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[trainplane3]

Was this mentioned yet?

 

[danlb_2000]

Was this mentioned yet?

The lot closures and not necessarily to install the haul rope, it may be to install the cable we have been seeing at the tops of the towers.

 

[danlb_2000]

Blog Mickey has some good pictures of the cable installation..

http://blogmickey.com/2018/11/photo...at-hollywood-studios-disney-skyliner-station/

The spool for the cable at the top of the tower say Fatzer which is a company that makes gondola haul cables, although this cable is to small for that. There are also other cable spools that say Cortland on it. Cortland makes special purpose communication cable.

 

[trainplane3]

The lot closures and not necessarily to install the haul rope, it may be to install the cable we have been seeing at the tops of the towers.

Understood. Just figured it'd be some decent conversation material to get off the friction topic
Maybe we'll find out tomorrow morning what's exactly going on?

 

[meyeet]

@Lift Blog how often do the tower fixtures need refurbished and how long does it take?

 

[Grimley1968]

Blog Mickey has some good pictures of the cable installation..

http://blogmickey.com/2018/11/photo...at-hollywood-studios-disney-skyliner-station/

The spool for the cable at the top of the tower say Fatzer which is a company that makes gondola haul cables, although this cable is to small for that. There are also other cable spools that say Cortland on it. Cortland makes special purpose communication cable.

I think the article mentioned that the Fatzer cable is the guide wire that will pull the actual rope from tower to tower. I can tell by looking that the other cable draped over the tower closest to the station is low voltage communications cable.

Understood. Just figured it'd be some decent conversation material to get off the friction topic
Maybe we'll find out tomorrow morning what's exactly going on?

I bet they'll use wire/rope lubricant by the gallon for this job.

 

[Lift Blog]

Looking at the entrance holes in the Hollywood Studios station, my guess is there will be three communications cables and one haul rope loop for each line. I have heard the haul ropes are 54 mm, which is quite beefy. There could be two successively larger "sand lines" pulled around each lift before the final Fatzer rope because it is so heavy.

 

[GCTales]

Sorry... I forgot the first rule of Mickey Mouse Fun Gondolas of Death Club...

No, first rule of Mickey Mouse Fun Gondolas of Death Club is to not talk about it. Second rule is to not give your member number...

Third rule is to your tombstone pre-prepared in a manner befitting any of the already identified methods of expiring while riding in the gondolas of death.

 

[ppete1975]

Looking at the entrance holes in the Hollywood Studios station, my guess is there will be three communications cables and one haul rope loop for each line. I have heard the haul ropes are 54 mm, which is quite beefy. There could be two successively larger "sand lines" pulled around each lift before the final Fatzer rope because it is so heavy.

The breadth and vastness of the knowledge of the people on this site astounds me. Trains, monorails, rides, history and now gondolas. I'm impressed daily.

 

[danlb_2000]

I think the article mentioned that the Fatzer cable is the guide wire that will pull the actual rope from tower to tower. I can tell by looking that the other cable draped over the tower closest to the station is low voltage communications cable.

I bet they'll use wire/rope lubricant by the gallon for this job.

I believe the pull cables use these two pulleys. The center cable looks to also be a solid cable so it might be there to support the communication cables.

 

[bunnyman]

I find this video interesting. Killington in Vermont replaced the haul rope and cabins for the upcoming season, and the video show how they splice the cable together:

 

[Grimley1968]

I believe the pull cables use these two pulleys. The center cable looks to also be a solid cable so it might be there to support the communication cables.


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After all this time, it took someone to draw circles around those pulleys for me to see them. I can't believe I didn't see them before. Therefore what you're saying makes perfect sense.

 

[larryz]

Third rule is to your tombstone pre-prepared in a manner befitting any of the already identified methods of expiring while riding in the gondolas of death.

Here lies Larry
Shouldn't have boasted
Rode the Skyliner
Now he's toasted.

 

[Goofyernmost]

In this spot
Lies a man named Fred
He rode Disney's Skyliner
And now he's dead.

 

[larryz]

I find this video interesting. Killington in Vermont replaced the haul rope and cabins for the upcoming season, and the video show how they splice the cable together:

Perfectly named -- KILLINGton...

 

[Lift Blog]

The rope is being pulled on the first American D-Line lift this very moment and we can all watch!

 

[Disone]

Victory way closing tonight and for the next several nights, at the exact spot the cables will pass over the road. My guess is this means that cables are being installed over the next couple of nights for the DHS to Caribbean Beach line.

 

[Giraffiki]

Victory way closing tonight and for the next several nights, at the exact spot the cables will pass over the road. My guess is this means that cables are being installed over the next couple of nights for the DHS to Caribbean Beach line.

I would guess communication line tonight and then cables the remaining nights

 

[danlb_2000]

Victory way closing tonight and for the next several nights, at the exact spot the cables will pass over the road. My guess is this means that cables are being installed over the next couple of nights for the DHS to Caribbean Beach line.

Or they are running the cable at the top of the tower and the communication wires like we are seeing in other areas.

 

[Disone]

Or they are running the cable at the top of the tower and the communication wires like we are seeing in other areas.

Okay.