Just recently, I had a phone conversation with one of our contacts from IL who is a bluff stabilization and restoration expert. Not only does he sell our Hill Glider, but also based on his expert opinion, has convinced some of his customers to get trams over stairs. Additionally, in his experience he has found that the DNR also prefers trams to be installed over stairs, the reason being our legs vs. stair posts and/or pylons. An 18” stair pylon, for instance, requires 254” of square space per post, whereas, our tram only requires two 1 ½” steel posts per ten feet. That means that for every one stair pylon, you can put in over 200 feet of track making our tram virtually non-evasive to bluffs (Please take a look at the diagram below to help display the ratio). For many of you who already have stairs and are concerned about the additional impact to your hillside with another structure, you can be rest assured that our tram is very safe and environmentally friendly from the structure all the way down to the paint.
Additionally, from our combined 20 years in the industry, we have yet to have to fix a tram due to heavy rains causing run-offs or warping the structure of the tram. In fact, many of you may have heard about the floods Wisconsin received this past year, and while there are hundreds of trams in Wisconsin, most located on the very hills and bluffs that were hit by the floods, not a single phone call came in for a problem with a tram. With a Lakeside Trams Hill Glider, you can be rest assured that your family and your hill will be safe.
Additionally, from our combined 20 years in the industry, we have yet to have to fix a tram due to heavy rains causing run-offs or warping the structure of the tram. In fact, many of you may have heard about the floods Wisconsin received this past year, and while there are hundreds of trams in Wisconsin, most located on the very hills and bluffs that were hit by the floods, not a single phone call came in for a problem with a tram. With a Lakeside Trams Hill Glider, you can be rest assured that your family and your hill will be safe.
