Have a customer that is looking to replace a elevator that currently has inground jack with 76' of rise(that's right, a 8 stop inground hydro!) with a piston follower and a crooked drill casing in the ground. Given the existing overhead clearance and pit depth a MRL traction isn't really an option. It appears that a twin post roped hydro would fit in the existing hositway with the current pit and overhead. I know commercial roped hydros get a bad rap from a lot of people but the very few 3-4 stop Otis and US roped hydros we have on service have ran fairly well and really havn't given us much problems.

We are looking at a using a MEI or Canton roped hydro package. Has anyone had issues when you get this much rise with one of these?