King Claw - Larger Replacement Intamin Gyro Swing for Dreamworld

[themagician]

35 minutes ago, TV15 said:

Do we still think it’s for sale? I'd say no

Considering they have been so perfectly cut and every part of the ride was carefully removed, I think it’s still being sold/relocated, but for transportation reasons they’ve cut the structure in half. They can be welded together and strengthened to ensure the structural integrity isn’t compromised. It’s a lot easier (and cheaper) to transport 8 smaller columns than 4 larger ones.

[Narra]

5 minutes ago, Ash said:

it could re welded

https://www.parkz.com.au/photo/7713-The_Claw_repainting/gallery/sort/newest/location/the-claw/offset/13

Looks to me like they have cut the existing weld visible behind the sign, you can see the rust marks where the supports used to wrap around the poles on the two farthest poles

44 minutes ago, TV15 said:

 

[themagician]

@Narra great pick up! You can also see the weld join in original construction photos

[DaptoFunlandGuy]

11 hours ago, Ash said:

I mean it’s a pretty clean cut with an oxy, it could re welded, but yes this is looking very doubtful, in saying that most of the cuts seem to be in line per leg, but that could also be to suit the flatbed they will be departing on 

Yeah they're careful cuts. Some rides are literally welded together onsite - I know the Vekoma Boomerang was. Judging by the photos and Narra's spot of the existing weld line, it does seem like they've done it carefully.

Looking at the gondola support arms TPG has highlighted - they too look like they've been shorted at a pre-existing join line. Whether they were welded or whether they were bolted together though it's hard to tell, but definitely looks like it's able to be shortened intentionally.

[Noll_57]

I noticed the old Claw feet are currently sitting behind WWW, so I’m guessing they might be reused as part of King Claw’s theming. 

[Brad2912]

That’s the graveyard. Not much that goes there ever comes back…

[STRAWS]

3 minutes ago, Brad2912 said:

That’s the graveyard. Not much that goes there ever comes back…

Wasn't that the same place the awful Monster Truck show was glad that's in the grave lol.

[Brad2912]

9 minutes ago, STRAWS said:

Wasn't that the same place the awful Monster Truck show was glad that's in the grave lol.

Yeah basically 

[Whombex]

19 hours ago, STRAWS said:

Wasn't that the same place the awful Monster Truck show was glad that's in the grave lol.

...and further back, Thunderbolt was there.

[TPoseOnTantrum]

On 17/02/2025 at 5:38 AM, themagician said:

Considering they have been so perfectly cut and every part of the ride was carefully removed, I think it’s still being sold/relocated, but for transportation reasons they’ve cut the structure in half. They can be welded together and strengthened to ensure the structural integrity isn’t compromised. It’s a lot easier (and cheaper) to transport 8 smaller columns than 4 larger ones.

No that ride is dead. Sorry.

A few years ago there was a park near me who's then-operator pulled out of the deal suddenly and ran off with as many assets as they could get off the property in a couple days. It was incredibly fishy and the dismantling of rides was super scuffed - our Technical Park Street Fighter's feet were cut off because it was faster to do that than unscrew the supports from the rebar. When the manufacturer found out they freaked out and declared it decommissioned. They could have welded them back together, but suddenly that creates four new fault points. All of those perfectly good attractions pulled out were rendered unusable, partially because they'd forgotten the paperwork and also no company would advise on repairs.

But would cutting it along an existing weld suffice? Not really. Two years before Claw opened there was Maelstorm at Drayton Manor, which is the exact same attraction. Those supports were delivered onsite as one piece and if you look closely the weld line exists in the same spot on the columns, as it'd been fabricated that way. If you ever spot welds on rides they either came from the factory or were constructed that way and can't be relocated without new manufacturing.

The structural integrity of a ride is compromised the moment you cut it up, and the only way to fix that is by replacing the entire piece. The park is in close touch with Intamin so if the ride found a buyer I doubt they'd have been allowed to cut that weld, let alone have a TBD third party outside of their control modify their hardware. Believe it or not manufacturers keep an eye on their rides even after they're in the park's hands, and a lot of the big ones have very strict (in certain cases enforceable) guidelines for operation. In the unlikely scenario that someone else attempted to set up The Claw as it is now, Intamin is more likely to disallow it.

Edited February 23 by TPoseOnTantrum
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[Ashley Jeffery]

We have a slab.

[MickeyD]

On 18/04/2025 at 11:23 AM, Ashley Jeffery said:

We have a slab.

But no pics?

[themagician]

Photo by @gc_themeparkboy