Figuring space in yard to turn around

Thanks! You work hard you can build one too I started out with nothing almost 20 years ago and trucking has been good to me. It paid for a lot of #### since then but I'm not done yet, not even close

 

If you are doing u turns all your doing is killing your tires. If you do it on gravel or dirt then you dig ruts. If you have the room to make either something you can pull straight in and out or a very large U so your tires stay at full rotation, not just sliding along the ground that would be best. I have managed to make my tires last 4x as long not doing u turns.

 

####...I laid down about 50 tons of 3" minus, and it barely covered the length of the trailer. Then again, I had ruts so deep I was dragging the axles...dug out the middle, and dumped in the rock. Probably a good 2' thick...then, with about 8 years of washing out lime fines, and another 25 tons of 1" clean...it would be easier for someone to dig up the road than to dig up my little parking pad. In other words, 75 tons of rock & who knows how much in residuals laid down to cover MAYBE 35 to 40' of ground. I sure hope whoever moves in here when I'm done with the place wants to park something there...because they sure won't have much luck planting a garden.

 

I like your set up. I hope trucking gets that good for me one day lol.

There was a driver in our neighborhood who put a giant U in his property when I was a kid. Graveled it and put a shop in it. You would pull into the driveway go up to the shop which had doors on both sides so you can pull through or go off to the side of the shop to go around then just follow the rest of the U and be at the road. No backing needed.

 

I started out with nothing, and still have most of it left.

 

Dang it! You beat me to the punch. I was going to suggest a dirt lot where fresh tire tracks would be visible.

 

If you have the room, a circle drive is the best, and would require the least amount of material.

 

Yep, really nice setup RC. I'm looking for that in East TN. myself. Honestly, for not much more than I pay for parking I could probably afford to buy a big grass field but my holdup is finding one that I can get truck and trailer in and out of (close to good road/highway).

You mind me asking where you are? PM if you like. I'm Knoxville area.

 

Make a circle with the bobtail. You will find that trailer wheels will pivot in the exact center. If your trailer overhangs the trandems add that distance too.

Then add 20 more feet.

Or just do it the way the old song says.. 40 acres to turnaround in.

I have gotten big trucks turned around in smaller spaces than that either by destroying property with the overhang and getting fired for it or... by trickery. Unhooking your trailer and then rehooking (VERY GENTLY...) from the 90 degrees side to the kingpin.

Or just drive until you see a lot with a acre or two to turn round in.

If your property isnt big enough, sell it and get one that is.

Remember turning around also includes what is above your cab and trailer and all the corners.

There is no two words worse to me than "Turn around" its a stressful problem. If it's REALLY tight. sit tight and call the law. IF you are clever you can call a local cold storage to drive a yard jockey to you and flip the trailer around for a 20.00 bill. Only don't be stubborn and keep breaking stuff until you get turned around.

 

That's the difficult part finding the right location. We looked for a couple of years before deciding on this property. I offered them $10,000 less than asking price and they jumped on it. It's 7.62 acres. Just last year the parcel right beside it is 7.58 acres and sold for $20,000 more than what I paid for mine 4 years ago. To be honest an acre of land would be plenty of space. I just wanted more than that so we could have a huge garden and nice yard with plenty of space.