The P.R.T. was initially designed for emergency services such as Police, SES and the like, therefor had to be made to a standard using correct steel grades;this helps prevent serious injury. Further, there are safety features built in The P.R.T. was NATA tested to destruction to establish a safe working load.
As the P.R.T. popularity has grown, unfortunately so has cheap copies, the down side to copies are as follows:
- No warranty
- Cast sections that can and do easily break
- Faulty welding
- No chance of replacing a damaged or broken part
Injury from a faulty unit is forever present, sure they will tell you they are tested, rated, but try getting a test cert copy. They don’t exist.
To identify a genuine unit look for the safe working load and Patent Number hard stamped into the pulling shank. Patent Number 681100.
Last but not least you are supporting Australian jobs.
