Wow! These are some very long Toter's Could you actually make a corner in a small town with say a 30' or 40' trailer?

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Could you actually make a corner in a small town with say a 30' or 40' trailer?

In a word, NO!!!!
At least, not in my town......

......guys! ya just got to learn to drive a really big rig!....and have insurance when you can't!!.....The only idea that really jumps out at me is the bathroom near the side door-I have mine in the "V" nose area and it is very handy and out of the way and very private....other than that I don't see really big differances if Race Coaches or any other unite on the market...other than Race Coaches seem rather dark inside-but maybe it's the camera and the cameraman that is doing the shot......geofkaye

Well I am going to add my two cents here if you guys don't mind, These truck turn remarkable well. Out West there are alot of what they call "Truck & Trailer Combinations" as opposed to "Tractor & Trailer" they are in all types of configurations.(Flatbed,Vans,Tankers,etc.)The newer ones are alot better turning and steering.Having setback front axle,Less radius from the wheel lock to lock,Cab height,Hoodslope and Visibility. The main thing to remember is it bends 30+ feet behind you instead of 8-10 feet behind you. No matter what,it has to follow you. The approach is modified but it still has to follow you. Well that paragraph wasn't even worth $.02. My simple mind is tainted with useless information.

Marc

Yeah I am not knocking these guys, because obviously there is a market or else they would not be building them. I just look back to my FLD with a 28' wheelbase and that thing was a p.i.t.a. on secondary road intesections. I was also pulling a car and you cannot backup with a car in tow, at least with a trailer you can.

To go along with what Marc said, these long ones will make the corner easier than a standard unit. On the shorter units the truck may clear the corner but the trailer will not follow in the truck's tire tracks. The longer ones have the advantage that if you can make the corner with the truck the trailer will follow in its tire tracks fairly closely. With my unit I am over 83 ft long. I have made it into some very tight spots that the other guys with a toter home and long trailer can't make the same turns. If I knew geometry I could give you a mathmatical reason but even helping my kids study for their exams hasn't helped me remember what I used to know!
Wick

.......another consideration would to put a ram powered hitch plate and bed on the end of 2- 4X4 square steel tubes like Powerhouse did for one of their rigs that pushed out the trailer from the truck about 5 feet and allowed for a wider turning radius.......I can't find the pix of course but it was 2 square tubes with a hitch on the end that came out from behind/under the truck bed and gave the effective radius on a turn an increase to have the trailer track better......geofkaye

awww... that front axle screams for mercy
the front axle has to be grossly overloaded
no thanks

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Originally posted by Wick:
To go along with what Marc said, these long ones will make the corner easier than a standard unit. On the shorter units the truck may clear the corner but the trailer will not follow in the truck's tire tracks. The longer ones have the advantage that if you can make the corner with the truck the trailer will follow in its tire tracks fairly closely. With my unit I am over 83 ft long. I have made it into some very tight spots that the other guys with a toter home and long trailer can't make the same turns. If I knew geometry I could give you a mathmatical reason but even helping my kids study for their exams hasn't helped me remember what I used to know!
Wick

That is true to a point. For instance, twin 28' pup trailers will go places a 53' will not. Beyond that, a toter this long may be fine out west but in the confines of small east coast towns there is no way to make many of the turns.

....can we use the term "belly broke" here?...geofkaye