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Started by crazyskier91, May 18 2004 08:46 AM

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#1 crazyskier91

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Posted 18 May 2004 - 08:46 AM

I found this picture on the web. The site I got it from said that it is a riblet tow, can anyone confirm this?

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Posted 18 May 2004 - 11:24 AM

Maybe if the photo could be enlarged- it won't let me open it up like a normal thumbnail would. That and seeing the tower more fully would help.
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Posted 18 May 2004 - 12:08 PM

idk if this will help or not. but i enlarged the pic

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Posted 18 May 2004 - 12:52 PM

Sorry the image doesn't get any larger. It looks like it does use the insert gip though
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Posted 18 May 2004 - 01:05 PM

I think I can see a clamp. Do you know where what ski area this is located at? Maybe we could find some more pictures that way of the lift.
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Posted 18 May 2004 - 01:27 PM

It looks to me like it uses a clamp too
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Posted 18 May 2004 - 02:24 PM

Sorry I don't know where it is. Type Riblet Lift in gogle image search. Thats where I found it.
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Posted 18 May 2004 - 03:24 PM

Here:

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Posted 18 May 2004 - 03:25 PM

I was pretty sure it was a Poma.
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Posted 18 May 2004 - 03:27 PM

what kind of tow is that? is it some sort of handle tow?

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Posted 18 May 2004 - 03:43 PM

I don't remember, I thought it was for water skiing!! :D I've posted it before on one of the old forums.
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Posted 18 May 2004 - 04:28 PM

Interesting, the site I got it from was definatly wrong.
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Posted 18 May 2004 - 04:57 PM

It does look like a waterski handle. If I remember correctly, Vail's West Wall handle tow has a few of these, along with a few platters
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Posted 18 May 2004 - 05:03 PM

It'd easily be as akward as a rope tow or handle tow with poles in hand. Also it would be an interesting ride and scary for your back at the top when you right yourself from a hunched over position you assume.

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Posted 18 May 2004 - 05:26 PM

Thanks for the expanded pic, Allan.
The lift is a Poma F-series (you can tell from the grip and the roller-wheel derail switch), although I didn't know they made retractable-type handles like that. The D-handle would be great for snowboarders; in fact, we went to a different style of platter on our two that have slots to grab onto if you're a boarder. It's much easier than trying to ride the lift like a skier.
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Posted 19 May 2004 - 07:55 AM

I hate the handle tows, when you first grab it it rips your arm off!
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