Bottom station and lift line.Poma tension terminal with three legs.Riding up the line.Poma Delta drive station.Unloading area and tiny operator house.Fixed drive.Upper lift line view.Lower part of the lift line.
Using old tram cabins though! They were 1st generation Sandia Tram cabins from 1966 -1986 and then the Poma double and quad were built in 1988. Sierra had a new bottom shack added by then.
what is the advantage of moving a buried comline overhead? Did they break and repair was too difficult? Seems like a properly installed buried comline would last a really long time and have few problems. Like buried vs above ground power lines.
Being a mechanic, I’m not sure of the advantages/disadvantages on the electrical side. Most of my experience comes from the install side, and there there’s a clear advantage to hanging the comline off the towerhead- especially in rugged/rocky terrain where digging a suitable trench is all but impossible.
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Was this lift scrapped or will it be relocated? I could see it being used for Tucker Mountain, assuming the length wasn’t too far off.
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It was scrapped.
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And you said it was well maintained :((
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It was well maintained..but the technology was 1981…
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I like the Poma Falcon Tripple chairs.
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Especially in that colour! This whole chair was cool æsthetically.
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Would those be classified as Arceaux/Falcon chairs or something else? They look more angular than Arceaux chairs, maybe prototypes?
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First-generation Arceaux carriers.
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Is that an ambulance cabin in the second picture? It looks similar to the ones on the CLD-260s on Blackcomb.
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That’s the operator house.
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It looks like something similar to what was done at Ski Santa Fe.
https://liftblog.com/easy-street-ski-santa-fe-nm/
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Using old tram cabins though! They were 1st generation Sandia Tram cabins from 1966 -1986 and then the Poma double and quad were built in 1988. Sierra had a new bottom shack added by then.
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1 tram cabin, cut in half to make 2 operator houses.
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Why is there no comm line?
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Looking at the first photo, it looks like the ground the chairlift was running over was trenchable so they probably buried the comm line. ,
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Andy is correct. Most of our older lifts had buried comlines. We’ve since moved all but two overhead.
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what is the advantage of moving a buried comline overhead? Did they break and repair was too difficult? Seems like a properly installed buried comline would last a really long time and have few problems. Like buried vs above ground power lines.
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Being a mechanic, I’m not sure of the advantages/disadvantages on the electrical side. Most of my experience comes from the install side, and there there’s a clear advantage to hanging the comline off the towerhead- especially in rugged/rocky terrain where digging a suitable trench is all but impossible.
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