New Brakes all Around

[BIGNASTY]

Dad's in the mountains of Montana hunting. Checking his mail I noticed a few alerts and Email messages. So while I was cleaning his laptop I thought WHY NOT??

Dad's been running Raybestos on everything he has, driving his truck the breaks are EXCELLENT. I left him a message to call when he comes in from camp these are what he's been using and what I've bought to install on mine.

Nate

 

[Cummins12V98]

Just did a 3rd gen conversion on the front brakes on my 01 Sport. EBC "ORANGE" pads, EBC US Made rotors and US reman PowerStop calipers and cradles. Same parts rear but stock. All I can say is it awesome to have more braking than needed!!!

 

[BIGNASTY]

Truck stops well enough with normal brake parts especially since all our trailers have been retrofitted or ordered with disk.

 

[Wayne M.]

That was probably the most profound thing I noticed, going from a 1 gen to a brand new 3 gen in year ‘04. The brakes. They were absolutely fantastic.

 

[RVTRKN]

2nd Gen to 3rd Gen was also way better. It was a major complaint when 2nd Gen trucks came out. I know a glass company that bought a 94 2500 to haul glass, and sold it within a year, due to brakes being the issue.

 

[AnonEd]

My 1st gen barely goes fast enough to need brakes, but I vote for the big change at late 2nd Gen when they put disc brakes in back. Having an empty dually Ram outstopping things like a 3-series, CL Type S Acura and a Ford Lightning on the test track was unreal.

 

[slowmover]

There’s no substitute for disc brakes all around. None.

Fit the trailer with same: Anti-lock disc.

TUSON Corp has had this available a number of years now. Plus their brake controller. (Prodigy is a joke). Kent Sutherland at, MR TRUCK, has several write-ups and demonstrations from years ago.

As to the truck, MOPAR PREMIUM.

Given that none of you know how to enter an Interstate anymore, be glad my rig is equipped with disc all around. What I can do with my big toe is astounding. No more say a prayer they react like last time and stomp them with a Size 13 steel-toe.

Discs are when you also upgrade brand-new just off lot trailer to independent suspension. Leafs & drums have no business on an Interstate.

The tires MUST be on the ground DESPITE any surface irregularities or vehicle roll problems AND have capacity in excess of the moment.

Since plenty of you also DO NOT UNDERSTAND this, start by getting a split-axle weighing at a CAT Scale. The number of you using ONLY the pickup Steer Axle and trailer lead axle to do ALL the braking is off the chart of what is the normal range of brake performance.

Two axle braking versus four. When you hit the brakes, the front of both vehicles dive.

Get the numbers. Equalize the performance. No matter how textbook good you make it, it still falls far short.

Does my pickup & 35’ TT require greater distance to stop than the pickup (same load) when solo? (TT drums, crap Prodigy)

No. It’s less. Yours isn’t?

But that’s only one application from highway speed. The drums are DONE before reaching rest.

Coming down a long grade should be enough (“oh, but I have an EB!” Unless it also applies the trailer brakes harder than the slowing rate of the pickup, you’re screwed as the trailer is free to swing. Trying to pass you. It’s the classic rollover moment with any wind gust at all).

Tires & brakes. Go cheap elsewhere.

There’s nothing so sorry as one who spends thousands in upgrades and puts this anywhere but first. It’s much my favorite fourth question across the radio with the custom low rider truckin’ fags.
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[jhenderson]

Yup, we’re all iggerment. Eat dirt and bugger raccoons. Glad you’re such a hero.

 

[Mark31]

Wonder why my antique 1974 D200 Dodge with discs and drums and no sensors, anti locks, computers could stop so extremely hard and straight? If a travel trailer stopped that hard, the fridge and stove would come through the front wall! LOL