Feature Product – Brake-Free Safety Bar | Gear Up With Greggs Blog

When things get frozen over, it can bring your job to a screeching halt and sometimes the best way to break the ice is by smashing it to pieces! Which is why we’re getting truckers back on the road with this week’s feature product, The Brake Free Safety Bar!

Brake Free Safety Bar | Featured Product | Gear Up With Gregg's Blog

During sub-zero temperatures, heavy-duty tractors and trailers can have their brake-shoes freeze to the brake-drum, making it near impossible to have the brakes disengage on their own. Normally, it would be up to the driver to crawl underneath the rig and either whack the drum with a hammer or melt the ice away with a heat torch.

With both those options having some serious safety concerns, a good ol’ Canadian trucker came up with the Brake Free Safety Bar, a tool to get the same job done, without having to drag themselves under a truck or trailer chassis. Made right here in the true frozen north, it’s constructed out of solid stainless steel so it won’t rust or corrode if some snow or slush get splashed on it.

With its curved design, the Safety Bar works by sliding the tool through the outside rim, and making contact with the frozen drum. Once aligned with the centre axle, you simply draw back the ‘impact bar’, and with the help of the ‘guide tube’, a precise hit to the brake drum will be enough to shatter the ice and release the frozen brake. Simply break-free and you’re on the road again.

So, get out from under the truck and off the dirty ground all thanks to this week’s Canadian feature product, the Brake Free Safety Bar.

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