Backing up a 5'ver.
Is there a good video or write up on how to back up a 5'ver into a camping spot that someone could recommend.
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Practice, practice, practice, and take it slow, back, stop and check, pull forward, back and check. I (DW) and the spotter for DH using radios. He's had me in the driver's seat with him as a spotter so that I understand how important clear directions are. I have found that I get him back to a certain point, then I ask him to come back and check so that he can determine if he needs to move forward a little or continue coming back. We've just now begun to understand what "follow it back" means. It's not uncommon for us to take our fiver to the local school parking lot with our orange cones and practice backing. I do a really good job and you're right about backing on the driver's side. It makes a huge difference. As confident as I am in a lot, I haven't backed it into our side yard.
Here's our biggest challenge - our side yard. As a spotter I run back and forth in the back, while DH is slowly backing, watching that he clears the roof line, the gate and what you don' see, the mailbox. I'm usually pretty good and between the two of us, we can get her parked in about 15 minutes. When we first got her, it took us nearly an hour of struggling to get it backed, but we didn't give up and even refused letting our neighbor back it for us.
Here's our biggest challenge - our side yard. As a spotter I run back and forth in the back, while DH is slowly backing, watching that he clears the roof line, the gate and what you don' see, the mailbox. I'm usually pretty good and between the two of us, we can get her parked in about 15 minutes. When we first got her, it took us nearly an hour of struggling to get it backed, but we didn't give up and even refused letting our neighbor back it for us.
