[chknwing]

man that is a lot of gravel.

[Jarsh]

Gotta backfill on both sides of the new bridge as well we cover the entire new plaza!

[LocalYokel]

anyone have any recent pics of the station and what BB has been up too?

The yellow crane has been holding the yellow bucket near the first turn. I assume they are torqueing bolts.

This morning the yellow crane was not visible. I don't know if it's gone or just laying down.

[uscbandfan]

anyone have any recent pics of the station and what BB has been up too?

The yellow crane has been holding the yellow bucket near the first turn. I assume they are torqueing bolts.

This morning the yellow crane was not visible. I don't know if it's gone or just laying down.

According to Fehnel's twitter feed, it's being disassembled. "Served us well"

[LocalYokel]

anyone have any recent pics of the station and what BB has been up too?

The yellow crane has been holding the yellow bucket near the first turn. I assume they are torqueing bolts.

This morning the yellow crane was not visible. I don't know if it's gone or just laying down.

About the same time I posted that, Mike Fehnel put pics on Twitter showing BB is disassembled and leaving.
https://twitter.com/mikefehnel/status/5 ... 3670683649

[bradbeane88]

I was just watching the live stream and just realized that the machines used to go get the track and supports, one is green and one is blue. Coincidence or not?

[Capler]

I was just watching the live stream and just realized that the machines used to go get the track and supports, one is green and one is blue. Coincidence or not?

Spoken like someone who has not been watching the construction very closely for the past 3 months. I've been watching so closely, I can tell you what time the driver of the green picker arrived this morning, the fact he stayed at lunch 15 minutes extra today, and I know what time he went to bed last night.

[HavenHamilton]

Here's a little quickie photoshop of Mike's Twitter photo, so we can better see what's going on down there.

That's going to be tight! Should be very intense.

[chknwing]

I was just watching the live stream and just realized that the machines used to go get the track and supports, one is green and one is blue. Coincidence or not?

[Bigcoasterguy]

I've got a question about the tunnel. I'm 6'5 with about and 8/8.5 foot reach. Will I be able to fit in the tunnel with me hands up? I know that it's supposed to be an illusion but with my very above average height I just want to be sure. I have to duck on the goldrush tunnel (I know I don't fit under that one)

[Jarsh]

You'll be fine as it isn't a tunnel. It's just an open pit with a bridge over it. I'm betting there will be 15' or more of vertical clearance.

[DT3]

I've got a question about the tunnel. I'm 6'5 with about and 8/8.5 foot reach. Will I be able to fit in the tunnel with me hands up? I know that it's supposed to be an illusion but with my very above average height I just want to be sure. I have to duck on the goldrush tunnel (I know I don't fit under that one)

You will be able to fit under both, most likely. Engineers overestimate the height of a seated person with their hands up, obviously for a safety reason. The picture shown demonstrates how they test that riders won't clip their extremities on obstructions near the track (this picture was taken before they shortened the arm).

[Capler]

I've got a question about the tunnel. I'm 6'5 with about and 8/8.5 foot reach. Will I be able to fit in the tunnel with me hands up? I know that it's supposed to be an illusion but with my very above average height I just want to be sure. I have to duck on the goldrush tunnel (I know I don't fit under that one)

If I have to duck, I'm not riding. Suppose I forget to duck one time?

[HavenHamilton]

I guarantee you will not have to duck. Your brain will make you think you have to duck, but you won't have to. And probably by a shocking margin.

[arby]

I was just watching the live stream and just realized that the machines used to go get the track and supports, one is green and one is blue. Coincidence or not?

Spoken like someone who has not been watching the construction very closely for the past 3 months. I've been watching so closely, I can tell you what time the driver of the green picker arrived this morning, the fact he stayed at lunch 15 minutes extra today, and I know what time he went to bed last night.

...and actually they haven't always been green and blue. If you start watching back through the time lapse videos you'll see that there were two green fork lifts and one blue fork lift from what I can tell. Early on I usually saw the two green ones carrying track and then about a month ago they seemed to switch to one green and one blue. If you look at the time lapse video of Week 13 at 3:53 you'll see that there are two green forklifts carrying supports.

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