2023-11-22T21:15:00+00:00
Given the competitive nature of brake drums, one of the levers to reduce cost is to reduce the weight of the drum. It saves both on material costs, the most significant cost in a drum, and freight costs. However, we all know the primary role of a brake drum (or brake rotor) is to be…
2023-11-22T21:09:53+00:00
Now that brake and wheel-end parts are easier to come by again, we’re seeing wheel-end manufacturers, distributors, and dealers reducing margins again to capture market share, like the way it was pre-pandemic. Before the pandemic, we had all heard stories of owner-operators going to the opposite end of town to literally save a dollar. The…
2023-11-21T20:01:24+00:00
Five years ago, we had seen DuraBrake more regularly being referred to as a “value line”. That’s not the case anymore. More recently, we’ve seen more and larger customers using DuraBrake as their PRIMARY brake line because they know we’re going to give them the best overall program and support. Our team works exhaustively to…
2023-07-11T22:58:55+00:00
Hendrickson and WABCO’s MAXX22T system is a popular air disc brake system in the market because of its potential for weight savings and extended life. However, getting replacement parts may not be so easy these days. Based on orders and inquiry volumes, we know that some of the rotors (especially S-37009-1 and S-37009-2) and calipers (S-35973-L, S-35973-R)…
2023-07-11T22:34:38+00:00
In the past few years, British Columbia and Alberta have been strong markets for DuraBrake and we are one of the largest suppliers of wheel-ends to those provinces. In the past two years, most of our customers in Canada couldn’t get enough inventory and would take all the inventory we could get to Western Canada. Now that…
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