Truck Equipment
We manufacture thousands of mobile hydraulic cylinders each year for utility cranes, lift gates, dump boxes and hoists. Our double acting hydraulic cylinders and telescopic cylinders work well in these applications. Many incorporate holding safety valves.
Municipal Vehicles - Wreckers - Vehicle Recovery Trucks - Street Sweepers
The mobile hydraulic cylinders for this application are designed for rugged use. Our double acting or telescopic cylinders are also used on a variety of these applications.
Snow Removal Equipment
Our mobile hydraulic cylinders range from the small single acting cylinders used on driveway snowplows to the very large ones used on 40-foot long plows for airport runways. Our double acting and telescopic hydraulic cylinders are also used in this application.
Aerial, Boom and Scissor Lifts
The typical cylinder in this application is between 2" and 5" bore and will include a variety of internal load-holding values. Both our double acting cylinders and single acting cylinders work well in this application.
Lawn and Garden Equipment
These cylinders are normally of a low pressure and low duty cycle type. Most of these cylinders are ram or double acting types and are smaller in design. Our cylinders are used on commercial lawn equipment as well as a variety of attachments for the tractor and skid steers.
Material Handling Equipment
Manufacturers of forklift trucks use Best Metal hydraulic cylinders on their masts tilting and steering applications. Most often these are double-acting hydraulic type requiring high duty cycle.
Best Metal Products provides superior customer service. We provide quotations, with drawings in 3 to 4 days. Our prototype turnaround time is unmatched in the industry. We offer on-time delivery and on-going customer support for all our fluid power cylinders, consistently meeting our customer's specific needs.
If you desire further information about any of our hydraulic cylinder applications, please contact us or give us a call.
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