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

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  1. 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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    That doesn't answer the question.
     
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    Never knew this was a thing ! Learn something everyday
     
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    Blu truk turn tighter than turquoise truk.
     
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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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    Perfectly perfect explanation.
     
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    Excellent answer.
     
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    Why does the trailer flex on uneven ground but not on flat ground?
     
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    Why shouldn’t it :)
     
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