SAM Coverage
Lift Maintenance
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Orphan Ski Lifts
Though a lift’s manufacturer may no longer be in business, the lift still requires maintenance and support. Where do you find it? Chances are…
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Speak-Out — Are New Lifts All That Bad?
SPEAK-OUT — ARE NEW LIFTS ALL THAT BAD? ISSUE May 2011 AUTHOR Rick Kahl VOLUME 50-3 PAGE 12 SUBJECT Opinion As we suggested in…
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Twenty Month Lift Replacement
Over the past 10 years, there have been dramatic changes in the environmental approval process. Nowhere is this more apparent than in the replacement…
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The Trouble With Detachables
Detachable quad chairlifts are great for passengers, but they have created access and evacuation problems for ski area rescuers. And, as they proliferate, the…
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Why Bother With A Safety Loop Monitor?
An emergency stop order on a lift must be carried out immediately, given the sheer power of the machinery involved and its capacity to…
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Quality Assurance
The January issue of SAM contained an article that explored some of the implications of Quality Assurance — as understood in the context of…
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Quality Assurance
The January issue of SAM contained an article that explored some of the implications of Quality Assurance — as understood in the context of…
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Quality Assurance
The January issue of SAM contained an article that explored some of the implications of Quality Assurance — as understood in the context of…
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Quality Assurance
Over the next three to six years there will almost inevitably be major changes in the way ski lifts are designed, manufactured, marketed, installed,…
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Water Based Works
Maintaining a rating as one of America’s top ski resorts doesn’t stop at Deer Valley, Utah, when the snow melts and visitors go home.…
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Track Rope
We were much elated when, early last October, we were able to prove beyond a doubt, the true condition of the track strands of…
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Carrier Use Monitoring
Maintenance Manager, Sunshine Village, Banff, Alberta A lot has been said in recent years about the value of relating ski lift carrier maintenance to…
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Lift Basics: Gear Ratios
“Gearheads.” That’s what some people call those of us who are always tinkering on our cars or trucks; adding suspension lifters, swapping out transmissions,…
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Periodic Load Testing
In most states the only time a ski lift is load tested is during the initial acceptance test and inspection process, after relocation or…
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Bobbie, The Pmk 75 And I
We have been in possession of the Kundig PMK 75 for three years. In this time I have come to have a high regard…
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Ultrasonic Testing
HellOOOO . . . Helloooo, Hellooo, Helloo. This familiar “sonic” echo has been conducted by most of us at one time or other. Being…