Learning to tow

MudQueen22 wrote:
How did you learn to drive while towing?

I know this seems like a basic question, and you've all probably done it so much that it's nothing.
But I've been thinking about how it's done, and the only thing I have to compare it to would be my minivan that I drive daily, and the trucks I've driven in the past.
I make wide turns when driving a truck.
How do you turn when pulling a trailer? How do you stay in your lane without your trailer ending up in a ditch?

That's a very good question; and we all started at the same place. For me, I got into the game in 2004 and had never towed a trailer. I was on this forum for about 6 months asking questions before we ever bought our first trailer. I got all the tips, swing wide, etc, and so on, and finally when the day came, I drove to the dealer, picked up our trailer and drove it home. Before I parked it however (we had a pad on the side of the house), I took the the trailer up the street to our local church that was not in session and had a huge parking lot. I practiced backing up for about an hour and then pulled it home and backed it into a slot on the side of our house. All it takes is practice and and I'm still learning after 13 years.