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Summary: Try to line up trucks trailers with the vehicle they're loading. Load cars onto truck trailers with tips from a custom car repairman in this free auto maintenance video.
Kirby Witt has been involved in the auto industry for many years. His grandfather had a Mobil Service Station for 60 years. At age 17, Kirby started his first auto body shop in South...read more
"We're now ready to align the trailer with the vehicle that we want to load onto the trailer. Just a couple tips that make it a little easier for you if you haven't done a lot of hauling, backing up with trailers, maneuvering, things of that nature, I always try to start out and have the trailer and the Pickup straight in line with the car that we're going to load onto the trailer, if at all possible. That way it makes it a lot easier, we don't have to do a lot of turning when you're backing up. Because when you are backing up, if we turn the wheel to the right the trailer's going to go to the left. If we turn the wheel to the left, the trailer's going to go to the right. So the best thing you can do, if it's possible with the conditions, have the trailer and the truck as straight as possible, so you can back in a straight line up to the vehicle you're loading and just take your time. If it starts to go the wrong way, you can always pull ahead and straighten it out or turn the wheel the opposite way and ease it back."