Jayco Redhawk 2017 - Turning and Tail Swing

W H I L E D R IVING
B ASI C O PE R A T IO N S
Tu r n i ng And T ail Swi ng
W hen m a ki ng tu r n s the ba ck end of the c oa c h p iv ot s on the ba ck
w hee ls c au si ng the ba ck of the c oa c h to “swi ng ” i n the oppo si te
d ir e c t i on of the tu r n. W hen ob s e rvi ng othe rs , th is swi ng is qu i te
e vi dent, ho w e v e r w hen d rivi ng y ou r c oa c h, the swi ng effe c t is
ea sily fo r gotten, pa r t ic u l a rly at ga s s tat i on s , c on s t r u c t i on si te s and
hea vy t r aff ic . A g r eat dea l of m one y is s pent i n bod y s hop s f ixi ng
swi ng mis hap s .
C a lc u l at i ng You r S wi ng
• M ea s u r e the d is tan c e f r o m the
r ea r a xl e to the end of the
bu m pe r ( d is tan c e A ) .
• Divi de d is tan c e A b y 3 and the
end r e s u l t will be an
app r o xim ate d is tan c e of y ou r
swi ng.
C alc u la t i on M e thod
• It is h i gh ly r e c o mm ended that y ou dete rmi ne y ou r c oa c h ’s ta il
swi ng. H e r e is ho w y ou c an get an a cc u r ate m ea s u r e m ent:
• Driv e y ou r c oa c h to an e m pt y pa rki ng that is pa i nted wi th
pa rki ng s pa c e li ne s .
• A li gn the a si de of the c oa c h wi th a l ong s t r a i ght li ne.
• Driv e fo rw a r d sl o wly , and tu r n y ou r c oa c h a s t i ght a s y ou c an
i n e i the r d ir e c t i on.
• H a v e s o m eone e ls e m ea s u r e the d is tan c e bet w een the
oppo si te r ea r c o r ne r of the c oa c h and the li ne. T he l onge s t
d is tan c e bet w een the r ea r c o r ne r and the li ne is y ou r ta il
swi ng.
Rough Es t ima t e
A
T IP
Y ou r swi ng t ra n sla t es i nto ho w f ar away y ou s hou l d b e
f r o m a n ob s t acle s u c h as a g as pu m p . I f y ou h ave to make
a s h ar p tu r n w h e n leavi ng , i f y ou r swi ng is 2.5 f ee t , th e
c o ac h s hou l d b e no cl o ser to th e pu m p th a n 3 f ee t fo r
sa f e t y’s sake.
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