Detailed look at Alimak Hek climbing lift

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  • čas přidán 22. 08. 2024
  • Is this my most epic lift surf so far? I surf an Alimak Hek climbing lift. These are totally EPIC.
    Which of my lift surfs do you think is the best? That 2 m/s Express was awesome, so was the O&K, so was the 90s Schindler, and the Otis 2000 in the translucent shaft was daring, or is it this climbing lift. Which one is your favourite?
    See this playlist of all my lift surfs.......
    • Playlist
    What do you want me to surf next? (I know you are all going to say Ecodisc. As soon as I find a suitable one I will).

Komentáře • 138

  • @irrisorie
    @irrisorie Před 8 lety +21

    "LONG WAY DOWN!" finally! another person like me who likes looking down from high places

  • @juoig7799
    @juoig7799 Před 3 lety +5

    Everyone will probrably think you are an engineer performing a routine inspection.

  • @HuSerrVVVF
    @HuSerrVVVF Před 8 lety +5

    VFC must be variable frequency control

  • @tosh4461
    @tosh4461 Před 6 lety +4

    For the inspect modes vpc means verify and that means it is in normal operation just no door opening and prog means programming the open times of doors etc

  • @dazz1566
    @dazz1566 Před 8 lety +10

    You have excelled yourself this time!
    That was one hell of a watch.

  • @teravolt1195
    @teravolt1195 Před 5 lety +3

    Sad, lucky you. All the way from Australia and they're all not working. It's hard to tell if they have power or not though. I knew I should've brought my keys with me.

  • @johndufton9686
    @johndufton9686 Před 5 lety +3

    I went to ride these lifts on a recent trip to London after seeing this film. 2 out 4 were working then.

  • @Bombiedude.
    @Bombiedude. Před 2 lety +1

    The one thing I personally quite like is that the only wires that have to tranfer between levels for registering are for the call buttons and for the connections to the main power supply

  • @DieselDucy
    @DieselDucy Před 8 lety +32

    Hey, If i ever get over there, can u show these to me?

  • @officergregorystevens5765

    lol the rush of people being out there and trying not to get caught..
    it's like being a crackhead but with elevators..

  • @kriskolo2013
    @kriskolo2013 Před 8 lety +1

    U now should surf:
    - a twin lift or a double deck lift;
    - a lift that goes 3 m/s or more;
    - a gated lift;
    - a lift with no logic (manually controlled);
    - a swing door lift;
    - a paternoster;
    - an unmordenized old lift from the 60s, 70s or 80s

    • @JoeyC370
      @JoeyC370 Před 8 lety

      +kriskolo2013 Paternosters are multiple lifts in one shaft so it would be impossible to surf.

    • @kriskolo2013
      @kriskolo2013 Před 8 lety +1

      i know that was joke :D

    • @benolifts
      @benolifts  Před 8 lety

      +kriskolo2013 With the twin lift I don't know how inspection mode works. Will the other lift keep going as normal. I would have to do some experiments first. It would be very risky, I will see what I can do.
      I have no idea how to surf a paternoster! I don't think it is even possible. Also the cars get very close on the turn around.

  • @newmsioworld6792
    @newmsioworld6792 Před 7 lety +1

    As of August 2017:
    190 likes * 2 points = 380 points
    28 dislikes * -5 points = 140 points
    Total: 240 points

  • @cantliff9
    @cantliff9 Před 8 lety +1

    Sadly the one at Salford Quays isnt used anymore because they have shut the viewing platform

  • @godfreypoon5148
    @godfreypoon5148 Před 4 lety +1

    I see it has a PLC battery warning light on it. I bet the "PROG." selection on that switch puts the PLC into program mode.

  • @funcik1
    @funcik1 Před 8 lety +2

    Nice

  • @keith6400
    @keith6400 Před 8 lety +2

    If you would only disclose the locations of lifts I could visit them.

    • @benolifts
      @benolifts  Před 8 lety +7

      So you can modernise them you mean

  • @breakinglimitssickjambutte9450

    Hey Ben, have you heard of the new Inclinator/Funicular lifts at Greenford Station! They are epic. I went rode it today!

  • @HolyTrinity458
    @HolyTrinity458 Před 6 lety +2

    Honestly if you acted normal and calm while being on the lift you probably could have honestly Been on that lift and no one would have thought anything of it. In all honesty if people heard you I feel like they would be happy you were actually working on the lifts. Just with the example of the last lady who was talking to you.
    The nervousness is what gives you away, I'm sure you could look a legit maintaince for the lifts.

  • @boiii3productions945
    @boiii3productions945 Před 5 měsíci

    Coalham hospital in skyscrapersim has these for the bridge

  • @Protxch
    @Protxch Před 8 lety +1

    SO AMAZING but maybe some shops are selling editable clothes you just need to order one and put high rise lift service on it or tec lift and then you can surf lifts with out getting caught (sry for.my bad english i am coming from germany)

  • @ludvigfrestadius8653
    @ludvigfrestadius8653 Před 7 lety +3

    Maybe PROG and VFC stands for Programming mode and Verification.

    • @thebige312
      @thebige312 Před 6 lety +1

      Ludvig Frestadius you are correct my dear sir

  • @rachelhagins1401
    @rachelhagins1401 Před 2 lety +1

    Prog probably means “Program” Don’t know what vfc means.

  • @kriskolo2013
    @kriskolo2013 Před 8 lety

    Ur best lift surfs were: Otis 2000 in a glass shaft, 1900s Medway lift, and this one. All awesome and all very diary

  • @Rfc1394
    @Rfc1394 Před 7 lety +4

    When putting something up to read, the usual rule is to leave it on screen long enough for someone to read it three times. And you should try to talk slower. Sometimes you get so excited and talk so fast I can't understand you.

    • @benolifts
      @benolifts  Před 7 lety +1

      There is no way that I would talk slower. People have short attention spans.

    • @Rfc1394
      @Rfc1394 Před 7 lety

      Well if you talk so fast you're unintelligible I suspect people will stop watching.

    • @benolifts
      @benolifts  Před 7 lety +3

      The majority of people can understand me. People will stop watching if the video is slow paced. I am making my videos stand out by being quick and snappy. I put a lot of effort into talking fast. It often takes me 10 - 20 takes to record the lines for these videos at a fast speed without mistakes. This is the style of video I want to create. There are hundreds of vlog channels with someone talking painfully slowly with loads of pauses between sentences, I just don't want to create videos like that.

    • @joejones681
      @joejones681 Před 7 lety

      Paul Robinson, I do agree bro. I can't understand you much. As you do post really interesting lifts, YOU NEED to talk slower because I like learning about lifts like these!

    • @newmsioworld6792
      @newmsioworld6792 Před 7 lety

      Beno You noticed that MARISOL ABDURAHMAN reported that the majority can surf lifts?

  • @Bombiedude.
    @Bombiedude. Před 2 lety

    9:31 Im surprised they were able to park that big boat right there because if that was trying to turn around to leave it would be a tight squeeze because these are kind of in the way a tiny bit

  • @haz05-06
    @haz05-06 Před 8 lety +1

    Do the climbing lift in Southend!!

  • @ARelevators
    @ARelevators Před 8 lety +1

    Hey Ben will you come to America they're elevators are much nicer but they only take drop keys

  • @Maxsdiscos
    @Maxsdiscos Před 8 lety

    Great stuff. Could imagine you standing in the motor area and the car refuses to come back to you.

  • @Aymaan2.0
    @Aymaan2.0 Před 5 lety +1

    What if you tried fixing the other 2 lifts that were broken and not fixed?

  • @cogsinister100
    @cogsinister100 Před 8 lety

    I remember going in one of theses at the IWM North.

  • @elevatorsbylexi
    @elevatorsbylexi Před rokem

    These were installed in 1998

  • @vergeelite1706
    @vergeelite1706 Před 6 lety +1

    Ive been there the lifts weren't working and the bridge it leads you to is all broken

  • @GhastUnity
    @GhastUnity Před 8 lety +2

    beno, try servicing them.

  • @SproutyPottedPlant
    @SproutyPottedPlant Před 8 lety

    Very good Mr Lift Engineer!

  • @oliviaalwen2142
    @oliviaalwen2142 Před 7 lety

    i found that amusing how u made a lift useful lol i decently know who to call if i get stuck lol

  • @thehuskydog4815
    @thehuskydog4815 Před 6 lety

    Oh mah gawd look at that fucking yacht...

  • @bigsmoke9100
    @bigsmoke9100 Před 7 lety +1

    hey its Diesleducy tell the little train engine I said hi

  • @user2C47
    @user2C47 Před 5 lety

    The residents probably thought you were fixing it.

  • @james123212
    @james123212 Před 8 lety +2

    i went today (25/7/16) and they were all broken

    • @EWPA14
      @EWPA14 Před 8 lety

      Well that’s lovely.

  • @LiftyGamez
    @LiftyGamez Před 8 lety +1

    Why not surf a double deck/twin lift?

  • @crusifix1041
    @crusifix1041 Před 6 lety

    I love climbing lifts

  • @LBSiUK
    @LBSiUK Před 6 lety +1

    Is PROG program?

  • @nicholas-ecvac
    @nicholas-ecvac Před měsícem

    umm why does the lift sounds like a screaming ecvac!? 0:39

  • @joannafreeman8426
    @joannafreeman8426 Před 8 lety

    I fucking love this lift

  • @PrestissimoMasterStation

    2015 - 2018

  • @asmqb7222
    @asmqb7222 Před 5 lety

    6:00: Achievement unlocked: Noclip!
    ...I don't think there's any "normal" way for you to view that wall ;)

  • @mattheww3116
    @mattheww3116 Před 8 lety

    Awesome !

  • @Bombiedude.
    @Bombiedude. Před 2 lety

    Question what kind of buttons are those because they kind of look really wierd

    • @Bombiedude.
      @Bombiedude. Před 2 lety

      And Im talking about the call buttons and the inside ones

  • @topcrazy5400
    @topcrazy5400 Před 8 lety

    that lift is in beno skyscrapersim

  • @mrderpington7345
    @mrderpington7345 Před 7 lety

    I've been trapped in a express lift while there was power cut not nice

  • @bossjolencraft3010
    @bossjolencraft3010 Před 8 lety +1

    2:13 do those buildings have crap generics inside?

    • @benolifts
      @benolifts  Před 8 lety +3

      +BossHeins Craft I got in one of them but the lift was too crap to film

  • @ARTXZZ
    @ARTXZZ Před 7 lety +2

    What if it rains though is that not extremely harmful to the exposed components?

    • @teravolt1195
      @teravolt1195 Před 7 lety +3

      All Alimaks are like this, they are weatherproof as they are designed as industrial temporary site hoists and therefore not actually designed to be enclosed in a shaft (to make temporary even more viable). They also use the rack and pinion over roped and counterweighted for this reason, additionally more rack can just be added on top of the stack to serve newly built higher floors.

  • @muhammadafzalalimakelevato3962

    Good job

  • @That_Lad_George
    @That_Lad_George Před 8 lety

    nice job

  • @WebberAerialImaging
    @WebberAerialImaging Před 6 lety

    A closer look at what we(supposed to be on them ;-) ) really do working on lifts czcams.com/video/WaLe23wzQco/video.html

  • @donthitmeimwoozy
    @donthitmeimwoozy Před 6 lety

    Ipswich Station in Queensland AU has 2.

    • @godfreypoon5148
      @godfreypoon5148 Před 4 lety

      Ipswich more like DIP Switch am I right?

    • @TheDragonFire123
      @TheDragonFire123 Před 3 lety

      What are you talking about? Those are Square Otis Lexans. Nothing to do with climbling lifts or Alimak Heks.

  • @asetatlikalem
    @asetatlikalem Před rokem

    Where does the lift Gets his power from

    • @benolifts
      @benolifts  Před rokem +1

      From the power cable under the lift. Climbing lifts have wire hoops on the track that the cable slots into as the lift goes past to stop the wind blowing it into the track where it could get caught up in the rack and pinion.

    • @asetatlikalem
      @asetatlikalem Před rokem

      @@benolifts very interesting, does it have a VF drive?

    • @benolifts
      @benolifts  Před rokem

      @@asetatlikalem Yes. It has an Omron

  • @mrderpington7345
    @mrderpington7345 Před 7 lety

    and that lift was 40 years old

  • @apolofeve
    @apolofeve Před 7 lety +2

    VFC can mean Verification.

  • @ricohallo22
    @ricohallo22 Před 8 lety +6

    Surf a boring Stannah lift! ;)

    • @sgstuff1152
      @sgstuff1152 Před 7 lety +4

      Are you insane? Surfing a stannah lift would cause it to break down as crap!

    • @newmsioworld7979
      @newmsioworld7979 Před 6 lety

      ricohallo22 penalty £200,000

    • @jcvideos9374
      @jcvideos9374 Před 6 lety +1

      No, it would cut ben's finger again.

    • @faaykitchen4593
      @faaykitchen4593 Před 6 lety +1

      ricohallo22 know the lift

  • @flintytheraccbold
    @flintytheraccbold Před 6 lety +1

    hey diesleducy ¬¬

  • @tobidekker1116
    @tobidekker1116 Před 8 lety

    Wow

  • @somebody9033
    @somebody9033 Před 7 lety +1

    what is a climbing lift????

    • @teravolt1195
      @teravolt1195 Před 7 lety +3

      It doesn't use ropes, hydraulics or counterweights. It has several motors on top which drive a pinion along the towers rack to climb it.

    • @somebody9033
      @somebody9033 Před 7 lety

      Thanks

  • @robbienicklas367
    @robbienicklas367 Před 7 lety

    E.P.I.C

  • @TheRyan4444
    @TheRyan4444 Před 8 lety

    Surf the thyssen Krupp twin lift !

    • @jamesparsons8593
      @jamesparsons8593 Před 8 lety

      some awesome lifts

    • @indotravelguy2004
      @indotravelguy2004 Před 8 lety

      you insane? they are quite risky to surf, if you surf them if you get crushed or whatever, if in full speed going up on upper car and emergency stop, lower car crashes. Anyways that place is busy, no time for logic cabinets

    • @sgstuff1152
      @sgstuff1152 Před 7 lety

      Stupid thyssenkrupp twin lifts.
      More like the ones on Singapore.

  • @therandommemecat7738
    @therandommemecat7738 Před 2 lety

    Looks like construction lift

  • @VancityElevators
    @VancityElevators Před 8 lety

    Try surfing a Hammond Chapness lift

  • @liftsadventurevideosinfran7966

    the motor is on the elevator roof ?!

    • @benolifts
      @benolifts  Před 8 lety

      +Romain Duval Yes. It is a rack and pinion climbing lift

    • @liftsadventurevideosinfran7966
      @liftsadventurevideosinfran7966 Před 8 lety

      +Beno this is scary when you surf the elevator , and this isn't comfortable when you are riding it .
      I think normal elevator is better :o
      why thez haven't created normal elevator ?!!

    • @liftsadventurevideosinfran7966
      @liftsadventurevideosinfran7966 Před 8 lety

      +Beno I have buildt a Pinion Lift on algoodo :)

    • @liftsadventurevideosinfran7966
      @liftsadventurevideosinfran7966 Před 8 lety

      +Beno and i have downloaded your edition on Skyscrapersim , it's great ! :)

  • @indotravelguy2004
    @indotravelguy2004 Před 8 lety

    generic?

  • @tompaye7877
    @tompaye7877 Před 2 lety

    Just put a hi viz on you'll be fine 😂😂🤣

  • @GraingerElectrical
    @GraingerElectrical Před 8 lety

    Why don't you surf a ALS lift

    • @indotravelguy2004
      @indotravelguy2004 Před 8 lety

      yah... that would be awsome.

    • @sgstuff1152
      @sgstuff1152 Před 7 lety

      FUCK FUCK FUCK
      It would be so fucking stupid to surf a awesome ALS lift they just fucking breakdown but I say these ALS lifts are awesome

  • @mrderpington7345
    @mrderpington7345 Před 7 lety

    I present the world's dumbest lift engineer

  • @zacharylewis-briers5495
    @zacharylewis-briers5495 Před 7 lety +2

    Ur mad 2 surf lift if u said that anyone who would is mad

    • @benolifts
      @benolifts  Před 7 lety +1

      The more risky the lift surf is, the more reason to do it!

    • @zacharylewis-briers5495
      @zacharylewis-briers5495 Před 7 lety +1

      wow u be rebel. have you ever attempted to surf a lift which is broken and may fall down the shaft

    • @benolifts
      @benolifts  Před 7 lety +2

      I have tried to surf several broken lifts. They would not fall down the shaft as lifts don't work like that.

    • @zacharylewis-briers5495
      @zacharylewis-briers5495 Před 7 lety

      ok
      i havent got much knowledge of lifts anyway

    • @sallylamb-cooper4452
      @sallylamb-cooper4452 Před 7 lety

      Bob is BagHeadMan ¥¥¥

  • @stili774
    @stili774 Před 8 lety

    Prog Mode = Programming.

  • @maarioambel113
    @maarioambel113 Před 8 lety

    beno why you hate platvorm lifts

  • @levigaming-1
    @levigaming-1 Před 3 lety

    Dewhurst yuck