Deep in the Sierra Mountains near Lake Tahoe, Flow's Mike Basich has 40 acres where he hand built a cabin, tow-rope and he just installed his own private chairlift. This season follow us here for The Chairlift Chronicles.
5 years later and this is still the most detailed video on how to construct one of these things. I wonder if it's still in operation? Maybe a follow up video could be in the works on things they learned and would have done different??
i like the military engine, that's a perfect engine for something like a chairlift that only runs when there is snow, but when it does run it runs for a very very long time with little supervision. those engines were designed by teledyne continental who also builds general aviation aircraft engines and they were made to operate in extreme conditions and run for months on end.
I come here every year now, this video single handly introduced me into ski lifts and other stuff at the point where I've been trying to make one out of Legos for the past 3 years.
For everyone asking, I’m fairly certain he picked the chairlift up from a junk yard. However there are more videos on the subject out there. Just search his name.
rodmauldin: There is only one alternative to growing old. Do you know what that is? SO--The answer is, find God, for a peaceful life; and keep young at heart. By the way, that soundtrack will not help. Loved the dog ride.
Last week i had a dream about there being a massive ski slope outsidere my house with chairlifts, when im older im gonna make that dream into a reality
aaahhh that's awesome, when liked minds get together, anything is possible. I see Area-241 is the place to be and totally off the grid, I've seen that house before and know it's totally off the wall off the grid. Kick ass in winter and summer too, anytime is funt time, on snowboard or MTB, WOOT!!!
this looks amazing. my plan is to do this. buy some mountainside land nobody would ever want because its too steep. then put in a clandestine ski lift.
I did find that obnoxious and really wanted to hear more about the charilift itself, but it did kind of look like an awesome time so whatever 5 minutes I will nver regret.
Aside from the "music" and the art, this was great. It would be nice to have a straightforward tour. What size cable? How many chairs are planned? A bit more about the engine, etc. This reminds me of the old Blue Ridge ski area in the San Gabriel mountains of southern California. All the hardware was undersized like this. Now Blue Ridge has been rebuilt & modernized. And I think thet have snowmaking like their 2 neighboring ski areas. Big changes! Are you going to remove that log that points at the lift rider?
Foster Benjamin idk it’s mostly scrap, but the most expansive part believe it or not is the wire, that could cost 5 k but other wise total I’d say 8k-15k
To take it into any sort of commercial application (selling them would be) would take tens of thousands of dollars in engineered drawings and permits, I can say this with confidence after looking through those drawings for the 4 lifts I work in for my home mountain
@@khatske I suspect that he bought some used lift parts (there's whole websites dedicated to this) then skipped all the drawings and permits since its private, I'm just hoping these guys at least do regular inspections and maintenance
how cool is that ? Today's daily routine: get up..grin and laugh ... ride the lift ... grin and laugh ..... midday..g & l ... afternoon ... g & l .... last ride .... g & l .... lift night ride ... g & l ... go to sleep ...... quietly g & l..... best life !!
you could duplicate this for really cheap if you have iron working skills and some scrap metal, basic machinery and and electric motor. ill do it this summer with a 3k$ budet to build a half scale model of this and post it on my channel
Labor Code § 7340 et seq. but it's much less of a problem if it's not a commercial operation open to the public and there aren't any employees involved.
