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SKI DRAG LIFT?
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posts : 13 (Beginner)Date : 02-16-07 13:23SKI DRAG LIFT?
Can someone clarify what exactly a ski drag lift is?Is it
1- A peice of rope you hang on to?
2- A T Bar?
3- A pommer lift? Metal pole with seat between legs?
4- Some crazy thing i have never seen before?
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drag lift is rope with a bar which you hold on tore: SKI DRAG LIFT?
So its a long bar attached to a rope (cable).Does it have a little seat thing that you put between your legs, so you get graged up the hill?
Or do you actually have to hold a bar and support your entire body weight while you go up the hill?
Sorry for the dumb questions.
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Different types of pull lifts.
Button Lift - A round disc you slip between your legs and is attached to a long pole. You stand upright and allow it to pull you uphill.
T bar. - Designed to pull 2 up at once. Side by side a twin plastic bar which goes behind your bum and pulls you up. On dismount one should leave a few seconds before the other.
Drag lift. - Normally only used on nursery slopes this is a flat single piece of plastic about a foot long and 3 inches wide that can either ...
Button Lift - A round disc you slip between your legs and is attached to a long pole. You stand upright and allow it to pull you uphill.
T bar. - Designed to pull 2 up at once. Side by side a twin plastic bar which goes behind your bum and pulls you up. On dismount one should leave a few seconds before the other.
Drag lift. - Normally only used on nursery slopes this is a flat single piece of plastic about a foot long and 3 inches wide that can either ...
Different types of pull lifts.
Button Lift - A round disc you slip between your legs and is attached to a long pole. You stand upright and allow it to pull you uphill.
T bar. - Designed to pull 2 up at once. Side by side a twin plastic bar which goes behind your bum and pulls you up. On dismount one should leave a few seconds before the other.
Drag lift. - Normally only used on nursery slopes this is a flat single piece of plastic about a foot long and 3 inches wide that can either be held on to whilst it pulls you up, or placed behind the lower back. These are probably the most difficult and uncomfortable ones to use.
On all pull lifts, never try to sit down on them, but stay ridgid and allow them to pull you up the slope.
PP
Button Lift - A round disc you slip between your legs and is attached to a long pole. You stand upright and allow it to pull you uphill.
T bar. - Designed to pull 2 up at once. Side by side a twin plastic bar which goes behind your bum and pulls you up. On dismount one should leave a few seconds before the other.
Drag lift. - Normally only used on nursery slopes this is a flat single piece of plastic about a foot long and 3 inches wide that can either be held on to whilst it pulls you up, or placed behind the lower back. These are probably the most difficult and uncomfortable ones to use.
On all pull lifts, never try to sit down on them, but stay ridgid and allow them to pull you up the slope.
PP
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depends....
some have like buttons that you sit on, others just have a thing for you to hold and nothing to sit on, generally I believe the ones that have nothing to sit on are for very short runs, I have been to Pamps and Bansko and apart from the ski test on the first day never used the ones that you just hold onto, always button or T bar...
whatever it is first time you try to get on one you will no doubt fall off at least a few times and annoy the guy running it
but give ...
some have like buttons that you sit on, others just have a thing for you to hold and nothing to sit on, generally I believe the ones that have nothing to sit on are for very short runs, I have been to Pamps and Bansko and apart from the ski test on the first day never used the ones that you just hold onto, always button or T bar...
whatever it is first time you try to get on one you will no doubt fall off at least a few times and annoy the guy running it
but give ...depends....
some have like buttons that you sit on, others just have a thing for you to hold and nothing to sit on, generally I believe the ones that have nothing to sit on are for very short runs, I have been to Pamps and Bansko and apart from the ski test on the first day never used the ones that you just hold onto, always button or T bar...
whatever it is first time you try to get on one you will no doubt fall off at least a few times and annoy the guy running it but give everyone else waiting a good laugh 
some have like buttons that you sit on, others just have a thing for you to hold and nothing to sit on, generally I believe the ones that have nothing to sit on are for very short runs, I have been to Pamps and Bansko and apart from the ski test on the first day never used the ones that you just hold onto, always button or T bar...
whatever it is first time you try to get on one you will no doubt fall off at least a few times and annoy the guy running it
but give everyone else waiting a good laugh re: SKI DRAG LIFT?
Please note -- you should NEVER sit on ANY of the pull style lifts.PP
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Ah Pete don't tell them that - Thats half the fun watching the first timers fall off
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ok, I used the wrong phrase thats probably why I fall off, actually once you realise it is not to sit on you get the hang of it immediately wish I had heard your words of wisdom before first time I tried it
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Me tooCirca 1992 Austria.
First 5 attempts - flat on my face, then someone told me not to sit on it. Dhhhhoooo
PP
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In bansko this year someone fell off the T bar then tried to get back on the next one coming up which had someone else on the far side, they managed to drag the girl off but the T went down her jacket and she could not get it out so was dragged up the mountain, luckily they stopped it seconds before she reached the metal pilon... so don;t try to get back on someone else's if you fall off - that was not so funny..
