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Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery - NOT!
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American Innovation on display
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New Jack Pads for Off Road Trailers
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SAFE JACK DEMO at OVERLAND EXPO
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Richard Bogert of SAFE JACK and Chris Cole of CAMPA USA demonstrate SAFE JACK products for crowd at Overland Expo 2015. The weather was awful but the demo went on. Chris Cole of Campa USA assisted in the demo for the Overlanders. This was the first time that Richard used the Tip-o-meter to show how unstable jacks can be in a very visual way. A You-Tube video is planed so that everyone can SEE what really happens.
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70,000 is a pretty big number. I was really shocked
Posted by Richard Bogert on
Seventy Thousand is the number of people in the USA that are injured each year in accidents involving jacks and vehicles. Injuries range from minor to death. No one knows how many close calls there are. This is a real problem. Most of the time, the “Jack Failure” isn’t a mechanical failure of the jack but the vehicle slipping off the jack. This is easy to understand because all vehicles move laterally to some extent when they are lifted. It’s just geometry. This lateral movement may cause the vehicle to slide off the jack or cause the jack to tip...
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