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| 890.1 | | BEING::WEISS | Trade freedom for security-lose both | Tue Jan 10 1989 09:41 | 5 |
| Are you sure you're in the file you think you are? The directories are in 1111
here, not 19. I'm sure ski tows were never discussed here. But they can be,
anyone have any input?
Paul
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| 890.2 | oops... showing my age! | WFOOFF::BISHOP | | Tue Jan 10 1989 11:42 | 6 |
| Saw one once, in an old (~1950s) Popular Science mag. It was run
by the rear wheel of an auto. When you were through skiing, for
the day, you drove your tow drive home. Real simple. Rope tow,
pullies top and bottom, rope several turns around a drumm for drive.
Al
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| 890.4 | keep an eye on it for safety | TYCHO::REITH | | Tue Jan 10 1989 12:57 | 4 |
| It would seem that the .2 version could be set up in a low volume usage
with a portable truck winch. I don't know about setting up the .3
safety features but I'd hate to think about a little mitten becoming
caught/frozen to the rope and pulled through a pulley or winch...
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| 890.5 | | NEXUS::GORTMAKER | Whatsa Gort? | Tue Jan 10 1989 14:35 | 12 |
| All the end(top of the hill) safety gates I have seen consisted
of a lenght of zip cord with male plugs on both ends stretched at
waist level between two female plugs. This completed the circuit
for a low voltage (electric motor and combustion) driven motor control
or engine kill switch. (the low voltage on the safety gate is a
must for obvious reasons)
I would also include a barrier like hay bales several feet in front
of the works(drag path) just to discourage getting a few extra feet
by ducking the gate.
-j(former lift attendant ski cooper, colorado)
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| 890.6 | Oivay | VINO::GRANSEWICZ | Which way to Tahiti? | Tue Jan 10 1989 16:59 | 9 |
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First I'd like to state that I can't believe this note is in here!
But since it is, make sure that cutoff switch is LOW to the ground
for those poor souls that get dragged to the motor.
Anybody got any ski jumping tower plans while we're at it??? ;-)
Phil
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| 890.7 | | MISFIT::DEEP | Bring out yer dead...(clang!) | Tue Jan 10 1989 17:41 | 7 |
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This seems appropriate to me. Not something I'd be able to use, but
certainly something appropriate to this file!
Now then, about building the mountain, is that all PTL? 8^)
Bob
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| 890.8 | Amen | PAMOLA::RECKARD | Jon Reckard, 381-0878, ZKO3-2/T63 | Wed Jan 11 1989 07:27 | 9 |
| re: .7
> Now then, about building the mountain, is that all PTL? 8^)
Yes, I'd guess some divine intervention would be helpful.
Eh? What's that you say? PTL is a kind of wood?! Oh, ... never mind.
re: < "Bring out yer dead...(clang!)" >
(different scene) "But it's only a flesh wound!"
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| 890.9 | try this | TAZRAT::POWIS | | Wed Jan 11 1989 08:28 | 8 |
| You saw the discussion in the old SKIING conference. Early this
week, a new SKIING conf. was started; that's why you didn't see
it when you looked there. You can still access the old SKIING conf.
(read-only, I think) at DSSDEV::SKIING_V1.
Steve
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| 890.10 | Liability Insurance? | LEDDEV::HASTINGS | | Thu Jan 12 1989 12:39 | 5 |
| I hate to bring it up but, have you considered the cost of liability
insurance in your plans? Not just concerned about the ski tow itself
but the hill that the tow is on. All could be a factor in a suit.
Mark
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