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Arcamper
Explorer
Aug 17, 2015

Upgrading to disc brakes, have some questions.

Our new Montana stops fair I guess. Have not had to do a panic stop yet and hope I don't because I do not have a warm and fuzzy that the 1960's brake technology will work as expected with a 16,000lb t...
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hone_eagle
Explorer
Aug 23, 2015
Trailers must be able to stop themselves ?
HAHAH
with drums the same size as my old Pinto? Stopping a trailer that weighs 5X the car?
HAHA
From cold ,once and only once will they function like a brake .......maybe.
get them warmed up and then from 50 mph I doubt they will be there at all by the end.
Ever hear the term 'whistle past the graveyard'?
The train analogy is pretty desperate eh?

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