Reversing two wheel trailer tent. Just been reading about various struggles reversing into drives, having a similar problem not because 'drive' (backyard more like!) is too steep but after lining t t up with gate can't get car to straighten out again ie. end up jack-knifed. We then have to unhitch and man-(and woman)handle tt in up a slight incline and over a raised drain-cover. Thing is I didn't have this trouble reversing a four-wheel trailer (with a horse in it!) a few years back. Hubby won't even tow it let alone reverse it and with his dodgy hips isn't much help pushing or pulling. So what am I doing wrong.? Can't afford a c.c&c manouvering course! By the way did enjoy our first rally at Lickhill, tho' the heat knocked us out a bit. Thanks Chris for helping us wrestle with our awning in the middle of the night and sorry to hear about your camera. Rotton shame!
I'd suggest find a local car park and, one evening when it's empty, try reversing into a marked bay from every direction possible. The comparison with the horse box is probably more to do with the distance from the hitch to the wheel centre than the number of wheels. The smaller this dimension the more delicate must be your manoevering.
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Practice. I actually find my trailer tent harder to reverse than a folding camper or caravan, because it is harder to see what is happening with a smaller trailer. I large trailer can bee seen as it starts turning, a small trailer turns into your blindspot.
I use an old TT as a trailer and must admit to having had problems. I have reversed car transporters and drive large trucks every day at work but I think that the problem with TTs is that their wheels are very small and if you have raised manholes or, in my case, potholes in my back lane, they tent to be more suceptable to "kicking out"
Also, the wheelbase is narrower than all but the smallest of cars so their wheels hit the bumps that your wheels would otherwise miss. I find this when driving forwards too due to this countries well maintained highways. Recently, I was carrying doors from a classic car in it and was terrified of breaking the windows so was driving with my eyes fixed on the area of tarmac between the front wheels of my car just in case of any imperfections in the road surface!!
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Topic: Reversing T.T.
