Many, many years ago Road & Track did a braking test with several
vehicles, one being a Dodge sedan. The only vehicle that stopped shorter
when it was loaded to what they figured was a maximum load (this was
before GVWR's) than with just the driver was the Dodge sedan. It was nose
heavy enough with just the driver to lock up the rears, but with the full
load it didn't lock the rears. This was before disc front brakes were
widely used as I remember.
Larry Elliott
On Thu, 19 Dec 1996, Scott Peth wrote:
> It is my understanding that Chrysler put the rear anti-lock brakes on
> because a pickup with no load is too light in the back, and an empty
> rear end has a nasty tendency to lock up and slide out on slippery
> surfaces and become the front end!
>
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