Turning radius question
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Sep-21-2014 03:46 PM
I live in a suburb of a small city. I’m lucky enough to have a large enough driveway and no HOA (100 year old neighborhood) that I can store my trailer at home. I’ve never really had a problem getting in or out of my drive as there hasn’t been cars parked on the street for the past 3 years during the day. Coming home I can come from the south and pull into the alley directly across from my driveway and back it in even with the gold car where it is parked.
The issue I may run into is the guy that lives across the street. In the photo, his is the gold car. His spouse recently retired and the car is always in this spot, day or night. He and his spouse are old and going senile. They hate my wife and I, don’t know why but they do. Asking him to move his car is totally out of the question, he would slam the door in my face.
The car that is just north of my driveway comes and goes so it may be possible to exit north.
My question is, in the event that both cars shown in the photo are where they are in the pic, does it look like I would be able to pull my truck and trailer out of my drive going south.
Here are some specs:
My driveway is 12’ wide
The street is 25’ wide
My trailer is 30’ 10” hitch to bumper
The center point between the tandems is 20’ from the hitch
The truck’s wheelbase is 13’
The length of the truck from front bumper to hitch is 18’ 4”
The distance from the center of the rear wheel to the hitch is 5’
From my measurements I think I should be able to pull out with trailer attached going south. The off track of the trailer could ride on the sidewalk, curb lawn with no issues. However my lawn drops down a few feet to sidewalk/road level. I don’t have an issue getting my truck out, will the trailer track close to the truck’s track when making this turn?
The scale is on the map.
Looking at my driveway to street. You can see how my yard drops slightly to the road level:
Thanks!
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Oct-05-2014 05:33 PM
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Sep-24-2014 05:53 AM
daystrom wrote:
There are ordinances like that but he abides by the laws. I don't want revenge or to make his life more difficult than it already is, I just want clear egress from my drive.
One good turn deserves another.
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Sep-22-2014 02:37 PM
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Sep-22-2014 02:36 PM
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Sep-22-2014 01:08 PM
Be a darn shame if that car was towed.
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Sep-22-2014 12:06 PM
And be glad it's a quiet street. I've got the full width of a 2 lane, 30 MPH, road to get backed in off of, but jokers around here fly like it's the highway. I cringe a little every time I go to jockey the camper back in the driveway waiting for some fool doing 70 mph to plow into me.
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Sep-22-2014 09:39 AM
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Sep-22-2014 09:24 AM
Will have to measure that.
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Sep-22-2014 07:27 AM
Them: "Need me to move my car?"
Me: "No"
Them: "You sure?"
Me: "Yes"
Them: "Hang on, give me one minute"
They run into their house to get their keys
5 seconds later they run out and move their car 100 yards down the street or into their empty driveway.
Me: "Thanks"
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Sep-22-2014 05:24 AM
But that's another story. I'm just thinking off tracking and turning radius!
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Sep-22-2014 05:09 AM