Empty trailers take longer to STOP

What about if I have air tabs installed... will it take longer to stop because of less wind resistance?

 

I don't have any dogs in this race but Noticed you're out of West Texas. If you don't mind, where are you based out of and what do you haul? I'm in Midland and i haul diesel. Anyhow, You can pm if need be due to the circumstances.

 

All right, ya sucked me in, in jest you ask, but I've wondered...

Does the increased stability due to the airtabs allow for harder braking at higher speeds? Less of the tires total traction is used up resisting the yaw induced by the trailing vortices, so theoretically there's more traction available for braking. I guess if you have enough brake to take advantage of the increased grip, your decel rate at speed may actually be higher IF the extra braking force is greater than the reduced wind resistance. I don't recall the lower limit of effectiveness for the tabs, but I'd guess that below 40 or 45 there wouldn't be much effect either way.

Be an interesting test... smart@##!

 

I think it requires a government grant.



A big one.

 

May I be your assistant, I have an engineering degree!

 

I know what the word ALWAYS means. But thanks for your concern about my reading comprehension.

I wasn't attempting to prove or disprove reruns statement. I was merely making a general comment. Got it?

 

I've never made a statement that all new students are idiots. So please get your facts straight. I have made the statement that the first place anybody gets any training is at the schools. I also believe that more than just getting the students a CDL should be taught. He brought up a book statement about the stopping distance of loaded vs empty trailers and I believe it's out dated information. I have had experience with a large over size truck before and after the ABS system came out. I believe now there are cases when an empty will stop shorter than a loaded trailer. As long as it stays on the ground it will. If a student can not be told an item may be different when they get out there and only say what's in the book then maybe those are the idiots you are refering to.

 

Makes you wonder if A HOT FUDGE SUNDAE will melt faster than a sundae without HOT fudge on it.

 

hmmmm but maybe the hot fudge,having cooled on the ice cream side would provide insulation ????