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The "Sugarbush Thread"
- Thread starter thetrailboss
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Hawk
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Trailboss, I used to be just like you standing there watching people lap the lift on powder days. I was probably standing there with you because I was usually there by about 7:00-7:15 to make sure I was one of the first people up the lift. It used to piss me off until they started offering the early ups pass. The first year it was $500 so I said no way. But now at $250 it is the best deal. So for the last 3 years my wife and I have been lapping the lift with the mountain to ourselves. I have to say it has been the best benefit I have ever purchased.
Hawk
Well-known member
I was up there again this weekend. They are moving along and things look good. I was talking to one of my friends who lives near the hill and used to work for the mountain. I found it interesting to learn that Sugarbush is installing the lift themselves with direction from Doppelmayr. It seems that they have had some difficulties but I guess with the money they will save, they can afford to do things over. As long as they have it done by the time the beginners show up things will be good.
Oh boy. Trying to install a lift yourself to save a couple bucks. {face in palm}
Newpylong
Well-known member
Not really, and it's not a couple bucks. They likely won't be doing the entire thing themselves ie installation of the gearbox, drives and controls, but providing a lot of equipment and manpower for setting the towers, terminals, ie the grunt work. If you have an experienced staff and the right equipment this can be done in house and save money. Some of the stuff they will inescapably need Doppelmayre for.
benski
Active member
How many full time construction staff does Dopplemayre even have. They only seem to need them a few months a year. It is probably cheeper to build a relationship with a local contractor than to hire your own employees
Hawk
Well-known member
Typically you put the site work, concrete, tower/hardware/cabling out to bid with local contractors that are qualified and have experience in lift installation. Doppelmayr provides all the documents, engineering, grades and final design. They usually provide site visits and inspections to confirm the installation is to specifications. Then once all the hardware is in, they come in and install the Electronics, power and controls. In the end it is Doppelmayr that will get the state inspections and the sign off on the finished product so it is their liability.
I hear there is a good video in youtube that shows you how to do it. :lol:
MEtoVTSkier
Active member
How hard can it be? Lol! :lol:
Hawk
Well-known member
They were working this weekend on Saturday. I saw Mississippi working on the new operators shack at the top. So at this point they have all the new towers installed with the hardware, top and bottom stations are complete, The shack is almost complete and it looks like they strung the Power or communications cable up the tower line. Now they just need the ramp at the top, cable and chairs and the controls. Also I noticed that all of the mechanical for the lift is at the top. The bottom is just a simple bull wheel.
That is the way the old lift was also. Out west there are many lifts with the drive at the top instead of the bottom. I would think it would be more expensive to run the power up to the top but is there some physics that make a top drive more efficient?
Yes and yes apparently. Interesting info here in this presentation that goes into some details on the whys: http://peakstoprairies.org/media/Lift-Operations.pdf
spring_mountain_high
New member
i'm interested to see how they grade/scape the area from rice and gadd brook new construction into the new chair
Hawk
Well-known member
The grading at the bottom is pretty much done. If you go back to page 312 of this thread there are some pretty good pics. Basically the slope at the exit of Out to lunch coming from behind Rice brook at the bridge has not changed at all. At the bottom of the lift they built a big retaining wall to level of the area so they can have a flat lift line area. This is at the lower bridge below Gadd Brook.
SIKSKIER
New member
Page 312?This page shows as page 79 on my screen.
Hawk
Well-known member
It's how you set up your view. I do not have that many posts per page. So you will see the pics probably 1 or 2 pages back.
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