Detailed look at Alimak Hek climbing lift

Is this my most epic lift surf so far? I surf an Alimak Hek climbing lift. These are totally EPIC.
Which of my lift surfs do you think is the best? That 2 m/s Express was awesome, so was the O&K, so was the 90s Schindler, and the Otis 2000 in the translucent shaft was daring, or is it this climbing lift. Which one is your favourite?
See this playlist of all my lift surfs.......
• Playlist
What do you want me to surf next? (I know you are all going to say Ecodisc. As soon as I find a suitable one I will).

[@juoig7799]

Everyone will probrably think you are an engineer performing a routine inspection.

[@irrisorie]

"LONG WAY DOWN!" finally! another person like me who likes looking down from high places

[@newmsioworld7979]

LONG WAY DOWN!!!!!!!

[@HuSerrVVVF]

VFC must be variable frequency control

[@dazz1566]

You have excelled yourself this time! That was one hell of a watch.

[@tosh4461]

For the inspect modes vpc means verify and that means it is in normal operation just no door opening and prog means programming the open times of doors etc

[@johndufton9686]

I went to ride these lifts on a recent trip to London after seeing this film. 2 out 4 were working then.

[@teravolt1195]

Sad, lucky you. All the way from Australia and they're all not working. It's hard to tell if they have power or not though. I knew I should've brought my keys with me.

[@Bombiedude.]

The one thing I personally quite like is that the only wires that have to tranfer between levels for registering are for the call buttons and for the connections to the main power supply

[@DieselDucy]

Hey, If i ever get over there, can u show these to me?

[@benolifts]

+DieselDucy Of course. :-)

[@benolifts]

+Salifrt Salifrt Custom House London

[@salifrtsalifrt3817]

+Beno ok where are you living

[@benolifts]

+Salifrt Salifrt Gillingham

[@benolifts]

+Salifrt Salifrt R key?

[@SproutyPottedPlant]

Very good Mr Lift Engineer!

[@oliviaalwen2142]

i found that amusing how u made a lift useful lol i decently know who to call if i get stuck lol

[@Aymaan2.0]

What if you tried fixing the other 2 lifts that were broken and not fixed?

[@godfreypoon5148]

I see it has a PLC battery warning light on it. I bet the "PROG." selection on that switch puts the PLC into program mode.

[@ARelevators]

Hey Ben will you come to America they're elevators are much nicer but they only take drop keys

[@breakinglimitssickjambutte9450]

Hey Ben, have you heard of the new Inclinator/Funicular lifts at Greenford Station! They are epic. I went rode it today!

[@cogsinister100]

I remember going in one of theses at the IWM North.

[@LiftyGamez]

Why not surf a double deck/twin lift?

[@Maxsdiscos]

Great stuff. Could imagine you standing in the motor area and the car refuses to come back to you.

[@mattheww3116]

Awesome !

[@officergregorystevens5765]

lol the rush of people being out there and trying not to get caught.. it's like being a crackhead but with elevators..

[@cantliff9]

Sadly the one at Salford Quays isnt used anymore because they have shut the viewing platform

[@vergeelite1706]

Ive been there the lifts weren't working and the bridge it leads you to is all broken

[@haz05-06]

Do the climbing lift in Southend!!

[@boiii3productions945]

Coalham hospital in skyscrapersim has these for the bridge

[@crusifix1041]

I love climbing lifts

[@LBSiUK]

Is PROG program?

[@keith6400]

If you would only disclose the locations of lifts I could visit them.

[@benolifts]

So you can modernise them you mean

[@ludvigfrestadius8653]

Maybe PROG and VFC stands for Programming mode and Verification.

[@thebige312]

Ludvig Frestadius you are correct my dear sir

[@Bombiedude.]

9:31 Im surprised they were able to park that big boat right there because if that was trying to turn around to leave it would be a tight squeeze because these are kind of in the way a tiny bit

[@mrderpington7345]

I've been trapped in a express lift while there was power cut not nice

[@GhastUnity]

beno, try servicing them.

[@Bombiedude.]

Question what kind of buttons are those because they kind of look really wierd

[@Bombiedude.]

And Im talking about the call buttons and the inside ones

[@funcik1]

Nice

[@newmsioworld6792]

As of August 2017: 190 likes * 2 points = 380 points 28 dislikes * -5 points = 140 points Total: 240 points

[@kriskolo2013]

Ur best lift surfs were: Otis 2000 in a glass shaft, 1900s Medway lift, and this one. All awesome and all very diary

[@kriskolo2013]

ooops I mean daring :)

[@kriskolo2013]

U now should surf: - a twin lift or a double deck lift; - a lift that goes 3 m/s or more; - a gated lift; - a lift with no logic (manually controlled); - a swing door lift; - a paternoster; - an unmordenized old lift from the 60s, 70s or 80s

[@JoeyC370]

+kriskolo2013 Paternosters are multiple lifts in one shaft so it would be impossible to surf.

[@kriskolo2013]

i know that was joke :D

[@benolifts]

+kriskolo2013 With the twin lift I don't know how inspection mode works. Will the other lift keep going as normal. I would have to do some experiments first. It would be very risky, I will see what I can do. I have no idea how to surf a paternoster! I don't think it is even possible. Also the cars get very close on the turn around.

[@muhammadafzalalimakelevato3962]

Good job

[@That_Lad_George]

nice job

[@Protxch]

SO AMAZING but maybe some shops are selling editable clothes you just need to order one and put high rise lift service on it or tec lift and then you can surf lifts with out getting caught (sry for.my bad english i am coming from germany)

[@bakedbeanishdragon]

+Timo Werner He should get a coat and print "Evans Lift Alliance" on it

[@newmsioworld7979]

Winner £205,000,000

[@topcrazy5400]

that lift is in beno skyscrapersim

[@bossjolencraft3010]

2:13 do those buildings have crap generics inside?

[@benolifts]

+BossHeins Craft I got in one of them but the lift was too crap to film

[@user2C47]

The residents probably thought you were fixing it.

[@james123212]

i went today (25/7/16) and they were all broken

[@EWPA14]

Well that’s lovely.

[@rachelhagins1401]

Prog probably means “Program” Don’t know what vfc means.

[@elevatorsbylexi]

These were installed in 1998

[@ecvac422]

umm why does the lift sounds like a screaming ecvac!? 0:39

[@donthitmeimwoozy]

Ipswich Station in Queensland AU has 2.

[@godfreypoon5148]

Ipswich more like DIP Switch am I right?

[@TheDragonFire123]

What are you talking about? Those are Square Otis Lexans. Nothing to do with climbling lifts or Alimak Heks.

[@joannafreeman8426]

I fucking love this lift

[@ARTXZZ]

What if it rains though is that not extremely harmful to the exposed components?

[@teravolt1195]

All Alimaks are like this, they are weatherproof as they are designed as industrial temporary site hoists and therefore not actually designed to be enclosed in a shaft (to make temporary even more viable). They also use the rack and pinion over roped and counterweighted for this reason, additionally more rack can just be added on top of the stack to serve newly built higher floors.

[@HolyTrinity458]

Honestly if you acted normal and calm while being on the lift you probably could have honestly Been on that lift and no one would have thought anything of it. In all honesty if people heard you I feel like they would be happy you were actually working on the lifts. Just with the example of the last lady who was talking to you. The nervousness is what gives you away, I'm sure you could look a legit maintaince for the lifts.

[@asetatlikalem]

Where does the lift Gets his power from

[@benolifts]

From the power cable under the lift. Climbing lifts have wire hoops on the track that the cable slots into as the lift goes past to stop the wind blowing it into the track where it could get caught up in the rack and pinion.

[@asetatlikalem]

@@benolifts very interesting, does it have a VF drive?

[@benolifts]

@@asetatlikalem Yes. It has an Omron

[@tobidekker1116]

Wow

[@WebberAerialImaging]

A closer look at what we(supposed to be on them ;-) ) really do working on lifts kzbin.info/www/bejne/jZKvlmVprN-EmdE

[@VancityElevators]

Try surfing a Hammond Chapness lift

[@sgstuff1152]

Vancity Elevators ok

[@bigsmoke9100]

hey its Diesleducy tell the little train engine I said hi

[@PrestissimoMasterStation]

2015 - 2018

[@indotravelguy2004]

generic?

[@somebody9033]

what is a climbing lift????

[@teravolt1195]

It doesn't use ropes, hydraulics or counterweights. It has several motors on top which drive a pinion along the towers rack to climb it.

[@somebody9033]

Thanks

[@mrderpington7345]

and that lift was 40 years old

[@asmqb7222]

6:00: Achievement unlocked: Noclip! ...I don't think there's any "normal" way for you to view that wall ;)

[@liftsadventurevideosinfran7966]

the motor is on the elevator roof ?!

[@benolifts]

+Romain Duval Yes. It is a rack and pinion climbing lift

[@liftsadventurevideosinfran7966]

+Beno this is scary when you surf the elevator , and this isn't comfortable when you are riding it . I think normal elevator is better :o why thez haven't created normal elevator ?!!

[@liftsadventurevideosinfran7966]

+Beno I have buildt a Pinion Lift on algoodo :)

[@liftsadventurevideosinfran7966]

+Beno and i have downloaded your edition on Skyscrapersim , it's great ! :)

[@thehuskydog4815]

Oh mah gawd look at that fucking yacht...

[@TheRyan4444]

Surf the thyssen Krupp twin lift !

[@jamesparsons8593]

some awesome lifts

[@indotravelguy2004]

you insane? they are quite risky to surf, if you surf them if you get crushed or whatever, if in full speed going up on upper car and emergency stop, lower car crashes. Anyways that place is busy, no time for logic cabinets

[@sgstuff1152]

Stupid thyssenkrupp twin lifts. More like the ones on Singapore.

[@Rfc1394]

When putting something up to read, the usual rule is to leave it on screen long enough for someone to read it three times. And you should try to talk slower. Sometimes you get so excited and talk so fast I can't understand you.

[@benolifts]

There is no way that I would talk slower. People have short attention spans.

[@Rfc1394]

Well if you talk so fast you're unintelligible I suspect people will stop watching.

[@benolifts]

The majority of people can understand me. People will stop watching if the video is slow paced. I am making my videos stand out by being quick and snappy. I put a lot of effort into talking fast. It often takes me 10 - 20 takes to record the lines for these videos at a fast speed without mistakes. This is the style of video I want to create. There are hundreds of vlog channels with someone talking painfully slowly with loads of pauses between sentences, I just don't want to create videos like that.

[@joejones681]

Paul Robinson, I do agree bro. I can't understand you much. As you do post really interesting lifts, YOU NEED to talk slower because I like learning about lifts like these!

[@newmsioworld6792]

Beno You noticed that MARISOL ABDURAHMAN reported that the majority can surf lifts?

[@flintytheraccbold]

hey diesleducy ¬¬

[@robbienicklas367]

E.P.I.C

[@newmsioworld7979]

epic!!!!!!!

[@apolofeve]

VFC can mean Verification.

[@GraingerElectrical]

Why don't you surf a ALS lift

[@indotravelguy2004]

yah... that would be awsome.

[@sgstuff1152]

FUCK FUCK FUCK It would be so fucking stupid to surf a awesome ALS lift they just fucking breakdown but I say these ALS lifts are awesome

[@therandommemecat7738]

Looks like construction lift

[@maarioambel113]

beno why you hate platvorm lifts

[@benolifts]

Why do you think

[@itzmxrkomg]

Because there 're so slow and stupid and fucking crap

[@GenericLifts]

There crap

[@tompaye7877]

Just put a hi viz on you'll be fine 😂😂🤣

[@ricohallo22]

Surf a boring Stannah lift! ;)

[@sgstuff1152]

Are you insane? Surfing a stannah lift would cause it to break down as crap!

[@newmsioworld7979]

ricohallo22 penalty £200,000

[@jcvideos9374]

No, it would cut ben's finger again.

[@faaykitchen4593]

ricohallo22 know the lift

[@zacharylewis-briers5495]

Ur mad 2 surf lift if u said that anyone who would is mad

[@benolifts]

The more risky the lift surf is, the more reason to do it!

[@zacharylewis-briers5495]

wow u be rebel. have you ever attempted to surf a lift which is broken and may fall down the shaft

[@benolifts]

I have tried to surf several broken lifts. They would not fall down the shaft as lifts don't work like that.

[@zacharylewis-briers5495]

ok i havent got much knowledge of lifts anyway

[@sallylamb-cooper4452]

Bob is BagHeadMan ¥¥¥

[@mrderpington7345]

I present the world's dumbest lift engineer

[@benolifts]

Yayyyy!!!!!

[@stili774]

Prog Mode = Programming.

[@levigaming-1]

Dewhurst yuck