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  • Page 1 Instruction and maintenance manual www.dualski.com...
  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    VERTICAL EVACUATION OF THE SNOW’KART .............22 This manual concerns the Snow’Kart from N° SK001 à SK021 Manual version N° MSK01-20151115 Design, manufacturing, marketing & after-sale services by: TESSIER SARL Z.I. François Horteur 73660 Saint Rémy de Maurienne – France Tel. +33 (0) 479.83.51.52 Fax.
  • Page 3: Presentation And Use Advises

    1 PRESENTATION AND USE ADVISES 1.1 General presentation The Snow’Kart is intended to people who want to ski independently, who can use their upper limbs but who don’t have enough strength or balance to ski in Uniski or Dualski. The Snow’Kart is a brand new model which replaces the Kartski from the season 2015 – 2016. The main improvements compared to the Kartski are: - Easier chairlift use thanks to a locking system in high position, and a standardization of the ®...
  • Page 4: Skis Choice

    1.2 Recommendations The goal of the following explanation is not to train the user for the use of the Snow’Kart but to give some elementary advices for the use of this equipment. For a quick and safe improvement, on slopes and lifts, we highly recommend to learn with an instructor who knows well this equipment.
  • Page 5: Global Description

    Adult, Children or Easydrive, see paragraph The frame is compatible with all Foot rest adjustable in the TESSIER seats (except the length. Grand Confort bucket seat) Rising system assisted by a strong gas jack and a high position locking system.
  • Page 6 Snow’Kart in slope position Snow’Kart in chairlift position...
  • Page 7 Repère Désignation Quantité Upper frame Assistance bar Hook attachment of the safety leash (welded on the assistance bar) Lower frame Upper arm Lower arm Lock for chairlifts use Tooth brake Rubber cushion for shocks absorption Lever nozzle Lever Footrest Inclination blocking system of the right ski Helping gas jack for the rise at chairlift Anti-reverse brake Hook attachment of the draglift harness (welded on the upper frame)
  • Page 8: Levers Nozzles And Easydrive Kit

    2.2 Levers nozzle and Easydrive kit Three options are available and easily interchangeable: Adults levers Easydrive kit (option) Children levers (option) Mounted in series on the Allow the piloting of the Thanks to their curved Snow’Kart. Snow’Kart with only one shape, it reduces the hand.
  • Page 9: Ski Lifts Use

    3 SKI LIFT USE In France, the Snow’Kart received the homologation number N° AVMH_793_15_A for the use of the chairlifts and draglifts. The “TESSIER drag lift system” has received the homologation number N° AVMH 734_99_C. These notices are delivered by the “sitski equipment commission”...
  • Page 10 Standard draglift harness T-bar + rubber part draglift harness T-bar draglift harness 1 – Rubber part. It has a “slip knot” for an optimal grip on the Poma-lifts. 1A – illustration with “slip knot” tighten on the disc. 1B – plastic loop for the adjustment of the rubber part. 1C – attachment karabiner of the rubber part.
  • Page 11: Method For Draglift Use

    3.1.2 Method for draglift use General: - The sitskier must have the data sheet with him to attest of its conformity. - It is compulsory that a helper goes up first and is in a position of stopping the ski-lift, using the emergency button, in the event of a malfunction of the harness system.
  • Page 12: Safety Anti-Reverse Brake

    3.1.3 Safety anti reverse brake For more safety, an anti-reverse safety brake allows to stop the Snow’Kart on the draglift slope in case of an untimely release of the draglift harness. It is compulsory that this brake has to be active during the use of the draglift and may be deactivated with a beta pin when the draglift is not used.
  • Page 13: Chairlift Use

    3.2 Chairlift use Compared to the KARTSKI, the addition of a locking mechanism in high position on the Snow’Kart makes easier the chairlifts use. Those following practical advises can’t substitute the homologation notice: Prior to take the chairlift, inform the chairlift personnel of your presence. They will be vigilant and will use the emergency button in the event of an incident.
  • Page 14 When the Snow’Kart is in high position, pull on the locking rope and let the frame goes down on the block while keeping the rope pulled. Once it locked, release the rope. Locking system in high position common to the Snow’Kart, Tandem’Flex and Tempo When the Snow’Kart enter in contact with the bench of the chairlift, pull lightly forward by the top of the assistance bar to unlock the block.
  • Page 15: Footrest

    4 TECHNICAL EXPLANATIONS, MANIPULATIONS AND SETTINGS 4.1 Seats The following TESSIER seats are compatibles with the Snow’Kart: Articulated seat Articulated bucket seat Children size to size 6 (7 sizes) Unique size Different width and backrest heights are available to be (equivalent to size 5) adjusted to the morphology and disability of the skier.
  • Page 16: Manipulation Of The Ski Position Lock

    4.3 Manipulation of the ski position lock Pull on the lever to the outside and turn it up to release from ski position and rise up the Snow’Kart in chairlift position. Attention: to make it possible it asks to have a minimum of weight in the seat, because the gas jack which helps to rise up in chairlift position, block the lock.
  • Page 17: Assistance Bar

    4.6 Assistance bar The Snow’Kart is delivered in series with a specific assistance bar. We highly recommend to the accompanist to be linked to the assistance bar with a safety leash and a belt around the waist until the skier doesn’t have a good control of the Snow’Kart.
  • Page 18: Use Technic

    5 USE TECHNIC 5.1 Advises for the accompanist The accompanist must have a good ski level to accompany the Snow’Kart user. It is not compulsory for the accompanist to be linked to the Snow’Kart with a safety leash. However is it necessary until the sitskier have a full control of the Snow’Kart or if the environment request it (steep slope, hazardous slope sides, etc.).
  • Page 19: Skiing In Snow'kart With The Easydrive Kit

    5.3 Skiing in Snow’Kart with the Easydrive kit The Easydrive kit is intended to people who can only use one hand but also to people who don’t have enough strength or have coordination troubles of the upper limbs. See description in chapter 2.2. The Easydrive kit, offered in option, is mounted in replacement of the upper part of the standard lever nozzles.
  • Page 20: Maintenance

    6 MAINTENANCE Our equipment’s are reputed to be reliable and it is a priority for us. However, as all mechanical equipment, it is necessary to take care of it. Moreover in this application, the mechanic is sometime submitted to extreme conditions. It is hard to establish a precise maintenance map because the frequency of use and the solicitation level of the equipment are very different from a user to another.
  • Page 21: Warranty

    In the event of return of the material, the expenses of routing and return of the material to factory TESSIER or the approved distributor of the country are the responsibilities of the purchaser. The complaints with the title of this guarantee must be deposited at TESSIER or of an approved retailer.
  • Page 22: Vertical Evacuation Of The Snow'kart

    (stored in a bag to be protected from exterior aggressions, checked every year, with a defined lifetime replaced when necessary). For more information, please contact us. TESSIER SARL Z.I. François Horteur 73660 Saint Rémy de Maurienne – France Tel. +33 (0) 479.83.51.52 Fax. +33 (0) 479.83.51.53 info@dualski.com www.dualski.com...

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