Depends on the vehicle and braking system. In a commercial vehicle, the brakes are designed specifically for stopping a loaded vehicle, and an unloaded truck can actually require more stopping distance than a loaded truck.
Newton's laws of Motion state that Momentum is a product of Mass times velocity. Momentum = Mass x velocity. Therefore, a loaded truck needs a larger force to move it, and once it's moving, it needs more powerful brakes to stop it. So a fully loaded truck will have more momentum and be harder to stop than an empty truck.
Typically an empty trailer will take longer to stop. The reason is that the tractor trailer have been designed to work together loaded. The trailer does not get enough traction when empty so the friction generated by the trailer tires to contribute to stopping the truck is not great enough and the stopping distance increases.
A loaded semi at 60 MPH takes around 200 yards to come to a complete stop. For a dump truck, you should expect similar results.
The pallets should be staged so that the first stop goes on the truck last and the last stop goes on the truck first.
The pallets should be staged so that the first stop goes on the truck last and the last stop goes on the truck first.
The pallets should be staged so that the first stop goes on the truck last and the last stop goes on the truck first.
The pallets should be staged so that the first stop goes on the truck last and the last stop goes on the truck first.
A truck that is more heavy with the same velocity whil the truck is less heavy it will have more momentum!!
because it is affected by gravity
Twice as long as a car. If the truck is loaded all that extra weight makes it harder to stop. If the truck is empty, the tires will probably be inflated to too-high air pressure to keep good contact with the ground, and they will skid easy. And a truck cannot swerve around an obstacle as well as a car, since trucks tip over easy.
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More resistance in the drivetrain when it's in 4WD.