Rate these trucks on turning radius

you need a football field for all of them. now if you had put a t-600 in there it would have been a different story lol

 

whatever you have you can adjust the stops .........just turn wheel both directions make sure you have clerance between tire and spring , steering resivor, etc.

 

I used to work for Kenworth and now work for Volvo. The T-600's are nice but I think the VNL series from Volvo has the best turning radius. And that's about all they have going for them..... get the KW.

 

I've had 2 Petes and 2 W9s. The Petes did alright and both W9s sucked for turning radius. The W9 I have now, I took out one steering stop and the other one I backed in until my tire just barely rubbed the pitman arm and it does pretty good now....at least good enough that I don't complain about it anymore.

Just a word caution, if you go in too far with the stops they will rub the front wheel seals. I learned that one the hard way.

 

I guess wheelbase is wheelbase,setbacks give you a little more overhang out front.I guess once you have adjusted the stops what more can you do?Tire diameter 24.5 vs.22.5 the smaller could give you a bit.Try turning a W900L with a 320"wheelbase and if that isn't bad enough try crossing some RR crossings or getting into some peoples ideas of pits for loading docks!

 

Yeah, but it looked good....LMAO

 

Maybe ,but on some front ends like those used on the KW the hub will hit the steering stop ,so you could completely remove the bolt on the hub ,and still have very poor lock 2 lock steering .