It's always funny.

[CaptnJohn]

No more hands waving or phones. I just turn on the voice on the backup camera.I can see her even out of mirror view.

[kksfish]

Originally Posted by UsTwo

I tried to explain to my wife what I needed to get backed into any spot.. She did the arm flapping junk for about a year.. I would let her flap away and then get out and look. She felt so bad about not getting it right. So we went back through the process again.. I said its like this, If you can't see me in the mirrors or vise versa I can't see you.. If I can't see you I will stop and let you look like a fool back there waving arms and yelling..I did remind her the fun of others watching her help. She does a really good job now.. I even got her a small PVC pole that has been marked and taped off, so she can judge how far away from the Elec. outlet we need to be..

Yeah on letting her look like a fool. “And then the fight started “

[flybouy]

Originally Posted by CaptnJohn

No more hands waving or phones. I just turn on the voice on the backup camera.I can see her even out of mirror view.

When my wife was behind the trailer I turned the mic off on my camera. I found the " go left" verbal command and the right hand waving and pointing to the right to be too confusing.

[newemptynester]

GMcKenzie that is how me and the DH do it. I am always in view of the mirrors and I may look like a fool running from one side to the other to make sure we don't hit anything. We have not fought about parking the TT in years.

[GMcKenzie]

Originally Posted by Laredo Tugger

I liked your PVC pole idea until I realized I would be handing the DW something else she could hit me with. Think I'll go with yarn.
RMc

I have a chunk of rope cut to the right length. I guess she could swing it at me.

[jimborokz]

We do like Bob and Becky. DW calls me on her cell and I use the hands free in the truck to ask questions. No yelling, no arm waving. If she's not sure of something she will just say you better come back and look. Main object is to not hit anything. We've gotten into some pretty tight places.
48 years and still happy

[KSH]

Originally Posted by LHaven

My wife refuses to let me pair her phone to her truck because she "doesn't want to be distracted while she is driving." She also hates to use her backup camera, preferring the mirrors. Today, we had a particularly stressful session hooking up the ProPride hitch (which is like threading a hot dog into a donut in 3D), because she also left her hearing aids in the trailer.



Sigh.

I wish it was a donut! I've learned with my 3p if I'm having problems I probably have to drop the arms down to let the head move a bit by itself.

[LHaven]

Originally Posted by KSH

I wish it was a donut! I've learned with my 3p if I'm having problems I probably have to drop the arms down to let the head move a bit by itself.

After about 60 days on the road with mine, I figured out that the secret is to jack the jacks down at unhooking past the point where they flop freely, until they just begin to stiffen up again. This keeps enough tension on the head to prevent it from rotating down once the stinger leaves. When you maintain alignment in all three dimensions when unhooking, it's amazing how much easier re-hitching becomes.