Definitely would like to see more of these videos. It is amazing just how much hard work goes into building these rides. I don't think people appreciate just how much needs doing.
Love this! I am from Lancashire Thornton-Cleveleys. I'm nearly 50 now but "Shaws" and "Silcocks" Have always come to us. Fabulous memories in the 80s for me! Still love it now 😆🤣
I'm from a small town in Iowa and me and my brother absolutely loved watching ride builds at our Corn Festival every year... !!! We ended up being Musicians which basically involved setup , teardown and a show... my brother eventually had a mini donut stand on midways. . Absolutely Love Your Content.. and kudos to Your young boy..
brill what a refreshing take on things before the fair starts and with it being up early people will know to visit, pull downs are great watched hull fair one last year amazing
I looked forward to this vlog and I was not disappointed it was great, and like you say people don't realise what work goes into setting up all the rides, thanks for showing us :)
This is a great video mate, really appreciate you taking the time to film this - it brings back so many memories of watching the lads and ladies set up the fair brhind my house every year as a kid in the 90s, I always wanted to do this as a job but alas 'twas not meant to be!
Spent 5 years of my life travelling with rembelances waltzer, greatest time of my life without a doubt. Never winched cars out, just lifted them out by hand and the girders also.
Excellent footage Dave do enjoy a pull on and build up. I was watching the Silcocks lads building the freak out up the other week took them 2 hrs just to level the machine out.
In the eighties a group of us friends would help set the travelling fairs up. I used to help put the Waltzers and the Octopus up. We all got unlimited fair rides for helping. The Octopus was the same type of Carters one. I feel old now. Good video Dave.
Slothy, just found your channel a few days ago after discovering your friend's channel (UK Theme Parks). I love your content but this build up video is one of the most interesting. I used to visit carnivals as they were being set up and more times then not, the staff would get irritated that someone was watching and photographing them. You seem to get on much better with the staff which is really priceless. I really liked the ghost train walk through. Years ago I was friendly with a traveling ghost train operator and I got to walk though it and trouble shoot miss-firing tricks which was really fun. I'm also really impressed with how you have a whole crew of impressive friends who love carnivals as much as you do. In America no one cares about carnivals in this way and you won't find another person who likes them this much. A big problem with the USA is that its so spread out, in the UK everything is compact so traveling and meeting like minded people is likely far easier.
I have done a few build up's and pull downs with A&R, it's true what you said that a lot of people don't realise the hard work that goes into building the rides up, great fun tho, just subscribed to your channel :-)
Love this video slothys, shows how the lads and the showmen build up the rides, very hard work! but very rewarding and fun. I've had a go myself about 20 years ago. Parts are heavy and awkward to shift, we built up a maxwell speedway, I miss that ride. All that work has to be done in a day or so, older wooden flat rides take longer to build up, modern metal flat rides pull out (most with hydraulic rams) and fold up and only need a few bits bolted together. Most twist cars are made up of 2 bits I believe, the seat and the front section and bars are bolted together to save space on the lorries in transit. That hotel of terror truck is an ERF "E Series", most showmen used ERF and Foden lorries. I miss the smell and sound of the Gardner engines on the fair that powered the rides. Would love to see more build up videos, hopefully a better season for the showmen in 2021
Great vid matey, love vids like this!, ive helped build a waltzer and dodgems( a old wood build!).......bloody hard work!!. Its good that you've highlighted what goes on before opening day/night. All the best matey.
Great Vlog mate it just seems so long ago but absolutely love it .I'm sat here watching it and my wife has just said .what you watching that rubbish for !! and She's a Soap Yawn Fan lol they don't understand .thanks for the Vlog
Some interesting footage in this video, especially the behind the scenes Ghost Train walkthrough, which is fascinating to see being a more traditional design, rather than the Roller Ghoster type, so almost everything has to be placed or built. Hopefully, videos like this will help the average person that visits a fair get to appreciate the clever design and engineering that allows most rides these days to fold up on a trailer, but also the massive amount of work involved behind the scenes building up & pulling down the rides for us to enjoy.
Hi Dave (maybe a touch too formal as we don’t know each other, ha), only discovered your channel recently and your content is mint. Thank you for taking the time to vlog for us to enjoy in your fairground experiences. I wouldn’t dare get on some of the rides you and Simon get on. I’d be bricking it! 😂
Going back and watching these older buildup vlogs because I love seeing this process! Are you planning to do more sometime or even breakdowns? Thanks, Dave! 😎
Hi Dave. Been only following your channel for a short while and loving the content. Video was really interesting. Shows the side of the fair people don't usually see - lots of hard work involved. Would be interesting if you did a documentary style video on the history or more technical details of the rides. Anyway keep up the great work and thanks for all the videos!
great vlog,,great work,,any one with a passion for fun fairs loves the build up,,have you seen the build up on a new fair trade waltzer?? half the work now
I used to work at a swedish traveling funfair, going around scandinavia. I can tell you, it's a tough job! Some of the hardest work I've done in my life, but really fun and rewarding - except the money-part. Pays shit.
about 3 years ago I when to the Carters Steam fair while they were setting up, little that I knew that one of the workers was one of my dad's mates and boy what a great day out for me!
I used to do all that a few year's back done it for Jame's Roger's & Jame's Miller's For Funderworld Also Burt Holland & Few Other's used to build all the big ride's so know how that feel's as soon as the fair shut's the pull down start's in all weather as need to get to the next location :)
This is a awsome blog, i have always wanted to see a fair been built, hats of to the guys that but there hard-working into building them rides, it would be great if you could get some footage of the ride operating system, i. E the cabin to show us how they can adjust the ride cycles, also if you could get the operator to show you and a small interview on how they decide what cycle to run, i got told that after a certain time at night they speed up the cycles, do you know if that is fact, also i got told that on the walsers, if you pull down the bar, it lifts a brake, so you get more spin, mybe on opening day you could ask some questions for us fair enthusiasts😁 and how do they learn to put tge rides together, bet they don't cone with instructions lol do you know how much the rides cost to buy? , great blogs always look forward to your blogs to start my day, keep up the good work 👍
Pulled downs alot quicker but still hard i know ive help pull down the waltzer when i was in my 20's fair mad then now im quite happy watching your vlogs as dont have the stomach any more😭
You should ask them about the history etc... origin of the rides, and stats for the rides...etc It is definitely interesting seeing a couple of guys put a roller coaster together by hand! Seems all a lot of hard work... How many locations do they do a year etc? How many in their whole crew etc...
They work hard fair people in all kinds of weather. The ghost train was interesting to see during the day. I got a behind the scenes tour of alien wars years ago.
And there's also a place in Wales that is a museum with all rides still being used as you pay to go in and see a lot of very old machines deffo a good day out
well done dave and two token simon as my disabled son loves your video"s and would it be possible for you to give him a mention in your newest stream his name is christian bevan thanks ever so much
I have just come back from a weekend In Chiswick. Working then Pulling Down the Waltzer, Dodgems, Twister, Inflatables Twice the Size Of this one. And there was only 6 of Us. And I am 61 In 2019.
Definitely would like to see more of these videos. It is amazing just how much hard work goes into building these rides. I don't think people appreciate just how much needs doing.
Love this! I am from Lancashire Thornton-Cleveleys. I'm nearly 50 now but "Shaws" and "Silcocks" Have always come to us. Fabulous memories in the 80s for me! Still love it now 😆🤣
Absolutely fantastic vlog we need more build ups please the showman work so hard to make a living it's true dedication
I'm from a small town in Iowa and me and my brother absolutely loved watching ride builds at our Corn Festival every year... !!!
We ended up being Musicians which basically involved setup , teardown and a show... my brother eventually had a mini donut stand on midways. .
Absolutely Love Your Content.. and kudos to Your young boy..
We don't see many ride build vlogs here in the States. REALLY ENJOYING these, and Thank You for doing them !
I love the friendship you have with the lads & ladies at the fairs, you’re the only vlogger I know with this sort of relationship 👍🏽
Mark Forrest Thanks Mark! I love talking haha, Spend ages getting to know them all, I love to say hello and talk to people... 😂😂
thaisi76 they really are
Slothy Vlogs Well if you see me around stop me & say hi 😁
This is so cool Dave, really interesting to see, love the mini cranes to build up the coaster and Waltzers 👍🏻
Cheers Andy 😁
awesome vids bud do more they are great
People don't Appreciate how much work and time to build a fair. Cool i love the lego twister.
Keep doing these! My full family have just sat and watched this and they think its great! Well done!
Kris Troy That’s awesome! So glad you enjoyed it, Thanks for watching
brill what a refreshing take on things before the fair starts and with it being up early people will know to visit, pull downs are great watched hull fair one last year amazing
I looked forward to this vlog and I was not disappointed it was great, and like you say people don't realise what work goes into setting up all the rides, thanks for showing us :)
Keep up these build up.vlogs.by far the best vlogs.and it's nice to see a family fun fair that allow you to see behind the scenes
Great to appreciate all the hard work put into these rides ! Well done fabulous video
Thank you so much
I love these build up videos very much appreciated. The transformation is amazing
Hi Dave great in site to the hard work involved in put up the fair .keep em coming
This is a great video mate, really appreciate you taking the time to film this - it brings back so many memories of watching the lads and ladies set up the fair brhind my house every year as a kid in the 90s, I always wanted to do this as a job but alas 'twas not meant to be!
Hopefully when people watch vlogs like this it will spurn them on to support there local funfairs.
Spent 5 years of my life travelling with rembelances waltzer, greatest time of my life without a doubt.
Never winched cars out, just lifted them out by hand and the girders also.
Do u not do it anymore?
@@karenkalasy8251 Sadly not, i got married 😅
I told you this before on one of your newer vids . But I used to be a fair ground lad way back and this vid is AWESOME takes me back so far .thanks
Thank you for uploading people dont no how much work gos into it
Thanks for clicking my video
@@SlothyVlogs no problem mate
It's nice to no what happens before these rides start operating. All the work that goes in to the fair. I am injoying this video.
Excellent footage Dave do enjoy a pull on and build up. I was watching the Silcocks lads building the freak out up the other week took them 2 hrs just to level the machine out.
Stuart McKelvie it’s crazy isn’t it... So much work involved, makes me sad to see empty fairs 😧
great video its amazing to see how they build up the rides
Brilliant vlog so cool seeing behind the scenes of the showmans
In the eighties a group of us friends would help set the travelling fairs up. I used to help put the Waltzers and the Octopus up. We all got unlimited fair rides for helping. The Octopus was the same type of Carters one. I feel old now. Good video Dave.
it is amazing how much work goes into the prep....and to put up and teardown every week.
Slothy, just found your channel a few days ago after discovering your friend's channel (UK Theme Parks). I love your content but this build up video is one of the most interesting. I used to visit carnivals as they were being set up and more times then not, the staff would get irritated that someone was watching and photographing them. You seem to get on much better with the staff which is really priceless. I really liked the ghost train walk through. Years ago I was friendly with a traveling ghost train operator and I got to walk though it and trouble shoot miss-firing tricks which was really fun. I'm also really impressed with how you have a whole crew of impressive friends who love carnivals as much as you do. In America no one cares about carnivals in this way and you won't find another person who likes them this much. A big problem with the USA is that its so spread out, in the UK everything is compact so traveling and meeting like minded people is likely far easier.
I have done a few build up's and pull downs with A&R, it's true what you said that a lot of people don't realise the hard work that goes into building the rides up, great fun tho, just subscribed to your channel :-)
Thank you so much, really appreciate it
Yea Man I really enjoyed this one... glad I found it thanks for sharing. I enjoy this side of the fair
I loved watching it. Thank you so much for doing it too
Stephen Crossley Glad you enjoyed it, Would of got more but I was down there for 3 hours haha
Slothy Vlogs i use to work on a fun fair around Blackpool too mate
Love this video slothys, shows how the lads and the showmen build up the rides, very hard work! but very rewarding and fun. I've had a go myself about 20 years ago. Parts are heavy and awkward to shift, we built up a maxwell speedway, I miss that ride. All that work has to be done in a day or so, older wooden flat rides take longer to build up, modern metal flat rides pull out (most with hydraulic rams) and fold up and only need a few bits bolted together. Most twist cars are made up of 2 bits I believe, the seat and the front section and bars are bolted together to save space on the lorries in transit. That hotel of terror truck is an ERF "E Series", most showmen used ERF and Foden lorries. I miss the smell and sound of the Gardner engines on the fair that powered the rides. Would love to see more build up videos, hopefully a better season for the showmen in 2021
Great vid matey, love vids like this!, ive helped build a waltzer and dodgems( a old wood build!).......bloody hard work!!. Its good that you've highlighted what goes on before opening day/night. All the best matey.
I love these videos 😊
Very good Dave i enjoyed yr blog, its an eye opener.
Great Vlog mate it just seems so long ago but absolutely love it .I'm sat here watching it and my wife has just said .what you watching that rubbish for !! and She's a Soap Yawn Fan lol they don't understand .thanks for the Vlog
Only just started watching your vlogs mate keep up the great content:)
Danny Jackson Welcome Danny! Thanks for sticking around mate, Hope you enjoy them 😁😁
+Lisa Thompson No, just no.
Why do I always attract weirdos 😂😂
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+Slothy Vlogs 😂😂😂
Some interesting footage in this video, especially the behind the scenes Ghost Train walkthrough, which is fascinating to see being a more traditional design, rather than the Roller Ghoster type, so almost everything has to be placed or built. Hopefully, videos like this will help the average person that visits a fair get to appreciate the clever design and engineering that allows most rides these days to fold up on a trailer, but also the massive amount of work involved behind the scenes building up & pulling down the rides for us to enjoy.
i love it so happy you did this vlog mate
Hi Dave (maybe a touch too formal as we don’t know each other, ha), only discovered your channel recently and your content is mint. Thank you for taking the time to vlog for us to enjoy in your fairground experiences. I wouldn’t dare get on some of the rides you and Simon get on. I’d be bricking it! 😂
Really good vlog love the footage of build ups
New sub. Enjoying the content 👍🏻
Steves vlogs Welcome! Thanks so much for watching
I’d love to come and see them build up the rides in person. Always been a little fascinated! 👍🏾
Love the mini ride great vlog well done slothy
Jude mackay Cheers Jude 🤘🏻
Love it Dave its quite interesting to watch x
Going back and watching these older buildup vlogs because I love seeing this process! Are you planning to do more sometime or even breakdowns? Thanks, Dave! 😎
Very difficult with work and stuff, always like to do these but find it hard with my schedule
@@SlothyVlogs No worries. 😎
Great vlog, some ride have to have so much detail I have a different side of funfairs. Great video, well done mate.
shaun brown Thanks Shaun 😁😁
Hi Dave. Been only following your channel for a short while and loving the content.
Video was really interesting. Shows the side of the fair people don't usually see - lots of hard work involved.
Would be interesting if you did a documentary style video on the history or more technical details of the rides. Anyway keep up the great work and thanks for all the videos!
James Taylor Cheers mate! Will try and get some stuff like that for sure
Great stuff! Thank you.
great vlog,,great work,,any one with a passion for fun fairs loves the build up,,have you seen the build up on a new fair trade waltzer?? half the work now
Yeah well impressed guy's, keep up the great work that u all do
Great behind the scenes video I'm trying to do things a bit different also to create interest and you done great job keep it going
Brilliant to see the ghost train Like that great video!
Great video! New subscriber gained 😁👍
Thanks so much Ben
Lads brilliant footage. A must see for you guys would be carter's steam/ funfairs there all original fun fair rides 60s/70s
That thing is well cool I luv your vids so much ❤️💕
Ariana Grande Thank you 😁
Slothy Vlogs your welcome 🙏
Slothy Vlogs your welcome
I used to work at a swedish traveling funfair, going around scandinavia. I can tell you, it's a tough job! Some of the hardest work I've done in my life, but really fun and rewarding - except the money-part. Pays shit.
I was on the team for the Twister. Good times!
Miss u doing these😢
Wow nice to see behind the scenes!! Can you do full behind the scenes ghost train build up?!? Maybe you could try the road to hell ghost train!
Very interesting Dave! Loved this vlog
Gavin Wolves Cheers mate! Have to up my game now other channels are doing Fairs haha
Slothy Vlogs they still won't be as good as yours, still #number1
about 3 years ago I when to the Carters Steam fair while they were setting up, little that I knew that one of the workers was one of my dad's mates and boy what a great day out for me!
Good to see behind the scenes , another good video - How did they do it in the 70's with No hydrolics ??
Scarrott's North or Geo. Scarrott's from Wootton Bassett ?
I used to do all that a few year's back done it for Jame's Roger's & Jame's Miller's For Funderworld Also Burt Holland & Few Other's used to build all the big ride's so know how that feel's as soon as the fair shut's the pull down start's in all weather as need to get to the next location :)
you should do a full uncut waltzer build that would be interesting. there setting up the fair here in runcorn right now open tomorrow at 5
This is a awsome blog, i have always wanted to see a fair been built, hats of to the guys that but there hard-working into building them rides, it would be great if you could get some footage of the ride operating system, i. E the cabin to show us how they can adjust the ride cycles, also if you could get the operator to show you and a small interview on how they decide what cycle to run, i got told that after a certain time at night they speed up the cycles, do you know if that is fact, also i got told that on the walsers, if you pull down the bar, it lifts a brake, so you get more spin, mybe on opening day you could ask some questions for us fair enthusiasts😁 and how do they learn to put tge rides together, bet they don't cone with instructions lol do you know how much the rides cost to buy? , great blogs always look forward to your blogs to start my day, keep up the good work 👍
Daz Willott Will try Wednesday! Get some people working the machines
Slothy Vlogs that would be awesome 😁👍
Great video ☺
Pulled downs alot quicker but still hard i know ive help pull down the waltzer when i was in my 20's fair mad then now im quite happy watching your vlogs as dont have the stomach any more😭
You should ask them about the history etc... origin of the rides, and stats for the rides...etc It is definitely interesting seeing a couple of guys put a roller coaster together by hand! Seems all a lot of hard work... How many locations do they do a year etc? How many in their whole crew etc...
keep it coming bro i enjoy the videos
jamie setchell Thanks Jamie
I imagine being a kid getting to hang out there must be unbelievably cool
Nice video for us Amusement nuts ! Wish we had some Waltzers floating around in the states
I'm so glad you saw this. Matt from Jersey. We have Tilt-A-Whirls but Waltzers seem Soo much more fast and smooth
please could you do another video like thus
Hello from Ashland Wisconsin we do have fairs up here
They work hard fair people in all kinds of weather. The ghost train was interesting to see during the day. I got a behind the scenes tour of alien wars years ago.
Great vid mate 👍 any chance you would do a Banbury pull around I think October?
20:28 Is this Tilt-A-Whirl? One of my favorite rides.
No it’s a waltzer it’s indoors and tilt a whirl is out
Love the video i will love to see a pull down one
Fascinating stuff, probably a silly question but when they get a new ride how do they know how to fix it together, do they come with instructions!?
its like building houses they have a paper and design everything
Just come across this vlog and finding it really fascinating.
I’d love to see more of these. Maybe with some time lapse footage!
I did a full ghost train build a couple of weeks ago, on the channel
Slothy Vlogs yeah was great! It was how I found your channel
The twister has been built by PWS rides the sizzler has been built by wisdom ride and the scrambler has been built by Eli bridge
These videos of you are so cool :) I love the lego model,its Teens here btw :D
Cool behind the scenes footage
Dave u want a waltzer with wooden hills and are big is richmonds lazerblazer good ride and very good spins
R u going to be posting a video of the fair
hey just subed to your channel you have any full videos of when they pull up to every second that they have finished the build ?
Lee Barnett Not yet! Planning on doing a lot more of these, Thanks so much for the sub, please check out some vlogs 🤗
@@SlothyVlogs i definitively will check out alot more
And there's also a place in Wales that is a museum with all rides still being used as you pay to go in and see a lot of very old machines deffo a good day out
love it mate ill be there at 5pm till 8pm
Funfair Build up, Behind The Scenes -
Slothy Vlogs love louis shirley
You need to come to hull fair this year
So are these showmen all independent operators that travel together or are they all part of one show? what is the arrangement over there?
how I miss watching this being done so cool
well done dave and two token simon as my disabled son loves your video"s and would it be possible for you to give him a mention in your newest stream his name is christian bevan thanks ever so much
Hi salty when are you uploading the video of you on the rides
I have just come back from a weekend In Chiswick. Working then Pulling Down the Waltzer, Dodgems, Twister, Inflatables Twice the Size Of this one. And there was only 6 of Us. And I am 61 In 2019.
Ikea and fairground rides collaboration lol
Who is the manufacturer of these does anyone know?
well into this brilliant cheers. subbed
NCKYG2X3 Thanks :)
The man that was setting up the waltzers in the blue top I saw him at tadley treacle fair.
Amber nash Lee haha
Yea do do a pull down vlog it will be amazing
Is this Aaron grey by any chance???
I used to work on the Waltzers to build up and pull down hard work
the show I worked for the owner was a great man and boss I wish I could have worked longer for him we became good friends in a professional standpoint
Who Is the Name from the Roller Coaster