Tobe_Sherrill
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- Location
- North Carolina, USA
Dear Cougar saddle owners,
Monday we learned that a climber experienced failure of the hand-spliced rope bridge attached to Weaver’s 2010 model Cougar saddles (units made since January of 2010 having a solid black rope bridge). No injury has been reported and no further details of the incident have been announced.
Weaver’s splice supplier for this single item Rich Hattier announced a recall/cessation of use and is asking owners to cut off the saddle’s rope bridge and return it with a signed acknowledgement form until a replacement is available. Weaver has reported they are seeking a different splicing source and should have replacements “in a few weeks.”
Anticipating a bottle neck of customer and dealer orders (Weaver reports about 1,200 units sold with this bridge) SherrillTree has pushed Weaver to deliver as many replacement units as possible to our facility until the recall is finalized.
Answers to questions already received:
1. Weaver announced that they are returning to “an alternative splice source” for replacements.
2. SherrillTree and certainly Yale, Samson, New England Rope and others with considerable splicing experience and production capacity could provide strong, reliable and insurable replacements but none will likely step into this OEM roll unless at Weaver’s direct request and approval. In other words, we cannot replace the bridge in this recall with a SherrillTree spliced product.
To keep this process as simple as possible for all, we request the following;
• Cut the (black) rope bridge from your Cougar saddle and mail it along with a signed acknowledgement form (found at SherrillTree.com) and return address to;
SherrillTree
c/o Weaver bridge recall
200 Seneca Road
Greensboro, NC 27406
• Replacements will be shipped FREE OF CHARGE on a first come, first served basis
• For those who send the cut bridge by mail to SherrillTree, I have authorized a $10 dollar credit for your trouble (1 per shipment)
• Alternatively, Weaver will accept digital photos of the removed bridge along with the signed form to make the process easier for SherrillTree customers.
NOTES:
This recall DOES NOT apply to rope bridges colored yellow and black
Please DO NOT send your entire saddle
We will assist anyone with the problem, you DO NOT have to have purchased the Cougar saddle from SherrillTree or a Vermeer dealer.
Further updates on this recall will be posted on http://www.sherrilltree.com
To safety,
Tobe Sherrill
Monday we learned that a climber experienced failure of the hand-spliced rope bridge attached to Weaver’s 2010 model Cougar saddles (units made since January of 2010 having a solid black rope bridge). No injury has been reported and no further details of the incident have been announced.
Weaver’s splice supplier for this single item Rich Hattier announced a recall/cessation of use and is asking owners to cut off the saddle’s rope bridge and return it with a signed acknowledgement form until a replacement is available. Weaver has reported they are seeking a different splicing source and should have replacements “in a few weeks.”
Anticipating a bottle neck of customer and dealer orders (Weaver reports about 1,200 units sold with this bridge) SherrillTree has pushed Weaver to deliver as many replacement units as possible to our facility until the recall is finalized.
Answers to questions already received:
1. Weaver announced that they are returning to “an alternative splice source” for replacements.
2. SherrillTree and certainly Yale, Samson, New England Rope and others with considerable splicing experience and production capacity could provide strong, reliable and insurable replacements but none will likely step into this OEM roll unless at Weaver’s direct request and approval. In other words, we cannot replace the bridge in this recall with a SherrillTree spliced product.
To keep this process as simple as possible for all, we request the following;
• Cut the (black) rope bridge from your Cougar saddle and mail it along with a signed acknowledgement form (found at SherrillTree.com) and return address to;
SherrillTree
c/o Weaver bridge recall
200 Seneca Road
Greensboro, NC 27406
• Replacements will be shipped FREE OF CHARGE on a first come, first served basis
• For those who send the cut bridge by mail to SherrillTree, I have authorized a $10 dollar credit for your trouble (1 per shipment)
• Alternatively, Weaver will accept digital photos of the removed bridge along with the signed form to make the process easier for SherrillTree customers.
NOTES:
This recall DOES NOT apply to rope bridges colored yellow and black
Please DO NOT send your entire saddle
We will assist anyone with the problem, you DO NOT have to have purchased the Cougar saddle from SherrillTree or a Vermeer dealer.
Further updates on this recall will be posted on http://www.sherrilltree.com
To safety,
Tobe Sherrill
