Category: Braking

Proven Commercial vehicle brake engineering solutions

At Transport Engineering Solutions (TES) our engineering department has over 50 years’ experience in commercial vehicle brake engineering solutions. TES provide end to end solutions from concept to application with brake calculations for ADR38 compliance, tailored TEBS parameter files for individual trailers, on-site TEBS commissioning with ongoing technical support for the lifecycle of our products…. View Article

January 13, 2022

New TX-Trailerpulse from WABCO

Transport Engineering Solutions (TES) new product offering from WABCO TX-TRAILERPULSE is WABCO’s most recent trailer telematics unit. The device has been specifically designed to capture a maximum of data on trailers. Reduce unplanned downtime, Schedule Trailer servicing based on actual usage, on top of its Track & Trace capabilities, TX-TRAILERPULSE captures and forwards EBS-data sourced… View Article

August 6, 2021

A Dynamic Duo

Hydraulic equipment supplier and braking technology specialist, Gough Transport Solutions, provides tipper operators with the systems they require to perform their tasks as safely and efficiently as possible. Gough Transport Solutions (GTS) is a prominent supplier of quality truck and trailer equipment including hydraulics, braking systems, tail lifts, concrete pumps, plants, agitators and equipment. The… View Article

May 25, 2020

Green Light for Trailer Braking Safety

In the lead-up to this year’s Australian Design Rule ADR 38/05 mandate of electronic braking systems on heavy trailers, Gough Transport Solutions has adapted a function within the WABCO EBS system that visually signifies the EBS status of each trailer. About the same size and shape as an LED trailer clearance light, it is mounted… View Article

May 2, 2019

Putting the Brakes on for Safety

As part of its ongoing commitment to continually improve the safety of its fleet, bulk liquid carrier, McColl’s Transport, has enlisted the help of Gough Transport Solutions to retrofit the 600-strong tanker fleet with Wabco Electronic Braking Systems. Established in 1952 with a single truck transporting milk around Geelong in Victoria, McColl’s Transport has grown… View Article

April 1, 2019

Italian Ingenuity

Gough Transport Solutions supports tipper manufacturers with a selection of quality hydraulic equipment, supplying the latest products and technologies from OMFB and Binotto. For more than 20 years, Gough Transport Solutions (GTS) has been the sole distributor for Italian brand, OMFB, supplying a range of hydraulic components that includes power take-off units (PTOs), valves, controls… View Article

November 21, 2018

Ensuring Stability

When a truck loses contact with the road, the risk of rollover can be fraught with danger. However the range of tilt warning systems now on the market are helping to reduce the risk. Gough Transport Solutions (GTS) offers tailored kits to the transport industry to suit specific trailer applications and customer needs. When unloading… View Article

November 21, 2018

Off to a Safe Start

To remove one human error factor and increase safe operation of tippers, tankers and refrigeration trailers, Gough Transport Solutions recommends the Wabco trailer electronic braking system SafeStart feature. The commercial road transport industry is investigating ways to minimise human error through innovation – particularly in the braking space, a critical safety component. To offer fleets… View Article

November 21, 2018

Sorting Through The System

Gough Transport Solutions has launched the new Wabco Optilink system, enabling drivers and fleet managers to easily access the vast amount of data available through the Wabco trailer electronic braking system. Since business visionary Peter Drucker coined the phrase, ‘what gets measured, gets managed’, the commercial road transport industry – among countless other business spheres… View Article

November 21, 2018

Taking Tighter Turns

Vehicle manoeuvrability has become a pertinent topic when specifying trailer combinations, with braking functions like Wabco’s Optiturn a go-to answer from Gough Transport Solutions. Australia’s high productivity freight vehicle scheme, Performance -ased Standards (PBS), has garnered mixed reactions since its launch nearly a decade ago. Regardless of whether it is held in high regard for… View Article

November 21, 2018