JAWS OF LIFE
Definition: Hydraulic spreader-cutters used to free people from their vehicles in severe auto accidents.
#1- The Jaws of Life was developed in the 1960s by the company Hurst Performance.
#2- J.A.W.s is derived from the initials of the co-inventor Jack Allen Watson.
#3- The nickname/phrase “Jaws of Life” was based on people saying the spreaders saved them from the Jaws of Death.
#4- The spreader weighs around 49lbs, yet it can spread up to 44,000 lbs. of weight.
#5- The average price for JOL spreaders are around $3000 and up.
#6- The Jaws of Life is also the name of a punk/thrash/metal band from Quebec, Canada.
BONUS facts:
In 1975 the movie Jaws won Oscars for Best Film Editing, Best Musical Score, and Best Sound Mixing.
My Aunt Gert (God rest her soul) could extend her jaw an extra 3 inches to make consumption easier at “all you can eat” buffets.
i love your aunt gert (rip)... jaws of life are so sad to me. i hope i never require their services.
ReplyDeleteI knew all of those except about you're aunt, that's pretty fucking cool. You forgot to mention the lizard people from V could extend their jaws to eat small birds, and hampsters......yum yum
ReplyDeleteYou were very right. I did not know these things, but now I do and I will probably be very popular at the next party I attend when I spout off about the Jaws of Life.
ReplyDeleteLaughing at your last comment.....
ReplyDeleteI've seen these things in action (not because they NEEDED to be used - it was at a community day display, or something)....they are amazing!
there used to be a girl in the old neighborhood known as "J.O.L."
ReplyDeleteWhat do the jaws of death look like?
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