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As an Engineer, I look at the individual parts and the sum of them in the finished ride. The whole part a bolts to part b with bolt c to support part d kind of thing is interesting. No better way to see that than when the ride is racked. I've spent the better part of a night on the midway watching teardown to see what goes where and why it goes there. I dunno if this even begins to explain or if it muddies the waters...

I guess a good way to sum it up is "Big boys like big toys..."[:D]
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you should try racking one !a chess game!but a fun challenge !it is an art![8D]
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I think if it was not for racked rides catching our eye at an early age, none of us will be here, message board I mean. I remember my childhood days trying to race down to the lot to see what was left after a long nights taredown. Was always ****ed if just kiddies were there and wanted to see the big bad @$$ rides that I never seen before to take pics. These were the days before Internet and was hard to find pictures just anywhere.
Im right there with you guys on the fascination of racked rides. Still to this day, i sometimes get stumped on the identity of a racked ride, especially seeing so many rides that have never been to the fairs close to where i am. But i find that only to keep up the thrill and challenge of trying to figure out what it is. And how such large rides that can fold up onto just 1 or 2 trailers just amazes the heck out of me.
You guys should look at ebay at the guy in the UK that has all the European shows moving into and out of lots. Doesn't show set up...just the rigs pulling in or out with racked rides. It's a series called FAIRGROUND FUNFAIR SHOWMAN'S TRANSPORT. I bought volume 8 a while back. It's pretty neat stuff to watch. They move some MAMMOTH pieces over there.
For me, part of it as a kid was to try and figure out which ride it was that had arrived at the fairgrounds. For that matter I still enjoy trying to determine what ride has arrived.

It also is still fascinating to me like Skywheelrider stated that something so majestic can fold down to 1 or 2 (or more) trailers.

I have always enjoyed fairs and festivals and I think part of the fascination with racked rides is that it's the first thing we see on a lot. The fair is still a week or two away yet I can drive by the fairgrounds and see trailers that will soon transform into carnival rides.
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Same for me Chris. Ever since my childhood I have been fascinated with the whole travelling ride thing.

In fact, I used to ride my "Green Machine" around in the driveway, and pretend it was a ride to set-up![:p]

Its the process that fascinates me, not neccesarily looking at the work involved. It's the functionality built into the design. I would ride my bike down to the corner in Brampton ON when I was a kid, and sit and watch the rides being set-up. We used to see far more fairs then.

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Just like magic!!!!!!! From road to midway
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Originally posted by Skywheelrider

I think a lot of us just find it fascinating (amazing really for some rides) that rides are racked on a trailer on day, then become these "majestic" (for lack of a better word) rides on a midway,

Well at least you did'nt call them SEXY.....Who said that anyway? I forgot....lol