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Thread: Lift equipment
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12-09-2013, 06:41 PM #1
Lift equipment
Had little success with search so figured I'd gather the knowledge of fellow TGR-ers. What's the best way to go about acquiring surface/chair lift used parts? I have come upon a land opportunity with more than suitable vertical rise and am interested in fashioning myself a decent rope tow so my buddies and I can stop skinning for every run. Would contacting resorts be best? Any insight/past experience is much appreciated.
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12-09-2013, 08:07 PM #2slacker
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12-09-2013, 08:12 PM #3Life is simple. Go Explore.
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12-09-2013, 08:16 PM #4
^^ is that not something that could be diy pieced together functionally for much cheaper? I don't know as I've never looked into it, but it seems do-able..
IMcompletelyuninformedO I would think that after a lawn mower motor and some big scrap wheels the only real investment would be the rope and maybe some gearing?
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12-09-2013, 08:50 PM #5Hugh Conway Guest
ropetow with a nutcracker (look it up) can be fashioned by yourself. that's how things used to be done.
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12-09-2013, 09:01 PM #6
I would think the hardest / most expensive part would be the cable / rope.
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12-09-2013, 09:38 PM #7Registered User
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12-09-2013, 10:35 PM #8trenchman
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would be awesome to show up in the parking lot with ones own bladed bombardier snow vehicle.
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12-10-2013, 12:06 AM #9
Didn't someone on here build a rope-tow upto his place? With some sort of 'automatic' starting system or something… don't remember at all, but might be worth a look.
edit: Not sure if it's useful, this is what I was talking about http://hackaday.com/2012/02/22/backy...ft/#more-67815
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