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  • @HowtoDad
    @HowtoDad  2 роки тому +101

    If you enjoyed this valuable life skill - then please give the video a like. Cheers.

    • @caleblargs
      @caleblargs 2 роки тому +3

      hahah this video is funny and sort of educating

    • @cee20.5
      @cee20.5 2 роки тому +2

      Cheers

    • @caleblargs
      @caleblargs 2 роки тому +1

      @Henry the banana sup

  • @cheesetoast99
    @cheesetoast99 2 роки тому +154

    U-Haul should make everyone who rents a trailer watch this. im sure it's heaps better than what they give people.

    • @HowtoDad
      @HowtoDad  2 роки тому +29

      Exactly! My people will reach out to their people.

    • @Rainbowgrrl
      @Rainbowgrrl 2 роки тому +3

      They give people something where you are? Besides a time to return trailer by before you’re charged more…

  • @Kerorofan1990
    @Kerorofan1990 2 роки тому +116

    To quote my Grandpa: "We swore we had the trailer hitched right. Then we hit a downhill and it beat the truck to the bottom."

  • @JonoNZBoardGamer
    @JonoNZBoardGamer 2 роки тому +30

    This cracked me up more than I expected! 🤣 It was both nonsense at times and actual advice, brilliant!

  • @susannahrtaylor
    @susannahrtaylor 2 роки тому +52

    As pedestrians my baby and I were almost hit by a runaway trailer once, those things can fly when they aren't hooked up correctly! This video is bound to save lives, thanks How to Dad!

    • @Rainbowgrrl
      @Rainbowgrrl 2 роки тому +1

      I’ve seen a trailer sailing down the freeway on its own as well, must be more common that one might expect!

    • @joonapousi3905
      @joonapousi3905 11 місяців тому

      In Europe we have a thin wire instead of that chain. The wire pulls on the trailer's brakes and then gets ripped off. The trailer comes unattached completely but will stop quickly

  • @nambr9
    @nambr9 2 роки тому +12

    More like this. This is what we dads want... how to pitch a tent, how to change a lock, how to melt chocolate or how to clean aircon. Some of us didn't have a dad when growing up, and we all had to improvise. You got tons of material and a very loving personality. Keep up the good work and all the best to you and your family!

  • @garhull11
    @garhull11 2 роки тому +34

    Special effects in this video were amazing, specialy the sound effects of the sparks and the slow motion :-)

    • @HowtoDad
      @HowtoDad  2 роки тому +12

      Thank you. The sparks were very hard to reproduce. But to be honest, I'm not sure where the slow motion was? Maybe I'm just a bit slow.

    • @SagebrushRambles
      @SagebrushRambles 2 роки тому +2

      @@HowtoDad yeah there wasn't any slow-mo lol.

  • @midwesternhooftrimmer6735
    @midwesternhooftrimmer6735 2 роки тому +23

    oh man this is going to help alot! I've been doing it wrong all this time🤦‍♂️ thanks how to Dad!

    • @HowtoDad
      @HowtoDad  2 роки тому +8

      My pleasure.

    • @midwesternhooftrimmer6735
      @midwesternhooftrimmer6735 2 роки тому +4

      @@HowtoDad Im a UA-camr myself but this is hands down my favorite channel to watch 😊

    • @StoneE4
      @StoneE4 2 роки тому +2

      This is going to help Alot? Who is Alot?

    • @midwesternhooftrimmer6735
      @midwesternhooftrimmer6735 2 роки тому +6

      @@StoneE4 lol Alot is the name of my trailer 🤣🤣

    • @StoneE4
      @StoneE4 2 роки тому +1

      @@midwesternhooftrimmer6735 Well, I hope you absorbed *a lot* of the information in this video so you don't end up losing or damaging _Alot._

  • @twistedsister2568
    @twistedsister2568 2 роки тому +56

    You should be a professional tutor of all things. Your no nonsense approach works well. 👏🏼👏🏼

    • @HowtoDad
      @HowtoDad  2 роки тому +14

      Stay tuned...MORE TO COME!

  • @EpicVitto
    @EpicVitto 11 місяців тому +1

    Bro the level of dry humour in this is absolutely incredible. I went in looking for actual advice I didn't expect to get that good of a laugh on a tutorial about driving. Thank you.😂

  • @t-rexngatokorua8733
    @t-rexngatokorua8733 2 роки тому +4

    I remember getting up real early one time. It was a Friday and I decided to take the trailer with me because we had trailer things to do after work. Well it was dark while I was hooking it up and low and behold as I left the driveway and exited our street, I heard a huge bang and saw sparks flying... The trailer had bloody bounced off the tow ball as it wasn't on completely. Folks, take your time hooking up your trailers and if you do it in the dark, don't just 'feel' it on. Use a torch and make sure it's on properly 😅 I was lucky it was 5am and no one was on the road..except for the neighbors that were woken by the the sound of a trailer scraping along the road and me cursing like crazy as I desperately retrieve trailer and hook it on properly haha

  • @fitbmx7744
    @fitbmx7744 2 роки тому +25

    This was actually more informative than you might think. LOL Also, there is turning too wide. People do this all the time. It's a car trailer, not a semi-truck. SO STAY IN YOUR LANE!!!

    • @owPhreak
      @owPhreak 2 роки тому +1

      When would you classify is okay to make an interlane turn? (Length of trailer)

    • @agerven
      @agerven 2 роки тому +2

      Well, with trailers it is similar as with caravans. Many people seem to regard them as a status symbol in the sense that size (trailer length) matters. But usually they are totally incapable of driving with such an exceptional load.

    • @fitbmx7744
      @fitbmx7744 2 роки тому +1

      @@agerven You aren't wrong there. I never want anything any bigger than I have to have. Big trailers are such a pain to get around with.

    • @fitbmx7744
      @fitbmx7744 2 роки тому

      @@owPhreak I always recommend that people buy nothing bigger than they need. No sense in getting a 20 foot trailer, when a 16 will do just fine. I would then recommend practicing a little bit in an open area, get used to how it turns and where to tires track. Also learn to back it, including turning while backing. You can get yourself in a pickle real quick if you can't back out when needed.

    • @agerven
      @agerven 2 роки тому

      @@fitbmx7744 Somehow i think your replies are to the point as well as funny ...

  • @Siddharth2460
    @Siddharth2460 Рік тому +1

    So basically I have exactly the same amount of knowledge about towing a trailer before and after watching this how to tow a trailer video. Good job mate

  • @SM-yy2vg
    @SM-yy2vg 2 роки тому +3

    Thank you for the trailer training video. I think I’m ready to tow a trailer now. 🤞

  • @lynnwelch6223
    @lynnwelch6223 2 роки тому +6

    If you find your trailer trying to pass you.... HA HA great video.

  • @angrypotato_fz
    @angrypotato_fz 2 роки тому +5

    Thank you for the additional visualisation of sparks, I needed that :D

  • @Memyselfandmyguitar
    @Memyselfandmyguitar 2 роки тому +6

    I have a 24' fifth wheel machinery trailer, now that's when you need to steer wide!
    Great video

  • @TanyaQueen182
    @TanyaQueen182 2 роки тому +1

    "That's not a person. That's your trailer". It's gotta be his delivery cuz I can't even remember the last time I laughed this hard.

  • @hsmerz3756
    @hsmerz3756 2 роки тому +10

    Very helpful. I find myself in my trailer, trying to trailer my truck time to time. Trailering a truck by trailer is tricky. Typically one needs tons of testosterone on trips taking tight turns. Turns out tipping is troublesome trailblazing tight trails too. It's terribly time comsuming , and takes tedious talent. Traditional transportation transmissions tend to transend to temperature tragity while trailering trailers too. Technological termination typically tends to tell the tail.
    Thanks

    • @adinaklein868
      @adinaklein868 2 роки тому +3

      😆Told only too truly

    • @simond.455
      @simond.455 2 роки тому +3

      True that. To the T.

    • @Rainbowgrrl
      @Rainbowgrrl 2 роки тому +1

      The way you worded the vast majority of that with words starting with T took total TALENT!

  • @SeyaDiakite7
    @SeyaDiakite7 2 роки тому +1

    I still say that I appreciate your existence and it won't change ever

  • @MrsGisawesome
    @MrsGisawesome 2 роки тому +1

    highly informative!!! Didn't even touch on the turn-ya-wheel-in-the-opposite-of-where-ya-wanna-go bit...clearly I don't have to master that skill. Phew... just gotta look out for sparks and wobbles. Cheers!!

  • @Winniebago
    @Winniebago Рік тому

    Short and to the point, the best kind of UA-cam video!

  • @katrianem2124
    @katrianem2124 2 роки тому +6

    Simple, yet effective!

  • @LaNereNere
    @LaNereNere 2 роки тому +1

    The last two one where hilarious!!!...🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

  • @dropcitizen.8800
    @dropcitizen.8800 2 роки тому

    THIS is the moment you create the trailer-bubble. I love it.

  • @aliciashanks5239
    @aliciashanks5239 2 роки тому

    At the end I thought you were going to say, "that means you left your trailer". You've got the right idea, best to blame it on all of those trailer thieves 😂

  • @thebestestoneever
    @thebestestoneever 2 роки тому +9

    I really hate when idiot objects jump out at me 😯

    • @HowtoDad
      @HowtoDad  2 роки тому +9

      When ya least expect it. Like those concrete posts. Tricky little devils.

  • @abidshaik9614
    @abidshaik9614 9 місяців тому

    Man !! Funniest how to video I’ve ever watched !! Good one 😂

  • @MarkkysLife
    @MarkkysLife 5 місяців тому

    Love this video. Pure knowledge and comedy. This, this will stick with me

  • @urchickie
    @urchickie 2 роки тому +1

    NOW I have the basics of towing a trailer.

  • @Harry_Gurvich
    @Harry_Gurvich 2 роки тому +1

    will there be a follow-up to this?

  • @jwohl76
    @jwohl76 2 роки тому +6

    We're any trailers harmed in the making of this video?
    I am also going to have my husband watch this before we go camping this summer. (We are in the US). Safety first.

  • @kittawa
    @kittawa 2 роки тому

    The content was wonderful as it always is, but the editing was top notch! Those transitions were perfect for the video and gave me serious nostalgia for every training and safety video I've watched over the years.

  • @ava198
    @ava198 2 роки тому +3

    Don't know what I would do without Dad 👍

  • @SkyKin
    @SkyKin 2 роки тому +6

    Bros got this covered, it was also interesting to learn more about loading/connecting a trailer to a vehicle. Great vid, Keep up the Great Work & Stay Safe Guys 😎 👊
    1:04 Idiot Object (Kekw)

  • @missrobinhoodie
    @missrobinhoodie 2 роки тому +1

    Excellent tutorial!

  • @UtahDelaCruz
    @UtahDelaCruz Рік тому

    I watched this entire video without sound, thinking that was part of the joke. Then, upon trying to watch a video that wasn’t supposed to be funny, I realized my iPad had secretly attached to a pair of headphones I wasn’t wearing. Pranked by my own equipment. So…. You’re also funny without sound. Good on ya.

  • @melissawittman
    @melissawittman 2 роки тому +4

    Next: how to back a trailer. No, really, I can't do it. I would only park where I could pull straight out again.

  • @Thisisallwegot93
    @Thisisallwegot93 Рік тому

    I just literally laughed out loud for the first time in a long time!! Haha
    _If you can’t see your trailer in any of your mirrors, that means your…… trailer fell off and you should go back and get it!_ lmao! That shit was funny! 😄

  • @cheekyb71
    @cheekyb71 2 роки тому +4

    Hahaha the content we deserve

  • @sarahwalker4494
    @sarahwalker4494 2 роки тому

    This life skills series has really helped me became the man I am today, thanks how to dad! Your the best haha

  • @BornAgainCynic0086
    @BornAgainCynic0086 2 роки тому +2

    Oh, and don't leave the clippy thing up on the towball connector whatsit, otherwise you will start testing your safety rope chain very quickly.

  • @stacidify
    @stacidify 2 роки тому +1

    If your trailer is trying to pass you...😆😁🤣🤣

  • @eugenetan7326
    @eugenetan7326 11 місяців тому

    I came to this video to know know that I need to watch "How to attach a trailer" instead. Super helpful. Thanks!

  • @daljitkumar8685
    @daljitkumar8685 2 роки тому +1

    Pretty cool information

  • @mssamoanmami3345
    @mssamoanmami3345 7 місяців тому

    😂😂😂 all this is gonna be me if I stop laughing and be serious , I gotta learn this to start hooking my food trailer to my truck soon.

  • @IAMRUSTEDROOT
    @IAMRUSTEDROOT 2 роки тому +2

    Looks like a couple of trailers were harmed in the making of this video.

  • @escapecat1549
    @escapecat1549 2 роки тому

    Thanks for the tutorial. I’ve master hitching up and going forward, but can you provide some instruction on backing up.

  • @MrA1582000
    @MrA1582000 11 місяців тому

    Thank you for making me laugh til tears came down my face.

  • @southofhollywood4199
    @southofhollywood4199 2 роки тому

    I wasn't expecting the beginning! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

    • @southofhollywood4199
      @southofhollywood4199 2 роки тому

      I wasn't expecting the whole video! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

    • @Rose_19911
      @Rose_19911 6 місяців тому

      i'll be honest... I wasn't expecting all of it

  • @v.h.1596
    @v.h.1596 2 роки тому

    Can we just take a second to appreciate the crappy transitions between the different clips? I love them! Reminds me of making PowerPoints in 2010. 😄❤️

  • @GuitarsRockForever
    @GuitarsRockForever 2 роки тому +2

    best instructions for sure.

  • @shalomweston6562
    @shalomweston6562 2 роки тому +1

    Are you speaking out experience? Good advice.

  • @Balloonzandpropz
    @Balloonzandpropz 5 місяців тому

    I laughed from the beginning to the end 😂😂😂... but learned somthing

  • @karlamalcolm9249
    @karlamalcolm9249 2 роки тому

    Life Skills is awesome!!!!

  • @DanielVance
    @DanielVance 2 роки тому +1

    Trailer for sale! Non-serious inquiries only.

  • @scottnever8732
    @scottnever8732 Рік тому

    love this none bs approach

  • @Abb0nz1
    @Abb0nz1 2 роки тому +2

    Lol, this is awesome 🤣🤣🤣

  • @BornAgainCynic0086
    @BornAgainCynic0086 2 роки тому +2

    And now Dad will show you how to reverse a trailer.... or will he?

    • @HowtoDad
      @HowtoDad  2 роки тому

      ua-cam.com/video/4ac8q6454uk/v-deo.html

  • @BaMenace
    @BaMenace 2 роки тому +1

    ... should have two safety chains criss-crossed so if it does fall off the ball.. then its doesn't scrape the road and just sits on the chain. BTW.. that single chain is too long

  • @noahriding5780
    @noahriding5780 8 місяців тому

    How much of an angle, both uphill and downhill can you go when pulling a trailer with an SUV or minivan? And how do you work that out on not overstressing the engine going uphill? thanks. (I live near mountains.)

  • @nitrooguy
    @nitrooguy 6 днів тому

    This is AWESOME!!!!!!!!! 🙂

  • @HoldenStraya
    @HoldenStraya 2 роки тому

    How did you pull off the trailer overtaking you?

  • @abeott5866
    @abeott5866 2 роки тому +1

    Quality content

  • @CraigH999
    @CraigH999 2 роки тому

    I mean, seriously. You've probably saved lives with this informative video!
    Cheers from Canada!

  • @heathertruskinger6214
    @heathertruskinger6214 2 роки тому +1

    Oh....this is sooo true , and funny

  • @GrandmaMommy
    @GrandmaMommy 2 роки тому

    Was this the actual video? Or just the trailer?

  • @cumberlandnorthnewsbroadca4289
    @cumberlandnorthnewsbroadca4289 7 місяців тому

    this is the first video that shows up when you look up how to tow a trailer

  • @gabrielsliz8238
    @gabrielsliz8238 Рік тому

    Understandable. Thanks.

  • @wyattandwill12
    @wyattandwill12 8 місяців тому +1

    00:18 I hate it when that happens

  • @kevinsemail2_862
    @kevinsemail2_862 2 місяці тому

    Why am I just now discovering this gem 😂😂

  • @Triple-N
    @Triple-N 2 роки тому

    I'm learning... I'm learning... I'm leaning... Leaning.... Lean...

  • @vincentchen9513
    @vincentchen9513 2 роки тому +1

    No kids was harm of making this video? Right?

  • @prettypic444
    @prettypic444 2 роки тому +1

    Advice too complex- accidentally made a trailer for my toe

  • @funkyfedaykin
    @funkyfedaykin 2 роки тому

    "I just bought a trailer and I need to make it seem like a work purchase for tax purposes... I know, I'll make a video out of it!"

  • @ashleybottiglieri
    @ashleybottiglieri Рік тому

    I knew this was a good video when he tried to drive the trailer 😂

  • @Preachertay
    @Preachertay 2 роки тому

    Trailer straps.. trailer's best friend.

  • @YogiGhorecha
    @YogiGhorecha 10 місяців тому

    😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 You are so funny man...

  • @Revoku
    @Revoku 3 місяці тому

    1:37 if you return home without a trailer, you traveled via Rotorua, and your trailer is stolen.

  • @dibamoca9885
    @dibamoca9885 2 роки тому +1

    I do so hate idiot objects that jump out of nowhere☹️

  • @Rainbowgrrl
    @Rainbowgrrl 2 роки тому

    When did this channel become an actual legitimate educational one??

    • @HowtoDad
      @HowtoDad  2 роки тому +1

      If this is legitimate to you I am worried 😅

  • @tejas295
    @tejas295 2 роки тому

    No trailers were damaged or lost in the making of this instructional video. As always, mind your load.

  • @thedusty194
    @thedusty194 2 роки тому +5

    I'm meant to be learning how to do this. I broke the rope. 👍
    I don't even know what the rope is for. I'm clearly educated.

    • @caleblargs
      @caleblargs 2 роки тому +1

      it’s so if the hitch fails then the rope keeps the trailer from leaving the car.
      also their supposed to be called breakaway chains

  • @CatchRocks
    @CatchRocks 2 роки тому

    Golden 👍🤙🤙

  • @darwinfishfry1898
    @darwinfishfry1898 4 місяці тому

    Good video you had me at first

  • @simonshergold8508
    @simonshergold8508 2 місяці тому

    Should have more views. From a tottenham fan.

  • @agerven
    @agerven 2 роки тому

    Very good, with the holiday times arriving and possibility to go out with the pandemic in a dip!
    Thanks for informing us, first time or seldom time trailer towers, of the most essential things. And for those that think i might trying to be funny, just watch some episodes of 'idiots in cars' or similar titles on you tube.
    Please y'all follow Jordan's advice and don't be an idiot in your trailer towing car. Drive safe, blessings and happy holidays to you all.

  • @TheGoddon
    @TheGoddon 2 роки тому

    Chris Hemsworth in a parallel universe.

  • @caleblargs
    @caleblargs 2 роки тому +2

    this will help my mum lol

  • @ericbender9491
    @ericbender9491 2 роки тому

    As a follow up, reversing with a trailer....

  • @mdags1978
    @mdags1978 2 роки тому

    hahahaahaha..... love it!

  • @angeladawn805
    @angeladawn805 2 роки тому

    This should be used as part of Driver's Ed'.

  • @kalayne6713
    @kalayne6713 2 роки тому

    Next installment...how to reverse trailer.

  • @KingJamesBibleArt
    @KingJamesBibleArt 2 роки тому +1

    Dad stuff! 🦾

  • @PHN-2024
    @PHN-2024 2 роки тому +1

    Shouldn’t this Video be called “How Not To Be Trailer Trash” in New Zealand? 🤔

  • @ShadowNerd92
    @ShadowNerd92 2 роки тому

    0:45 Wait, hold up you're right. This video is How to Tow a trailer, not How to Attach a Trailer, thought it was one and the same. Well, guess you're just gonna have to make another video😊

  • @erod707
    @erod707 2 роки тому

    It’s 2022, 4K please!

  • @rossikc
    @rossikc 2 роки тому

    But your steering wheel is on the wrong side!

  • @okok-eg1op
    @okok-eg1op 2 роки тому

    Wow, You know a lot know Jon Snow

  • @grokeffer6226
    @grokeffer6226 2 роки тому

    😊😉🌻