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#1 User is offline   Csantucci 

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Posted 10 October 2022 - 08:51 AM

I am considering to add to the existing container management also a truck trailer management. I mean what can be seen e.g. in this Youtube video starting from 3:25.
https://www.youtube....h?v=kPev1l1UBwg
I wonder whether what is shown on the video is the standard typology of gantries loading/unloading trailers.
Of course I need also a 3D developer that would generate the necessary animations for the gantry. It would be nice if the group that developed together with me the container management could contribute to this new development. Of course new forces would also be welcome.

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Posted 10 October 2022 - 09:40 AM

I can adapt that crane1 I've made to have those arms to grab the trailer from the bottom. Does it sound workable for you? What nomenclature do you need for those arms? the rest is basiclly the same right?

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Posted 10 October 2022 - 12:10 PM

https://www.youtube....h?v=hmJqFWM5TAc

https://www.youtube....wFFsMQfA&t=104s

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Posted 10 October 2022 - 12:45 PM

Aldarion, that would be an important brick for the feature! I think that ARM1, ARM2, ARM3 and ARM4 are OK. To start the rest may be the same (motion along the three axes).

alifatico, those videos are very interesting. At the moment I'd not implement Modalohr, because using a crane is simpler to implement due to the similarities with container management.

What I'd like to know is also standard dimensions of trailers (both american and european).

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Posted 10 October 2022 - 12:52 PM

https://www.krone-tr...ner_4-CS_GB.pdf

https://www.krone-tr...hojas-de-datos/

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Posted 10 October 2022 - 12:53 PM

Interior dimensions of the cargo box:
https://i.ibb.co/LhMq5S5/STANDARD-TRAILER-800x315.jpg
https://i.ibb.co/cK9CPdV/MEGA-TRAILER-800x315.jpg
https://i.ibb.co/tL7K0ww/FRIGO-TRAILER-800x315.jpg
https://i.ibb.co/G5h6Zhr/MAXI-FRIGO-800x315.jpg

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Posted 10 October 2022 - 12:56 PM

This website will prbably be more usefull, Carlo. Forget the previous post.

Trailer Sizes

I'll try to have something working by friday or sunday.

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Posted 10 October 2022 - 01:07 PM

Modern trailers in the US are usually 53' although some states still limit to 48' for non-Federal highways. 48' was the standard before that.


Box is 8.5' wide by 8'5' high, and typically 4' off the ground for an enclosed trailer(van). Unrestricted height is 13.5

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Posted 10 October 2022 - 01:36 PM

quick everybody, lets go to a ETS2 or ATS forum :p

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Posted 10 October 2022 - 10:33 PM

Hello.

I saw two solutions.
In one, the container moves between the rail car and the road trailer.
In the other, the trailer is loaded together with the container onto the special railway car.
Am I right that the second solution is the subject of development?

Sincerely, Laci 1959
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