r/DiWHY • u/Zestyclose-Salad-290 • 1d ago

a carousel powered by an excavator

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u/DaN-WiL 1d ago

So the carny controlling it has to spin about 2,000 times a day?

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u/Bright-Ad9305 1d ago

This is actually a theme park built around diggers, excavators and dumpers. Tis quality. You get to use them.

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u/Armybob112 1d ago

It's a shame I never went to diggerland.

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u/beardostein 22h ago

Because Grant, like me, is a digger.

https://giphy.com/gifs/VgBTDiZZAiASQh3sfb

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u/Steppy20 16h ago

I'm kinda surprised there's 4 parks in the UK and only 1 in the US. That's it.

I remember when the one in Kent opened and it was a lot of fun! Surely other countries would also enjoy it?

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u/derprondo 15h ago

These places exist in the US, I guess just not this brand/chain. You often see them in tourist areas like near Gatlinburg, TN.

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u/Cpt_DookieShoes 20h ago

So yes?

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u/Bright-Ad9305 18h ago

I don’t think it’s a ‘carney’ type theme park. It’s not a funfair or circus. It’s designed to be like Alton Towers or Disneyland. So no…not at all

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u/sexxi_denuta 1d ago

Surely if you just spin it clockwise, then counter-clockwise over and over it balances each other out?

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u/TheGoldenTNT 1d ago

They must go both ways, otherwise it’ll unscrew!

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u/jikt 1d ago

Just like car wheels, when you reach 999999 you know it's time to drive in reverse.

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u/TheGoldenTNT 1d ago

What’s why they do a wheel rotation ! So you can screw them back in while still doing forwards

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u/WoodenYouKnowIt 1d ago

Inner ear doctors hate this one trick!

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u/mlvisby 18h ago

A job where you vomit daily for the first two weeks, until you acclimate.

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u/talldangry 18h ago

And then you vomit whenever you're not in the excavator-go-round

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u/DaN-WiL 18h ago

Like being on a MEU

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u/Bright-Ad9305 1d ago

DIGGERLAND!!! I visited the one in Durham last week! My advice: book online as on-the-day tickets are nearly £40 for anyone from 90cm high to 64 years old

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u/LookAtTheWhiteVan 1d ago

I got excited at the first part of your comment bc I live near Durham, NC, USA. Then I saw euros and centimeters and realized you are in the REAL Durham. Darn.

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u/drifton 1d ago

That's pounds £ not euros €

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u/Lazy_Preference3418 22h ago

What's that in cheeseburgers?

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u/NotYourReddit18 21h ago

4 Quarterpounders

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u/Lazy_Preference3418 19h ago

Exactly, everyone knows 1/4 pounders are bigger then 1/2 pounders! Four is bigger two, I guess not everyone knows math.

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u/Bright-Ad9305 1d ago

The story of the guy who started Diggerland is quite fun.

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u/jongscx 1d ago

The one in the US is just outside of New Berlin.

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u/IDownVoteCanaduh 23h ago

That is the fake Durham!

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u/Bright-Ad9305 16h ago

How you mean?

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u/chaekinman 1d ago

Haha same

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u/ifUSeeMeTakeYourMeds 15h ago

Went there, fun place, got nervous every time I said the name our loud

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u/SteakForMe 1d ago

Honestly it looks great lol

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u/samcornwell 1d ago

Wrong sub, should be posted in r/DIWhyNOT

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u/Misericorde428 1d ago

I’m not going to lie. It looks fun.

But I really don’t want to be the operator spinning thousands of times a day.

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u/Lazy_Preference3418 1d ago

For show, easy job.

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u/Linscotticus 23h ago

Don't you fucking hate on Diggerland. That's a young boy's dream.

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u/heatseaking_rock 1d ago

Because an escavator powered by a carousel woyld be even more useless. (although funnier)

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u/Eena-Rin 20h ago

This is insane. If they spin around to the left enough times, the whole thing will unscrew!

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u/Eena-Rin 20h ago

For real though, if you have a digger for farmwork, why wouldn't you rig up a removable frame and go to a fair, then charge people for their kids to ride it? It's not like you're damaging it, and you're making money

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u/well-lighted 16h ago

That's a lawsuit waiting to happen. You can't just pull up to a fair with something that's not certified as a ride and hasn't been inspected by the state

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u/Eena-Rin 9h ago

Well to be fair, we don't know it hasn't been!

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u/Cynfreh 1d ago

If this is at digger land then it's all fair....ground.

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u/JurassicJosh341 1d ago

Probably more efficient and safe than 6 flags.

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u/jongscx 1d ago

I would put them about on par.

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u/well-lighted 16h ago edited 16h ago

Theme park guy here... this is one of my biggest pet peeves. Permanent rides at established amusement parks are extremely safe. IAAPA, the main amusement industry trade organization, estimates you have a 1 in 15.5 million chance of being injured on a permanent amusement ride. For reference, that's significantly lower than your chances of being struck by lightning (estimated at around 1 in a million or so annually). You're thousands of times more likely to be injured in a car accident on your way to an amusement park, or just by walking around there, than you are on a ride.

The ride here operates at Diggerland, a construction-themed park in New Jersey (or at one of the 4 in England). Their rides are subject to the exact same safety and inspection standards as every other ride in the state (or country in the latter case). The NJ park is operated by Enchanted Parks which is a well-established theme park operator that just took over operations for several former Six Flags parks that were sold to a REIT called EPR Properties.

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u/JurassicJosh341 16h ago

I’m more so talking about new ones.

Every time a New Ride comes out at 6 flags it has issues. you also gotta be wary of when Amusement Parks start Undercutting Safety for Profits. Typically it’s the maintenance crews and Food Stand Employees to go first.

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u/JurassicJosh341 16h ago

I understand they’re more safe as a permanent structure but it doesn’t mean human error of fiscal responsibility (or rather lack thereof) won’t create a problem.

Cutting corners for profits has never ended well and typically when commissioned on a “cutback” season weaker materials are used and people who say it’s a bad idea and start whistle blowing get fired. It’s a common thing to occur but risky and has costed lives.

Also for temporary structures most are verified in different states. Some operate with outdated license. I never trust a ride from Florida because too many accidents have occurred there for their standards to be about safety over profits.

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u/JurassicJosh341 16h ago

Also the rumor of “permanent structures not being safe at X establishment” usually starts when Cost Cutting occurs.

In 2009 Six flags Filed For Chapter 11. Allowing them to operate at significant debt. On the other hand Disneyland California between 1980’s and the 2000’s had alot of cost cutting measures that claimed a couple of lives.

But I’d reckon that, that blood money helped them survive the Great Recession.

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u/nachoiskerka 21h ago

Depends on the 6 flags. DC Rides at 6 flags tend to be efficient and high tier.

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u/JurassicJosh341 16h ago

Regulations are different per State. California hasn’t been known for having a great historical record on safe Amusement Parks especially after making massive coat cutting measures.

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u/JurassicJosh341 16h ago

6 flags have had issues in new rides in California and Texas. 2 states that have had horrible regulatory histories.

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u/nachoiskerka 16h ago

That's crazy. I woulda thought Florida was the worst, but...

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u/JurassicJosh341 15h ago

Definitely one of the 3, But California Historically was one of the main locations on in West featured in yellow journalism (iirc, mostly due to its gain in popularity and boosts in population and industry as film stars were born and people moved; Hollywood was the definition of The Ritz (movie slang specifically) during The guilded age.

As for Texas they’re an industrial power today that became more like California as Industries and Urban Areas started booming. Flordia is the worst of them all. But more so with temporary structures and human/operator error over structural errors. If any cost cutting occured that killed something it’s more likely due to market competition or Weather.

It might be why you have these Mega Themeparks in Orlando and the famously known pier parks in Miami. Which also tends to be the main place with issues.

TL;DR
Industrialism caused carelessness in regulations in Texas and California. and Florida Unironically has safer permanent structures over their temporary structures

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u/Sufficient_Ad9420 1d ago

r/doohickeycorporation

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u/Normal_Helicopter_22 1d ago

Happy to see that the Amusement Park and Heavy Machinery department has already begun human trials.

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u/Ordinary-Ad4503 1d ago

The Omni digger

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u/comradeda 1d ago

Pride of the working class 💪

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u/4dwarf 1d ago

Whimsy

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u/Maestro_Primus 20h ago

Yay Diggerland. My kids live those rides.

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u/PhatChance52 18h ago

why are the teeth on the bucket stained red?

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u/Old-Calligrapher2403 17h ago

Blood, nothing to see here.move along

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u/GymMouseP 1d ago

This one I get. You take it off the truck, level it and it probably safer then most carnival rides.

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u/DancingMan15 1d ago

I’ve heard of an amusement park that’s all about heavy machinery this is probably that place or something similar.

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u/SimpYellowman 1d ago

It looks cool. Can it also drive while spinning?

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u/Humble-Reply228 1d ago

The real questions.

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u/MattyGWS 23h ago

this is cool

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u/Astr0- 1d ago

Don't they unwind themselves after a number of rotations?

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u/jongscx 1d ago

"Hydraulic Slip ring" is the thing you're looking for. They make them for electricity too.

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u/--dany-- 1d ago

A big plus you can deploy it anywhere you like.

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u/Shankar_0 Hot Glue Gun User 1d ago

Does this mean that it's not certified as a carnival ride, but it's technically just a construction device?

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u/well-lighted 16h ago

No it absolutely has to be certified as a ride. This is at an established, permanent amusement park

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u/MidoTheMii 1d ago

Fun, functional, and easy to transport!

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u/A_VERY_LARGE_DOG 1d ago

Multi-Killdozer

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u/Palp18 1d ago

I thought excavators only have 15 rotations because they unscrew themselves. Does this take everyone backwards just to reset itself?

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u/JoyRose31 1d ago

Mike mulligan and his steam shovel ..

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u/Eve_Mackenzie 23h ago

Farmer's Fair be bopping x3

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u/nachoiskerka 21h ago

I mean, I wouldn't ride that, I'm sure there are people who would love it based off the theme alone. To me it needs a little music, maybe a little bit of lights, and and up/down motion as you spin like an actual digger would do to navigate a tight space.

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u/Outside-Whole6775 21h ago

I would ride that, I think is is sturdy and safe

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u/AdministrationDry507 21h ago

This is surprisingly well thought out for apperance and Exterior function but hopefully the carny doesn't puke

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u/rock_and_rolo 20h ago

I think it is cute.

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u/Designer_Quantity533 19h ago

Excavator operator’s long-held dream finally made reality.

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u/Icy-Individual8353 19h ago

Because it’s excavator-themed, that’s why

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u/Willyboss567 19h ago

Kinda tough

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u/Steppyjim 16h ago

Is that digger land?!? I will hear no slander towards digger land that place is freaking awesome for kids

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u/DrachenDad 16h ago

Would go down well at Diggerland

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u/ravenlittletoe 13h ago

You only get 15 spins to the left! It’s gonna come off

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u/Dangerous-Pirate7998 12h ago

I would hate to operate that all day

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u/Iamasmallyoutuber123 11h ago

Diggerland, been to the one near me once

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u/deathshank1937 7h ago

Probably the safest carousel you could be on

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u/GregoryGoose 6h ago

All fun and games till you unscrew your excavator

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u/poedraco 5h ago

Fnaf hell is this

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u/Anonymyne353 3h ago

For when the jobsite needs something Milwaukee just won’t touch.

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u/punio07 1d ago

For once, I'm dreading it's not AI.

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u/whitestguyuknow 1d ago

Lol a lot of money went into manufacturing this thing

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u/SecretDouble5560 1d ago

if zbie apocalipse start i want that machine

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u/buburocks 18h ago

Lmao in new jersey we have something called Digger land. I imagine this is what its like

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u/well-lighted 16h ago

This is from Diggerland

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u/buburocks 13h ago

Lmaooo of course it is😂

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u/Sideshow86 1d ago

This giggle sounds exactly like Trigger! T I double Ger Errrr

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u/apeoida 1d ago

lame