i have the same problem with my utility trailer, my answer, i put a license plate camera in the back, works like a hot damn.

 

When it comes to backing with trailers, you generally want a long trailer tongue in relation to the wheelbase of the towing vehicle. Last weekend I borrowed a neighbor's utility trailer to bring my John Deere garden tractor to the dealer. The trailer tongue was probably a little shorter than my Ram's wheelbase, and backing it up was tricky.

Those guys who tow mobile homes for a livingtend to have dually tow vehicles that have a short wheelbase, which makes it easier to back into tight areas. Also, most wreckers are made out of short wheelbase cab-and-chassis trucks for that same reason.

 

Best advise I can give you is to take your trailer to an empty parking lot some morning and practice backing into spots. Once you've got the general hang of it, you'll be ok. An hour of this ought to do it.

Regards, Glenn

 

That's kinda what I'm talking about

I feel pretty confident when it comes to simply just backing the trailer up. I've been familiar with the hand on the bottom of the wheel thing for quite sometime now. It's the "start wide" thing that's kinda tuff to to on a one way campground street with trees and all. That's when the panic really starts to set in.

 

Here's the trailer that I'm talking about ...

 

backing up is cake. got an uncle do a peterbilt with a grain trailer 2 miles at about 18mph average. followed him with a tractor. I can do good enough to get me buy and do better than alot of people but it takes time to learn. I just remember which ever way your wheels face is the way your trailor is going to go.

 

Trailer towing not a big problem here, but that is one funny a$$ line there.

 

i drive a 15 yard dump truck w/ a 25' trailer for our bobcat to and from work every day... i can back that rig up going 15 mph and make a turn blind folded im so use to it but being bigger is ALL the world of a diffrence, now my double quad trailer is about 12' and i gotta make so many little turn actions w/ the wheel it wears me out! you just need a bigger trailer mayfair, everyone has a harder time w/ a smaller trailer..... put it this way, if you get a bigger trailer you will be able to get more toys to fill it[sm=yeahsmile.gif]

 

About the jetski trailer, get some PVC pipe and make some poles like this.



And for the backing. I am pretty good at it. I have been backing my jetskis for years now so that isnt a problem. My son is a excellent backer as well since before he got his license he could only backthings up in short distances, lol.

 

Mayfair, Drew is right. The longer the trailer the easier it is to back up and the shorter the worse it is...Ifind that if you only turn the wheel 11/2 turns back up a little bit to get the angle, then straighten the wheel, push straight back and once you see the trailer wheels about 1-11/2 feet from the curb, forget about the trailer and just parrarell park the truck, its works perfect and dont see saw the wheel, thats where everyone gets messed up...go to a parking lotwith lots of room and practice, its not that hard and dont panic...and go slow........Dallas