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#1 Yaoma

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Posted 01 January 2006 - 03:42 PM

@ our superpipe
with some help from Nils Ericksen's doodle pad
we built this up last year...
bring some xtra gloves though

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#2 Lift Kid

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Posted 01 January 2006 - 04:07 PM

Nice pictures and rope tow!!! I liked the drive and motor room pics the most!!!

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Posted 01 January 2006 - 04:18 PM

That's kind of amazing that you guys installed a rope tow when they are slowly started to be phased out and replaced by handle tows and magic carpets. I went through a new pair of gloves trying to ride one at Mt. Hood Ski Bowl when I was younger and will probably never ride one again after that accident.
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Posted 01 January 2006 - 06:01 PM

On the "Return Terminal" tower it seems like the middle sheave is pretty small for the 150 degree turn you're asking the rope to do. Would it be better to get a bigger sheave like the spoked' version at the entrance to your "Drive Terminal"?
Oh yeah that's nice red paint on the rims.
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Posted 02 January 2006 - 11:44 AM

View PostRyan B, on Jan 1 2006, 09:01 PM, said:

On the "Return Terminal" tower it seems like the middle sheave is pretty small for the 150 degree turn you're asking the rope to do. Would it be better to get a bigger sheave like the spoked' version at the entrance to your "Drive Terminal"?
Oh yeah that's nice red paint on the rims.
Ryan



the wheel at the top (spoked) is off an old ford model T iam told
the return wheel is off a poma tow we had in the boneyard...
the return sheaves (just before load area)
do need work to help cut down the rope twist we need something wider
line sheaves are cavalero from the old gondola
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Posted 02 January 2006 - 05:11 PM

Good work for making a ropetow instead of something else!





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