Yeah, that's what i was thinking......they should've ordered that yesterday or day before so it already there.

 

They will build a lot of bents first, before the crane arrives to save money. By having the bents already built,  the crane can be productive right when it arrives on site, as opposed to sitting around and NOT being productive while they build the bents. Renting a crane isn't cheap. 

I think they would only really need a crane for the first 2 hills.  Most of the remaining layout is pretty close to the ground.  

I'd imagine for the lagoon crossing too. I still am curious how they intend to have that crossed. It looks like simply having taller footings is out of the question.

Maybe something like Ravine Flyer II?

^I'd guess something along the lines of Hoosier Hurricane or Hershey Comet, in that they use an I-beam spanning the water with the truss anchored into it. This can support the bending moment that would be created by multiple point loads along it.

 

 

i think it will just have extra deep footers in those areas

I only ruled out typical extra high footers because of the dirt they put in the lagoon to access the other side of it. How close it is to what seems to be the intended path of the coaster. What do I know though?

The thing is that it would be so much cheaper to just put beams to hold the trusses from the bottom if it's just a straight shot. Footers are expensive to do and what it would take roughly 35 to do that way would take only like 6 with steel beams. They only have to do a few footers and throw down some giant pieces of steel to hold it up rather than dig a ton of footers. Now Skyrush has the really tall footers but it's all over the place. Timbers will have only a few rows of load-bearing posts that need to traverse the river, something that could easily be done with a few footers and beams as opposed to one giant, expensive footer per post.

 

I'll be very surprised if they don't do this but in essence, yes. It's like what RFII has in that it's using a frame to hold up a structure of two-force members that can take the bending from the various portions of the two-force posts in multiple spots along the length.

THIS JUST IN!!!  "Boy Trapped In Refrigerator, Eats Own Foot". And now back to the weather.

Speaking of weather someone needs to wipe off the camera because of the rain on the lens

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Speaking of weather someone needs to wipe off the camera because of the rain on the lens

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HAHA, thats funny i was just going to say would someone mind going to the top of that building and wipe off that water droplet on the left side of the lens? It disturbs me deeply.

Looks like they are starting to extend the footings trenches for the first drop this morning.

I noticed that too, and been boring out the footers for the lift hill as well... yay!

Those holes are too far apart to be for footings on a wooden coaster to me. I could be wrong though, but it looks like they were drilling to place steal columns like that did by the rail road tracks.

i was thinking they had only dug out every other row and would go back and dig out the remaining holes after the first were poured....i could definitely be wrong though.

GCI footers are connected to one another underground.  This is one of the main reasons their structures are so sound and offer such a smooth ride year after year.

 

Here is a great look at Mystic Timbers Construction that GCI linked to.

 

http://newsplusnotes.blogspot.com/2016/09/scott-and-carol-present-look-at-mystic.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=facebook

That was an awesome link Railrider! Thanks!

Many (newer?) rides use large "connected" foundations between the visible footers/footings that are attached to the structure. This is only more obvious on a wooden coaster as the support structure has more ground connection points.

Am I the only one who finds the bugs flying around the webcam very distracting?

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I am having major KI withdrawals right now. Is it September 23rd yet??

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I am having major KI withdrawals right now. Is it September 23rd yet??

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I don't go back until coasterstock 2017. I live 7 hours away. My favorite home park is getting a Planet Snoopy expansion. You don't know withdrawal. Hold on, I gotta go take my KD2017 PTSD medication. Lol

lots of guys working today, looks like concrete work mainly, I can't wait to see the structure during haunt! 

I do believe they are raising bents at the beginning of the lift hill area too. YAY!

Am I the only one who finds the bugs flying around the webcam very distracting?

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yes they are annoying,...even that little spider that crawls across the lens from time to time and looks gigantic over the background gets annoying too. Sometimes its raindrops that look like bugs flying around the camera.    

Bents have indeed started to go up for the base of the lift. https://twitter.com/KingsIslandPR/status/774359834770673664

cool, thanks for sharing

They are work8ng on it now

like, RIGHT NOW?

Or at least from what I can see on the Diamondback

are you at the park right now?