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

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  1. Concorde

    Concorde Road Train Member

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    Wasn’t :)
     
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  3. Moosetek13

    Moosetek13 Road Train Member

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    It isn't just on a slope.

    I have had times that I could not shut the trailer doors with the tandems to the rear, or to the front.
    Sometimes sliding the tandems is needed to straighten things out.
     
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  4. Long FLD

    Long FLD Road Train Member

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    Because if it doesn’t flex then every rivet, bolt, and weld on the trailer would eventually break. And also if it was built heavy enough and stuff enough to not flex it would be so heavy that you’d never be able to haul a decent payload.
     
  5. expedite_it

    expedite_it Road Train Member

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    That doesn't answer the question.
     
  6. N00bLaLoosh

    N00bLaLoosh Road Train Member

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    Yes it does.
     
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  7. MartinFromBC

    MartinFromBC Road Train Member

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    Just 3 mother in laws was the rumor going around last time I heard.
     
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  8. roundhouse

    roundhouse Road Train Member

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    Duh,
    Because the ground is uneven .

    you’ve never driven behind an trailer and seen the gap between the bottom of the door and the trailer constantly change ?
     
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  9. LtlAnonymous

    LtlAnonymous Road Train Member

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    How does a trailer even brag, let alone flex? Not a SINGLE question has been answered yet.
     
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  10. ZVar

    ZVar Road Train Member

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    Are you really that ignorant, or are you just (still?) being a troll?
     
  11. LtlAnonymous

    LtlAnonymous Road Train Member

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    The man has questions. He needs answers.
     
  12. N00bLaLoosh

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    Perhaps a bit of both.
     
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