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[Kelly]

And to add even more-
Quite a few auxiliary's have a torque converter which is a large range single speed automatic transmission.

Ryan B

[liftmech]

True- hadn't thought about it that way, but it makes sense.
I didn't know that a)Riblet built lifts in BC, and b)that they built any with ring-and-pinion sets. You learn something new every day.

[Allan]

Well Riblet started in Nelson BC (way back when!!)... I should hope they built lifts here!! :)

[vancouverguy]

Well, that was only because Mr. Riblet confused "streetcar tramway" with "aerial tramway".

[liftmech]

Allan, on Feb 9 2004, 06:59 PM, said:

Well Riblet started in Nelson BC (way back when!!)... I should hope they built lifts here!! :)

1892. I forget that, as Riblet was a mining tramway firm long before they built chairlifts. But I thought they moved to Spokane in the early part of the 20th century, while they were still in the mining business.

[Allan]

They probably did move while they were still a mining company :)

[liftmech]

Somewhere we were talking about Yan's Base 10 drives- here's their earlier 4200 'Black Death' drive in H-lift's motor room. If you can read it, there's a plaque on the cabinet stating that it was constructed 'specifically for Copper Mountain, 1976'. Why don't manufacturers still do that, I wonder?

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[SkiBachelor]

Does this count?

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[liftmech]

I suppose, although it looks like a Timberline plaque and not a manufacturer plate. :)

[SkiBachelor]

Yea it's a Timberline plaque unfortunately. Although I think manufacturers do through in a free plaque if you do by a $15 million dollar lift. I've only seen them on aerail trams.

[KZ]

i wish all lifts had a small little plaque saying when they were buit, by who and the lenght and vertical of the lift. How much would that actually cost?

[liftmech]

I wouldn't think it would cost that much, but then again for a custom plaque you have to make a mould for each individual one...

[Bill]

Riblet did plaques, but they were all generic, showing their patent numbers etc.

[SkiBachelor]

Worlds shortest gondola? :---:

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[SkiBachelor]

Another Shot.

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[KZ]

short, but it might actually make sense.

At dodge chair 6 (Clemintine) has a plaque, but i forget what it said. If i ever go back, i will check.

[vancouverguy]

That short gondola is probably used for getting accross the road.

[SkiBachelor]

Yea that's what I figured, although it doesn't look that far of a walk but it is used.

[liftmech]

NWS, on Feb 13 2004, 08:48 AM, said:

Riblet did plaques, but they were all generic, showing their patent numbers etc.

I was supposed to get the one from C-2 when we tore it down, but someone else snagged it on my day off

Here's Yan's- also a generic style.

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[liftmech]

Warm day + cold night = ice sculpture!

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