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[garthd]

I was just flipping through my November 2006 SAM and I noticed a really interesting picture on the last page. The focus was on the sign in the foreground, but I saw in the background and single-pole quad. It may even have had wood slats on the back. There was also an alpine slide. Does anyone have a clue about where this lift might be and how old it is?

This post has been edited by garthd: 20 November 2006 - 02:18 PM

[Peter]

There are actually quite a few center pole quads around the Midwest. That particular one in SAM is a Borvig, but I'm not sure which area it is at. Riblet made some of those too.

[boardski]

How slow do those have to run for people to load them correctly??

[skier691]

Yes. its a Borvig Quad and I am pretty sure its in the beautiful St. Croix River Valley at Wild Mt , Taylors Falls, MN. They have 4 Borvig Quads. Skiing in the winter, Alpine slides/water park in the summer. Summer 'footpassenger' speed is set by code, I believe for a FG quad its 180 f/m/ maybe 165? not a good time for me to remember exacts

This post has been edited by skier691: 20 November 2006 - 06:33 PM

[Lift Kid]

skier691, on Nov 20 2006, 06:29 PM, said:

Yes. its a Borvig Quad and I am pretty sure its in the beautiful St. Croix River Valley at Wild Mt , Taylors Falls, MN. They have 4 Borvig Quads. Skiing in the winter, Alpine slides/water park in the summer. Summer 'footpassenger' speed is set by code, I believe for a FG quad its 180 f/m/ maybe 165? not a good time for me to remember exacts

What is the winter operation speed. I thought it was 350 fpm, but I could be wrong.

[Peter]

All 4 of their quads are 400 fpm max

[Lift Kid]

Skier, on Nov 21 2006, 09:16 PM, said:

All 4 of their quads are 400 fpm max

I'm referring to it in general. What does a modern FGQ run today?

[rleeroney]

Lift Kid, on Nov 22 2006, 05:29 AM, said:

I'm referring to it in general. What does a modern FGQ run today?

We run ours at 420 to 450 max.

[Peter]

Of those installed last year, between 375-500 fpm.