I'm talking about the closeness of the side faring to the trailer--looks like maybe 6-8" (or less at the bottom)...normally its several feet to allow any tight maneuvering.!
you've lost your bearings, old hand. the corner of the trailer can nearly touch the faring-it's the back or the cab that has to worry. on turns, the corner swings in. a trailer should never have to jack more than 90 degrees.
Yeah I bent a metal faring once on a daycab but it was on a 90 deg turn in a crowded dirt drop yard ..their config could handle slight turns Here's one off the web, altho looks like the cab got pushed back?...
that looks like it asspacked a parking lot hard. - - - Updated - - - i could too with enough duct tape.
This makes a lot of sense,,driving backwards with one of those things is impossible,,and two together?,,no way. They did not mention anything about how fast those trucks were actually going. If the trucks in reality were really just crawling, and then the film sped up,,then yes I can see this especially with the safety harness. By the way, I had a 86 Volvo back in the day,,best car I ever had. Not much on performance a bit slow,,but handled great and lasted forever.
One AD says: " To achieve such stability, Volvo’s new dynamic steering system employs an electronically controlled electric motor that is adjusted roughly 2000 times a second, creating highly precise steering with minimal driver input: Realistically, with the slop in the steering wheel and the front suspension (even with a new vehicle), the 2000/sec computer corrections seems that 'minute' changes have to be ongoing at a high rate to stay straight---plus, what exactly does this do 'for' the driver who needs to make drastic corrections for emergency et al situations? Auto-overide of the system? I dont quite see the advantage of such a system? Other than possibly a driver not 'over-correcting' but being 'held' tightly to his/her purposeful driving technique.... Wonder if this will be offered on the US Volvos, which btw are notorious for having many 'little' problems related to being too ergonomic & having too many whistles & bells on them!
Here is something important that may have been over looked. It is only ONE truck moving outward,,not both. One is staying dead straight,,so the skill is really placed on the other driver who is doing the actual maneuvering. This of course changes the odds of a mishap drastically, I do not remember off hand if that was explained when that fellow was speaking to him. So in actuality the trucks never came ''back together'',,,just one did. Go watch the clip,,,it's true....I think..LOL
AH,,,HA,,,,,,,He never mentioned in that clip to Van damme only one truck was moving away, he said ''THEY'' will separate, and ''THEY'' will come back together,,it's not true. He makes it sound more difficult than it actually was. Only one Truck moves outward, then back,,slowly, then the film is sped up,,,not hard.........[The old slight of truck everybody] I bet they learned this from Obama Care That was one Hell of a split though, cant take that away.
Volvo 'auto' has always had a great reputation. However, new & used Volvo trucks (tractors) are not in demand as they have a history of problems that will nickel & dime an owner to death!
My uncle ran turnpike doubles in the mountains with a 238 Jimmy (White Road Commander) and a 250HP Cummins Big Cam (KW cabover). IIRC, that was ~145,000lbs.
I can hold the beer as long as you do not spill your nuts trying this!! oh! and I mean these nuts not
