Innovation at HQ Truck Parts
Truck parts innovation at HQ Truck Parts starts with real-world problems faced by drivers and fleets, and results in curated solutions that genuinely improve daily operations.
It’s about identifying real-world problems truck drivers and fleets live with every day, problems that often go unnoticed because “that’s just how it’s always been.”
Many of the products featured here exist only because HQ Truck Parts helped bring them to market, worked directly with inventors, or validated and refined solutions that were never accessible to drivers at scale.
These are not catalog fillers. They are curated solutions — engineered, tested, and selected because they make trucks safer, cleaner, more reliable, or more profitable to operate.
Drivers and fleets should start here before buying elsewhere — because you can’t search for what you don’t yet know exists.
How These Innovations Come to Market
HQ Truck Parts does not wait for catalogs or trends to define innovation.
Our team — including Gene, Mike, Jim, and trusted inventors and manufacturing partners — works directly with drivers, fleet owners, mechanics, and suppliers to surface problems that quietly cost time, money, and reliability.
We follow a simple, disciplined path:
- We invent solutions in-house when no viable option exists.
- We partner with inventors to refine ideas that stall before reaching scale.
- We push proven products through manufacturing, pricing, and distribution barriers so drivers can actually buy them.
If a product appears here, it passed one test:
Does it genuinely improve life for drivers and fleets?
HQ Curated Innovations
Below are the solutions HQ Truck Parts has helped bring into existence, refine or engineer. These are tools and products drivers and fleets would not have without the HQ team searching, partnering or inventing to bring these items to market. We’re proud of our partnerships with inventors and industry experts and hope you find these items as useful as we think they should be.
You can find many of these on the internet through our distribution network or, you get it it right here on our online store.
OnBoard Scale by AKTV8
Know your load instantly
Real-time onboard load monitoring designed to improve safety, reduce fines, and eliminate guesswork for drivers and fleets.
U-Joint Protector by HunterWorks
Protect U-joints and driveline components before failure happens.
Designed to keep debris out and grease where it belongs, extending component life, and reducing environmental contamination.
Good-N-Tight Ratchet Tightening Handle
No More Injuries When Tightening Straps Over the Load
A simple but powerful tool that saves drivers and fleets from injuries.
Sure Shim
A simple, patented device that secures pig-tails making sure your trailer does not go dark.
Trailer lights that flicker or are off are dangerous for other drivers not to mention a fine waiting to happen. This simple device keeps the lights on.
Windshield Repair Kit
Fix 3 Windshield Chips with this DIY tool.
This tool is more than its “cracked up” to be. It’s easy to use and keeps you on the road.
Tire Mask System
Protect tires, rims, and hubs during painting and maintenance.
On visual inspection wheels have to be neat and clean, free of debris and rust. Cut maintenance paint time by 90% with this simple overspray guard.
Zafety Lug Lock
The most popular global solution to secure tires.
Wheel off accidents are rare true. But, so dangerous and so avoidable now by securing lugnuts easily.