Posted by Carls70 on September 11, 2018 at 22:25:09 from (172.58.87.31):
In Reply to: truckers question posted by Mtractor on September 11, 2018 at 20:23:00:
Here's my experience. I drive a 99' 6500 Chevrolet that has hydroboost hydraulic 4 wheel disc brakes, single axle, licensed for 26k lbs on the truck. The trailer is another 33k lbs gross with electric drum brakes.
Good setup IMHO. Its a little under powered (Cat 3126 w Fuller 6 Speed) and under geared (seems to be the case with a lot of the class 5-6 medium duty stuff) but still gets it done. Takes some fiddling with the controller and the occasional crank on the trailer brake adjusters but stops on a dime fully loaded.
I've seen some commercial guys running hot-rodded new Dodge 5500 trucks with 20.5 rims that use hydraulic brakes, they also have a Jake Brake on the ones I've seen like that...
I also have the class A with the Air Brake restriction. Uncle has a 1980s gas F-650 dump truck with hydraulic brakes too. They are all drum though.
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