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Originally Posted by JRTJH
Stevereno,
 to the forum and to Keystone. We're glad you decided to join us and we look forward to hearing about your RVing adventures.
Backing any RV that you can't see over or around takes some getting used to. One suggestion you may find helpful (if your driveway is relatively open and free of obstacles) is to watch the trailer wheels on the driver's side. If you line them up to a certain distance from the driveway edge and try to keep that distance as you back into the driveway, you'll probably find it easier than trying to watch both the back and the sides of the RV. When we change what we're watching, we tend to get disoriented and that's when the over-corrections occur. Just watch the wheels, keep them a couple of feet from the edge of the drive and let your DW warn you if you're getting too close to something behind you.... It takes time and practice to get it right, but it will come to you before too long.
Enjoy your time on the forum and make yourself at home.
John |
John - I was primarily watching the driver's side because it has a dropoff in one section and I could see the length of the trailer plus the driveway whereas the other side "disappears" due to the angle. The problem I would run into was that the rear of the Tahoe would end up too far over on the opposite side to where I was about to run off the driveway into the trees.
@davidcyndi - we might have been neighbors at some point.
We lived in the Oaks of Atascocita for about 12 years before building our current home (we're in Northcrest Ranch off Hwy 242). Our daughters both graduated from Humble HS, class of '95 and '99.
I want to camp at Cagle and do some fishing up there. But I need to get some kind of rack to put on the Tahoe to carry our kayaks so we can take them with us. I have a trailer for the kayaks but it will only be used for day trips from the house now that we have the TT.
I will try that technique keeping hands at the bottom of the wheel. Sounds like that might be a good system to use.