Backing that trailer into a tight campsite..
I think I do everything pretty well with the travel trailer. But, backing into a tight campsite sometimes just stresses me out. In September we went down the the beach and that was the tightest spot...
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ZINGERLITE wrote:
I've done it so long its like 2nd nature. i have trouble trying to teach my wife. i know how to do it just not how to teach lol.
After a few days, over a month's time I understood the issue on teaching my wife. I painted a yellow line on driveway at home. Told her that if every time I looked at her car in driveway for a month it was backed in with the left side on that line, we would try again. (19 has made it pass that test, because I parked, and she has not used the car. LOL) Until a driver can hit the mark with TV learning to back a trailer will be impossible.
Once you can back a vehicle, watch where the front goes, as the back follows the path you want. Pull up to your site, look over for obstructions. If you have to pass something on the side you can't see, mark where the other side will need to be to miss it. Once you have picked the path the trailer should follow, look at the path the TV must follow to keep front of trailer on that path. Now pull into position to get both vehicles on their path.
IMHO, there is no shame in pulling forward to get TV back on the path needed.
