Lifting sling .. Only 1 use?

[owas]

Does anyone want some of these? (For free)
We go through even more at this place than I did there, bags full are thrown into the skip, so shouldn't be an issue taking them home.

 

[Milkybars]

I'd take you up on a few of those for sure

 

[Milkybars]

In fact if you could ship quite a fair few, I could distribute a few to @pressbrake1 and he could pass some on to others.
I'd pay for the shipping or could posssibly collect when I am next in the Midlands

 

[Hopefuldave]

I could find uses for a few too, happy to pay the postie!

Dave H. (the other one)

 

[owas]

I'll have a look what's there tomorow.
Might be the white ones, which if I recall correctly arnt as good.
Did just get 35 bundles of tube delivered yesterday with the purple ones so they're here, just got to wait

 

[reb78]

I would certainly be interested in a bundle of the purple ones. Too far to collect but i would happily pay postage.

 

[Milkybars]

Ain't no rush ..happy to wait for the purples

 

[Hopefuldave]

Ain't no rush ..happy to wait for the purples

Ditto, no hurry!

Dave H. (the other one)

 

[Turbo]

Does anyone want some of these? (For free)
We go through even more at this place than I did there, bags full are thrown into the skip, so shouldn't be an issue taking them home.

I'd be interested in a few, I'll cover the p&p costs.

 

[pressbrake1]

Still useful, as pete said its not having the certificate of conformity that prevents commercial use after material is delivered with them.
Had to get my lola inspectors cert before xmas as I occasionally do underground work

 

[Anguz]

yes please... happy to pay p&p

 

[Munkul]

There's a good reason why they are classed as "single use slings"
Steel merchants for example, need to leave the sling on the steel for loading/unloading, so they won't see them again. They aren't on any lifting register, they aren't inspected, and generally made as cheaply as possible for the load rating.
They fall under LOLER but are treated differently.

Now in reality they're usually good for a few more uses, but they abrade quickly and don't have the same protection that "proper" slings have.

By all means keep them and use them as disposable slings elsewhere, I won't judge. But if it's a sling you use every day, then don't be tight, buy new good quality ones.

 

[addjunkie]

my Work bins all slings every six months.

Cheaper to bin and buy new than have them inspected apparently?

Thats probably right if they need to bring in an inspection firm, which many do.

 

[Munkul]

We use Allianz insurance inspectors. Previously it was Lloyds. Not sure how much it costs, though!

 

[mtt.tr]

Just binned my last couple of These, use them for commercial abseiling as you can have a long sling shrunk to nothing in kit bag makes using the underground easier
If im using my steel sling bag is 4 x heavier

 

[pressbrake1]

Yeah we haven’t got anyone certified to inspect slings.

The course is a joke tbh