Hi, Forbes. I have two additional thoughts for you concerning climbing harnesses.
The first is that Dave Sovereen is definitely right: Unless you possess the skills and equipment (and access to the records) to accurately assess the condition of used climbing gear, whether yours, your employees or a potential purchase, you are definitely wiser to purchase new equipment. Not only does your life (or that of your employees) depend upon it but an accident-caused by faulty or improperly utilized equipment-that results in injuries, a fatality or even significant property damage can bring the wrath of OSHA down upon your company (not to mention the inevitable feeding frenzy from hordes of personal injury attorneys!) and easily ruin your company financially. Secondly, I buy all of my guys' equipment from CERTEX ( http://www.certex.com/CERTEX_Main_index.html ). They may not be the cheapest source in the world but they handle only professional quality (translate: fully OSHA-rated) gear, and their prices are very competitive due to their large sales volume. Every one of their locations I've shopped in the past was staffed by knowledgeable and helpful folks (and they carry some really cool stuff!) {:-) I hope that this helps, Ted Edward J. Hatfield III, President E.J. Hatfield & Company 5142 Edgemoor Drive Norcross, GA 30071-4342 USA 1-770-209-9236 - Office 1-770-209-9238 - Fax 1-770-560-0736 - Sprint 1-678-457-8411 - Cingular 154*273*18 - NexTel -----Original Message----- From: David Sovereen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, January 23, 2007 11:38 PM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] Climbing Harness www.midwestunlimited.com. The Elk River Eagle LE or LX harnesses are good and comfortable at a good price-point. I would highly recommend NOT buying a used harness. Your harness is to keep you from falling to your death and you don't want to rely on a used harness that you don't know the complete history/condition of. Dave ----- Original Message ----- From: "Forbes Mercy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "WISPA General List" <wireless@wispa.org> Sent: Monday, January 22, 2007 3:44 PM Subject: [WISPA] Climbing Harness Hello Fellow WISP's I need to purchase a tower climbing harness. If you have one to sell, great, if you know of a company that sells them that would be great too. Thanks, Forbes Mercy President - Washington Broadband, Inc. -- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
