Call-Backs From Hell
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"You don't carry a counterweight in your truck...why not?"
Somewhere in Kuala Lumpur, Indonesia
Image provided by: Carole Ramses
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Another view...
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"The elevator is making a funny noise...even when it's not moving."
Image provided by: Phil Lacy
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"The hall doors won't close all the way...we're not sure why."
Image provided by: Brian Jones
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"We heard a funny noise and now none of the elevators are running."
Image provided by: Roy Norbetts
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"We were moving a bathtub on top of the car...and it got away from us."
Image provided by: Kevin Mains
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"Our last service company said pigeon poop was good for the elevator..."
Baker Hotel, Mineral Wells, Texas, U.S.A.
Image provided by: Chuck Norris
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"The elevators just stopped working...we didn't do anything!"
Michigan Central Station in Detroit, Michigan, U.S.A.
Image provided by: Mitch Ryder
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"Should this lubricating chain be standing up on its own?"
Image provided by: Todd French
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"We hear a 'crunching' sound every time the car goes into the bottom landing."
Image provided by: Gayle Brune
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"Is the motor supposed to look like that?"
Image provided by: Walt Rivers
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"The doors won't close...can you send a mechanic out tonight?"
Image provided by: Rod Stewart
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"A crazy woman is trying to get in our elevator pit!"
Look at the space between the edge of the car platform and the face of the hoistway doors...amazing!
Image provided by: Caitlin Moppet
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"The up arrow is out of order."
Image provided by: Herbie T. Mann
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"Something is wrong with our ropes."
This is a Machine Roomless (MRL) installation...
(Alternate spellings: machine room less, machine room-less, machine-roomless
machine-room-less - Otis uses machine roomless so...need I say more?)
See Dictionary.com
Image provided by: Geoff Judge
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Another view...
Image provided by: Geoff Judge
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And another...
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"We hear a grinding noise every time the car moves."
Image provided by: Rick Olsen
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I wonder if the compensating sheave is secured to the pit floor "as intended"?
Image provided by: Rick Olsen
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"Could you come out tonight and just touch-up the leveling?"
Image provided by: Pablo Torres
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"There's just a little damage to the gate..."
Image provided by: Rick Swann
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"This shouldn't take long to fix...at least it's level!"
Image provided by: Betty Gaut
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"What happened to our ropes?"
A derelict cement plant in Zanesville, Ohio, U.S.A.
Image provided by: Ray Landis
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Maybe this guy knows what happened to those ropes in Image 23...
Image provided by: Herbie T. Mann
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"Could you send someone out to remove a black widow egg from our pit?"
Image provided by: Saul Weinstein
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Push that return wall back where it belongs and a little paint...good as new!
Image provided by: Tom Smith
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"You think it's the bulb?"
Image provided by: Zoe Ralston
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"Think you'll get it running today?"
Fort Shelby Hotel in Detroit, Michigan, U.S.A.
Image provided by: Yuri Putinsky
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Sad isn't it?
Image provided by: Roger Tonne
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This is not only sad...it's depressing!
Image provided by: Herbie T. Mann
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