Funicular goods railway - help!!
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Great thread to stumble across!
Here in Wellington, residential cable cars are not that uncommon, and having 100+ steps up or down to your house even less so (and yes, the movers or delivery people often ask how many steps!).
There's some pretty spectacular one around the city. Here's a small selection:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/flissphil/albums/310...
https://blandforddailyphoto.blogspot.com/2007/07/t... (would have been just after installation, there's a lot more greenery on that hill now)
https://youtu.be/7HH8ayJ5yfc
So, OP, if you do get stuck again, there's some knowledgable bods down here.
Here in Wellington, residential cable cars are not that uncommon, and having 100+ steps up or down to your house even less so (and yes, the movers or delivery people often ask how many steps!).
There's some pretty spectacular one around the city. Here's a small selection:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/flissphil/albums/310...
https://blandforddailyphoto.blogspot.com/2007/07/t... (would have been just after installation, there's a lot more greenery on that hill now)
https://youtu.be/7HH8ayJ5yfc
So, OP, if you do get stuck again, there's some knowledgable bods down here.
Edited by XOcette on Friday 3rd April 07:38
Hi All. Is it a really four and a half years since I first posted about this!? Thanks to however bumped it back on to the forum - it brought back a lot of great memories of getting it all working. Sadly the motor bit the dust a couple of years ago and the electrics became increasingly unreliable (remember I just provided the manual labour whilst Phil and Mark provided the expertise). I therefore took the decision to simplify the set up and bought a heavy duty winch instead - the winch pulls the box up the slope and the gradient and weight of the box means the winch controls its descent. So not quite in the spirit of pistonheads I am afraid but at least it all still works and continues to serve us extremely well. We will never forget the amount of time and effort that Phil and Mark put in and much of their hard work still remains in place. I have to say though that the videos of the domestic cable car set ups makes me think I should perhaps be a little more ambitious. But at the moment home schooling an 8 and 3 year old and trying to regulate barristers at the same time means I have to keep those ambitions in check for now. Maintaining social distance from delivery drivers is a breeze though. Driver puts the stuff in the box at the bottom and we collect it 30m away at the top!
oliverhanmer said:
Hi All. Is it a really four and a half years since I first posted about this!? Thanks to however bumped it back on to the forum - it brought back a lot of great memories of getting it all working. Sadly the motor bit the dust a couple of years ago and the electrics became increasingly unreliable (remember I just provided the manual labour whilst Phil and Mark provided the expertise). I therefore took the decision to simplify the set up and bought a heavy duty winch instead - the winch pulls the box up the slope and the gradient and weight of the box means the winch controls its descent. So not quite in the spirit of pistonheads I am afraid but at least it all still works and continues to serve us extremely well. We will never forget the amount of time and effort that Phil and Mark put in and much of their hard work still remains in place. I have to say though that the videos of the domestic cable car set ups makes me think I should perhaps be a little more ambitious. But at the moment home schooling an 8 and 3 year old and trying to regulate barristers at the same time means I have to keep those ambitions in check for now. Maintaining social distance from delivery drivers is a breeze though. Driver puts the stuff in the box at the bottom and we collect it 30m away at the top!
Fair enough.Are the chains still in place, or removed now? Keep them oiled and should be a simple enough job to replace the electrics and motor any time you want to.
Cheers for the update.
Daniel
Yes, chains in situ and oiled - I have everything from before just need to sort a motor and the electrics out (three phase seems the way to go) but just haven’t had the time to get to grips with what was needed and to work out if I could do it without any expert help. So took the quick and dirty option for now, and which works perfectly well even if it’s not quite as cool as when we had the motor doing the work.
Yep - thoroughly enjoyed reading this - up there with the pool build.
I love how some people have a real talent for making and fixing stuff - my godfather is always making stuff - he made a fully working ornithopter (flying bird) - he didn't just buy a kit he made the damn thing from scratch !!
Well done to all involved.
I love how some people have a real talent for making and fixing stuff - my godfather is always making stuff - he made a fully working ornithopter (flying bird) - he didn't just buy a kit he made the damn thing from scratch !!
Well done to all involved.
7 minutes to go one way. You'd definitly make sure you haven't left any shopping in the car.
If something on that winch let go I hope there is some sort of emergency braking/hold system?
Personally I'd have installed 2 lifts, a bit like you see in the Italian Lakes where property is built on 1 in 3 inclines all the time.
Fair play for the effort though, must really like their house!
If something on that winch let go I hope there is some sort of emergency braking/hold system?
Personally I'd have installed 2 lifts, a bit like you see in the Italian Lakes where property is built on 1 in 3 inclines all the time.
Fair play for the effort though, must really like their house!
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