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[darkshark0159]

Jet-ski, Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd

as well as Sea Doo

[Allan]

How about Ski-Doo... That's Bombardier's!

[Emax]

"How about Ski-Doo... That's Bombardier's!"

Yup. I've thought for some time that Bombardier should make a dual-track "tractor sled" for lift maintenance. It could be called a "Mountain Doo". 80mph 2-strokes just don't fill the bill in my book for ski area work.

Don't get me wrong, I love the loop-scavenged little devils - but their place is on a race track... a warm one.

Then there's Sno-Cat - a trademark of Tucker Corp.

[Dr Frankenstein]

iPod when people refer to a generic non-Apple MP3 player... a lot of my friends do and it pisses me out

[Lift Dinosaur]

"Yup. I've thought for some time that Bombardier should make a dual-track "tractor sled" for lift maintenance. It could be called a "Mountain Doo". 80mph 2-strokes just don't fill the bill in my book for ski area work."

I think they did - "Nordic" - but the only problem was it had a single ski on the front.
I remember having the same problem with the "Vatican Taxi" - one set of wheels steering and 3 tandems driving

This post has been edited by Lift Dinosaur: 06 December 2006 - 05:45 PM

[mikest2]

Lift Dinosaur, on Dec 6 2006, 05:44 PM, said:

"Yup. I've thought for some time that Bombardier should make a dual-track "tractor sled" for lift maintenance. It could be called a "Mountain Doo". 80mph 2-strokes just don't fill the bill in my book for ski area work."

I think they did - "Nordic" - but the only problem was it had a single ski on the front.
I remember having the same problem with the "Vatican Taxi" - one set of wheels steering and 3 tandems driving

We had a 1980 Alpine 640ER like this one, we called her Miss Piggy. I think I was the only one who liked it.
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[mikest2]

There was also the Ski Doo Elite, good pics of it at:

www.ski-dooelite.com/

[skiersage]

Allan, on Dec 6 2006, 12:57 AM, said:

How about Ski-Doo... That's Bombardier's!

Emax, on Dec 6 2006, 01:25 AM, said:

It could be called a "Mountain Doo".

Just for the record, the name "Ski Doo" is actually an accident. The name of the company was suppose to be Ski Dog. Apparently this was messed up by someone during the formation of the company and now it is known as ski doo. I just think this is funny because the name ski doo seems "normal" until you know the truth. then it is just funny.

[cjb]

"walkman (jurassic i-pod)"

Good one Chuck - right up there with "Byzantine lift control" and "vintage sashimi"


I figured that some of the younger readers may not know what a walkman was

[Lift Kid]

They still make walkmans. Sony still sells them but they're aren't quite like the older ones. You can pic one up at you're local Target store.

[darkshark0159]

they've got Walkman CD players, Walkman MP3 players, Walkman cell phones, just no cassette players (that I know of)

[cjb]

I guess that Walkman works two ways then
1. Walkman - by Sony
2. Walkman - a portable, personal, cassete player versus a boombox

On the i-pod topic I got a shuffle for my wife for christmas and it is the coolest thing ever. I set it up today so it will be ready to use out of the box and now I am jealous and want one.

[lastchair_44]

just make sure you don't wear it out before she has a chance to put on the headphones!

[Dr Frankenstein]

darkshark0159, on Dec 7 2006, 11:10 PM, said:

they've got Walkman CD players, Walkman MP3 players, Walkman cell phones, just no cassette players (that I know of)

Yes.

And I once used to say "Walkman" for any portable audio device .

This post has been edited by Dr Frankenstein: 07 December 2006 - 09:49 PM

[Lift Dinosaur]

EMax-
Do we want to venture into the realm of "High Voltage"?

Dino

[Lift Dinosaur]

(is this something from my past that is best laid to rest?)

Skeletons will not be drug from any closets ( or motor rooms!)

This may become another post (as I don't want to get spanked for going off-topic), but I will start by asking the members to post what they think "high voltage" means to them...
To me, it's anything above 110/120V

This post has been edited by Lift Dinosaur: 08 December 2006 - 10:15 AM

[wally]

Same here ...120Volts in my line of work.
I assume your talking voltage with appreciable current capacity and not TV HV or a spark plug wire.

Oh yes I agree about the term high-speed quad - misleading nominclature ( just to stay on topic)

[aug]

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Emax, on Dec 8 2006, 03:27 PM, said:

"This may become another post (as I don't want to get spanked for going off-topic), but I will start by asking the members to post what they think "high voltage" means to them...
To me, it's anything above 110/120V"

I wouldn't worry - this entire thread has been a study in "off topic".

I'd say the what constitutes high voltage is relative to your conductivity. I work with some folks that claim to be stung by 12 volt batteries. As for myself, I test 120 with two wetted fingers; 240 with two dry fingers; 480 with a fast 2-finger swipe (if a meter isn't available). Anything higher than 480 is high-voltage to me. I won't work on 4160 equipment or 12kv distributions - you can lose limbs to that stuff, and I'm running out.
If you're really out to get shocked (i.e. dumb enough to set yourself up for a good one), 120 will do the job - just get yourself well connected either across the chest or from top to bottom. Worst shock I ever got was from 120 - had a BX cable draped through my armpit and made a connection that I knew was hot. Knocked me off the damned ladder, and I deserved it. That was at age 15 and I haven't done it since.
From a safety (I hate the word) standpoint - that is, for equipment being built for other folks to perhaps tinker with, 120 is probably a high voltage. A bite from a 24 volt doorbell transformer will terrify most folks. For them, it's probably best to stick with DC... 24 volts or less... current limited so it can't flash.
In the end, if don't work with electricity and it scares you - stay away from it. If you do work with electricity - and it scares you - find another line of work. If your work is with electricity - and you respect it - you'll survive.

E-max since you are on the topic of getting shocked :; Electrostatic painting systems , water base paint with an isolated paint supply and isolated paint supply hose. 100kv gun with a current of micro amps . With solvent base paint this gun is relativly harmless but with the water base setup the paint supply is supposed to be in a isolation cage to protect you from discharing the capacitive charge from the 5 , 10 , 55, gal. isolated tank. Well you know when you set up a demo for a prospective customer the cage is over looked just for that time . During the demo one of the painters wanted more paint flow and asked me to increase the pressure on the paint supply pressure pot that is isolated electricly ,so this 10 gallon pressure pot is a giant capacitor with nearly 100 kv and I just instinctivly reach over to the p- pot and got within 8 inches from it and an arc 8 inches long zapped me . Ouch !!! I don't know how many uf was stored in the pressure pot that was isolated but was enough to put me out from work for two days due to being sore all over. Like being run over by a truck . Needless to say this did not happen again.