working on it wrote:Dean in Ct. wrote:With regard to towing, I haven't found any difference in length characteristics with the BIG exception of backing up. Then, the longer the easier. Dean
I'm with you on this, Dean. After I learned to back a tandem trailer, I found that longer ones gave me a better sight plane to judge the trajectory. A couple of adjustments for differing lengths, and I could manage all I tried (with better or worse results). But, until I tried backing my single axle trailer last weekend (for the first time), I never had to give up. I just kept jackknifing it (12 foot length, 100" ball to axle centerline); so I unhitched it, and manhandled it into the space. I never thought it would lick me. My hat's off to those that get it in their spaces under power. Maybe practice will make perfect!
I forgot to add this: I just realized that I was trying to back and turn the trailer with my single-beam weight-distributing hitch round spring bar still hooked up. It makes the tandem trailers un-manageable backing up, so I always disconnect them (2), before I try my double 90 degree driveway. The "adapted by me" single beam/single bar probably needed to be dis-connected also.
