uncle terry, everyone say hi terry and thank you for gifting him the engine

Guy: builds a ski lift which he puts a lot of effort into Snow: doesn’t come all year

Thanks uncle terry

*a wild Canadian in his natural habitat*

You know its cold when the skiis sound like that

When he said “motor” I had my suspicions. But once he said “garage” I knew

i know this is 2 years old but this is beyond impressive with the stopper in the middle for some DIY backyard shit

You are awesome! I'm going to make something like this for this winter but have been stuck thinking about how to make a safety trip. You have by far the easiest and least expensive way of accomplishing this, thank you!

This is genius!!! I am really impressed with the safety bar thing.

Man, I love this! This is not that different from Dave McCoy's beginning in Mono County, California. [Near Crowly Lake.] It was a decline in snowfall that drove him farther up the Sierras to what became Mammoth Mountain. His "bad luck" made him rich and gave us a huge, wonderful resulting ski area. In my family we have all been taught to ski as soon as we could walk. So we relate very well to this. Through the years all 6 of us have worked and ski'd at many ski areas. So we are cheering you on.

What a backyard you have! 😍 Love all the safety thoughts you have. 👍 The rope, however, looks a bit slippery to me. 😙 Great work! Thanks for sharing!

The safety bar was a nice touch. Nobody looses fingers in the pulley!

That's awesome! I always wanted to do that, but never had a yard big enough!

Thanks Terry! What a awesome idea!!! Thanks for making this video!

Awesome video, this is the first time I've seen an electric rope tow

That's pretty great. The safety bar is awesome, too.

Awesome, but to avoid pulling some limbs in half you should probably put a pulley in the middle of the return side so it can hold the rope out and keep that side ouf of the way of the rider. Worked alot on an actual anchor ski lift system and I might be a bit situationally afraid but every once in a while some dude throws the anchor and it snags an anchor on the return line. This often tears the wire of the rollers and are a part of the > 5 minute stops due to some climbing needed :-) Not really the same thing but I instantly though "whoa, you never go close to both sides of a wire feed system". I am just imagining a kid falling, snaging any side of the rope and then scoops up the other line which starts burning and while flailing some worse shit or death happens :-D Sorry :-D Awesome anyways!

i was thinking how to build one, and i couldn't get past my 4yo's hand getting sucked into the drive wheel. simple and elegant solution!

Outstanding upcycling...bloody well done from a jealous Englishman. 👏👏👍

Alright, thanks for the info. I appreciate you replying so quickly.

Very nice, especially the kill switch. My old school could have taken a safety lesson from you. Their bus engine-powered rope tow tore up a 5th grade girl's hand to the tune of a half dozen surgeries.

*Best backyard in history*

I love this! I’m gonna build one similar to this!

good one on resourcefulness, using what you have, great idea

My dad made one for us kids , he used an old rambler car , rope went around the rear rim at the rear end , put the car in gear and off it would go . Used car rims on there spindle and bolted them to the trees as rope guides . Would pull any amount of people who got got on up the hill . Everyone in the neighborhood learned how to ski at our house . Great memories.

Thanks from Norway uncle Terry

I think you did a great job for what your using it for. 👍🏻⛷❄️❄️

That is awesome! Always wanted to do that to hill we sled on had almost the same idea however considering we only get a decent snow once every few yrs. Just walk it or give rides back to the top with a utv.

Thats wild! Great job

Mercury switch was brilliant. Why a kid would hold on to long and get hurt is ridiculous but they definitely would.

You over complicated it with all that safety business haha. This is incredible! It’s pretty fast considering. Nice job.

Was that a diamond hill? Where's the ski Lodge

This is very cool, thanks for sharing👍🏻

Epic. I'm sure it would be sick pulling the GT up too. Non stop laps.

Well done man!!

So cool good idea with safety gate

Very cool ! Maybe another safety trip switch down by the snowmobile wired in series with existing safety switch 😎

Amazing. One brief idea might be to put a small roof over with a light under the small roof. For various reasons to help with the safety of it in undesirable weather. Or for others that might want to build one

Nice work!

Really great Idea!

Nice recycling!

Well done!

So jealous you have snow let alone your own ski field in your backyard!!! 😩

Cool, I like it. Well done.

The safety gate is a nice touch.

even had a safety shut off! im impressed sign me up

Nicely done

Here before this thing blows up

Pretty cool

Respect the lift.....respect the sled......RESPECT THE LINE SKIS!!

thanks Terry 👍

So the mercury switch is for the safety gate I'm guessing. Very nice. I'm trying to design one for a bike. It hooks up with a rope attached to a peice of canvass on the end. They wrap the rope back around the seatpost and then sit on the canvass tag to lock it in. if they fall or stand up it releases. It will need a spring reel on it like a t bar to give someone time to hook up. Thanks for the great video, it's a bit crude but it does the job. I love low tech.

That’s awesome!!!

I’m amazed 😲

1 hp / person seems like a pretty good rule of thumb.

car rims work good for rope guides.

Pretty dam cool honestly

Wish I could do that in my backyard...

Yes... Clap Clap Clap.. I have a hill on my farm... Must do this here in Canada also..

Brilliant, thank you!

cool idea dude!

really awesome

Nice job.

Thanks Uncle Terry

Thats awesome!

Really cool!

Total genius

Very cool thanks

Cool stuff

Very cool!

Looks good

Thanls for new idea

Thumbs up for terry!

Perfect for kids could be a good sled run as well

So cool.

thank u uncle terry

This reminded me the time when I was young. All the ski places in my country were run by dudes like you and had only a tiny bit more serious setups. But they ran steel cables. Visitors would have to come with their own hooks. like it this video kzfaq.info/get/bejne/ireHpJyY3cfFn6s.html Rider would come to the cable and hook oneself up. There is a piece of wood attached to the rope forming a T to sit on. Often somebody would fall while riding up, get that rope-seat thing wrapped around the leg and get dragged all the way up until he triggers the safety endswitch. Abrupt stop of the cable would release everyone hooked to it because lever is held on only by tension and everyone on the cable fell backwards. Also the place where cables frayed ends were fastened together would tear out a piece of your hip(or head, if you are a kid) if you were inattentive... Fun times.

It looks like it beats the snot out of repeatedly walking up the hill. Regardless of the low powered motor. ;)

thanks terry

Max Goldman 'pretty damn slick' Gustafson

Very cool

will a 96 Polaris Indy work?

cool stuff

Nice! 👍🏻😮

Nice!!

Amazing

I have the exact same snowmobile

That is genious

Sick

The way you say “garage” is so canadian lol

The video is pretty old so it won't probably matter anymore I guess but I would suggest you protect or somehow cover the end of the rope that runs towards the pulley. I mean the one below, next to the anchor so no kid grabs it by mistake and runs the hand towards the pulley. Pretty ingenious I love recycling old stuff. When I was a kid my father built me a hovercraft with an old vacumm cleaner's engine.

Safety gate was a smart touch.

Nice! ... 😀👍

1:41 cool machine

killed it

you lucky to still have snow

Sweet!

That's cool

Decent 👍

Awesome