Wow! This was EXACTLY what I needed. I was getting stuck on the chase. No one explains it and the toys make it easier to understand 😂! My neighbors can now put away their lawn chairs and popcorn. This comedy show dinner theater is now over! Thank you!
This should be the Official Trailer Manuevering Tutorial of the industry. Thank you Dan! Going to tow my first trailer in a couple weeks and your video greatly helps! Wish me luck!
Excellent video. It's all about the chase vehicle. All the other tutorials just show how to turn the trailer into the spot, but never mentioned anything about bringing the towing vehicle back inline. This is where all the confusion comes into play when you're new. You get the trailer in, but your tow vehicle is all crooked, and as you try to straighten it out, your trailer swings out of place, and the sweats start to come out, and the cussing starts. I've learned that as soon as you see the trailer going in the direction that you want, start to straighten out your tow vehicle slowly.
So very helpful. Thank you! BTW, I've used the term "ass end" since the 70's but haven't heard anyone else use it for a long time. You brought a smile to my face!
I happened across your video and I’m so happy I did. Leave it to a Canadian to get to the point and explain things clearly and simply. I’ve been trailering horses and my small RV for years, and I picked up some good tips today. Your graphics, toy truck and trailer, and gaming steering wheel, really helped visualize backing up trailers into narrow spots. Your explanations were clear and made a lot of sense. Thank you so much! Mercí‼️😊
Ditto! I'm a wife who is now trailering on her own after joining a group called Sisters on the Fly. People say "follow the trailer" or "chase the trailer" and I'm like "what the heck, the trailer follows my truck!". Now I understand! Thank you.
This is the best back up video i have watched. We have a lower drive and just getting the trailer back in when home is just as stressful as the campsite! I now understand what i have been doing wrong. Thank you so much for sharing this info. Solo female here and I really want to learn to back in myself, but always appreciate anyone who volunteers to be a spotter.
OMG, thank you so much for this. Very helpful. Pretty much a newbie for my travel trailer, and have backed into camp sites successfully all but one time. That time, I had to maneuver it in two different directions, two different turns. And there were people watching, they came out of their rv's to watch and make snide comments. luckily the gentleman next door to my site, offered to back it in for me. He did it beautifully, and then told me he was a professional truck driver. If felt somewhat better after that. I have to say, I didn't try to converse or make nice with those others who made the snide comments during our stay there.
Hello! I wanted to thank you so much for such an incredible demonstration, explanations and very useful information on how to back up our fifth wheel. I studied your video, went to our RV mega store to overnight and with complete confidence, pulled up as demonstrated, hand at the bottom of the wheel and backed in FIRST TIME perfectly into the spot. Thank you, Thank you and thank you!
Great video. I'm a truck driver also, so I was watching this video with "critical eyes"..nice job!! If I may, I would like to also suggest that new RVs go out and buy some cheap orange cones and take them to a wide open area to practice backing before going on a trip. When I got my CDL (trucker's license), we had 3 weeks of driving in a practice lot before they would take us on the road. Having the visual and then being able to actually do what we saw was a great way to sharpen the skills.
New operator of a travel trailer here. This video is fantastic and gives a step by step "for dummies". Call me a dummy all you want but I was taught, and learned. Thank you.
Brother, this has been the best explanation I have found. Explaining the chase part sets this video miles apart from any other I have seen. Thank you very much. I’ll take the Lego-250 over someone’s video of them parking their rig with poor explanation.
I bet I have watched 20 videos this morning on how to back a camper. None of them helped. Yours is perfect. Thank you, thank you, thank you for actually explaining how to do it. The visuals are fantastic and easy to follow. I feel much more confident now to know what position to start in and when to cut the wheels. I already had the left and right part. I put my hand at the bottom of the steering wheel.
Best illustration i have seen to date! Excuses not needed for the toys because they are a scale model of what is actually happening! Out of desperation, i downloaded a game called "Cargo Parking". It requires you to back a farm tractor with trailer into a highlighted spot. You turn the steering wheel with your finger and you only have backward and forward gear. I think what makes backing up so hard is the point of rotation (the truck-trailer hitch point) is moving. If it was stationary, it would be just like drawing a circle with a compass. but with the point of rotation moving, the back of your trailer is actually drawing an ellipsoid, which is quite hard to picture. I am a newby and cant back my 42' fiver even into my driveway, but i always look at the trailer tires. the path the trailer tires are going is the exact path the trailer, or at least the "center" of the trailer is going. Thanks again for the detailed, on point, analysis!!
“You’re good, you’re good...STOP!!!“ This is us! Love this video tutorial! I have never backed our unit (42+ feet) but this has given me the confidence. I have had wrong thinking about where to position when you approach the site. I always thought you should be in the middle of the road but you clearly showed that you should be hugging the site side. Tell your son thanks for letting you use his toys for props-great visual!
I just bought a long 5th wheel and have been stressing about backing it up. They biggest thing I've even backed up is an 8' landscape trailer. You're insights will help me greatly as I practice in an old unused parking lot near my home. based on the comments, looks like you've removed a lot of anxiety in a lot of new trailer owners. thanks man!
I have watched a number of "back up" videos and with out question yours helped me the best, maybe because I a very simple person and your prestation was simple and straight forward. Good job and thank you.
I love this video-it was _exactly_ the kind of illustration I was looking for before my first backing. Thank you so much for illustrating it from the bird's eye view and speaking in detail about each of the steps. I especially appreciate the tips such as trying to pull in on the driver's side, or pull up and past the campsite before backing in. I really am much more confident to go out the first time thanks to this instructional video.
It appears that everyone likes this video. I'm one of these people. FANTASTIC VIDEO! I must say that 5th Man (from 9 months ago) has a point about the positioning at 25:14
Nice video! Very informative as well. I always viewed towing like this: You can have a thousand spotters, but the driver is always responsible for both good, and bad. Never be afraid to double and triple check your position when backing up and making turns.
We’ve had our 30’ camper for over a year now and this was one of the first videos I watched before picking it up. I was so nervous to take it out. We’ve gone camping a bunch of times over the past year and because of this video I haven’t ever had a problem backing in, knock on wood. Thanks so much for this!
Thanks. I’m a single mom and I recently got a pop up. I want to keep doing what I like and have the experience with the little one👶. Now I can do it the right way. And not just pushing it in to the campsite. 😰😓 Thanks 🤗
Hi thank you for this great visual and easy explaination I was able to follow- and you mentioned some things others haven’t- worth watching the entire vid! The GOAL tip at the end is gold too. Also emphasizing that no one is watching and laughing. I’m looking forward to taking my little camper out more and more and am feeling less afraid! This video really helped with that, thanks Dan 😊👍
Your video was a game-changer for me. Thanks sooooo much for taking your time to help newbies feel more comfortable parking a 5th wheel. Loved the video
Thank you so much this video is EXCELLENT! Gotta tell you my husband and I have been trailering for years , backing into a site gets my blood pressure up, to a point I want to cry, or want a drink. The later is the usual lol. Itsmthe chase he hasn't gotten. I'll have him watch this thanks soooooooo much. Happy travels everyone. And be safe in these uncertain times.
This video is a fantastic tool to help all new campers like myself, and addresses all and I mean ALL of the problems I have experienced and stressed over. Things I ask myself, "why is it going that way?" And " how do I get the truck straight with the camper?"........thank you sir!....so very much!!!
This is a great illustration for the new campers, I have learned some of your tips in a harsh way 😅 with time but I like how you comprehend them all practically and easily. Well done!
Exactly what I've been needing for advice as a newbie. Everyone just says "follow it in" but what the heck does that mean? You explain it. Excellent video. Ty!
Thank you so very very much for this excellent instructional video on backing into a campsite. The tips on hugging the site and just going past the campsite are extremely helpful! Love the concepts of "angle of attack" and "the chase." I know my next attempt at backing in will be much improved thanks to you.
Best video ever. You described this perfect for me. U appreciate you explaining "why" you do the steps. When I understand why...It all makes sense. Thank you so very much!
Thanks for your video. We are trailer newbies and backing up has caused us so much stress. Your illustrations really helped us know when to turn the wheel to start the turn AND when to turn the other way to help the truck follow along. That has been our issue that no one explained…when to turn the wheel the other way. Thank you!
Hand signals can be great, or not. I worked as an equipment operator, back-hoes & excavators. I had a favorite on the ground, excellent at giving had signals, I could always understand exactly what he was communicating. It's an art.
Thank you for making this video. I own a 21.5 ft TT that I simply don't know how to back in. I've been booking pull thru sites just because I don't know how to back the TT in. I'll give this a try in a while at camp.
after a frustrating practicing backing up afternoon.. this video is great! I see where I was messing up. this is absolutely the best travel trailer back up video on YT! the toy truck & trailer were perfect!! thank you so much!
I thought this was pretty lame at first, but I really like seeing it from a 'birdseye' point of view. One thing you might put in is about OVERCORRECTION. After putting my trailer in the driveway by myself (and only having taken the trailer out a couple of times), at the end of my ordeal, I finally realized my problem was overcorrecting. It is really hard to hold yourself back from turning that wheel all the way the other direction when the trailer is going wrong. You did mention slow, small turns, but it might be good to emphasize that a bit in there somewhere. Newbies, like me, tend to freak out and overcorrect, haha!
Perfect - got it on first try today - watched dozens of videos (even one where a guy went so far as to use a drone for aerial view) and this beat them all hands down. Thank you
Great Video. I loved your level of detail. I have not perfected steering wheel CHASE on the reverse back process. As 1st time solo owner/backup driver I have towed for 2 yrs now with 14 ft Aliner Ascape camper that jack knifes quickly. As a solo camper, some nights my mind shuts down after a long drive just as I begin to back into my camp site. To the campers already setup and watching, I say "I have arrived for your nightly entertainment". And everyone gets to laugh along with me. As a visual reminder I put a diagram on my car's sun visor with wheel position and which way the camper will back. If you ever redo this video, place your toy steering wheel on the table in front of the toy truck/camper and rotate the toy steering wheel to give the user a birds eye view. Thank you for this video!
Agree with many previous comments, great tutorial, the demos with your “play vehicles” was more helpful than any other live demos I have seen. Well done!
This video is super helpful. I am going out to practice today again. The first time I did it, it was so overwhelming but after watching this video, I think I have a better understanding of the concept as you broke it down so thoroughly. Thank you!
Great video! I hate some that simply say do the opposite of what you normally do when backing with a trailer. I don't really need to think when just backing up a vehicle. So the "do the opposite" means I first have to think of what the normal is! To much thinking in the heat of the moment. The way you advise is much simpler! The advise on a hard turn to "chase" the RV around sounds great. Can't wait to try it!
Great video with some tips for myself the driver and my partner as a spotter. I've had some hard times in Turkey Point PP wit a 36' 5th wheel, as its tight with narrow roads and lots of trees.
Holy moly! Thank you! Thanks for little details I needed that I never got from other videos. I’ve always made sure I had a pull through spot, thanks to you I’m ready to go out and practice backing in! I’ll have many more options. Thanks again!
Wow! This was EXACTLY what I needed. I was getting stuck on the chase. No one explains it and the toys make it easier to understand 😂! My neighbors can now put away their lawn chairs and popcorn. This comedy show dinner theater is now over! Thank you!
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This should be the Official Trailer Manuevering Tutorial of the industry. Thank you Dan! Going to tow my first trailer in a couple weeks and your video greatly helps! Wish me luck!
You’re welcome! Hope everything goes well for you. You’ll do great! Thanks for the compliments and for watching!
I've watched probably 10 videos, and this is definitely the best one. No one else explained the chase. Thank you!
Glad you liked it! Thanks for watching!
Excellent video. It's all about the chase vehicle. All the other tutorials just show how to turn the trailer into the spot, but never mentioned anything about bringing the towing vehicle back inline. This is where all the confusion comes into play when you're new. You get the trailer in, but your tow vehicle is all crooked, and as you try to straighten it out, your trailer swings out of place, and the sweats start to come out, and the cussing starts. I've learned that as soon as you see the trailer going in the direction that you want, start to straighten out your tow vehicle slowly.
Thank youuu !!! Man I was so confused oh how to keep the trailing going in the right direction!
So very helpful. Thank you! BTW, I've used the term "ass end" since the 70's but haven't heard anyone else use it for a long time. You brought a smile to my face!
Hope it was helpful, and so glad you found some humor in it. Not every viewer has appreciated my terminology haha
This is the best explanation I've seen. I've been doing this for 8 years and learned a couple new things. Never too old to learn. Thanks.
Hope it's helpful! Happy camping!
I happened across your video and I’m so happy I did. Leave it to a Canadian to get to the point and explain things clearly and simply. I’ve been trailering horses and my small RV for years, and I picked up some good tips today. Your graphics, toy truck and trailer, and gaming steering wheel, really helped visualize backing up trailers into narrow spots. Your explanations were clear and made a lot of sense. Thank you so much! Mercí‼️😊
That was the most clear instructional video on backing into a site I've seen on RUclips
excellent. you are the only person that has ever explained the chase. thank you
You are the best! It's all about THE CHASE!! Wish I could buy you a beer. Cheers and thank you!!!
Ditto! I'm a wife who is now trailering on her own after joining a group called Sisters on the Fly. People say "follow the trailer" or "chase the trailer" and I'm like "what the heck, the trailer follows my truck!". Now I understand! Thank you.
Absolutely the best instructions for a new camper. Absolutely the worst tree illustrator! Thanks for the tips.
Glad it was helpful!
I would have paid money for this course. Can anyone explain to me why 24 people would dislike this video?
Probably backed into something before watching this video.
It might be because they did not have this great idea first. This explanations is pure gold. The creativity using this little tools is awesome.
This is the best back up video i have watched. We have a lower drive and just getting the trailer back in when home is just as stressful as the campsite! I now understand what i have been doing wrong. Thank you so much for sharing this info. Solo female here and I really want to learn to back in myself, but always appreciate anyone who volunteers to be a spotter.
Hope it's helpful! Thanks for watching!!
This is the MOST helpful video BY FAR for this first time travel trailer owner! Thank you so much!
Thank you! Hope it's helpful
What do you do for a living! You are amazing at teaching; this is by far the best video. Thank you X 100 ❤️👍😀
I work in learning and development for an engineering company :-) Ty!
You are such a fantastic teacher. You are the only one that used the props for my brain to grasp. thank you
OMG, thank you so much for this. Very helpful. Pretty much a newbie for my travel trailer, and have backed into camp sites successfully all but one time. That time, I had to maneuver it in two different directions, two different turns. And there were people watching, they came out of their rv's to watch and make snide comments. luckily the gentleman next door to my site, offered to back it in for me. He did it beautifully, and then told me he was a professional truck driver. If felt somewhat better after that. I have to say, I didn't try to converse or make nice with those others who made the snide comments during our stay there.
Best editorial I’ve ever seen! Fantastic job of simplifying things for the viewers! 👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾
Thanks for the compliment!
Finally someone mentions how to “chase” the trailer. THANK YOU!
Thanks for watching!
YOU are a rock star. Thank you for explaining it so succinctly and beautifully.
You are so welcome!
Hello! I wanted to thank you so much for such an incredible demonstration, explanations and very useful information on how to back up our fifth wheel. I studied your video, went to our RV mega store to overnight and with complete confidence, pulled up as demonstrated, hand at the bottom of the wheel and backed in FIRST TIME perfectly into the spot. Thank you, Thank you and thank you!
Fantastic! So glad it was helpful. Thanks for watching!
Great video. I'm a truck driver also, so I was watching this video with "critical eyes"..nice job!! If I may, I would like to also suggest that new RVs go out and buy some cheap orange cones and take them to a wide open area to practice backing before going on a trip. When I got my CDL (trucker's license), we had 3 weeks of driving in a practice lot before they would take us on the road. Having the visual and then being able to actually do what we saw was a great way to sharpen the skills.
bought my first travel trailer 3 days and have been watching videos on reversing. this video by far is THE BEST!!! thank you
Came here to say this.
New operator of a travel trailer here. This video is fantastic and gives a step by step "for dummies". Call me a dummy all you want but I was taught, and learned. Thank you.
Brother, this has been the best explanation I have found. Explaining the chase part sets this video miles apart from any other I have seen. Thank you very much. I’ll take the Lego-250 over someone’s video of them parking their rig with poor explanation.
Glad it was helpful! Thanks for watching
I bet I have watched 20 videos this morning on how to back a camper. None of them helped.
Yours is perfect. Thank you, thank you, thank you for actually explaining how to do it. The visuals are fantastic and easy to follow. I feel much more confident now to know what position to start in and when to cut the wheels. I already had the left and right part. I put my hand at the bottom of the steering wheel.
You're welcome! Hope it helps! Thanks for watching.
Best illustration i have seen to date! Excuses not needed for the toys because they are a scale model of what is actually happening! Out of desperation, i downloaded a game called "Cargo Parking". It requires you to back a farm tractor with trailer into a highlighted spot. You turn the steering wheel with your finger and you only have backward and forward gear. I think what makes backing up so hard is the point of rotation (the truck-trailer hitch point) is moving. If it was stationary, it would be just like drawing a circle with a compass. but with the point of rotation moving, the back of your trailer is actually drawing an ellipsoid, which is quite hard to picture. I am a newby and cant back my 42' fiver even into my driveway, but i always look at the trailer tires. the path the trailer tires are going is the exact path the trailer, or at least the "center" of the trailer is going. Thanks again for the detailed, on point, analysis!!
You have explained this better than anyone I have seen so far! You give me hope that one day I will be able to do this!
@@PaulaWilson-x5h thank you for those kind words !
That was truely an excellent course. Best video that I've seen on backing up a trailer. I watched several of them but you're the best
Thank you so much! Thanks for watching!
Thank you. The best video I have seen thus far. Just bought my first ever trailer for Jet ski. Very helpful. Enjoy camping .
Thanks for watching!
“You’re good, you’re good...STOP!!!“ This is us! Love this video tutorial! I have never backed our unit (42+ feet) but this has given me the confidence. I have had wrong thinking about where to position when you approach the site. I always thought you should be in the middle of the road but you clearly showed that you should be hugging the site side. Tell your son thanks for letting you use his toys for props-great visual!
Excellent!! Best video by far. At beginning, I thought, "oh, no, you can't show without being in vehicle". But, bird's eye view was the best!
Superb video. Everyone learning to backing up their RV should be watching it! Merci!
I just bought a long 5th wheel and have been stressing about backing it up. They biggest thing I've even backed up is an 8' landscape trailer. You're insights will help me greatly as I practice in an old unused parking lot near my home. based on the comments, looks like you've removed a lot of anxiety in a lot of new trailer owners. thanks man!
Hope it goes well! Happy Camping!
I love the demonstration with the toy truck and trailor. You can see better what's actually going on. WISH ME LUCK. THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!! ☺
I have watched a number of "back up" videos and with out question yours helped me the best, maybe because I a very simple person and your prestation was simple and straight forward. Good job and thank you.
You are one of the beat RUclips teacher I have seen. Excellent technique. Can’t thank you enough. Great job 👏🏼
I love this video-it was _exactly_ the kind of illustration I was looking for before my first backing. Thank you so much for illustrating it from the bird's eye view and speaking in detail about each of the steps. I especially appreciate the tips such as trying to pull in on the driver's side, or pull up and past the campsite before backing in. I really am much more confident to go out the first time thanks to this instructional video.
Hope it helps you back up your trailer with ease! Thanks for watching
It appears that everyone likes this video. I'm one of these people. FANTASTIC VIDEO! I must say that 5th Man (from 9 months ago) has a point about the positioning at 25:14
This is the best video on backing up a trailer! So many helpful hints! Thank you so much!
Hope it helps! Thanks for watching
Nice video! Very informative as well. I always viewed towing like this: You can have a thousand spotters, but the driver is always responsible for both good, and bad. Never be afraid to double and triple check your position when backing up and making turns.
Great tips! Thanks for watching!
Best video yet for putting a travel trailer into a campsite.
Excellent way to demonstrate the process. It made so much more sense.
Glad you think so!
You provided the BEST demo and explanation on how to do this. Many thanks to you!
We’ve had our 30’ camper for over a year now and this was one of the first videos I watched before picking it up. I was so nervous to take it out. We’ve gone camping a bunch of times over the past year and because of this video I haven’t ever had a problem backing in, knock on wood. Thanks so much for this!
Glad to hear it was helpful and that you've been enjoying camping since! Thanks for watching.
Awesome vid. Things I learned. Aaaaaannndddd stooopp. Chasing. Spotter location. Back from drivers’ side.
Thanks for watching!
Thanks. I’m a single mom and I recently got a pop up. I want to keep doing what I like and have the experience with the little one👶. Now I can do it the right way. And not just pushing it in to the campsite. 😰😓 Thanks 🤗
I feel like you have changed my life - the "BOTTOM" of the steering wheel. Thank you!
Hi thank you for this great visual and easy explaination I was able to follow- and you mentioned some things others haven’t- worth watching the entire vid! The GOAL tip at the end is gold too. Also emphasizing that no one is watching and laughing. I’m looking forward to taking my little camper out more and more and am feeling less afraid! This video really helped with that, thanks Dan 😊👍
Hope it's helpful! Thanks for watching
The visuals totally helped me understand better.
Thank you, thank you, thank you!!
I’m a single rv’er and you have helped me immensely
Thanks for watching! Hope all goes well!
Very good video. I drove a bigrig but that was 20 yrs ago. This reminded me of my truvk driving course lessons
Thank you.
Thank to for the praise! Compliments from professional drivers mean a lot! Thanks for watching.
Your video was a game-changer for me. Thanks sooooo much for taking your time to help newbies feel more comfortable parking a 5th wheel. Loved the video
Thank you very much for taking your time to help new campers. It is is a blessed gift. Great tutorial.
Thank you SO MUCH for taking the time to do this no-nonsense video!! Very very helpful!
Thank you so much this video is EXCELLENT! Gotta tell you my husband and I have been trailering for years , backing into a site gets my blood pressure up, to a point I want to cry, or want a drink. The later is the usual lol. Itsmthe chase he hasn't gotten. I'll have him watch this thanks soooooooo much. Happy travels everyone. And be safe in these uncertain times.
This video is a fantastic tool to help all new campers like myself, and addresses all and I mean ALL of the problems I have experienced and stressed over. Things I ask myself, "why is it going that way?" And " how do I get the truck straight with the camper?"........thank you sir!....so very much!!!
Fantastic video!!
We , for some reason, have never gotten a space "on the drivers side" but I think I'll start specifically looking for them
It does make it a bit easier, but if you take your time and GOAL then backing in on the passenger side is possible. Thanks for watching!
Omg that totally makes sense now. You are very good at explaining.
I love the use of the toy truck/trailer! Gives alot of perspective from above what is really going on. Great video!!! Thanks
Best video on backing up I’ve seen. Thanks for all the time you put into it.
This is a great illustration for the new campers, I have learned some of your tips in a harsh way 😅 with time but I like how you comprehend them all practically and easily. Well done!
You read my mind. Going out for my first time tomorrow and can't stop thinking, "They're all gonna laugh at you". Thank you man!
That will be me later today......
My first time ended up being a piece of cake. Backing in was simple.@@mattjohns2217
@@trewmuzik glad you got it figured it out! I know the first time can be stressful. Sounds like you did a great job!
A great tutorial. Thank you for going slowly and even for repeating some of the maneuvers. Thank you
Exactly what I've been needing for advice as a newbie. Everyone just says "follow it in" but what the heck does that mean? You explain it. Excellent video. Ty!
This is the best explanation I have seen on youtube. Well done and thank you.
Thank you for an awesome video ! I was able to back my trailer on the first try
Fantastic! Glad it was helpful. Thanks for watching.
I've watched multiple videos on this and yours is by far the best. Thank you, Thank you, Thank you!!
This is the best instruction I have seen so far to backup a trailer. I learnt alot from your tips. Thanks
My go to video every time I need to review before a trip. Thank you sir!
Thank you! Headed out this spring, towing for the first time.
Good luck!
Thank you so very very much for this excellent instructional video on backing into a campsite. The tips on hugging the site and just going past the campsite are extremely helpful! Love the concepts of "angle of attack" and "the chase." I know my next attempt at backing in will be much improved thanks to you.
Best video ever. You described this perfect for me.
U appreciate you explaining "why" you do the steps. When I understand why...It all makes sense.
Thank you so very much!
Thanks for your video. We are trailer newbies and backing up has caused us so much stress. Your illustrations really helped us know when to turn the wheel to start the turn AND when to turn the other way to help the truck follow along. That has been our issue that no one explained…when to turn the wheel the other way. Thank you!
Hand signals can be great, or not.
I worked as an equipment operator, back-hoes & excavators. I had a favorite on the ground, excellent at giving had signals, I could always understand exactly what he was communicating. It's an art.
Agreed if you can make hand signals work it really helps!
Thank you so much for addressing this in the manner that you did! You made it fun, educational and very informative. So much appreciated!
Hope it was helpful!
AWESOME VIDEO!!!! Thanks for taking the time to make it.
Thanks for watching!
The staying close to campsite to have enough clearance and barely passing the site tip- thank you!
This video is very helpful. We are new to camping and had no clue how to backup.
Thank you for making this video. I own a 21.5 ft TT that I simply don't know how to back in. I've been booking pull thru sites just because I don't know how to back the TT in. I'll give this a try in a while at camp.
Hope it's helpful! Let me know how it goes!
after a frustrating practicing backing up afternoon.. this video is great! I see where I was messing up. this is absolutely the best travel trailer back up video on YT! the toy truck & trailer were perfect!! thank you so much!
Wendy Smith hope the tips help on your next practice!
I thought this was pretty lame at first, but I really like seeing it from a 'birdseye' point of view. One thing you might put in is about OVERCORRECTION. After putting my trailer in the driveway by myself (and only having taken the trailer out a couple of times), at the end of my ordeal, I finally realized my problem was overcorrecting. It is really hard to hold yourself back from turning that wheel all the way the other direction when the trailer is going wrong. You did mention slow, small turns, but it might be good to emphasize that a bit in there somewhere. Newbies, like me, tend to freak out and overcorrect, haha!
Of all the videos I watched about backing up, this one helped me the most. Thanks.
Very informative!! I had never heard of chasing it in. That has always been a problem for me.
Perfect - got it on first try today - watched dozens of videos (even one where a guy went so far as to use a drone for aerial view) and this beat them all hands down. Thank you
Thank you. This is the best and most sensible and helpful DIY video. Again Thank you.
Great Video. I loved your level of detail. I have not perfected steering wheel CHASE on the reverse back process. As 1st time solo owner/backup driver I have towed for 2 yrs now with 14 ft Aliner Ascape camper that jack knifes quickly.
As a solo camper, some nights my mind shuts down after a long drive just as I begin to back into my camp site. To the campers already setup and watching, I say "I have arrived for your nightly entertainment". And everyone gets to laugh along with me.
As a visual reminder I put a diagram on my car's sun visor with wheel position and which way the camper will back.
If you ever redo this video, place your toy steering wheel on the table in front of the toy truck/camper and rotate the toy steering wheel to give the user a birds eye view.
Thank you for this video!
Agree with many previous comments, great tutorial, the demos with your “play vehicles” was more helpful than any other live demos I have seen. Well done!
Really helpful especially about the steering wheel and spotter. Thank you.
Just going to get ours, newbies 😅
Thanks for watching! You will do great!
Newbie here. Still learning. Fantastic info. Feeling a little more confident. Production value made it special!!! 😄
This video is super helpful. I am going out to practice today again. The first time I did it, it was so overwhelming but after watching this video, I think I have a better understanding of the concept as you broke it down so thoroughly. Thank you!
Thank you. This is the best video on backing up I have seen.
Thank you! Hope it's helpful!
This is absolutely the all-time best RUclips video on any subject hands down! Great job!
Thank you so much. I am about to get my first small trailer (17'). This video lays out clearly how to approach backing up.
Great video! I hate some that simply say do the opposite of what you normally do when backing with a trailer. I don't really need to think when just backing up a vehicle. So the "do the opposite" means I first have to think of what the normal is! To much thinking in the heat of the moment. The way you advise is much simpler! The advise on a hard turn to "chase" the RV around sounds great. Can't wait to try it!
Thank you, this is the ONLY video I have found that teaches backing a trailer in depth. I have subscribed to your channel, thanks again, awesome job.
Thank you for the compliments and thanks for watching!
This is the best video for reversing the trailer
Thank you! For my dyslexic mind, most helpful. And greetings from Northern Idaho, we are but 40 miles from BC and sanity!
Great video with some tips for myself the driver and my partner as a spotter. I've had some hard times in Turkey Point PP wit a 36' 5th wheel, as its tight with narrow roads and lots of trees.
Every teaching tip I've ever heard of followed. Thank you!
Great to hear!
Holy moly! Thank you! Thanks for little details I needed that I never got from other videos. I’ve always made sure I had a pull through spot, thanks to you I’m ready to go out and practice backing in! I’ll have many more options. Thanks again!
Hope all goes well!
This was so wonderfully narrated and illustrated . Thank you .
You are most welcome