Brakes

[Fire1]

My 07 2500 Quad Cab needs new front brakes at 37,000 miles!
Does it being a 4x4 eat brakes or am I just real hard on Brakes?
What I am looking for is your advice on what brand or brakes and type is best for my towing. Since I know that the amount of towing is about 25% of use I want a set that works while I am solo also.
Use OEM on th cars and could on the Dodge but if they are going away that quick I need to look else where.
Thanks

[bigmurf]

My 2004.5 dually has a manual transmission and Jake brake. I have 140,000 on the pads and they are still over 50%.

[camper4]

I got around 75,000 on the original brakes. Still had 50% of most of the pads left but some stuck and did not slide freely so they wore quicker. I had around 15,000 trailering miles.
I have used a local FIrestone shop in the past and they use their standard replacement parts on and they last as long as the OEM stuff. The shop was surprised to hear how many miles I had on the original brakes.
My previous truck was a 2003 F250 Diesel and it had to have a brake job at 32,000 miles. Manual tranny and I downshifted all the time. Fewer trailering miles too.
My experiences.

[steves]

I have over 58,000 and just had my wheels pulled and brakes checked....all OK. 37,000 seems strange to be needing brakes?

[Tom S.]

quote:Originally posted by Fire1

My 07 2500 Quad Cab needs new front brakes at 37,000 miles!
Does it being a 4x4 eat brakes or am I just real hard on Brakes?
What I am looking for is your advice on what brand or brakes and type is best for my towing. Since I know that the amount of towing is about 25% of use I want a set that works while I am solo also.
Use OEM on th cars and could on the Dodge but if they are going away that quick I need to look else where.
Thanks

As you can see by others, your pads should have lasted longer than 37K miles, but there are things that can cause that kind of wear. If a lot of you mileage is pulling the trailer, I would check the adjustment on the trailer brakes. When stopping, the most pressure is applied to the front brakes of the tow vehicle. This can be mitigated with properly adjusted trailer brakes, but if they aren't properly adjusted, the tow vehicle brakes will wear out quickly.

If most of you driving isn't towing, check the rear brakes to make sure they are doing their fair share of the work. Again, the fronts do most of the braking, but if the rears aren't working, the fronts do all of the braking and will wear down fast.

[PapaBeav]

I just had mine checked when I turned over 100K and they still have a little over 60% left on them. They should last a lot longer then 37K. I am pretty easy on my brakes, and now that I have the Pac-Brake they should last a lot longer.

[mhs4771]

Don't know, but my 2005 Chevy 3500 DRW 4x4 went through the rear pads at 38000 and the front at 48500. That was towing prob 50 to 70 percent of the time, but that was pre-Monty, two TT approx 5000 to 7000 lbs.

[thor]

go online and check out ebc brakes.they aregrooved and dimpled not drilled.the groves and dimples release the gas build and heat build up.they fit factory caliperies.on my 2003 chev they were cheaper then buying oem brakes.i changed rotors and pads front and back for under 600.00. they brake twice as good as oem brakes and last alot longer.free shipping in us .

[illapah]

Traded my 05 F350 with nearly 80 K miles and brakes were still original.