heavy towing for some light yard work
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From: Morgan City, La
I find I still do that with my boat sometimes even though the results are better when I just use the mirrors.
I use the mirrors mostly but I catch myself doin the over the shoulder thing alot too, I've never had an issue with doin it like that. I gave up backing a trailer with mine though, my *** is too short and I can't see my little tiny lawnmower trailer behind my truck. I can back it just fine with my ol' Furd though, I guess the bed doesn't sit up as high or something idk.
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From: Pinawa, MB, CANADA
problem with using the rear window/shoulder trick is it's really easy to lose sight of where the side of your truck is - if you have to correct from a jack-knife, you might swing the front of your truck over and into something. If you are consciously looking at either side mirror then it's a lot less likely that that can happen. Also it doesn't work well for a big trailer you can't see over the top of.
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From: Northern Illinois
Yep, it's all about getting the weight on a trailer centered right over the axle(s) for it to handle properly and produce less tongue weight on the truck. Too many times you see a trailer like that loaded with the weight all the way to the front as far as it will go.
Whoever loaded that skid loader on that trailer knew what the hell they were doing...
Whoever loaded that skid loader on that trailer knew what the hell they were doing...
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From: Northern Illinois
Hell yeah! It gets used, I have an enclosed trailer for work, boat for play, and it is my work truck so there is always something in it.
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From: Rio Rancho,N.M.
Sweet, good job for whoever loaded the trailer like Hammer said. I got a neighbor who runs a landscaping business, he has an 18ft flatbed trailer that he hails a tractor with a bucket on. Dumbass loads the tractor all the way to the front and piles all the light crap over the axles, better yet when he spent 45 minutes last night trying to back the trailer into his driveway lol. It's like an 03 or 04 Ford with the V10 Triton in it, it's got a blowmaster on it and my god was that an annoying 45 minutes. Ever 30 seconds or so I heard him pull forward and stop and back it up again rofl