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  1. cranetruck

    Turning radius in town

    BTW, I have about 7 turns on the steering wheel stop-to-stop. For more info/details on this, see MVM article in issue 105 (Dec, 2004).
  2. cranetruck

    Turning radius in town

    The steering angle on my deuce is only about 24 degrees. I have checked the spec on commercial trucks and its more like 30 degrees for this wheelbase (154 inch). The theoretical turning radius for 24 degrees is about 31-32 feet. I now have 33 feet with previously stated mods. I think the deuce's...
  3. cranetruck

    Turning radius in town

    Increasing the tire pressure will only increase the tire/ground contact pressure and not reduce the resistance to turning at all. As a matter of fact, reducing the front tire pressure is not a good idea, it will increase the tire wear and increase your turning effort. For best tire wear...
  4. cranetruck

    Turning radius in town

    I think you want to decrease not increase your turning radius.:-) Well, this has been stated many times before, but here goes, first remove the stub axle (between the rear tandem axles) and next install singles. This will reduce the turning radius to about 33 feet (curb to curb) if you have the...
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