My business partner Sam’s other business is a suite of playground equipment websites. He sent me this info about the merry go round:

That one - my friend - is a variation on the M1500 - http://american-playground.com/M1500.htm - made about 20 years ago - they used to do them all red-white-and blue.

I generally sell 2 of these a month - but their production is way behind right now (new owners) so I took them down until they get their problem solved.

They used to go a lot faster (like the one you guys were on) - but now a lot of them have ‘governors’ on them to slow them down.

They’re the most deadly piece of playground equipment out there - but super fun.