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noteven
Explorer III
May 11, 2015

350/3500 series pickups - any improvement to the brakes?

I haven't been able to discover any brake specifications for the current crop of 350/3500 series pickup trucks. Rotor size, swept area, minimum stopping distances, fade resistance. With all the BS...
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noteven
Explorer III
May 12, 2015
YnotTurbo wrote:
The beauty of the Ram 3500 is the exhaust brake. It works slow my truck down without having to use the brakes much at all if at all...The transmissions on the new trucks help in tow/haul mode as well. All the new 1 tons do a great job, but the only experience I have is with the Ram 3500.


Agree - we have an exhaust brake in the 2006 which offers downgrade control and is useful in normal driving. The info I'm after is foundation (service) brake performance in emergency stopping situations.

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