Not boat related, but A while back I was in the bank on Essen in front of the lake. All the tellers are talking to each other, basically saying they can't believe how anyone can be so inconsiderate.

No idea what's going on so I get my stuff and go. Get outside and see that some woman pulling a gooseneck horse trailer tried to take it through the drive through.

Walking to my car chuckling and shaking my head, I hear... "Scuse me, can you tell me how to back up a trailer?"

Given she was between two concrete poles, I politely told her it isn't something I can tell someone how to do.

She asks me, a total stranger, to hop in and back it up.

Given the bank manager was there, I agreed as long as it was clear I wasn't liable for anything.

Backed it all the way to the back of the parking lot and pointed it at the damned road.

You would have thought I just performed brain surgery by the way they acted.

Having said that, my tiny ski trailer with no ski on it isn't visible from inside the vehicle until it's already bad off. Damned thing is a nightmare if the launch is busy.

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Posted by Passing Wind

Dutchtown

Member since Apr 2015

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Posted on 5/12/19 at 9:17 pm to X123F45

I’d rather back a large trailer any day versus a tiny one. Man the tiny ones make people look retarded

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Posted by Ol boy

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Posted on 5/12/19 at 9:52 pm to X123F45

Mount a bracket that you can put pvc pipe on it with reflectors put them on when backing so you can see What the trailers doing. Take them down when not needed.

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Posted by Drunken Crawfish

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Posted on 5/13/19 at 8:23 am to X123F45

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Having said that, my tiny ski trailer with no ski on it isn't visible from inside the vehicle until it's already bad off. Damned thing is a nightmare if the launch is busy.

When we would use my buddy's Tahoe to pull the boat, I would have to open the rear door to be able to back the boat down. I am not a proud man but it looked retarded. At least I didn't hold the boat launch up

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Posted by KG6

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Posted on 5/13/19 at 8:33 am to X123F45

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Having said that, my tiny ski trailer with no ski on it isn't visible from inside the vehicle until it's already bad off. Damned thing is a nightmare if the launch is busy.

My flats boat in a Tahoe was a pain to back in. The blind spots and relatively short/low boat made it hard to see in certain situations. Backing down in a good launch with lots of room was a piece of cake. Having to turn into a launch was miserable because the boat disappeared at the most important time.

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Posted by Chad504boy

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Posted on 5/13/19 at 9:00 am to X123F45