First and foremost....learn to back your trailer. You will at some time, even with the very best advance planning, find yourself in a backing situation. You don’t want to be unprepared. I always try to find the straight pull in and out parking spot but you can't rely on it. Drive around the farm and practice backing there. Put your hand on the bottom of the wheel and turn in the direction you want the back end to go. When you’re comfortable with that, take a road trip w/ the empty trailer. Try for smooth accelerations and decelerations, go slower turning than you think you should, brake earlier than you think you should, give yourself more than enough time to get where you need to be. Always expect that car to your left to have a sudden need to be immediately in front of you…and to hit the brakes when they do move over. Set up a routine when you hitch up, check that you’ve closed the hitch and put in the safety pin, check your safety chains, check your brake/light connection, check your lights – then check it all again. Take your time and don’t rush, you’ll be fine.
but, alas, we are without a trailer. Anyone going that way with an empty slot? I'll spring for fuel!
but I'll sell ya a trailer :shrug:
