Elevator Forum

Was out of work in Sacramento and got a call from an old friend that owned a company that did business in central California. He needed a guy to cover...

Firefighters vs: Elevators. Before retiring here in Monterey I was asked to give a lecture about elevators to the Seaside FD.(City next to Monterey) I...

Hey Smitty, After around 30 years with Haughton/Schindler Haughton. Boy you bring back memories. We used to ream the screws on the TH as well. Remembe...

Empty car? safeties set, would indicate it's hitting pretty hard. uppo72 and Broke Sheave are pointing you in the right direction. I would also check ...

JKH,I think you will get a kick out of this one. The guy sent me a pick of the controller. Which I will post to this forum. I think what you have is p...

Back in the 60s'I was sent over to another Haughton job to load tools and excess material on a truck to be returned to the shop. I had worked 108 West...

My Father was involved in and investigated another fatality in Hawaii. Even in his later years he couldn�t get this accident out of his mind. A 200 po...

To keep this old man busy, i cobbled up a little circuit revision. After installation, 2 jumpers would be needed to disable the gate switch and the lo...

Hey Dan, I'm not the inventor and don't really approve of them.It's back to the guy on the job. We will talk more about my little change.Jim