Teaching my wife to reverse with the camper

[Bunyip]

Start off practicing with a trailer which has the longest distance from towball to axle

One of the great things about the KK's, it is a long way to the axle 

Bunyip

[Kit_e_kat9]

Using the mirrors depends on: the style or set up of vehicle and whether can see the camper out of them or not.  Reversing camera's are also a good help in this regard, but don't learn to rely on them.

BF is hopeless at reversing (you only have to look at our stone guard to see what I mean), but I can't teach him anything (frustrating), but I do direct him with hand signals.  He watches my directions rather than watching the camper and it's surrounds and has learned to rely heavily on them.  If we have to go backwards I'd rather direct him from outside the vehicle anyway.  He gets upset if I "wander off" and leave him to it.

As far as him directing me ... forget it.  Just tell me when to stop and I'm all good.  Lucky thing I don't need his help very much.   

I'd suggest patience / calmness / knowing when to give up for this lesson / giving encouragement where appropriate / NEVER yelling ... you want dinner and Sex for the next year then treat the lesson the same way you would foreplay (if you know what that is of course).

Kit_e

[fuji]

Hey I can't reverse very well either

[Bird]

but I can't teach him anything (frustrating), but I do direct him with hand signals. 

your doing it wrong 

[NatGav]

Saw a couple using walkie talkies...

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[Kit_e_kat9]

your doing it wrong 

*Tongue Poke*       

He's just VERY stubborn and the type of bloke that just WON'T be told (no matter how it's suggested) and then tells you it was HIS idea later on ...       He's just lucky I'm not the type to get my knickers knotted very easily. 

Kit_e

[chappo555]

I learnt at 16 in an F100 with a 6x4. U couldn't see the trailer till u were about to reverse over the side of it. Bloody learnt quickly.

As has been suggested a vacant car park and a couple of boxes or witches hats are the go.

Oh and be patient. For some reason I have never got the wife to listen to me by yelling at her.

[Jeepers Creepers]

First thing to do is see if amyone has a special on taillights for the tug.

GOOD LUCK....

[gronk]

How old is your daughter ??
Get a hand held UHF ( get 2 if you don't have one already in the car )
If your daughter is old enough...teach her how to direct your missus from outside the car....that way she doesn't need to know anything about reversing...all she needs to do is follow orders from you or the daughter..

A lot of grey nomads do this in van parks.....the husband gets out...puts the missus in....and directs her straight into the spot..

[McGirr]

Mark you better get this sorted before the Gulf trip, it's embarrassing watching a grown man, in a fetal postion, lying on the ground crying 

Mark

[ewwreckers]

you want dinner and Sex for the next year then treat the lesson the same way you would foreplay (if you know what that is of course).

Bush foreplay ..... 'This won't take long, did it'  LOL