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45 MPH Panic Stop (Loaded Trailer)

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What happens here

The Chevrolet Silverado 2500, towing the 4,000-pound loaded Pratt dump trailer, accelerates to 45 miles per hour. The driver then performs an aggressive panic stop, slamming on the brakes as if a child ran into the road. The objective is to observe if the trailer tires flat-spot or skid.

Goal: Demonstrate the Hydrastar system's performance during a 45 MPH panic stop with a loaded trailer.

Tools and materials

  • Hydrastar Hydraulic ABS System Hydrastar — Operating the trailer brakes during the test
  • Pratt Dump Trailer — Subject of the braking test

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Okay. So, what I'm guys I'm with Dan, one of the engineers, and Wendell um from Hydraar. Uh what vehicle are we in, Dan? >> We're in a Silverado 2500. >> Okay. >> 2018 diesel. >> And we are going to go 45 miles an hour. Slam on the brakes as hard as panic stop like somebody's like a kid's crossing the road in front of us. And without cutting and editing, we're going to go out and see if we flat spotted these tires. Tell me when you're ready. Yeah. >> So, we're getting up to speed now. >> Okay. >> 45 mph. >> All right. >> So, we're just going to go straight onto the brake pedal as hard as we can. You ready? >> Yep. >> 3 2 1. Maybe next time I'll wear my seat belt. Okay. [laughter] Now, let's go check out these tires. We're looking for flat spots. So, we are going to see rubber on the road, but are we going to find a flat spot? And we got 4,000 lbs in the back of this trailer. So, as we look at these tires, these tires have been doing this for days and days. Now, look at the road. Look at here. Yes, we do have rubber on the road. We don't have a skid. We don't have a flat spot. We haven't destroyed these tires. We've evenly wore the rubber off from the entire tire casing. Meaning when you're done with this panic stop, you're not going to go down the road going thunk thunk thunk thunk hitting that flat spot. You're going to be able to go down the road and you just saved yourself $800 in tires. What's the next test? >> So, next we'll ramp it up. We'll go a little faster. We'll do that at 75 milesPH. >> 75. I am going to absolutely wear my seat belt this time. >> All right, guys. In a moment, we're going to show you something that it is a gamechanging. This is the guy that invented this. Tell me why you created this in the first place, Wendell. And

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