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Service body earns awards for innovation

Reading Truck Body’s new Aluminum Classic II service body earned The Work Truck Show 2009 Editors’ Choice Award for New Product Innovation and the inaugural Work Truck Show Green Award. Attending media recognized the Aluminum Classic II as both the most innovative new product at the show and the one that most advances work truck fuel utilization.

Reading says that its new eight-foot service body weighs 45 percent (500 pounds) less than comparable steel service bodies, providing a fuel savings of up to 12 percent. The Aluminum Classic II also offers improved payloadWeb link: baumpub.com/GB1136 capacity and reduced wear and tear on chassis components. It is fully recyclable. Priced just 15 percent higher than a standard steel body, the new Aluminum Classic II features stainless steel rotary locks, hidden hinges, the Dual Pro door seal system, LED lights and a slam-action tailgate.

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