Purchasing used truck will 232" wheelbase be good for flatbed, stepdeck? Or just flatbed

redd trucker · Jul 24, 2017

Is 232" wheelbase too short for headache rack and some overhang? Truck is a 72" sleeper freightliner cascadia

MM71 · Jul 24, 2017

That's pretty short ... How many feet do you have from the appropriately placed 5th wheel to the back of the cab?

sawmill · Jul 24, 2017

I have a 228" WB and have no problem pulling a step.

Jumbo · Jul 24, 2017

Depends on if front axle is set forward or back.

cnsper · Jul 24, 2017

Mine is 219", I just don't overhang the front

Diesel Dave · Jul 24, 2017

Mine is 265.

Pedigreed Bulldog · Jul 24, 2017

My day cab has a 240" WB.

redd trucker · Jul 24, 2017

Thanks for the info guys my current truck has a wheel base of 246", set fifth wheel. Has about 5 feet from rear of truck to trl "estimated", I'm just going to wait and get the right truck with a 245 plus wheel base.

redd trucker · Jul 24, 2017

236" plus is lowest depending on fifth wheel and size of headache rack, how I'm figuring

not4hire · Jul 24, 2017

BTDT...

not4hire said: ↑

I ran some Prostars with 220" WB and 56" sleeper. The only time I had a problem was on some pipe loads if there was more than 10' forward of the kingpin. I also had a headache rack behind the sleeper that was set back to clear the back-of-sleeper exhaust too.

Dry van, reefer, or any normal deck loads shouldn't be a problem.
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not4hire said: ↑

Then drag out your grade-school math and calculate the hypotenuse of the right triangle formed with the half-width of the trailer and the kingpin. This will tell you how far it is from the kingpin (centre of the fifth wheel) to the corner of the trailer so you know how far forward the corner of the trailer will project when making a turn.

(A x A) + (B x B) = C x C

Assume 102" wide trailer and 30" kingpin setback.

A = half-width of the trailer (distance from edge of trailer to centre of kingpin)
B = kingpin setback
C = distance from kingpin to trailer corner

(51*51) + (30*30) = 3501

square root of 3501 is 59.17... so, call it 60"

Or, you can Google "hypotenuse calculator" and use that.
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