i have a question.i was at a Cedar Point page with discussion like this and somebody said that he heard rumors about The Beast getting knocked over by the wind.it sounds weird but does anyone know if this is true???

Son of Beasts UNSUPPORTED structure blew over during construction.

You refering to Guide to the Point? Ran by the same person as coasterbuzz.

It was a minor thing that happened during one windy day during the construction of the ride. I think the wind speeds that day were above the 50 m.p.h. mark, as it left Cincy with tree and power line damage throughout the city.

Yep, things like that happen in high wind. SOB just happened to catch it during construction. PKI would not even think of operating the ride if it were unsafe. They catch that kind of stuff on the track walk that's done in the morning. (Or is that a myth? Merch associates don't know rides saftey checks...)

~Shadow~

Yeah only during construction The Beast is very supported! The Beast is my all time fav coaster....then Son of Beast....

All roller coasters are required by law to be inspected before a day of operation. And there are some serious fines if they don't.

Actually only the track of wooden coasters is inspected every morning before the park opens.

Hmmm, who has the crummy job of climbing through SOB's wooden loop every morning? That would be fun for about a day, and thats it.

The steel coaster get tested everyday, first by some dry runs, than an inspector rides in the front seat, scanning for damages, strange sounds, etc.

I do believe that PKI has a fork lift parked by SoB for the inspection of the loop every morning. I also seem to think that the park made a concrete pad to park the forklift on.

Yeah your right pki has a fork lift on sob everymoring to check it out!

I think you just had something confused. It's not so much a forklift but more along the lines of a cherry picker AKA bucket truck.

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yeah Sparky its definitly not a Fork Lift, a fork lift is what you use to pick up skids and such. The peice of equipment next to the SOB loop is a cherry picker.

Id say taht has to get old really quick, riding walking the coasters circuit, and every day doing the same thing, in terms of riding the ride and looking for damage. I think i would be bad at that, because I would be having way too much fun on the ride, to even try to look for problems with it.

It wouldnt be very easy to check the track with a fork lift. cherry picker sounds alot better.

Yeah but dont they need somelight i heard they check out the tracks begining at 5:30am!!!!!

They do. They usually have flashlights to check things when its still dark. But I doubt they actually get out there and walk the tracks first. they probably look at the station and other things while its still dark. but then i could be wrong because i really dont know.