Posted By Robert S Woods A client is in the process of purchasing some modular racking. Buying second hand is half the price of new. The suppliers of new racking say the insurance companies will not insure them as they rust from inside which cannot be detected. Is this a selling ploy or is there some substance to this claim. If there is isn’t all racking over a couple of year old a potential death trap? Bob

Posted By Robert S Woods Phil, Thanks a lot for your help. Got in touch with the Leeds based company. Excellent information supplied just what I was looking for. I'm going to suggest the client gets a quote from them. Bob

Posted By russ b Further to this, if second hand shelving has been purchased, does anyone know of someone who could test and certify it in its new location.

Posted By Gordon Thelwell Hello Robert, Further to your enquiry from our website, i wish to say on the behalf of all that on the whole this is a marketing ploy used by the UNREGULATED Racking Industry. My advice is to identify whether the racking has been stored/used in open weather/outside. If so, do not use. Always enquire what the previous use of the racking was. If it is preused and is advertised as 'referbished' approach with caution and demand that a sample beam be delivered to site THEN have it cut open and inspect the inside. If in doubt, please feel free to send photographs of the racking to me and i shall give you an independent observation. Best wishes, Gordon.