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Unveiling the Power: Exploring the Features of Scorpion Pit Jacks

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Scorpion Pit Jack Jacks are powerful devices used for lifting heavy loads. These potent tools mainly found in workshops and commercial garages are now finding their way into home garages as well as the storage compartments of smaller vehicles. This marked shift comes because of the availability of jack variants with moderations in size and portability.

Be it jacks like the Scorpion pit jack (a specialty line of pit jacks by Stan Design), hydraulic floor jack, or heavy-duty floor jack, all automotive jacks have a single purpose– lifting heavy vehicles for repair and maintenance. Working with great force, good automotive jacks ensure the steady suspension and safe lowering of the hoisted vehicle.

What are Pit Jacks?

Pit jacks are service jacks that roll down the underground pits below the undercarriage of your vehicle. In essence, they differ from floor jacks by this very feature- that they are designed to work in the service bays or inspection pits that are under the ground level- instead of the above-ground surface right below the clearance of your automobile.

Because of this feature pit jacks are more capable of lifting weights of all sizes and exposing the underside of vehicles for inspection, service, maintenance and repairs. Depending on the size of your service pit, technicians may even climb into them to service the lifted and exposed vehicle undercarriage more efficiently than other jacks could offer.

They are mostly used to service heavy-duty vehicles because of the range of services they can provide. Often considered as the best pit jack for trucks, the Scorpion pit jack from Stan Design is specially designed to fit any pit or ramp application, thanks to their compact and expandable design. It comes with other useful features which we will explore in the later sections.

Stan Design Scorpion Pit Jacks

Stan Design’s patented Scorpion Pit Jacks are the result of decades of innovation, engineering, quality and performance making them the most robust workshop pit jack in North America. They are reliable enough to lift the heaviest of vehicles in seconds for service or alignment without risking your safety or wasting your time and money.

They are specially designed to fit any pit or ramp application, thanks to their compact and expandable design. Made with high-grade steel and the finest quality components, they are the most durable jacks on the market. The heavy-duty hydraulics and air motors allow Scorpion pit jacks to surpass all its competitors in performance.

  • Versatile: The Scorpion Pit Jack can fit virtually any pit or ramp application due to their compact design only (31”-34” wide) and expandable up to 42”-46” wide.
  • Durable: Made with high-grade steel and the finest quality components that resist corrosion, rust, oxidation, and deterioration.
  • Powerful: The Scorpion Pit Jack has heavy-duty hydraulics or air motors that offer powerful and smooth lifting without any hand pumping required.
  • Safe: The built-in safety locks in the jacks engage automatically at different heights, eliminating the need for additional stands or chocks.
  • Flexible: The Scorpion Pit Jack has telescoping arms and stackable adapters that can lift across the axle or on the frame, depending on the vehicle size and shape.
  • Easy: Their fitted special roller bearing wheels and pull handles allow for effortless maneuvering and convenient positioning under the vehicle.
  • Attractive: The Scorpion Pit Jack has a high gloss powder coat paint and zinc plated components and accessories that enhance their appearance and functionality.

Mechanism of Stan Design Scorpion Pit Jacks

The Scorpion Pit Jack has heavy-duty hydraulics or air motors that offer powerful and smooth lifting without any hand pumping required. Let us learn more about how this hydraulic lifting system works to understand how you may employ the jack for use.

Hydraulic jacks consist of the following broad components- hydraulic oil, reservoir or buffer or oil tank, main cylinder or ram, release valve, control valve, check valve, lifting arm or pad, hydraulic pump with piston or plunger, and a pump lever or handle.

The reservoir or buffer or oil tank is the physical compartment of the heavy-duty jack that holds the hydraulic liquid or pump oil together when it is not in use. The control valve stays in a closed position when the jack is not in use to prevent the accidental flow of oil.

When the handle or lever of the hydraulic pump with piston or plunger is mechanically lowered or raised, it activates force and builds up pressure in the adjoining compartment, i.e., the reservoir or buffer tank containing the hydraulic fluid or pump’s oil.

This applied pressure transfers the oil from the pump through a check valve and into the main cylinder or the ram, which extends out of the hydraulic jack body creating the required lifting force and lifting the load.

How to Choose the Right Stan Design Scorpion Pit Jack?

There is a list of factors to consider while choosing any jack model:

  1. Weight capacity: While shopping for pit jacks it is imperative to look for the weight capacity (expressed in tonnage) it is designed to lift. The Scorpion jacks are available in variants of 12000- 25000 lb.
  2. Material: The construction or build of your pit jack, whether it is a steel jack or aluminum jack, is pivotal to assess its performance and sustainability.
  3. Lift height: It must match the ground clearance of your vehicle. The Scorpion jacks offer an extended range of 20”+.
  4. Size: The size of your jack impacts its portability. The Scorpion jacks are 31”-34” wide which can be extended up to 42”-46”.
  5. Safety: Perhaps the most important factor to consider while purchasing a pit jack is its safety features to prevent accidents and mishaps and ensure safe lifting of heavy loads.
  6. Price: You may be tempted to go after jacks that seem cheap but remember affordability does not always determine quality. Seemingly cost-effective jacks may turn out to be more expensive in the long run.
  7. Brand reputation: Buying pit jacks from reputable sources, like Stan Design ensures good quality, warranty and customer service.
  8. User feedback: Products like the Stan Design floor jack or Scorpion pit jack come with authority as they are user tested and rated.
  9. Compatibility with your vehicle: Not all jacks are suitable for all vehicles. Whether you own a truck or a SUV or other types of cars, it would influence the choice of your pit jack.
Stan Design Scorpion Pit Jack Models:

Scorpion PJ15

  • Capacity – 15,000 lb
  • Dual Hydraulics Arms
  • Extended Lifting Height – Over 20”
  • Size – 34” Wide
  • Expandable Size – 42” Wide

Scorpion PJ25

  • Capacity – 25,000 lb
  • Dual Hydraulics Arms
  • Extended Lifting Height – Over 20”
  • Size – 34” Wide
  • Expandable Size – 42” Wide

Scorpion P12S

  • Capacity – 12,000 lb
  • Dual Hydraulics Arms
  • Extended Lifting Height – Over 20”
  • Size – 31” Wide
  • Expandable Size – 46” Wide

Scorpion PJ15S

  • Capacity – 25,000 lb
  • Dual Hydraulics Arms
  • Extended Lifting Height – Over 20”
  • Size – 31” Wide
  • Expandable Size – 46” Wide

Scorpion PJ20FE

  • 20 Ton
  • 220v 1 Phase powe
  • Dual Locking System, hydraulic & mechanical
  • Double acting Telescoping Hydraulic cylinder
  • Is a floor running pit jack suitable for inspection Pits & Lube Pits

Scorpion PJ25S

  • Capacity – 25,000 lb
  • Dual Hydraulics Arms
  • Extended Lifting Height – Over 20”
  • Size – 32” Wide
  • Expandable Size – 46” Wide

Installed Tire Service – Pit Jack

  • TJ14AG – Above Ground
  • TJ14SG – Semi-in-Ground
  • TJ14IG – In-Ground
  • Extended Lifting Height – Over 20”

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10 Reasons Hydraulic Jacks are Extremely Useful

Hydraulic jacks are a cornerstone in today’s self-sufficient garages. Be it for industrial repair or maintenance purposes or personal use, they come in a variety of shapes and sizes to serve all types of vehicles, their service pits and allied requirements.

Designed to lift heavy loads, weights and forces, mainly in the automotive industry, like heavy duty vehicles, cars, sports utility vehicles (SUVs), buses, trucks, etc. hydraulic jacks like Scorpion floor jacks from Stan Design are a useful addition to any trucker’s or other customer’s garage.

Spanning several beneficial and customizable features, like weight, size and portability, lift range, weight capacity, safety, construction material, etc. jacks like Scorpion floor jacks and Scorpion pit jacks have applications in a range of industries.

How do Hydraulic Jacks Work?

An important reason why customers prefer hydraulic jacks over other mechanical jacks is that they work according to the principles of fluid dynamics. In simpler terms, this makes it easier for the end user to utilize in lifting heavy loads effortlessly and efficiently.

A hydraulic jack’s workings are simple. First, let us understand its anatomy. Among other things, it mainly consists of:

  • Reservoir or buffer tank
  • Pump with piston or plunger
  • Pump lever or handle
  • Check valve
  • Main cylinder or ram
  • Release valve
  • Handle

The piston is responsible for lifting the heavy load or weight. It is usually mechanically activated by shifting the positions of the handle or pump lever attached to it. This movement builds up pressure in the hydraulic fluid contained inside the reservoir or buffer tank. The pressure created allows the fluid to move through a check valve into the ram or main cylinder, which then pops out of the main body of the hydraulic jack creating the force required to lift the load. Finally, the release valve relieves the built pressure for easy retraction and lowering of the ram with the load on it.

Why Use Hydraulic Jacks– 10 Reasons

Hydraulic jacks, like the Scorpion floor jack, are mainly used by the lay person for the repair and maintenance of cars. Other than that, its industrial use is varied from applications in the automotive industry to a variety of other industries where it is also used for lifting and moving heavy weights, like:

  1. Aerospace and Aircraft: Aircrafts often take on large amounts of stress in the ordinary order of business. Standard flight operations of everyday requires the need for robust and regular checks and inspection to ensure the competency and safety of the vessels used to transport life and property. Hydraulic jacks form the root of the maintenance operation by assisting in essential ground support.
  1. Bridges and Cable tensioning: Bridges support extreme tension regularly, by accommodating fleets of vehicles and the movement and sustenance of life. That is why they require daily maintenance which bridge jacks can do. Cable tensioning, a construction method often used in erecting cable bridges, also requires hydraulic system jacks in its production, maintenance and repairs.
  1. House Moving and Mobile Homes: If you have ever witnessed the procedure of house moving, a method of lifting off a made building structure from one point to the other, you would know that hydraulic jacks come at the core of it. Hydraulic jacks provide the support for lifting the heavy weight of a building off the ground and moving it to the desired location through a series of often repeated steps.
  1. Construction: Hydraulic jacks are used by construction workers for a variety of reasons other than just lifting heavy quantities of loads or working with great forces. From moving building materials in the bulk to dealing with heavy equipment, or even entire structures, one may find hydraulic jack systems built into forklifts, bulldozers, elevator systems and a range of other products within the construction industry.
  1. General Industrial: In general industries, hydraulic jacks, like the Scorpion floor jacks, have a single purpose of lifting and transporting heavy loads from one point to another. By the application of fluid dynamics, these jacks are able to support the accommodation and transfer of heavy loads of materials offering considerable and convenient load-lifting solutions to a range of consumer applications.
  1. Agriculture: In the agricultural sector, hydraulic jacks have been used substantially. From being a part of heavy machinery used for agricultural purposes like tractors, trailers and trucks, to helping in moving goods around and assisting in carrying out repairs on farm vehicles, hydraulic system jacks come in handy for a large range of workers employed by the sector. Farm jacks, with a system like the Scorpion floor jack, are specialized hydraulic jacks used specifically for agriculture.
  1. Laboratory: In laboratories, usually smaller variants of jacks are used, that employ the use of hydraulic systems, to support a range of equipment for the purposes of research and development. For example, portable lab jacks can act as a support for benchtop glassware or equipment like hotplates, flasks, baths, magnetic stirrers, or any other objects that need a precise height setup to stabilize sensitive objects.
  1. Marine and Shipbuilding: This industry deals with behemoth machinery and vessels that traverse the known and unknown waters and weather conditions of the world. For transporting passengers to essential goods from one to the other corners of the world, they require a strong build and robust upkeep. That is why hydraulic jacks are required by the marine and shipbuilding industry.
  1. Mining: The mining industry is an ardent consumer of hydraulic jacks because of the importance of the work it does. To meet the demand of valuable minerals and other natural resources for sustaining the increasing population, the mining industry requires stable jacking to explore its full capacity and potential. Hydraulic jacks come into play here from providing support to shoring up the land to employing stable jacking methods, and more.
  1. Railroad and Locomotive: The rail industry is a loyal consumer of hydraulic jacks. From the production to the maintenance and repair of rail vehicles, to the production and maintenance and repair of heavy railroad tracks, hydraulic jacks are crucial equipment of the workers engaged in these essential tasks. Bigger hydraulic jacks with robust rotation capacity, or weightlifting capacity are often in high demand by this industry.

Now that you know the 10 reasons why use hydraulic jacks, you would be better equipped to purchase one for your garage. Depending on your vehicle size and use, various hydraulic system jacks like our Scorpion floor jacks or Scorpion pit jacks may assist you in the maintenance and repair of your daily transport system.

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