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JRscooby

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Posted: 11/11/23 07:52am

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mkirsch wrote:

In my case you're not squeaking through at an angle. If you fit, you're straight.

Even if I adjust the mirror to see the tires, I still don't see what having the line accomplishes. You need a line to sight against a line. A tire is just a point.

Yes, if at angle that squeak will turn into a crash pretty quick.
I park my trailer in the same spot every time I get home. I assume most people want to drop camper in same spot each time. If as you pull out, mark the path your left outside tire takes for say 10 feet past the point you clear the camper you have that 10 feet to get tire following that line as you go under camper. Just be sure camper is up high enough, and it should be a piece of chicken

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Posted: 11/14/23 05:54pm

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I have used the “tape” method successfully for 9 years. I store our camper in our barn and laid a 1” wide reflective tape strip from the rear tire on the drivers side to about 10’ ahead of the front tire. I also carry a chalk line and two small stakes and parachute cord for offloading our camper on both hard and soft surfaces. It works great and loads quickly. With our crew cab with the rear seat removed for additional storage I can’t see our bed so the marks in the bed and on the camper systems don’t work for us. Backing up along a line is easy and works great. With one tire on the line it is only a “point” as stated but when both tires are on the line it is an exact and easily repeatable positioning system!

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