Cooling your brakes
Being from the east coast I've yet to encounter my brakes heating up enough to require pulling over to let them cool down, at least not that I know of. This summer/fall we're doing our first trip out ...
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OH48Lt wrote:
I was surprised at the difference between F150 brakes and the brakes on my former F250.
Like I mentioned earlier brakes are designed to stop GVWR not GCWR, and 3/4 tons often share the same brakes as their 1 ton brethren. That means the brakes are designed to stop at least 50% more weight, plus a larger safety factor/average weight based on being a 3/4 or 1 ton.
The truck brakes should also only be stopping the GVW, if they are stopping more than the GVW the trailer brakes are out of adjustment or not being controlled properly.
