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Old 07-05-2018, 04:40 PM   #14
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Originally Posted by Cal Coon View Post
I'm sure there are many tricks of the trade that people use to back up trailers. I would be interested in hearing some other methods, but a simple rule of thumb that I was taught many years ago, and still use to this day, is to think of the steering wheel as the "face of a clock", put your hand at the very bottom where the number 6 would be and move your hand left or right, and the trailer will go in the same direction. Move your hand left, trailer goes left, move it right, trailer goes right. You will never have to break your neck again trying to turn around, just use the mirrors. Hope this helps someone the way it helped me. Just make sure you start with the wheels straight!!
The easier one for me is "where the front of the car goes, the trailer goes."

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