Brake wear on tow vehicle

I changed my brake pads after 110,000 kms. I was surprised that there was still plenty of meat left on them. That mileage included two round trips towing the BT, and a lot of local WA towing in between.

Others on LCOOL have had much less out of their pads but that involved mud work.

I put Bendix in but I think the OEM pads are as good, if not better.

I am at 100k with original brakes and almost all the km were towing.

Alan

Hi, I am just coming up to 115,000 klms and i am about to fit my SECOND set of pads!!!!!! Included a lot of towing in very hilly country, "ie" over the barrington tops etc.

Hi

Our 200 series will be 2 yrs old in August, and at 41,000 km has just had it's rear pads replaced. Around 23-25K would have been towing, some of it hilly.

Cheers
Deb

I am at 90,000k with original brakes and almost all the km were towing and they still have plenty of meat left.

Hi Hank & Heather
It will probably depend more on wether you use the gears and engine compression to slow the vehicle when going down hill, or wether you only use the brakes. The latter will give you less km's per brake pad change.
Cheers
John

Hi Hank and Heather


There are other things to consider other than brake wear.
I have typically got between 40,000 and 60,000 between pad changes on Landcrusiers and F trucks.

This lower number probably reflects a number things firstly I no longer use an automatic transmission as a manual with these big loads behind the tow tug as I have seen a couple of transmissions detonate. I also probably tow on what would considered the high side of speed when towing, I do not worry about fuel consumption because over many years of towing there is not much in it (within reason).

I have found it is much cheaper to throw some pads in than replace a transmission, with the power we have these days it is not hard to overheat or damage a transmission.

Safe Travels

Scott

Hi Heather and Hank,

Some people get very low k/m out of there pads when they are heavy handed or should I say footed on the brakes when towing or driving.

Actually ,speaking with my brother In law recently ,who between us drives like a racing car driver, towing his van with a 200 series landcruiser had to change his pads under 20,000km .