The Skedco Blog

2012 HazMat Conference

Skedco — Wed, 09 May 2012 22:15:31 +0000

Skedco will back in Baltimore for the 2012 HazMat Conference, one of the largest gatherings of HazMat responders on the East Coast! Come by our booth at the Baltimore Marriott Waterfront, May 17-20 to learn about new Skedco products, tell us your Skedco story, or sign up for our email newsletter and receive a free T-shirt.

SKEDCO Attending FDIC 2012

Skedco — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 00:18:08 +0000

The annual FDIC conference in Indianapolis is fast approaching, and SKEDCO is proud to attend. Held at the Indiana Convention Center from April 16-21, FDIC is the world’s largest firefighter training conference. If you’re planning on being there, stop by our booth (#1643) to say hi. You can check out the latest SKED gear, including our new Bariatric Sked designed to carry patients weighing over 500 pounds.

Skedco in Baltimore

Skedco — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 00:48:16 +0000

We’re excited to once again be attending the EMS Today Conference! It’ll held at the Baltimore Convention Center where we’ll be from March 1-3. If you’re there, stop by our booth #3420 and say hello. You can put your hands on our latest Sked models, set up a training in your area, or swap stories about how you’ve used your Sked to save lives on or off the battlefield.

Online Store Opens

Skedco — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 18:00:09 +0000

We’re happy to announce the opening of our new online shopping site store.skedco.com! Now you can shop for all your Sked accessories, knives, lamps, bags and more with a simple click, making it even easier to be prepared when the worst happens. Buy something between now and February 21st and you’ll get 5% off when you enter the code 5PERC. Enlisted customers with a .mil address can receive a 15% off code if they request it via e-mail to customerservice@skedco.com.

Happy New Year

Skedco — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 18:57:13 +0000

Happy New Year for 2012! We’re excited for what this year will hold for all our customers — especially our military men and women serving here and abroad. Skedco is back and available to serve you with expert training and the best products on the market just as we have for the past 30 years. Stay tuned to see all the new opportunities we’ll be exploring this year. We think they’ll further energize our mission to make emergency medicine and rescue fast, reliable and above all, safer for everyone involved.

Skedco in Tampa

Skedco — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 05:02:01 +0000

We’re excited to once again be attending the 2011 Scientific and Educational Convention of the Special Operations Medical Association. It’s held this year in Tampa, Florida at the Tampa Convention Center. If you’ll also be there, stop by our booth #302 and say hi. You can see our latest Sked models, talk to us about setting up training in your area, or swap stories about how you’ve used your Sked on or off the battlefield.

How Long Will a Sked Last?

Skedco — Sat, 03 Dec 2011 19:09:22 +0000

During training and testing, the Sked has proven to show superior durability even in the toughest conditions. When you’re dealing with military rescue equipment and using it for everything from rescuing people in horrible places to transporting equipment as a tactical litter, it has to be durable enough not to fail in the middle of an emergency.

Here are a few facts we’ve learned over the years about the virtually indestructible Sked:

It doesn’t break at 120 degrees Fahrenheit below zero;
It doesn’t begin to melt until 450-500 degrees Fahrenheit;
You can use it in the jungle or the desert;
It has a shelf life of approximately 20 years;
It’s stronger than other polyethylene plastics, but is flexible enough to be rolled up;
It’s highly abrasion-resistant.

A few years back, one of our first customers got in touch to say that he’d been using a Sked he bought from us back in 1983. He sent it back to us hoping we could put new grommets on it. He estimated he’d used it more than 2,038 times, and had worn out the rope, slings and bag. He asked how much we’d charge to refurbish it for him. We put in the new grommets, equipped it with new slings, rope and bag and told him there was no charge if he would just let us know what it took to wear it out as we, at the time, just didn’t know. A few years later we got it back. The user stated that he’d “killed it” while dragging it over the sharp edge of a structure. He said he should have avoided the edge, but needed to move quickly to save his patient. He said in the end, he’d used it over 3,000 times.

Someone asked us recently how we plan on staying in business if our product never wears out. Shouldn’t we do what others do and make products that are intended to wear out faster? The level of loyalty of that early customer is why we build such durable products. If you can build it really, really well, shouldn’t you? We think so. There is enough business out there that there is no need to build products that fail prematurely.

Skedco and all of its people wish to thank all of our Military personnel for what they do to keep us free. You are our country’s greatest treasure.