"Tom Lawrence" <tlawrence5@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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>> Nope... the closest distance between cab and trailer comes at 45°.
>
> I just realized what a stupid statement that came across as...
obviously,
> if you keep going beyond 90°, you're eventually going to hit. What I
> meant was, between 0 and 90. the critical dimensions come at 45°. If it
> will clear beyond a 45° swing, then you're good up to, and a little
> beyond, 90°.
>
> Based on some quick calculations here, and a lot of estimating, I figure
> the pin-to-corner distance to be around 4'5" or so.... might be a tight
> squeeze.
>
Tom, if the pin to corner distance is 4'5", wouldn't the pin to center of
the rear window be even shorter? If so, your statement about "If it will
clear beyond a 45* swing, then you're good up to , and a little beyond,
90*." is a bit suspect.
I'm just envisioning a circle with the center on the center pin and the
arc
smacking the either the truck cab corner or center of the window, but the
same arc will not smack both.
I'm thinkin if you measure from the center of the trailer's pin to the
front
corner of the trailer, that will be your critical distance. Take that
distance to the truck and see how close to the cab you get, from a point
over the center of the bed (side to side) and centered over the rear axle.
I'm thinkin he will be better off with a slider hitch.
FMB
(North Mexico)
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