Western Pacific Shows (later Pacific Coast Shows) did have one. It was Yellow with white wheels.

Western Pacific Shows (later Pacific Coast Shows) did have one. It was Yellow with white wheels.

i often wonder if those diver loads.would take a beating on tubes while on a jump,i have never seen a diver 100 percent lit when tubes were used,just cant remember any.dont know if tubes were sleeved or not.dont know if was tubes or ballast or combination of both.not trying to be a knocker.ok then bigjlh

The Latin man was Manuel Martinez. He worked with Western Pacific Shows back in the 1970's. Later his organization was MLM Amusements. The MLM SkyWheel is/was on the Davis Enterprises lot. Davis also has/had the MLM Sky Diver on his lot. Last I heard Manuel Martinez was working on one of Butler's units.

Mike

So the Super Round-Up on Butler is his then?

Saw WPS when they booked with Atlas at Cal Expo in ‘77...............I wonder what happened to them...

Did they winter in Indio?

mikecroaro,was wondering is davis enterprises still on the road?he had a decent sized operation have not heard much about them lately.ok then thanks bigjlh.also thought they would put that swiss bob on a route.think he had one from east coast that was sold.thanks again

What was the set up / tear down time on the Sky Wheel?

Ours regularly comes down in 3-3.5 hours.

Usually is up within 4-5 hours.

i often wonder if those diver loads.would take a beating on tubes while on a jump,i have never seen a diver 100 percent lit when tubes were used,just cant remember any.dont know if tubes were sleeved or not.dont know if was tubes or ballast or combination of both.not trying to be a knocker.ok then bigjlh

The tubes on the diver center load rode okay. I’ve pulled it with (Strates) and without (Atlas) sleeves and never had an issue with breakage.

I’ve seen them 100%, and they really aren’t that hard to keep lit. All the same single-tit tubes and only one model ballist. Everything is cheap and easy to find, and it’s easy to work on.

Skywheel is much, much tougher to keep lit...

Charlie Bond kept Strates’ Skywheel well lit...