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04-14-2014, 07:38 AM
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Curb Side/Street Side?
Where did those terms originate?
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04-14-2014, 08:21 AM
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TrailManor Master
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Quote:
Originally Posted by bayoubill
Where did those terms originate?
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Not sure where they originated, but it is just a description rather than saying left side or right side or starboard side or port side. Some might not know that when saying right or left side, it is when looking from the rear toward the front of the trailer or from aft to bow. 
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04-14-2014, 08:47 AM
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Of course, if you go to Europe or Australia, the sides flop!
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04-14-2014, 10:20 AM
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Senior Member
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Why do we not refer to front side (door entrance) and rear side? I was thinking that street side and curb side which change according to your orientation. 
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04-14-2014, 12:37 PM
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TrailManor Master
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Quote:
Originally Posted by bayoubill
Why do we not refer to front side (door entrance) and rear side? I was thinking that street side and curb side which change according to your orientation. |
The real question is why we don't reference it as Right and Left side. The same as an automobile? Sitting in the TV with the trailer attached you have a right and left side.
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04-14-2014, 12:56 PM
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TrailManor Master
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To me, front and rear would be where the hitch is, or where the bumper is. Also, as Redtail said, right and left depend on where you are standing when looking at the trailer. Sitting in the TV is not how most people would be thinking of orientation.
In normal use, the door side is normally on the side where the curb is located. If you are in some campsites, that does not apply. But, the term is intended to make sense while the trailer is being used in a common manner. Seems simple to me!
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05-19-2014, 03:16 PM
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Except when ur door is on the back side..
I choose to use fore and aft and port and starboard as I call my TM a boat.
lol
tom
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05-20-2014, 07:29 AM
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My Jayco documentation uses: DS - Door Side and ODS - Off Door Side.
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05-20-2014, 07:44 AM
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Curb vs kerb depends on which side of the pond you are. OTOH "port" is always the left side of the vessel facing forward and always means the same thing. Am sure someone will correct if rong but do not think TM ever made a RHD version with the door on the port side.
Would be nice if all engine mfrs numbered the cylinders the same way but they don't.
ps GALB or "Great American Land Barge" might be appropriate.
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05-25-2014, 02:59 PM
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Site Team
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How about near side and off side? Even more confusing, maybe, but once in common use.
Bill
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