Trailer Ramp Ettiquette-sick And Tired

[fishinwrench]

3) Look at the butt of the left side of your boat in your driver's side mirror as you back up and keep your right hand at 12:00 on the wheel.

4) Keep the instructions in your head simple. If you want your boat to go left, turn the wheel right. If you want the boat to go right, turn the wheel left. Keep saying: Right goes left, left goes right. Right goes left, left goes right.

Here's the way it was taught to me...and the way I am teaching my 14 yo daughter (who does extremely well BTW)...

* Hand goes palm down on the BOTTOM of the wheel (6 o'clock)

Right is right.....Left is left. Just move your hand in the direction that you want the trailer to go. Once the angle you want is achieved return halfwayback to 6 o'clock and you will maintain that angle. Long trailer, short trailer...doesn't matter, but short trailers respond sooner.

The easiest way to learn is with a suicide knob at 6 o'clock

[eric1978]

Here's the way it was taught to me...and the way I am teaching my 14 yo daughter (who does extremely well BTW)...

* Hand goes palm down on the BOTTOM of the wheel (6 o'clock)

Right is right.....Left is left. Just move your hand in the direction that you want the trailer to go. Once the angle you want is achieved return halfwayback to 6 o'clock and you will maintain that angle. Long trailer, short trailer...doesn't matter, but short trailers respond sooner.

The easiest way to learn is with a suicide knob at 6 o'clock

Wrench I did try the palm down method when I first started, but it just didn't work for me. If I had to make a correction of the wheel more than 90 degrees, I had to regrip the wheel and I was all confused again. With your hand palm down on top of the wheel, you can make a correction of almost 180 degrees without changing your grip. I guess everyone has to find their own method, but one thing's for sure...you do it enough times and you just get it, kinda like the first time you ride a bike without dad holding you up.

I cut my teeth backing trailers in a shipping yard at FedEx years ago. I moved thousands of them, and yep, the suicide knob (why do they call them that?) was awesome. The first time you back a 53 footer is pretty intimidating, but you soon realize they are gravy compared to the 28 footers. And the dollies? Fuhgeddaboudit. They were tough. Had a hydraulic fifth wheel on the yard dog, too, that made life real easy.

[CrappieMagnet]

Been away from the board due to health reasons....

I wasn't upset Trout....I was kidding....couldn't you tell with the "LOL"?

I did find this....maybe a cure for the problem???I don't know but sure looks interesting.

http://www.bullseyequickload.com/

I've seen similar ones on other boats.

Can't get the video link to work....will have to contact them.