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Started by SuZone, Jun 23, 2003, 08:58 PM

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topcat7736

#15
Jun 24, 2003, 09:11 PM
 YellowXterraI ve got to say that I never towed anything before owning a popup. Our first trip was to a favorite state park where we always tent camped (felt more at home there & didn t know about " hookups"  yet). I did a great job of having other tenters lined up to help me get it into the campsite & later they joined us for some cokes and laughs.
 
 We all start out not so good and progress as we go along. Sure, you can spend countless hours becoming the perfect trailer parker but who cares? I enjoy seeing newbies trying to get their rigs into a campsite for the first time and don t mind helping (but only if the sun is starting to set)! [;)][:D]

Used 2B PopUPTimes

#16
Jun 27, 2003, 09:20 AM
 YellowXterra
QuoteI drove over 1500 miles last week and seen lots of pop ups on the road but never did see a PUT s sticker any where. Were you all hiding

 I m always on the look-out for bumper stickers and only see them at rallies. It makes me nutz because we ve gone through 1000 s.  
 Dave

angelsmom10

#17
Jun 27, 2003, 09:25 AM
 YellowXterraOK, I fess up, I have 2 additional ones.
 
 I m planning on putting one on a magnet to attach to the " NEW"  PU, and the other, I plan on putting on plexi-glass and attaching to our sign we put in front of the site.

whitestar505

#18
Jun 27, 2003, 12:06 PM
 popuptimesPopup Times,
 
   You might want to look at this.
 
 http://www.popuptimes.com/members/tm.asp?m=34368&p=1&mpage=1&tmode=1

SheBantam

#19
Jun 29, 2003, 06:47 AM
 YellowXterraCliff, the Bantam is a lot easier to back than the popup, for me. Could not get the popup in the drive before Easter (the Bantan was in the way to pull through and the traffic was bad on the streets) the truck driver neighbor was one of the gawkers and I asked himif he would. I watched and learned. I was over steering, seems to be a common mistake. Now I can back it up in the drive with a little help from Jeffrey, Raymond confuses me.

mumofsons

#20
Jul 08, 2003, 08:00 PM
 YellowXterraMy husband drives all the way to the campsite and then we trade places.  For some reason I have become very proficient in backing up the trailer and usually without too much fuss can get it into the place we want it.  I will say that our Utah is much easier to back up than the Taos that we had.  Our maiden voyage was to Ocean Lakes in Myrtle Beach which had pull thru sites which made it much easier for us.  This year we are camping at Pirate Land and have no worries about the backing up, since I have practiced several times since getting the Utah.  Once you feel confident about it - it s a piece of cake.  My sons think it s funny that dad drives all the way but mom s job is the most important!

Jo Ann

#21
Jul 08, 2003, 08:32 PM
 YellowXterrawell this is how we backin...i stand dead center of where we want the center of the trailer to be...that way dh can jugde centering but when he gets within about two feet of where i want him to stop, i use my hands up in the air so he can see and do the  how much space you have left  hand movements...and always on the look out to see if i am gonna get run over...

angelsmom10

#22
Jul 09, 2003, 09:10 AM
 Jo Ann
 
QuoteORIGINAL:  Jo Ann
 
 well this is how we backin...i stand dead center of where we want the center of the trailer to be...that way dh can jugde centering but when he gets within about two feet of where i want him to stop, i use my hands up in the air so he can see and do the  how much space you have left  hand movements...and always on the look out to see if i am gonna get run over...
 

 
 I do the same thing - I stand dead center and use my hands, but it is never right for DH.  I always am doing something wrong[&:]

MtnCamper

#23
Jul 09, 2003, 09:41 AM
 mumofsonsEverybody does it different. I have my DW stand at the corner, where I want the popup to stop. Drivers side, back corner. Then I back the camper in to that reference, stopping right at her feet. She doesn t need to move, or wave, unless I m about to run over something, or somebody. Haven t done that yet.[;)]

B-flat

#24
Jul 09, 2003, 10:31 AM
 YellowXterraI have never had any difficulty backing up the camper.  As one of those " farm girls,"  I learned very early how to back up trailers of corn or hay with tractors.  I drove big trucks and small trucks and learned to back them to wherever I wanted.  So, my advice is to just lighten up and relax a bit before starting to back the popup.  Don t be intimidated by a little ole popup, even when you have a gallery audience lined up in lawn & camp chairs with cold ones in hand at the campground.[;)]  A little practice in a big parking lot of in your yard will have you parking like a pro in no time.  For those that never learn, just get a pull through site.[;)]

MtnCamper

#25
Jul 09, 2003, 10:36 AM
 B-flat
 
QuoteORIGINAL:  B-flat
 
 I have never had any difficulty backing up the camper.  As one of those " farm girls,"  I learned very early how to back up trailers of corn or hay with tractors.  
Ya, But the popup is easier, it doesn t have the extra set of steering wheels in front. [;)]
 
 Farm kid here too, I learned to back up a four wheel wagon, and can actually say I got pretty good at it.[:)]
 

angelsmom10

#26
Jul 09, 2003, 10:59 AM
 B-flat
 
QuoteORIGINAL:  B-flat
 
 I have never had any difficulty backing up the camper.  As one of those " farm girls,"  I learned very early how to back up trailers of corn or hay with tractors.  I drove big trucks and small trucks and learned to back them to wherever I wanted.  So, my advice is to just lighten up and relax a bit before starting to back the popup.  Don t be intimidated by a little ole popup, even when you have a gallery audience lined up in lawn & camp chairs with cold ones in hand at the campground.[;)]  A little practice in a big parking lot of in your yard will have you parking like a pro in no time.  For those that never learn, just get a pull through site.[;)]
 

 
 DH won t let me try to back in or drive with it, seems kinda funny as when we moved into our house 19 years ago from our apartment, we used my brothers 6 horse horse trailer to move everything in.  Couldn t pass up the cheap way to move as it only cost us several 12pks for DH s friends and I drove the truck with the trailer to move[;)]
 

jstaddwtr

#27
Jul 10, 2003, 05:18 PM
 mumofsonsWe are of the school of being the " entertainers"  rather than the " entertainee"  when it comes to backing up.  If I couldn t argue with DH about backing up camping would not be any fun!!!!(LOL)[:D][:D]
 
 Actually we wonder how there can be any trees still left at Ft Wilderness cause when we were there at spring break we saw someone dancing with a tree as they backed up with their trailer.   In fact, as we have said before on another thread, if it were not for a kindly and slightly, (allright...greatly) [:D] [:D][:D] bemused trucker, we would still be there trying to park.  
 
 I would like us to become better at backing.....but we are not going to stop camping until we get better!!!  [;)] We also LUV AustinBoston s words of wisdom...(its kind of like the preverbial fish tail...((but this one is helpful)) and it gets better with each telling!!!!)[:)][:)][:)]
 
 So...If you see the sticker...and are anywhere close to what can be called " behind"  us...you better run....or grab a beer and a chair ...preferably toward the front of our TV.!!!! (LOL)[:D][:D]
 
 

PopupSgt

#28
Jul 10, 2003, 05:46 PM
 mumofsonsWhen I bought the new Jayco I was extremely nervous but PopupGizmo sent me an article that he had written with regards how to back a trailer up.  It was the clock theory, this theory has helped me extremely well w/ backing the trailer up.  But I can t back a trailer up worth a darn using the mirrors only over my shoulder looking at the camper[:D]

vjm1639

#29
Jul 11, 2003, 07:50 AM
 mumofsonsPopupSgt...that s EXACTLY how DH does it. The first day we picked up the PU we took it to a big parking lot so we could practice.  Kept reviewing everything we d been told...use the mirrors only...hand at the bottom of the wheel...turn the steering wheel the direction you want the trailer to go...blah, blah, blah...DH had a heck of a time...he backed it in, but it took forever, and it was never quite straight or exactly where he wanted it to be.  He kept trying and kept trying. Finally he said.  I m pulling around and I m going to try something different....I wasn t paying any attention to what he was doing but darn if he didn t back the PU right into the spot exactly where he wanted it. He got out, changed the angle of the markers we were using for " trees"  and tried again, and once again, backed right into the spot. Then he drives around a different direction so he can try backing into the spot on the blind side of the truck...still...right into the spot he goes...  He said he finally gave up on everything he d been told, turned around and watched out the back window to see where the trailer was going, and could do it every time.  
 
 I tried...both ways..any way.......dang it...I can t do it!  I only get totally frustrated.  LOL...I drive a smaller car though and don t even like to back his truck up with nothing on it!  ;>  But..hey, he can do it with no problem..as long as he does it his own way.
 
 
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