skydivingdutch 0 #1 September 14, 2003 What is a reasonable price for a Sabre 135, it has over 500 jumps but still looks nice. Brake lines a bit fuzzy, but thats all. Need to come up with an offer. http://dropman.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skybytch 273 #2 September 14, 2003 Where was it primarily jumped? What's the date of manufacture? How's the line trim? Has it ever had a new line set? The answers to those questions would help to determine a reasonably fair price. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skydivingdutch 0 #3 September 14, 2003 Jumped in Oregon (grass landings only), I will have to find out the rest, (lines dont seem 500 jumps old, im sure they been replaced at some point, just guessing tho) Im looking for like a ballpark figure. http://dropman.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KevinMcGuire 0 #4 September 14, 2003 The nice thing about the Soarcoat material (AKA zero P) used by PD on their products is that it retains it's ZP qualitys for a very long time. I have seen canopies jumped here in AZ that had more than 3000 jumps on them. For the avarege jumper, that's a few years worth of jumping. If the canopy is free of damage ie..holes and line burns ect... then all it may need is a new line set to make it fly just like a new canopy. It's just like putting new shocks on your car after driving it for years. You don't notice the loss in handeling because it happens gradually but once you've put new shocks on it, you'll notice a huge difference in how it handles. New line sets run about $135.00 including shipping and usually around $75.00- $80.00 to install. You can send your canopy back to the manufacture and have them do it if you lack riggers in your aera qualified to do the work, but that usually means a few weeks of down time and shipping your canopy to FL while you wait for the work to be done. Concider this. If youre thinking of buying a new peice of equipment, we often work as a impartial third party who inspects gear being bought or sold and we then give a fair unbiased opinion of the gear and it's worth in wrtting. We will also hold all gear for the seller untill the buyer has paid for it. You may have some one in your aera that can do this for you but if not let us know. Hope this helps Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
