Things that please me - Part 6

[The Golden Glenferrie]

A real man is someone who can reverse a trailer into the driveway, I am not a real man.

Next door neighbour taks 45 mins to reverse his monster caravan into a space the size of a postage stamp. He does this like a real boss

 

[Pistol Night]

Is it hard to reverse a caravan? Do you have to turn the wheel the wrong way?

The longer the trailer the easier to reverse as a general rule. Backing a little 6x4 trailer that you only get little glimpses of in your mirrors is probably harder than a massive van

 

[MrsEddieBetts]

The longer the trailer the easier to reverse as a general rule. Backing a little 6x4 trailer that you only get little glimpses of in your mirrors is probably harder than a massive van

I kinda wanna hire a caravan and take my boys on a roadtrip one day but I'm scared about reversing

 

[The Golden Glenferrie]

I bought a ute with a towball and i can't reverse. I am going to borrow a trailer and go practice on a Sunday in some parking lot

 

[Gough]

I kinda wanna hire a caravan and take my boys on a roadtrip one day but I'm scared about reversing

We hired a caravan for a weekend once when I was a kid and found it brought our family far closer together than any of us wanted to.

 

[MP_]

A real man is someone who can reverse a trailer into the driveway, I am not a real man.

I can reverse a trailer most of the time

 

[MP_]

I kinda wanna hire a caravan and take my boys on a roadtrip one day but I'm scared about reversing

Hire a motorhome then you don’t have to worry as much.

 

[the_interloper]

Along with talking shit that’s one of my strengths

I can do this at a reasonably high level, reversing trailers not so much. One of the blokes in the caravan park drives cattle trucks, in his words "I don't have anything to offer this world other than my ability to reverse trucks/trailers". Have seen him do this with his boat around tight corners in the park, certainly knows what he's doing.

 

[Over The Post]

The shorter the distance between towball and trailer axle the harder it is, as in Pistol's observation above. The funniest one is the huge 4WD utes trying to reverse a jetski trailer down to a boat ramp. The utes have such an overhang behind the back axle that a slight tweak on the steering wheel sends the trailer sideways. Plenty of youtube hilarity available.

I haven't backed a truck trailer for almost 10 years now. But the number of times I've been tempted to run down from my office to the hardstand next door and turf a driver out to reverse a container trailer in properly... its amusing to watch for the first ten or fifteen minutes then comes the pity for the poor truck and trailer and then the anger that we have to share the roads with these incompetent ****s.

 

[Dogs_R_Us]

I kinda wanna hire a caravan and take my boys on a roadtrip one day but I'm scared about reversing

Might be better to hire a camper van, like a Winnebago (or smaller).

 

[MrsEddieBetts]

Are they easy enough to drive?

 

[Quivorir]

The longer the trailer the easier to reverse as a general rule. Backing a little 6x4 trailer that you only get little glimpses of in your mirrors is probably harder than a massive van

Yep. My camper no problem. My mates little 6x4 dual axel, not a chance. I'll just un hitch and push the ****er.

 

[Quivorir]

Are they easy enough to drive?

Obviously adds some weight to the car so it will slow it down a bit, but year no real difference to driving normally.

 

[MrsEddieBetts]

thanks guys, we could be onto something here

 

[Quivorir]

I avoided Facebook reels for ever so I didn't end up doom scrolling non stop but a few have gotten me.

It seems the entire serries of River Monsters is coming to me in reel form.
John from John breaks Bad News
A mechanic that says "what? Get ****ed. No way" a lot. - This one has actually given me some nice life hacks.

How ever this week a band has been forced down my throat and despite not being anywhere near my choice in music I think I like them.

I think the song is great. I'll put it in spoilers as it stars both Barry Hall and the C word. Funnily enough I have acted in the same short tempered way when someone parked in my drive way after repeatedly being told not to.

Spoiler: Keith

edit: Helps if I get the spoiler tag right.

 

[Pistol Night]

I avoided Facebook reels for ever so I didn't end up doom scrolling non stop but a few have gotten me.

It seems the entire serries of River Monsters is coming to me in reel form.
John from John breaks Bad News
A mechanic that says "what? Get ****ed. No way" a lot. - This one has actually given me some nice life hacks.

How ever this week a band has been forced down my throat and despite not being anywhere near my choice in music I think I like them.

I think the song is great. I'll put it in spoilers as it stars both Barry Hall and the C word. Funnily enough I have acted in the same short tempered way when someone parked in my drive way after repeatedly being told not to.

John Breaks Bad News is awesome! When he rang that lady to tell her that her loan wasn’t approved and told her he loved her to break the awkward silence afterwards and she went berserk was epic.

 

[Over The Post]

tempted to run down from my office to the hardstand next door and turf a driver out to reverse a container trailer in properly...

Case in point today - nine trailers, only one of which you'd call backed in at 90deg. Guys in the factory next door used to park along the fence. It only took one corner of a trailer pushed theough the chainlink to convince them of the error of their ways.

 

[Pistol Night]

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Case in point today - nine trailers, only one of which you'd call backed in at 90deg. Guys in the factory next door used to park along the fence. It only took one corner of a trailer pushed theough the chainlink to convince them of the error of their ways.

As a self proclaimed trailer backing guru with mild OCD this photo is distressing

 

[Over The Post]

there, there

< hugs >

 

[Over The Post]

As a self proclaimed trailer backing guru with mild OCD this photo is distressing

Two more have arrived... sorry

After shuttling these trailers back and forth to get them out, they'll leave the yard and go on our roads as a b-double, or an a-double road train.

 

[raskolnikov]

What way you heading? As you Leyland Brothers it…

With friends in Kingaroy atm then Toowoomba on Thursday and spending Christmas with friends there. Then travelling down the coast to Melbourne. Need to be in Melbourne by 28th Jan as a couple of friends there and I are going to Italy for a month for the winter Olympics.

 

[raskolnikov]

Electric brakes please me. The caravan picks up a bit of a sway and straight away the electric brakes kick into action.

 

[MP_]

thanks guys, we could be onto something here

I have an avan motorhome, very easy to drive and reverse. You only have to be carry when turning especially if you are close to something as the height of them you may clip something.

 

[raskolnikov]

I have an avan motorhome, very easy to drive and reverse. You only have to be carry when turning especially if you are close to something as the height of them you may clip something.

I thought about a motorhome but chose a caravan because if you are in one location for a while you can detach the car and just drive that around.

 

[MP_]

I thought about a motorhome but chose a caravan because if you are in one location for a while you can detach the car and just drive that around.

Yep that’s the main downside, but it does only take about ten minutes to pack up so it’s not a huge issue. Also we only stay on bitumen roads which limits a lot of locations I’d like to visit.