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Old 10-03-2018, 03:37 PM   #41
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Just turn on your standard Escape lights, one on each side.....
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Old 10-03-2018, 05:50 PM   #42
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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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Old 10-03-2018, 05:56 PM   #43
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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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Old 10-03-2018, 05:59 PM   #44
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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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Old 10-03-2018, 06:02 PM   #45
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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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Old 10-03-2018, 06:02 PM   #46
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Well not such a crazy idea after all?
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Old 10-03-2018, 06:15 PM   #47
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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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Old 10-03-2018, 06:23 PM   #48
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Sounds like a good solution for Bobbie54 if you ask me?
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Old 10-03-2018, 06:46 PM   #49
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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).

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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Old 10-03-2018, 07:06 PM   #50
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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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Old 10-03-2018, 07:35 PM   #51
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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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Old 10-03-2018, 07:46 PM   #52
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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.

Dennis at ETI pushes trailers around with a forklift. Beats me how he can see where he's going.
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Old 10-03-2018, 08:09 PM   #53
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Nope, no tricks here. Just like driving forward, don't use tricks there either.
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Old 10-03-2018, 11:56 PM   #54
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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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Old 10-04-2018, 12:12 AM   #55
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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!
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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Old 10-04-2018, 05:35 AM   #56
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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!
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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Old 10-20-2018, 05:09 PM   #57
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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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Old 10-20-2018, 05:19 PM   #58
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That is a squeaker and quite and accomplishment to get it it at all.
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Old 10-20-2018, 05:24 PM   #59
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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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Old 10-20-2018, 05:26 PM   #60
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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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