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Originally Posted by BigDumbDog777
ok, this may sound stupid, but how do you back up straight? Everytime i back up practicing the dock back up, I'm always slightly or somewhat crooked. I'm not hitting any cones but I'm not straight.
Also any tips about doing the dock back up coming in from 90 degree angle from dock?
but for the life of me I cannot back up completely straight, I'm always slightly crooked. Any advice from you experienced drivers would be appreciated.
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Well, first of all, it is impossible to back up straight. You will always have a bit of drift from side to side. The key is in recognizing the drift and then dealing with it before it becomes an issue. Look in the mirror, if there is more trailer in the right mirror than the left, then the trailer is drifting to the right. Simply steer towards it and it will correct. Just dont put to much steering into it so it does not over correct. Do the same if there is too much trailer in the left mirror, steer towards it.
Another thing is to reference a point forward as you go from mirror to mirror. This will usually tell you if you are out of alignment, because that picture will change.
Most of the problems I see with students is that they will not correct soon enough, over correct and not look from mirror to mirror often enough. Also, they will not reference forward to see how the "picture" looks ahead of them to see if it is changeing.