Heavy Duty Brakes?

Passage0ftime wrote:

Turtle n Peeps wrote:
I don't know what you mean by heavy duty?

Brakes for different applications do different things.

I can put street brakes on my race car but they would not do a very good job. I can put race car brakes on my street car but again, they would not do a very good job.

The best brakes have to do a balanced job. They have to do a good job in many areas. If you have brakes do a great job in one area you don't have very good brakes.

Another thing. All OEM brakes are programed into their ECM for the type of pad material they have. IOW's it's best to stay with OEM material.

All OEM do a great job with balancing their brakes for the job they need to do. My advice is to stick with that.

For the sake of discussion, let's assume that the intended purpose if said brakes are to ensure the best performance when pulling a recreational vehicle (note this is not is racers-r-us forums but an RV forum) and it is unsurprising that OEM brakes do what they are expected to do. Define heavy duty? Really?? Consider managing steep and windy grades without overheating, and without fading. Like heavy loads, expected to handle additional heat buildup on long grades.

Thanks for your condescending response to a legitimate question. For the most part I have found friendly and honest advice, not colored by some misdirected sense of superiority.

Sorry you took it that way. It was not my goal to sound condescending at all. I was trying to inform you that the brakes you have on your truck are already heavy duty.

You own a very good truck with a really good balanced brake system. Have a shop check them out for wear, put new fluid in if you want and go on vacation.