U-turns

BurbMan wrote:

Hannibal wrote:

campigloo wrote:
To clarify just a bit. I can make full lock U's with the 36' without any contact between the TT @ TV, I just try to avoid it because it's a little bit of a hassle.

That's what I'm looking for. The crew cab F250 takes a lot of real estate to turn around in on it's own. I can gauge that on approach without any trouble. If a 36' travel trailer will follow a tow vehicle through a U-turn without contact, that gives me the confidence I'm looking for that a 30' Jayco behind a wide turning F250 "should" clear in a forward only full lock U-turn. If it will do that, I'll be happy. Forward, our little 20' Aljo TT would simply follow us in figure eights if that's what we needed to do.

There are some variables here too....the turning radius of the truck, and the length of the tongue on the trailer. The tighter the truck can turn, the sharper the angle it can create between the truck and trailer. The longer the tongue on the trailer, the sharper the angle to the truck it can accommodate.

Just because Igloo can make a full-lock turn with his rig, doesn't mean that you will be able to. Doesn't mean that won't either, just not enough info to make that call.

That's why I included the "should" and "if". My F250 has a very large turning radius. Whatever we get will get it's usual trip to the mall parking lot early in the morning for a slow and careful evaluation. IF I can do a full lock U-turn with plenty of clearance, then I'll know I can do the same out on the road without concern of contact. I haven't concluded anything yet but I have a quite a bit more confidence that it will work out ok.