This wasn't a waste at all. They learned some very valuable things from these tests that make our current chairlifts that much safer.
@TommyNewnes
3 жыл бұрын
Exactly. I doubt they could have gotten much money for the lift, even back in 1990. It was probably going to get scrapped anyway, although they had multiple other Riblets at the time, so I'm sure they kept useable parts as spares.
@Z-Ack
2 жыл бұрын
Except that this exact same thing has happene multiple times and killed dozens of people when they fucked up.. even with modern safety protocol and devicea, when not maintained the shit still can pop off….
@isabelpalix3890
2 жыл бұрын
@@Z-Ack I think in the last 40 years there have only been 12 deaths relating to ski lifts and not every case was caused by the lift itself. Rollbacks are incredibly rare, especially if the resort is properly maintained. I work as a lift attendant and every one of our lifts are checked multiple times a day to prevent potentially hazardous issues
@Revishnov
Жыл бұрын
You know your right but just for fun facts the european countries can decide to have or not have a roll back safety
@SimonBauer7
2 ай бұрын
you mean ghaudri? that was multiple safety systems either not being engaged or failing.@@Z-Ack
@-_______________________.___
2 жыл бұрын
Lesson learnt If the chair starts moving super fast backwards just jump the fuck off cause it's better to break your legs than it is to have your entire body bent like a pretzel.
@phoenixgamer8134
4 ай бұрын
pretsels dont bend, they crumble. Thats what will happen, you will crumble, So Yeah, Jump the fuck off
@craigbosko2229
23 күн бұрын
Yes and no,as far as jumping off the chair,it depends on how many feet a person is above the ground 2nd,all the chairlift operator has to do is press the E-BRAKE button in.
@Mobile_Fire_Hazard
3 ай бұрын
These tests toe the line between "productive research" and "screwing around" and I love it
@akiko009
2 жыл бұрын
Some Georgian lift operators clearly skipped this video...
@Vulpovile
5 ай бұрын
"the lift was ready to run the next morning" AFTER THAT? That's incredible!
@mrtangerillo7758
2 жыл бұрын
Now that’s a fast lift. Even has auto eject for those who don’t know how to get off of a lift.
@otownhogan1420
Жыл бұрын
Lol!
@EATSLEEPDRIVE2002
Жыл бұрын
No one: KZitem: “Wanna see some guys abuse a ski lift?” Me: “The Fk I do.”
@Raressonboard
2 ай бұрын
😂
@cjpwolf2436
Жыл бұрын
I Saw this video in 2012 when I had a fascinated by Lego chairlifts. This video brings back memories.
@rterry2752
2 жыл бұрын
Love the workers running for their lives.
@Raven4122
9 жыл бұрын
nice to see some last tests being done. The new lifts are so much better because of tests like these
@rallyart911
10 жыл бұрын
Some scary tests, but never the less. By the controlled catastrophic scenarios, finding the crutches of the chair system where all hopefully ruled out to further the safety and emergency equipment to prevent such events. Excellent example of amazing engineering (:
@ripperro
Жыл бұрын
Cant wait to got on this coaster!
@HKPSG1Shooter
3 жыл бұрын
The rollback was the most frightening one to watch, just imagining being on a lift doing that. 😳
@craigbosko2229
2 жыл бұрын
SORRY,I DON'T HAVE A IMAGINATION THAT WILL LET ME IMAGINATE INTO BEING ON A CHAIRLIFT WHILE IT'S RUNNING BACKWARDS.
@HKPSG1Shooter
2 жыл бұрын
@@craigbosko2229 Well there's a video of this very thing happening at a ski lift in Georgia (I think) It's on youtube. Several people get slug off, a few more are in the path of the chairs and get clobbered by them.
@caiwilkie6453
2 жыл бұрын
@@HKPSG1Shooter it was 100% human error, the emergency braking system was overriden by the operators prior to the rollback. The brakes could have been activated manually during the incident but the staff failed to do so. Ski lifts have extensive safety mesures and equipment, this should never happen by itself
@nickmaclachlan5178
2 жыл бұрын
@@caiwilkie6453 AKA never book a Ski trip to Georgia.......
@Retikulum01
Жыл бұрын
@@nickmaclachlan5178 Apereantly the guys on the rollback in georgia came back 1 day later
@sir_bumpalot
2 жыл бұрын
This is the standard test routine which is done every morning.
@Mainyehc
Жыл бұрын
Uhhh, no?
@sir_bumpalot
Жыл бұрын
@@Mainyehc Uhhh, sarcasm?
@HillOrStream
10 жыл бұрын
Took a lot of abuse to take the old Riblet lift down. Built right, many still in use.
@seykai
9 жыл бұрын
Sad to see lifts "dying" like that. :( I'm happy though that now, we know more things on ski-lift safety! :D
@therobertbobski
6 жыл бұрын
Alex no Sekai yeah sure
@nypad5
6 жыл бұрын
winkyface EX DEE
@JAnx01
6 жыл бұрын
Apparently, the rollback test was a waste of time: kzitem.info/news/bejne/o32CuqirZoSGqaQ
@austins.3313
5 жыл бұрын
@@JAnx01 Different Lift design, different country, you cannot make this comparison.
@JAnx01
5 жыл бұрын
@@austins.3313 The basic principles behind a fixed chair lift will always remain the same unless the laws of physics change. Doppelmayr participated in this test, so that makes your argument invalid.
@iloveRUSSIAAA
9 жыл бұрын
Shows how well Riblets were built... Although its sad to see an old lift go out like that.
@josephastier7421
Жыл бұрын
It went down fighting. Better than just getting silently dismantled and scrapped.
@thegluglug693
8 жыл бұрын
I have worked on lifts and have seen actual problems with real world roll backs and this stuff is scary.
@jackh3824
6 жыл бұрын
Georgia brought me here LMFAO!
@carlenger9707
5 жыл бұрын
God it's so weird seeing Eskimo as a riblet.
@-Ride4U
6 жыл бұрын
Anyone here from the recent accident with a ski lift?
@superpilotdude
6 жыл бұрын
Nathan Merritt yep
@-Ride4U
6 жыл бұрын
superpilotdude howdy
@redpill5471
4 жыл бұрын
That was the lift I used to run in the late 70's. LoL that was great! Learned to ski there in 1965 age 9 and still going. Yay Danny Pufpoph my bud!
@devintariel3769
3 жыл бұрын
Great to see how safe these are even in the event of a failure.
@nedakalTNT
5 жыл бұрын
this must be the old eskimo, now they have a high speed quad
@okhan5087
9 жыл бұрын
Riblets were really rugged. There are quite a few still in use. Chair 1 at mount Baker was over 60 years old when retired in 2010.( built in 1952)
@okhan5087
8 жыл бұрын
TheGameShack Yeah I am glad that there at least some Riblets left. Resorts have even started replacing their quad chairs like Squaw Valley's Siberia Express.
@okhan5087
8 жыл бұрын
Yeah, I think I have heard about that Chair 1. I ski at Squaw Valley, and I remember their old yan double, the Cornice II chair. That lift went right over a giant cliff before you reached the top. Sadly it was torn down in 2013 and I never rode it as it almost never operated but it was a cool chair
@powderturns
7 жыл бұрын
I believe two lifts at Whitewater near Nelson BC are Riblets.
@B.C_Reloaded
7 жыл бұрын
they took down one of the doubles :(
@finnlikesplanes7110
2 жыл бұрын
i think crystal mountain, BC had one but it had a cable come off and injure people
@harrybroughton4999
6 жыл бұрын
There's a fixed grip chairlift in Chamonix in the French Alps that must be at least 50 years old now. This reminds me of it!
@HillOrStream
10 жыл бұрын
They mention Winter Park's technicians and their ability to get the life fixed between tests.
@eliasaberg
5 жыл бұрын
On this episode of "Why tf did youtube recommend me this"
@PorterTheFanCollector
2 жыл бұрын
5:00, my favorite out of all of them.
@Bruh-bx9mh
5 жыл бұрын
5:20 *the true Express lift*
@williamhughes6856
5 жыл бұрын
TheShadowTitan Lol I was on one 10 min Ago
@bucketblast62
4 жыл бұрын
That speed looks like an express.
@josephastier7421
Жыл бұрын
A chairlift in fallback becomes a trebuchet at the bull wheel. You must jump off before you reach it.
@ashlynnhickok9476
7 жыл бұрын
ha, this is great, I used to work here xD I've run the Eskimo a few times before, but it's a lot more up to date nowadays!
@otownhogan1420
Жыл бұрын
Yea
@ardagii
5 жыл бұрын
Kudoes to the civil engineers that designed the towers, I expected more overdimensioning in the steel elements, welding or underdimensioning of foundation blocks
@leroybrown9873
3 жыл бұрын
I remember watching this during lift op training😂
@craigbosko2229
2 жыл бұрын
I'VE WATCHED THIS VIDEO MANY TIMES,1ST TIME AT SUMMIT AT SNOQUALMIE, WASHINGTON STATE,2ND TIME AT STEVENS PASS, WASHINGTON STATE, I'VE SEEN IT AROUND 8-10 TIMES AND THE 1ST TIME WAS IN 1994.BRINGS BACK ALOT OF MEMORIES.
@mikehunt3987
Жыл бұрын
I worked as a lifty a couple seasons. We had a roll back one time and it whipped a couple people off. I guess a couple people got injured pretty bad. It was only three or four chairs, luckly it was stopped before it got totally out of control.
@mavver
6 жыл бұрын
when I saw today news from Georgia I reminded this test... worst snowboarder/skier nightmare...
@DarkTenka
6 жыл бұрын
mavver Also here because of the Georgia video... Skii'd all my life and never even knew such a thing was possible. .
@Retikulum01
Жыл бұрын
6:59 i just love imagining a guy standing on top of the hill, drove up with his truck and just standing here with a camcorder
@louisecassidy5991
3 жыл бұрын
Can't properly test for rollback unless uphill line is loaded! Oh, ok, they loaded the chairs. I guess this lift was to be replaced anyway, got some age on it. I worked chairlifts in Perisher, Australia, late 79's and to this day had not known such things could even happen, never came up in our training.
@okhan5087
9 жыл бұрын
this sort of reminds me of the old Red Dog lift at squaw valley
@comptoncobras
2 жыл бұрын
The new combo assembly actually come from the tree test so it does not come of the sheaves
@skuula
6 жыл бұрын
After the test, they deemed the equipment to be safe and of so high quality that they repaired and recommissioned it... :)
@connorisanidioot
4 жыл бұрын
Actually the lift was replaced by a triple then again replaced by a quad detachable in the very late 90s
@Retikulum01
Жыл бұрын
4:59 what is that block the chairs were crashing onto?
@TackleTheDog
2 жыл бұрын
These Riblets are built like goddamn tanks! I’m proud that our hill still operates a Riblet triple
@TheTruthKiwi
2 жыл бұрын
Is this the same narrator that does the funny "Turbo Encabulator" video? 4:52 Holy, that's multiple fatalities right there and it took those dudes a while to get out of the way of the flying concrete! Also, 1990 seems like a different world to today. It'd be interesting to see what a modern instructional/experimental video looks like. Just clearer with more graphics probably.
@dickenya3278
6 жыл бұрын
Why am I watching this?
@vcummins
5 жыл бұрын
3:25 Chair: Wait why are we slowing down? WAIT WHAT IS GOING ON IM GOING IN REVERSE!
@user-lx3th5on8l
Ай бұрын
Proceeds to get catapulted of the chair 😂
@x86_architecture10
3 жыл бұрын
"And bent like pretzels".
@King42089
4 жыл бұрын
Guys these hard hats will protect against 50 pound flying cinderblocks right?
@georgeman-rj8go
Ай бұрын
What lift was it?
@Erik-gg2vb
Жыл бұрын
That brake failure with the cement bags was a scary site. Many lives would had been lost.
@gofergold8863
5 жыл бұрын
Im a green lift operator and this scares me because ours are 70 years old.
@Retikulum01
Жыл бұрын
Imagine doing the rollback test today 😼
@simplyryguy9335
Жыл бұрын
Riblet made a great lift for many many years. Sadly they sealed their fate by not investing and getting into the high speed detachable area. There is still a 1960s vintage Riblet lift running at Winter Park as of 2023, called Looking Glass. However- her days are numbered. Lots of other old Riblets still in use throughout the USA and Canada.
@CrobinHood8BitGuy
2 ай бұрын
I have one at my local hill. I normally take the rope tow though if it’s an option unless I’m tired.
@jobaecker9752
2 жыл бұрын
Is this the new hi-speed reverse double? ;)
@GarryReyom
2 жыл бұрын
Have y’all seen the video of the lift throwing people off?
@alexferguson9836
3 жыл бұрын
Yeah. This test would never take place now. In 2020. Still pretty savage video. Lifts are gnarly!!!
@jamesmp5k
10 жыл бұрын
What. Do you think they were doing it for fun?
@carsonhoward2884
3 жыл бұрын
It makes me sad they changed the name of this beautiful lift she ran good a little extra info the top terminal was replaced by YAN(lift engineering) around the late 1980s. As it was an awesome lift it’s sad it didn’t move on somewhere else in stead of being absolutely destroyed
@veoozo
9 жыл бұрын
I am going skiing tomorrow. This will be in my mind lol
@lianlowenherz7372
8 жыл бұрын
anyone knows which year this chairlift was build?
@KidGibson
7 жыл бұрын
Says at the beginning. I'm guessing 1963
@JimmyCasino
5 жыл бұрын
This is brutal!
@professorlonghair7379
3 жыл бұрын
The Detachable Double 👆
@mattheymen1371
10 жыл бұрын
Any idea what resort? cause the same thing happened at my local resort
@fazedishwasher148
4 жыл бұрын
winter park
@Martin24720
Жыл бұрын
winter park Colorado USA. it is mentioned in the beggining of the video
@MrChancebandit
Жыл бұрын
So silly question .....why does a chair lift have to be so high off the ground ? Could it not be say 4 feet to the bottom of your skis ? Why 20 ?
@volvodude101
3 ай бұрын
kzitem.info/news/bejne/uKOKsnece2ZlgXY Probably safety and liability reasons. But the linked video shows you what it would be like if they were nearly touching the ground.
@MrChancebandit
3 ай бұрын
@@volvodude101 that is pretty low lol 😆
@MrDemoable
9 жыл бұрын
dam that looks like fun
@geonerd
4 жыл бұрын
5:30 "Run away. RUN AWAY!!!"
@Mainyehc
Жыл бұрын
Right after “Fetchez la vache” 😂
@PhilipBallGarry
3 жыл бұрын
What Fun they had!
@donovanhill6078
10 жыл бұрын
this video was great!
@craigbosko2229
2 жыл бұрын
GOOD EDUCATIONAL VIDEO
@enkerl9172
2 жыл бұрын
R.I.P.Alter Herr
@iViking90
6 жыл бұрын
Wow, just like what happened in Georgia.
@aestheticcruise8807
6 жыл бұрын
iViking bullwheel brake failure... I Think?
@gregor_b1
6 жыл бұрын
A Drone or clucht failure
@lalenalent7558
4 жыл бұрын
the breaking part is funny
@tankmaster1018
10 жыл бұрын
This video is fantastic!
@nameismetatoo4591
3 жыл бұрын
When Engineering becomes Ungineering
@jamesmp5k
10 жыл бұрын
Good lord! This would be a nightmare if it were to happen...
@CorrodedGalaxy
Жыл бұрын
If anyone doesn’t understand the incident, Yan was a company that went bankrupt because of an incident where 8 people were killed due to a faulty chairlift/s falling off due to the grip. They shut down all the Yan chairlifts, and destroyed this one.
@bobharristhebag
9 ай бұрын
This one is a Riblet, as the video tells you.
@CorrodedGalaxy
9 ай бұрын
@@bobharristhebag ik
@glibbergloop
9 жыл бұрын
10:08 -- made my eyes get huge
@edwardhill1739
4 жыл бұрын
Watched this b4 i did my first rollback test.
@Milkmans_Son
6 жыл бұрын
5m06s tells me what I wanted to know: yes, jump.
@websitesthatneedanem
8 жыл бұрын
How very interesting!
@SkiDaBird
10 жыл бұрын
I'd like to see the do this with a detachable now a days.
@avocadoandy8652
6 жыл бұрын
I don't know if that kind of thing is possible on a detachable, the chairs already detach, although the deceleration/acceleration might have a hard time keeping up, causing some minimal damage.
@SimonBauer7
Жыл бұрын
it is possible but it wouldnt be as bad as the stations tires are driven off the haul rope mostly so the tires would just spin up and then the chairs would just go faster through the station although i dont know if attaching works in reverse.
@telon35
9 жыл бұрын
When the chairs were flying i was picturing people on them LOL!
@glibbergloop
9 жыл бұрын
Apocalypse38 So terrifying!
@BoratWuschki
6 жыл бұрын
well stuff like this also happened. the more you know...
@linomirgeler1884
6 жыл бұрын
If you google georgia chairlift rollback, you can see exactly that
@Captain_-
6 жыл бұрын
You could tell the future!
@spiddyman0079
6 жыл бұрын
kzitem.info/news/bejne/xaGVqIZtcIh_fW0
@SolaceEasy
5 жыл бұрын
EMR for Engineers
@xXWillXx
5 жыл бұрын
It’s extremely funny!
@otownhogan1420
Жыл бұрын
Mmm smores! Just a perfect fire.
@TheSnowboardGuyBreezy
2 жыл бұрын
Georgia should of saw this coming…
@leitnerpomaskiliftlover9276
3 жыл бұрын
Remember, NEVER destruct your chairlift or you will be fired!!!
@josephastier7421
Жыл бұрын
Right? Just doing this on your own to see what happens is frowned upon by management.
@kimjong-un5214
5 жыл бұрын
Earthquake
@calambria100
4 жыл бұрын
I did one extra test for you guys.. a crashtest by fanatic skying. it past the test.
@bencheevers6693
2 жыл бұрын
-Safety-
@sky173
3 жыл бұрын
Well... I guess I'm done skiing.
@CrobinHood8BitGuy
2 ай бұрын
I’ll take the tow rope.
@SimonBauer7
2 ай бұрын
this is a Test and a very old lift, they did that test to exactly prevent this stuff from happening in the future.
@enkerl9172
2 жыл бұрын
So soll es sein.Der Test ist bestanden.RIP alter Lift
@dkmorris713
2 жыл бұрын
Well that a fucking neato
@OofBerry1
8 жыл бұрын
So they destoyed it at 5:00 as a test
@andybuckets289
Жыл бұрын
Wow
@badlandskid
8 жыл бұрын
That lift is as out dated as 240p....
@spiddyman0079
6 жыл бұрын
badlandskid 144 p squad
@BluntForceTrauma666
5 жыл бұрын
"That lift is as out dated as 240p...." he says. Well, what else are they supposed to use for a test like this, you dimwit? PLUS that video was made in 1990, OVER 25 YEARS AGO. But, yeah you're right, they shoulda just torn it all down instead of trying to learn something. Narrowminded dickheads like you who pretend to "know it all" make me want to vomit.
@cccraigslist
4 жыл бұрын
@@BluntForceTrauma666 he's just commenting on how much technology has advanced. No need to get your panties in a bunch :)
@CombraStudios
7 жыл бұрын
5:03 is extremely funny
@CombraStudios
7 жыл бұрын
6:52 is funny too
@elpersonpl576
3 жыл бұрын
@@CombraStudios nobody asked
@CombraStudios
3 жыл бұрын
@@elpersonpl576 life is more than answering questions
@ahoNikku
9 жыл бұрын
Can I ride it?
@s4ujcd
9 жыл бұрын
LET'S GO AGAIN!
@melkiy582
3 жыл бұрын
At full speed!
@Martin24720
Жыл бұрын
no, you're late, 20 years too late
@antonjohnson1706
10 жыл бұрын
wow
@nimbusregular
2 жыл бұрын
this happened in real life resently
@lanovkarj
7 жыл бұрын
now 4-CLD
@vcummins
6 жыл бұрын
Autobusák Kuba yep! A poma CLD-4 with dual tensioning apparently. liftblog.com/winter-park-co/
@bucketblast62
Жыл бұрын
Here’s a clearer version of this video. But it doesn’t go all the way to the end.kzitem.info/news/bejne/1JhuzXiqhKlhf2U
@bucketblast62
4 жыл бұрын
What happened here.15:41 What happened to the hall rope.🪑
@hugofoldvari7195
3 жыл бұрын
The haul rope snapped because of the incredible heat.
@bucketblast62
3 жыл бұрын
@@hugofoldvari7195 it’s hard to see in this video. Thank you.
@bucketblast62
3 жыл бұрын
Imagine if we were on the lift and the haul rope snapped, or in this rollback.4:50 6:49😣
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