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[northeastskier]

Anybody have a picture of the crossover on Coonskin at Telluride?

[Peter]

here is one from ColoradoSkiHistory.com

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[northeastskier]

Skier, on May 3 2008, 06:18 PM, said:

here is one from ColoradoSkiHistory.com

Does coonskin download at all????????????

[Peter]

Did you use enough question marks?

[Lift Kid]

I think it can be downloaded, but I do not know if they ever do download it.

This post has been edited by Lift Kid: 03 May 2008 - 09:56 PM

[SkiBachelor]

Lift Kid, on May 3 2008, 10:54 PM, said:

The answer is no. Most lifts like that do not download. I am not even sure if SLI designed lifts to download. Riblet did not design their's to download. I know though, the all of the SLI's at Telluride do not download.

There are Riblet lifts which you can download on. The Grizzly chair at Montana Ski Bowl is one.

[Outback]

Depends on the engineering.
Most SLI's and Riblet's could download every fourth chair. (typical)

[ccslider]

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The answer is no. Most lifts like that do not download. I am not even sure if SLI designed lifts to download. Riblet did not design their's to download. I know though, the all of the SLI's at Telluride do not download.

SkiBachelor, on May 3 2008, 10:55 PM, said:

There are Riblet lifts which you can download on. The Grizzly chair at Montana Ski Bowl is one.

Yes, Telski downloads Connskin every 4th chair, but it was originally designed for full capacity, full speed downhill loading on electric power. Coonskin was originally installed by Riblet in 1975 with SLI line equipment, chairs and hangers with Riblet clips and a Riblet motor room setup including an Avtec regen drive (since converted to Sabina). There is a Thelma retarder device on the APU which is rated for downhill loading at every 4th chair. The old procedure for relieving the overhauling condition if there was a loss of electrical drive while in a full downhill loading condition was to "coast" the lift until there was only 25% downhill load and then hook up the APU and continue normal uphill and every fourth chair downhill loading. The over-hauling load test was a special event .