Your truck may of just been ordered "cheap" if the brakes don't seem as strong as other simimlar sized trucks. Regardless if Ford, GM, or Dodge, there are several optional brake packages available when you buy a new truck. Brakes get bigger and stronger as the GVRW goes up - and much depends on exactly what you have. If you have small brakes, you're not going to gain much by changing quality of the brake pads and/or shoes.
In regard to price versus quality - and getting what you pay for? I don't believe it. A good friend of mine owns a NAPA store and we've had many discussions on the subject. Some of the "econmomy" NAPA stuff is excellent quality, and some of NAPA's highest price parts are crap. Price does NOT guarantee quality.
If you buy a longer lasting ceramic or metallic pad and/or shoe - the material lasts longer, some throw off less debris, have less fade under heat, but wear the metal parts out faster (disks and drums). Buy a soft organic-based lining - and metal parts last much longer - but the brakes glaze fast if you get them hot.
If you do a lot of serious towing, and your brakes make you nervous - you need a different truck - OR - and upgrade to a better brake system.
I recently upgraded my W250 Dodge diesel truck - but mostly because Dodge made it easy for me. It came OEM as an 8510 lb. GVRW truck. Rear brake shoes were 2 1/2" wide by 12" diameter - but . . . came with 3 1/2" wide drums. So, upgrading only needed larger-bore wheel cylinders and new 3" X 12" shoes. Worked nicely.
With your truck - check you GM RPO code-decal. It will tell you what brake system your truck presently has. Probably a JC4 of JC5 unless it's a real heavy rig.
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