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Here's the thing: if you level side to side unevenly on ramps so as to account for uneven ground, aren't you then twisting the chassis?

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From the U.S. This is a great instructive video-perhaps the best backup video I’ve seen. Thank you!

Hi Fliss, I was taught to start the reverse by turning away from the pitch with only a half turn of the steering wheel. Using your method of full lock means the back of the caravan must be nearer to the pitch at the start of the manoeuvre. Can you advise where you put the van at the start please?

Great video. Is there a position the caravan wheels should be past the pitch we want to reverse on to ?

Top stuff , thanks .

Good plan! Last time the jockey wheel was actually under the hitch which stopped me lowering it down to the car. Much messing about with steadies to rectify. Unfortunately, when my wife asked what was going on, she thought I said that the jockey wheel was under the hedge and she nearly had a fit!!

Oh I've got what you mean now! Adjusting the jockey wheel before unhitching, as you have done, gives more scope for manoeuvrability if required! Thanks dear. I feel so dimdumb! 🤦😬😁

I've just purchased a used 2 berth which the previous owners are kindly delivering to my local CCC site in a couple of days. It's been 10 years since I last towed anything so I am watching your videos repeatedly til I have it right in my mind what I should be doing! Thank you so much for this. 🙋👍🙏

If the caravan I'm thinking if buying doesn't have these, I'm definitely getting some! 👍🫡🙏

Exceptionally useful for a newbie like me! Cheers m'dear! 👍🙋🫡🙏😁

Excellent news! Hi Fliss. I'm new to your channel and am so very glad I've discovered it! There is a distinct possibility that I will be buying a used Coachman by the weekend and I will need to refresh my memory from when I had my first caravan in 2014! Cheers m'dear! 🙋👍🫡🙏

This is really helpful as I've just had a towbar fitted with a 7 pin plug. I only want it for the lights on a little used caravan when I get it, but can always upgrade later I suppose. Thanks Fliss. 🙋👍🙏🕊️

Excellent! Thanks for this dear! 👍🙋🙏🕊️

Excellent dear! No fuss. Just the doing! 🙋🙏🕊️👍

So true. I always unclamp the jockey wheel shaft and lower it fully onto the floor. The problem I encounter is when hooking up the hitchlock doesn't fully engage with the towbar as I can't unscrew the handle anymore. Usually the bottom of the shaft on the jockey wheel is resting on the metal bracket with the two slots, fastened to the jockey wheel.

Well done girl

Hi again Fliss, I should said, I’m my previous comment, I need to build everything you have said into my ‘Brain Muscle Memory’ and not just muscle memory…lol you probably knew what I meant…😂

Hi Fliss, I just wanted to let you know, that I have watched untold videos of learning how to reverse a caravan…Your video tutorial is by far the most informative and the most comprehensive of them all. I will be replaying your video over and over until my muscle memory has all the information firmly locked into my memory banks…thank you for all your wonderful help.

Hi videos, could you use the 20p annalogy to reverse in the opposite direction? I am also bit confused as you are steering the same way as you would with just the car without the caravan

Its easy when you have a shed load of room to swing the car around and there isn't a queue trying to get through . Just buy a motor mover... sensible hassle free manoeuvring even if you are a seasoned articulate driver. Try it on your blind side without an experienced reverse buddy to guide you. An absolute pita...😱

😂 brilliant advice for newbies 👍

Fliss where is your company as new to caravanning and your you tube and would like to do a course

Bloody brilliant. I have been struggling, and sometimes losing skin, with this problem. Thank you.

I Reverse Onto The Pitch And Use The Mover To Straighton Up And Level, Sometimes On Good Day I Can Get It Spot On, Especially Drivers Side😁👍

Use a motor mover. Don't punish your clutch. It has enough punishment just towing about 1500 kg anyway. Maybe an automatic is a better option.

Somers Wood!? 😂

I have great difficulty attaching and locking my tow bar in place. Have you any tips for that please?

I’ve just subscribed to your channel. We had a caravan and loved it but I sold it when my husband died of cancer 4 years ago. Now I want to buy a smaller caravan next spring. I used to set up occasionally but mostly it was my husband that did it. These are excellent videos to jog my memory. I would always get in a pickle when reversing, so I love your video on that and have watched it over and over. Thank you so much 😘

How far past the pitch should you start to turn ?

It did t help…. I don’t have a caravan.

How do you reverse into a left side passing place on a single track road. 👍🏽

Nadat ik dit gezien heb, zal ik altijd beweren dat ik het altijd zo deed 🤣

Thank you.

I just bought a tiny caravan 😭 apparently longer caravans are easier to reverse 😂 I also can't buy towing mirrors to fit my car mirrors. I'm retired and losing confidence. Reversing into my driveway is exhausting 😮

How I do it... un hook, use remote.

I love the video, it is super helpful, the bit I never get right, or how to judge is how far to pull the van past the pitch and where to start breaking the straight line to begin reversing the van on to the pitch, do you have any pointers?

When my mum annoys me I’ll send her there I may never see her again she would probably move there anyway 😂

Wine not, Oops sorry Why not?

Forgot to check the number plate light, and both front marker lights on the trailer were working. Also, most commercial trailers use grease for the tow ball, after use of a commercial trailer you need to thoroughly clean the tow ball with brake cleaner and a rag/paper towels before using a caravan hitch with passive stabiliser system. Just not sure that anyone will use a torque wrench to check wheel nuts on a commercial hire trailer, but actually checking the tyre age/condition/pressures should be a given, along with ensuring they supply a spare wheel/tyre, and either breakdown cover and possibly a wheel brace & jack. As regards, detachable tow bars/tow balls, not every detachable design has a fixing hole for a carabiner, certainly my Westfalia detachable tow bar/ball does not. CORRECTION: Having gone to the Westfalia Website, there is indeed a fixing hole for a carabiner, unfortunately, having a bad back I had to use a mirror to find it as I cannot bend down low enough to see it (or indeed use it), without getting down on my hands and knees and then rolling onto my back, getting back up is more of an issue, this is very frustrating, I'm going to have to persuade my wife to access this, she won't be too pleased. Thank you for your considered response, hence more investigation was necessary along with this apology. Nice to see that the hire trailer has a 13 pin Jaeger Connection used for trailer lights, however, I've modified my own general purpose trailer to use a 13 pin plug, and replaced the 12N+12S plugs with a single 13 pin plug. Another thing to consider is that the tow car might not be capable of towing large MTPLM trailers when fully loaded, since whilst the single axle trailers are likely to be within the tow car manufacturers recommendations regarding braked trailer limits, many cars may have an unbraked trailer limit less than the 750kg legal maximum (my own has the limit for unbraked as 500kg). In addition most twin axle trailers may have a maximum MTPLM of 2000kg, 2700kg, or 3500kg, and it may be the case that to use these the tow car manufacturers recommendations may have lower braked trailer limits (mine is 1800kg), and even if tow vehicles have higher towing limits, the Goods Train Weight may require that the tow vehicle is not carrying the stated laden capacity on the VIN Plate, to transfer that load into a heavier trailer up to the trailer manufacturers laden limit. Whilst I note in the video that the Gross Laden Weight (MTPLM) of that trailer is 1700kg, it really needs to be stated that manufacturers towing recommendations (including Nose Weight and Drawbar Limit), and the GTW on the VIN Plate of the car are not exceeded.

we got our camper last year and it mainly stayed at a campground. this year we will going to other campgrounds so i needed to get better at backing it into a site cause i wasnt very good at it with very little experience. most videos i watched were mainly people filming themselves backing up and really didnt explain what they did. this video was very helpful with the step by step procedure of steering wheel position. and/or correction. i was able to get the camper back in the driveway on the second attempt. . had the wife watch it also to make her job as spotter easier.thanks again for the video it gonna make things a lot less stressful

She is brilliant

THANKS ❤ Starting to realise the more i practice and the slower i go, the less stressful for all 😊

I wish I had Fliss beside me when I have to reverse the caravan. I used to do it well but I’ve lost so much confidence backing our caravan now and get panicky because my partner gets so annoyed with me when I make a mistake he is a terrible spotter and stands where I can’t see or here him 😔 You explain it so well I wish I could get my partner to be like that

For all the people that are new here, and maybe some that are not, when you reverse its a good idea to release the stabiliser, just pull it up a bit, this is from Alko and not just me. it save the pads and also easier to move the van as less friction

I love you video .

I bought two of these tools, one stays in the car and the other stays in the caravan, had them for about two years and I used one only two weeks ago for the first time,they are a must have tool, thanks for sharing Fliss, 👍.

I agree - this is a must-have tool. We got one after our 13 pin socket tool got out of alignment years ago when we were on holiday which then delayed our departure. Fortunately there was someone on site who knew how to realign things. Wouldn’t be without one now. Thanks for sharing.

I don't need an 'engineer' to splice 12vDC; 12 wires in two cables into one cable with 12 wires and fit a 13 pin Jaeger Plug on the end, I did it myself in 30 minutes. If you can wire a mains plug this not much of a stretch.