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[liftmech]

We spliced the new haul rope on K-lift yesterday under the directionof Justin Knight from Knight Equipment.

New rope on its spool, ready to pull onto the lift.
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After it's up, we unlay three strands from each end of the rope and cut off the excess.
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Here, the two ends have been pulled together to form the marriage. The short strands visible in the photo will be unlaid, while the long strands pictured earlier will be laid in their place.
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Laying in a strand, especially the long strands, takes a lot of people.
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The blue mark on the rope marks where the centre of the tuck will be. The ends of the strands, or 'tails', will be straightened and rolled inside the rope. The core is removed for the distance of the tail, and the tail is wrapped with string or tape to maintain the overall rope diameter. At most ski areas, when you're riding the lift and see six painted spots evenly spaced, you're seeing the tucks.

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[coskibum]

great pictures! It doesn't look like you have much snow up there as of yet. I need to start doing more snow dances. I'll work on that tonight!

[Lift Dinosaur]

Nice photos. Why was the rope replaced? No help from CMC? Had to use sparkies?

[vons]

I had heard that it was condemed from RJ and Justin kinight when thay came to resplice Elkhorn lift at B.C. The old rope was 20+ years old with a natural core. BTW Justin spliced the rope on the larksper lift in september took about a day and a half, I helped spin off strainds and then was back to building triminal skins while Justin completed the tucks. John how long is this new rope going to have to last A.K.A. any word on K lifts replacement

[liftmech]

The old rope was condemned due to an excess of broken wires. I haven't seen a CMC class since I've been at Copper. The new sparkie wanted to help out as he'd never seen how a splice was done (you must have seen Kevin in one of the photos). No word yet on K gondola, so the rope will be there for at least a few years. As far as I know we're going to put the lift up somewhere else anyway, so the rope will go with it.
As for snow, Brad, once you get off the valley floor we actually have a fair amount.

[Alexvb222000]

Hi all,

I'm now to the point where I need to splice this wire rope. I Have looked at all the Spliceing pages that are on this site as well as anything I could find else where, but still I havent the slightest clue on how to actually splice those wire rope. Could someone Direct me to a "very" detailed page about spliceing hual ropes or put up a post about it and what I'll need to do it? I don't know why but I just can't get it.

I have a standard 6 wire wire rope. One in the center and six wrapped around it. Also do I need a Special tool to pull the tension on the wire?

Can Anyone Help???

Thanks everyone,
Alex

[Kelly]

Alex
After school go to your local hardware store and pickup some wire to practice with.
This was posted on Dec. 15 2003 and might make for a pretty good reference to start with.

http://www.skilifts.org/nwsforum/index.php...c=231&hl=Splice

Remember to cleanup your mess or your parents… ah er I mean your supervisors will get mad and make you clean the bathroom for the next month.

[Alexvb222000]

Alright,

I did what you said and have put together a wire. It was a little harder then I thought, But I got it done. Now I have one issue, I'm having trouble with "tucking" the wires. I have got to this point. http://www.skilifts.org/nwsforum/index.php...ype=post&id=401
Where do I go from here? How do I tuck them? Also I managed to get it all to fit together by overlaping the core (put the two side together on top one another and then just wrapped like normal). Is this right, or should I take the core out completely after the first 3 strands split?

Thanks again,
Alex

This post has been edited by Alexvb222000: 13 December 2005 - 10:13 AM

[liftmech]

For the tuck, the two strands should lie next to each other and not cross as they are laid inside the rope. Remove the core for the length of the tails (the ends of the strands you want to tuck inside) and roll the tails inside the rope where the core was. You'll probably have to straighten the tails out to remove the preformed helix. As for the core elsewhere, you should cut the excess from both ends of the rope so that there is only one core inside the rope. You'll do this at the marriage of the splice, between the third and fourth tucks.