My supervisor at Baker once mentioned that M-L only built 17 lifts.
Whistler- 3 (Orange, Olive, Blue)
Cypress- 2 (Eagle and Sunrise, or whatever they were called before they were removed)
Seymour- 3 (Lodge, Mystery Peak, Brockton)
Manning Park- 2 (Orange and Blue)
Mt Baker- 2 (C-3 and C-4)
Hyak- 1 (C-1)
Silver Summit- 1
Lake Louise- 1
Jackson Hole- 2
That makes 17, by my count. Anyone else have any info on this?
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Murray-latta Lifts
Started by liftmech, May 09 2004 07:51 PM
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Posted 09 May 2004 - 07:53 PM
They build the new chairs for our Paradise lift. They still have a site: http://www.murraylatta.com/lift.htm
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Posted 09 May 2004 - 08:30 PM
I've seen that before. It's nice that they still support their installations even though they don't build new lifts anymore- we were always able to get parts for our two at Baker when we needed them.
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Posted 10 May 2004 - 07:50 AM
One of the Whistler lifts is now at Whitewater, at least according to this business plan issued by the ski area two years ago....
"In 1992 Whitewater Ski Area purchased a Murray Latta double chair lift from Whistler Mountain Ski Corporation and retained the services of Liftram Inc. of Spokane to reengineer the lift for installation on the Silver King terrain pod. The following year, the T-Bar was replaced by the new Silver King Chair, which greatly improved access to the south-facing side of the basin.
In 1997, Mike and Shelley Adams purchased the ski area from the local ownership group. In the same year, the Hummingbird Chair was removed and a new beginner area, along with the Hummer Handle Tow, was added."
"In 1992 Whitewater Ski Area purchased a Murray Latta double chair lift from Whistler Mountain Ski Corporation and retained the services of Liftram Inc. of Spokane to reengineer the lift for installation on the Silver King terrain pod. The following year, the T-Bar was replaced by the new Silver King Chair, which greatly improved access to the south-facing side of the basin.
In 1997, Mike and Shelley Adams purchased the ski area from the local ownership group. In the same year, the Hummingbird Chair was removed and a new beginner area, along with the Hummer Handle Tow, was added."
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Posted 10 May 2004 - 09:22 AM
I think LL had two murray-latta, Olympic and Glacier?
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Posted 10 May 2004 - 04:44 PM
I think Lake Louise's other Murray-Latta was actually the Ptarmigan Double (built in 1961 according to my shaky Japanese translation skills). See this site - http://www.skilouise...ese/history.asp - which also has a picture of that chairlift. Larch ridge is clearly in the background. According to this page, the Glacier Chair did not go in until 1976, after the Eagle Double (1971 Mueller), Larch Double (1974 ???) and before the Paradise Triple (1982 Yan). It was later replaced by the Friendly Giant Yan HSQ. Could the Glacier Chair have been an early Yan?
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Posted 12 May 2004 - 03:34 AM
The photo is definitely a Murray-Latta; the towers and sheaves are familiar once you've worked on them. So maybe my ex-boss was wrong and there are (or were) 18 M-L lifts.
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Posted 12 May 2004 - 04:27 AM
...Unless, of course, Silver Summit bought their M-L used from another resort. I'm not really sure when operations actually began at that area.
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Posted 13 May 2004 - 05:15 PM
Good question. One rumour I heard was that there was some kind of BC government incentive for a time that made it attractive for BC resorts to install a locally-built product. But obviously M-L attracted customers across the US border and into Alberta as well. As to when its last new lift was installed, I dunno.
Still, it's still nice to know that they continue to provide parts and service, which no doubt is one of the reasons why Lake Louise continues to operate a chairlift that is more than 40 years old.
Still, it's still nice to know that they continue to provide parts and service, which no doubt is one of the reasons why Lake Louise continues to operate a chairlift that is more than 40 years old.
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Posted 16 May 2004 - 05:27 PM
Murray Latta also built a chairlift at the PNE fairgronds in Vancouver. It was later relocated to Mt. Seymour to become the Brokton chair. Currently, there is only two Murray Latta's left on the North Shore. The Brockton Chair, and The Mystery peak chair. The lodge chair is a Mueller.
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Posted 18 May 2004 - 03:48 AM
I don't think they were building enough lifts to make a profit from it. Their machine shop was quite profitable, on the other hand, so they still do that. Did you know that M-L sold their patents and designs to Yan?
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Posted 19 May 2004 - 10:14 AM
Why is that? M-L built 2-,4-, 6-, and 8-sheave assemblies but no 3s. Yan built 3s because there would be one less sheave to change. That series had 2-, 3-, 4-, and 6-sheave assemblies and the only 8s were holddowns.
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Posted 19 May 2004 - 12:36 PM
If you were going for fewer sheaves just use a two sheave assembly.
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Posted 19 May 2004 - 01:23 PM
Crazy skier said:
If you were going for fewer sheaves just use a two sheave assembly.
But if the load is too heavy for 2 sheaves, and too light for 4 sheaves? :P
Murray-Latta did built 3ers. I'll find a pic.
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Posted 19 May 2004 - 03:52 PM
You could build a compression assembly.
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