How many have restored trucks and left their front drum brakes?

[toolboxchev]

My 70 C20 has all the original stuff. Drums on the front and all. I bought the rig for hauling wood. I have come off the mountain with a cord of semi wet oak (about 4000lbs) with out issue.

Drums brakes where made to stop a lot of weight, just look at a Semi. Yeah if you drag your foot on them they will fade a bit. I did not have any problems.

[Gmc.guy]

My 69 still has the drums. I rebuilt the whole setup last summer and they work great. I added a power booster and it helped a bit. I have only driven it about 300 miles since though. I had a 66 in high school that was all drum still and I drove the wheels off it. I would compare it no different than my 74 with manual disks up front.