When parks close mechanics do this
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- Опубликовано: 8 фев 2025
- Its one of the most common questions.
When the park closes at the end of the year, what do you do?
Look for other work?
Is there anything to work on when it closes?
Today im going to answer this question and more that you didn't even know you had.
You just keep getting more polished, without losing the deeper content and charm that make your channel unique. Those that follow your channel really appreciate that, thank you for not pandering to the 90% of the gp and focusing on the 10% that appreciate what you bring to the table!
@@djsinkaz thanks! I wouldn’t give it up!
@djsinkaz you obliviously don't understand business lmao! Speak for yourself. I'm pretty positive he would love to have 90% audience 10%=no revenue. You 🍩
As you know I work for a year round park. Thanks for your insight on what happens at other parks during downtime.
As a frequent visitor to Universal Orlando, it is amazing how a park that never closes is able to maintain such consistency in uptime on rides. It must be a relentlessly disciplined system. Rare to see something down for more than an hour here or there.
@@FloriDUH_JBot and most of the time you won’t see the holes because people don’t go daily for months at a time. And those parks have a larger crew dedicated to this process so it’s maximum work over minimum time. Most importantly, the park understands this process has to happen. The worst parks still just think maintenance likes to play a power role by taking rides down???? Doing work just because they are in a power play? So strange for those.
I love all of your videos. All my friends tease me for liking rollercoasters too much, but they’re just so cool. I also appreciate the humor, perfectly placed for maximum punch. Keep up the great work!
thank you!
For anyone that has SFGAm as their home park, you can start to notice these refurbishment cycles.
For example, American Eagle actually has three trains per side and they are cycled every year. One year you might see trains 1 and 2, but then the next you might see 2 and 3, and then 1 and 3 the year after that. (train number are first number, so 11, 21, 31, etc)
Same for Raging Bull before it hits 3 train operations, the first two at the ride on opening day are different each year.
I've noticed that on demon, they would switch the red and yellow trains with the black train so if I had to guess the yellow train is going to be refurbished while the red train with the black train this are on the running this year and whizzer ran just 2 train last year or three i'm not sure
I enjoyed that early one! Watching you get better and better at this has been great. Washing a wheel and half it missing, that was really well executed. The "duh" was the cherry on top. Long form is a real talent. Keep it up!
@@TrueLies23 ha! Thanks
@@ryantheridemechanic the amount of force to put a nylock upside down is astounding. I would like to see a video of you trying to do that. How many attempts will it take you or will you throw in the towel? How does thread pitch and diameter impact the difficulty. I now need to know.
I know it varies place to place, but what are the differences between annual commissioning vs first time commissioning. In that regard what would you maybe expect with the commissioning process of TT2 modified trains? Marcus Leshock today dropped a video interview with Tony Clark and he said that in December Zamperla tested the new train and they're expecting the other two trains to be back in early March. It's an interesting case in that the ride is getting new trains so it's like a hybrid between first time and annual commissioning. Unless of course there's no big differences between annual and first time commissioning.
More interested in the nylock answers truthfully 😂
Funny I see this as I'm working on an annual inspection today
2:14 neurons activated
I am 3 weeks away from going to Cedar Point's Winter Chill-Out (I was lucky enough to purchase a ticket to this charity event) and that always includes visiting the various Maintenance shops onsite (and some just offsite) and seeing the coaster trains, and other ride parts, in various stages of being refurbished. The staff is there to explain things and you can ask questions. It is always fascinating. I had not been able to get a ticket for the past 4 years.
@@jimstark4174 nice
I am honestly surprised that x-ray imaging is not used to inspect small parts for cracks and other integrity concerns. A good x-ray image can pickup cracks forming at a molecular level which is why it is used for rappelling and rock climbing equipment.
Hey Ryan can you do a video about Steel Curtain at Kennywood - it’s down more than Top Thrill 2 and it’s had a bunch of huge new supports arrive to fix the ride. Just curious as to what problem this might be.
Employees at Kings Dominion and Carowinds that got recently laid off during the off season are job hunting. I have seen videos at Hershey and the maintenance that they do. They also acknowledge that they make changes that increases safety that manufacturers don’t require. There are several excellent videos on RUclips. Hershey is impressive. Disney on the other hand should consider an off season. Tianna’s is a mechanical and technical mess
@@DougYeager-i8b I've heard that Disney is suffering from pretty serious brain drain in maintenance. Supposedly they've started paying retired mechanics and Imagineers to come in and do clinics on specific older rides.
@ I haven’t talked to any active Cast Members lately but the last time I did, they were not too positive about the place. It has completely changed from when I was there. If I didn’t know better I would think they were trying to sink the ship.
It would be really cool of you could add a transparent version of your logo to your merch store. I would love to buy a patch of some kind that has the RVR part of your logo without a background color and add it to shirts and bags I own. I'm not sure how hard this is, but I would definitely buy one if you could make it!
Lawn ornament 😅
I just call it Top Still Dragster.
@@toddjones1480 🤣
This one was wicked good! I found the visuals to be excellent. Great long format stuff. If you look at something like The Boeing 737 Technical Channel, it's way more structured but way less entertaining! Is your audience more enginerds or the coaster credits crowd or something else?
Both, evenly, mainly we are part engineers and part coaster enthusiasts, even roller coaster manufacturers, that really like and want to know how these rides work and what parks do.
50:30 that was the day I was there!
How did you handle the tension between having enough inventory to fix what is needed without extended downtime, and the budget constraints that carrying inventory creates? What about the conflict of deferring maintenance that leads to bigger and more expensive problems down the road? Who ultimately makes those decisions within the park management or company?
@@djsinkaz that’s all on park managements shoulders. For maintenance we are like a repair shop. Here’s how much $$ it’s going to be. Then it’s up to the park if that want to make only necessary repairs, go above and beyond, or try and prevent future problems.
Hey Ryan, I was wondering: how do theme parks make smoke, water or other special effects? Like which machines they use or how does the maintenance work. Thanks!
Is it possible for the general public to buy either used (or new) parts such as wheels from rollercoaster manufacturers just to have (add to a display in a coffee table)?
@@colinschmitz8297 if you want to pay new prices you can just contact the manufacture and ask. Not sure if the general public could buy parts. Let me know if you find out.
You should make a video about what you think is happening to Superman at Magic Mountain
@@DrewatSFDK it’s in the works. Look for it early next month I’m thinking.
29:58 that face lol
@@marksrye haha!!
Question for you, are any maintence teams at parks union? I could see a union bein present, but also see a case for it being non-union. If so, what union is it? Something I've never really thought of before.
some are union some are not. there's really no one main body though, they are scattered around.
I wonder if the backwards nylock was secondhand and already had the thread cut in the nylon?
@@Droningonuk very possible. Mechanics will reuse a block all the time especially if they just put it on then had to take it back off. Grey area the nylock company says it can be reused 2-3 times. The manufacturer says not to reuse hardware. So there is kind of a grey area
@ryantheridemechanic completely agree great video by the way I watched it all the way through I wanted to work for B&M as a child ended up welding for 16 years. I'm now a builder in construction and am glad to see the back of welding, 7018 electrodes take me back low hydrogen. I had a dye penetrant test qualification back in the day I miss parts of it but don't think I will go back.
@ nice. I’m not a welder by trade, but I have an A.S. Degree in welding. And built all my race cars for weld stress testing haha!
Are wooden coaster we had to run 500 to 1k cycles to get it good to open.... we ran it for hours straight to get that wooden coaster open for mock opening because it was handed to operations a little late
@theoutdoorduck701 yuck that sounds like a solid 3 days of cycling at what 15hr a day.
It sounds like California was very strict with there regulations was there ever hiccups /issues with something getting NDT or repaired out of state and California be suspicious of their documentation or procedures?
@@alexlail7481 no problems going out of state. As long as the paperwork was ok.
49:15 so 7 weeks but be prepared for 9 is what i took from that :)
@@marksrye then they wonder why it looks rushed at 7 weeks. And that was OT thrown at it as well. So cost more $$$
@@ryantheridemechanic i did reply but i think my comment went into the moderation queue woops!
Some parks dont paint over welds every year.
@@4everpee rusty
I know how that nylon ended up backwards.Milwaukee, or Snap-On, and not paying attention.
@@Spike-sk7ql I think you’re right. Probably dumped into a socket for speed.
@ryantheridemechanic yep. The old put the nut in the socket, line socket up with bolt, pull trigger. Impact go brrrrrrrrrrr, and you move on. I'm guessing it was something that didn't require a certain torque. Because they never looked at it again until after you pointed it out.
@ I think it was an overhead fiberglass cover
@@ryantheridemechanic covers in the automotive world get 3 ugga duggas from the 1/4" impact.
Way long video
I love the long videos
gotta love it
We love long videos from Ryan
@srellessemaj same but long / way long are not the same
That is why Ryan is great! He isn't trying to make short, surface level content. It isn't for everyone though, and you might not be the targeted audience, and that is okay!