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Thank you all for your input,it's been an interesting discussion and I've learned a lot.The idea of 4wheel disc brakes sounds like the best system,but they are a little pricy.
Thank you all for your input.I will be running 2 pinion brakes 4 drum brakes 1 emergency brake with a Rockwell locker in the rear and a ARB in the front,sometime this year I will put disk brakes on,but that looks like a lot of work.I am 70 years old and always done things against the...
Sandcobra,you sound like a very intelligent person but you missed the point,I'm not replacing the E brake I'm adding 2 pinion brakes and leaving the stock brakes.It has nothing to do with monster trucks.I don't care how much it costs or how long they last ,it's just a toy.I'm sorry I posted on...
I've never tested the brake on a loaded truck on a hill.However my truck will hold on a steep road when I have to open my gate,but it only weight about 11000 lbs.I do lock the difference and put it in 4x4.
I posted to get peoples opinion on the subject, I got a lot of different ideas but nobody seems to know for sure.If you don't want discussion then don't reply!
Man when you guys hijack a thread you don't mess around.I'm gonna try the pinion brakes and report back on the results, cause it seems like nobody knows for sure.I thank you all for the imput.
Hey you guys are all negative about pinion brakes,but nobody gave me a good reason not to put them on.I understand with open different and only pinion brakes that could be dangerous, but with 6 brakes on a bobbed deuce with 2 arb air lockers I can't see a problem.
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