First off...I have no knowledge of ladder testing....nor fire fighting. I KNOW several...but that doesn't qualify me as jack shit other than being around firefighters occasionally.
Second....not trying to be some internet know-it-all who gets off on questioning the knowledge of others.
Having said that....just curious how they're inspected.
X-ray?
Visual?
Jim-Bob; the oldest and wisest in the firehouse gives her a once over and say's it's good enough to let [USER=7886]@BigClay[/USER] climb up it next time to save that cat?
ASME insures it's good when you GET it....does NFPA have a guideline for maintaining ladders?
Have any of you that's done these tests ever witnessed a ladder that was at the END of it's lifecycle? What was the determining factor? Deflection? Failure to retain memory?
Again...just curious and think this is pretty interesting. Not trying to enter some swinging dick, big word internet battle.
