Flatbed Trucking Jobs

April 2016

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design saves 52 pounds compared to the truck's standard painted steel bumper, which helps facilitate improved fuel economy. Hendrickson, www.hendrickson-intl.com Wabash's rear impact guard for trailers Wabash National's RIG-16 Rear Under- ride Guard System for its 53-foot dry van trailers is designed to prevent underride in multiple offset or overlap impact scenarios. The rear impact guard is constructed of high-strength steel and is designed with two additional vertical posts and a longer reinforced bumper tube, all of which are engineered to work together to absorb energy and defl ect rear impact at any point along the bumper. The guard also is fully galvanized to help resist corrosion. Wabash National Corp., www.wabashnational.com SmartTruck's trailer nose fairing SmartTruck's LeadEdge Top Fairing for trailers is engineered to improve fuel economy by reducing drag while using ex- isting airfl ow to help create lift. The plastic nose fairing is made from MetaForm 7200 Thermoplastic Polyolefi n, which has prop- erties such as durability, UV stability and impact forgiveness, making it suitable for the transportation industry. The LeadEdge has been designed to be installed on both 53-foot dry van trailers and 28-foot pup trailers and to fi t most variations in trailer specifi cations to accommodate lights, logos and exhaust vents. SmartTruck Precision Aerodynamics,www.smart- truckaero.com Genius PodPad Wireless Document Scanner The Genius PodPad Wireless Document Scanner allows on-the-go users to scan bills of lading, receipts or other time-sensitive documents and then send them to the of- fi ce instantly using an Android, BlackBerry or Windows smartphone. After downloading the PodPad app on a phone, scanned documents can be sent to the phone in PDF format via Bluetooth and then sent to anyone via email. PodPad can scan six documents up to 8½-by-14 20 www.FlatbedTruckingJobs.com April 2016 PRODUCT PROFILE

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