Though not familiar with the specific ones you have mentioned, myself and several friends have been doing our own brake jobs for many years, one of whom lives up in the mountains and deals with hills, he does them regularly, often times here as I have a heated garage etc. He seems to get decent mileage out of them but sometimes its just pads, other times, the whole works, including rotors, calipers, bearings etc. It sometime seems that every time I turn around he's doing a brake job, certainly does not let them go, thinking about it, there sure is a fair amount of maintenance at certain intervals, after the factory ones wear out.
The one thing that always stood out as a problem are the slides, you have to make sure they are clean and do not seize up, we used to coat them with anti seize, there probably is a specific lube or coating for these as well. They hang up, heat the rotor, rotor warps and you get the chattering effect, premature failure of components.
Another thing with brakes is the drivers habits. I learned a long time ago, that taking ones time, anticipating ones stop well ahead and using the brakes as needed, softly if you will, vs. stomping on them at the last minute will definitely affect the longevity of the wear components.
I like the single axle tractor idea, as you have more capacity, real truck brake systems and all that, what is it the obtaining a CDL the cost issue ? At least with one of these you have the extra capacity and braking. Personally, I'd probably never own a dually or similar, better off with a single axle truck even if a light GVW one, be it older or later model, it always seemed money better spent because of what you get with a medium class truck, even my old '64 F600 grain truck paid for itself in short order, and I did not run it much.
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