ex m38a1er
Adventurer
q#1. What is the wheel base of the towing vehicle in the photo above???????? ;-)
q#2. Any possibility they use the extention in order to be able to load longer logs?
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q#2. Any possibility they use the extention in order to be able to load longer logs?
Ex m38
The wheel base of the tow vehicle is much shorter than the the wheelbase of the trailer.
The effect of this 'steering' is that the trailer wheels follow fairly closely to where the truck wheels went. How closely depends on the ratio of the length of the 'stinger' as measured from the pivot point on the truck---usually the center of the tandems, to the hitch as compared to the distance from the center of the trailer tandems to the hitch. If those distances are exactly equal the trailer would necessarily follow precisely in the truck tracks.
There is the telescopic part because the trailer is actually being pulled by the logs, and the hitch must elongate around turns.
Let’s not fixate on the loggers, we are travelers on this site. The logging example was given as an extreme example that shows that if the distance from center of rear axle of truck to pintle is equal to the distance from pintle to centre of axle of trailer then the tracking will be perfectly same.
The wheel base of the tow vehicle is much shorter than the the wheelbase of the trailer.
The effect of this 'steering' is that the trailer wheels follow fairly closely to where the truck wheels went. How closely depends on the ratio of the length of the 'stinger' as measured from the pivot point on the truck---usually the center of the tandems, to the hitch as compared to the distance from the center of the trailer tandems to the hitch. If those distances are exactly equal the trailer would necessarily follow precisely in the truck tracks.
There is the telescopic part because the trailer is actually being pulled by the logs, and the hitch must elongate around turns.
Let’s not fixate on the loggers, we are travelers on this site. The logging example was given as an extreme example that shows that if the distance from center of rear axle of truck to pintle is equal to the distance from pintle to centre of axle of trailer then the tracking will be perfectly same.
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ex m38a1er
Adventurer
I wish you luck and success.
I just don;t understand how this''..if the distance from center of rear axle of truck to pintle is equal to the distance from pintle to centre of axle of trailer then the tracking will be perfectly same...''
can practically happen...
Maybe it's just me.
I just don;t understand how this''..if the distance from center of rear axle of truck to pintle is equal to the distance from pintle to centre of axle of trailer then the tracking will be perfectly same...''
can practically happen...
Maybe it's just me.
ex m38a1er
Adventurer
Maybe this will help understand that it's not one vs the other.
It's a 1st class levr system.
Imagine the axle's center as the fulcrum.
Of cource the length of the lever has alot to do and often can ''play''
with both in order to get the desired result.
Not trying to be sa but to make sure we all talk about the same thing.
I agree with ex m8a1er. It is not practical for the tracking to be perfectly the same.