Verdegro BLADE TMA

Report Number(s): 690902-VER

Description: Each test was performed using a proprietary Truck Trailer Mounted Attenuator (“TTMA”), manufactured by Verdegro® Holding BV, and attached per the manufacturers instructions to a 1999 Ford F-750 single-unit support truck. The TTMA is attached to the rear end of the support truck via a special hitch system, which attaches then to the main body of the TTMA. The TTMA has a sleeve on each side, which has metal slides that can slide into the sleeves to collapse the TTMA down for transport. The rear end of the TTMA connects the two slides together with a panel system. The trailer has two wheels, and also a sign board which extends above the trailer there the receiving hitch meets the body of the trailer. The TTMA measured 6.2 m (247 inches) long from the pintle hitch to the back of the TMA in the deployed position. The TTMA itself measured 5 m (197 inches) in length and its hitch attachment assembly measured 1.2 m (50 inches) in length. The TTMA with both mast and arrow board weighed 1243 kg (2740 lb).

Test Level: 3

Eligibility Letter: CC-176

MASH Test Number: 3-50, 3-51, 3-52, 3-53, 3-54

Proprietary/Non-proprietary: Proprietary

Pass/Fail: Pass

Evaluation: Full-Scale Crash Testing

Sponsor: Verdegro Holding BV