Brake Testers such as BrakeCheck are excellent tools to test brakes and demonstrate their efficiency for both the truck and the trailer, the only downside is they won’t allow you to test each individual wheel. To identify defective brakes on a particular wheel, you’ll also need to use a tool such as a Infra Red Thermometer. By using this device alongside a brake tester you can check individual wheel disks or drums to determine brake activation and indicate individual brake faults or efficency. With the ease of just pointing the gun at the wheel hub from the outer edge of a trailer or truck and without removing wheels this device is ideal to complete a brake check. VOSA recommend the use of Infra Red Thermometers and see them as good practice in any workshop, in fact they’re also using utilising them themselves for road side tests.
This growing demand for effective brake testers that can demonstrate operators are following the correct procedure for the truck and trailer has led aide automotive to introduce a new product, The BrakeCheck TT. This new brake tester tests both the Truck and the Trailer! It allows operators to use the report produced to demonstrate brake efficency on the vehicle. Using a decelerometer to test trailer brakes is a positive method for any operator to demonstrate that it’s testing brakes on a regular basis. In today’s world of “Duty Of Care” all management staff need to increase their awareness of reporting and detailing what best they can do to achieve a safe working environment for employees and the general public. BrakeCheck TT will conduct a tractor unit and then tractor and trailer test, reporting both tests on one simple report. With the option to download the test to a PC or print out through a portable printer, hard copy evidence of trailer braking can be recorded with ease and at a cost effective solution. Trailer Brake Testing is becoming an essential element of vehicle maintenance as VOSA puts more pressure on operators to not only brake test the truck but test the trailer as well!
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