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need more braking

Discussion in '3rd Gen. Tacomas (2016-2023)' started by jsw2165, Jun 24, 2025 at 9:06 AM.

  1. Jun 24, 2025 at 4:29 PM
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    JasonLee

    JasonLee Hello? I'm a truck.

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    Glad to hear. Which tribe are you from? :boink:
     
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  2. Jun 24, 2025 at 8:53 PM
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    Junkhead

    Junkhead TRDude

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    Man if your brakes on that 2500# trailer are working properly, you should have absolutely zero issues with stock brakes on your taco.

    Did you buy that camper new? Did you "burn in" the brakes? Like get them so hot that they start smoking?

    I tow a 6x12x7 enclosed and my Prodigy P2 is set up at like 50% capacity. I can stop my truck and trailer very quick if i needed to. My truck is not stock. 33's, 2" lift, and 550# constant weight. If i go close to 100% braking on my trailer, it will slow down my truck and trailer no problem.

    This was my first trailer with brakes and the place where i bought it from never told me to "burn in" the brakes. When i first got my trailer, i thought the brakes weren't working. I called them and explained the situation, they said you gotta get the brakes very hot in order to "break them in". I wish they told me that when I picked up the trailer cuz I could've been a danger on the road.

    So i took the trailer downhill, used only trailer brakes and got them smoking hot. Holy man they worked really good after.

    taco RTT and trailer.jpg
     
  3. Jun 24, 2025 at 8:53 PM
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    Junkhead

    Junkhead TRDude

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    I am almost certain thats the issue.
     

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