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Old 10-12-2011, 02:12 PM   #39
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RE: 43 Defever flips and sinks on Ten-Tom waterway

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Badger wrote:nomadwilly wrote:
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Good points Fred. Also one needs to be ABLE to get into the survival suites fairly quickly. Ours are difficult to put on and under extreme stress * ....could be a problem. I recommend everyone try on their survival suites once a year.
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I don't know how much they cost, but the below style of survival suit is much easier to put on than a gumby suit http://www.mustangsurvival.com/profe...n=professional We had both styles on the fire engine, the fng always got the gumby.

-- Edited by Badger on Saturday 8th of October 2011 12:09:19 PM

*Those are work suits they won't keep you alive very long in northern waters the gumby suit will. End of story.

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