Sterling Day Cab Suspension & Brakes

`05 Sterling day cab:
Is it normal for the suspension to make crunching sound (sounded like ball joints were about to give out) when front end dips into a pothole &/or making a turn at slow speeds (10 mph & lower)?
Also, is it normal to have to apply a lot of pressure to the brake pedal to slow it down? I had to put a tremendous amount of pressure on the brake pedal to stop, when loaded heavy traveling on a downgrade to come to a complete stop # an intersection.

 

I should've asked you sooner: Already put it down on the right side. Hauling a fully loaded walking floor type trash trailer. The seat belt definitely saved my life. Fortunately no damage to other ppl or property. Just the truck & myself a bit. Company doesn't use DAC which is a big plus.
Been doing physical therapy (workmen's comp). Worked out very well, but my better guess is, if another company hires me on, when they put me on their insurance policy, everything that happened will magically appear for them to review, (compliments of insurance under-writers based on the employer's "locked door & adjust report")
The company I was driving for came & picked up the truck & trailer, while I got an ambulance ride. After the hospital gig, my kid & her b/f came to get me, then we went to the yard to p/u my car. Much to our disappointment, we didn't get to see the wrecked truck as it was locked up in the shop garage. Gee, I wonder why.
Medical release date is 1/24/11. I tend to think that finding another job will be (at best) very challenging, as I won't jump back on w/ a bad company running junk just to be in the game. Between the hard lesson learned & CSA 2010, might be best off doing something else for a while until things subside a bit (1-3 years?).
Over 25 years since last moving violation, clean criminal record, zero points on CDL. Only 2 very mild scuffs on DAC from 1st few months of driving big rig. Oh well, again, "no one else got hurt", & this msg being sent from a home PC, not a prison PC. <~~~ "The biggest bonus one can hope for when a big rig accident occurs".

 

Was driving a freightliner that went into the shop for repair. In the meantime they temporarily issued me the Sterling. (and boy do I mean temporary!) Anyway; The brakes seemed ok w/ empty trailer. Then I swapped it for a fully loaded one (weather was very warm & dry). That's when the braking difference became obvious. My 1st mistake was driving it at that point Then my 2nd & probably biggest mistake was; after driving it for a while on an interstate, I got too comfortable. Then when I took an exit ramp (& forgot that I didn't have freightliner brakes this time. The grade went down & leaned outward on a sharp left turn), it was too late. So in summary; It's only realistic & honest to say I had 2 chances to prevent the rollover from happening, but definitely had help getting there. Though I'm willing to bet that the company's report will say, "Santa had no helpers".

 

Lmao. What year fords?

School busses or CDL trucking school?

In hind site it seemed like it would've been mostly trailer brakes not working, though when bobtail the brakes surely weren't up to snuff w/ freightshaker I had driven earlier.

Not 100% sure what you meant, but I'll try to cover it:
(1) Pulled single 6000 gal tankers & single 48' ft walking floor trash trailers. No double or triples.
(2) It's a small company, so I pulled all their walking floor type trailers repeatedly. Never had braking issues when pulling these trailers w/ freightliner. Only w/ the Sterling.