No Electrical Assistance Required
As part of the ongoing development of our Longer Semi-Trailer prototype, we recently have developed a kick out reduction system which can be fitted to any steer system to greatly reduce kick out on any longer type steer trailer.
This compensator works by limiting tail swing when turning off a tangent onto the turning circle. The system is particularly invalubable in negotiating round-abouts and turning left or right from a straight ahead position where rear steer trailers can encounter kick out. This mechanism seriously reduces this effect providing safety to other vehicles, pedestrians on footpath etc.
The system works purely mechanically, there are no electrical components whatsoever. In straightframe trailers using our mechanical sidewinder steering system, the tailswing can be reduced to a figure of approx 500mm, in the hydraulic version of our steer system which is used in stepframe trailers, on a 15.65m trailer, tail swing can be reduced to approximately 250mm, this is within levels of an existing standard 13.6m trailer. This comes well within the criteria as stipulated in The Road Transport (Construction & Use) Regulations 1986 which allows a maximum of 800mm.