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[SkiLiftsRock]

vonroll101, on 12 October 2010 - 06:41 PM, said:

Vonroll Type 101 lifts are getting very rare..Nothing like todays lifts.its all done by gravity feed not tires to launch you onto the cable.Counterweight instead of Hydraulic Tension. Here is a 1965 video of A Vonroll Type 101 http://www.youtube.c...h?v=PeHbCjnN97A

That was a cool video. I liked the part where he said every safety device imaginable, and the prices sound good two. :)

Thank you vonroll101

[yosemitemtb]

SkiLiftsRock, on 13 October 2010 - 11:05 AM, said:

That was a cool video. I liked the part where he said every safety device imaginable, and the prices sound good two. :)

Thank you vonroll101

Yes, thank you for sharing.

[thairston96]

liftmech, on 24 June 2010 - 07:03 PM, said:

The single at Mad River has got to be a late 30's installation, but I'm not sure if it still counts as it has been extensively rehabbed.

Original single chair was built in 1948

[vonroll101]

Your very welcome.These Vonroll VR101s are the ancestors of todays detachables

[piotrek21]

The cool thing about the Type 101 I rode on in the Czech Republic is that a ride through depression towers is really comfortable. This is because the grip doesn't actually touch the sheaves (which are all metal and no rubber). Instead the four wheels on the grip just ride on a rail that is mounted on the depression sheaves, and the line temporarily looses contact with the sheaves while a chair is going through. All of this makes it really smooth compared to the chairlifts of today.

[vonroll101]

Its pretty cool that 1945 detachable lift technology can be so smooth on depression towers.Vonroll type 101s have personality unlike todays lifts.Thats why I choose to work on them way before new lifts.

[SkiLiftsRock]

vonroll101, on 15 October 2010 - 03:39 PM, said:

Its pretty cool that 1945 detachable lift technology can be so smooth on depression towers.Vonroll type 101s have personality unlike todays lifts.Thats why I choose to work on them way before new lifts.

If I understand this right, when the carrier goes under the depression assembly it doesn't touch the the sheave wheels?

[vonroll101]

SkiLiftsRock, on 15 October 2010 - 03:42 PM, said:

If I understand this right, when the carrier goes under the depression assembly it doesn't touch the the sheave wheels?

Not at all.The clearance is about 1 inch.