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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...
- Tags: 4X4, bottle jack, farming, hi-lift jack, Jacks, off road, overland expo
SAFE JACK Offers special event pricing for Overland Expo 2015
Posted by Richard Bogert on
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...
- Tags: 4X4, bottle jack, farming, hi-lift jack, Jacks, off road, overland expo
SAFE JACK TEACHES CLASS ON JACK SAFETY AT OVERLAND EXPO 2015
Posted by Richard Bogert on
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...
- Tags: 4X4, bottle jack, farming, hi-lift jack, Jacks, off road, overland expo
GEAR UP FOR OVERLAND EXPO SALE HAS STARTED!!
Posted by Richard Bogert on
IT'S TIME TO GEAR UP!! If you have been wanting SAFE JACK, now is the time to jump on this. SAFE JACK is beginning a "GEAR UP for Overland " sale starting May 1st through May 14th. The sale is 15% off any SAFE JACK products from now to the beginning of Overland Expo West. Our brand new web site is mobile friendly. When you order use discount code "GEARUP" (all caps) at check out to receive the 15% discount. Go to www.safejacks.com It doesn't get any better unless your at the EXPO!
- Tags: 4X4, bottle jack, hi-lift jack, Jacks, off road, overland expo
Safe Jack Origins
Posted by Richard Bogert on
Safe Jack as a brand has only been around since September of 2012 when we introduced our first product for the new brand. It was the SAFE JACK STABILIZER for the HI-Lift Type Jack. Safe Jack is a newer brand of the Bogert Group of companies that was established in 1983 as an aircraft maintenance company called Bogert Aviation. Beginning in 1985, Bogert Aviation began producing tools to make aircraft maintenance safer and easier and a year later began producing aircraft parts and modifications that improved maintainability and safety. In 2006 the Army came to Bogert Aviation with a problem....