Backing a horse trailer (VW commercial)

[Rara Avis]

And then you have a guy backing doubles into a building...

 

[TheMan419]

Same here. I started with a New Holland lawn tractor with a vacuum cart behind it. That thing was a bear to back up. Then I graduated to backing up a hay elevator with a T20. Later, in college, I used to back a Chevy 3500 with a wood chipper around wood lots. backing a trailer is natural to me. This weekend, I'm presented with the wonderful task of trying to give my wife some rudimentary training in backing up our 3-horse gooseneck with my new 3500 Crew flatbed, so she can take my daughter to a barrel race on Monday. I don't see this going well.:duh:unch::banghead: It's a pretty big rig and it requires using the mirrors. I'm pretty sure she'll get frustrated and then stop thinking and get herself all pissed off, which we all know then gets directed at us and becomes our fault for some reason or another. The more I think about it, the more depressed I'm becoming. Fortunately, unless she has a major problem, she shouldn't have to back up at all when she goes to the race or afterwards when she returns. The arena is set up for pull-thru parking and our pasture is big enough that she can pull around.

Seriously do you have a friend that can teach her? My wife is trying to teach me how to ride. It goes WAY smoother when one of her friends gives me a lesson.

 

[gsganzer]

Seriously do you have a friend that can teach her? My wife is trying to teach me how to ride. It goes WAY smoother when one of her friends gives me a lesson.

I wouldn't wish that pain on anyone I like. :laughing: