Only use your sideview mirrors. If your boat starts to appear on your left mirror, turn your wheel towards that mirror to straighten your boat. And if your boat starts to appear in your right mirror turn your wheel towards that mirror. Most simple way of backing a trailer.
I am replying again with thanks!! I tried this method on multiple trailers at my work and was able to park them into pretty tight spaces using this tip so kudos to you again sir!
The biggest pain is when you have to reverse a low, small, skinny, empty trailer that you can't see out the back or in your mirrors with the thing going almost sideways before it appears in your mirrors. I ended up adding one of those off-road flags with a magnetic base to the mudguard before reversing so you can get an indication when it starts to go off track.
She did better on her first try than some that have been launching it all summer! I'm going to try the bottom of the wheel trick. My short trailer jetski is difficult!
Good job, I have passed on the bottom of wheel idea many times,also ,if no spotter, it is better to jump out and look then bump something. From other side of world.
Right person in the right industry wirh the right passion , this world will be a much better place if you get the right people in the right places , I’ve never backed a trailer in my life , now I’ve got the confidence to have a crack
I have a question; say you're out alone and don't have anyone to mind the boat while you're taking your car or truck off the ramp. What do you do then? Do you leave your vehicle on the ramp while you idle the boat to the nearest dock to tie up and then come back and move your vehicle off the ramp?
It depends on the size of your boat, most people use a rope to guide the boat off the trailer, then secure the boat either on shore on on a jetty, all without having to enter the boat. Obviously different boats and circumstances will require a different approach.
Somebody put your steering wheel on the wrong side. Just kidding. More people need to watch videos like this. There is nothing more frustrating than sitting in line behind someone that waits to get on the ramp to load everything in their boat and cut their tie downs loose. Thank you for making this video.
We all wish more people watched something like this! We had some blokes break all the etiquette at a ramp up North, cut us and the boat behind us off, took ages to launch as they never stopped to prepare themselves. Boy did we laugh straight to their faces when their $150k boat was 1/2 full of water cause they forgot the bungs!
hey arron you know ive watched heaps of your vids. there incredible. I more than likely will be looking for a new boat some time next year and im going to be ringing you, if i can get a good deal from you ill be comming there from victoria.
Call me and I promise the best deal in Australia I survived in Victoria for 15 years Fished the bays and rivers Beautiful but bloody cold and wet chased me out
Amazing job. Greeting from NYC. Always like to see women in front. Your a good instructor. One day I might sail around the world who know for now, just starting out. 🌱🌻🤔
Hand at bottom. Always. Left is left, right is right with hand at bottom. Practice. Take boat out to a parking lot and practice straight in, and when you have to do a arch launch, which is most difficult where you have to launch at an angle.
wow, good job, the "narrator" is trying to calm her down, BUT WAIT... (not the larry emda quote!!)..that's the BOSS'S BOAT!!!!!, she whould still be stressing out.
Are you sure I think you should relocate to Australia it’s the new land of opportunity where anyone can be anything and it’s safe to walk the streets at night and go boating and fishing anytime you want
Wait. Doesn't everything spin in the opposite direction in the southern hemisphere? Come on, right hand drive, things spinning in the wrong direction. I wouldn't know which way to go.
That's because - as he pointed out *several times* - that he's done this thousands of times and doesn't get confused by switching between the two views.
Must come down and chat about an upgrade. Is it your shop that's on the LHS of the highway as i come down to brissy from the sunny coast?@@BrisbaneYamaha
You do not steer with your hand at the bottom, you maintain 10 and 2 o clock hand positioning and you never steer with 1 hand. The best thing to do is take the ramp straight on, turn and pull forward until your boat is relatively straight. The less steering you do the better, then make small adjustments. If you over steer you can just pull forward to straighten out. There's no rush.
Your an idiot It’s about giving a way for people who can’t reverse or a starting point for new people Or when you get confused There is no right way just a way that works it’s not the only way
She’s never backed anything before would you like to learn to back on a busy ramp? I can back a boat around a maze and maybe you can too the clip if for new backers who should learn in a non stressed location
She did a great job. I just got my first boat a month ago and a beginner at ramp launches. Everyone was a beginner at some point, or did you forget where you started. The key for me is to go slow and take your time.🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉.. . Keep it up!!!!!
