When I was a teenager helping on my grandparents farm they told me to back an articulated tractor with a cultivator on it up to a tree row. It was accidentally simple because the extra bend in the machinery allowed right turns to go right and left turns left.
A couple years ago the survey outfit I worked for had an ATV trailer that they would keep in a garage. The PC was having a hell of a time backing it in and asked for volunteer help. I couldn't figure it out after several tries either.
That bottom of steering wheel trick is genius though; I'm definitely gonna try that.
@holy-cow when the crowd gathers it is all over but the crying. As long as know one is watching it goes smoothly. As soon as one spectator shows up. I just give the truck and trailer or tractor and wagon to my daughter lol. Because i will fail.
Can I back a trailer Yes. Can I do it well No. Seems like each occasion is a learning experience.
My 16-foot cattle trailer has returned to the south half of my carport. My farm helper brought it back from the field a few minutes ago and backed it in precisely on the first try. No problem whatsoever. I would have taken a minimum of two attempts, usually three, to achieve the same result. Only six inches to spare between the roof of the trailer and the sheetrock ceiling. Roughly a foot to spare on either side.
