Brake Testing And the Importance of a Maintenance Schedule

Article written by Ascenso Tyres UK

Regular Brake Testing

With thoughts turning towards harvest time for many farmers, even with the 6 week delay due to the very wet spring, ensuring that your trailers, telehandlers, excavators, and forklifts if you own them are safe to use and regularly maintained will reap rewards at harvest time when time itself becomes a critical commodity.

It is a good idea when changing or replacing worn tyres on your agricultural trailer to invest in brake testing to check the condition of your breaking system. There is little point spending money on new tyres for a poorly maintained brake to cause a flat spot on the tyre.  Badly performing brakes can also make an impact on the fuel efficiency of your vehicle fleet. With fuel prices as high as they are, any additional spend will only damage your businesses profitability.

At Ireland’s Farm Machinery near Boston in Lincolnshire they have for a long time recommended Ascenso Tyres to their customers. What separates Ireland’s Farm Machinery from many other Agricultural suppliers is the fact that they have an extra wide rolling road to accommodate the extra width of modern agricultural trailers.

Taking your farm trailer to a rolling road can show the condition of the axles and their rolling efficiency.  From the information returned during the brake testing, any in-balance in the braking system can be identified and rectified. A trailer with one brake working harder than the other can cause the trailer to pull to one side making it uncontrollable in certain conditions. Identifying issue’s before they becomes major problems, ensures that your trailer will be off the road for as short a time period as possible.