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GEAR GUIDE August 2017 | Overdrive | 69 Updated tarping system Pioneer has updated its Rack 'n Pinion Tarping System to address durability, safety and reduced maintenance. The side assembly's rack gear features a redesigned cylinder mount to help reduce cylinder strap breakage, and the main arm pivot point in the side plates now is thicker to help reduce wear and extend service life. A redesigned stabilizer bar with a reinforced mounting bracket and an enhanced tarp anchor tube retainment system help eliminate premature failures and breakage. The upper arm extensions also have been redesigned to make it easier to turn the roller shaft when preloading the roller spring. The welded brass wear strip on the rack assembly has been replaced with a maintenance-free self-lubricating polymer bolt-in strip. Pioneer Coverall, pioneercoverall.com, 866-353-5826 Cargo bolt- down fi tting HandETrack's cargo bolt-down fitting is built to connect to track systems found in dry vans and other enclosed trailers to provide a rigid connection point. The fittings provide two hardened-steel ¼-inch-20 or 5/16-inch-18 threaded bolt-down points that can be relocated across the various anchoring slots of the rails with a flush-mount fit, allowing users to secure necessities such as spare tires and tools. HandETrack, handetrack.com, 888-967-6653

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