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.
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.
ruclips.net/video/WmTLCfB44NA/видео.html Probably safety and liability reasons. But the linked video shows you what it would be like if they were nearly touching the ground.
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.
Wasn't a real world test as I did not see any weight added to the chairs to account for the humans that would be on the lift, again engineers not thinking about all of the things that happen in the real world!! 2022
4:57 With fully loaded chairs on the heavy side. The rollback would'nt have happened if it was'nt loaded with 6:27 Concrete blocks that each could weight around 40-70 Lb and 8 of them were placed on each chair going up the mountain making a full weight of a chair around 400 Lb wich is more than the weight of 2 average americans (362 Lb)
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.
My God, the complete lack of risk mitigation, neglect for self-preservation or for that of others, ignorance of the inherent catastrophic potentiality is just confounding. I'm sure much was learned but not a bit of common sense or scientific method throughout any part of this OSHA field day.
this was a test karen, sometimes you need to destructively test something. we did test some Safety glass by dropping a heavy steel weight onto it. the tests were conducted in a similar way to this one safety wise. only we had a high speed camera aswell. sometimes testing is the correct scientific way.
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.
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.
@@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.
@@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
What lift was it?
These tests toe the line between "productive research" and "screwing around" and I love it
"the lift was ready to run the next morning" AFTER THAT? That's incredible!
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.
This one is a Riblet, as the video tells you.
@@bobharristhebag ik
Mmm smores! Just a perfect fire.
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.
I have one at my local hill. I normally take the rope tow though if it’s an option unless I’m tired.
That brake failure with the cement bags was a scary site. Many lives would had been lost.
Here’s a clearer version of this video. But it doesn’t go all the way to the end.ruclips.net/video/sb8gDtKw0L0/видео.html
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 ?
ruclips.net/video/WmTLCfB44NA/видео.html Probably safety and liability reasons. But the linked video shows you what it would be like if they were nearly touching the ground.
@@volvodude101 that is pretty low lol 😆
I Saw this video in 2012 when I had a fascinated by Lego chairlifts. This video brings back memories.
No one: RUclips: “Wanna see some guys abuse a ski lift?” Me: “The Fk I do.”
😂
Wow
4:59 what is that block the chairs were crashing onto?
Imagine doing the rollback test today 😼
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
A chairlift in fallback becomes a trebuchet at the bull wheel. You must jump off before you reach it.
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.
These Riblets are built like goddamn tanks! I’m proud that our hill still operates a Riblet triple
The new combo assembly actually come from the tree test so it does not come of the sheaves
Now that’s a fast lift. Even has auto eject for those who don’t know how to get off of a lift.
Lol!
Wasn't a real world test as I did not see any weight added to the chairs to account for the humans that would be on the lift, again engineers not thinking about all of the things that happen in the real world!! 2022
there where concrete blocks placed on the chairs in some of the tests. you even see them thrown off at the bottom terminal
4:57 With fully loaded chairs on the heavy side. The rollback would'nt have happened if it was'nt loaded with 6:27 Concrete blocks that each could weight around 40-70 Lb and 8 of them were placed on each chair going up the mountain making a full weight of a chair around 400 Lb wich is more than the weight of 2 average americans (362 Lb)
Is this the new hi-speed reverse double? ;)
-Safety-
Love the workers running for their lives.
So soll es sein.Der Test ist bestanden.RIP alter Lift
R.I.P.Alter Herr
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.
Some Georgian lift operators clearly skipped this video...
This is the standard test routine which is done every morning.
Uhhh, no?
@@Mainyehc Uhhh, sarcasm?
Pay your taxes!!
this happened in real life resently
How has nobody posted the link to the rollback incident of 3 years ago yet??? ruclips.net/video/BGLTtu-RUvo/видео.html
Have y’all seen the video of the lift throwing people off?
My God, the complete lack of risk mitigation, neglect for self-preservation or for that of others, ignorance of the inherent catastrophic potentiality is just confounding. I'm sure much was learned but not a bit of common sense or scientific method throughout any part of this OSHA field day.
Wow Karen, you must be a blast at parties.
this was a test karen, sometimes you need to destructively test something. we did test some Safety glass by dropping a heavy steel weight onto it. the tests were conducted in a similar way to this one safety wise. only we had a high speed camera aswell. sometimes testing is the correct scientific way.
150 horse power. Yet no way a 800 hp Dodge charger could ever move that system. 🤔
Connect the Dodge engine up to the driving wheel with the right gear ratio and you would have one fast chairlift
@@michaelcampbell4990 Like slathering crisco on the kids slide at a fair!
I mean through the same gear reduction, yeah it could…
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.
pretsels dont bend, they crumble. Thats what will happen, you will crumble, So Yeah, Jump the fuck off
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.
Well i had wood but then it fell over.
I want to get off mr bones wild ride
In this machine I suggest to make two brake to make a large torque
Georgia should of saw this coming…
Well that a fucking neato
RIBLET CONT.,AND THERE THE BACKBONE OF THE SKI ⛷️ INDUSTRY AND MADE THOUSANDS IF NOT MILLIONS OF 💰💰💰💰💰DOLLARS.
I DON'T CARE WHO SAYS WHAT,RIBLET MADE DAMN GOOD CHAIRLIFTS,THERE JUST AS TUFF AS GRANNET IF NOT TUFFER.
Grandpa, grandpa, stop… The war is over…
5:00, my favorite out of all of them.
Informative, but get rid of the 1990s video effects... fucking hipsters.
Wowzers, what a bunch of psychopathic nutjobs, abusing that lift, and cheering afterwards!
The rollback was the most frightening one to watch, just imagining being on a lift doing that. 😳
SORRY,I DON'T HAVE A IMAGINATION THAT WILL LET ME IMAGINATE INTO BEING ON A CHAIRLIFT WHILE IT'S RUNNING BACKWARDS.
@@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.
@@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
@@caiwilkie6453 AKA never book a Ski trip to Georgia.......
@@nickmaclachlan5178 Apereantly the guys on the rollback in georgia came back 1 day later
What Fun they had!
Das sind keine TÜV teste alter was los
"And bent like pretzels".