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Brake upgrade V70-XC70

posted by  KlausC on  Thu Oct 3 09:38 CST 2019
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Remember, the front brakes do 80% of the work. The only time you will need larger brakes is in mountain terrain, and shifting down to 3rd will do most of the work for you. My axiom regarding steep down hill grades: use the same gear you needed to go up hill.

If your trailer is less than 1 ton, 2200lbs, your brakes should be just fine. Anything over that, I suggest getting trailer brakes. And increase your following distance from 3 seconds to 5 seconds! You don't want to totally stress the hitch by invoking ABS in panic braking!






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