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3.3.1 Turning ability. The semitrailer shall be capable of assuming a 90 degree angle to a
coupled truck tractor without cramping and without damaging the semitrailer or the truck tractor.
*  3.3.2 Brake performance. The service brakes shall stop the truck tractor-semitrailer
combination, with the semitrailer loaded with specified payload, within the stopping distance
requirements of Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulation 393.52. Requirements shall be met
with a truck tractor loaded to its full rated gross vehicle weight (GVW) and gross combination
weight (GCW).
3.3.3 Tracking ability. The semitrailer shall conform to the tracking requirements of Federal
Motor Carrier Safety Regulation 393.70(a).
3.3.4 Folding gooseneck performance. The gooseneck on class B and class D folding
gooseneck semitrailers shall be capable of folding to the ground and of being raised and locked
as specified herein, with the rated payload positioned as specified herein (see 3.4) without
evidence of any type of component failure, deformation, permanent set, misalinement or
interference between parts.
*  3.4 Payload and distribution. The semitrailer shall be capable of transporting the rated
payload (shown in table III for the applicable size) without permanent deformation in the frame
or gooseneck or any other part, under the operating conditions specified in 3.3, with the load:
(a)
distributed as specified in table III for types I and II or
(b)
evenly distributed in the loadspace for type V. In addition, type V semitrailer shall
be capable of transporting 65 percent of rated payload concentrated (distributed) as
specified in table II for the applicable size of semitrailer.
(c)
Further, all types of semitrailers shall be suitable for the concentrated, pin point,
and localized stresses caused by mobile loads being driven onto the vehicle, by
tracks, track pads and wheels, and any other non-evenly distributed loads indicated
by the full range of intended uses specified in 6.1.
TABLE III. Payload distribution.
Distribution
Length of evenly distri-  Width of each crawler
Rated
buted payload in center  track, centered on load
Size
payload, pounds of load space, feet
space, inches
15
30,000
8
16
20
40,000
10
22
25
50,000
10
22
35
70,000
11
24
50
100,000
11 1/2
30
60
120,000
12 1/2
32
75
150,000
14
34
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