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Old 05.21.2008
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If you are talking about a long haul tractor with a 53' trailer to do a u-turn without stopping you need about 5 lanes of 14' wide road, no traffic and a bottle of antacid. the minimum turning aria can vary with the drivers skill and mood, the trailer axle setting, and how much clear ariathe trailer has to swing over. Also it should be noted that some times to do a U-turn it is more practical to do a K-turn. A K-turn is simply a left turn onto a side street. Stop. Then back acrost the street you started on to make a left and go back the way you came. Note the worst part of this turn is the staight line backing because you are crossing a street that you are 75-80' away from when you look both ways.
I have done a complete U-turn on a 4-lane city street in down-town Philly (T-2000 and 53ft). Scared the B-jeezzus out of two city cops I just asked directions from. They gave me a "Red-Light" escort to my destination.....lol
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Generally, for a modern streamlined tractor (like a Centry, Columbia, Volvo, etc) it takes about 5 lanes with a 53' trailer set for CA 40' kingpin. If Classic FL or Ultra Pete, etc, will take about 6 lanes to U-turn. And, some luck if caught doing in certain states (altho never stopped me!). The urgency of the situation dictates the actual move...heh heh
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Unless you got a loaded spread axle, throw a couple more football fields into that equation.....
There have been a few occasions my stomach turned knots. Wondering if a tire is going to peel off while knowing there isn't many, if any, other options can be unnerving.
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I pulled a u'ey in the middle of town somewhere in NC. I realized I went north when I shoulda went south. Started noticing a larger city coming up where there shouldn't have been one.. saw a center crossover in the divided 4 lanes. Had a break in the cars going both ways.. so I just started cuttin that big pete around. Started from the northbound granny lane and ended up slighly on the shoulder of the southbound granny lane. Didn't slow up too much, tires howling, draggin the rears on the spreads of that skateboard. Wouldn't advise all of that but I was in a hurry. Ova....
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We have 70' from the side of our building to the fence and I can u-turn a 53' with a tandem daycab in a single motion to the left. To the right, I'd have to pay more attention to whether the stack would hit the trailer, but I usually try to make any tight turns to the left. In most cases, it's probably more a matter of how tight the tractor can turn than how long the trailer is. A long wheel base highway tractor isn't going to turn any quicker with a 28' pup than it will with a 53' van.
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Generally, for a modern streamlined tractor (like a Centry, Columbia, Volvo, etc) it takes about 5 lanes with a 53' trailer set for CA 40' kingpin. If Classic FL or Ultra Pete, etc, will take about 6 lanes to U-turn. And, some luck if caught doing in certain states (altho never stopped me!). The urgency of the situation dictates the actual move...heh heh
Umm ... a Classic FL and 53' can be turned in a small residential cul-de-sac. DAMHIK.
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