Geometry question - can I make this turn?
Hi all, Still yet to buy my new trailer, but I am trying to decide just what length I can go with. I have a tight turn across a bridge to get into my property, and I have seen people get stuck (or ...
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Thanks for all the replies. I had been concentrating on everything in front of the trailer axles, and hadn't considered the rear swing - very important point!
I am going to take the suggestion of trying this out in a car park. Actually one thing that has bugged me in my whole research project is that the manufacturers never show the exact location of the axles on their floorplans - would make such calculations much easier! I am guessing that a 30' trailer is ~= 20' to the rear axle, and 10' tail, and a 36' would be 24' and 12'. Does that sound about right? Or do the longer trailers grow the tail rather than just pushing the axles further back?
With respect to 5th wheels - I thought that they would actually "cut the corner" more than a regular trailer? I saw a 5th wheel stuck on this bridge - but I think that was the driver's fault, as he was trying to maneuver on the bridge and wound up breaking his transmission!
Anyway, enough over-alaysis on my part - need to get out in the real world and try this out! :)
Thanks again,
Chris.
I am going to take the suggestion of trying this out in a car park. Actually one thing that has bugged me in my whole research project is that the manufacturers never show the exact location of the axles on their floorplans - would make such calculations much easier! I am guessing that a 30' trailer is ~= 20' to the rear axle, and 10' tail, and a 36' would be 24' and 12'. Does that sound about right? Or do the longer trailers grow the tail rather than just pushing the axles further back?
With respect to 5th wheels - I thought that they would actually "cut the corner" more than a regular trailer? I saw a 5th wheel stuck on this bridge - but I think that was the driver's fault, as he was trying to maneuver on the bridge and wound up breaking his transmission!
Anyway, enough over-alaysis on my part - need to get out in the real world and try this out! :)
Thanks again,
Chris.
