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Postby toypusher » Mon Oct 06, 2008 10:01 am

madjack wrote:
mikeschn wrote:Put your hand on the bottom of the steering wheel, and then move your hand in the direction you want your trailer to go.

It gets easier with practice! ;)

As for the bouncing thing, you either get used to it, or you can add shocks!

Mike...


....that is the easiest way to learn...goto an empty parking lot and practice backing up in a straight line first...once you get the hang of that, move on to backing into a space at an angle...make your moves and countermoves slowly and in small increments and you will soon have it down....
madjack 8)


Some of the best advice you could get.

With the bouncing you can also lower the air pressure a bit, but I would not worry about it at this point. When you get a teardrop on there it will not bounce anywhere near as much and maybe not at all.
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Postby Muggnz » Tue Oct 07, 2008 3:10 am

When reversing, don't forget to straighten the steering wheel, when the trailer is heading in the right direction. Otherwise you'll end up with it jack-knifed.

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I prefer the 5 step method.
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