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Originally Posted by cfelton
I installed Kodiac disc brakes on my front axle after coming home from Nags Head in heavy stop and go traffic and have never regretted it. I was pulling the V home after a week long vacation with the family and following three van loads of folks that all of a sudden decided to slam on the brakes and turn across traffic. I had no where to go, so I locked up the brakes and almost slid right into them. The boat pushed me so hard it felt like it picked up the rear of my 97 4x4 Tacoma. I got home ok and immediately got online and ordered a Kodiac disc brake kit and installed it on the front axle and now the boat stops me! Had them 3-4 years with no trouble at all. I wash them off whenever I use it, salt water or fresh, and am very pleased with their performance.
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Exacctly. It's that one time that gets you into trouble. When I finally need to replace my brakes I'm going to go to a disk brake setup, just for the ease of it. I Have surge brakes, not electric, so I can't have the boat stop me, but it's like night and day with stopping with and without trailer brakes... without them you can feel the trailer/boat pushing you.. with them that sensation is gone.
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1987 V20 w/1987 150HP Yamaha on a Shoreland'r Trailer
1978 16.5 Airslot w/1996 120HP Force on a Four Winns trailer
1996 V21 w/1993 200HP Mercury on a Shoreline Trailer
All towed by a 5.7L Hemi Durango.
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