"Beastly" groomer porn

[dmoltz]

I must say it is a very nice machine and she has a sweet look. Operators are finding it produces on the hill very well.
The winch is off the hill Doc, back in operation in time to get Harris Hill ready for jumping this weekend. Yes that sweet PB winch was drawing some interest this week as well.

 

[drjeff]

I must say it is a very nice machine and she has a sweet look. Operators are finding it produces on the hill very well.
The winch is off the hill Doc, back in operation in time to get Harris Hill ready for jumping this weekend. Yes that sweet PB winch was drawing some interest this week as well.

Hmmm, I'm sensing that I might just be getting a regular photo opportunity for a PB 400W in the coming months

I'm also guessing that I probably WON'T be seeing new, wider doors being installed on Mount Snow's Mountain Ops building to make it "Beastly" :lol:

 

[bvibert]

There's a Bison X demo cat at Sundown this weekend. Sorry, no pictures. Seems like it got mixed reviews from the grooming staff, compared to the PB 400 they bought last year.

Personally I prefer the looks of the Pisten Bullys.

 

[BushMogulMaster]

Well, the 400 @ Sundown is a wheel cat, and the Prinoths are stick cats. Some guys are wheel guys. Others are stick guys. Wheel guys hate sticks. Stick guys hate wheels. Not sure what the guys at Sundown prefer, but if they like wheels, then they probably didn't like the Bison.

PB makes stick cats too, but the Prinoth guys are quick to point out that sticks have always been Bomb/Prinoth's "A-Game," while PB has traditionally excelled in wheel cats.

The operation of the two brands of cat is very very different. Takes some real getting used to to swap back and forth. For example, our operators at Lincoln Peak have been running PBs for a long time. Most of them didn't like the Bison at all. Then they brought it to Mt. Ellen. We're all used to running the Prinoth BR-350, and we loved the Bison. Then again, aside from one operator at Ellen, we're all stick guys.

Anyway, it's an interesting topic. As my colleague is fond of saying, they're all crappy after the first hour! :lol: Actually, I do love running the machines. But they all have their pros and cons.

 

[drjeff]

Didn't see the Beast parked out with the rest of the groomers today But I did see that the PB 400 Winch Cat was still here in back corner of the groomer parking area

 

[drjeff]

I stand corrected about the Beast, still at Mount Snow as I can see it on it's 1st pass of the daily grooming run headed up Snowdance with 3 other groomers right now

 

[thetrailboss]

Bump. How about some "retro" groomer porn from Snowbird? Circa 1978:

 

[SIKSKIER]

Wish I had some pics of Cannon's first retro grooming equipment.I remember the "packer" was a round barrel stave clad contraption and the "groomer" was pretty much a chain link fence dragged behind the old Tucker cat.

 

[bvibert]

Wish I had some pics of Cannon's first retro grooming equipment.I remember the "packer" was a round barrel stave clad contraption and the "groomer" was pretty much a chain link fence dragged behind the old Tucker cat.

We still have some equipment like that hanging around at Sundown. I want to say they still use the "packer" for something, maybe smoothing the dirt parking lot? We also have a Tucker that they re-did a few years ago. It's mostly for show, but it has been put to work pulling the Hooker beer trailer out to the bottom of the bump course the last few springs. :beer:

 

[thetrailboss]

Alta winch-cat porn. Grooming Extrovert:

 

[MarkC]

Bump. How about some "retro" groomer porn from Snowbird? Circa 1978:

The one in front is a DMC (DeLorean) 3700. Nice.

 

[jarrodski]

haha, ill get some photos of our older cats. nice dig up. i didnt realize it was a BUMP until the bison demo at sundown mention.

wheel vs stick for us here? our machines are reliable, so coming from the old equipment to "still in the plastic" new means we dont really care. personally, i like the wheel. it tracks straight and allows for many multi tasking options when we're grooming park features. sticks were fine, but i cant text / send photos and drive at the same time :dunce: i can steer, wag tiller, work plow, talk on the phone and drink a coffee with an arm in a sling (2 years ago) if we had stick cats i wouldnt have been able to work, as my arm was operated on and very imobilized.

hated the bison x. blind spots all over. ugh. plus, as mentioned, going back and forth between brands is weird and i didnt have time to get used to it.

photos in the morning!

 

[dmoltz]

I like this video the Canyons did, liikely someone has posted it elsewhere.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQVCCyZvG5E&feature=youtube_gdata_player

 

[Glenn]

The one in front is a DMC (DeLorean) 3700. Nice.

I just did a little digging. I had not idea DeLorean was involved in grooming. I had assumed all those single seaters were LMC groomers. However, one site mention he bought the Logan company.

Regardless, those single seaters are neat. The bump I learned to ski on back in the 80's had two units from Vail.

Mount snow has a nifty mid 80's LMC that they painted with flames. Kinda hard to see in this pic.

 

[dmoltz]

This is a better picture

 

[Glenn]

ThT thing rocks! What it got under the hood? Gasoline straight 6?

 

[thetrailboss]

Bump.

Ahhhh, yeah great groomer stoke from Alta!

http://www.powdermag.com/videos/lifty-collection-groomer

 

[thetrailboss]

I like this video the Canyons did, liikely someone has posted it elsewhere.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQVCCyZvG5E&feature=youtube_gdata_player

And thanks for posting that....I was looking for that a long time ago!

 

[thetrailboss]

Another awesome film:

 

[thetrailboss]

From Sugarbush today....

Nice kitties.