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Re: [RC] truck lengths - Dyane Smith

Seems to me we had a discussion a while back and decided that a dually would
give almost as much traction as a 4 wheel?

Dyane


----- Original Message -----
From: "Joe Long" <jlong@xxxxxxxx>
To: <LRN8554@xxxxxxx>
Cc: <ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, May 21, 2003 5:49 PM
Subject: Re: [RC] truck lengths


On Wed, 21 May 2003 15:18:59 EDT, LRN8554@xxxxxxx wrote:

I'm wading in with my 2 cents worth.  My best ridding buddy and I have
identical trucks, except mine is the mid length, extended cab and hers is
the full 8
ft., 4 door.  Both Ford  250 Diesels.  We trailer to the mountains here
in
East Tennessee 2 or 3 times a week and take turns pulling her 3 horse,
slant
load with the cab over bed and dressing room.  Her truck is by far the
more
comfortable for the people riding in it and my truck is by far the best
when the
going gets narrow and the turns sharp.  I can't believe the difference
those few
inches make in the turning radius of the truck.  I will never buy the
long
wheel base because of where I live and the roads I tow on.  Linda Norton

I had a crew-cab dually with 8' bed years ago.  Manuevering in tight
places was rather a bit of a challenge.

When we bought our truck and gooseneck trailer last year, my
requirements for the truck were "super" cab (extended, not full crew
cab), and short bed (also turbo deisel and 4WD).  For the trailer, a
tapered gooseneck.  The amount of taper is mild (it's a featherlite
w/camper conversion), but that's plenty to keep us clear on even the
sharpest turns.  No part of the trailer comes close to the cab at any
amount of turn up to a full ninety degrees between truck and trailer.

With a full eight-foot-wide, square-nosed trailer, we'd have a
problem.  Although there are offset hitches that can alleviate that
somewhat.

The high bed, due to having four-wheel-drive, is more of a problem.
Our clearance between bed and the bottom of the gooseneck is marginal,
we have to be careful when off-road.

--

Joe Long
jlong@xxxxxxxx
http://www.rnbw.com




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