For Sale Rides
1. Tower of Giraffes Balançoire-Glider - Québecois
Balançoire-Glider: $6,000. Can be found upstairs at Aldrich's store in uptown Port Townsend WA and in
various Ice Cream Stores.
Rocks smoothly back and forth on track wheels underneath, food and drinks remain on table as the
whole gondola safely glides. Soothing and comfortable.
Giraffe model (directly below) has cherrywood
benches, maple table, canopy with tassels. Québecois style (below left)
can be made of fir and maple for interior or 100% California redwood (below
right) for exterior use. Length of base 92" but needs 114" for clearance to rock. Width is 46". Height is 6'6".
2. GM#5, Dollar-Bill-Operated Galloping Humpback Whale Ride: $5,000. Located upatairs at Aldrich's store in uptown Port Townsend WA. Smooth
operating ride that fits great into ice cream store venues. Runs
from overhead motor and crank that uses standard 110v electricity.
Sister rides pictured below include Buffalo, Frog, Rabbit and Horse.
Approximately 7'6" long over all and 2'6" wide at base.
3. S-O-L-D, November
2021. MGR#8, Fifteen Rider Portable Carousel, Trailer Mounted: $25,000.
[Accompanying tandem wheel 16' cargo trailer: $3,500.] Carousel is 20'
diameter, 12' tall. Carries
children and adults, has 8 animals, 1 double chariot, 5 swing
seats, ring catching game, new sunbrella canopy, electric motor and
hand
crank, music system and lighting power outlet. Great running simple machine that kids love to
ride all day long. Permanently mounted onto trailer frame with folding
down centerpole which makes it easy to transport. Requires a half day to set
up or break down. Check out this video on YouTube to see how this carousel runs.
This machine is very solid and simple, it can run
indefinitely with very little maintenance. The electric motor has a
cable remote off/on switch from the perimeter or another switch in the
middle. The hand crank mode is easily
employed or disengaged by slipping off/on the V-belt at the motor on
the side of the base. This carousel is so smooth and balanced a young
person can crank the ride even when
fully loaded. It is common to have a line of kids at the gate for the
ride, another little team managing the ring catching device, and also a
waiting list of two or three kids that want to crank. This is not a
free-for-all ride, it requires operator supervision. Although it is
intended as a
children's ride, all animals, the chariot and the swingseats are built
to carry adults too. Like all carousels the placement of the riders
around the carousel must be balanced.
List of Animals and Seats:
Horse, Elephant, Hippocampus, Dolphin, Salmon, Wild Turkey, Sea Turtle,
Air Plane, Double Polyenesian Chariot, 4 regular swing seats, 1 deep
swing seat (for toddlers).
4. SOLD July 2017, no longer available, MGR#10, 15 Rider Mechanism: Wooden Centerpole, Animals and Chariot, great classic ride, operable but needs finishing touches. New home is Van Cortland Mannor park in Croton on Hudson, NY.
