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Originally Posted by TheEnemy
A lifted truck with significanly larger tires can require as much foot pressure as the stock truck without assist. But if the person doing the mods does a brake upgrade to compensate the lifted truck can stop faster because of the greater traction the larger (softer rubber) tires provide.
That being said outside of magazine articles and full on trail rigs I have only seen a handfull that beefed up the brakes when lifting, almost all of which are used off road as well.
I'm not going to adress stability, that ones a no brainer.
When we do the local mud bogs you would be surprised at all of the lifted trucks..... in the parking lot.
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Good point about the larger diameter tires making the truck work harder. As for the larger tire having more traction though, I doubt it. We are talking mudder tires. Their contact patch consists of the tops of big ridges. Their traction on hard pavement is crap. Also a substantial lift means a big rise in the center of gravity which increases further the weight shift to the front tires which is bad for braking and worse for handling.
The bottom line is that a hiked up truck creates way more of a safety concern than responsible EOCing does, IMHO.