That just means the person driving don't know how to tow. That is why you see semi trucks take the outer lane when going around corners. So the trailer makes the turn without jumping the curb. If you take that inside corner with a long wheel to tongue it will jump every time.
At 09:08 PM 8/2/2006, you wrote: >That's the rule of thumb. But obviously if the wheelbase is 8 feet, >and the vehicle overhang is 4 feet, something is going to give, and >I'll bet it is the rule of thumb. > >If the distance is twice the trailer will turn on a different radius >then the tow vehicle. This may mean the trailor comes much closer to >the curb then the tow vehicle when rounding a corner. (Sometimes >resulting in real surprises for pedestrians.) (It can sometimes even >provide a shock for the tow vehicle driver as for instance the >trailor jumping the curb after the tow vehicle had rounded the cornor >with little trouble.)It will also be very difficult to back up in >confined spaces as the tow vehicle has to make exaggerated turns to >get the pole in correct position. > >Joe > >The greater the difference between the rule of thumb and the actual, >the greater the potential for difficulty. > >Joe > > >At 05:36 PM 8/2/06, you wrote: > >Joe > >So for example are you saying that if the distance between the front weels > >and the rear weels on the pick up are say, 8 feet then the distance between > >the rear weels on the truck and the wheels on the trailer should also be 8 > >feet? > > > > > > > > > >To listen to the show archives go to link > > http://acbradio.org/handyman.html > >or > >ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ > > > >The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. > >http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday > > > >The Pod Cast address for the Cooking In The Dark Show is. > >http://www.gcast.com/u/cookingindark/main.xml > > > >Visit The New Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions > > From Various List Members At The Following Address: > >http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ > >Visit the new archives page at the following address > >http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > >For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy > >Man list just send a blank message to: > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > > >To listen to the show archives go to link > http://acbradio.org/handyman.html >or >ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ > >The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. >http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday > >The Pod Cast address for the Cooking In The Dark Show is. >http://www.gcast.com/u/cookingindark/main.xml > >Visit The New Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions > From Various List Members At The Following Address: >http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ >Visit the new archives page at the following address >http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ >For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy >Man list just send a blank message to: >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > Tim trouble Blindeudora list owner. To subscribe or info: http://www.freelists.org/webpage/blindeudora To listen to the show archives go to link http://acbradio.org/handyman.html or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday The Pod Cast address for the Cooking In The Dark Show is. http://www.gcast.com/u/cookingindark/main.xml Visit The New Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various List Members At The Following Address: http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ Visit the new archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list just send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/blindhandyman/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
