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Servicing antique elevators in a mountain lodge was a nightmare
I took a job at a lodge way up in the mountains. Their elevators were installed back in the 1940s. Getting the right parts meant waiting days for deliveries. I had to keep the system running with temporary fixes. It was one of the most stressful trips I've ever had.
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robin_stone707mo ago
I always figured antique elevators were just a bit quirky but basically fine... Your story about waiting days for parts and rigging temporary fixes changes that. Being stranded up there with a system from the 1940s, trying to keep it running, must have been a constant scramble. The stress of knowing a real fix might not come for weeks... It turns a simple repair into a high-stakes puzzle. Now I get that it's not about upkeep, it's about pure survival mode.
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emmat187mo ago
Ngl, @robin_stone70 you hit the nail on the head calling it survival mode. It's not a quirk, it's pure stress.
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kai_ramirez385mo ago
Read a building manager from Philly talking about how their lobby elevator from 1938 still uses the original relay logic. @emmat18 that survival mode thing makes total sense when you realize one bad component can shut the whole thing down for a week. Nothing charming about sweating out a fix with parts that stopped being made before your parents were born.
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bell.harper7mo ago
Always thought antique elevators were just quirky. This thread shows the real stress behind the scenes. Now I get it's pure survival, not charm.
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