SAM Coverage
Snowmaking
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Wet Bulb Dry Bulb
No doubt you’ve heard other area operators and suppliers profess that they “made snow at 36, 38 or 40 degrees.” But we all know…
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Public Funds & Private Sector—II
The Fall issue of SAM carried an article by William Berry entitled, “Public Funds and the Private Sector.” Among other things, it went into…
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Report
The ink was barely dry on the documents that conveyed the stricken giant, Mt. Snow, when its new, action-oriented owners, the Sherburne Corporation (Killington)…
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New Products
Maxey Manufacturing has introduced a Trail Grooming Sled designed by its president, Loren Maxey. The sled has been designed to be pulled by tracked…
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Report
Hedco will appeal patent judgment The case in U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Michigan, Northern Division, didn’t sound important: “Alden W. Hanson, Plaintiff…
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Pipe Wall Thickness
with Application Engineering Staff, Ratnik Industries Pipe Friction Loss Theory Pipe friction loss is a large design factor influencing performance of a snowmaking system.…
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What A Snowmaking Year
Ed Note: If ever there was a year for snowmaking to be center stage and show its stuff, 1976-77 was it! In the East,…
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New Products
Myers Electric Products is manufacturing a line of power outlets designed to match snow machine electrical requirements. All units are one-piece construction, with a…
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Testing Snowguns
Ratnik Industries, Inc. Today, more and more areas are doing their own snow gun testing. A set of flow meters, whether fixed or portable,…
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Report
Expansion plans for the 1976-77 season are the biggest in years, with the emphasis on lift construction and snowmaking, rather than housing. Financing may…
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New Products
Cones For Snowmaking A new protective shield for snowmaking air and water hydrants has been announced by Thomas L. Thompson, president of Thompson Cone…
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New Products
An electronic information system called SAMIS (ski area management information service) has been introduced by Pearson Machine Controls, Inc., 5221 Duvall Drive, Washington, D.C.…
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Getting More B.T.U.’S
If you’re stuck with generating your own power, operating lifts with diesel or gas engines, or running snowmaking compressors, you can do something to…
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Managing The Snowflake
“I wanted to congratulate you and your staff on the fine job that has been done recently. It was a real pleasure to ski…
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The Snow Makers
The biggest equipment news is bound to be in the field of snowmaking. The dreadful realities of what can happen in the east has…
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How Efficient Is Your Snowmaking
Because of the competitive nature of snowmaking, and the increasing number of suppliers introducing new product developments, it is important for the smaller operator…
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Equipment
Hedco Mark II Hedco’s new totally electric Mark II airless snowmaking machine uses the same “nucleation” principle as the H-2d. At 200 gpm, a…
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Snowmaking– Getting It Together
The snowmaking tests held in conjunction with the 1972 NSAA Mid-Winter Meeting at Waterville Valley were an industry first. As an attempt to show…