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[lift_junkie]

Hey there guys, I have been checking out the site for a couple days now and decided to join, as this site is probably one of the best out there for information on lifts. I am a student in Nelson BC, taking the Ski Resort Operations and Management course. One of the classes I am taking is Ski lift functions and for this I am doing a project on the Silver King lift at Whitewater here in good old Nelson. I was wondering if anyone on the board knew any helpful hints about it, special features, etc. Any information would be great. I am not sure of the manufacturer, maybe Riblet :help: . It is actually an old lift from Whistler (or Blackcomb) they bought of them awhile ago and brought it up to code. It is a bit of a bastard lift, a little bit of everything. Anyways, thanks again guys...look for more posts as the season goes on!!

[Allan]

Hey!! I'm in Rossland, and work at Red as a lift mechanic - and was also a participant in the Ski Lift maintenance functions and regulations (I wasn't interested in the rest of the course!) through Peter Wood. Enough about me :) The Silver King chair is a Murry Latta with Riblet insert grips, and it indeed is from Whistler. It has hydraulic tensioning. The lift is a top vault drive. Anything specific you want to know? I'll try and answer it, but I've only ridden it a handful of times, so I may not be a huge help :)

[lift_junkie]

Thank you very much Allan, i did not know the manufacturer....much appreciated!

[liftmech]

Is that the old Blue lift from Whistler, then? I rode that as a kid- good times...
Hey Lift Junkie- you've come to the right place for your screen name- we're all lift junkies here. There are about five or six of us who can say ' I like chairlifts, and they pay me to work on them- sweet!'

[Allan]

That's the Silver King in your avatar isn't it!

[lift_junkie]

that would be correct...this is the drive (top) bullwheel, on top of the vault motor room. the external gear reduction system...very unique...is visible on the lower part of the bullwheel! gotta love old lifts eh?

This post has been edited by lift_junkie: 23 November 2004 - 07:26 PM

[liftmech]

Yes you do... I used to work on two of those lifts (chairs 3 and 4 at Mt Baker) and we had to lube those open gear sets every day. They got kind of loud if we didn't...
I don't know if you knew this, but Murray-Latta grips were forged with the lay of the rope in them to eliminate slippage. Kind of unique, I'd say.

[WBSKI]

This lift has some Yan in it too, does anyone know where the Yan part came from?

This post has been edited by WBSKI: 24 August 2005 - 04:19 PM

[Aussierob]

liftmech, on Nov 21 2004, 04:43 AM, said:

Is that the old Blue lift from Whistler, then? <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

It was the Olive chair at Creekside.