OEM of hydraulic cylinders for Highway signs, Lawn & Garden Tractors, Lift Gates, Log Splitters, Material Handling Equipment, Military Equipment, Mining Equipment, Off-Road Vehicles, Personnel Lifts, Recreational Vehicles, Residential Snow Plows, Street Sweepers, Tarp Covers, and Waste Equipment.
 

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Applications for Hydraulic Cylinders

  Highway Signs – Best Metal Products uses single-acting hydraulic cylinders to elevate highway signs across the land built by the nation’s leading manufacturers.  

Highway Signs – Best Metal Products
uses single-acting hydraulic cylinders to
elevate highway signs across the land built
by the nation’s leading manufacturers.
 
Lawn & Garden Tractors – Small bore
hydraulic cylinders from 1” to 2” are used
for steering and deck lifting applications
by major OEM’s in this industry.
 
Lift Gates – Best Metal Products manu-
factures thousands of hydraulic cylinders
every year for rail gates, tuck-under gates,
side gates, slide-under gates and other
specialty gates.
 
Log Splitters – Hydraulic cylinders from
Best Metal Products provide power and
splitting speed, enabling manufactures of
hydraulic log splitters to provide the best
option for wood processing.
 
Material Handling Equipment – Factory
forklift trucks, worktables, outdoor skid steer
attachments, and rough terrain forklift trucks
are just a few examples of how Best Metal
cylinders are being used every day to aid
factory production or outdoor clean-up
following natural disasters.
 
Military Equipment – Manufacturers of
military equipment use Best Metal Products
hydraulic cylinder technology for applications
such as material handling, leveling,
and steering.
 
Mining Equipment – These applications
require the hydraulic cylinder technology
of Best MetalProducts to insure performance
and long life.

 Off-Road Vehicles – A Best Metal Products hydraulic cylinder is used as a steering assist for off-road hobbyists and monster truck enthusiasts.    Off-Road Vehicles – A Best Metal Products
hydraulic cylinder is used as a steering assist
for off-road hobbyists and monster truck enthusiasts. 
 
Personnel Lifts – Best Metal Products
produces hydraulic cylinders with built-in
safety holding valves and thermal relief
valves for scissor lifts, boom lifts, articulated
lifts and truck-mounted lifts. 
 
Recreational Vehicles – More Best Metal
hydraulic cylinders have been produced for
slide-out and leveling applications than any
other application.
 
Residential Snow Plows – Another Best
Metal original, Best Metal has produced
many hydraulic cylinder designs for pick-up
truck-mounted plows for over 45 years.
 
Street Sweepers – Best Metal Products
hydraulic cylinder technology has been used
for decades on street sweepers and other
environmental municipal vehicles.
 
Tarp Covers – Best Metal rephasing cylinder
technology helps reduce cocking and reduces
the use of other hydraulic componentry.
We are the supplier to the leading
manufactures in truck cover technology.
 
Waste Equipment – Recycling compactors
and balers or cart tippers are a few applications
where Best Metal Products hydraulic cylinders
are used to help keep the planet clean.

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HYDRAULIC CYLINDER APPLICATIONS
  Lawn & Garden Tractors – Small bore hydraulic cylinders from 1” to 2” are used for steering and deck lifting applications by major OEM’s in this industry.   Personnel Lifts – Best Metal Products produces hydraulic cylinders with built-in safety holding valves and thermal relief valves for scissor lifts, boom lifts, articulated lifts and truck-mounted lifts.   
Lift Gates – Best Metal Products manu- factures thousands of hydraulic cylinders every year for rail gates, tuck-under gates, side gates, slide-under gates and other specialty gates.
Recreational Vehicles – More Best Metal hydraulic cylinders have been produced for slide-out and leveling applications than any other application.
Residential Snow Plows – Another Best Metal original, Best Metal has produced many hydraulic cylinder designs for pick-up truck-mounted plows for over 45 years.
Log Splitters – Hydraulic cylinders from Best Metal Products provide power and splitting speed, enabling manufactures of hydraulic log splitters to provide the best option for wood processing.
Street Sweepers – Best Metal Products hydraulic cylinder technology has been used for decades on street sweepers and other environmental municipal vehicles.
Material Handling Equipment – Factory forklift trucks, worktables, outdoor skid steer attachments, and rough terrain forklift trucks are just a few examples of how Best Metal cylinders are being used every day to aid factory production or outdoor clean-up following natural disasters.
Tarp Covers – Best Metal rephasing cylinder technology helps reduce cocking and reduces the use of other hydraulic componentry. We are the supplier to the leading manufactures in truck cover technology.
Military Equipment – Manufacturers of military equipment use Best Metal Products hydraulic cylinder technology for applications such as material handling, leveling, and steering.
Waste Equipment – Recycling compactors and balers or cart tippers are a few applications where Best Metal Products hydraulic cylinders are used to help keep the planet clean.
  Mining Equipment – These applications require the hydraulic cylinder technology of Best MetalProducts to insure performance and long life.    
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