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

Discussion in 'Experienced Truckers' Advice' started by expedite_it, Sep 30, 2022.

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  1. Oct 1, 2022 #51
    AModelCat

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  3. Oct 1, 2022 #52
    Jenkins2020

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    it can be scary to a new driver that can't figure out how to open or close their doors. they'll think it's broken when all they have to do is move a couple of feet. thankfully my trainer told me about it when I first started
     
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  4. Oct 1, 2022 #53
    Kyle G.

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    Yeah, understandable for a noobie but the problem is the OP claims to have over a million miles and he still doesn't get it.
     
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  5. Oct 1, 2022 #54
    expedite_it

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    I think you might actually be trying to honestly answer my question here. So I pressed the like button to commend you for trying. But your answer is still unsatisfactory to me.

    I gotta go pick up a load now. So i cannot spend more time discussing this right now. But I will try to quickly right my objections.

    I need you to explain this to me like I am a 5 year old.

    I don't know exactly what you mean in the above quote.




    My interpretation: The rear frame was manufactured so that the doors would fit in the trailer on flat ground. Duh. Yes, I know that. But that does not tell me exactly why the rear frame flexes on sloped ground but not flat ground.

    The strength of gravity is the same either way; isn't it?
     
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  7. Oct 1, 2022 #55
    expedite_it

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    I don't think YOU get it at the level of physics I am trying to understand this at. That is why beg the question.
     
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  8. Oct 1, 2022 #56
    AModelCat

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    Put a steer tire of your truck into a hole and explain to me why your cab leans.
     
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  9. Oct 1, 2022 #57
    AModelCat

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    How come Ford's tailgate doesn't open on a slope?

     
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  10. Oct 1, 2022 #58
    InTooDeep

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    The doors are part of the trailer structure. If you look at roll up doors the top corners have bracing in them that is why they don't rack like a trailer with barn doors. Final answer
     
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  11. Oct 1, 2022 #59
    expedite_it

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    I am trying to understand this at the level of physics.
     
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  12. Oct 1, 2022 #60
    Kyle G.

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    Does anyone else remember @IluvCATS? He was a TTR member who was notorious for starting these nonsensical threads just to stir the pot. I assume he was banned from the forum for his shenanigans.

    I am starting to think expedite it is mr. Cats in disguise.
     
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