threecy
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Thought some of you might find this interesting:
http://www.berkshireeast.com/photoarchivep60lift.php
http://www.berkshireeast.com/photoarchivep60lift.php
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1961 Mueller Double Chair Installation
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Cool stuff. I love old doubles.
That's awesome. I'm going to have to dig up my 1960's article on the construction of Roundtop aka Bear Creek.
threecy
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When I get some time, I'll try to post part three of that collection (first year of top to bottom operation at Thunder Mountain).
sledhaulingmedic
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Very cool. I love Muellers. As a teenager, I always thought the one at Jimininininy was the berries,
downhill04
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I love this site. Brought back some memories. Anybody remember having oil droppings on your jacket after riding up one of the chain drive chairs at mount snow?
threecy
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Ya, I posted links on SJ (chairlift.org guy saw them already from there) and on SkiLifts...I have quite a collection of 1961 slides that I'm working on digitizing (I don't have a slide scanner, so I project them using a really old slide projector then take digital photos).
Chairlift.org has some great stuff. I contribute when I can.
Great pics, thanks for sharing! I love old stuff like that, especially when it has to do with building something cool like a chair lift.
billski
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I love Yankee ingenuity. Using tree poles (and humans) as counter-balances. Towing the concrete truck uphill with a dozer. Priceless.
billski
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I missed Mount Snow in the early daze, but they didn't have a monopoly on stains. In western NY, we sometimes got grease from the lift pole too. Well, it kept the Bogner snow bunnies off the lifts and tows anyways.
I missed Mount Snow in the early daze, but they didn't have a monopoly on stains. In western NY, we sometimes got grease from the lift pole too. Well, it kept the Bogner snow bunnies off the lifts and tows anyways.
threecy
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Still a pretty common practice (the towing thing, not the human thing...no OSHA in the 1960s)...I think I have a photo of something similar with the quad installation a few years ago.
billski
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What led me to believe this method was archaic, is that every new construction photo I see these days seem to use helicopters, not just for the erector sets, but for the concrete pouring too.
downhill04
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I was up at Burke last season and watched a snow cat tow an 18 wheeler up to the mid burke lodge so that it could deliver food to the cafeteria.
The cat didn’t have to pull the truck too far but it was cool to watch.
threecy
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Helicopters are really a last resort due to cost - all things considered, it can cost 10k an hour no prob - so you'll see that areas will (unless its a new install) try to install with a crane whenever possible. At B-East, the high speed double was installed via helicopter in '78, but the triple was installed via crane in '95 - just about the same pitch trail (fortunately in '95 conditions were dry enough to build ramps for the crane).
The lattice towers are certainly a thing of the past for chairlifts, however.
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