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Family Owned Company Fills Much Needed RV Niche

This post was updated on March 15th, 2024

Sponsored By Brazel Inc.

Brazel specializes in RV and truck chassis work, and specialty parts via their websites
Brazel specializes in RV and truck chassis work, and specialty parts via their websites

Brazel Inc. Sets The Bar For Quality Parts & Service

Centralia, Washington is originally famous for being the halfway point between Tacoma and Vancouver. In more modern times, still positioned on I-5 between Seattle and Portland, Centralia is home to Brazel Inc., or more formally, Rodney W. Brazel Incorporated. Brazel is a family owned and operated business specializing in RV chassis products, services, and upgrades.

RV specialization

Brazel Inc. consists of nine highly skilled experts in critical chassis systems such as alignment, towing, upgrades, performance, leveling, and parts. One of their four core businesses, Workhorseparts.com, is an online webstore for OEM replacement parts for Workhorse Custom Chassis used in motorhome and step vans. They are the largest Workhorse parts dealer in the world.

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Also under the Brazel roof is Brazel’s RV Performance, a wildly popular motorhome chassis upgrade and repair facility, as well as research & development center for new chassis related products and upgrades. On brazelsrv.com you’ll find loads of great performance upgrades, and available services.

Working on heavy brake systems takes special skill, Brazel's has it.
Working on heavy brake systems takes special skill, Brazel’s has it.

RV chassis upgrades

You’ll find those great chassis upgrades on ultrarvproducts.com, Brazel’s online webstore for RV chassis related upgrades, such as suspension enhancements, and engine performance packages. You can also find their specialty repair services only offered by Brazel.

Hydraulic levelers

Leveling up is no game, it’s serious business. Brazel Inc. has acquired RVA, a company specifically to manufacture and supply replacement hydraulic levelers and their associated parts for tens of thousands of motorhomes. RVA levelers were original equipment on most Monaco, Holiday Rambler, Beaver and Safari motor coaches from the 1980s through mid-2000s.

RV upgrade packages

By focusing on these very specific, niche products and services, Brazel has become the uncontested expert on them. Browsing through their websites is unlike any other. Instead of cute curtains and plastic flamingos, you’ll find suspension upgrade packages for the Ford F53 chassis that thousands upon thousands of Class As sit on. Along those same lines, you’ll find a Ford V10 UltraPower RV Tune to dial in your motorhome’s performance.

You’ll also find a wide variety of prepackaged towing packages for RVs with air brakes, or those with hydraulic brakes. Brazel has taken the mystery out of which combinations of tow bars and auxiliary braking systems to use by properly pairing them together for you.

Brazel's shop and campground in Centralia, WA.
Brazel’s shop and campground in Centralia, WA.

Ship it or visit – Both are good choices

If you can’t make it to Centralia, no worries, Brazel’s ships all over the country. If you can make it, however, you’ll find the expert service to be well worth the drive. You can stay locally at their in-house RV park while your vehicle is being serviced. When you’re done, take that newly tuned RV and see some of the best sites our country has to offer in Washington and Oregon.