Trailer Research Project

I'm doing a research project on various types of trailers and need some help with resources. I want to take radar and lidar measurements of various trailers (Van with/without aero features, flatbed or platform, liquid or grain tank). Where can I go to hire a driver with his own truck as well as rent these various trailers? Ideally it would be somewhere near Bakersfield, California. Any help would be appreciated.

 

I figured as much. I posted a job ad looking for owner/operators in the bakersfield area to work with, but I don't think its been approved yet. I've resorted to cold calling number in the yellowpages or on quicktransportsolutions.com but half the numbers are disconnected and most of the other numbers are for companies that hire owner/operators and won't release their information. Do you have any other recommendations on reaching owner/operators in a specific area?

 

Nothing nefarious here. The research project is to take radar and lidar measurements of various trailers to develop a trailer target that can be crashed into, with minimal to no damage to the test vehicle. The target needs to look like an actual trailer visually and to radar/lidar systems. The end goal is to help modern vehicles with automatic emergency braking systems better recognize trailers to prevent collisions. And of course you can't develop a good system without something to test against. You can check out our website for the types of testing we do here: www.dynres.com