Checking out Ontario’s 8 Pack Detachable

[@djkarcher1896]

Doppelmayr are absolute madlads. If you asked them to build a gondola cabin with a sound system, lasers and strobes, they would very likely do it. Haven't seen an L-shaped D-Line terminal before, though, as well as 8-packs without bubbles. I prefer bubble-less chairs, though. Sweet lift !

[@DoppelmayrGroup]

Nice video! We're happy that you like the new chairlift! Man greetings from Austria :)

[@patricksmotors9070]

Amazing lift and the smoothest detachable I’ve ever ridden.

[@antonykahil]

Ended up on a chair with you that day and can’t forget hearing you say “ I still prefer my fixed grips” was nice meeting you for sure.

[@patricksmotors9070]

It was such a great day, and while I love my old fixed grips this thing was amazing. We are still geeking out over it.

[@antonykahil]

@@patricksmotors9070 what’s the best way to get in touch with you? I have a few industry related questions.

[@patricksmotors9070]

You can reach out via my business email [e-mail]

[@GoalWalker]

2:35 I could listen to that whoosh sound of the chairs for hours. The humming of the motors too.

[@Coasterpostalt]

6:24 those depression sheaves sound amazing!

[@foxtonlankin1271]

Wasn’t expecting to see you that day as I was working sundance (4 pack fixed grip with the loading carpet) but glad I got to say hi. I’m glad you had a great day

[@patricksmotors9070]

You made my day! I was telling my kids they have a world famous Dad ;)

[@kdawg_gde]

Oh nice. If you recall, I asked if you did detachable work, and here you are looking at the coolest chair I’ve seen in a while

[@patricksmotors9070]

It was an amazing experience and I’m now tempted to work on my A ticket (detachable)

[@TheWillxixam10]

Not only an 8 pack, but it has heated seats too?! A friend of mine and I talked about making something years ago for heated seats on a lift and I was literally just talking to someone today about it. Always wondered why more lifts don't have them. Awesome to see someone finally do it!

[@pally_wally]

You forgot to thank them 😂

[@LiftTech]

Super cool! Thanks for sharing :)

[@patricksmotors9070]

Most welcome.

[@niklasxl]

Do the chairs park in the stations? seems like the L shaped bottom station has more room for chairs

[@patricksmotors9070]

It does and all chairs can be parked in the upper and lower stations. It’s a remarkable machine.

[@niklasxl]

@@patricksmotors9070 yeah its such a simple idea yet you need to have enough control devices (clutches or electric drives on wheels) and a flexible enough control system to program the functionality in. would be interesting to see some numbers on how tha price compares to a separate garage with simpler controls. atleast where space is limited this is a big win.

[@pohledzesaliny]

Why is that station in the L form? embarking from a side is possible without a L shape.

[@patricksmotors9070]

Due to the location of the lift it was better to offer a side load setup so that terminal was selected.

[@pohledzesaliny]

@@patricksmotors9070 Do you know if this solution was implemented elsewhere?

[@patricksmotors9070]

I believe it has been done with gondolas but not sure about other chairs.

[@litz13]

Those d-lines are amazing machines

[@rynolin342]

I read a comment on liftblog from Everett Kircher who said that the L terminal is required to achieve the very high people per hour capacity of this lift. If they had used a traditional straight terminal with contour loading the timing to load between chairs would have been too short for skiers and would cause misloads. So it was basically a decision of less capacity or get the L terminal.