ELeland
Well-known member
I did a search and didn't see what I was looking for so thought I'd ask a question. On my way home this weekend from Georgia on a 4 lane road I came up to a traffic light at about 55 MPH. The light turned yellow and I figured it was a go / no go decision on whether to stop or not before it turned red. I decided to stop, or so I thought. The chassis is Freightliner and I was towing my 5,000 lb Explorer with an RVi2 auxiliary brake system set on "Large SUV". I was about 10 to 15 feet over the stop bar before I came to a complete stop. It was quite humbling as I thought it would stop me in a shorter distance than it did. The exhaust brake was set to Off. This is the first time in the 2 years I've owned this motorhome I've actually needed to use the brakes that hard. No locking up at all even though once I saw I wasn't going to stop in time I pushed the pedal as hard as I could.
I'm not sure what is normal so I thought I would ask here. I have a service appointment later this week for fluids and filters as well as servicing the air drier. I can have them look at the brake system if this is not normal. I use the exhaust brake mostly so never really used the chassis brakes this hard before.
Thanks for any help!
Ed
I'm not sure what is normal so I thought I would ask here. I have a service appointment later this week for fluids and filters as well as servicing the air drier. I can have them look at the brake system if this is not normal. I use the exhaust brake mostly so never really used the chassis brakes this hard before.
Thanks for any help!
Ed