"Beastly" groomer porn

[dmoltz]

The sales pitch is 35 to 40% more surface groomed per pass. It dose have a lighter ground pressure and the die hard PB guys that have run it are asking for more. The MFG did a nice job last Tuesday introducing the Beast at Killington, areas from all over the east attending. Now lets see who will install the 25' overhead doors so it will fin in their shops.

 

[Glenn]

The sales pitch is 35 to 40% more surface groomed per pass. It dose have a lighter ground pressure and the die hard PB guys that have run it are asking for more. The MFG did a nice job last Tuesday introducing the Beast at Killington, areas from all over the east attending. Now lets see who will install the 25' overhead doors so it will fin in their shops.

How long do you think the payoff will be vs a regular machine? (premium pad vs extra gooming capacity?)

 

[jaywbigred]

You have no idea how close to the truth that is, Glenn. The new cab was designed by Pininfarina, the same group who designed the Ferrari Enzo:

Read more here http://www.dexigner.com/product/news-g17703.html

Haha, they also designed my boots!

Lange Fluid 120s from a couple years ago. Hopefully, the cabs are more comfortable than my boots :-(

 

[drjeff]

How long do you think the payoff will be vs a regular machine? (premium pad vs extra gooming capacity?)

I think Dave and crew might be a bit more interested in the shiny Pisten Bulley 400 Winch cat that arrived for the trade show yesterday based on where, and for how long Mount Snow's BR350 Winchcat was umm "parked" on the Lodge headwall just above the top of the Ego Alley lift yesterday

 

[jaywbigred]

I think Dave and crew might be a bit more interested in the shiny Pisten Bulley 400 Winch cat that arrived for the trade show yesterday based on where, and for how long Mount Snow's BR350 Winchcat was umm "parked" on the Lodge headwall just above the top of the Ego Alley lift yesterday

Yeah, I saw that, and they had Lodge roped off...too bad, it was looking pretty sweet. We skied the lower half, which was nice.

 

[Glenn]

I think Dave and crew might be a bit more interested in the shiny Pisten Bulley 400 Winch cat that arrived for the trade show yesterday based on where, and for how long Mount Snow's BR350 Winchcat was umm "parked" on the Lodge headwall just above the top of the Ego Alley lift yesterday

Uh oh! That's not cool! Gotta be a pain to work on that "in the field" vs. in the shop. I remember last year, there was a cat broken down on Cooper's Junction.

 

[drjeff]

Uh oh! That's not cool! Gotta be a pain to work on that "in the field" vs. in the shop. I remember last year, there was a cat broken down on Cooper's Junction.

Yup, I first noticed a couple of cats parked side by side there as I was doing my usual "breakfast scan" of the mountain from my place about 7AM. Still there when me and D went to the hill just before 9. Then up on the hill, you could see that the winchcat, especially from the looks of it, the winch, was having problems Middle Lodge roped off, as there was a few hundred yards of cable with a bunch of slack in it deployed from the cat stuck on the headwall upto near the middle ex/middle lodge/start of Ledge intersection.

If my camera made it out of my coat and into my computer bag yesterday (I think it did), I'll post a pic tonight when I get home that I took, of the broken down cat stuck on the headwall, with another cat parked next to it and one coming down the headwall towards it that I took yesterday.

 

[Glenn]

That's going to take some effort to get down. But maybe they could have some of that new equipment help them out with things.

 

[drjeff]

That's going to take some effort to get down. But maybe they could have some of that new equipment help them out with things.

I bet the Beast could make small work of that task

 

[BushMogulMaster]

Cats break down. It's a fact of life. Nothing new to the guys on the hill. You just have to deal with it. We're great at being creative in terms of getting the broken down machine off the mountain, whether it means getting it running, or dragging it!

We've had winch issues with our BR-350, but after sorting through some "growing pains," it's probably the most reliable machine in the fleet.

Bison demo arrived at Mt. Ellen today:

Might get some more pix tonight.

 

[Glenn]

This thread continues to deliver!

 

[BushMogulMaster]

btw, all the cats are at Mt. Snow for the NSAA conference.

 

[drjeff]

Cats break down. It's a fact of life. Nothing new to the guys on the hill. You just have to deal with it. We're great at being creative in terms of getting the broken down machine off the mountain, whether it means getting it running, or dragging it!

We've had winch issues with our BR-350, but after sorting through some "growing pains," it's probably the most reliable machine in the fleet.

Bison demo arrived at Mt. Ellen today:

Might get some more pix tonight.

The company that Prinoth uses to haul their machines around on a flatbed is having a pretty profitable week around Vermont right now!

Can't wait to see some more pics, and hopefully your impressions of how that silver machine performs there BMM!

 

[drjeff]

btw, all the cats are at Mt. Snow for the NSAA conference.

I tried to get some snowgun porn shots too yesterday, but as of when I had to quit to pick my 4 year old son up from ski school, there wasn't too much set up snowgun wise Obviously Mount Snow had plenty of SMI polecats in their arsenal to put on display, and other than that all I saw snowgun wise were a couple of Techno-Alpin air/water towers, one full sized tower set up, and one mini tower on its side still in plastic wrap.

For ski area equipment junkies like myself, the NSAA show is a really, really cool thing to have show up at my home hill now for roughly the last 5 Februaries!

 

[bigbog]

Must be a pretty neat show... What a beauty of a day today...

 

[drjeff]

Must be a pretty neat show... What a beauty of a day today...

For the ski area equipment junkie, it is pretty neat from what you can see on the outside. I've never seen more than just pictures of the inside display boothes, but outside atleast, you have a bunch of different makes + models of groomers with folks demo'ing them. And also the way that the set up is at Mount Snow, behind the Grand Summit Hotel, they basically have 3 parallel snowmaking trails within a short distance walk from the hotel and hooked up to the pipes, you'll see some snowgun manufacturers with their products hooked up and running, so you might see some SMI Fan guns next to a Ratnik air/water tower near a Techno Alpin Fan Gun near an HKD air/water tower near an Aerco fan gun, etc, etc, etc.

For most "normal" folks it wouldn't be noteworthy, but for a ski area equipment junkie, it's almost like being a kid in a candy store

 

[Glenn]

Almost like having your dad have beer for breakfast?

 

[mondeo]

The sales pitch is 35 to 40% more surface groomed per pass. It dose have a lighter ground pressure and the die hard PB guys that have run it are asking for more. The MFG did a nice job last Tuesday introducing the Beast at Killington, areas from all over the east attending. Now lets see who will install the 25' overhead doors so it will fin in their shops.

Heard the Beast did the Fiddle sans winch. Beastly.

 

[mondeo]

Heard the Beast did the Fiddle sans winch. Beastly.

Well, except that the Fiddle got groomed. Not Beastly.

 

[BushMogulMaster]

My thoughts on the Bison--after a mere couple hours of playing--can be summed up as follows: I'll take two of 'em!

Love the cat. All kinds of power, ergonomically sound, easy on the fuel, great front visibility, decent rear visibility, quiet, comfortable, and sexy. :wink: Ventilation isn't great... just two little side windows. Although the fan system does have a recirculate or outside air option. Same tiller as the BR-350. It's a good one.

Here are some pics of the machine:

Left a pretty nice pattern, even in over-tilled, worn-out, wind-blown snow:

And here's a wee bit of my handiwork, after the GMVS racers got at it: