Right turn

SkiSmuggs wrote:
You guys that are right are sharper than the guys who are not. :B

Keep in mind that us Lefties are the only people in their Right mind! :B

You guys that are right are sharper than the guys who are not. :B

All I could afford wrote:
Unless of course, he is running on LT tires... Then all turns are safer, the wind is always at your back, and the beer is cold!

Huh, all that is for naught if you're not towing with a 4WD dually diesel. :)

Unless of course, he is running on LT tires... Then all turns are safer, the wind is always at your back, and the beer is cold!

All I could afford wrote:
I hope we can all agree that it's not that they physically turn sharper by design to the right, just that legally at least in this country, A right turn means you are turning from the near side of the road to the near side of another road, as opposed to a left turn where you go from the far side of one road to the far side of another road. In England left turns are the sharp ones!

Yeah, I think everyone knows that. My post, at least, was meant to be frivolous. :)

So, assuming there is sufficient space, and the vehicle can put itself into a super tight turn and do a 360 in a perfect circle... the driver will certainly travel further in a right turn, but the passenger travels further in a left turn.. and the vehicle travels the same either way...

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!

I hope we can all agree that it's not that they physically turn sharper by design to the right, just that legally at least in this country, A right turn means you are turning from the near side of the road to the near side of another road, as opposed to a left turn where you go from the far side of one road to the far side of another road. In England left turns are the sharp ones!

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

bigblue1234 wrote:
I meant my answer for another reply but instead hit new topic. Sorry for the confusion and it is not snowing in Kansas where I live. But it is cold and maybe my brain got frostbite. Thanks for the replies.

Thanks for clearing up the confusion. You are forgiven. :)