Navistar PROVING GROUNDS

Navistar Proving Grounds has structural durability testing experience with the following vehicle types:

• Passenger cars and light trucks
• Heavy trucks (straight trucks and tractors)
• Buses and motor coaches
• Recreational vehicles (motor homes [class A], van chassis based [class C], travel trailers)
• Commercial trailers (e.g., van, flatbed, tank and container chassis)
• Military vehicles
• School buses
• Medium-duty commercial trucks (e.g., delivery trucks and ambulances)
• Electric and Alternative Fuel powered vehicles

Navistar Proving Grounds provides a complete vehicle structural durability testing facility and support services, including design engineering and FEA:

• Multiple road surfaces (chatter, impact, cobblestone, undulating, resonance road surfaces, high speed oval, gravel, body/chassis twist event and off-road surfaces)
• Durability route and mileage amounts tailored to specific customer needs
• 24-hour-per-day mileage accumulation provided
• Seven-day-per-week mileage accumulation available
• Ballast (load simulation) provided as required
• Road or public roadway mileage accumulation available
• Extreme weather mileage accumulation available including facilities in Colorado, Arizona, Texas, and Alaska

Navistar Proving Grounds has trained personnel skilled in supporting vehicle structural durability testing:

• Technicians experienced in vehicle preparation, including initial inspections, vehicle buildup, ballast installation, in-test inspections and vehicle repairs, among others
• Mileage accumulation drivers
• Engineers experienced in coordinating durability mileage accumulation programs and providing assistance in route selection