How long do your brakes last?

i use the trailer hand brake alot causei m hooked up to intermaodal equip and im hardly ever bobtail. but i use more the trailer brake then anything else to keep from chewing up my own part.s

 

so you put people lives at risk by not utilizing all 10 brakes

you'd rather rely on trailer brakes only becuase your too cheap to use your own parts.

do you really think you can stop as good on trolley brakes compared to foot brakes.

 

you can usually go through 2 brakes before replacing drums.

my truck came with new brakes. i've put 100k miles on it and brakes still look new.

i've also got the best jakes anyone could ask for.

 

We are OTR and have over 270K miles... Still have plenty of breaks left...

 

Sounds like you answered your own question by showing how impossible it is to answer with a timeline.
Brake use is very dependent on a vast variety of conditions and driving experience.

Many drivers, myself included, use the trolley brakes and engine brake more than the tractor brakes. By not being in a hurry in city traffic, it is possible to rarely have to use the brakes at all if lights are timed properly and engine brakes are used to limit coming to a full stop at a light. In some metropolitan areas, it is 'illegal' to use the engine retarder but, if your tractor has good baffles, it's not even noticed.

In the flatlands I'm sure, the brakes can last nearly forever if you're doing drop and hooks (using trailers as braking devices). Driving the Northeast or Rockies would change that guesstimate.

 

My brakes last about 100,000 miles on my sod hauling flat-bed, about 150,000 on tractor, all flat land.. Much of my driving is on dirt roads, loading in fields,lots of city stop and go when I deliver around towns, etc.Kind of rough conditions. I run about 83, 0000 pounds one way, back empty. Replace drums every 3rd time, due to running in dirt / mud fields quite often. I use the cheaper grade shoes, they wear qicker, but stop a little sooner.

 

Got rid of my last truck when it had around 850,000 miles on it, still original brakes. Bought truck new. Didn't do the handbrake method to make them last longer.

 

I go through front brakes at least 4 times quicker than drives. Trailer brakes aren't wearing much either.

Those little shoes on the front do all the stopping.

 

Man get that crap outta here! I use my hand brake 90% of the time as I'm also hooked up to intermodal equipment. Just because we do intermodal doesn't mean we are so stupid that we don't know when to use tractor brakes to fully stop verse using the trolley brake to slow down.......