32 replies to this topic

[crazyskier91]

I like the omega terminals but not the phat boy name. I do like how poma actually names thier terminals instead of Uni terminal.

[SkiBachelor]

UNI is german I think for something, not sure though?

[floridaskier]

KZ, on May 17 2004, 08:08 PM, said:

I personally like the Phat Boy terminals, just not the name. Squaw's have to be some of the nicest lifts i have ridden. That ad though has to be one of the mosk corny things ever.

I agree, the new Pomas are really nice

UNI probably has something to do with 'one'

[edmontonguy]

The New ones at Silverstar have the double stack but the way they are painted make them very good looking and have a smooth ride

[crazyskier91]

I love pomas too, the seats are comfortable and they just seem faster than Dopps even though they aren't.

[liftmech]

crazyskier91, on May 17 2004, 09:14 AM, said:

The independance does indeed have a stack.  Also the mentioned above was that a resort was installing a 900 series quad.  The E lift at copper which is an Omega is called a 1100 series quad.  Straight from the Leitner Poma website.

These days Poma names the lift series after the speed, i.e. an 1100 series quad runs at 1100 FPM. The terminal names are something entirely different. I came across the construction blueprints for the Eagle a while back, and they called the terminal a 'TB-41 Integral' (I suppose that means the drive components are housed within the terminal instead of in a vault). Other original documents we have refer to the lift as a Competition. Go figure.

[crazyskier91]

Then a 900 series would be slow!

[Kicking Horse]

american eagle seems to be slow compare to the others @ copper. I could be wrong. John, What are teh normal lift speeds for the HSQ's @ copper and for the Superbee

[liftmech]

B, E- 1100
F, O-1- 1000
I- can run 1100 but then people fall getting off. Normal speed for that lift is around 950.
All speeds are subject to operational variations as per usual, so the lift may run slower on a given day.

[vons]

Sally and Bella ran F at 900-950 all winter because they found it caused less load unload issues. I always started the day at full speed at O-1 but it usualy only lasted till about 10-10:30am then I diled back the speed too.

[SkiBachelor]

Hey Vons or John, who are Sally and Bella? Are they the other lift operators for the lift on certain days or something?

[liftmech]

On F (Eagle) Sally was the 2-day foreman, (Jared) Bella the 5-day. The foreman is in charge of operation on a given lift, and has discretion (to a certain degree) on the speed the lift runs. Vons was the 5-day on the Flyer, so we worked quite a bit together.

[crazyskier91]

Why do you run Timberline so slow, isn't that an intermidiate lift.