Minimizer Announces Design Enhancements & Changes
BLOOMING PRAIRIE, MN - Seeking to improve and streamline Minimizer's family of poly truck fender products, the company has made design enhancements to both the full fender MIN800 "The Brute" and the companion half fender style MIN850 "The Brute Half."

BLOOMING PRAIRIE, MN - Seeking to improve and streamline Minimizer's family of poly truck fender products, Steve Hansen, national account manager, has announced the company has made design enhancements to both the full fender MIN800 "The Brute" and the companion half fender style MIN850 "The Brute Half." As a result, the company has changed the part numbers to MIN 900 and MIN 950, respectively. The monikers "The Brute" and "The Brute Half" will remain the same.
The redesigned MIN900 "The Brute" full fender and MIN950 "The Brute Half" half fender, like it's predecessors, will be used to fit a tandem axle tractor or trailer.
"The updated products are better suited for their role in the product line up," Steve said. "It was time to improve these particular products with new ideas we had been compiling for the past several years based on customer feedback."
Specs on the redesigned MIN900 follow:
MIN900 is designed to fit a tandem axle tractor or trailer.
The set consists of 4 pieces (4 - PM901 fender sections).
The total weight of the MIN900 fender kit is less than 52 pounds.
Optional lightbox can be molded onto the rear section as one piece and has a backing plate to protect wiring.
Specs on the redesigned MIN950 half fenders follow:
MIN950 is designed to fit a tandem axle tractor or trailer as a half fender.
The set consists of 2 pieces (2 - PM901 fender sections).
The total weight of the MIN950 fender kit is less than 26 pounds.
Optional splash guards available.
Contact Steve Hansen, national account manager, at (800) 248-3855 or steve@minimizer.com, with your product inquiries, sales support assistance, qualifications to establish a dealership or any other needs you may have related to Minimizer products and services.
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