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Old-Biscuit
Aug 22, 2013Explorer III
I'm going to try and describe what I find works
Approach with driveway on driver side
Hug the side of road driveway is on
When front tire of trailer is at the leading edge of driveway turn away from driveway.
When trailer swings to follow truck turn back straight.
Truck should now be parallel to street and trailer should be angled (roughly 45*) and lined up to back into driveway.
Start backing up watching trailer tires.......use them to follow the 'imaginary line' back into spot
5'vrs are slow at first to react and then shift quickly so be ready to catch up and correct (lessen the turn angle).
Practice and you will soon be squeezing that rig in between boulders and trees ready to drop the ramp.
Approach with driveway on driver side
Hug the side of road driveway is on
When front tire of trailer is at the leading edge of driveway turn away from driveway.
When trailer swings to follow truck turn back straight.
Truck should now be parallel to street and trailer should be angled (roughly 45*) and lined up to back into driveway.
Start backing up watching trailer tires.......use them to follow the 'imaginary line' back into spot
5'vrs are slow at first to react and then shift quickly so be ready to catch up and correct (lessen the turn angle).
Practice and you will soon be squeezing that rig in between boulders and trees ready to drop the ramp.
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