HDT Top 20 Products of 2017
Each year, HDT’s editors spend a lot of time going to press conferences and combing through news releases on the latest new products for trucking. At the end of the year, they embark on a process to identify the very best of the past year’s introductions to come up with our Top 20 Products.
Editors sifted through all of the new product announcements that appeared in the magazine or on HDT’s Truckinginfo.com website over the course of last year to winnow down the list. Products were chosen based on their level of innovation, ability to address significant industry issues, and potential benefit to a truck fleet’s bottom line. Then we asked a number of our fleet readers to weigh in on the selections to help us arrive at the final 20.
Please note that our criteria does not include consideration of entire vehicles, and products considered must be commercially available or scheduled to become commercially available within the year. On the following pages you’ll find the 2017 Top 20 Products, presented in alphabetical order by company.
EverSteel Wheel from Accuride
1. EverSteel wheel technology is designed to prevent corrosion in steel wheels. EverSteel is applied with a four-phase coating process designed to improve wheel durability and service life. In independent tests, EverSteel demonstrated double the operational life of Accuride’s own Steel Armor steel wheels and as much as six times longer than its competitors, according to Accuride. Wheels with EverSteel are suited for trailer applications and fleets operating in ice and snow because of its resistance to corrosion.
Bendix ADB22X-LT air disc brake for trailers
2. The ADB22X-LT is the first Bendix air disc brake engineered specifically for trailers and is for axles rated at 23,000 pounds. It’s also the lightest air disc brake in Bendix’s lineup, 40 pounds per tandem lighter than its companion ADB22X. …Read the rest of this story
Source:: http://www.truckinginfo.com/channel/products/article/story/2017/03/hdt-top-20-products-of-2017.aspx
