backing on wrong side
I'm supposed to pick up my 40' 5th wheel friday and have been watching youtube videos on how to back. All of the videos say to have the place you are backing into on the drivers side. Well, our dr...
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paulbeauchemin wrote:DiskDoctr wrote:
Best tip for using mirrors is REFERENCES. You don't try to use your depth perception, you compare one object in the mirror to another object in your mirror.
Tires to tape, camper corner to cone, etc.
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Are you saying to make a mark on my mirrors for where the tires are?
No. I was making a reference to a comment from another poster who suggested using tape on the ground as reference marks. You can look in your mirror and compare where your tires are to the tape marks on the ground that you made to practice.
By reference, you want to pick out an object in your mirror that you will compare your camper position to.
You can choose a tree and compare the back side of your trailer to back in next to it. You can use a rock to know where to stop (for example, when your tire lines up with it)
Does it make more sense now?
