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quote:Originally posted by grampachet
This is no answer or advice, but when I checked on the brakes, bearings and other running gear on 3/4 verses 1 ton these parts had the same part number. This makes me wonder why a 3/4 would not stop the same as a 1 ton. Just wondering...
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You are right grampachet - if the brakes are the same and the tires are the same, the SRW 1 ton would actually take slightly longer to stop when hauling the same large rig, simply because it is a heavier truck. Only 2 things affect the kinetic energy - mass and velocity (squared). A dually is a different story and would undoubtedly stop better - more rubber on the road to help deplete the energy. I may be wrong on that, but that's the physics I remember from school.