05-10-2017, 04:35 PM
[quote RockyRaab]For those of us who only rarely have to back a trailer, here's a tip:
Hold the bottom of the steering wheel, not the top. Simply move your hand in the direction you need the trailer to go - and make small corrections.[/quote]
This ^^ is good advice.
some advice I was given when first learning to back a trailer was: follow the trailer.
I think that most issues with backing come from the driver thinking too much: "Where is my hand", "which way do I turn the wheel", etc. I don't think any of those things. I simply follow my trailer. If my trailer starts to veer off-course, I follow it to straighten it out.
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Hold the bottom of the steering wheel, not the top. Simply move your hand in the direction you need the trailer to go - and make small corrections.[/quote]
This ^^ is good advice.
some advice I was given when first learning to back a trailer was: follow the trailer.
I think that most issues with backing come from the driver thinking too much: "Where is my hand", "which way do I turn the wheel", etc. I don't think any of those things. I simply follow my trailer. If my trailer starts to veer off-course, I follow it to straighten it out.
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