This SAE Recommended Practice establishes methods to determine grade parking performance with respect to: a. Ability of the parking brake system to lock the braked wheels; b. The vehicle holding or sliding on the grade, fully loaded or unloaded; c. Applied manual effort; d. Unburnished or burnished brake lining friction conditions; e. Down and up grade directions. This document establishes a uniform procedure for determining the parking performance on a grade by the parking brake systems of new vehicles over 4536 kg (10 000 lb) gross vehicle weight rating (GVWR) intended for roadway use.
SAE J360-2008 history
2020SAE J360-2020 Truck and Bus Grade Parking Performance Test Procedure
2011SAE J360-2011 Truck and Bus Grade Parking Performance Test Procedure
2008SAE J360-2008 Truck and Bus Grade Parking Performance Test Procedure
2001SAE J360-2001 (R) Truck and Bus Grade Parking Performance Test Procedure
1995SAE J360-1995 Truck and Bus Grade Parking Performance Test Procedure
1988SAE J360-1988 Truck and Bus Grade Parking Performance Test Procedure
1968SAE J360-1968 VEHICLE GRADE PARKING PERFORMANCE TEST CODE