I am not a litfie but maybe I can help you out. A little basic physics helps in this situation. The timber chair is a detachable “high speed” quad chair. This means that the chair releases from the haul rope when it gets into the station and runs on a separate track around the bullwheel. After the chair detaches from the rope, the chair slows down and allows people to board at a slower speed. Then the chair clamps back onto the rope and up you go at “high speed”. The Elk Chair is a “fixed grip” chair. Meaning that the chair stays on the haul rope for the entire rotation. So the chair is “bumped” each time for you as you get on (ie slowed down). The chair cannot run at a high speed or punters who do not know anything about chairlifts would be knocked off their feet every time they try to load.
Next time you are at the hill, simply have a look up at the differences between the two types of chairs and you will understand what I have explained.
Perhaps you would like to have the Haulback going at the same speed as the Timber??
