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Old 04-02-2008, 10:52 AM   #1
BobW
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Join Date: May 2006
Location: Welches Oregon
Posts: 523
How long to stop?

I have a concern about the stopping distance. I have drum brakes and don't feel that the truck is stopping the RV quick enough. My question is, would it be of an advantage to switch over to disk brakes? I called DT and they told me I have no problem with what I have. Why am I concerned? Last year I had a car suddenly stop in front of me. I slammed on the brakes and the truck started to slide. It seemed that the RV brakes didn't grab enough to help with the stopping. What disk brakes should I be looking into? Can I do this conversion myself? I normally keep a greater distance between me and the guy in front of me, but, you never can tell what other people will do.
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