Clinton Township Times Lift Character Review: Freehold Raceway Mall

Let’s start off with the first lift as pictured below which is a Schindler 300A dry-powered hydraulic lift from the mid-90’s:

It has Schindler MT short-bar buttons, a wooden car interior, new LED lights (cab renovated during COVID-19 pandemic) & a stainless steel frame with stainless steel handrails. It serves 3 stops & has a dry-powered hydraulic motor which sounds pretty nice, but it isn’t something to write home about. I really like the jolts & bounces this thing makes on the way up & down, but it is still a basic standard lift you can find at many different Macy’s stores across North America, so its final grade is a C+.

The second lift I was able to film was a very nice EXCEL DOVER (meaning it got modernised by EXCEL from its Dover Impulse fixtures.

The fixtures from the first glance are nothing special but zooming inward they use concave Innovation Security which is very rare. The lift also has a very unique “Doors open” “Door close” announcement which goes off every time the door closes or opens. I think it’s quite interesting! The lift is still using its original submersible hydraulic motor but the floor indicator hasn’t been wired up yet since the new panel has been put in during the height of the pandemic. All in all, this is a basic standard hydraulic lift with long leveling times but it has great characteristics. It has a malfunctioning phone which gave me the vibe that I was ganna get busted by security but I ended up not. Its final grade is a C-.

Unfortunately, since the third lift failed its vital test, I did not get to film it.

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