Top Three Lift Manufacturers POLL

[BodeMiller1]

Saftey​

Down Time​

Meow​

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Pick three...​

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[BodeMiller1]

There are about 100 or so depending on how you count them. A lot of buy outs. Butt, the name is retained for obvious reasons. Part of what you're buying is the name.

 

[ne_skier]

Says something about a) the age of lifts in the US compared to Europe and b) the consolidation of the lift industry in the US that only two of these are major manufacturers in North America and I can only recognize four of the brands on this list.

 

[Harvey]

Hall.

 

[djd66]

You forgot the largest lift manufacturer in China http://www.ropewaychina.com/about.html

 

[BodeMiller1]

You forgot the largest lift manufacturer in China http://www.ropewaychina.com/about.html

Yea, The Hong Kong at Cannon was from Sunapee. We all know the record. Cannon had to put it down on the hill for reasons only those ....

 

[Hawk]

Unless you are a total lift geek, how on earth would you know which is better? I have been riding lifts for the better part of 45 years and I pay zero attention to what the lift make and models are that I ride. I bet 99% of people are the same way.

 

[BodeMiller1]

• Aarconinfra Ropeways & Future Mobility Pvt Ltd , India [1]
• Anzen Sakudo – Japan[2]
• Axet – Sweden[3][4]
• BMHRI – China
• Borer – Switzerland
• Usha Breco Limited - India, founded in 1969 {http://ushabreco.com}
  • SunKid – Austria
• CCM Finotello – Italy, manufactured ropeways from the 1990s[5]
• Damodar Ropeways & Infra Ltd (DRIL) – India
• Doppelmayr Garaventa Group – Austria, merging of Doppelmayr and Garaventa in 2002[N 1]
  • CWA Constructions – Switzerland, manufactured ropeway cabins from 1956,[9] acquired by Doppelmayr in 2001[N 2]
  • Liftbyggarna – Sweden, founded in 1952, acquired by Doppelmayr Garaventa Group in 2013[10]
  • Carvatech – Austria[N 2][N 3], acquired by Doppelmayr in 2022 [11]
• FOD – Serbia[12]
• Gimar Montaz Mautino – France,[13] merging of Gimar and Montaz Mautino in 1989
• Globe – Poland
• Graffer – Italy
• Him Cableways – India, founded in 1992[14]
• Inauen-Schätti – Switzerland[15]
• Hongji – China
• HTI Group – Italy[N 4]
  • Leitner Ropeways – Italy, founded in 1888[N 5]
    • Agudio – Italy, founded in 1861
  • Poma – France, founded in 1936,[17] acquired in 2000
    • Leitner-Poma – United States[N 6]
      • Skytrac – United States, acquired by Leitner-Poma in 2016[19]
    • Sigma Cabins – France, founded in 1961[N 2][N 7]
    • Skirail – France, founded in 1981,[21] acquired by Poma in 1987[22]
  • Bartholet – Switzerland, manufactured ropeways from 1976, acquired by HTI in 2022[23][N 8][24]
    • Gangloff – Switzerland, founded in 1928, acquired by Bartholet in 2014[N 2]
• MEB – Italy[25]
• MND Ropeways – France[26][N 9]
  • LST Ropeway Systems (Loipolder Seilbahn Technik) – Germany[N 9], acquired by MND Group in 2011 [28]
• M&M Ropeways – India
• Nippon Cable – Japan, founded in 1953[29]
• REAC – Spain, founded in 1961
• Rowema – Switzerland[N 10]
• SKADO – Russia [31]
• SkyTrans – United States[32]
• Steurer – Austria, manufactured ropeways from 1926[33][N 11]
• STM Sistem Teleferik – Turkey, founded in 1998[34]
• Superior Tramway − United States, founded in 1981[35]
• Sztokfisz - Poland [36]
• Tatralift – Slovakia, founded in 1975[N 12]
• Tosaku – Japan, founded in 1991[37][N 13]
• TTC – Switzerland
• Vintertec – Finland
• Von Rotz & Wiedemar – Switzerland
• Umel Dalekovodmontaza d.o.o Tuzla -Bosnia and Herzegovina, since 1976, www.udm.ba

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• Abig – Germany[38]
• American Steel and Wire – United States

That's why we needed the average weight and height. WTF...

 

[BodeMiller1]

Unless you are a total lift geek, how on earth would you know which is better? I have been riding lifts for the better part of 45 years and I pay zero attention to what the lift make and models are that I ride. I bet 99% of people are the same way.

The one's that get you where you need to go. Without problems and severed limbs. Meow

 

[BodeMiller1]

More weather.

 

[BodeMiller1]

Unless you are a total lift geek, how on earth would you know which is better? I have been riding lifts for the better part of 45 years and I pay zero attention to what the lift make and models are that I ride. I bet 99% of people are the same way.

Lifts are a commodity, I agree. They are all the same in that they get you up a hill. The difference is, like everything else some build better lifts than others. Even if you have the best lift and components if you have a crew installing them who "just throws them in" you will have junk...

Love to watch the guys at Sunday River, they are as good as it gets. I don't recall any serious failure. They work on them ALL year long. Plus, they have a great sense of humor. "How about if we just catapult you up there".

 

[ne_skier]

Unless you are a total lift geek, how on earth would you know which is better? I have been riding lifts for the better part of 45 years and I pay zero attention to what the lift make and models are that I ride. I bet 99% of people are the same way.

I'm a self-avowed lift geek and I know nothing about those brands outside of Doppelmayr and HTI (Leitner-Poma in the US). I'm assuming it's only current lift brands, with many of them Europe/Asia only. As a northeast skier, probably 50% of the lifts you ride were built by companies either defunct or not producing lifts anymore.

I guess certain brands could be better than others due to reliability and comfort, although I can't comment meaningfully on the former since I'm not a lift mechanic and the latter can be complicated. Beyond that you have superficial factors like design and appearance. Again though, superficial. If it gets me up the mountain I'm fine with it.