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by darkpuma 8y ago
Every year when I was a kid I got the 'privilege' of driving around a leaf vacuum (https://woodgears.ca/misc/with_trailer.jpg https://woodgears.ca/misc/with_trailer.jpg) Unloading it always meant backing it up down a path in the woods to the leaf pile. I can back up a regular two-wheel trailer without jack-knifing it, but even with experience it still takes my full concentration. I'm sure it becomes like riding a bike eventually, but it's annoying enough that I don't really care to attempt it frequently.
My main point though is mass market trailer rental to the general public will probably never be very popular. Most people have never attempted to back up a trailer before and at least the first few times they attempt it the chance they'll jackknife it is pretty high.
- JoeAltmaier 8y agoYou think that's hard! Try backing up a grain wagon with an articulated hitch! That means the front wheels steer with the direction of the hitch (long rod from the front of the wagon to the tractor's drawbar). Going forward its great - the wagon follows around curves instead of being dragged around, which is important with tons of grain in the wagon. But backing up! Its like pushing a rope. And I had to get the rear of the wagon within 1ft of the target - an old tire with a grain auger's business end in it, so I could unload.