...............Not to ruffle any feathers, but if you can not back up a trailer you should not be on the road with one.............Now that I have more time for adding clarification, and after making sure my feathers aren't ruffled, or my undies in a bunch, etc.,
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I drove/hauled a loaded horse trailer around years ago, have dragged a U Hall across country (including over the Rocky Mtns.), and have done all the driving with the teardrop (Bob's truck, my teardrop). While driving in general, I've never been in or caused an accident (knock on wood), only 1 traffic ticket ever (yeah, I was speeding), don't drive with a cell phone stuck in my ear, etc. Didn't realize I was such a road hazard because I don't like to back in a trailer. Never said I couldn't, nor Bob for that matter. I can do it, but it takes me a long time and a lot of swearing under my breath to accomplish it. Bob usually backs straight in, just fine.
The "cheating" part comes in due to my penchant for wanting the teardrop placed in it's "perfect" spot on site. While some sites can be backed into, the canopie(s)/luggable room and everything set up without much fuss-----sometimes we use the dolly to move the teardrop/gear to face better views, catch the breeze through the open doors (better ventilation), get more privacy from neighboring sites or get around trees in the way.
As for getting the trailer into the backyard-------I suppose the experts here could do it "no problemo
", but it requires backing a right angled turn off the driveway, while missing an evergreen tree, than angling back to the left, going backwards approximately 32 feet alongside garage (width 15 feet between garage and fence), where it narrows down to 8 feet with an angle to the left, missing more evergreen trees to the right and a heavy wooden clothesline pole to the left. Finally landing under it's semi-permanent, summer canopy, 10 feet from the lot line (keeps the neighbor happy). Oh, on a slight downhill slope all the way. We push it there with the dolly----haven't hit the garage, trees, fence or clothesline yet. If that makes us backing scofflaws, so be it
Here's another fun youtube about backing,---a horse trailer this time. After the first time he pops his head through her truck window, I was thinking "Where's the pepper spray?"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n4A9oIip7CM