lakngulf
Veteran Member
Even a little slope (covered with pine straw) is too much slope for trailering. There are few (read no) actual level spots at my house. I have one area that has worked great for loading and unloading tractor. Last night I stopped the truck and trailer with tractor in a slightly different spot, set the emergency brake and began the process of unloading tractor.
I started the tractor, un chained the tie downs, placed the ramps and began to back off. As the tractor hit the spot where it "lifts" the rear of the truck a bit, I noticed that the ground was moving faster than I was backing up. The truck and trailer were moving foward down the pine straw slope. In front of the truck was my wife's car, and beyond that was the kitchen door. Do I drive forward with the tractor to get the truck back firmly on the ground, or do I continue backward? There really was no time to do anything.
The truck was turned slightly left at parking (that might have been part of the problem as well) but as it was pushed forward it turned more sharply left to miss the car. The trailer, before it could follow the truck left, found a tree with the right part of the frame, and everything stopped abruptly. I breathed a sigh of relief, and issued a reprimand to myself. I think my only damages are my ego, my confidence in trailering and a dent in the trailer frame.
I think I will put a block in front of trailer wheels when loading and unloading from now on.
I started the tractor, un chained the tie downs, placed the ramps and began to back off. As the tractor hit the spot where it "lifts" the rear of the truck a bit, I noticed that the ground was moving faster than I was backing up. The truck and trailer were moving foward down the pine straw slope. In front of the truck was my wife's car, and beyond that was the kitchen door. Do I drive forward with the tractor to get the truck back firmly on the ground, or do I continue backward? There really was no time to do anything.
The truck was turned slightly left at parking (that might have been part of the problem as well) but as it was pushed forward it turned more sharply left to miss the car. The trailer, before it could follow the truck left, found a tree with the right part of the frame, and everything stopped abruptly. I breathed a sigh of relief, and issued a reprimand to myself. I think my only damages are my ego, my confidence in trailering and a dent in the trailer frame.
I think I will put a block in front of trailer wheels when loading and unloading from now on.