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Have any of you tried backing a Boat Trailer up using the in dash camera ?
Posted on 6/19/18 at 7:39 pm
Posted on 6/19/18 at 7:39 pm
I embarrassed myself today 
Ramp full, we were in my buddy's boat/truck and he threw me the keys to back it down the ramp after a day of fishing.
I'm used to my mirrors which he didn't have so I used the in dash camera which resulted in a disaster.
Ramp full, we were in my buddy's boat/truck and he threw me the keys to back it down the ramp after a day of fishing.
I'm used to my mirrors which he didn't have so I used the in dash camera which resulted in a disaster.
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Posted on 6/19/18 at 7:42 pm to The Torch
How do you see with a boat? Just use mirrors.
Posted on 6/19/18 at 7:42 pm to The Torch
Hope you didn’t damage anything
Posted on 6/19/18 at 7:44 pm to magicman534
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Hope you didn’t damage anything
Only my pride
Posted on 6/19/18 at 7:46 pm to The Torch
I can’t use the back up camera, screws me up
Posted on 6/19/18 at 7:49 pm to The Torch
Back up camera is only for hooking up the boat son! Just had this conversation with my 18yo son teaching him how to back up the trailer/boat last weekend!
Posted on 6/19/18 at 7:58 pm to The Torch
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mirrors which he didn't have
What kind of truck has a camera and no mirrors?
Posted on 6/19/18 at 8:15 pm to WilsonPickett
What kind of 18yo doesn’t know how to back up a trailer yet
Posted on 6/19/18 at 8:35 pm to The Torch
I just use the camera for hooking up to the trailer. Y’all can hate all y’all want, but I just swing my head around. I can use the mirrors, but I’m much faster just sticking my head out the window and looking back.
Posted on 6/19/18 at 8:36 pm to The Torch
Easy, grab the bottom of the steering wheel and turn it the same direction the trailer is going to go in the opposite direction
Posted on 6/19/18 at 8:39 pm to The Torch
My truck aint that fancy.
Once I get lined up in the ramp I put it in neutral and let the trailer back me into the water.
Once I get lined up in the ramp I put it in neutral and let the trailer back me into the water.
Posted on 6/19/18 at 8:43 pm to The Torch
Back in the day we used mirrors.
After backing up the trailer, loading up the boat, and securing our stuff we handed our buddy an old Milwaukee beer for the drive home.
Those were the days.
After backing up the trailer, loading up the boat, and securing our stuff we handed our buddy an old Milwaukee beer for the drive home.
Those were the days.
Posted on 6/20/18 at 4:49 am to The Torch
I welded some posts to keep the lights out of the water on my trailer and they let me see the back of the trailer when there is no boat. I just turn my head around. When I use mirrors or the camera I'm all over the place
Posted on 6/20/18 at 5:22 am to Timmayy
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What kind of 18yo doesn’t know how to back up a trailer yet
yep, that is a deckhands responsibility to park and go get the truck when launching and picking up the boat
Posted on 6/20/18 at 6:17 am to PillageUrVillage
I use the mirrors mostly, but also use the backup cam and turn my head sometimes to double check. Keep your eyes moving - the number one rule in driving.
When I found out you had to measure all kind shite and put decals on your trailer tongue and input the info in my truck, it was also the last time I ever thought about trying out that dumb trailer assist knob. I wish you could knock off a thousand or two when buying a truck to not have that dumb shite.
When I found out you had to measure all kind shite and put decals on your trailer tongue and input the info in my truck, it was also the last time I ever thought about trying out that dumb trailer assist knob. I wish you could knock off a thousand or two when buying a truck to not have that dumb shite.
Posted on 6/20/18 at 7:01 am to celltech1981
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posts to keep the lights out of the water on my trailer and they let me see the back of the trailer when there is no boat. I just turn my head around. When I use mirrors or the camera I'm all over the place
Same. Except my trailer came with them built on.
This post was edited on 6/20/18 at 7:02 am
Posted on 6/20/18 at 7:28 am to sloopy
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Same. Except my trailer came with them built on.
I probably have the crappiest trailer on the O/B. I legit got a boat and trailer for 2 boxes of don's boudin. I'm just happy it came with wheels.
Posted on 6/20/18 at 7:30 am to The Torch
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Only my pride
Sounds cheaper than trailer/boat/truck repairs lol
Posted on 6/20/18 at 10:41 am to The Torch
Anyone ever use the Trailer Assist in the new F150s?
Posted on 6/20/18 at 10:51 am to LSUlefty
I have it on my truck. Read up on how to use it and the set up was seemed more difficult than just backing the damn trailer.
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