elm_tx
Well-known member
Hey all,
I'm back at it again with more questions. Thanks again for everyones feedback thus far. This question comes from a comment to one of my earlier posts. It was
"Watch out for that cul-de-sac. You could find yourself trapped and forced to back out. Park where you can drive around a block to get out."
I'm picking up a 36' New Horizon Ultra, pulling it with an '06 Chevy 2500 4x4 Short Bed Diesel. By my uneducated guess, I'm thinking total length will be around 42' - 44'. (Feel free to correct me if you know better.) The day I pick it up, I will need to pull it to the house, then the following day my other half and I will take it to storage(she has to work the day I'm getting it and I'll need a spotter to back it in.)
Here's the question: The cul-de-sac in question is 82' wide with one lamp post, do you know what the turning radius is for a setup like mine. Do you think it likely that I have enough space out there to turn it around and get straight with no cars in the way? I can leave it at the entrance to the neighborhood, I'd rather not if at all possible. And it's a fairly long road to have to back out of.
Don't know if this would help, but if the cul-de-sac were a clock face, the entrance would be at 6:00, the top would be at 12:00 and the lamp post would be at 2:00. I would be parking it between the 5:00 and 2:00 positions.
As usual, I'm open to any and all opinions. I expect once I get this beast I'll find the answer to many of my questions really quickly, however curiosity is killing me in the mean time. Thanks!!!
Eddie
I'm back at it again with more questions. Thanks again for everyones feedback thus far. This question comes from a comment to one of my earlier posts. It was
"Watch out for that cul-de-sac. You could find yourself trapped and forced to back out. Park where you can drive around a block to get out."
I'm picking up a 36' New Horizon Ultra, pulling it with an '06 Chevy 2500 4x4 Short Bed Diesel. By my uneducated guess, I'm thinking total length will be around 42' - 44'. (Feel free to correct me if you know better.) The day I pick it up, I will need to pull it to the house, then the following day my other half and I will take it to storage(she has to work the day I'm getting it and I'll need a spotter to back it in.)
Here's the question: The cul-de-sac in question is 82' wide with one lamp post, do you know what the turning radius is for a setup like mine. Do you think it likely that I have enough space out there to turn it around and get straight with no cars in the way? I can leave it at the entrance to the neighborhood, I'd rather not if at all possible. And it's a fairly long road to have to back out of.
Don't know if this would help, but if the cul-de-sac were a clock face, the entrance would be at 6:00, the top would be at 12:00 and the lamp post would be at 2:00. I would be parking it between the 5:00 and 2:00 positions.
As usual, I'm open to any and all opinions. I expect once I get this beast I'll find the answer to many of my questions really quickly, however curiosity is killing me in the mean time. Thanks!!!
Eddie