Thread: Proud "Man" moment today :-)

Good job mate and glad to hear you are getting some use out of the trailer

THanks mate, am happy with the trailer, just the noddy I bought it off is yet to hand over the rego information....some people ( ooh just remembered HR stuff)

Regards

Stevo

Well guys (and gals) I have to admit that my wife is tops at reversing trailers. Any kind as long as she can see them. She grew up on a farm growing oranges, lemons etc and drove the tractor coupled to a farm trailer for the fruit. SO, she gets to launch and recover the boat while I look after the heavy jobs like winching boat onto trailer and launching etc. She does a top job getting trailer in right position first go.

Don't you have a reverse camera in the D3 HSE Stevo?

Originally Posted by Pedro_The_Swift

if it helps at all,,
box trailers are the hardest things to reverse,,,



until you get to dogs, B Doubles etc

A mate of mine who is a truckie by trade claims its easier to reverse B double then a box trailer I went ha

its my carrier ambition to be a truckie wife wont let me

Don't you have a reverse camera in the D3 HSE Stevo?

Nah, reversing sensors though, but that doesnt help. I have heaps more trailering to do as am going to be doing some mini moves over the next week or so..........any mates wanna help with a cuppla things??? there's a boags and a steak in it.

Regards

Stevo

When I was 13, just before my navy bred grandfather died he gave me his keys and told me to reverse the jeep and trailer to load up rubbish on his farm.

He gave me 2 instructions they were placement of hands on the wheel and if I did any damage to anything he'd shoot me. It was the first time I had reversed a trailer and thank god I got it right because he had one hell of a temper. I thought he probably would shoot me if I stuffed up as I was 10 when he put a rifle in my hands and said if I miss the can he'd boot me up the bottom and so he did when I missed the can on more then one occasion.

But, these days..... I can't reverse a trailer to save my life.... If only he was still around hahaha.

im no expert......and may take a few attempts to back a trailer exactly where i want it.......
but then again.....i only use trailers a few times a year......


the longer the draw bar on the trailer......the easier it is to reverse as it doesnt make sharp turns so you have time
to correct......


to reverse a trailer....the simplest instructions ive been given were.......

turn towards the mirror you can see the trailer in.......
ie....if you can see it in the left hand mirror......then turn the wheel to the left.....

and vice versa......


and reverse very very very slowly.......you dont do as much damage without heaps of momentum......

I know how you feel. A trip to the tip with a borrowed trailer used to be stressful as hell, it is a place where a man needs to feel like man. I have improved with the practice since I have bought the camper trailer and done a couple of long trips but I still feel awkward at times. However the tip is not stressful anymore.

But I will confess I just had some panel work done because I stopped watching the trailer for a moment cause I thought a semi was about to run into me. Should have hit the brake too.

Putting in the insurance claim I found they would not accept the claim unless i could givem them a postcode, which was a problem because I was nowhere near a town!

Well done.