1947
- Valley began manufacturing trailer hitches in the California Central Valley as a means of
helping farmers transport their crops to market. The goal of the original
founders was for Valley to provide better ways for people to tow trailers safely
and effectively. Over time, the Valley product line was expanded to
include trailer balls, tow hooks, weight distributing hitches, wiring kits and
other items that answered increasingly sophisticated and demanding towing needs
of the modern driver. Business doubled and continued to
double, and product line and distribution increased to include the 48 contiguous
states, including many successful ventures with automotive original equipment
manufacturers.
1991
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Valley opened a
manufacturing operation in Madison
Heights, Mich., to focus
on the growing OEM portion of its business. Strategically positioned, Valley is
now located closer to much of its OEM customer base in order to better service
their needs.
1999
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Valley’s Madison Heights OEM trailer hitch operations location separates from
Lodi, creating
two separate entities ¾ the North American OEM hitch business and the
North American Aftermarket hitch business. The aftermarket segment continues to
operate under its original name, Valley, with administrative, manufacturing, and
warehouse offices located in Lodi,Calif. The other business becomes Valley
Automotive, and continues to service the North American OEM market in the supply
of complete towing systems and related accessories.
2007
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Valley
marks 60 years of providing quality towing products and ensuring customer
satisfaction – the goals of yesterday, and tomorrow.
2010
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Valley starts a new chapter with the combined power of Revstone.
Products
- Valley offers its
customers state-of-the-art engineering, product testing and manufacturing
technology to ensure that its hitches, towing systems and accessories meet or
exceed industry standards and specifications. Valley strives to be first in the
marketplace with the newest applications. It presents trailer hitch designs which are easy to install and also
maximize towing capacity.
Valley was the first
in the industry to offer commercially packaged products that could be shipped
throughout the country to traditional warehouse distributors, jobbers, retail
dealers and installers, and the company produces more than 400 different vehicle
application trailer hitches, including a complete line of 5
th Wheel
and Gooseneck trailer hitch products.
As towing needs have
changed over the years, so has Valley, in order to provide its customers the
best towing experience available. One of the company’s newest offerings is the
Power Pull™ Xtreme series of products designed for heavy-duty towing. The Power Pull family includes a
Class V receiver hitch rated for 12,000 pounds weight carrying and 15,000 pounds
weight distributing capacity, a double-pivot 5th Wheel hitch rated for
20,000 pounds and a round bar weight distributing hitch rated for up to 1,700
pounds tongue weight and 15,000 pounds gross trailer weight.
Hitches –
Valley offers a full line of automotive hitches to meet most every towing need:
- One piece custom fit hitches, Class I-Class V
- Three piece boxed hitches, Class II – Class IV multi-fit and Class II/IV custom-fit
- Gooseneck hitches – Stow-A-Ball™, fixed-ball platform, folding ball
- 5th Wheel – single pivot, double pivot, The Glider, Power Glider, Under-Bed System™
- Weight Distributing – round bar, trunnion bar, light duty
- Step bumper – multi-use, flat faced, receiver style Class II-IV
Drawbars and ball mounts – Class I/II square
shank, Class II/IV black ball, Class III chrome ball, Class IV super duty,
adjustable Class III
Trailer hitch balls – packaged, bulk import, assortment retail boxes, Adapt hitch balls
Jacks – A-frame tongue, fixed mount tongue, tube mount swivel, lock pin swivel, trailer stand, stabilizer
Electrical – brake controls, wiring connectors, tow lights, battery isolators, tail light
converters, diode systems, trailer breakaway kits
Carriers – cargo roof baskets, hitch-mounted cargo baskets, hitch-mounted bike carriers, roof racks, roof boxes and accessories
Accessories – In addition to its mainline products, Valley offers customers a
complete line of towing accessory products designed to complement the trailer
towing package including: hitch/coupler locks, couplers, winches, mirrors,
plastic ball covers, safety chains, tow hooks, receiver covers, tow bars, tire
carriers, hitch aligners and more.