Caveman Charlie wrote:
Jarlaxle wrote:
bid_time wrote:
TOMMY47 wrote:
Easy to do in a car or motorcycle. Not so easy in a semi.
Actually it makes it easier for the semi also, you only have to wait for one direction of traffic to clear instead waiting for two directions of traffic to clear. Did you notice all the people that think they are stupid are from places that don't have them and all the people that say they work are from places like Michigan that do have them.
I question the ability of a loaded semi (especially the OP's grain truck, which I recall can gross over 100K) to manage to move over 2 lanes in heavy traffic! Considering that they must slow to a crawl to make the turn, they can EASILY take a quarter mile (or more) to hit even 50MPH. Even 600HP isn't much when moving 50 tons!
I suspect a semi will need both lanes to make any of those turns.
It's 80K not 100K and yes, it takes more then 1/4 mile to get up to 50MPH. In fact I can't get up to 50 if it's a uphill climb up to speed. And, the Cummins M-11 in our truck only makes 500HP .
No, SOME semis are 100K or more. (Offhand, a dump trailer can gross 104,500 here.) I recall grain trucks are one of the types allowed to exceed 80K.
