On Dec 3, 3:10*pm, wrote:
I called Red. *Red reports twenty years is max age that he will repack
regardless of condition. *Seems like a very good fellow to know for my
repacks once I get a newer chute.

Lane

No matter who you use, with the price of gas, it makes sense to call
UPS Ground. For a chute older than 20 yrs, it makes sense to ship it
back to the factory for the repack.

It might be a few dollars more, but the factory will test the fabric
and then do the repack.

It makes more sense than driving a round trip just to drop off one
parachute and then another round trip just to pick it up. (I even
had to do three trips one time because the rigger decided not to open
the shop that day)