A trailer braking test program was conducted for the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. The object of the program was twofold: (1) to obtain baseline data on the performance of brakes on various recreational trailers to be later used in developing Government standards regulating performance requirements of trailer brakes and (2) to develop a standardized test procedure for use by both industry and the Government. Tests were conducted with 6 tow vehicles and 9 trailers. Trailer types included utility, camping, vacation, travel, and boat trailers which were equipped with either hydraulic or electric brakes. Data collected during each test included vehicle speed, stopping distance, brake pedal force, brake line pressure, deceleration rate, brake temperatures, vertical and longitudinal drawbar loads, and trailer brake electrical current. Effectiveness as well as fade and recovery tests were run.
Trailer Braking Performance-Recreational Vehicles
1973
494 pages
Report
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English