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10-03-2018, 03:37 PM
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#41
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: Central, Pennsylvania
Trailer: Escape#5 2022 E19
Posts: 26,268
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Just turn on your standard Escape lights, one on each side.....
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10-03-2018, 05:50 PM
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#42
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Member
Join Date: Apr 2017
Location: Grass Valley, California
Trailer: 2011 Escape 19
Posts: 56
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Too bad you couldn't have a hitch ball on the front of your TV that way you could just push it in.
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10-03-2018, 05:56 PM
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#43
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Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: North Vancouver, British Columbia
Trailer: 2009 Escape 17B 2020 Toyota Highlander XLE
Posts: 17,136
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This is what you would see, pushing your trailer with a front hitch. Behind the trailer, either side, are iron posts for the gate.
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10-03-2018, 05:59 PM
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#44
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Junior Member
Join Date: Dec 2016
Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota
Trailer: 2017 Escape 19
Posts: 24
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I don't have a tractor, but I put a front receiver hitch on my Toyota Tundra. It's SO much easier backing in the trailer using the front hitch!
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10-03-2018, 06:02 PM
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#45
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2016
Location: Whidbey Island, Washington
Trailer: 2020 Escape 17B "Voyager"
Posts: 2,661
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The problem is I can't see around the trailer as it goes through the door- not enough extra clearance. I don't think any kind of lights would help. I can get it through the door, no problem, but can't be sure it is headed exactly straight back. I like the idea of putting a couple of small reflectors on the front that are lined up to dots on my rear window when it is perfectly straight as seen from the driver's rear-view mirror.
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10-03-2018, 06:02 PM
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#46
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Member
Join Date: Apr 2017
Location: Grass Valley, California
Trailer: 2011 Escape 19
Posts: 56
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Well not such a crazy idea after all?
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10-03-2018, 06:15 PM
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#47
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Junior Member
Join Date: Dec 2016
Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota
Trailer: 2017 Escape 19
Posts: 24
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I've had a front hitch on my TV's for 30 years. I won't ever be without one. I can push the trailer in precisely where I want it every time. And they are not expensive ($120 - $160 US).
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10-03-2018, 06:23 PM
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#48
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Member
Join Date: Apr 2017
Location: Grass Valley, California
Trailer: 2011 Escape 19
Posts: 56
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Sounds like a good solution for Bobbie54 if you ask me?
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10-03-2018, 06:46 PM
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#49
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Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: North Vancouver, British Columbia
Trailer: 2009 Escape 17B 2020 Toyota Highlander XLE
Posts: 17,136
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Quote:
Originally Posted by chuckwhanson
I've had a front hitch on my TV's for 30 years. I won't ever be without one. I can push the trailer in precisely where I want it every time. And they are not expensive ($120 - $160 US).
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I've heard that, but don't understand how you can see around or through the trailer.
The picture I posted shows my actual driveway as viewed from my RAV in the position it would be for pushing into my carport.
There is a gate with iron gateposts either side that you cannot see in the picture because the trailer obstructs the view of them.
I have backed my trailer through that gate, with 6" to spare either side. I use my mirrors and I can see one or the other gatepost and as long as I stay close to it, I'm clear on the other side. Have to watch for that cedar tree too.
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10-03-2018, 07:06 PM
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#50
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Member
Join Date: Apr 2017
Location: Grass Valley, California
Trailer: 2011 Escape 19
Posts: 56
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Well you could put a long 2x4 on each side of the trailer to act as guides as you push your trailer into place. I have a wi-fi backup camera that has a magnet on the camera and if you had one you could place the camera on the rear bumper of your TT that way you can stop the trailer before you hit anything, like the wall in your garage for example.
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10-03-2018, 07:35 PM
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#51
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Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: Southwick, Massachusetts
Trailer: None, sold my 2014 5.0TA
Posts: 7,124
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Can't say I've tried it but one of the local dealers uses a Towmotor with a front hitch to move around the trailers. Didn't notice if there were mirrors sticking out on of it.
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10-03-2018, 07:46 PM
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#52
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Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: North Vancouver, British Columbia
Trailer: 2009 Escape 17B 2020 Toyota Highlander XLE
Posts: 17,136
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Quote:
Originally Posted by padlin
Can't say I've tried it but one of the local dealers uses a Towmotor with a front hitch to move around the trailers. Didn't notice if there were mirrors sticking out on of it.
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Dennis at ETI pushes trailers around with a forklift. Beats me how he can see where he's going.
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What happens to the hole when the cheese is gone?
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10-03-2018, 08:09 PM
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#53
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Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: Calgary, Alberta
Trailer: 2017 Escape 5.0 TA
Posts: 15,532
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Fox hunt
Everyone has some trick
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Nope, no tricks here. Just like driving forward, don't use tricks there either.
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2015 Ford F150 Lariat 3.5L EcoBoost
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10-03-2018, 11:56 PM
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#54
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Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2014
Location: Ventura County, California
Trailer: 2015 Escape 17A
Posts: 2,344
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Hints I can give are limited to what I told a friend recently as she tried to back into her single car garage at her new home:
-set the car up in the driveway; get out and sight along the car to see if you're aimed to go where you want.
-once inside the car, pick a landmark in the rear-view mirror (in her case it was a box on a shelf at the back of the garage). Keep that landmark in a fixed position in the mirror; hand on the steering wheel, back slowly with only tiny movements to correct. If you're unsure, stop, get out, and check.
-The big one: I watched her moving her head to keep the landmark in one place in the mirror (while her car was veering off line.). So, keep your head in one place, moving only your eyes.
Once she started keeping her head in a fixed position, it became a snap to back. Next two days, every time she did it - perfection!
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10-04-2018, 12:12 AM
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#55
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Commercial Member
Join Date: Apr 2014
Location: Hillsboro, Oregon
Trailer: 2014 Escape 21 - "Felicity"
Posts: 2,945
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Quote:
Originally Posted by dfandrews
Hints I can give are limited to what I told a friend recently as she tried to back into her single car garage at her new home:
-set the car up in the driveway; get out and sight along the car to see if you're aimed to go where you want.
-once inside the car, pick a landmark in the rear-view mirror (in her case it was a box on a shelf at the back of the garage). Keep that landmark in a fixed position in the mirror; hand on the steering wheel, back slowly with only tiny movements to correct. If you're unsure, stop, get out, and check.
-The big one: I watched her moving her head to keep the landmark in one place in the mirror (while her car was veering off line.). So, keep your head in one place, moving only your eyes.
Once she started keeping her head in a fixed position, it became a snap to back. Next two days, every time she did it - perfection!
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Wifey had the same issue. Watched her drivers side mirror intently while backing in so crooked she sheared the passenger side mirror off her car...........
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10-04-2018, 05:35 AM
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#56
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Senior Member
Join Date: Mar 2013
Location: Asheville, North Carolina
Trailer: 2014 Escape 19
Posts: 895
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Quote:
Originally Posted by dfandrews
Hints I can give are limited to what I told a friend recently as she tried to back into her single car garage at her new home:
-set the car up in the driveway; get out and sight along the car to see if you're aimed to go where you want.
-once inside the car, pick a landmark in the rear-view mirror (in her case it was a box on a shelf at the back of the garage). Keep that landmark in a fixed position in the mirror; hand on the steering wheel, back slowly with only tiny movements to correct. If you're unsure, stop, get out, and check.
-The big one: I watched her moving her head to keep the landmark in one place in the mirror (while her car was veering off line.). So, keep your head in one place, moving only your eyes.
Once she started keeping her head in a fixed position, it became a snap to back. Next two days, every time she did it - perfection!
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Or like my father used to tell me when backing a car into a tight space: “get as close as you can to the drivers side, if you still hit, you couldn’t have made it anyway!”
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Thanks to the interstate highway system, it is now possible to travel across the country from coast to coast without seeing anything - Charles Kuralt
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10-20-2018, 05:09 PM
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#57
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2016
Location: Whidbey Island, Washington
Trailer: 2020 Escape 17B "Voyager"
Posts: 2,661
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Pulling out for a short camping trip gave me a chance to get some photos so you can see why I have trouble knowing whether or not the trailer is going straight into the garage. Yes, I want it as close to the street side door as I can, because I want to be able to enter on the door side from inside the garage. But I'd like it going straight back (it obviously wasn't coming quite straight out but I did not hit the doors.
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10-20-2018, 05:19 PM
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#58
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Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: North Vancouver, British Columbia
Trailer: 2009 Escape 17B 2020 Toyota Highlander XLE
Posts: 17,136
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10-20-2018, 05:24 PM
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#59
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Site Team
Join Date: Jun 2014
Location: Canyon Lake, Texas
Trailer: 2015 19 "Past Tents", 2021 F150 Lariat 2.7L EB
Posts: 10,222
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Wow, thank goodness it's a 15. By the way the garage for it is charming. Love the French doors.
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10-20-2018, 05:26 PM
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#60
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2016
Location: Whidbey Island, Washington
Trailer: 2020 Escape 17B "Voyager"
Posts: 2,661
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The French doors are how I managed to redo the garage to get the trailer in- original door was 8'. But yes, it's a tight fit, though not as bad as it looks in the pictures- there should be about 7" on each side if I went in dead center. Inside it is bigger.
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