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Not unless the driver plans to skid to a halt. The size of the disks (or drums) is what helps with the braking; larger brakes dissipate the heat energy faster than smaller ones. This is why high-performance vehicles have 2 disks per wheel. Twice as much surface to spread the heat around.
The advantage of dually wheels is that it's less likely to blow out a tire from a heavy load when 4 tires are sharing the weight instead of 2. That's why the dually wheels are always on the rear axle (under the pickup's bed) and never on the front axle. And why it's always on heavy-duty pickups and never on light-duty pickups.
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