one, it was the first and only travelling Swing in Australia at the time. Some notable differences in this (clearly) later model: l 1) The tower is somewhat thinner, and the two lift rams are on the outside. Ours had a single large ram in the guts of the tower, pulling cables over pulleys similar to how a forklift works. Wear was an issue, and the headpiece broke once, so I can see why this method was changed. 2) Our unit featured a maze of hydraulic plumbing and solenoid valves in the center of the trailer below deck, all operated by a simple Telemechanique computer. Basically all analogue. This is because our carousel and tower motors were hydraulic Char-lins, so there were massive swivel unions in the base of the tower, which leaked constantly whereas this unit appears to be all electrically driven. My old ride was eventually converted to full electric, kinda sad for me as I knew the old hydro system intimately, including having mapped the entire ride cycle in the computer. 3) Our decks lowered hydraulically, they had their own rams. 45 foot diam, which made our trailer overlength according to our road laws then, it also had special dispensation. Nowadays 45' container skells are commonplace. Before the electric conversion, if the computer shit itself or wouldn't cooperate, I could literally operate the ride by manipulating the valves in the deck, and so keep operating (and earning coin) until a fix was implemented. I simply needed my written program, and wristwatch to do it. I performed this job for a few years, back in the nineties, having previously built the only fully portable Wild Chipmunk rollercoaster in the world. Now my Carnie days are well and truly behind me, but i have finally begun construction of a FULLY OPERATIONAL Lego Swing model from memory of how the ride was constructed and worked. Needless to say- it's quite large, nearly 3 feet in diameter across the carousel! I may post to YT once it's completed. Thanks again, it brings back many memories.

Great video, Pete. Takes a lot of hands to set this ride up. Wow!

Thanks for recording this, it is far more complex then I imagined Regards Daren

Man now that's a cable chain! Thanks for the video. I was always fascinated with the assembly of these rides as a kid. A trip to the fair and I was building rides with Legos for weeks to come.

I think it's great the amount of detail you show in the build up of these rides,it's amazing engineering how it all fits together.

Wow. This is harder to set up and more intricate than many e-ticket attractions.

I have pulled down and built up many rides here in Ireland over the years, but I have never witnessed a Wave Slinger being built up. Great engineering. Great video Pete.

These videos are incredible. Really makes you appreciate the engineering feats that these rides are! Also the people that take them apart and put them together over and over!

I worked one of these rides at Six Flags over Georgia, the DC SuperVillains Swing. I still work there and I operate Kid Flash Coaster.

Thank you Pete. I really enjoy these assembly videos.

The scenery is just spectacular!

Thanks Pete. I absolutely look forward to these videos and always watch for new ones. I continue to be amazed and the engineering that goes into these rides.

Thank you for taking your time and travel to film this! That's a lot of work to put together.

That was nice. It's really fascinating to see how the ride is installed. Thanks for sharing this.

Another fantastic video Pete! Please keep them coming!

So Cool! I love this ride!

great looking scenery

AAA I love these videos so much! I find it so fascinating how they put these rides up and such. I'd love to see a video like this on the Spider/Octopus in the future. Keep it up dude! :)

Fantastic video. The technical motion concept of the ride is what is known as the eccentric motion similar to the trabant/hully gully motion . The 20 degree twist at the upper of the column makes up for the innovation and experience of the ride. Subscribed.

That is way cool on how the Bertazzon waveswinger is set up from one trailer!🙂🙂 One of my mega fave rides & yup shitloads of fun too!👍👍 The prettiest ride on a midway & enjoyable to ride!👍👍

Such a good video. Well filmed and explained

This was really cool to see thank you!

WoW This was AMAZING 😮

Beautiful ride. All the work that goes into this 😮 I'll start taking that into account when I'm complaining about how many tickets it takes to ride lol. The set up guys looked and seemed very professional. Don't be in such a hurry at the end of the set up. Would be nice to see it running for a moment.

I will give credit where its due, I have respect for what we call roadies for these travelling carnivals. There is noooooo way I would want to do that much repetition of a job every so many days. Takedown and Setup.

Thank you for making these videos. It is fascinating to see how these things work! Your explanations along the way are very helpful, also. I very much enjoy your videos!😊

Nice... I remember doing this... I hated that ride, but good to look back. Thank you...

Incredible. Thank you!

Ooooooooh!!!! Ilove how the operator/owner uses giant marble slabs for the support legs!

As a former Carney of 21 yrs, I never moved a wave swinger, but this is a cool video. I moved a Gravitron and a Flying Bobs. Be safe ya'll.

Cool video. Nicely put together. Thats way more complicated than I expected

Far more labour intensive than I imagined for a modern ride. Brilliant engineering though! Great video 😊

Amazing takes a team to build it up

Really cool video man keep them coming. I find it so interesting how engineers are able to take a big ride like this and make it fold up onto a semi trailer to travel down the road. My local amusement park has a permanent version of one of these rides It is so fun to ride.

thank you for these videos i was a carny as a young adult for a show out of PA and miss it but on the same hand i like having a steady pay check that dont rely on the weather 😂😂

Very cool Extremely interesting Keep videos like this coming

This is crazy how 90% of the ride is held together by Carter pins and prayers.... I love it tho, amazing engineering

thats a whole bunch of scenery

love this

Brilliant, thank you

Genius design.

Great video this is awesome

Hey Pete, now that was an interesting set up …. Doesn’t look to hard to set up… thanks for sharing your videos keep them coming…. 😊

this blew my mind

So impressive mechanical design! I would like to see the engineering process at work!

I still miss riding a Wave Swinger.

I always wondered how these giant nuggets collapsed and opened up, awesome!

that is so cool!

Love your carnival ride videos. From when I was little i was always fasinated with how they set sup carnival ride. I would spend hours just watching the local carnival rides being set up when they came to town. Can you do a set up video of the Music Express? I've always wondered how that ride was racked.

Is it me, or does this one seem like a LOT of parts. Fascinating.

❤this ride is awesome...I used to love it setup and tear downs when I got it do it was the best experience I've ever been able to do..I miss it...😊 wave swinger is so bitchen..❤❤

I assume one of those bottom panels is a door, otherwise those 2 guys inside are still in there! 😮. This is an amazingly involved setup for a one trailer ride and was absolutely fascinating to watch. Thank you!

In Britain we call swing rides Chair - o - planes. We do have the term Waveswinger for this type though.

Now that’s cool

Great video, love seeing the set up & tear downs of the rides. Would love to see a video just like this of the Polar Express (Mack) I believe Name runs it now, but remember when Conklin did. Also would be cool in the videos to tell us about how long it takes to set up & tear downs are. Thanks again

Nice never knew how they Swing ride together on one flat bed trailer.

super cool it would be intresting to see a dragon wagon coaster get's set up at a carnival

Hey Pete awesome video as always Just a idea going forward maybe a total set up time at the end would be greatly appreciated

Ah yes, how many LONG days did those multi-circuit Harting connectors cause!

I love watching your setup videos, well... I love watching all your videos. you do amazing work. how long did it take to setup the ride and how does the top of the ride tilt when it's in operation?

Excellent video, thank you. I'd be interested to know how long this took to setup, it's got to be one of the most technical builds.

Great video. I can't wait for the next one. I too was wondering how long it took to set up as well as tear down. Have you watched any kermis videos from the Netherlands?

This came from the York Fair. I recognized the route 30 signage at the start of the video.

Love that ride but haven’t been on it in a long time but had no idea how much work it takes to set it up I wonder how many hours it took to complete the setup.

Can you please do a full set up video of the century wheel please

can you please make a kamikaze set up video if you can I love your videos I was always fascinated about how rides are set up and i loved the fact that they are on semi-truck trailers that is my first love semi-trucks keep em coming!!!

Hi Pete, tip video this wave swonge looks very similar to the one I used to travel with here in the UK. The one I used Ito work on was Italian and was made by lamborghini, I'm wondering if there is a connection do you know?

Do interviews with engineers of these rides. We wanna know how the sausage is made ! Lol

Great video. Always like the set up videos. Do you ever run across the sky wheel (double ferris wheel) set up?

dude i live in deleware and im a huge fan

On a side note.....since you are watching people do manual labor you should buy the next crew lunch! Little ceasers pizza or Double Cheeseburgers will work!!!

U should do a video of the Vertigo, Ring of Fire, Pharaohs Fury, Zero Gravity, Fun Slide, Freak Out, Cliffhanger, Magic Maze, Rock Star, Wacky Shack, Century Wheel & Euro Wheel how they set up

whens the next ride restoration vid coming out? (also this is so cool to see it being set up)

The swing rides always scared me…thinking the chains holding the swings were gonna break

Its always a hot topic... but can the mechanics / techs hook up the 3 phase power- or is a dedicated electrician required?

Nice video Pete. That's one slick ride to set up there. I helped Tom out over the 4th in New Bloomfield .I helped him set up the Ferris Wheel and ran the Octopus all week for hin. How's the rocket ride coming along?

Hi Pete, can you please do Pharos Fury next?

Hope doing ok Pete!

guy is setting up and moving heavy metal parts and wearing Crocs. wow.

I laced canvas many times

So interesting. Amazing how far up they work without fall/restraint systems. Obviously, these workers are not union. Do crews work several rides during set-ups, or does each ride have it's own experienced crew. How much local crew is used?

These always freaked me out as a kid. I thought you’d just be dizzy from the spinning and I didn’t wanna be sick. I think besides that, there were a few examples in tv and movies where a swing falls off and they go flying. Later on I rode the massive one that’s either in Disneyland or California Adventure, and it was fun, but I also remember it being even larger than a carnival size and the seat would twist a little bit and made it seem like I’d spin all the way around and twist the chain holding the seat. Anyway! No thanks to ever riding one again.

I'm curious to see the rides being assembled, Tornado, Disk'o, Scooter, zero gravity and Alibaba (RockStar) ARM Rides. Please, if you have the opportunity, record it for us. Thanks from Brazil.

Now the public knows what goes into setting up a traveling carnival. I was a carnie for 15 years. Looks like they have been able to find solid employees. Its hard to find people who want to do this heavy labor.