The short trailers are the worst! They react way too quickly to steering inputs and will jacknife in a second.I just don't have the practice. I had a small trailer I used with the lawn mower. Now I have dad's 8'x4' utility trailer. I used it a few times while emptying their house, but didn't back it well. Will need to find a parking lot somewhere and practice a bunch.
You betcha, when I drove semi I could back a trailer into a loading dock with ease. My utility trailer is another story, mostly when trying to go straight,,, it gets lost behind my truck and when it does appear,it's going sideways! I need to put some type of fold out markers on that thing.The short trailers are the worst! They react way too quickly to steering inputs and will jacknife in a second.
Long trailers are much easier.
I'll see if my granddaughter can tutor you with that too.I'm not gonna lie, years without practice has cause some rust build-up for me. I was embarrassed of how much I struggled backing the boat down the ramp at Blockhouse the first couple of times but it's slowly coming back.
You betcha, when I drove semi I could back a trailer into a loading dock with ease. My utility trailer is another story, mostly when trying to go straight,,, it gets lost behind my truck and when it does appear,it's going sideways! I need to put some type of fold out markers on that thing.
that guy would make a lot of money off me ANY time I tried to back up. And I'm talking my SUV. Without a trailer.
I have leveled my mailbox several times. And have destroyed the front end of my daughter's car. Of course that one I blame on her, since she knows better than to park in the same zipcode as me.
Imagine a person trying to play video games and pressing all buttons on both sides of the remote control to make Mario jump for the coin with no results other than have Mario spin and maybe duck instead. Brain to thumbs signals = 0 reception.I will say the new backup camera on the truck helps a lot. Since the trailer is short, as long as I don't have anything huge on it, I can see exactly what the trailer is doing.
When you see the fish swimming past the camera, you have backed up too far....I will say the new backup camera on the truck helps a lot. Since the trailer is short, as long as I don't have anything huge on it, I can see exactly what the trailer is doing.
Since the camera on the truck is up at the handle of the tailgate, I'd say I'm WAY too far!!!!When you see the fish swimming past the camera, you have backed up too far....
Coincidentally this weekend my grandson and I went to HD and got 27 landscape timbers for a home project. We loaded them up and brought them home and I as was backing up the truck in the drive-way we both noticed what was in the camera was making no sense to us at all. The tailgate was down so the camera was pointed towards the ground. We both got a laugh out of that one.Since the camera on the truck is up at the handle of the tailgate, I'd say I'm WAY too far!!!!
Yeah, that is a serious disadvantage of the design. It's amazing after 30 years of driving how quickly I've gotten used to having that camera available and how lost I feel backing up without it.Coincidentally this weekend my grandson and I went to HD and got 27 landscape timbers for a home project. We loaded them up and brought them home and I as was backing up the truck in the drive-way we both noticed what was in the camera was making no sense to us at all. The tailgate was down so the camera was pointed towards the ground. We both got a laugh out of that one.
Yeah, that is a serious disadvantage of the design. It's amazing after 30 years of driving how quickly I've gotten used to having that camera available and how lost I feel backing up without it.