Cyli Cart was born in a Bakersfield shop where cylinders were moved the same dangerous way they always had been — until one welder decided enough was enough.
Jan Meyer spent years watching the same scene play out in shops across Bakersfield: grown men tilting 150-pound cylinders with their backs, wrestling chains, losing fingers to pinch points, blowing out knees on uneven ground.
Every industry that handles high-pressure cylinders was using equipment designed 50 years ago — chains, straps, and the kind of hand trucks that belong in a warehouse, not a fabrication shop.
So Jan built something different. A cart that secures the cylinder magnetically — with one hand, in under two seconds, without bending your back. The Cyli Cart.
Manual cylinder handling is a leading cause of musculoskeletal injury in shops. One bad lift can end a career — and cost a business six figures in comp claims.
Chains get forgotten. Straps wear out. A cylinder that isn’t properly secured is a 150-pound projectile waiting for the wrong pothole. Permanent magnets don’t forget.
Every tank change-out on the old system takes 30 seconds minimum. With Cyli Cart, it’s under 2 seconds. Multiply that by every cylinder your crew moves in a year.
Jan Meyer — Founder
Jan Meyer is a Bakersfield, California-based fabricator and safety advocate who spent years in shops where cylinder handling injuries were just accepted as part of the job.
After watching one too many close calls — and one that wasn’t close at all — Jan designed the Cyli Cart from the ground up: patented magnetic technology, heavy-duty steel frame, flat-free all-terrain tires, and a Guaranteed for Life promise.
“Don’t be silly with your safety.” That’s not just a tagline. It’s the reason this cart exists.
$499. Freight included. Guaranteed for Life. Ships within 1–2 weeks.
“Don’t Be Silly With Your Safety.”
Jan Meyer spent years in environments where high-pressure cylinders were moved the same way they always had been — tilted, rolled on their bottom edge, chained to a hand truck, and hoped for the best. One near-miss was enough.
He started sketching. Then prototyping. Then patenting. The result was Cyli Cart — the first cylinder cart that uses permanent rare-earth magnets to auto-lock any standard high-pressure steel cylinder in under 2 seconds, with one hand, without lifting.
Every weld, every design decision, every test came back to one question: would Jan trust this in his own shop?
Back injuries from lifting and tilting. Smashed fingers from loose chains. Cylinders that fell because a strap was forgotten. Every one of those incidents has a comp claim, a lawsuit, and a human being attached to it.
Hand trucks, chains, and straps were designed for a different era. They required two hands, multiple steps, and constant vigilance. Nobody had built something better — until now.
30 seconds per cylinder change-out sounds small. Multiply it by 20 changes a day, 5 days a week, 50 weeks a year. That’s hours of labor — gone. Cyli Cart gets it to under 2 seconds. Every time.
Cyli Cart is built on permanent rare-earth magnet technology that can’t be replicated without infringing the patent. The frame is heavy-duty steel. The tires are flat-free all-terrain. The loading mechanism requires zero lifting.
We back every cart with a lifetime guarantee. If it breaks under normal use, we fix it. No fine print. No time limit. No argument.
For shops, schools, and facilities that move one cylinder at a time.
For operations that need to move two cylinders simultaneously.
Equip three stations for roughly $332/unit — less than one ER visit.
That’s not a marketing slogan. It’s what Jan says to every shop manager, every safety director, every trade school instructor who still has their crew rolling cylinders on the bottom edge. There’s a better way. It costs $499. It pays for itself the first time someone doesn’t get hurt.
“Don’t Be Silly With Your Safety.”
Jan Meyer has spent decades in industrial environments watching the same thing happen: someone tilts a 150-pound cylinder, something goes wrong, and a worker goes home hurt.
Standard cylinder carts hadn’t changed in decades. Chains that get forgotten. Two-person lifts that become one-person risks. Tilt-and-roll that puts backs and hands in the line of fire.
So Jan built something different — permanent rare-earth magnets, flat-free tires, zero-lift loading in under 2 seconds. Then he patented it.
Designed to eliminate the leading causes of cylinder-handling injuries: lifting, tilting, and loose restraints.
Flat-free tires. Heavy-gauge steel. Permanent magnets with a lifetime guarantee. Industrial equipment, not a consumer product.
From welding shops in Bakersfield to shipyards on the coast — in the hands of people who can’t afford a close call.
Handles any standard high-pressure steel cylinder — welding gas, medical oxygen, specialty gas, firefighting SCBA.
$499 with freight included to the lower 48. Guaranteed for Life.
The dual-cylinder model handles two cylinders simultaneously for shops that change out pairs.
Ships within 1–2 weeks. Freight included. Guaranteed for Life. Buy 2, Get 1 FREE.
