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Started by Allan, Dec 04 2004 09:32 AM

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#21 Jonni

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Posted 04 July 2008 - 05:20 PM

Doing kind of the same thing:

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Although, we are in the process of lowering it here.
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Posted 05 July 2008 - 06:19 AM

What are you guys doing?? Just checking bearings or replacing them? Planetary/Reducers? Are you guys checking all your BW bearings after the incident this season? Looks like fun!
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Posted 05 July 2008 - 07:24 AM

View Postlastchair_44, on Jul 5 2008, 07:19 AM, said:

Are you guys checking all your BW bearings after the incident this season?


That's why we're doing it! We're doing every return except the new lift!
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#24 Jonni

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Posted 05 July 2008 - 03:17 PM

We are replacing the bushings, bullwheel liner, and gearbox seal. It's been a fun project, but Mountain Ops has been beginning to complain that we are using their excavator too long:

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Posted 07 July 2008 - 03:42 AM

We'll hopefully be doing that to the Eagle this fall, not set in stone yet but more than likely.
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Posted 07 July 2008 - 10:59 AM

you guys love dropping the eagle drive BW atleast it is not a 36hour turnaround this time :smile:

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Posted 10 July 2008 - 06:09 PM

And it won't be 20 below, either :devil:

Jonni- you have worn bushings in that coupling or just replacing them since it's on the ground?
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#28 Jonni

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Posted 03 August 2008 - 05:56 PM

Sorry I haven't been on in a while, but we are replacing the bushings due to being worn (as well as a bit of a funny noise that they were making toward the end of the season). We talked with the guys from POMA and they suggested it was the bushing, so we felt as a way to kill two birds with one stone, the cable needed to be respliced anyway, so we did both. After about 6 weeks and one failed attempt at putting it back on due to the shaft heating up too fast, the bullwheel is back in place and the cable is back on it.
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#29 Allan

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Posted 09 August 2008 - 08:47 AM

More detensioning! Bullwheel comes off this week; and a resplice sometime soon!

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#30 RibStaThiok

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Posted 09 August 2008 - 01:42 PM

Looks like it is time for some new paint on the towers. Hows the weather been up there?
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Posted 09 August 2008 - 02:42 PM

View PostRibStaThio, on Aug 9 2008, 02:42 PM, said:

Looks like it is time for some new paint on the towers. Hows the weather been up there?


Weather's been awesome the past month or so - a little thundery the last couple of days. The paint on this lift is pretty good; the rust spots you see will be touched up - they're mostly from the snowboarders.
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#32 RibStaThiok

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Posted 09 August 2008 - 09:20 PM

Very nice! Man I miss it up there. Maybe next summer I can take a vacation in that neck of the woods. Is that the lift which is getting replaced next year?
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Posted 12 August 2008 - 07:56 PM

Lara's Gondola Return................

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#34 Allan

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Posted 12 August 2008 - 08:04 PM

Hey, outta my topic! Just kidding! :smile: What's going on with the Gondola's return? The pass pic is great Mike!

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Posted 12 August 2008 - 08:10 PM

View PostAllan, on Aug 12 2008, 09:04 PM, said:

Hey, outta my topic! Just kidding! :smile: What's going on with the Gondola's return? The pass pic is great Mike!

On startup she kind of hesitated, then snapped into action. The bearings looked pretty good, I think it may have been water getting in and freezing up overnight. Aw well, bearings are cheap, cranes are not.
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Posted 13 August 2008 - 09:32 AM

I know it is really off topic, but I really like those Leitner terminals. They look very cool, and I also really think the rocks on the concrete supports look good.

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Posted 13 August 2008 - 04:18 PM

View PostLift Kid, on Aug 13 2008, 01:32 PM, said:

I know it is really off topic, but I really like those Leitner terminals. They look very cool, and I also really think the rocks on the concrete supports look good.



I agree with both statements, but i would think the upkeep on veneer stone would be high on a structure that receives live loads like a chairlift support. Yes yes i know :offtopic:

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Posted 19 August 2008 - 08:28 PM

Another lift rigged down... and another bullwheel in the shop! There's so much ribbon on the rigging as it crosses a road, there's lots of dirtbikers and drunken shenanigans.

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Posted 20 August 2008 - 06:06 PM

Ahhh the old 71 T-Bird. er Bar. Kinda hard to see, but looks like she may be ready for a new liner?
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Posted 20 August 2008 - 07:32 PM

View PostRibStaThio, on Aug 20 2008, 07:06 PM, said:

Ahhh the old 71 T-Bird. er Bar. Kinda hard to see, but looks like she may be ready for a new liner?


Now if we could only get the shaft out of the carriage. Liner is new in 05 - but the rope seems to be riding a bit low, so we're going to set the guide sheaves up with our new digital level!
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