NTEA's OEM Chassis Considerations Guide is designed to help inform OEM product
development communities of the work truck industry’s needs from their chassis
products, both now and into the future.
“NTEA’s
Chassis Considerations Guide serves as an important tool for OEMs and anyone
designing truck-mounted equipment to use during their product development
process,” said Steve Spata, NTEA senior technical assistance director. “This
comprehensive guidebook comes at a pivotal time — as vehicles become
increasingly complex — and helps support chassis product development for a
broad array of commercial vehicle applications. Building on the history and
success of NTEA’s Chassis Design Considerations for the Service Body Industry,
this guide captures valuable truck body and vehicle upfitter perspectives and
industry knowledge.”
Topics
covered include:
- Chassis features and functions
- Electrical needs
- Regulatory and safety
considerations
- Vocational market and design
challenges
Provided from the perspective of vocational body and equipment manufacturers
and upfitters, this guide offers strategic recommendations and considerations
for key industry segments. Sections address:
- Ambulances
- Articulating cranes
- Cargo van interiors
- Dump bodies
- Mid-size buses
- Propane trucks
- Service bodies and telescopic
cranes
- Snowplows
- Van bodies
The
OEM Chassis Considerations Guide is available free to NTEA members (login
required).
Note: No part of this proprietary publication may be reproduced or distributed without express written permission from NTEA.
Questions?
Contact
NTEA at info@ntea.com
or 800-441-6832.