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American Innovation on display
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- Tags: 4X4, bottle jack, farming, Heavy Trucks, hi-lift jack, Jacks, off road, overland expo, Toyota
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.
- Tags: 4X4, bottle jack, farming, hi-lift jack, Jacks, off road, overland expo
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...
- Tags: 4X4, bottle jack, farming, hi-lift jack, Jacks, off road, overland expo
SAFE JACK Offers special event pricing for Overland Expo 2015
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Two years ago at Overland Expo 2013, Safe Jack came to the show with a roll around bag to carry our 1 product around to do demonstrations for some of the vendors. Last year we had a table display at the EXPO with a bunch of new products we were showing for the first time. Overland Expo 2015 will have even more new gear being introduced to the Overland Community. SAFE JACK will be doing a demo for attendees. As a way to say thank you for the support the Overlanders have given us, we are going to be offering...
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SAFE JACK TEACHES CLASS ON JACK SAFETY AT OVERLAND EXPO 2015
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Overland Expo 2015 is coming May 15th thru May 17th just outside of Flagstaff Az., on the dry lake bed of Mormon Lake. If you don’t know about it, you should check out it out. SAFE JACK will be there to introduce some new products and to teach a class in jack safety. The new products have not been seen anywhere yet and this will be the first showing to the public. The paint is practically still wet. The demonstration will include jacking with different types of jacks including the HI-Lift type, Bottle Jacks and the new Gator Jack. The...
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