A new aluminum service truck bumper from Pride Bodies Ltd. weighs 200 pounds less than a similar steel bumper.
The lighter material cuts fuel costs and also withstands salt and liquid calcium chloride, says a news release from Pride, a manufacturer of aluminum service bodies that is based in Cambridge, Ont.
“Durable aluminum bodies allow our customers to often reduce the truck class while increasing the payload,” company president Russ Lanthier said in the news release. “With the cost of fuel and the intensity of DOT monitoring of truck weights, assembling the right combination of chassis and truck body is important in today’s economy.”