5. Check The Brake System
If you are in the trucking business, operating with a trucking company, or operating with a Class 8 trucks, than you must be familiar with the rules and regulations that the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration- FMCSA and OSHA are requiring.
In the same direction- when considering buying a step deck trailer you will have to have in mind that the step deck trailer is required to have a proper functional brake system.
Brake Systems actually represent a safety device which function is to manage the trailer brakes. Having a proper brake system not only that it will protect you and the loads that you are transporting, but also it will protect the other drivers on the highways.
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However, when buying a new step deck trailer straight from the manufacturer, you wouldn’t have to perform many of these secret tips, including the inspection of the brake system. But to be realistic, in general buying new step deck trailers goes to the larger companies that have bigger budgets.
Hence, if you are buying used step deck trailer, in that case you will have to perform the brake system, actually it is a “must” that the trailer you want to buy has impeccably functional brake system.
The brake system being made up of a battery and a switch connected to a cable, with the one end connected to the trailer, and the other one attached to the truck, is the number one safety roller.
So before you buy the step deck trailer that you like you will have to reassure if this important part of the trailer is functional, because if it’s not it can bring you additional costs- and I bet that no one likes spending money additionally.
