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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Destined to die probably without the answer you seek...Speedy356, God prefers Diesels, Kyle G. and 2 others Thank this.
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Ole Cats stirred with a VERY wide spade.. He did.Kyle G. and MartinFromBC Thank this.
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It’s a Quixotic quest then, we all know a troll will never be able to understand physics. Back under your bridge now.Speedy356, MartinFromBC and Kyle G. Thank this.
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Will a simple answer suffice or do you require a "level of physics?"MartinFromBC and Kyle G. Thank this.
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You would think not having doors would create MORE problems, right? Not so fast!D.Tibbitt and MartinFromBC Thank this.
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But what if the troll lives under a drawbridge? Because drawbridges flex when they open, and the troll would have to understand the physics of why the bridge opens higher in the middle... or some other stupid thing!MartinFromBC and N00bLaLoosh Thank this.
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The whole physics thing is like the Mitch Hedburg joke:
"When you're in Hollywood and you're a comedian, everybody wants you to do other things. All right, you're a stand-up comedian, can you write us a script? That's not fair. That's like if I worked hard to become a cook, and I'm a really good cook, they'd say, "OK, you're a cook. Can you farm?"lester and MartinFromBC Thank this. -
We aren't talking about front to back flex, but side to side flex.AsphaltFarmer and MartinFromBC Thank this.
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Its less about gravity as it is...something else. First the bottom of the trailer doesn't really move, it can't. The floor is fairly rigid. The walls and the ceiling however can move pretty easy.
And it's more like twisting rather than flexing. If the rear tandems are on a different angle than the front of the trailer the trailer is then twisted or flexed. For gravity to play a part you'd have to be on a pretty good slopeHammer166 Thanks this.
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