coasterverse Posted September 17, 2023 Report Share Posted September 17, 2023 Me! 🙋🏻♂️ Surprising to see the island pretty much completely full of supports now! Definitely can’t be many (if any) more deliveries until installation starts at this point - I’m not sure where else they could put them! 😂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshC. Posted September 17, 2023 Report Share Posted September 17, 2023 23 minutes ago, coasterverse said: Me! 🙋🏻♂️ Surprising to see the island pretty much completely full of supports now! Definitely can’t be many (if any) more deliveries until installation starts at this point - I’m not sure where else they could put them! 😂 From what I've seen from Swarm, there's significantly more white supports than gold? Is that pretty accurate? Could still be a while before installation if there's not a lot of gold on site Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coasterverse Posted September 17, 2023 Report Share Posted September 17, 2023 1 hour ago, JoshC. said: From what I've seen from Swarm, there's significantly more white supports than gold? Is that pretty accurate? Could still be a while before installation if there's not a lot of gold on site Yeah that’s pretty accurate but most of the white supports were in higher number piles - from what I assume (I forgot to ask a Thorpe employee 🙃), the supports that are by their retrospective signposts determine the order in which they’re going to be installed - the supports by the number 1 signpost were primarily gold from what I remember, so at the very least I think we’ll see some gold supports installed to clear some space, and as they’re being installed there’ll be more deliveries that come in and it’ll probably keep going like that until all deliveries have been made. JoshC. and Inferno 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vinlarr89 Posted September 17, 2023 Report Share Posted September 17, 2023 There will be a significant amount of white supports because of the size of the big three main structures which dominate the skyline. Key is having the gold supports at the site for the first sections which sounds like they are there and marked up. Also looks like good progress on the groundwork’s front with the turnaround out the station etc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshC. Posted September 17, 2023 Report Share Posted September 17, 2023 7 minutes ago, Vinlarr89 said: There will be a significant amount of white supports because of the size of the big three main structures which dominate the skyline. Key is having the gold supports at the site for the first sections which sounds like they are there and marked up. Oh definitely. But when I said significantly more white than gold supports, I really meant it - I could see maybe about 5 or 6 gold supports to a sea of white. Obviously that's just from a quick glimpse and there could be more elsewhere, but that few gold supports wouldn't take long to install, and wouldn't be enough to sustain many white supports on top either! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tactic Posted September 18, 2023 Report Share Posted September 18, 2023 When I was on swarm yesterday I saw loads of gold supports, probably about 20. There were still definitively more white the gold but still a fair few gold. There was also a crane on the island behind swarm yesterday, not sure if that was for a new support delivery or if they were getting started on moving the supports to the site. coasterverse and JoshC. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattyMoo Posted September 20, 2023 Report Share Posted September 20, 2023 Funny how everyone who kNEw SomEtHInG about Exodus going vertical nearly 3 weeks ago... but it hasn't happened yet innit. Proof, if it were needed, that Exodus' construction is planned around Jack Silkstone's annual leave ❤️ coasterverse, Inferno and skelly 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benin Posted September 20, 2023 Report Share Posted September 20, 2023 1 hour ago, MattyMoo said: Funny how everyone who kNEw SomEtHInG about Exodus going vertical nearly 3 weeks ago... but it hasn't happened yet innit. Proof, if it were needed, that Exodus' construction is planned around Jack Silkstone's annual leave ❤️ Was too hot, now it's too wet. Construction people for you. Parm Pap 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tactic Posted September 25, 2023 Report Share Posted September 25, 2023 Weather seems to have settled down a bit more in the past few days. Since JS said that construction that would start mid September surly (even with delays) construction is starting now or very, very soon. Last time I was on park (over a week ago) there were loads of supports on the island behind the swarm and the footers looked pretty much complete, so I'm slightly confused on why the supports haven't started going in yet. MattyMoo 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattyMoo Posted September 25, 2023 Report Share Posted September 25, 2023 I've got scheduled Youtube videos predicting that vertical construction will commence the day after tomorrow for the rest of the week therefore I'll be correct for sure #Influencer #MTYMOO coasterverse, JoshC., Inferno and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vinlarr89 Posted September 25, 2023 Report Share Posted September 25, 2023 There’s some aerial shots that have been posted on Instagram of the site. Looks to be all but complete footer wise, maybe 20 left in some various stages of completion. Also looks like there’s an access route prepared to reach the back of the site, so I would say not far off going vertical at all now. MattyMoo 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattyMoo Posted September 26, 2023 Report Share Posted September 26, 2023 I reckon it'll be going vertical the day after tomorrow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimbeam4 Posted September 26, 2023 Report Share Posted September 26, 2023 whens that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshC. Posted September 26, 2023 Report Share Posted September 26, 2023 I predict that construction for Project Exodus will go vertical on Monday 9th October. I reckon the first supports will go in sometime between 11am and 1pm that day. tactic, George W, MattyMoo and 5 others 1 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattyMoo Posted September 26, 2023 Report Share Posted September 26, 2023 On 9/26/2023 at 5:40 PM, JoshC. said: I predict that construction for Project Exodus will go vertical on Monday 9th October. I reckon the first supports will go in sometime between 11am and 1pm that day. God he's good. Must be why he's a mod. Waff zooooooom splosh splish splash I was takin a bath rub a dub dub things are lookng UP. I'm desperate, so where can I.P. We need more time, lord. coasterverse, Inferno, JackJRDN and 5 others 1 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimbeam4 Posted September 27, 2023 Report Share Posted September 27, 2023 I'm going tomorrow! is anyone else? I will report back Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshC. Posted September 27, 2023 Report Share Posted September 27, 2023 It looks like deliveries are taking a *step* in the right direction... coasterverse and Inferno 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattyMoo Posted September 28, 2023 Report Share Posted September 28, 2023 Exodus track has now arrived as I correctly predicted 🥇 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackJRDN Posted September 28, 2023 Report Share Posted September 28, 2023 19 minutes ago, MattyMoo said: Exodus track has now arrived as I correctly predicted 🥇 Any photos for those who don't have Twitter to see this kind of news please? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cal Posted September 28, 2023 Report Share Posted September 28, 2023 JoshC., skelly and Matt N 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vinlarr89 Posted September 28, 2023 Report Share Posted September 28, 2023 Looking at silkstones update there’s 4 pieces of track delivered, guess there’s going to be an awful lot of deliveries to deliver all those pieces!! Looks like they’re being stored on the land next to the car park Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benin Posted September 29, 2023 Report Share Posted September 29, 2023 Each piece weighs several tonnes, limited type of lorry can transport them with the shapes and sizes. Yes, lots of deliveries needed. For any project with this level of construction. JoshC. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshC. Posted September 29, 2023 Report Share Posted September 29, 2023 We can see in these photos from Silkstone that the weight of one piece of track is 2074kg: https://x.com/J_Silkstone/status/1707435850827497911?t=sHW_LBlLJpOckgy93D81aQ&s=09 So yeah, a good couple of tons per piece. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattyMoo Posted September 29, 2023 Report Share Posted September 29, 2023 ^ What CYSTN said. An artic lorry can take around 24 tonnes of reinforcement bar, but of course, track is an awkward shape and length, so you're likely to only get 3 or 4 pieces per lorry as an absolute best case, as they don't exactly stack nicely, and they obviously won't want any risk of damage in transit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattyMoo Posted September 30, 2023 Report Share Posted September 30, 2023 Sorry for double post but I've heard it could be going vertical soon. Inferno 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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