DoppelmayrCTEC Towerheads

Started by floridaskier, May 12 2006 03:20 PM

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#1 floridaskier

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Posted 12 May 2006 - 03:20 PM

DoppelmayrCTEC is still building two different towerhead styles. They have the old Doppelmayr (left) towerheads, and the modified CTEC (right) towerheads on high speed quads. It seems like more lifts have been built with the Doppelmayr style, and really only DV and a few others have the CTEC towerheads. Is it an option just like the grips, or are they going to decide on one of them?

Which type is easier to work on?

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#2 vons

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Posted 12 May 2006 - 03:29 PM

the Cross arm and lifting frame are the same on those two towers, if you look closly, so is the walkway mount points. The walkways and safty lanyard rails are the only difference and the style of walkway is an option Ctec is a step through off the ladder Doppelmayr is step to the side off the ladder. Now if the lifting fram looked more CTEC ones with the curved gussets connecting the lifting frame to the uprights then I would be interested to know if its an option.

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#3 floridaskier

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Posted 12 May 2006 - 06:46 PM

I'm guessing that they'll stick with the Doppelmayr towers, because they said after the merger that Doppelmayr line gear would stay. The CTEC towers from 2005 are more Doppelmayr-ish than 2004. Now they have a Doppelmayr ladder instead of a CTEC one, angled towers, something CTEC hardly ever did (I mean not vertical)

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#4 liftmech

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Posted 13 May 2006 - 04:42 AM

CTEC, Hall, and YAN all used the vertical towers, for what it's worth. From what little I've seen of the two different styles of lifting frames, they both appear to work well. I think as long as you've got somewhere to attach your rig, it's all good.

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#5 lastchair_44

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Posted 14 May 2006 - 08:35 AM

floridaskier, on May 12 2006, 06:46 PM, said:

Now they have a Doppelmayr ladder instead of a CTEC one, angled towers, something CTEC hardly ever did (I mean not vertical)

Ctec's towers were hardly ever angled because their sheave assemblies could rotate more...this isn't the case on Doppelmayr sheave assemblies which is why you see them angled. I think it looks cooler anyway :blush:

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#6 Allan

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Posted 14 May 2006 - 12:18 PM

liftmech, on May 13 2006, 05:42 AM, said:

CTEC, Hall, and YAN all used the vertical towers, for what it's worth. From what little I've seen of the two different styles of lifting frames, they both appear to work well. I think as long as you've got somewhere to attach your rig, it's all good.

YAN used angled towers on later installations... Remember this pic? Lift Engineering did the profile and everything for our lifts.