Chewbacca! Super-Loud Dover Hydraulic Elevators - Garden City, NY 

*1992

Unfortunately, these elevators had to go because they were in very bad shape and they very BADLY leaking oil.

and are you glad about that??

OPM1961 No, but still, they were in VERY bad shape and they were BADLY leaking hydraulic oil.

says Mr. Roosevelt Field Needs A Spanking.

They we're leaking from oil and had to go. Not to mention the fact that the controllers has serious issues.

Do you ever stop saying that?

@@Ih8kone Who said that they were leaking oil and had logic issues? This is the first time of me hearing this.

Are they on your channel

I literally agree

I miss this elevator

MissouriElevators The back elevator at the Market Parking Garage in Roanoke, VA has a Chewbacca motor.

@@Ih8kone Can it, Trainmaster. There is only one true Chewbacca.

These were only 23 years old, and they completely destroyed them.

@@seanhamilton4169i have the video of it being destroyed.

It is not a motor. That is the elevator. I know. You know?

@@juvyjoms2012he’s talking about the motor the elevator uses for the hydraulic pump

This is a late comment, but it’s just how the inner gate switch engages, which allows the car to move. If you look on an elevator on the top door track you can see the gate switch on the car part.

upanddownadventures Yes.

Do you work in the mall? And also, I take it that's why these were ripped out?

It’s because the motor room is so far away from the elevator. Also they leaked oil from the valves on the machine and from the hydraulic cylinder because of the amount of pressure it took to push the cylinder up.

One time at a mall around here the machine room caught on fire and the mall filled with smoke.

Chewy Jr.'s motor got replaced due to fire. The machine room could've been nearer to the pistons or there should be more powerful motors

I don't think he did

Ontario's Elevators Yes. He did.

they were epic I love the Nordstrom ones

Actually there was. Simon discovered that they were HORRIBLY LEAKING oil and they FAILED inspection last time Simon had them inspected.

Dante Trainmaster You are seriously annoying.

@@Ih8kone Stop replying to everyone's ages old comments. It is annoying as HECCQQE.

@@BCsVators Listen. I am being honest. You may not like it but it is the right thing to do.

Then why would you even reply to EVERYONE, they even find it annoying.

They're gone. They were leaking oil and we're beyond repair due to the machine room fire.

They did got rid of them unfortunately

Dante Trainmaster I hate noisy motors.

@@jamesackley1058 The motors were horribly leaking oil. These elevators failed inspection the last time Simon had them inspected, and were condemned as a result. Not to mention they had SERIOUS controller issues.

Hey Dante wanna know something cool?

Not you!

@@tkefan29 Oh shut up! I'm just being honest!

It’s because the motor room was so far away. Like I mean hundreds of feet away in a service area.

@@qeelevators2960 Wow! Really? That far away? Must of been hard on them.

⁠@@YoshiRocks2244 yes, suzzex did a video for the machine room on these former elevators and how he got to the machine room

@@wns808 really? Sweet!

@@YoshiRocks2244 yep, here’s the link ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-xvBtT2ipWug.html

Hello!?

suzzex has done a machine room tour of these elevators

Ultimate dab gaming And more same here!

Can you film the new elevators? No one has filmed these for a while as they were removed ):

James Ackley it is cellar lol

Possibly next year

jim mcintyre I wish they could keep these elevators for 10 more years so I can ride them

@@missourielevators9252 They had to go because they were HORRIBLY LEAKING oil. Leaking oil is grounds for inspection FAILURE!

@Dante Trainmaster you do realize the comment I posted is 4 years old

Wath Miz these Elevators were my favorite, true the new KONE Elevators are not that good, Chewbacca was the best

​@@proatmope8764 They aren't even glass anymore

KONE.

@@Ih8kone BLAHHH I HATE KONE

@@LB-td4sn I also hate KONE

That's the 6th track of 'Now That's What I Call Music! 38'.

This post was made by the WMG gang

It is since 2011

1:29 EPIC. STARTUP.

To my opinion, according to ih8escalators, he said that he's guessing that Schindler is coming in to replace them

May or June from what I hear is when Kone will mod these. Hope I get to ride them in June

tHey hAd To RePLaCe tHeM cAuSe ThEy LeAkEd OiL

They’ve been replaced with Kone traction MRL

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Hydraulic oil leakage.

Yep! Filechia's best motor

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David Ng Unfortunately, these elevators had to go for 3 reasons: #1: They were in very bad shape #2: They were BADLY leaking hydraulic oil #3: They were VERY BADLY damaged during that machine room fire.

4: They were tired of you talking about them non-stop.

@@Ih8kone Dude just shut up.

Nobody knows what he is really even talking about.

@@Ih8kone Wait what machine room fire? Condition wise I thought they looked ok but then again maybe we overlooked several aspects.

nice one

Are you kiddong me? I HATE Kone!

@@Ih8kone Wow, thanks! He totally asked for your opinion!

@@tkefan29 I SAW DELGADO'S MACHINE ROOM FOOTAGE! IT WASN'T PRETTY! BOTH UNITS WERE BEYOND REPAIR LEAKING OIL!

Kone may or may not be everyone’s cup of tea when it comes to elevators, but given the mechanical history as well as the location of the machine room of the former Dovers that became enthusiast favorites, imo the mall was in the right to replace them with Kone’s

That sucks.

That sucks.

No u

They unfortunately had to remove these elevators. 1) The machine room was well within a service corridor and 2) as a result of the distance between the elevators and the machine room, the valves suffered major leakage throughout the machine room due to getting the hydraulic oil to the jacks, and 3) the motors were constantly overworked in pumping the oil from such a distance, one of them even caught fire

James Ackley Quiet motors that come with shaft noises would’ve been worse.

This post was made by the traction gang

Fans and Elevators with Mr. Pullchain I agree.

I like loud hydros, but I usually prefer traction over not-so-loud hydros, especially taller than four floors

Not to mention KONEs and old Westinghouses...