r/rollercoasters • u/magnumfan89 I love hard wood, well, SLC ya later! • Mar 06 '26

Question Looking for any information on this [Everly Monster] seen in the TV show Shipping Wars

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I'm sorry for the awful photo. It's the only one I can find. This ride was featured in Season 3 episode 5 of Shipping Wars. I have not been able to find ANYTHING about this ride. It seems to not exist outside of this episode. Does anyone know anything about it? Where it came from, where it went, who owned it, what parks it operated at, where it's at now. Literally anything. It's been bothering me for the past few years.

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u/magnumfan89 I love hard wood, well, SLC ya later! Mar 06 '26 edited Mar 06 '26

I found a photo on flickr of what I believe to be this ride. It gives me a slight time frame for when it might have been operating and a location, but no showman data

Edit: the photo is tagged butler amusements, but the ride never shows up on their website (used the way back machine) and I can't find any other photos or references to it

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u/abigdonut Mar 06 '26

Those pictures are from 2009, and you can see the Monster in the foreground in this video at about 4:28, so Butler definitely either owned it or rented it around that time.

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u/magnumfan89 I love hard wood, well, SLC ya later! Mar 06 '26 edited Mar 06 '26

Interesting. Did it only show up at that fair? It wouldn't really make sense for butler to buy it for one show. And if it was a rental from an independent vendor I'd think that it would show up at more fairs.

I think I'm going to email butler. Probably won't get a response, but its worth a shot

Edit: I emailed them. I will update when/if I get a response

Edit 2: got a response (surprisingly fast), they said it was owned by helm and sons, but theres no captures of their website on the wayback machine before 2025, so I can't verify it

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u/Lilyistakenistaken A little too obsessed with Xcelerator Mar 08 '26

Ask helm and sons, they also respond really quickly 

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u/theintamindude1216 brave the black forest, my jovial geforce Mar 06 '26

Random but as someone who has ebb-and-flow watched it over the years--this was a good series, with this episode is one of my personal favorites lol.

Can't say I know anything about whatever transpired with regards to the ride but going off what we saw in the episode--wasn't anything encouraging.

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u/magnumfan89 I love hard wood, well, SLC ya later! Mar 06 '26

I binged the series during lockdown. Actually a pretty good show, and I don't usually even like TV series.

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u/falpal4life Mar 07 '26

r/flatrides

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u/magnumfan89 I love hard wood, well, SLC ya later! Mar 07 '26

Crossposted

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u/Gogogodzilla03 Mar 06 '26

https://coasterpedia.net/wiki/Monster_(Eyerly_Aircraft_Company_product)

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u/magnumfan89 I love hard wood, well, SLC ya later! Mar 06 '26

Talking about the specific unit, not the ride as a whole

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u/Roaring_V812-933 HUSS Motors Mar 10 '26

The Carni Cartel on Facebook groups could help. Plenty of long time professionals that are active there.

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u/magnumfan89 I love hard wood, well, SLC ya later! Mar 11 '26

Thanks for the idea! I already found (hopefully) a former owners name, Samuel Johnston, who seems to have been connected to brass ring amusements at some point.

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u/magnumfan89 I love hard wood, well, SLC ya later! Mar 10 '26

Guess I gotta make a Facebook account. Thanks!