Drive terminal. This was replaced by a Doppelmayr terminal in 2015.Top bullwheel.Bottom terminal and lift line.Top unload.View down the lift line.Lower lift line.Breakover towers.In 2015, King Pine got a new Doppelmayr drive-tension terminal following a rollback incident.New Doppelmayr controls.Old portal tower on new foundations.Bottom terminal overview.Side view of the bottom.Six years after the new terminal was added, Partek was hired to add an extra tower between the portal and tower 1.Lone Partek tower on a Borvig/Doppelmayr lift.Tower 0.5.The tower labelled as 1 is actually the third tower.
I don’t get to Sugarloaf as often as I wish, but the last time I was here (2020) it was down for the weekend due to mechanical issues, and I just spent the past four days this year (mid-week) and it was down for two of those days. Is it always that unreliable?
why would they want to replace a drive that was just replaced in 2015? Doppelmayr replaced the drive/tension terminal and added new Doppelmayr controls just 6 short years before the new Parktek tower was added, so it should have plenty of life left in it.
If anything, shouldn’t the question be “why didn’t they have Doppelmayr add the new tower since they already did the entire drive/tension terminal & controls?”
well there really wouldn’t be much increased parts compatibility. As long as the sheaves work with the rope and grips, which on a fixed grip is almost all of them, it would be the same. I’ve even seen a poma/Skytrac/Hall with parts spanning 50 years work with minimal modifications.
The drive is the more important element to have reliability and potential compatibility, and Boyne definitely has that in Doppelmayr. The only parts that will need consistent maintenance are the sheaves, and NY-based Partek shouldn’t have any problem getting a supply of them to the Loaf. And if Partek disappeared, it wouldn’t be a huge deal to replace them with custom made or Doppelmayr sheaves.
If nothing else worked, which I don’t see as possible, they could always hire Doppelmayr to replace the whole tower. Boyne would obviously not prefer that, but they could definitely make it happen as one of Doppelmayr’s best customers.
King Pine has been down for a week or so. Some rumors about foundation issues with the top terminal. The below photo was posted today in a local community group. Anyone have insight?
Based on a picture, it appears they are having structural issues with the foundation. There are several sections which are missing large chunks of concrete and rebar is exposed. They drilled 5 bore holes and probably sent those off to a lab for inspections and came back clear. I’m not sure if a groomer hit it or if its been an issue for a while as there others have said they have seen large cracks prior. But it looks like they will be redoing the foundation this summer.
I feel like it’s a bit of a stretch to call this lift a 1988 Borvig in the table. With a new Doppelmayr drive terminal, everything mechanical with the lift would be new. I’d call this a 2015 Doppelmayr Tristar that reused some equipment from the previous Borvig. Then the King Pine Borvig would be listed as a removed lift.
Kind of confused as to why this lift didn’t get a loading carpet like Skyline. The lower terminals look nearly identical. How difficult would it be to add one in the future?
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I don’t get to Sugarloaf as often as I wish, but the last time I was here (2020) it was down for the weekend due to mechanical issues, and I just spent the past four days this year (mid-week) and it was down for two of those days. Is it always that unreliable?
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If they just got Partek to make them a new tower how come they didnt just get Partek to replace the drive? It would allow more parts commonality
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why would they want to replace a drive that was just replaced in 2015? Doppelmayr replaced the drive/tension terminal and added new Doppelmayr controls just 6 short years before the new Parktek tower was added, so it should have plenty of life left in it.
If anything, shouldn’t the question be “why didn’t they have Doppelmayr add the new tower since they already did the entire drive/tension terminal & controls?”
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He might be asking why they didnt have partek come in initially to replace the drive.
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well there really wouldn’t be much increased parts compatibility. As long as the sheaves work with the rope and grips, which on a fixed grip is almost all of them, it would be the same. I’ve even seen a poma/Skytrac/Hall with parts spanning 50 years work with minimal modifications.
The drive is the more important element to have reliability and potential compatibility, and Boyne definitely has that in Doppelmayr. The only parts that will need consistent maintenance are the sheaves, and NY-based Partek shouldn’t have any problem getting a supply of them to the Loaf. And if Partek disappeared, it wouldn’t be a huge deal to replace them with custom made or Doppelmayr sheaves.
If nothing else worked, which I don’t see as possible, they could always hire Doppelmayr to replace the whole tower. Boyne would obviously not prefer that, but they could definitely make it happen as one of Doppelmayr’s best customers.
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King Pine has been down for a week or so. Some rumors about foundation issues with the top terminal. The below photo was posted today in a local community group. Anyone have insight?
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Based on a picture, it appears they are having structural issues with the foundation. There are several sections which are missing large chunks of concrete and rebar is exposed. They drilled 5 bore holes and probably sent those off to a lab for inspections and came back clear. I’m not sure if a groomer hit it or if its been an issue for a while as there others have said they have seen large cracks prior. But it looks like they will be redoing the foundation this summer.
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Seems like many Borvig lifts have problems with the top terminal foundation.
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Footage of the rollback:
Luckily it was stopped before it could get any worse, you can hear the anti rollback device engage right before the lift stops.
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I feel like it’s a bit of a stretch to call this lift a 1988 Borvig in the table. With a new Doppelmayr drive terminal, everything mechanical with the lift would be new. I’d call this a 2015 Doppelmayr Tristar that reused some equipment from the previous Borvig. Then the King Pine Borvig would be listed as a removed lift.
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Since only the drive is new, most other components are the original Borvig, this lift is in fact a modified Borvig.
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Kind of confused as to why this lift didn’t get a loading carpet like Skyline. The lower terminals look nearly identical. How difficult would it be to add one in the future?
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