SAM Coverage
Charles F. Dwyer
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People Movers Meet
In reflecting on the International Conference on Automated People Movers, which took place in March in Miami, Florida, I found myself asking some questions,…
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Creating The Right Profiles
Chief Aerial Tramway Engineer, U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service The single most important consideration associated with installing an aerial tramway or ski lift…
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Load Testing
The Ski Area Management Winter 1975 issue contained a frequently-referenced article on post-construction load testing of aerial lift facilities. It enumerated prerequisites of load…
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Electromagnetic Testing
The Vail gondola accident last year focused the attention of aerial tramway and ski lift interests on a previously little known or used procedure…
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Counterweights Need Watching Too
Are you taking your ski lift counterweight for granted? That innocuous looking block of concrete dangling precariously from a tension sheave mounting frame is…
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Danger– Load Test In Progress
Chief Cableways Engineer, USDA—Forest Service Load testing of aerial lifts has been performed for many years and the procedures are fairly well established. Still…
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Remodel Or Replace ?
With increasing frequency ski area operators are facing the dilemma of the aging lift. Should it be replaced, remodeled, or “run into the ground”?…