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I've been out for a week at the mines but I have a another question. How do I find the distance it takes my machine to stop on going down the slope at the speed I have stated?

Thanks for all the responses everyone. I have not used a site like this before and it has been extremely helpful. I did not take offense Danger, sorry if I came across that way. It has been few years since I've been using my engineering degree, now I'm back in the field instead of managing...

No, it is not a typo. I work in the coal mining industry, we haul giant size loads.

I'm trying to find out how to see if my brakes will lock up or my tires will continue to roll through the following scenario. I have a machine that weighs 42,000 lbs. I'm pulling a 110,00 lbs trailer with load (no brakes on the trailer). This is a rubber tired machine going down a 8 degree...