i am having trouble backing in a site or making a 90 degree turn and backing in my drive. how do i learn how to back my 5th wheel up.thank you in advance.

Go to an empty parking lots and practice practice practice. Put yourself into different scenarios, be patient.

If you have an area where you can go that has a large parking with open spaces. Take some cones or something to use for markers that won't hurt 5er or the markers if they get hit. Practice there.

There are some videos on YouTube with tips for parking a 5th wheel.X-2 the practice in a parking lot.

Practice!Think about where your RV is going to go as you leave the site. You normally do not drive out, back up and then drive out again, and you should (with practice) be able to drive up next to a site, be in the place where the RV will be once have left the site, then back in.So start with the RV a little ahead of the RV site, to the right side of the road, truck a bit to the left. As you back, and you want the back of the trailer going right, put your hand on the bottom of the steering wheel, and go to the right. As you want to straighten out, your steering wheel will go to the left, and if you turn further, the trailer will start to go to the left.The person directing you need to use their ARMS. If they point a finger and say go this way, you will be 60 feet away and not see their finger or hear them over the engine! They also must start to realize that you will not see them at all if they can not see your mirrors. So with their ARMS they point the direction that they want the back of the trailer to go. Right or left, or point them up for straight. AS you reach the stopping point, have them put their arms say 4' apart, and gradually bring them together, once together, you stop, set the parking brake, and get out, look over the site, and see how the position is. Some have used radio's like you can buy at Costco for communications in the campgrounds. But sometimes a wise guy gets on the radio and starts saying 'faster' "STOP" and confuses everything. . . Changing channels sometimes helps, unless they figure it out, and change with you. . . Once you are parked, or near parked (or at least have enough room on the roadway for others to get by) get out and look for trees or other things that might block the slides, or electrical compartment doors. It is no fun to set the jacks, then figure out "that slide will run into that branch" a banging branch against the sidewall is annoying on a windy night. . . So practice in a large mall parking lot, and try getting into a couple of spaces. Most campgrounds are set up with the parking spaces at a 45 degree angle to the driveway, so do not practice backing 90 degree turn into the parking space, but rather about 45 degree. Or better yet, pull across a parking space, then pull out, like you are going home, then stop after about 40', and back into that same space. This will get you good at figuring out how far to swing the RV as you go into a space. Once you can pull into a space, are centered, and can pull forward to the right and go about 60 feet, then can back into that same space and center it, you will gain the confidence to do it in a real campground! My wife practiced backing our motorhome into several campground parking spaces while on a 3 day weekend. On Sunday, after packing up late, we drove around the empty section of the campground, with me on the rear bed, backing into sites, until she got really good at it. . . Her only request was me to yell out if she was backing into something! I always wondered why she was not so 'great' at backing up the RV. I backed my work truck into the parking space at my work in front of the HVAC shop several times a day, and I guess that is why I can back into a site much better than pulling into one. If the site is really tight, with trees on both sides, I back in, not pull in, as I can see everything in the mirrors as I go. At home I always back into my driveway. I can see all the cars, kids, bikes, ect as I back in. And pulling out in the morning, when the windshield is fogged over, or the back window is not clear at all - that would be really difficult. Backing in is what I prefer. Even at supermarkets! Practice by backing your car into sites at work or the driveway at home. Now rear view cameras are fairly cheap. You can search for Wireless rear view camera at this site. AliExpress.comGood luck!Fred.

All of the above Watch the rear wheels of the trailer. That's where its going to go.

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Sport45
Explorer II
Jun 24, 2015
gkainz wrote:
Last campground was exactly this way. A loop (counterclockwise traffic) with campsites only on the outside of the loop. All sites angled about 45° so if one would go the wrong way around the loop it would require a 135° cut into the site.

I hear ya. Driving the wrong way could put the site on the visible side of the vehicle but doesn't necessarily make it easier to park. The take-away here is that you can't always avoid backing to the blind side.
rhagfo
Explorer III
Jun 24, 2015
robwhite61 wrote:
Tip 1: Do everything possible to insure that you will be turning on the driver side. Even if it means driving around the campground and up/down a few roads to get yourself turned around. Passenger is your blind side and should be last resort.

To me this is the most useless instruction. Every campground I've been to has one way streets and most of the sites are angled to aid in backing in when going the right direction. Just my experience and .02 worth.

I always try to challenge myself, or not worry about it! Last spot was backing uphill to the passengers side, with a manual transmission. 11,000# 32' 5er. :B
gkainz
Explorer
Jun 24, 2015
Last campground was exactly this way. A loop (counterclockwise traffic) with campsites only on the outside of the loop. All sites angled about 45° so if one would go the wrong way around the loop it would require a 135° cut into the site.
Sport45
Explorer II
Jun 24, 2015
robwhite61 wrote:
Tip 1: Do everything possible to insure that you will be turning on the driver side. Even if it means driving around the campground and up/down a few roads to get yourself turned around. Passenger is your blind side and should be last resort.

To me this is the most useless instruction. Every campground I've been to has one way streets and most of the sites are angled to aid in backing in when going the right direction. Just my experience and .02 worth.

No sites on the right side of the road where you go? How can the campground angle all the sites for easy backing on a one-way road when half of them are on the wrong side. ;)
robwhite61
Explorer
Jun 24, 2015
Tip 1: Do everything possible to insure that you will be turning on the driver side. Even if it means driving around the campground and up/down a few roads to get yourself turned around. Passenger is your blind side and should be last resort.

To me this is the most useless instruction. Every campground I've been to has one way streets and most of the sites are angled to aid in backing in when going the right direction. Just my experience and .02 worth.
AcB875
Explorer
Jun 23, 2015
thank you all for your advise.
Executive45
Explorer III
Jun 17, 2015
I hate it when you guys use the walkie talkies....we miss all the arm flinging, screaming and finger pointing.....:B:B....Dennis
steiny93
Explorer
Jun 16, 2015
Allworth wrote:
Two smart phones on speaker, unless you are way out in the boonies.

I turn the volume up and drop mine in the cup holder.

Also, empty parking lot and practice, practice, practice!

yup
and keep in mind; it isn't a race, don't get rattled and hurried and in a yelling match with your spotter :)

you have all the time you'll need to get your rig parked and parked safely; no sense in causing unnecessary damage
Allworth
Explorer II
Jun 16, 2015
Two smart phones on speaker, unless you are way out in the boonies.

I turn the volume up and drop mine in the cup holder.

Also, empty parking lot and practice, practice, practice!
wilber1
Explorer
Jun 16, 2015
I won't muddy the waters with more backing advice but as far as spotting goes, the best thing we ever did was get walky talkies. No frantic waving or shouting. Your spotter can move around to check cleances without needing to be visible in your mirrors. All you have to do is listen and if you want to discuss something, you can do it in a normal tone of voice without leaving the truck.

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