Do you travel with other people? A spotter standing in front of you can walk
back and forth across the front of the truck while you back it down and give
you signals as to where the trailer is going.

OR

Have a custom hitch mount and ball installed on the front of the truck. When
you get to the ramp just swing the trailer into position. Then drop the
trailer and turn the truck around. You will now have the trailer in front of
you with clear vision. I have handled a truck and trailer in this fashion
many times. It really is easier and faster.(boat yard trick)

John C.



"JohnH" wrote in message
...
On Thu, 30 Dec 2004 20:18:58 -0800, Lloyd Sumpter
wrote:

On Fri, 31 Dec 2004 01:30:15 +0000, Tony Thomas wrote:

Mirrors will definetly help but everyone I know that has ever done
tandem
towing disconnects before backing (back only one unit at a time).

He he...

I've noticed that what we do for camping almost seems unique in North
America: we have "slide-in" campers that fit on the back of pickup trucks.
You see them EVERYWHERE in BC and the American "pacific northwest", but
rarely anywhere else.

The "camper" I'm referring to sits in the truckbed - it's not a separate
trailer. The problem with it is that it's wider than the truck (or the
boat!).

Here's what a "big one" looks like:
http://www.virtualproperties.ca/j1058/

and this is more what I have in mind:
http://cargobody.com/camper.htm

Lloyd


Lloyd, if the problem is only one of backing the boat, why not just
open the camper doors and use your rear view, or look through the back
window of the pickup?

John H

On the 'PocoLoco' out of Deale, MD,
on the beautiful Chesapeake Bay!

"Divide each difficulty into as many parts as is feasible and necessary to
resolve it."
Rene Descartes