Holyoke, MA: Schindler DEATH TRAP Hydraulic Secondary Mall Elevator @ Holyoke Mall at Ingleside

This is Schindler DEATH TRAP Secondary Mall Elevator, at the Holyoke Mall at Ingleside, Holyoke, Massachusetts.
After Pyramid realized the gigantic traffic jams that occurr at the tiny Westinghouse in the mall's center, they added this gem, and by gem, I mean piece of crap.
This obviously is a roped hydraulic, as it jolts part way up, and violently halfway. The 2 pistons are either out of synch, or something is getting stuck, and the other piston pulls the whole thing up. The huge jolt was captured on "Shock Cam" in 2 different angles. Odd thing is, it's perfectly fine on the way down. The counter double-dings on said downward trips, making this lift another fine Schindler install.
This is definately a "Piece of Schindler".
(Credit goes to whomever came up with that term.)

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[Labratoria]

0:45 Someone kicked the hatch? Hatch is warped.

[georgef551]

@Labratoria

Wouldn't suprise me, being Schindler is of such high caliber....

[Labratoria]

@georgef551 Oh, who is the one who kicks the innocent elevators. :( Heart breaks.

[georgef551]

@Labratoria

It's probably been tampered with, that's probably all.

[TheElevatorPlanet]

Schindler sucks....

[georgef551]

@suzzex

Thank you. :)

[suzzex]

@georgef551 Congrats on the partnership by the way! I just noticed it!

[georgef551]

@suzzex

Odd that exactly at 1/4, and 1/2 the distance, it jolted, which is like it's a telescoping holeless. That's just plain weird.

[suzzex]

This is NOT a roped hydraulic. Schindler didn't manufacture roped hydraulic elevators with MT controls like this. Also, if this even is a telescoping hydraulic elevator, it does have cables to keep it in sync. You are just experiencing a mall elevator. Come out to New York. You can't possibly title an elevator a death trap, since all of them behave the same... :D

[georgef551]

@HardDriveGuru

No problem.