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Those were all built in sunny southern California though.
Building a coaster in the north east is much more undpredictable.
Behemoth was way ahead schedule as well, but then a long stretch of bad weather shut down construction for awhile.
It's probably why rides like these are starting construction earlier and earlier. It's much better to get most of the higher work done before the snow starts slowing down construction.
Atleast 315ft tall? for a 230ft tall coaster?
Doubt it, maybe 250-260ft tall.
Few? under estimate, there are close to hundreds of cranes capable of reaching OVER 300ft. TTD was assembled with 2 300ton capacity cranes over 430ft.
A 300ton crane can only pick off the side with shortest boom possible. With every foot you go up, you lose capacity in what you can pick.
That's why you can only pick 3-5tons 250ft up, where was 315+ ft up you can only pick 2-3 tons if that.
It WILL be 240 to 250 ft tall.
I followed Hydra's construction and that ride was ready WAY before opening. I also believe Griffon opened early as well. Those are two other B&M's in areas that get bad snowfall and still opened on time easily.
We actually get very little snow in the Greater Cincinnati Area. Now up in northern Ohio by Cleveland is a VERY different story.
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by Carnage » Sat Aug 23, 2008 1:22 pm
Bolliger&Mabillard wrote:^I've watched Scream, Silver Bullet, and Tatsu go up, and B&M I can say is usually ahead of schedule when it comes to rides opening.
Those were all built in sunny southern California though.
Building a coaster in the north east is much more undpredictable.
Behemoth was way ahead schedule as well, but then a long stretch of bad weather shut down construction for awhile.
It's probably why rides like these are starting construction earlier and earlier. It's much better to get most of the higher work done before the snow starts slowing down construction.
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by Bolliger&Mabillard » Sat Aug 23, 2008 1:27 pm
^I guess that's a major factor I'm not aware of because of our predictalbe weather here
^^ it was delayed by three or for weeks. Intamin, Premire, and Vekoma could have delays up to 1 year.
^^ it was delayed by three or for weeks. Intamin, Premire, and Vekoma could have delays up to 1 year.
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by Craneman » Sat Aug 23, 2008 3:34 pm
PKIDelirium wrote:They're done for this week.
Next week they're bringing in the BIG crane for the lift hill. It's going to be taller than the Eiffel Tower, so at least 315 feet tall.
Atleast 315ft tall? for a 230ft tall coaster?
Doubt it, maybe 250-260ft tall.
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by Bolliger&Mabillard » Sat Aug 23, 2008 3:38 pm
^I'm gonna take this guy's word for it.
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by Craneman » Sat Aug 23, 2008 3:46 pm
John Peck wrote:I think there are only a few of such cranes like that in the United States.
Few? under estimate, there are close to hundreds of cranes capable of reaching OVER 300ft. TTD was assembled with 2 300ton capacity cranes over 430ft.
A 300ton crane can only pick off the side with shortest boom possible. With every foot you go up, you lose capacity in what you can pick.
That's why you can only pick 3-5tons 250ft up, where was 315+ ft up you can only pick 2-3 tons if that.
It WILL be 240 to 250 ft tall.
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by yankees15 » Sat Aug 23, 2008 3:58 pm
Bolliger&Mabillard wrote:^I've watched Scream, Silver Bullet, and Tatsu go up, and B&M I can say is usually ahead of schedule when it comes to rides opening.
I followed Hydra's construction and that ride was ready WAY before opening. I also believe Griffon opened early as well. Those are two other B&M's in areas that get bad snowfall and still opened on time easily.
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by ginzo » Sat Aug 23, 2008 4:51 pm
Carnage wrote:It's probably why rides like these are starting construction earlier and earlier. It's much better to get most of the higher work done before the snow starts slowing down construction.
We actually get very little snow in the Greater Cincinnati Area. Now up in northern Ohio by Cleveland is a VERY different story.
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by gotdane » Sat Aug 23, 2008 6:10 pm
Track seems to be going up quickly for this...I just remember construction of coasters like Xcelerator where we stared at footers for a month or so before track went up. Maybe I missed that with this coaster.
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by Bolliger&Mabillard » Sat Aug 23, 2008 7:21 pm
^Pony Express was the same way, but of course that whole ride could fit in a Timberland shoe box, so that doesn't count.
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