100k front pads

[Mooseman93]

I have an 07 tahoe 4x4. I bought it from a dealership in 2013. They had serviced it and put new brakes on. It had 60k miles on it. The very 1st thing i did was take a 2 hour trip through the mountains towing a boat. In 2019 i replaced the rear pads. They are now in need of replacing again. Fast forward to today. I still have the same front pads from when i got it they still have a lot of meat on them, both sides. The tahoe now has almost 170,000 miles on it. Anyone ever seen this before. Btw it is still my tow vehicle for my 19' fiberglass bass boat. Im seriously thinking about replacing the front ritors and pads all together.

I have a 2001 Yukon XL. Bought it with 55K many years ago, probably 2008? It now has about 205K on it. I have never "needed" to put front pads on it. One time I did because I had bought them, went to put them on and realized the pads already on there were like new. So I put the box on the shelf and after about 10 years and several sets of rear pads, I finally got sick of looking at them and put them on anyway even though it didn't need them yet. Not even close, really. Needless to say, I am highly suspicious that something is very wrong with my brake balance/bias. So I started by bleeding them, no issues, fluid seemed to flow as expected. I replaced the front hoses anyway just in case they had deteriorated inside. No difference. Along the way, I replaced all the rotted steel brake lines, I'm sure you're all familiar with that issue. No difference of course, but I did verify that all the lines were routed through the ABS unit correctly just in case someone had maybe switched the front and rear somehow before I got it. Still wearing out the rears at a frequency more like I'm used to for fronts. I've probably put 5 or 6 sets of rear pads on this truck by now, sorry Autozone, I only paid for the first set, lifetime warranty lol. Anyway, I pulled the front calipers off last fall, pushed the pistons all the way in, pumped them back out, back in, back out a few times just to convince myself they weren't stuck.
Net, I have no clue why my truck doesn't use front pads. Sounds like yours is the same. It's really strange. I tow stuff with it, my boat (which is pretty heavy), motorcycle trailers, other stuff, not all the time but my point is it doesn't live a sheltered life.
At this point, it is what it is, but if anyone has any ideas, it sounds like there's at least two of us who wouldn't mind hearing them.

 

[88m53453]

I’ve got 240k on my 2015 Silverado. Original rear pads. Just checked , over 1/2 life left. Fronts have 140k. Look great

 

[Doubeleive]

all depends on how you drive, a set of the best ceramic pads barely last me a year on the front, rears usually go 2-3 years
so that computes to around 20k or less for the fronts, I obviously do not drive like granny nor baby it. I drive it like i'm late for an appointment to get a free $10k check by just showing up on time.

 

[Oldewing]

I upped to powerstop, cause I tow a Travel trailer ... best money I have spent,

cept the trans cooler....

or beer