Newbie: Towing TT w/ 2008 Toyota Sequoia
The camping bug bit my wife over the summer so we decided to attend the RV Expo in Boston over the past weekend. She fell in love with the 2018 Rockwood 2706WS and after two days of looking at smaller...
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drsteve wrote:bluepost wrote:
Again, the 3/4 ton trucks are the ones that are under braked, taking 200 ft to stop from 60mph. The Sequoia takes less than 130ft. But yes, an exhaust brake is an excellent device.
Some of that lackluster performance is because a pickup truck has little weight in the rear.
So do 1/2 tons and they stop in about 130 ft.
3/4 ton brakes are about 13.9-14.2 diameter and have GCWR of 19k-28k lbs.
F150 has 13.8 diameter front brakes and has GCWR of 14-17k.
The Sequoia has 13.9 diameter brakes and a GCWR of less than 14k lbs.
3/4 tons have the same or .2 inches of additional brake diameter, albeit more on the rears for additional 5k-14k lbs of combined weight rating.
Again, stopping 15k-28k lbs with the about the same sized brakes as a Sequoia doing it with 13,500.
3/4 ton and full ton trucks are definitively better tow vehicles, but brakes aren't the reason.
Diesel engine braking can't be beat.......but I would be curious how the engine braking is with a 6 cylinder F150 ecoboost towing 10k lbs
