Right turn

Me Again wrote:

rhagfo wrote:

Me Again wrote:
If you ever drove a semi you would know the dumb people scoot right in on your right side as you set up for a right turn. I had to turn my semi from East bound 1st to Southbound Lincoln Street in Port Angeles all the time and really watch for that.

FWIW I the OP meant for this to be on the thread about blowing out the rear window in the short bed RAM with a 40'11" 5er in tow.

Chris

Well the 40' part explains why he was worried about saving weight on the hitch!

That doesn't really play into how many degrees of turn he has without a slider hitch.

To this post OP's statement, yes right turns tend to be sharper and tighter in the real world (unless in the UK :B). One needs to drive further into the intersection before starting the turn. Left turns just have that naturally.

To this OP's statement, never pull more than about a half a car width from the curb, as some Dumb A$$ with ignore your right turn signal, and try and squeeze around you!!! :S

Russ the longer the trailer the more it will fall into the jackknife position going forward. As the wheel base relationship between the Tractor and Trailer changes.

We could both go to a large parking lot and do tight turns going forward and mine will most likely not hit the cab and we know his will. Chris

That I also understand, and while personal choice you also understand my view of towing a 5er with a SB.

I shocked the heck out of my DW by pulling a 180 degree U turn on 101 north bound in front of Bell Buoy Seafood in Seaside, to get Crab for Crab Louis! They have a nice RV parking space south bound right along the road!