installation scenario

Lift Installation

We are as concerned with the environment as we are with our customers. We want to provide a top quality product and service to the customer as well as not changing or disturbing the environment any more than need be.

After initial contact with the homeowner, we conduct a phone interview regarding your potential lift site, we sometimes ask for site pictures. Given all needed information we are able to quote potential projects over the phone. In certain scenario’s we will have to personally go and look at the site to access the project. In that case we determine the best location for the lift, trying not to disturb any plant growth. If we have to remove any shrubs or brush, we leave the root system intact so as not to cause any erosion problems now or in the future.

Next, we establish the line that we want the tram to run and install a straight, tight string line. Then we cut all weeds and brush below the track line, if need be.

Track comes in 10-foot sections and we start bolting them together alongside the string line. We can install our Lift System on most any angle and to most any length. Our shortest Lift System is 30 feet and our longest is 720 feet. Different lengths simply require the proper motor and gear reducer. Angles of less than 40 degrees are standard. Over 40 degrees increases the difficulty of installation and therefore increases the cost. The steepest known Lift System is over a cliff in Minnesota at 87 degrees. Pricing is variable depending upon the length & angle of the track, location, and the number of days required for installation. Our Lift System cost includes everything that makes the lift operational, but does not include the track, since everyone has different needs for length.

Our support legs are 1 1/4" round tubing and come in 10 foot lenghts. The depth of the support legs being driven into the ground depends on the soil condition. By using a small diameter means we are disturbing very little ground area. We use 1" round tubing for bracing between each set of legs to help stabilize and secure the lift. At ground level we use 1" round tubing between each set of legs for cross-support to stabilize the lift, which also acts as additional support on ground surface.

Lift Systems come in green, brown, black or galvanized.

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