Backing into drive on tight street
I have a 33 foot long TT and I live on a narrow street, would removing the trunnion bars make it easer to jackknife the TT into my drive.
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othertonka wrote:
Bob/Olallawa wrote:
In my case, not really. I find what helps me most is to turn a bit into the driveway opening as I go by then drive toward the off side of the street before I start backing in. It helps get the whole set up headed in the right direction. By leaving the bars in place you keep things leveled up. I do pull the RV plug so the brakes are not trying to stop me while I back in with my foot on the brake pedal of the truck just in case I need to stop quickly. Don't worry about the traffic, people don't mind waiting a minute, after all neighbors help neighbors right?
The method being described here is called the Scoop. Here is a link
The Scoop
What that video doesn't show is, IMHO, the most important part of "the scoop." I call it the "S" because after the scoop, if you turn back to the left, that brings the tail of the camper even more in line with where you want it to go. Easy peasy.Bob/Olallawa wrote:
In my case, not really. I find what helps me most is to turn a bit into the driveway opening as I go by then drive toward the off side of the street before I start backing in. It helps get the whole set up headed in the right direction. By leaving the bars in place you keep things leveled up. I do pull the RV plug so the brakes are not trying to stop me while I back in with my foot on the brake pedal of the truck just in case I need to stop quickly. Don't worry about the traffic, people don't mind waiting a minute, after all neighbors help neighbors right?
The method being described here is called the Scoop. Here is a link
The Scoop- In my case, not really. I find what helps me most is to turn a bit into the driveway opening as I go by then drive toward the off side of the street before I start backing in. It helps get the whole set up headed in the right direction. By leaving the bars in place you keep things leveled up. I do pull the RV plug so the brakes are not trying to stop me while I back in with my foot on the brake pedal of the truck just in case I need to stop quickly. Don't worry about the traffic, people don't mind waiting a minute, after all neighbors help neighbors right?
