If you can, look out the back window of the tow vehicle and focus on the rear of the trailer, then simply drive the rear of the trailer where you want it to go... Your eye hand coordination will happen better that way. You are "driving the trailer" instead of "backing up".
If you are trying to do it by looking in your side mirrors, you will quickly be challenged if you are just learning. With a properly rigged 5th wheel, the trailer pivot point is just ahead of the tow vehicle rear axle, so you get rid of the "lead / lag" of the displacement with the bumper pull position. Once you try it, you'll like it. Also, the heavier the load, with a 5th wheel, the trailer pulls much more stable. Again, because of the leverage point of the hitch, relative to the load balance of the tow vehicle with the trailer load attached. On Sun, May 2, 2021 at 9:07 PM Allan Streib via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > I have always struggled with backing a trailer. Probably because I only > do it maybe once a year. My pop-up camper is the usual victim, and it is > pretty short also so I think that makes it harder. I've never backed a > 5th wheel. > > Allan > > G Mann via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> writes: > > > This is what will be my next trailer. I will have it built for 5th wheel > > instead of bumper pull [far superior for handling and backing up]. Also, > I > > want 7,000 lb axles with 12 ply 16 inch tires, so will be a custom build > > order to get all that. > > > > This link has a video that shows how slick they are to load and unload.. > a > > bit spendy, but very nice. > > > > https://maxxdtrailers.com/drop-n-load-trailers > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
