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  • Consulting on the draft DZ 5446

    Posted by Hayley Head on 14 December 2023 at 1:06 pm

    On-road Heavy Vehicle Towing Connections – Drawbeams and Drawbars

    5446 On-road Heavy Vehicle Towing Connections – Drawbeams and Drawbars establishes design, manufacture, installation, testing, maintenance, repair, and certification criteria necessary to ensure that a secure connection can be maintained between towing vehicles and drawbar trailers for use in heavy road vehicles in normal use on both sealed and unsealed roads. Although primarily covering applications incorporating pin or hook couplings, this standard also applies to other types of couplings covering both rigid and hinged drawbars.

    This standard includes the following components:

    1. Drawbeam;
    2. Drawbar;
    3. Couplings;
    4. Method of attachment to:
    5. Towing vehicle chassis
    6. Main structural member of the trailer chassis or steering axle assembly.

    Please find below the consultation document (DZ 5446 consultation draft) for you to view or download.

    DZ S446 consultation draft –

    https://consultations.standards.govt.nz/draft-standards/nzs5446-public-consultation/user_uploads/nzs-5446-public-consultation-draft.pdf

    Important to note

    All submissions need to go through the portal on the Standards NZ website (link below). There is no option to upload separate files during the submission process. Documents with submissions sent to Standards New Zealand separately will not be considered by the committee.

    For more information and to make a submission please go to the Standards NZ website

    NZS 5446 On Road Heavy Vehicle Towing Connections – Drawbeams and Drawbars – Standards New Zealand – Citizen Space

    DZ 5446 consultation draft

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