Off-Road Towing, Advice no one else will give YOU
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- Off-Road Towing, Advice no one else will give YOU
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I’ll just add one thing Ronny when your all plugged in get someone behind the trailer and check that the lights work
100% mate🤙 I left that one out as it’s a standard road thing but good the mention it 🤙🤙
After years of doing the "Double Check", my wife and I are starting to do the "TRIPLE CHECK"! Growing old is not for the faint of heart.
After doing electronics for 20+ years great tip for Anderson plugs, is to hot melt glue or silicone the other end to keep dust and dirt way from entering from the rear of the plug, I have a Anderson plug cover too for when not in use and 5 years now and the pins inside them still look like new.
OH do not use cheap Anderson plugs even super cheap brand, stick with the genuine Anderson brand they will last much longer and have better pins and stronger housing.
Not going to lie, at the end of the video, I was really expecting you to drive off leaving the trailer behind..
Russel coight style
Always check lights! and my advice to the young fellas at work learning to back is - whatever mirror you see the trailer in, that hand down to correct. Right mirror - right hand down, left mirror - left hand down.
Yep, that's the best tip.
That’s how i was taught...
One thing I would add. Put a light cable socket on the trailer and use a cable with a plug on each end. I used to manufacture trailers most of which went into agriculture and construction, but one thing common in both was the light cable getting hooked on something and torn off the answer was a socket on the trailer and the cable that went to the towing vehicle had an identical plug on each end,that way you can carry a spare cable so that when (not if)it gets damaged it is just a matter of plugging in the new one.
Done. I'm using that.
Thx for that sound advice.
I’d have to disagree slightly with that brother, (no offence intended either) I used that exact set up for 6months and had to go back to just a single port. I’ve travelled extensively throughout australia towing for over 20yrs and this set up you suggest causes an extra fault point. The movement and rattling that goes on cause the cables or points to loosen, also depending on where the second plug it is 2nd plug that can become dirty, wet and faulty. Food for thought
@@livelikekings8968 That is because you use the Australian plug and socket not the Euro, which is far more stable. I have looked at the AU and US lighting plugs and sockets and wondered who designed such mick mouse set ups. Here in the UK a socket dangling on the end of a wire as the US often has would get you a ticket for contravening the construction and use regulations. I have put plenty of lights and plugs on agricultural trailers as well as construction and builders over the years and by far the best and most reliable has been a socket on the trailer as cables are forever being snagged and ripped by use in rough conditions.
Equiluxe1 completely agree with you about the Australian and NZ trailer plugs, especially the round ones. Absolute garbage they are! (My comment I guess was concerning Aus/Nz I should have stated that)
@@livelikekings8968 yeah agree with all that you have said. I own 6 off road trailers (I'm an outback mining contractor) & find the flat plugs the best, and even then I have to replace them every 18 months. I always carry a spare plug with me
Thanks Ronny, have a great week!
GREAT advices, Ronny. Thanks for sharing!
Thanks Ronny, good advice, some I knew and some I didn't, so good value here.
Awesome video yet again Ronnie. Thanks!👍
Thank you for taking the time to provide some good tips!
So wise , Thank You . Happy Trails
Yup, I just learnt a lot today from Ronny. Tks!
Great info! Thanks Ronny.
Great video champion. One of your best. In one short video you have changed my thoughts on camping trailers, setups and process. Great work
Thanks for the great info Ronny! Thanks for the trailer brake tips too
Hi Ronnie, good advice once again. It’s always good to review what we do and your right I always try and learn new things even if it’s again 👍
Excellent advice mate, many thanks.
What a great clip! I’ve been watching heaps having just bought an off road trailer and I learned more new things here than in 20 other clips! Brilliant!
Good info for me, I have a little military trailer, this video has answered everything and more, great advice. Thank you.
Many great pointers like always Ronnie!!!
Thank you for the video. I appreciate your wisdom.
I was looking forward to this video. You answered all my questions
Haven’t got a trailer but one day I will, I’ll be back for these tips when I do! Thanks Ronny LEGEND!
Great points, I also use low range when reversing/ manoeuvring the caravan. Makes things happen slower and safer.
Great video Ronny!
The "all on you" and "double check" are two very important principles when towing, especially when towing boats.
Very high quality video! Thanks for putting this together
Thanks for the advice from Canada!
Some good points in there Ronny. Thanks!. My trailer is super light (400lbs dry), I run highway at 20lbs and I am still getting center tire wear! See you on the next video. George.
As always great advice on your post’s you have helped me and many others from making stupid mistakes
Thanks Ronny. Great video.
Awesome video . Thanks for sharing this training video . From Steve stott in sutherlin Oregon u.s.a.
Excellent vid Ronny. Very informative.
Excellent info mate!
Super helpful. Getting my first camper trailer tomorrow. good tips.
I like how the Australian army Trailer was so well balanced it was easy to put onto the pindle hitch I had a camper trailer with 130kg Ball weight manageable with a jockey wheel on concrete but off road a real pain if you have to disconnect my 79 didn't have the rear diff track corrected so in sand I was making six wheel ruts and getting stuck to often great video
Awesome video Ronny 🤙 great tips. Definitely different ball game towing off road 👍🍻
Sick video. You’ve got me thinking about one of these. Thanks.
Great video Ronny. Very informative.
I learn something new from all of Ronny's videos 👍
As usual lots and lots of very good advice and I learnt a few new tips. One more is having tyre pressure monitors for your trailer. If gives peace of mind to know that you'll very quickly get a warning if you get a puncture on the trailer. And if you have padlocks to secure compartments on your trailer take them all off before hitting dirt roads - I learnt the hard way when I left one on and it filled up with dust and jammed. Had to wait till we hit a town to get it off with bolt cutters.
Nice job Ronny. Love your content.
Very good , we tow three different trailers and each is very different. The one thing that is constant is a checklist we use .
it really helps to make sure every time we go we don’t forget to do something . Nothing worse then being out in the middle of nowhere with a problem that could have been prevented . there are always surprises that come up but if you have the spare plug , pin , wires etc. it helps make those problems much easier to deal with .
Enjoyed watching
Good video mate enjoy them every time
Great tips, thanks for sharing!
Loving these videos cheers bro
Theses are the videos I love. Trying to do the TransAmerica trail this summer
You have great tastes in trailers, we have a no5 army trailer too that i am modifying, wide patrol axle you know. Great being able to jack knife the thing past 90 degrees on the vic high country which we spend most of our 4wding at due to it being on our door step. Another great vid mate.😀
Great... as always... regards from Argentina!
so much great info, thank you
The crossed chains.. Some people may wonder why you do that.
2 reasons we do, one, when turning, there's no "outside" chain to tighten up.. two, if the coupling comes off, the crossed chain will cradle the towbar and hopefully stop it spearing into the ground.
Nevyn it’s state law here in TN. It’s the only way I’ll tow a trailer which is daily routine for me.
...and some places, like Montana, the law requires the safety chains be crossed. :- )
thanks mate, I was wondering... crossed chains for me from no on!
Ronnie you are full of common sense
Keep reminding me and others of shit we over look
Thank you
Another great vid Ronny.
Great video! I maybe a small teardrop owner in the near future so I appreciate the insight on towing. Well done!
Great advice like normal thanks Ronny
Lots of great info. Thanks Mate. Cheers from 🇨🇦
Good tips. Relevant anywhere.
Great advice. Went firewood collecting other day and didn’t lower pressures on either the trailer or towing car and the tracks were rutted and big holes and lost traction in a hill
Great job, thanks!
Tip #42: Spend $30 on grease able trailer hub caps. Boaties use them all the time. You can keep pushing clean axle grease in one end and dusty dirty grease out the other on a long off road trip. Sand and mud is just as bad as water on your bearings.
That’s awesome, thanks champ!
GOOD STUFF all around smart things to always do when you've got to have a trailer for all your things.
I liked how you held your mud flaps up out of the way...I noticed that when you were showing the trailer wiring location. I personally use and light weight small chain...I find it allows the mud flap to move easier over those higher rocks and logs and it is easy to tie up with the smaller bungy chords back on the black top.
Thanks again for showing the things others either don't know or think about.
Thanks the great content! Another tip from watching truckies, even when reversing in a straight line, keep moving the steering wheel left and right, don't keep the steering wheel straight. You are actually doing it in the reversing clip. Hope that helps. Cheers.
Very informative, great video.
This video has more good advice than 10 typical videos. Bravo boys!
Ronny, you would have made a GOOD firefighter here in the states, I don't even own a trailer and I'm watching this just to see what I can learn :) Your not over the top with safety but your winching videos and ones like this show the planning and insight it takes to have a good safe trip. cheers
Another awesome video Ronny but you missed a the most important tip.
HOLD THE BOTTOM OF THE WHEEL
When reversing hold the bottom of the steering wheel, when you want the trailer to go to the right turn the bottom of the wheel to the right. Want it to the left swing the bottom of the wheel to the left.
People that hold or think of the top of the wheel when they’re backing a trailer need to think in reverse to turn the wheel the right way. HOLD THE BOTTOM OF THE WHEEL, you’ll never fuck up a turn again.
MIND BLOWN!
Ken Cooper Great point for people learning, but not necessary when people get the hang of it.
Good advice...if there’s space for your hands between the steering wheel and your crotch. Big guys in old land rovers without power steering find this nigh on impossible🤗
I don't agree, you loose all your hands instinctive reaction, and until you understand trailer reversing you'll mess it up anyway, better to change as less as possible.
mad ass
Women just love getting tossed the keys to a 4wd they’re completely unfamiliar with that has a trailer hooked up to it.
Great video and sound advice as always.
2 things as a truckie I would add that I didn't hear you mention. Firstly one of the main reasons to lower tyre pressures is also to avoid tyre damage from staking etc. 2nd when reversing don't look over your shoulder, get used to looking in your side mirrors. It helps with your orientation/spacial awareness and once you get used to using your mirrors reversing a trailer becomes 2nd nature.
Great tips Ronny 👍
Great video and I love the name of your rig!!!
Great video, I plan purchasing a diesel Gladiator and a trailer for some overlanding and have been searching for some good off road towing content. I've been towing since I first got my licence decade's ago and I told a friend who doesn't normally tow regardless of whether on road or off slow and steady when reversing and make as many corrections as you need and don't trust anyone. He didn't listen his wife was guiding him on one side of his vehicle and hit a pole on the otherside
Good information. I really appreciate that you give a good honest opinions and are not swayed buy third party companies trying to pedal their wares.
You are right, those are tips that no one else gives out. You put some thought into this one.
Best advice I've seen on RUclips for a long time. As far as towing is concerned I would add one more thing - cables from trailer to be sprung held up, because if plugs get pulled out you do not want ends dragging on ground!
Great vid ronny , just bought a austrack trailer and those tips were great advice , cant wait to test it out wirh that advice on board.
Ps , was a pleasure to meet you and the boys at the 4wd show at eastern creek.
Cheers Paul 👍🍻
your really awesome man. Great sense of humor.
Very good tips/advices, thx
Some great tips that are not obvious thanks Ronny.
honestly learned a lot, i'm looking for a trailer right now to do some bush camping in the states, still haven't determined how rough i want to go regarding the trails and driving to get to places but this is good info thanks for making the video.
good advice, Thank You
I have done a lot of towing on road but....I learnt a shit load Thanks Ronny.... and thanks to the comments I learnt a shit load more. Cheers everyone.
Couple of other important things - 1. Tow ball weight limits can't be exceeded and they also eat into your payload.
2. Weight distribution in the trailer needs to have a forward bias to prevent trailer sway.
It's not just tow ball weight limit. From a legal (and safety) standpoint, you're limited by the lowest rated component in the entire towing setup, be it the bumper, receiver, drawbar, ball, coupler, frame, springs, axle(s), or tires. Also, just saying forward bias is being very vague. Tongue weight should be 10-15% for a bumper pull (tag-along) and 15-30% for a gooseneck or fifth wheel. Uneven side to side loading can also induce sway, not just front to back. And being familiar with the manual override on your brake controller is critically important because when the tail starts wagging the dog, it can turn into a deadly situation in the blink of an eye.
Just a question regarding weight distribution mate, I want to carry 4 extra jerry cans and the perfect spot is at the front of the trailer
(I have a 2015 patriot x1)
Having this extra weight at the front is ok?
And would these smaller camper trailer start to wobble at higher speeds or is that just for bigger caravans ?
@@anthoniminiotis3526 as long as the ball weight is still below what's listed in your owners manual, that's all good.
Any trailer can get trailer sway, just that the bigger the trailer, the more force it can generate.
Cheers mate. Love the channel. Are you planning on coming back to overland expo in Flagstaff Arizona in March I believe. Thanks for all the videos. Great stuff. Especially when you doubled down on the hot dog In Moab. Two dogs on one bun. That's revolutionary haha. Happy Holidays.
Your truck is beautiful! Man I wish we could get those things in the United States
Anything over 25 years old can be imported legally into the US.
Just picked up a modified m416 with RTT and this pops into my recommended. Great stuff
Great tips
Hey Ronny, that was rather good, you pushed out some good nuggets in this vid that I had not considered. I am only starting out in many ways with the whole 4wding thing.
I have driven heavy trucks for more than 30 years, "30 years makes not, I a Jedi Master truck driver" but I have seen a few things. & no matter how on your game any one might be it always helps to be reminded of things we know & don't know.
When it all goes bad, heavy trucks are a next level of death & dismemberment. But the principles are the same. I guess the smaller the machine or the mass the better chance that if you are going to die, it will be a little slower.
The walk around is so important & not just "walking around but teaching & reminding yourself (& each other!) every time you get in & out of the vehicle to work that habit of looking @ everything you can, tyres, lights, wiring, draws anything restrained.
Is everything where it should be? Did I remember everything, take the time & mindfulness to stop & not be unduelly distracted by that big "race" called human.
The most important lesson I learnt in driving prime movers is I not allow my attention & routine process of hitching & unhitching & checking be interrupted by anything or anyone. Because you can do everything right & it can still turned to a hot shit tube spill of trouble.
I have lost work in insisting that a few times but better than killing someone, including me or ending up going to jail. I am the 1st to admite I have had a few close calls. I survived one serious accident where I could of very easily ended up dead.
I heard a story of a trailer decoupling from its prime mover @ speed because it either was not hitched properly of something failed, well the brakes on the trailer failed, that I am certain of.
The driver had to pull up quickly @ a set of lights, there was a pedestrian crossing @ the lights, the trailer unhitched & over took the prime mover sailed on right through the intersection. Killed the pedestrian instantly.
It can happen just as easy with a small car & trailer & there does not have to be alot of weight, mass or even speed involved for it to mess up someones/z meat suit/s.
Great informative video.thanks
Loved this video!! Anyone who mentions "Tetris" has been around long enough to have great experience. 👍
Great video!!
good coverage Ronny, check your trailer and load every time you stop, a mate of mine does not check his trailer/ dingy etc and has paid the price, also check those trailer wheel studs and chain shackles
Very useful info on towing. We tow about 80% of the time and have towed everything from a tiny Erde at a huge caravan. Even so, there were some things here that we hadn't considered before. Toughest thing I ever had was a 30 foot Bedford bus with a car trailer, that was a real bugger to back :)
Actually larger trailers are easier to back up than the tiny ones, because you can see the larger trailers much better than those tiny ones that you have no idea how they're tracking till the dang thing is jackknifed behind you LOL.
Excellent
Ronny, love your videos - Regarding tire pressures: Your pressures may suit your 33 or 35-inch rubbers but since you address a wide variety of drivers, I thought it might be good to mention that a 265/65/18 tire will suffer at 8 psi on sand no matter what. Also, 20 psi is likely to be too low on gravel roads, too, for a small tire. Best tire pressures highly depend on the internal volume and cross-section e.g wall heights. Your best tire pressure should vary on the size of your tire, the weight on your tire, and the type of ground you travel on.
Without you I can’t make more content lmao 🤙
Good topic and some great oil Roger, Ronnie oh & Torbs, great tip about convoy etticate and position.
I always use the best person (scout or sweeper) vehicle or bike up front and the next most experienced in the rear (as the tail end Charlie) course that person maybe the trailer driver, so next in line, not just referring to cars and trucks here.
Having been a truckie, in my many lives, any driver with a salt but especially a trailer driver! learn ya left hand down! right hand downs, the amount of people who don’t know that basic shouldn’t be behind a wheel. let alone towing a trailer, Mav out 👻
btw I do like your army trailer, pretty sweet, good to see the PC X2 is serving you well though, look fwd to the seeing the trip you are on now with those in tow.🤙
Good video, Ronny.
Thanks, I learned a lot. Again.
I don’t tow a trailer, not my thing, but great useful information to know just the same, keep up the good work. 👍
Wow a lot of good advice, For me was the down hill low range trailer brake, That's journeyman level Thanks now to work and move my plugs up above the hitch.