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MarkW

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Sep 12, 2000
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Does anyone know the minimum design tanker truck undercarriage clearance? I am designing a ramp into a loading dock that will also serve to contain the volume of the tanker truck. The ramp will be 8.5 feet at 20% grade, a one foot level top and 4.5 feet at 18% grade. The loading dock is at a 1% grade. [sig][/sig]
 
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I recall a military refuler (R-11 I believe) has a minimum clearance of 11.5". You need to know distance betweeen axles (wheelbase) and clearance of design vehicle to determine if grades are adequate. Assuming you are saying a rise of 20% then a drop of 18%, it looks too abrupt.
 
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Your proposed grade of 20 percent looks excessive.

I would think an upper limit of 12 percent is more logical
 
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