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#41 Allan

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Posted 16 February 2005 - 06:41 PM

That's not a chair, it's the maintenance carrier or work deck, it probably lives there for the winter season.
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#42 highspeedquad

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Posted 16 February 2005 - 07:12 PM

What do those carriers do?

Sorry, didn't look at the whole pic.
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Posted 16 February 2005 - 07:22 PM

They allow skilift maintnece personale to inspect and work on sheave assemblies and perfore maintnece in a possition on the line rather than on the tower. They are better suited for smaller jobs such as seasonal inspections. Here's a photo of a work crew on the Panorama Gondola at Mammoth in their work carrier.

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Posted 16 February 2005 - 07:25 PM

Haha, I like the work keg.

I think the drive must have been partly custom made with new parts because I never saw a second bulwheel for the drive up at Gold Coast. They just had one very large bulwheel with the drive above in the building. That lift seems like a good addition for Lake Louise. I noticed it is just about the exact same length its original carnation.
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Posted 17 February 2005 - 07:32 AM

That's interesting. They could never get me to do that. I'm mildly afraid of heights. So they are just used to work on the sheave trains and all that in the summer when it's more efficient than the ladder?
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Posted 17 February 2005 - 10:30 AM

highspeedquad, on Feb 17 2005, 08:32 AM, said:

That's interesting. They could never get me to do that. I'm mildly afraid of heights. So they are just used to work on the sheave trains and all that in the summer when it's more efficient than the ladder?
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think about this. do you want to be up on the tower sitting on the sheave train or the tower head bending over to do work or would u prefer to stand on your own 2 feet and work that way.
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Posted 26 August 2005 - 07:16 PM

I looked over this topic and saw how many ppl want to see pics of the old gon. Heres some pics of it since my website still isnt working. Just so you guys know, the gondola didnt look like they were gonna destroy it so maybe theyve abandonned the idea to get rid of it.

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Posted 26 August 2005 - 09:13 PM

Dave, you should make a trip to Alberta and snag one of those old gondola cabins while you have a chance for your museum.

WBSKI, did you get any pictures of the new gondola too?
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Posted 26 August 2005 - 09:49 PM

I hopefully will get them uploaded within the next few days but I have pics of most of LL's lifts including a full tour of pics of the old gondola machinery.
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#50 Zage

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Posted 27 August 2005 - 04:25 PM

I went into the bottom building of the old gondola, and there is a lot of old novelty items in there.
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Posted 28 August 2005 - 06:57 PM

Anyone know who to contact at LL?

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Posted 28 August 2005 - 07:57 PM

Dave, you should contact RCR since that's who I talked to a while back about trying to get one of those Yan type 7 retrofitted grips by polx west.
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Posted 28 August 2005 - 09:23 PM

I can't remember his last name but Rick in the mountain operations office was the one I talked to about getting a tour of the old gondola.
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Theres a place for all of God's creatures, right next to the mashed potatoes.

"You could say that a mountain is alot like a woman, once you think you know every inch of her and you're about to dip your skis into some soft, deep powder...Bam, you've got two broken legs, cracked ribs and you pay your $20 just to let her punch your lift ticket all over again"

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Posted 28 August 2005 - 09:27 PM

Cool, i think i might try on that too. Cause that would be cool to get one and fix it up a bit... Ive emailed LL about the Yan HSQ chairs but no response so its probably not worth your time to try them but maybe RCR.

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Posted 28 August 2005 - 09:58 PM

Eagle Chair
Down the Lift Line
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Up the Lift Line
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Profile of the Lift Line
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Lower Station and Removed Chairs
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Chair Grips
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Top Station
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This post has been edited by poloxskier: 28 August 2005 - 10:00 PM

-Bryan

Theres a place for all of God's creatures, right next to the mashed potatoes.

"You could say that a mountain is alot like a woman, once you think you know every inch of her and you're about to dip your skis into some soft, deep powder...Bam, you've got two broken legs, cracked ribs and you pay your $20 just to let her punch your lift ticket all over again"

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Posted 28 August 2005 - 09:58 PM

Cool Pics! Are they going to completely remove Eagle soon or has that already happened?

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Posted 28 August 2005 - 10:03 PM

Friendly Giant Remains
Heres all that I could find that remains of FG, part of the unloading platform.
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-Bryan

Theres a place for all of God's creatures, right next to the mashed potatoes.

"You could say that a mountain is alot like a woman, once you think you know every inch of her and you're about to dip your skis into some soft, deep powder...Bam, you've got two broken legs, cracked ribs and you pay your $20 just to let her punch your lift ticket all over again"

#58 poloxskier

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Posted 28 August 2005 - 10:07 PM

Larch Chair
Lower Station
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Up Line
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Down Line
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-Bryan

Theres a place for all of God's creatures, right next to the mashed potatoes.

"You could say that a mountain is alot like a woman, once you think you know every inch of her and you're about to dip your skis into some soft, deep powder...Bam, you've got two broken legs, cracked ribs and you pay your $20 just to let her punch your lift ticket all over again"

#59 poloxskier

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Posted 28 August 2005 - 10:11 PM

New Gondola
Lower Station
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Up Line
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-Bryan

Theres a place for all of God's creatures, right next to the mashed potatoes.

"You could say that a mountain is alot like a woman, once you think you know every inch of her and you're about to dip your skis into some soft, deep powder...Bam, you've got two broken legs, cracked ribs and you pay your $20 just to let her punch your lift ticket all over again"

#60 poloxskier

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Posted 28 August 2005 - 10:14 PM

Olympic Chair
Top Station
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Number of downloads: 22
-Bryan

Theres a place for all of God's creatures, right next to the mashed potatoes.

"You could say that a mountain is alot like a woman, once you think you know every inch of her and you're about to dip your skis into some soft, deep powder...Bam, you've got two broken legs, cracked ribs and you pay your $20 just to let her punch your lift ticket all over again"





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