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Topic: Reversing TT - damaged bumper!!

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Robyn4Life

13/8/2005 at 11:42pm
Location: Suffolk
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I purchased my TT today and was so proud that I towed home alone (husband working and not into towing!!) I then found a great farm to park and store my TT (husband meet me there) I was so determined to reverse and finish the job. He said he would do it for me but NO I wanted to do it myself! Jack knifed just once but got it in the space - wonderful you might think, filled up with petrol on the way home and noticed the damage to bumper, one large dent and one hole - but I did it ALONE!

helann

14/8/2005 at 8:53am
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Well done - has OH seen the dent yet?

We usually put our trailer tent in near enough good position and then unhitch and push - it's so light it's hardly any bother and more hassle trying to reverse I think.

eskimosailor

14/8/2005 at 11:04am
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Sometimes you get it right, and sometimes you get it wrong. Quite often I can reverse the FC reasonably well, but it often goes all over the place, and I have been doing it for almost 20 years. It's plain to see that you are doing something right. I hope the damage is repairable. All the best in future, it just take a little practice and a grounding in the principles.

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Robyn4Life

14/8/2005 at 1:04pm
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Yes husband saw the damage! Says the TT which was such a bargain is working out costly!!

you are correct - it's really not worth the bother and much easier to just push in place. I was just trying to show off!!

Many thanks

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