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they also have a kit to put disks and rotors inplace of the drums, and it is rated to 2.5 tons but its 800-900 per axle. OUCH<img src="emoticons/icon_smile_jawdrop.gif" alt="Jawdrop">]

I contacted the tech dude from USA6X6 and he told me that for slow speed, unloaded driving(20-30 m.p.h) having 3 pinion brakes would probably be fine. At higher speeds they would get too hot and fade. So IMHO they are only practicle for e-brake duty.

DR! go here www.usa6x6.com click on the deuce link...you will see the light

maybe what i will consider is mounting a pair of e-brakes. One on the steering axle and one on the front rear, that way if the ol' hyrdo's fail, I may actually have a chance to stop.Seems to me like a good back up system. I like redundancy as much as Uncle Sam. I dont know if any of you have...

usa6x6.com has a pinion brake set up with e-brake. Seems to me swapping to a simple disk set up would take all of the fear out of the brake system that everyone has. It seems affordable...but do yall think it will work??<img src="emoticons/icon_smile_shrug.gif" alt="Shrug">