Backing My Trailer. Is This Doable?
Here's what I have. Travel trailer is 35' and truck is 15'. The road is 20' wide (including the shoulders) with ditches on both sides. The property is fenced with a 20' wide gate and driveway. Is ...
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RedRocket204 wrote:
Yes, myself and others eluded to this in previous posts. Referred to as the Swoop or Scoop method for a much easier way to back a trailer.
YouTube - THE SCOOP: How to Back up a Towable RV
Yes that address the bend of the approach in, but what I was referring to relates from which 'way' on the road you are on how you approach to back into the site.
In the utube video the RV'ers is coming from the left side which is the correct way. The driver is seated on the side closest to the site. When he goes to back in, He is then using "HIS side mirror" to watch the back in.
Had he come in from the right the driver would be seated away from the site and then when backing in he would be using the "passenger side mirror" to back in.
Backing in using the 'drivers' side mirror is what makes it easier to back in. Try it you WILL be amazed of the difference.
An old trucker told me this while he was watching me try and stuff a huge truck into a tight space. I went around the block and came in at the other direction and boom nailed it first time using "my" drivers side mirror instead of the passenger side mirror. Best tip I have ever been given relating to backing in.:C
