Trailering

[RocketJSquirrel]

I have pretty good luck doing it like this:
-Get lined up and back up to less than 3 feet.
-Size up the remaining distance, get back in the truck.
-Hang my foot out the door, find something the same distance straight back from my foot.
-Back up till my foot is at the marker.
-Get out again and repeat as needed.

Usually the second or third move puts me where I need to be.



-RJS

 

[DFB]

A little more... a little more... just a little bit more...BANG!!! /w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif

As much as my wife is the typical Cowboys Wife (thanks for the link Bird) guiding trailer hookups is just not her forte, So I prefer going it alone. My technique is very similar to the one RJS just described.

Get lined up and backup as close as possible, judge the distance left, get back in the truck, leave the door open, pick two reference points, I usually use the bottom inside corner of the truck door as one and one on the ground to match the estimated distance left, then watch along the ground till ya line up the two points for the proper distance moved.

DFB

 

[MossRoad]

I used to work at an airport and had to stack hangars with as many planes as possible. It is similar to trailering in that you can't see the back of the plane in relation to the hangar walls. We would do what the RocketJSquirrel suggested. Take a look at how much further you have to go, get back in the seat and look at a point on the ground past your foot, then drive that far forward or backwards. Also, you can use shadows or reflections in cars or windows if light enough. I liked Bird's suggestion about the cheap CB.


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