Got to remember, he's a small kid. When I was his age, every little elevator tick made me think they were death traps. I can relate.

I found out that those were originally Dover then modernized by Keystone. It has a Dover track. Also an update on the second one you rode is a Death Trap. I rode it up on the floor and it made a loud noise like a really loud rumble which means it is really low on oil.

This elevator has GAL fixtures. Also, E-bay is selling a floor indicator for about $78.00 by GAL that looks quite similar to this one. The bell, however, sounds like an older OTIS bell that is a little more high-pitched

Heh, heh. All I need is the little real-live train engine in my hand. That, and 5 years off my old age. :)

@Thedddhomevideos The parking garage is underneath the store. It's built on a hill, so the parking lot on the surface is small.

"Dont mind it's a youtube thing, it's getting pretty popular now" "What, elevator rides?" "y-yeah"

They were good. I do aim the camera to the floor just to not get people on the video, and kept them out, except when the doors opened, and when we left. Funny how the camera makes it look I was about to run them over on exit, even though I had 3 feet between us. :)

it's a freight sized elevator.

When I was little, a death trap was a death trap, even if it acted up in one direction. I notice nowadays that people only call them such in one direction, which really makes no sense. I reviewed the videos, yours and mine. They either are fixed, or the noises in your videos worked thmeselves out. There's some minor sounds, but that's about it.

Is there a motion sensor In the back of these elevators?

@MG47126 It could've been when he rode it, which was about a year before this ride. In my 10K view celebration video, that one was having hydro issues. 2 weeks later, when I went to get something there, that lift was broke.

Did they go bad? You're the 2'nd person who said that. They were fine when I recorded this.

No, thanks. I was just being silly. It's Dieselducy's trademark, and I don't want to infringe upon that (the train in the hand).

I've seen them, but couldn't figure out the "death trap" part. There was a little noise here and there, and very slight vibration, travel and resonance. There probably was a problem with them when he rode them.

The elevators? It's an Enthusiast thing. It's similar to Train Spotting in a sense. Some people just love to record trains, in this case, I, along with about 220 others (that's the last count from a month ago), record elevators. Glass ones are better: you get to see the results. A lot of people don't get it. Then again, lots used to not get trainspotting, either.

...about me purchasing a 2TB external hard drive. :) The only reason that video was shot, was because of the elevators. Recording rides is a weird nerd-type thing that booming in popularity.

@mdbv25 Squeaked on by, didn't it? Thanks for letting me know.

Actually, enthusiasts try to ride as many as they can, but I have limits, like: * Employee elevators * Anything "No Trespassing", unless I am there legitimately. I'm not sure how many different elevators I have under my belt. I know it's over 50 of them.

elevatorsonly said that it felt like a death trap

Wow. I actually have a POPULAR elevator video! WHO KNEW?!

Could've changed. Was fine when I was there. Could be broke my now. I guess that one could use a little more attnetion.

What are you referring to? There's a few stories in this thread.

Ironic, it's this video that's the most popular of the genre, on my channel.

It was really bad like the larger Dover at JCPenny what lielevators filmed except it was just the leveling that was louder than that Dover and very bouncy and it was very dangerous. You should ride it again sometime and you'll see what I mean. It's like when you here it when it is low on oil.

A rumble does not a death trap make (in my opinion). One problem, one simple fix. Rides fine otherwise. If it were real bad, I'd call it one. However, between the time you rode it, and I, it either got worse, or was maintained (rode it before, or after I did. It did sound awful when elevatorsonly rode it, not-so-bad when I did).

He calls everything a death trap even when it's not.

Ok. This elevator is like 10 mins from my house. I guess in some places there are no elevators, so it would be amusing.

Yeah. The "normals" couldn't care any less, but a lot of people like them, and as they see vids, more do it. I just did all (?) of them in Leominster Hospital today. I didn't ride one, and I think I missed some somewhere (only 2).

@stevethemeave45 It's pointless on a 2-story ride, but I point to the destination, then hit the button.

ElevatorsOnly filmed these a couple times.

Meh. Best to play it safe, although I cuaght myself doing it during the Chronicle Shoot: waiting for them to meet me at the garage. I didn't do it while recording, though.

I'm referring to the movie. lol.

A caboose would just be horribly wrong....

There's several of them. None getting the views, though.

I take it the "Scheduled Maintanance" didn't help in the very poor Northeast bandwidth issues. It's getting real bad here as well: 5 minutes to load a 90-second, crappy mobile phone video. Yay.

I'm afraid I don't understand