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Why is it sometimes impossible to shut the trailer doors on sloped ground?

Discussion in 'Experienced Truckers' Advice' started by expedite_it, Sep 30, 2022.

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  1. Sep 30, 2022 #11
    Concorde

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    Your axles aren’t perfectly perpendicular on the slope so you’ll encounter it more often. Some day you’ll park on what surely looks like flat ground and it’ll also happen..just means it’s not as flat as you think :)
     
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  3. Sep 30, 2022 #12
    expedite_it

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    That doesn't answer the question.
     
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  4. Sep 30, 2022 #13
    D.Tibbitt

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    Never knew this was a thing ! Learn something everyday
     
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  5. Sep 30, 2022 #14
    MartinFromBC

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  7. Sep 30, 2022 #15
    LtlAnonymous

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    Blu truk turn tighter than turquoise truk.
     
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  8. Sep 30, 2022 #16
    lester

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    Uneven ground would be the better word to describe it.
    When your trailer flexes it is no longer a perfectly square rectangle. The doors however are always a square rectangle. When the trailer is flexed or out of square the perfectly square doors no longer fit perfectly
     
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  9. Sep 30, 2022 #17
    MartinFromBC

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    Perfectly perfect explanation.
     
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  10. Sep 30, 2022 #18
    Bill51

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    Excellent answer.
     
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  11. Sep 30, 2022 #19
    expedite_it

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    Why does the trailer flex on uneven ground but not on flat ground?
     
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  12. Sep 30, 2022 #20
    Concorde

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    Why shouldn’t it :)
     
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