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Preset brake characteristics

Valley Towing Products has updated its brake controller with a new version, the Odyssey II, which has a user preset button that allows you to save your brake controller settings to one of four positions. This comes in handy for different operators who prefer different settings or for multiple trailers, or when you have a […]

May 5, 2010

Washington state bans copper alloy brake pads

Citing concerns over copper leaching into waterways and the environment, Washington State has passed a law phasing out the use of copper alloy brake pads. Copper’s heat dispersing capacity made it a good replacement for asbestos brake pads in the 1990s. Environmental regulators couldn’t point to any one problem caused by copper, but the Evergreen […]

April 27, 2010

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