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What kind of projects are you lifties/techs involved in as we creep towards the colder months? How ready are your lifts for the 2017 season?

New DC drive in Glacier express. Tyrak midi 2 gone, DCS800 in.

We're still in summer ops, bikes and tourists everywhere for another couple weeks.

Aussierob, on 15 August 2016 - 03:58 PM, said:

Wonder if that will help that weird jerkiness you get near the bottom or is that more of an issue with the tension system?

Strung new comm line on Chair 1, working on getting it wired up, getting organized for new on-ground comm line on T-bar, still need to move clips on Chair 2. Too many wedding rentals to get it done in the summer.

Let's see... Currently in process of replacing a 4160 volt feed to one of our lifts after it failed two days after we closed. Rope replacement on our YAN in a few weeks, rope repair on our Poma around the same time. Three lift huts being replaced around the mountain. Removed a very old wood unload ramp structure and rebuilt out of dirt. Still have tower services to do on two lifts, one of which has no power. How ready are our lifts for 2017? They're not at all - yet :)

Allan.. all I can say is I hope you had a great vacation..

Mike12164, on 15 August 2016 - 04:11 PM, said:

Its just the dynamics of the lift length and profile. Solar coaster is similar.

DCS 800 upgrade on the Eagle, drive/controls on R, resplice on I, new comline on Celebrity Ridge, new carpet at Wooward summer camp. I've still got a lot of summer maintenance to do but we'll get 'er done.

Be safe

Last week off on vaca - tomorrow back to reality.

Follow up, folks- How are things progressing this week? What have you been up to on your mountain(s)?

Laid out 800' of 24" snowmaking pipe, MSAA show, observed former employer and Doppelmayr tech change bullwheel bearings on a ctec fg quad with 21,000 hrs....bearing were in great shape (pat on my own back and TRC 880), preparing gear for cable swap on 25 yr old 6-man. Happy September.

Frick all, still on holidays !!

skier691, on 29 August 2016 - 04:55 PM, said:

How was MSAA? Haven't been for a few years.

Rob, Allan, John, Mike, Skier691, Milehi, mech, everyone- I'm eager to hear how you guys are doing these days, what's going on on your mountains? I hope that this season is the season I can make it back to the slopes if my bad foot cooperates, but not too sure right now. Keeps swelling up bad, will make getting into a boot very tough. UGGH. I need to ski! I need the peace and quiet and serenity I experience riding up the lifts with the beautiful scenery all around and the hum of the shiv trains and bull wheel motors and yeah. Gah. You guys (and gals) don't realize how luck you are. I so miss it.

All kinds of Stuff. New capacitors in the P2P drives, adding a 4th service brake to the P2P, just put a new DCS800 drive in GE, Building a new road to GE drive as the old one on the ice finally collapsed, 3 new carpets going in. Very significant run regrading in the beginner areas on Whistler. Waiting for the Vail purchase to be completed. Thinking this will be the last year for Horstman T-bar due to glacial melt, trying to figure out what to do about it. Fun times. (oh, and it snowing)

Edited to add load tests on GE, P2P, Peak chair and Creekside gondola.
This post has been edited by Aussierob: 23 September 2016 - 08:27 AM

GE= Garbanzo Express? Also- Horstman- is a 1986 ish T-Bar, correct? Still in good shape? Got the room to store her for a few seasons? Thanks for the reply. Excited to hear it is snowing, (not excited that you folks have to do your prep work in it though) please be safe.

RibStaThiok, on 23 September 2016 - 10:23 AM, said:

Glacier Express.

Aussierob, on 23 September 2016 - 08:25 AM, said:

That's not good. Is summer glacier skiing going to be possible for much longer?

Aussierob, on 23 September 2016 - 08:25 AM, said:

Where in the resort are the new carpets going to be located?

New carpets going in at Olympic station. Not sure of the future of summer skiing. It's very dependant on the snow pack and weather in the spring each year. The lift is a problem. Were looking at options.

Sad to hear about horstman, what would you guys replace it with?