Description / Abstract:
This SAE Recommended Practice establishes methods to determine
grade parking performance with respect to:
a. Ability of the parking brake system to lock the braked
wheels.
b. The vehicle holding or sliding on the grade, fully loaded or
unloaded.
c. Applied manual effort.
d. Unburnished or burnished brake lining friction
conditions.
e. Down and up grade directions.
Purpose
This document establishes a uniform procedure for determining
the parking performance on a grade by the parking brake systems of
new vehicles over 4536 kg (10 000 lb) gross vehicle weight rating
(GVWR) intended for roadway use.