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Nine Guides For People Who Buy Amusement Equipment
How to read a ride specification sheet and which six figures actually decide whether a ride fits your site. What Machinery Directive 2006/42/EC, EN 13814 and EN 1176 each cover and which one applies to what you are buying. Whether to buy trailer-mounted or fixed. How to run attractions on a pitch with no power. How to plan a six-week seasonal window backwards from the opening date. Every figure quoted comes from a specification published on this site, and where a figure does not exist the guide says so.
Trailer Mounted Or Fixed Site Rides Which To Buy
The decision is not about budget. It is about how many times a year the ride has to move and how much crew time you can afford each time it does.
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How To Read An Amusement Ride Specification Sheet
Six figures decide whether a ride fits your site. Everything else on the sheet is detail.
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CE Certification For Amusement Rides What The Standards Cover
Machinery Directive 2006/42/EC, EN 13814 and EN 1176 are three different things, and buyers routinely ask for the wrong one.
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Importing Amusement Rides From China Step By Step
The equipment is the easy part. The schedule, the paperwork and the load plan are where orders slip.
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Choosing A Carousel Size From 3 Seats To 16 Seats
Carousels in this catalogue run from 1.4m to 8m across. The right one is decided by your ceiling, your supply and your queue.
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Running Attractions On Pitches With No Power Supply
Generators are a cost, a noise problem and a fuel logistics problem. Sometimes the answer is equipment that does not need one.
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What IAAPA Is And Why It Matters When Sourcing Rides
The trade body that sets the calendar the whole attractions industry buys against.
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Planning A Seasonal Christmas Or Halloween Attraction
A six-week trading window changes every purchasing decision you would otherwise make.
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Maintaining FRP Bodywork And Galvanised Steel Rides
The structure outlasts the finish. Most of what an operator can do cheaply is protecting the surfaces.
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