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JandMA 
Newbie 
Joined: 20 Jun 2019 Location: Walnut Creek CA Online Status: Offline Posts: 12 |
 Topic: New MemberPosted: 29 Jun 2019 at 6:44pm |
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We're just about to go pick up a 2015 171, our very first RV.
The first challenge will be backing it into our driveway...
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John and Mary Ann
2015 R pod 171 Hood River 2019 Kia Sorento AWD v6 |
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lostagain
Senior Member 
Joined: 06 Sep 2016 Location: Quaker Hill, CT Online Status: Offline Posts: 2587 |
Posted: 29 Jun 2019 at 7:49pm |
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Welcome to the forum. And good luck with the backing. It's always a thrill.
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Never leave footprints behind.
Fred & Maria Kearney Sonoma 167RB Our Pod 172 2019 Ford F-150 4x4 2.7 EcoBoost |
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StephenH
podders Helping podders - pHp
Joined: 29 Nov 2015 Location: Wake Forest, NC Online Status: Offline Posts: 6288 |
Posted: 29 Jun 2019 at 9:36pm |
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Congratulations and welcome! I hope you have many fun adventures and make many great memories with your RPod. As for backing, try to find an empty parking lot on your way home and practice. The old trick is to put your hand on the bottom of the steering wheel. Then if you want the trailer to go left, move your hand to the left, right to the right. A lot of patience and a good spotter help also.
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StephenH
Happy is the man that findeth wisdom,... ouR escaPOD mods Former RPod 179 Current Cherokee Grey Wolf 24 JS |
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offgrid
Senior Member
Joined: 23 Jul 2018 Online Status: Offline Posts: 5290 |
Posted: 30 Jun 2019 at 4:32am |
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Welcome.
Most backing problems are created by attempting to make big changes in direction and overcorrecting. Hand on bottom of wheel as StephenH says, keep things straight, back slowly and make small adjustments, Don't try to make big turns backing a trailer, at least not until you first become proficient just backing more or less straight.
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1994 Chinook Concourse
1995 RV6A Experimental Aircraft 2015 Rpod 179 - sold |
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Kup-Pod
Senior Member
Joined: 08 Jun 2017 Location: Guelph, Ontario Online Status: Offline Posts: 153 |
Posted: 30 Jun 2019 at 6:26am |
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Congrats!!
Take your time when maneuvering... no one ever got a prize for the fastest backer-upper! :-) And don't forget to take your anti-sway bar off before backing up
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2017 RP-178
2021 F150 5.0l "Lead me on a level path" |
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crw8sr
Senior Member
Joined: 12 Oct 2017 Location: Omaha Nebraska Online Status: Offline Posts: 328 |
Posted: 30 Jun 2019 at 11:19am |
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Welcome to the forum.
Like a lot of things backing gets easier the more you do it.
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Chuck & Lyn
Izzy, Morkie. RIP Zoe Joy & Gracie, Yorkie 2018 R Pod 190 2019 Traverse In moments of adversity;when life's a total wreck, I think of those worse off than me and really feel like heck. |
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GlueGuy
Senior Member
Joined: 15 May 2017 Location: N. California Online Status: Offline Posts: 2628 |
Posted: 30 Jun 2019 at 10:31pm |
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Congrats! and to add just a little to what the others have said; steer from the bottom, and easy does it. One other thing, as soon as you see it is "going wrong", there is no penalty for going forward just enough to straighten things out and then give it another go. I did that a lot until I got the hang of it.
2-way radios are a great accessory too; either FRS or GMRS (GMRS requires a license).
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bp
2017 R-Pod 179 Hood River 2015 Ford F150 SuperCrew 4WD 3.5L Ecoboost |
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