truck swerved with hard braking
Ok, here is the story. I was driving on the interstate it must have been approaching an uphill. Truck in the right lane moving slow. Another truck moving up on me in the left lane. So I hit the gas to pass the slow truck in front of the truck approaching in the left lane, and bang there is another slow moving truck in the left lane in front of me that I hadn't been able to see because it was blocked by the slow moving truck in the right lane.
I had to brake very hard. As I braked my truck swerved into the right lane. Lucky there was nobody beside me.
This was with my 2016 Ram 3500 dually with the truck camper installed.
Would this swerve indicate that there is a brake problem, so that I should have the brakes checked? Or is this just what happens with a truck loaded with the truck camper when braking very hard? That was the hardest I had ever hit the brakes.
Also that I have 42,000 miles on the truck. However almost all of those miles were highway driving.
I am taking the truck in for an oil change and debating whether to ask for the brakes to be checked. But I would rather wait until the next oil change because removing the dually tires to check the brakes is a job and I just put new tires on the truck so I don't need tire rotation. Next oil change I could do both tire rotation and the brake check. I will have 50,000 miles at that point.
I now see that the manual says brake linings should be inspected every 20,000 miles. But it is a big difference in brake usage city driving or almost all of my current 42,000 miles was highway driving.
Opinions? Can I wait until the next oil change to have the brakes inspected? Other than this one experience with the slow moving truck the brakes have been fine.
I had to brake very hard. As I braked my truck swerved into the right lane. Lucky there was nobody beside me.
This was with my 2016 Ram 3500 dually with the truck camper installed.
Would this swerve indicate that there is a brake problem, so that I should have the brakes checked? Or is this just what happens with a truck loaded with the truck camper when braking very hard? That was the hardest I had ever hit the brakes.
Also that I have 42,000 miles on the truck. However almost all of those miles were highway driving.
I am taking the truck in for an oil change and debating whether to ask for the brakes to be checked. But I would rather wait until the next oil change because removing the dually tires to check the brakes is a job and I just put new tires on the truck so I don't need tire rotation. Next oil change I could do both tire rotation and the brake check. I will have 50,000 miles at that point.
I now see that the manual says brake linings should be inspected every 20,000 miles. But it is a big difference in brake usage city driving or almost all of my current 42,000 miles was highway driving.
Opinions? Can I wait until the next oil change to have the brakes inspected? Other than this one experience with the slow moving truck the brakes have been fine.
