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Butch50
Jun 20, 2014Explorer
Reality Check,
It would be nice if everybody was good as you backing up trailers but there are some people that just can not do it and you need to be a little tolerant of people that might not be as good as you. :B I'm sure there are some things other people can do better than you. Same thing.
I can back up trailers with the best of them but when you have a big camper on the back of a long truck with a long hitch extension behind and a 4' wide and about 10' long trailer is hard to back up. By the time you see it going sideways it is already jack knifed.
I would rather see some move out of the way and put their boat on the front and then launch and then get back out of the way then someone that keeps trying and trying and keeps the ramp tied up for a half an hour because they just can't do it. I have even went over once and volunteered to help and the guy got right out of his truck and asked to please launch it as it was a difficult ramp. I backed it in and he thanked me for it.
I use my front hitch for a front rack and also to put my enclosed trailer into a spot that goes in crooked and then straightens out and ends up with about 6" on both sides. If you tried this backing in you would end up running over my sprinkler heads and this would not make me very happy. :M
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It would be nice if everybody was good as you backing up trailers but there are some people that just can not do it and you need to be a little tolerant of people that might not be as good as you. :B I'm sure there are some things other people can do better than you. Same thing.
I can back up trailers with the best of them but when you have a big camper on the back of a long truck with a long hitch extension behind and a 4' wide and about 10' long trailer is hard to back up. By the time you see it going sideways it is already jack knifed.
I would rather see some move out of the way and put their boat on the front and then launch and then get back out of the way then someone that keeps trying and trying and keeps the ramp tied up for a half an hour because they just can't do it. I have even went over once and volunteered to help and the guy got right out of his truck and asked to please launch it as it was a difficult ramp. I backed it in and he thanked me for it.
I use my front hitch for a front rack and also to put my enclosed trailer into a spot that goes in crooked and then straightens out and ends up with about 6" on both sides. If you tried this backing in you would end up running over my sprinkler heads and this would not make me very happy. :M
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