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  1. bessie

    truck-trailer-crane turning radius

    Apologies for the lack of info. I was thinking of a simple pythagora's calculation: when truck is turning 90deg, width of trailer (vert), dist from kingpin on trailer (horz) and find the 3rd side (hyp) - and this distance gives the max - which i thought would be same as the turning radius...
  2. bessie

    truck-trailer-crane turning radius

    Yes Artisi, this is what i meant. I have checked the nov thread sincoTC recommends; is there a mathematical way instead of AutoTurn? the crane in the middle of the cab and trailer is confusing my maths.
  3. bessie

    truck-trailer-crane turning radius

    New here, plz help. how do i calculate the turning radius of a trailer truck, such that i want to install a crane in between the cabin and kingpin.

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