Backing Up with a Short Wheelbase?
Hi all, I have a new, 12-foot pop-up trailer that I'm towing with a 2010 2-door Jeep Wrangler. They both have fairly short wheelbases, and I'm finding that it's not easy to back the trailer up to whe...
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I go with shorter inputs at the steering wheel. Try moving the steering wheel an inch or two and watch what the trailer does.
When you go to a parking lot, turn the wheel in one-inch increments and back up a distance at each. You will soon see the trailer in your side mirror. Learn at what point the trailer breaks hard. There is a point that you could back in a circle forever. Then, there is a point just past that where the trailer will start into a jack knife and require an extreme maneuver to correct. Learn that point and try not to go past that. If you find yourself in a spot where you have to go past that point, do it quickly and correct. Do it agin quickly and correct, etc...
Like already said, practice - practice.
Hope this makes sense?
When you go to a parking lot, turn the wheel in one-inch increments and back up a distance at each. You will soon see the trailer in your side mirror. Learn at what point the trailer breaks hard. There is a point that you could back in a circle forever. Then, there is a point just past that where the trailer will start into a jack knife and require an extreme maneuver to correct. Learn that point and try not to go past that. If you find yourself in a spot where you have to go past that point, do it quickly and correct. Do it agin quickly and correct, etc...
Like already said, practice - practice.
Hope this makes sense?
