Important Rules - 2007 Season

[generalbrando]

I agree completely with Ben and Conor about releasing these rules early. For one thing, the change to using the ANSI Z87 standard is incredibly important. I've seen countless people wearing standard eye glasses with those flimsy side-shields. Those don't work. No, no. They REALLY don't because your glasses aren't safety glasses to begin with.

I am posing a challenge to everyone who uses power tools: Take a pair of real safety glasses (they have "Z87" or "Z87+" imprinted in small letters near the edge of the lens). Remove the lens from the frame (it should snap apart - you don't have to break it). Now take a drill with a phillips bit and put a deck screw into the lens. Awesome, huh? It DOESN'T crack. Now take the same lens and hold it steady on a flat surface. Take your favorite hammer and hammer the lens (not the screw). Really hammer it. It doesn't shatter, it only scratches it!

Now are you convinced? If not, it's your sight that's at risk.

P.S. Please don't use that pair of safety glasses again But you should keep them around to demonstrate to those who complain about this requirement.

[Dave Scheck]

Originally Posted by generalbrando

I am posing a challenge to everyone who uses power tools: Take a pair of real safety glasses (they have "Z87" or "Z87+" imprinted in small letters near the edge of the lens). Remove the lens from the frame (it should snap apart - you don't have to break it). Now take a drill with a phillips bit and put a deck screw into the lens. Awesome, huh? It DOESN'T crack. Now take the same lens and hold it steady on a flat surface. Take your favorite hammer and hammer the lens (not the screw). Really hammer it. It doesn't shatter, it only scratches it!

.... but don't forget to wear safety glasses while trying this experiment...an eye injury doing that would not only be tragic, but it would be pretty ironic

[hallk]

Maybe it is just me but is Fedex only shipping for one regional and nationals? And the crate can weigh up to 600lbs for Fedex to take it?
I sure hope I read that wrong because our crate is on the beefy side.

[chris31]

Originally Posted by hallk

Maybe it is just me but is Fedex only shipping for one regional and nationals? And the crate can weigh up to 600lbs for Fedex to take it?
I sure hope I read that wrong because our crate is on the beefy side.

2) Loaded crate must weigh 400 pounds or less in order to avoid charges

[gburlison]

Originally Posted by hallk

Maybe it is just me but is Fedex only shipping for one regional and nationals? And the crate can weigh up to 600lbs for Fedex to take it?
I sure hope I read that wrong because our crate is on the beefy side.

Originally Posted by chris31

2) Loaded crate must weigh 400 pounds or less in order to avoid charges

But if it weighs more than 600 pounds, FedEx may not take it.

4.9.7. FedEx Weight Limit
Crates cannot exceed 600 pounds.
FIRST pays drayage costs for one crate up to 400 pounds only. Teams pay the
REMEMBER:
drayage cost in excess of 400 pounds, rounded up to the next hundredweight.

[Imajie]

Originally Posted by hallk

Maybe it is just me but is Fedex only shipping for one regional and nationals? And the crate can weigh up to 600lbs for Fedex to take it?
I sure hope I read that wrong because our crate is on the beefy side.

Fedex will ship to ONE regional, the Championships, and they will ship it back for free. Anything more you have to pay them to ship it.