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Michelle_S
Dec 27, 2014Explorer III
I really find some of these responses very interesting, such as:
"The nice thing about an F450 is that the brakes are designed to stop 26,000 pounds without assistance. My brake controller failed last year while I was towing a 15,000 pound fifth wheel on hills and around curves. The truck still stopped perfectly."
The reason I find this interesing, we had a brake problem in the spring and had our rig (approx 17K) towed to the Dealers. Now a very large Tow rig showed up, don't remember exact brand, but certainly much, much bigger than any 450. Well towing on the flat at 40-45 MPH our rig pushed that truck through several Red lights as there was no way he could stop it. Glad it was all flat with no grades or sharp curves.
"The nice thing about an F450 is that the brakes are designed to stop 26,000 pounds without assistance. My brake controller failed last year while I was towing a 15,000 pound fifth wheel on hills and around curves. The truck still stopped perfectly."
The reason I find this interesing, we had a brake problem in the spring and had our rig (approx 17K) towed to the Dealers. Now a very large Tow rig showed up, don't remember exact brand, but certainly much, much bigger than any 450. Well towing on the flat at 40-45 MPH our rig pushed that truck through several Red lights as there was no way he could stop it. Glad it was all flat with no grades or sharp curves.
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