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[julestheshiba]

There are different express terminal designs but we all have our favorites. Mine are Garaventa Stealth I & II and Doplemayer CLD terminals.

[Sacdelic_Skier]

Mine are probably the stealth one, the 1988 poma one, the poma competetion, doppelmayr uni with square bottom metal and the new lpa terminal

[julestheshiba]

I for got about the Poma competition that one has the big vents

[julestheshiba]

Poma competition Squaw One

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[SkiDaBird]

Stealth 2, Omega and LPA terminals look the best IMHO.

[Sacdelic_Skier]

whoops i meant poma challenger
http://www.skilifts....competition.jpg

[liftmech]

'88 Poma. I could do without the '86, except I have to work in it :)

[vtbubble]

Lpa is probably one of the best aesthetically looking terminals. After that I would say the poma terminals with wooden skins like the crested butte ones and the quantum 4.

[NHskier13]

The 1988 Poma design for the White Peaks. I dunno why but I love it
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The new Leitner-Poma wooden styled terminals seen on Sunburst Six
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Leitner's terminals
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Not the 2003 Uni-GS, the 2004 onward ones are noice
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Of course the UNI-G is also cool
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Of course, all of this is from the consumer viewpoint ;)

This post has been edited by NHskier13: 25 February 2016 - 06:32 PM

[julestheshiba]

liftmech, on 25 February 2016 - 11:20 AM, said:

'88 Poma. I could do without the '86, except I have to work in it :)

Do you like American Flyer though? I love the really old Poma express lifts like that

[SkiDaBird]

Second thoughts, anything not painted Telluride green. One of 2 things I don't love about Telluride.

[vons]

I can say from experience, that the terminal enclosures suck on flyer, lots of things to bang your head on and they don't do the best job of keeping the weather out.

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[julestheshiba]

I guess the Pome never thought about the people working on the lifts

[NHskier13]

I suppose their logic was that most of the work on that lift would be in the conjoined alpha drive or the vault down below, and as such didn't really pay much attention to the upper part. I mean, from the exterior that looks uncomfortable to move around inside


Also consider that this was one of their first high speed lifts, and maybe the necessities weren't very thought out in a rush to get these on the market

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[_litz]

Is that a storage rail on those big tall poles? How the heck do you move chairs around on it?

[vons]

There use to be a electric chain hoist on that rail so you could move chairs to the side of the terminal and lower them into the vault for service.

[NHskier13]

What do you do now without it?
I remember reading about it somewhere on this site
http://www.skilifts....maintenance.htm
but that process is kinda vague, however you can see the chair suspended from a rope and you can see those rails on the tall poles _litz was referring to

[julestheshiba]

NHskier13, on 26 February 2016 - 12:49 PM, said:

I suppose their logic was that most of the work on that lift would be in the conjoined alpha drive or the vault down below, and as such didn't really pay much attention to the upper part. I mean, from the exterior that looks uncomfortable to move around inside


Also consider that this was one of their first high speed lifts, and maybe the necessities weren't very thought out in a rush to get these on the market

Nevertheless I love the way that lift looks (plus is rare). Also do you feel some love for that lift vons and liftmech, sort of like how people love dogs despite the difficulties.

This post has been edited by julestheshiba: 26 February 2016 - 06:58 PM

[vons]

The chairs are taken off at the bottom now and Liftmech even has a new work shed to service them in

[liftmech]

julestheshiba, on 26 February 2016 - 06:57 PM, said:

Nevertheless I love the way that lift looks (plus is rare). Also do you feel some love for that lift vons and liftmech, sort of like how people love dogs despite the difficulties.

No, I do like the lift, just not the enclosures. You can see there's not much headroom inside. The '88 (and later) design, by contrast, is great for working. http://www.skilifts....werterminal.jpg