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Message: <blockquote data-quote="wawazat" data-source="post: 3836526" data-attributes="member: 35603">Well, luckily the further back the trailer axles are from the truck, the slower it reacts to input so that will work in your favor.  My best advice is to make sure whoever is with you knows what to watch for and that you both are on the same page regarding which hand gestures to use and how to communicate distance to driver.  Make small adjustments and go slow allowing the trailer to have time to react to your input and you will be just fine.  Also, if the trailer isnt going where you need it to, don't be afraid to pull forward and get it all straight then try again.  Don't try to force it or it will just get in your head.I have had precisely 2 memorably bad experiences backing up a trailer.The first was backing up a 26' gooseneck cattle trailer around the corner of a barn to a gate.  It was a decent sized 90* maneuver, but perfectly doable.  What I didnt account for is that there are some places you can back a gooseneck into that are pretty much impossible to pull back out of.  Luckily I was unloading and the guy had a tractor.  I finished unloading, unhooked the truck, and used his tractor to maneuver the trailer back out from behind the barn and then hooked back up.  Lesson learned.The second was a short horse trailer behind a long bed, extended cab early 90s F250.  The trailer had one of those pivoting axles to make it "easier" to back into tight spots.  It made everything backwards and extremely fast.  That is the last time I remember getting terribly frustrated trying to put a trailer where I needed it.  I was ready to burn that hunk of junk to the ground and cut it up for scrap by the time I finally stopped and breathed for long enough to calm down and get it done.</blockquote>

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