SAM Coverage
Vehicle Maintenance
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Under Pressure
Special care is needed when dealing with hydraulic hoses on grooming vehicles. [Ed. Note: This is a reprint from SAM, September 1993. After 20…
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Summer Maintenance Checklist
A little summer maintenance on winter equipment will go a long way in the fall. When the snow has melted and the lifts stop…
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Pay Now or Pay Later
Summer maintenance can save time and money and shrink the to-do list for opening next fall. Now that the ski season has ended, it’s…
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What We’ve Got Here is a Failure to Communicate
With a little face time and dialogue (and a lot of beer) the vehicle maintenance guys can get along with the operators…really. “I don’t…
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Eco-Tip: Cleaner Sleds, Cleaner Air
Two- versus four-stroke snowmobiles. Just how polluting are snowmobiles? During a peak winter visitation day in Yellowstone National Park, snowmobilers using the standard two-stroke engine…
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Caring for Aging Parts
Corrosion and wear can cause serious problems in your key machinery. In an ideal world, if ball and roller bearings could be kept clean,…
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Hard Times In the Pipe
Tracks and grousers get banged up in pipe and park work. What can you do about it?
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Building a Great Shop
A well-thought-out maintenance shop can save a lot of time and money and keep maintenance personnel productive. How would you define “efficiency” in a…
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Putting the Fleet Up for Summer
This is a description of the most important tips to follow when putting grooming vehicles under wraps once the ski season has ended.
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Fuels In Cold Weather
A comprehensive investigation of how proper fuel selection and use can save ski area fleets lots of money as well as prevent future problems,…
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Snow People, Early August 2017
News of staff changes and hires at resorts, suppliers, and the National Parks Service. Patrick Olstad SE Group welcomed Patrick Olstead to its landscape…
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Buchheister Named GM for Keystone Resort
SAM Magazine—Broomfield, Colo., Aug. 1, 2017—Geoff Buchheister, previously vice president for Vail Resorts’ urban ski areas, is now vice president and general manager for…
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Snowcat Maintenance
A SAM roundtable discussion explores the practical, confounding, and sometimes comical world of vehicle maintenance. Snowcats are funny creatures. They meow, hum, purr, hack…
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Eco Tip: Treadwright Tires
An impact on every bottom line. America consumes approximately 15 million new truck tires every year. It takes roughly 18 gallons of oil to…
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New Breed Of Cats
Improved driver ergonomics … Better horsepower-to-weight ratio … Superior fuel economy … More usable horsepower … Steeper torque curves … Surround-sound stereo. Sounds like…