Some people are satisfied with half-donkey braking. Then there are the professionals. As long as replacement parts are available, it's important to use the full capability of the brakes, the way the factory designed them. Antique Chevy brake drums are an exception, as the lack of replacement parts makes it necessary to reuse worn and potentially dangerous parts to have any brakes at all.
Jerry

"It is better to be silent and be thought a fool than to speak and eliminate all doubt!" - Abraham Lincoln
Cringe and wail in fear, Eloi- - - - -we Morlocks are on the hunt!
There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self. - Ernest Hemingway
Love your enemies and drive 'em nuts!