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MAN-UP ROOKIE RV-er
wrote:
On Tue, 27 Jun 2017 12:27:30 -0400, "Mr. Luddite"
wrote:
On 6/27/2017 12:06 PM, wrote:
On Tue, 27 Jun 2017 08:56:51 -0700 (PDT), Its Me
wrote:
On Tuesday, June 27, 2017 at 11:18:58 AM UTC-4, wrote:
On Tue, 27 Jun 2017 05:56:43 -0400, Poco Deplorevole
wrote:
At the bigger places, that's generally true. I once went inside to
ask where the diesel pump was.
Answer, "Oh, it's around back."
Most definitely wouldn't try to take a 33' trailer 'around back'.
Not without looking anyway. ;-)
I have been in some tough spots towing my pontoon, behind a stretch
E-150.
Haven't had to unhook it and take another swing at it tho.
A few years ago we had a 25' Winnebago, and I towed my wife's car with
it on a tow dolly a few times. There's no backing up with a tow dolly,
at least not for more than a few feet. One time I made a wrong turn,
got into a tight spot, and had to unstrap and unload the car, get the
rig turned around, and load everything back up. What a pain.
I bet if you had a camera on the RV that watched the car, you could
learn how to do it
That would take a lot of practice. Trying to back up something with a
much shorter wheel base than the towing vehicle is tricky. Conversely,
the other way around, like backing up a 53' semi trailer is relatively easy.
Even backing a little lawn trailer with a lawn tractor takes some practice.
It is just practice tho. Short things respond to small inputs faster
but it is still the same geometry.
Naw. The problem, even flat tow, is the wheels of the car or dolly want to
turn independently. Flat tow, the wheels go hard right or left and pretty
much make like you are sliding wheels. Worse than old farm wagons ever
thought of.
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