Backing a Trailer into a Campsite 

Wow! This was EXACTLY what I needed. I was getting stuck on the chase. No one explains it and the toys make it easier to understand 😂! My neighbors can now put away their lawn chairs and popcorn. This comedy show dinner theater is now over! Thank you!

Excellent video. It's all about the chase vehicle. All the other tutorials just show how to turn the trailer into the spot, but never mentioned anything about bringing the towing vehicle back inline. This is where all the confusion comes into play when you're new. You get the trailer in, but your tow vehicle is all crooked, and as you try to straighten it out, your trailer swings out of place, and the sweats start to come out, and the cussing starts. I've learned that as soon as you see the trailer going in the direction that you want, start to straighten out your tow vehicle slowly.

I would have paid money for this course. Can anyone explain to me why 24 people would dislike this video?

excellent. you are the only person that has ever explained the chase. thank you

Great video. I'm a truck driver also, so I was watching this video with "critical eyes"..nice job!! If I may, I would like to also suggest that new RVs go out and buy some cheap orange cones and take them to a wide open area to practice backing before going on a trip. When I got my CDL (trucker's license), we had 3 weeks of driving in a practice lot before they would take us on the road. Having the visual and then being able to actually do what we saw was a great way to sharpen the skills.

OMG, thank you so much for this. Very helpful. Pretty much a newbie for my travel trailer, and have backed into camp sites successfully all but one time. That time, I had to maneuver it in two different directions, two different turns. And there were people watching, they came out of their rv's to watch and make snide comments. luckily the gentleman next door to my site, offered to back it in for me. He did it beautifully, and then told me he was a professional truck driver. If felt somewhat better after that. I have to say, I didn't try to converse or make nice with those others who made the snide comments during our stay there.

“You’re good, you’re good...STOP!!!“ This is us! Love this video tutorial! I have never backed our unit (42+ feet) but this has given me the confidence. I have had wrong thinking about where to position when you approach the site. I always thought you should be in the middle of the road but you clearly showed that you should be hugging the site side. Tell your son thanks for letting you use his toys for props-great visual!

That was the most clear instructional video on backing into a site I've seen on RU-vid

I've watched probably 10 videos, and this is definitely the best one. No one else explained the chase. Thank you!

Absolutely the best instructions for a new camper. Absolutely the worst tree illustrator! Thanks for the tips.

The visuals totally helped me understand better.

bought my first travel trailer 3 days and have been watching videos on reversing. this video by far is THE BEST!!! thank you

This is the best back up video i have watched. We have a lower drive and just getting the trailer back in when home is just as stressful as the campsite! I now understand what i have been doing wrong. Thank you so much for sharing this info. Solo female here and I really want to learn to back in myself, but always appreciate anyone who volunteers to be a spotter.

Your son should get the credit as the producer for this vid, couldn’t have happened without his toys❤ thanks buddy

This is the best explanation I've seen. I've been doing this for 8 years and learned a couple new things. Never too old to learn. Thanks.

So very helpful. Thank you! BTW, I've used the term "ass end" since the 70's but haven't heard anyone else use it for a long time. You brought a smile to my face!

Excellent way to demonstrate the process. It made so much more sense.

That was truely an excellent course. Best video that I've seen on backing up a trailer. I watched several of them but you're the best

Thank you. The best video I have seen thus far. Just bought my first ever trailer for Jet ski. Very helpful. Enjoy camping .

I love this video-it was _exactly_ the kind of illustration I was looking for before my first backing. Thank you so much for illustrating it from the bird's eye view and speaking in detail about each of the steps. I especially appreciate the tips such as trying to pull in on the driver's side, or pull up and past the campsite before backing in. I really am much more confident to go out the first time thanks to this instructional video.

We’ve had our 30’ camper for over a year now and this was one of the first videos I watched before picking it up. I was so nervous to take it out. We’ve gone camping a bunch of times over the past year and because of this video I haven’t ever had a problem backing in, knock on wood. Thanks so much for this!

When you "grab" the bottom of the steering wheel with your hand (instead of the top part of the wheel) it really does help for many to think "as I have my hand on the bottom of the steering wheel and I want the trailer to go to the left, I push my hand to the left (which is actually turning the wheels to the right if your hand is on the top of the steering wheel) and the trailer goes that direction you move your hand if it is at the bottom". I have used this for years and I am so happy to hear you teaching this philosophy. I have helped so many people back up trailers just by telling them about grabbing the bottom of the wheel. You rock!

I feel like you have changed my life - the "BOTTOM" of the steering wheel. Thank you!

Very good video. I drove a bigrig but that was 20 yrs ago. This reminded me of my truvk driving course lessons Thank you.

The staying close to campsite to have enough clearance and barely passing the site tip- thank you!

I thought this was pretty lame at first, but I really like seeing it from a 'birdseye' point of view. One thing you might put in is about OVERCORRECTION. After putting my trailer in the driveway by myself (and only having taken the trailer out a couple of times), at the end of my ordeal, I finally realized my problem was overcorrecting. It is really hard to hold yourself back from turning that wheel all the way the other direction when the trailer is going wrong. You did mention slow, small turns, but it might be good to emphasize that a bit in there somewhere. Newbies, like me, tend to freak out and overcorrect, haha!

What do you do for a living! You are amazing at teaching; this is by far the best video. Thank you X 100 ❤️👍😀

Thanks. I’m a single mom and I recently got a pop up. I want to keep doing what I like and have the experience with the little one👶. Now I can do it the right way. And not just pushing it in to the campsite. 😰😓 Thanks 🤗

You are such a fantastic teacher. You are the only one that used the props for my brain to grasp. thank you

I love the use of the toy truck/trailer! Gives alot of perspective from above what is really going on. Great video!!! Thanks

You read my mind. Going out for my first time tomorrow and can't stop thinking, "They're all gonna laugh at you". Thank you man!

I bet I have watched 20 videos this morning on how to back a camper. None of them helped. Yours is perfect. Thank you, thank you, thank you for actually explaining how to do it. The visuals are fantastic and easy to follow. I feel much more confident now to know what position to start in and when to cut the wheels. I already had the left and right part. I put my hand at the bottom of the steering wheel.

Hand signals can be great, or not. I worked as an equipment operator, back-hoes & excavators. I had a favorite on the ground, excellent at giving had signals, I could always understand exactly what he was communicating. It's an art.

I have watched a number of "back up" videos and with out question yours helped me the best, maybe because I a very simple person and your prestation was simple and straight forward. Good job and thank you.

Finally someone mentions how to “chase” the trailer. THANK YOU!

A great tutorial. Thank you for going slowly and even for repeating some of the maneuvers. Thank you

I've watched multiple videos on this and yours is by far the best. Thank you, Thank you, Thank you!!

Nice video! Very informative as well. I always viewed towing like this: You can have a thousand spotters, but the driver is always responsible for both good, and bad. Never be afraid to double and triple check your position when backing up and making turns.

Brother, this has been the best explanation I have found. Explaining the chase part sets this video miles apart from any other I have seen. Thank you very much. I’ll take the Lego-250 over someone’s video of them parking their rig with poor explanation.

Your video was a game-changer for me. Thanks sooooo much for taking your time to help newbies feel more comfortable parking a 5th wheel. Loved the video

Best illustration i have seen to date! Excuses not needed for the toys because they are a scale model of what is actually happening! Out of desperation, i downloaded a game called "Cargo Parking". It requires you to back a farm tractor with trailer into a highlighted spot. You turn the steering wheel with your finger and you only have backward and forward gear. I think what makes backing up so hard is the point of rotation (the truck-trailer hitch point) is moving. If it was stationary, it would be just like drawing a circle with a compass. but with the point of rotation moving, the back of your trailer is actually drawing an ellipsoid, which is quite hard to picture. I am a newby and cant back my 42' fiver even into my driveway, but i always look at the trailer tires. the path the trailer tires are going is the exact path the trailer, or at least the "center" of the trailer is going. Thanks again for the detailed, on point, analysis!!

One thing I would add (being I have very limited experience). Is, if you're you're going to tow something. "Come back" to this video or any other instruction video that you're comfortable with. And refresh your memory the day before or just before you're heading out. To keep the tactics fresh in your mind. Instead of watching the video weeks/months/years before trying to maneuver a trailer. At least, that's what I'm going to do most of the time - Refresh. Great instructional video...👍

Agree with many previous comments, great tutorial, the demos with your “play vehicles” was more helpful than any other live demos I have seen. Well done!

This video is a fantastic tool to help all new campers like myself, and addresses all and I mean ALL of the problems I have experienced and stressed over. Things I ask myself, "why is it going that way?" And " how do I get the truck straight with the camper?"........thank you sir!....so very much!!!

You are one of the beat RU-vid teacher I have seen. Excellent technique. Can’t thank you enough. Great job 👏🏼

Thank you so much this video is EXCELLENT! Gotta tell you my husband and I have been trailering for years , backing into a site gets my blood pressure up, to a point I want to cry, or want a drink. The later is the usual lol. Itsmthe chase he hasn't gotten. I'll have him watch this thanks soooooooo much. Happy travels everyone. And be safe in these uncertain times.

Wow, most helpful video I've seen on this by far. Thank you!

Perfect - got it on first try today - watched dozens of videos (even one where a guy went so far as to use a drone for aerial view) and this beat them all hands down. Thank you

Exactly what I've been needing for advice as a newbie. Everyone just says "follow it in" but what the heck does that mean? You explain it. Excellent video. Ty!

Hello! I wanted to thank you so much for such an incredible demonstration, explanations and very useful information on how to back up our fifth wheel. I studied your video, went to our RV mega store to overnight and with complete confidence, pulled up as demonstrated, hand at the bottom of the wheel and backed in FIRST TIME perfectly into the spot. Thank you, Thank you and thank you!

Very informative!! I had never heard of chasing it in. That has always been a problem for me.

Really helpful especially about the steering wheel and spotter. Thank you. Just going to get ours, newbies 😅

Hi thank you for this great visual and easy explaination I was able to follow- and you mentioned some things others haven’t- worth watching the entire vid! The GOAL tip at the end is gold too. Also emphasizing that no one is watching and laughing. I’m looking forward to taking my little camper out more and more and am feeling less afraid! This video really helped with that, thanks Dan 😊👍

I just bought a long 5th wheel and have been stressing about backing it up. They biggest thing I've even backed up is an 8' landscape trailer. You're insights will help me greatly as I practice in an old unused parking lot near my home. based on the comments, looks like you've removed a lot of anxiety in a lot of new trailer owners. thanks man!

after a frustrating practicing backing up afternoon.. this video is great! I see where I was messing up. this is absolutely the best travel trailer back up video on YT! the toy truck & trailer were perfect!! thank you so much!

This is the MOST helpful video BY FAR for this first time travel trailer owner! Thank you so much!

This video is super helpful. I am going out to practice today again. The first time I did it, it was so overwhelming but after watching this video, I think I have a better understanding of the concept as you broke it down so thoroughly. Thank you!

Thanks for your video. We are trailer newbies and backing up has caused us so much stress. Your illustrations really helped us know when to turn the wheel to start the turn AND when to turn the other way to help the truck follow along. That has been our issue that no one explained…when to turn the wheel the other way. Thank you!

New operator of a travel trailer here. This video is fantastic and gives a step by step "for dummies". Call me a dummy all you want but I was taught, and learned. Thank you.

Thank you, thank you, thank you!! I’m a single rv’er and you have helped me immensely

Thank you for taking the time to make this video. Really appreciate it

Best editorial I’ve ever seen! Fantastic job of simplifying things for the viewers! 👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾

Let me tell you. I watched this once, and I get it perfect now 90% of the time on the first try.

My go to video every time I need to review before a trip. Thank you sir!

Thank you for an awesome video ! I was able to back my trailer on the first try

Superb video. Everyone learning to backing up their RV should be watching it! Merci!

Cool Lego camper and truck! Thanks for helping out the community with this great advice.

Newbie here. Still learning. Fantastic info. Feeling a little more confident. Production value made it special!!! 😄

YOU are a rock star. Thank you for explaining it so succinctly and beautifully.

Thank you SO MUCH for taking the time to do this no-nonsense video!! Very very helpful!

Thank you! Headed out this spring, towing for the first time.

Best backup learning video ever! Thank you.

Great video! I hate some that simply say do the opposite of what you normally do when backing with a trailer. I don't really need to think when just backing up a vehicle. So the "do the opposite" means I first have to think of what the normal is! To much thinking in the heat of the moment. The way you advise is much simpler! The advise on a hard turn to "chase" the RV around sounds great. Can't wait to try it!

Thank you so very very much for this excellent instructional video on backing into a campsite. The tips on hugging the site and just going past the campsite are extremely helpful! Love the concepts of "angle of attack" and "the chase." I know my next attempt at backing in will be much improved thanks to you.

What a great tutorial. I have only backed into 2 campsites so far but after watching this video I am more confident that things will go much smoother. Thank you.

You're a great teacher! Thanks for taking the time to make this video!

Awesome video!!! These are great tips. Thanks for taking the time to produce and sharing it

That was really good advise. Thank you. It was pretty funny too. You definitely have the gift of teaching.

Thank you! Love the demonstration and the advice about backing up into different types of sites and which side to approach from.

This video is very helpful. We are new to camping and had no clue how to backup.

Fantastic! I always keep this video on file for future reference and refresher training. Excellent Job!!

AWESOME VIDEO!!!! Thanks for taking the time to make it.

Great stuff for newbies! Thanks for sharing. Love the props!!

Thank you very much for taking your time to help new campers. It is is a blessed gift. Great tutorial.

Best video yet for putting a travel trailer into a campsite.

I'm not a professional at doing this, but I have trained dogs. Dogs do not understand conversations and sentences. That's gibberish to them. They understand single words and hand signals that are taught to them. Drivers/backers do much better when the spotter (with prior agreements) gives one word requests and/or various hand signals. Also, to be a good spotter, one must be moving as the trailer is moving, so as to not be out of position. I recently spotted a guy who was backing in a 35 foot 5th wheel into a space, where the "street" was very narrow. He had a back spotter, so I volunteered to be his front spotter, watching the distance from the front of his huge truck to obstacles across the "street" that he wanted to avoid. I darted from one side of the front to the other side of the front of his truck, depending upon which way he was turning at a given moment. I held both hands up into a position that was like a football referee motioning that a field goal is good. I continually moved my open, flat hands either closer or farther apart to show the driver how close he was to his closest obstacle. I didn't have to yell and scream. Just hand distance signals and being in continual proper position. I also seems to me that (I don't know for sure) single axle trailers are much more sensitive to turns than double axle trailers, so that steering wheel movements should be more subtle. Can someone who's handled both single and double axles comment on this for me?

Awesome vid. Things I learned. Aaaaaannndddd stooopp. Chasing. Spotter location. Back from drivers’ side.

Best video on backing up I’ve seen. Thanks for all the time you put into it.

just bought a luna rover, first time rv-er so this was really helpful. thanks. Nervous about the first time backing into the site at Arrowhead(assuming we get camping season) so the point about taking your time and not panicking was what I needed to hear.

I love the demonstration with the toy truck and trailor. You can see better what's actually going on. WISH ME LUCK. THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!! ☺

OMG!!!!! This is fantastic! Your explanation FINALLY makes sense to me. Thank you so much!!!!!

Excellent description and by far, the best video on this subject! Thank you, Sir.

Of all the videos I watched about backing up, this one helped me the most. Thanks.

Simply outstanding explanations of how to maneuver a trailer in and out of a campsite I viewed. Thank you for sharing your tips! Thumbs up!

Excellent!! Best video by far. At beginning, I thought, "oh, no, you can't show without being in vehicle". But, bird's eye view was the best!

Excellent instruction! Thank you, very much appreciated.

Great video! Best yet on topic. Perfectly applies to my present situation. Thanks!

This is the best video on backing up a trailer! So many helpful hints! Thank you so much!

Great way to teach this. Best video I have found so far teaching this topic.

AWESOME INFO!!!!! Thanks for taking the time to make this.