truck-trailer-crane turning radius
truck-trailer-crane turning radius
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New here, plz help. how do i calculate the turning radius of a trailer truck, such that i want to install a crane in between the cabin and kingpin.
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RE: truck-trailer-crane turning radius
RE: truck-trailer-crane turning radius
Check out this thread from last November:
http://www.eng-tips.com/viewthread.cfm?qid=201857
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RE: truck-trailer-crane turning radius
RE: truck-trailer-crane turning radius
RE: truck-trailer-crane turning radius
If that is the question, then it is a simple math problem related to the king pin spacing and the trailer width with any special considerations for anything extending beyond the normal trailer dimensions (reefer for example).
I do suggest the OP clarify the question.
rmw
RE: truck-trailer-crane turning radius
Granted, there needs to be a little play in that for when the truck goes up a ramp/hill and the 5th wheel has to rock forward. You can measure this distance as well, however. Measure the distance from the center of the rocker pin on the 5th wheel to the top surface of the trailer when hooked up. Multiply that distance with the sine of the angle between the 5th wheel level position and 5th wheel full tilted forward position. If you add that distance to the arc above, there should never be a strike.
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RE: truck-trailer-crane turning radius
RE: truck-trailer-crane turning radius
The worst case for clearance is not at the 90 deg (truck to trailer), it would be at around 45 deg depending on the geometry of the trailer. Basically the angle where the line from kinpin to front corner of trailer travels to the point where it is directly in line with the center of the truck.
RobHend