Maximum Jack Knife Angle
I was building a kayak rack and because I only have a super cab, not a crew cab, I am trying to squeeze a little more room into the bed area. Here are my clearances at different trailer angles: ...
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Some of us used short bed trucks for towing a fiver before the advent of slider hitches and with just an extended pin box the maximum angle was therefore limited to around 63 degrees. For me, this worked fine for 14 years. Then I added a slider for another 11 years that I never used. Recently I found the old fixed legs and reinstalled them.
With a steering wheel cut of 35-37 degrees, a 90 degree turn at full lock will result in a fiver to cab angle of around 45 degrees. A 180 degree U-turn at full lock will cause cab to fiver contact, but few situations ever require full lock for the entire maneuver. Same is true when backing up, a little extra jockeying back and forth will change a tight situation into a more manageable one.
So, you should be able to live with something in the range of 67 degrees if you are careful.
With a steering wheel cut of 35-37 degrees, a 90 degree turn at full lock will result in a fiver to cab angle of around 45 degrees. A 180 degree U-turn at full lock will cause cab to fiver contact, but few situations ever require full lock for the entire maneuver. Same is true when backing up, a little extra jockeying back and forth will change a tight situation into a more manageable one.
So, you should be able to live with something in the range of 67 degrees if you are careful.
