r/mildlyinteresting • u/dysfunctionalveteran • Aug 26 '21

Interior and controls of my garbage truck. Quality Post

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u/Ratchet-and-Spank Aug 26 '21

Trailers really are something else. Had a uhaul trailer on my CRV and couldn’t reverse it out of the parking lot lol

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u/[deleted] Aug 26 '21

Quick tip for backing up trailers. Put your hand at the bottom of the steering wheel and move it in the direction you want the trailer to go. It still takes practice but not having to flip the directions around in your head makes it much easier.

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u/twforeman Aug 26 '21

Underrated comment. This is the way to back a trailer.

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u/liquid_bacon Aug 27 '21

I never considered this. Quite brilliant really.

I have some mild experience backing up trailers so I'm not quite hopeless, but I'll have to try and remember this one for sure.

Only issue is I drive stick with my arm resting on my leg 90% of the time. Probably won't cause any mental geometry issues, but who knows with my brain

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u/Scroatpig Aug 27 '21

Yes. This works. It's the only way I've ever done it.

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u/BoonTobias Aug 26 '21

You have to put the hazards on

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u/SteerJock Aug 26 '21

It's just practice, same as anything else. I drive a long frame highway tractor with a 53' trailer everyday and I can parallel park it.

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u/MikeX7s Aug 26 '21

when i have trailer hooked up and want to turn my car around, if there is no space to turn by driving forward, i always have to unhook it, turn the car around then reattach it

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u/Throwaway-account-23 Aug 26 '21

I grew up on a farm driving tractors and hauling all kinds of stuff so I can back up trailers practically with my eyes closed. Backed a trailer up our curved driveway on the first try and my wife thought it was definitely black magic/the manliest thing she'd ever witnessed.