This week is CVSA’s Brake Safety Week and it’s important to encourage your customers to ensure that their brakes are working correctly. Brake Safety Week is a critical reminder of the importance of vehicle safety and the role that properly functioning brakes play in preventing accidents. Whether you’re a fleet operator or owner-operator driver, understanding the…
DANGER: Selling Brake Parts with No Brand
2024-02-02T21:23:57+00:00Now that there is generally a healthy inventory and capacity of brake parts around the world, warehouse distributors (WD’s) and truck/trailer dealers are looking to find ways of reducing product costs to gain more of a competitive edge in the market. One way that we’ve seen WD’s and dealers reducing product costs is by purchasing brake…
DuraBrake is Now a Premium Name in Brake Drums and Air Disc Brakes
2023-11-21T20:01:24+00:00Five 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…
U.S. Made Drums and Rotors vs Overseas Made Drums and Rotors
2023-01-26T00:05:57+00:00Most heavy-duty dealers and distributors carry both a domestic line and an imported line of drums and rotors, but what’s the difference? In our opinion, the products made overseas, and those made domestically are essentially the same. Our products typically test the same as US-made products and sometimes better. There are, however, some overseas manufacturers that do make…
Heavy-Duty Brake Drums and Rotors in 2023
2023-01-25T20:37:06+00:00We write primarily about brake drums and rotors because that’s the largest part of our business, but it’s probably the segment of aftermarket parts most interesting to our customers because it typically represents a significant percentage of their sales. So, what’s happening with drums? If you are reading this, it’s quite likely you are already getting…