Truck Stops Truck / Trailer Stops Trailer?
I didn't want to get off topic on the debate about the guy pulling the 5ver with a 1500, but the truck brakes being adequate was brought up, and I wanted to get some thought on this. Lets say there...
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JIMNLIN wrote:
IMO folks overthink the braking issue on these new gen trucks. We simply don't have braking issues like we did with our trucks in the '50s/60s/70's era.
x2. Truck brakes are much better than years past, and it's a good thing. I think the truck does much of the combination stopping. Trailer brakes are typically drums (with some exceptions) and typically don't employ an ABS. With the brake controller dialed in perfectly it's possible to get great performance out of your trailer brakes, but I doubt a truck and trailer combo would ever be able to stop as quickly as the truck alone. It would be interesting to see the results of testing.
