This Partek sky ride services the beach in front of Seaside Heights Boardwalk.Chairs are grouped by color.Most of the surrounding structures were destroyed by Hurricane Sandy but the chairlift survived.The beach used to go right up past the chairlift but dunes were built to protect the town from storms.Tower 10.View south.Galvanized return terminal.Lift line overview.Tower 11.The northern end of the lift.Over the dunes.The southern end of the lift.Chairs go over the beach headquarters and restrooms.The lift starts at Casino Pier, a small amusement park.Motor room and loading area.Counterweight tensioning.
Each chair is rated for 170lbs per person, times the number of people per chair, times the number of chairs on the uphill side. Complicated by the design of downhill capacity…
From ANSI B77.1-
“For purposes of design, a passenger shall be considered
as having a minimum average weight of 170 pounds
(77.1 kilograms). It is the owners’ responsibility to
indicate unusual considerations that might affect the
design passenger weight.”
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This lift really seems to look more like a Borvig later modified by Partek, it has counterweight tension ans Borvig chairs.
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Hi how much weight do the chair lifts hold?
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Each chair is rated for 170lbs per person, times the number of people per chair, times the number of chairs on the uphill side. Complicated by the design of downhill capacity…
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so each chair holds 340 lbs?
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From ANSI B77.1-
“For purposes of design, a passenger shall be considered
as having a minimum average weight of 170 pounds
(77.1 kilograms). It is the owners’ responsibility to
indicate unusual considerations that might affect the
design passenger weight.”
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was the chair lift built new for SSH or is it an old one from a ski area
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How high is the sky ride ?
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Is the Sky Ride open after Labor Day?
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Hi is the sky lift still open for 2023 summer
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There was once a Hopkins Skylark here. It looked rather sketchy.
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New chairs since 2022 from Big Boulder Tannenbaum lift
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I remember riding this when I was a kid. I’m 51 now and will be taking the grands to ride this summer. Can’t wait for them to ride
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Never heard of a lift surviving a hurricane, but here we are
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