Brake test: Modern truck vs. old truck

[VistupDioxide]

Huge respect for not using football fields per elephants 👏

[Darth_Urruz]

Now about the Mercedes safety in real-life. I got nearly killed by Mercedes emergency braking system. While driving through a curve, fully loaded, the sensor indicated something (a rain drop, autumn leaf idk) and started braking with full force in the middle of the curve. Great experience, had to do my best to stay on the road.

[velvetsqueeze]

Test 2: same truck and trailer but switch the drivers. Test 3: same drivers but switch the trailers. Do these and report back your findings.

[ThomasTrucker]

0:26 The SK truck braked later than the new one here as you can see, NOT FAIR! ofc a little different but it could make something

[pycanthusderossi]

The old truck looks like it didn't even try to brake!

[russelldavid]

Guy behind the new truck, better have good brakes too!

[Lgtg]

Retired at 68 lady trucker here. I watched a YouTube vid a few months ago showing a school bus dropping kids off at a stop on a busy, fast flowing highway. One young boy ran around the front of the bus, straight into the path of an artic/18 wheeler travelling around 40+ mph. Cant recall the make of the truck but couldn’t believe how the driver brought it to an almost instant stop before hitting that kid. The whole truck and trailer reared up. Alert driver and new fangled braking systems saved that kids life and a families lifetime grief 🙏

[Chezy]

respect for the look and performance of all those old and modern trucks out there

[driverbank]

Fantastic to see how technology improves safety, especially when needed in emergency situation. Great video!

[Cypher]

Thats incedible... bringing 40T to a stop in just twice the length of its self... as a driver you may never have to put that brake pedal all the way to the floor in your whole life but if you do... its nice to know its gonna do the job.

[johndunley]

The new brake sensors on the new mercs can be scary if you on a bend and a twig sticking out it locks your brakes I get it all the time, I say bring back the old trucks better to drive than new ones

[seze]

Show the contents of the second trailer...

[charliecroker]

Bloke in the SK Merc didn't press the pedal hard enough. Not one wheel locked; not even a puff of smoke. Bollocks test.

[tomaszpiesiewicz]

Do this test with the same new trailer.

[SyrusWolfe]

Reducing braking distances for safety is good, but there is one thing to keep always in mind:
when moving loads of tons, short braking distances could be not so much safer.
You're traveling at 80 km/h with a load of what, 5 tons, you brake for an emergency and you stop in 41 meters.
The load will do the same? 5 tons at 80kn/h have an immense kinetic energy and the only things that counteract it are the fixing systems of the cargo, if not done properly an emergency braking so powerful like that could end in a catastrophic and potentially fatal accident by cargo displacement.

[jmfjcas]

..And now show me this "modern truck" in thirty years later. I'm sure, after next thirty years only this SK will still to ready to drive.

[bambustech]

Very impressive video! but my heart goes out to all your Truck Drivers in the comment section - Sorry to hear you have bad experiences with whatever truck you're driving, but do note that your sacrifices, hard work and continued dedication to making sure that shelves are stocked with all the stuff we, the consumers want, is highly appreciated and couldn't be done without you!

I have a brother currently taking his truck drivers license, please accept my apologies on behalf of my ignorant fellow citizens, who hates you for being on the road and 'slowing things down', they don't realize what important role you really play in the greater scheme of things, and for that, I am sorry!

Keep up the hard work!
love you guys!
Keep on Trucking!

PS: Sorry for the wall of text.

[kauslercarvingoberpfalz]

Old is gold.
Old school trucking for live

[jacare]

Interesting thought: One vehicle that I used to drive, an 11/1979 build tandem tray top with a single axle trailer on behind, the brakes were such on that truck, that, even with 4 tonne more than what should have been on the truck, it would outperform some cars in braking at traffic lights. To the point that I was even abused by a copper for causing the copper to have to take evasive action to avoid running into the trailer! Copper tried the overweight trick on me... But, how could I have stopped quicker than you if I am overweight??? This was at a gross weight of 32.5 tonne, over 4 axles. Eventually, the brake shoes got down to the rivets, and the shoes were replaced. With the new shoes, the braking capacity went out the window, and had to allow an extra 10 metres at 60 km/h.

As for the torque / horsepower argument... it also comes down to gearing. One other truck that was a joy to drive was an old Scania, 6/1977 build, 296 b.h.p., 1070 Nm of torque. Pulled out of a yard in the hills, gross weight of 34.5 tonne. Company truck follows me out of the yard, he is 42.5 tonne, 460 horsepower Cummins in a Sterling prime mover. Now, on paper, the company truck has the better horsepower to weight ratio, and should get away from me. Company truck is electronically limited to 100 km/h, mine is gearbound to 88 km/h. Went up the first hill, got away from him, over the top, my practice is to ride the exhaust brakes and change up through the gears to hit the bottom of the hill doing 84 km/h / 2100 r.p.m., then hold that speed for the start of the next hill, which is a 2 km, 6% grade. Company truck got away from me on the downhill and flat, but, I went past him with a 10 km/h speed difference at about the 1.6 km mark on the next climb... how is this so??? It all comes down to the gearing!!!

To further reinforce this point... A 112 Scania, 305 h.p., 3.89 diff ratio, used to tow a triaxle cement tanker out of Geelong to Adelaide. He would be loaded to 42.5 tonne at Geelong, and would use 350 odd litres of fuel for the trip back to Adelaide. So, on the last Mermaids weighbridge, his gross weight would be 42.2 tonnes. Going up the dipper, he would be in 4th gear at 15 km/h. The last load that was done with this truck as a prime mover was a load of railway sleepers out of Tailem Bend. At the Mermaids weighbridge: Steer: 5.40 tonne, tandem drive: 17.20 tonne, triaxle trailer: 20.70 tonne - Gross: 43.30 tonnes. (Yes, the knuckles got rapped / spanked by the Mermaid!) Going up the dipper, held 7th gear, 1400 r.p.m., 25 km/h.. This is in a 111 Scania, 296 h.p., 4.86 diff ratio.

[rrrnaidu]

This means the older drivers were supreme drivers in true sense.
Salute🙏