Figuring space in yard to turn around

That’s above my pay grade. I’d rather do a three point turn than spin it around unless you have plenty of room.

 

Do a U turn and measure the distance..Have big gravel ready to fill in the deep ruts..Try it Empty first to see how much ya wheels sink up..

 

In the glove box is the factory spec label. Has a ton of info on it from wheel base to paint code.

 

My in laws did a big U around the house. Comes in one drive on the backside of the house and pulls around and gets straight. Then backs into a spot graveled for the truck.

 

Go to a shopping center parking lot or other industrial area and make some turns. Measure the distance used in making those turns.
Go home and measure your available space.

 

Yep, you should do this a few times anyway to get familiar with your truck. Doing it in a big parking lot with some painted lines for base markers is the way to go. Then get your tape measure out and figure it out.

It's kinda fun to figure this stuff out honestly and you'll learn a good bit about your particular truck which will come in handy in those tight docks.

 

Your going to need between 80-90 feet length & a 20' arch should allow you to make the u turn in yard . Once you make the turn without jacking it hard there is not that much space needed. The trailer is just going to pivot along as you have no stationary objects the trailer would clip.

 

Yeah when you spin one around it'll wallow out a mud hole pinwheeling loaded heavy tandems or even empty.

I bought a small parcel of land about 4 years ago and put in parking for my rig a couple of years ago. It took about 200 tons of rock but a lot of that was due to the length of the driveway which was almost 700 feet.

What I did was drive my truck and empty trailer onto the property before there was a road on it. I could see where the trailer tracked turning in if my road. I needed a 50' wide entrance from the road and that narrowed down to if I am remembering right a 12' driveway.

I drove straight back to where I wanted my shop building which hadn't been built at that point. Where the nose of my truck stopped was going to be about 10' beyond the backside of my 30' wide by 40' long 2 door shop. Then I would sight side back up and end up perpendicular to where the shops front doors facing the road were at on the front side. In that space I made it wide enough to drop or park 3 rigs side by side hooked to 53' trailers with a few feet between them, I want to say about 46' wide. Then I could pull out and turn to the right to go back to the road. This way the trailer tires are never pin wheeling and digging out a mud hole.

If you cant follow my description above maybe the pics can help you visualize. Before there was a driveway though I drove my rig into the field to put some tracks down so I knew approximately what I would need and then went from there laying it out with stakes and scraping it to prep for rock. If I had it to do over again I would lay some sort of material down to spread the rock over to keep grass from growing because I have to roundup the driveway now to kill it.

In the pics below my shop doors face the county road which is not in the pics and the end of my driveway extends about 10 feet past the backside of the shop. I have plenty of room to nose up beside the shop after pulling in my driveway then sight side back to the left to park, and when it's time to leave turn to the right to head to the highway.

 

That is badazz, i wish i had the money to get me a nice shop