P class=MsoNormal>About Power Hood:

The Birth of the First Automatic Hood Opener

The need for a power operated hood opener for class 8 "Big Rig Trucks" was realized when Inventor Ed Peterson pulled into Big Cabin OK truck stop during a winter snow storm.

While refueling Ed noticed drivers fighting to raise their hood against a freezing

north wind slipping on the frozen pavement, some were lady truck owner operators
 and fleet drivers unable to get the heavy hoods open.

 

Ed went home to his shop 9 miles east on “Old Historic Route 66” and started

right to work on what is now known as the  Peterson Power Hood a semi truck

accessory designed with safety as the first priority. Ed is no stranger to the

US patent office having several patents mostly in the safety and mobility field.

With the loan of a used semi truck and several months of design planning practical research and testing, Ed was able to perfect the Original Peterson Power Hood Opener.

The first semi truck accessory to open the "Big Rig Truck" hoods with the flip of a switch.

 

• The Power Hood will open 2.66 times it’s original length.
• Will stabilize the semi truck hood in any position while opening or closing;
• will not blow closed from wind or backwash from a passing semi truck and trailer.                                                                                          
• A Power Hood Opener will save your back prevent injury from slipping and falling or falling on you while while working on the truck. 
• Can be installed by the driver.
• Prevent Strain, The cause of lower bback pain and injury.
• Most drivers install their own Power Hood. 
• Power Hood holds the class 8 hoods closed more snugly than the straps; most semi truck drivers remove the straps "Go Strapless" 
• The semi truck driver does not have to get out of the cab to open the hood.
• Lady semi drivers do not have to wake their partner in the truck sleeper to open the hood.
• 20 seconds to open or close the Peterson Power Hood Opener.
• The Power Hood comes with an emergency release in case of battery failure.
• No holes to be drilled through the hood for the upper mounting brackets.

 

60% of injuries involving lost time by semi tractor trailer drivers are from strains

or sprains .

35% of Workmans comp insurance claims are a result of slipping and falling.

Much of this can be eliminated by installing a Peterson Power Hood.

*Information provided by DOT and US Dept. of Labor
Install a Peterson Power Hood Opener  on your "Trick Truck"
you will draw a crowd at the Petro Truck Stop or Flying J Truck Stop  every time the hood opens automaticlly.