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HDX HARDOX® Body

The Lightest & Toughest On The Market

When quarrying equipment, vehicle shredders, and mining excavators need maximum durability, they use Hardox®. Our partnership with SSAB brings you Hardox® bodies – the toughest, lightest, and best looking bodies in the industry.

  • Sides, floor, doors, & top rails fabricated from Hardox® 450 wear plates
  • No side posts or floor cross sills
  • Reduces weight and allows steel to flex and absorb impacts
  • Smooth sides are optimal for body wraps for advertising

When quarrying equipment, vehicle shredders, and mining excavators need maximum durability, they use Hardox®. Our partnership with SSAB brings you Hardox® bodies – the toughest, lightest, and best looking bodies in the industry.

  • Sides, floor, doors, & top rails fabricated from Hardox® 450 wear plates
  • No side posts or floor cross sills
  • Reduces weight and allows steel to flex and absorb impacts
  • Smooth sides are optimal for body wraps for advertising
HDX HARDOX® Body specs
Model Length (ft.) Volume (cu. Yd.) Side Ht. (ft) Length (cab to axel) Min. GVWR
1824 HDX18 ft.24 cu. yd.5 ft. 168″C/A33,000
1828 HDX18 ft.28 cu. yd.5 ft. 168″C/A33,000
2026 HDX20 ft.26 cu. yd.5 ft. 186″C/A35,000
2030 HDX20 ft.30 cu. yd.6 ft. 186″C/A37,000

BODY FLOOR
Single 3/16″ Hardox® HX450 steel place

CROSS SILLS
None

LONG SILLS
8" structural channel with 1/4″ plate angled from bottom of 8″ channel to bottom of floor plate

HEADBOARD
1/8" Hardox® HX450 steel continuously welded to the floor, welded loops on front to hold tools

BODY SIDES
1/8″ Hardox® HX450 steel continuously welded to floor

SIDE POSTS
None

BARN DOORS
1/8″ Hardox® HX450 skins, positive locking mechanism on top and bottom, 3 hinges per door

BODY HOIST
23 ton capacity miminum with dual 6″ hydraulic cylinders powered up and down

BODY LIGHTS
Meets federal lighting standards, includes elevated brake lights and LED body lights for increase visibility

PAINT
High grade primer and enamel finish

WIRING
Wire loom or conduit (optional)

HDX HARDOX® Body roll up

Petersen Industries Self-Winding Load Cover

HDX HARDOX® Body strobe

Rear Strobe – Mounted on Underride

HDX HARDOX® Body flashers

Amber LED Flashers Mounted in Rear Corner Posts

HDX HARDOX® Body work lights

Underbody Work Lights

HDX HARDOX® Body toolbox

Tool Box – Mounted under Body

HDX HARDOX® Body single door

Single Door with Air Latches