No thank you. Don't need your help
We had just arrived back at the park when new neighbors arrived to pull in across the way. I am not a busy body so really wasn't paying attention other than to notice that they were really making a pr...
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rockhillmanor wrote:Jim Shoe wrote:
I learned from my Dad a long time ago when trying to back a utility trailer through a barn door at a little 13 acre weekend "farm" we had for horses.You just hold the steering wheel on the bottom half. If you want the back of the trailer to go left, move your hand to the left, and vice versa.
Its easier if you don't think about it.
In a CG, I offer once. If they don't want help I grab a lawn chair and a beer, sit next to my MH and watch. Cheap entertainment. Pride goeth before the crunch.
X10!
Learned the same way with a utility trailer into the horse barn also. And let me tell you backing something short is WAAAY harder than backing something long. :W
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The biggest factor in ease of backing is how you 'approach' the entry point that a lot of people don't know about.
All you have to do is go around the block or road to come in a different direction so you enter your spot backing in on the 'drivers side'. Just doing that makes it 98% easier for the newbie. Heck after 40 years of RV'ing even I will go around the block to be able to back in on the driver's side. Why not it does make it easier.
My dad was a truck driver for 50 years and he would do the same thing. It's especially important when backing in a campground where people are likely to walk or ride bikes behind you as you're trying to back in. I've actually had people drive right up to the back of the FW as I was backing. If I hadn't had a spotter I would have hit them.
