Brake Measurement Record
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Brake Performance Test Record
A free printable brake test record: method, load at test, axle-by-axle readings, service, secondary and parking efficiency against your standard, and the outcome.
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What this sheet is for
Record each inspection's brake result axle by axle, with the method and the load at test. The required efficiencies are written in from your own standard, so the result can be checked later.
Who it is for
Fleet engineers, maintenance contractors and transport managers who carry out or receive brake tests at safety inspections.
How to use it
- Fill in the vehicle, the method and the load carried before the test starts.
- Copy the readings for each axle from the print-out, writing the unit once at the head of each column.
- Write the efficiency your standard requires beside each result found, and mark the outcome.
- Record the park brake tug test and any action taken, and staple the print-out behind the sheet.
What is on the sheet
One page, top to bottom:
Printed under the title: One safety inspection's brake result, axle by axle, with the method, the load on board and what was done about it.
The required figures are yours. Write in the efficiency each brake system has to reach from the standard your inspection manual or maintenance provider works to; no figure is printed here. Note the load, since an unladen result does not read like a laden one, and staple the print-out or decelerometer slip behind this sheet.
Write-on lines: Vehicle reg / fleet no. · Trailer no. · Inspection date · Odometer · Where tested
Also printed: Method · Roller brake test · Decelerometer · Onboard monitoring · Other · Load at test · Laden · Part laden · Unladen · Load or weight carried
Axle by axle — readings as the print-out gives them — write the unit once at the head of the column
Also printed: Service brake · Parking brake · Temperature
Table, 6 rows: Axle · Left · Right · Imbalance · Left · Right · Left · Right · Notes
Overall result — found on test, against the figure your standard requires
Also printed: Service brake · Secondary brake · Parking brake · Park brake tug test
Table, 1 rows: Found · Required · Found · Required · Found · Required · Date · Held?
Write-on lines: Outcome: pass, adjusted, fail · Action taken · Tester's signature · Date
Questions
Why are the required brake efficiencies left blank?
Because the figure depends on the vehicle, its age and the standard your inspection manual or maintenance provider works to, and it can change. The sheet gives a box beside each result for the figure it is judged against, so the record shows both.
Why does the load at test matter?
A vehicle tested empty and the same vehicle tested laden give different readings, and some methods project a laden figure from an unladen test. Writing down the load and the method tells a later reader which kind of result they are looking at.
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