Back Yard Roller Coaster with 12' Drop

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By Adam Flaherty
Posted 2012/08/09 @ 4:00 am
Category Woodworking

We’ve seen quite a few back yard roller coasters in the past, but this PVC coaster, with it’s 12-foot drop, is over the top. If you can identify the builders, let us know in the comments. [Thanks, David!]

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9 Responses to Back Yard Roller Coaster with 12′ Drop

Marcel on August 9th, 2012 at 4:33 am said:

No. Way.

That’s got to be CG!

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Clifford Paul on August 9th, 2012 at 7:09 am said:

This coaster looks great and is nothing in terms of pure mortal danger; in Chelyabinsk, Russia our family beheld a dollar (please read 28 rubles) carnival of DIY created “Big Wheels” for the children to participate in a what might be envisioned as a Roman arena chariot race. No horses for these chariots, but these tricycles were complete with unpadded seats repurposed from old 1940′s tractors, adorned with jagged metal shards and welded joints, guaranteed to fail rusted through frames, and bike wheels from old Soviet-era bicycles.

Parental terror could not be derived from these vehicles, nor seeming disinterest in the eat-or-be-eaten manner by which most of the unsupervised tots were colliding, nor the seeming lack of triage for the hapless participants. No, the terror was not with the rides, riders or audience – it was the man arc welding 20-foot I-beams with the electrodes and power source just inches from the Russian Circus Maximus.

Given a choice between a cleanly designed PVC track or dismemberment/ electrocution in a Russian playground I know what every parent would choose.

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Dave on August 9th, 2012 at 9:24 am said:

Daddy Of The Year! ‘Nuff said…

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Miguel on August 9th, 2012 at 10:21 am said:

They are apparently from Lancaster, Ohio according to Yahoo News,

http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow/backyard-rollercoaster-video-172835832.html

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Halfvast Conspirator (@halfvastcnsprtr) on August 9th, 2012 at 10:36 am said:

Hey y’all ho mah beer and watchiss!

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Charles on August 9th, 2012 at 11:52 am said:

Bare trees, overcast sky, shaky hand-held camera, crunchy footsteps, heavy breathing, I think it’s the Blair Witch Roller Coaster

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j on August 10th, 2012 at 4:00 am said:

All the links to other coasters are dead 8(

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Poet on August 11th, 2012 at 3:48 pm said:

Jay or “J” After the video played I went to comment and a Fox news page showed up. I got here due to this being sent to my email. In case the links can be worked the way I got them.

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