Trailer Survey
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Fleet Mechanic
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From: Birdsboro PA
Trailer Survey
If anyone that has used a trailer can fill this survey out it would be greatly appreciated. I am doing this for an engineering class at my High School. I will be posting this in multiple sub forums so i apologize for duplicates. Here is a link to the survey. Thank you for your time.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/...Y0aVE6MQ#gid=0
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/...Y0aVE6MQ#gid=0
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From: Missouri
Done. Am I missing something? Because backing up to a trailer is not a difficult task. Now I have a back up camera, so I think a 5 year old could do it now. But even before that I could hit the coupling with my ball every time.
Fleet Mechanic
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From: Annandale, VA
I took the survey, but you may want to stipulate if the tow vehicle has the backup camera or not. The 2008+ trucks can be optioned with a camera that greatly aid in backing up to a bumper pull trailer.
I no longer need or desire a helper when backing up to the trailer b/c the camera is all of the help I need.
I think if you added a question regarding if someone has a camera or not, your data will be much better as I imagine you will see at big swings in the answers to a few of your questions. Statistically, its going to make your day skewed in a way you probably don't want.
I no longer need or desire a helper when backing up to the trailer b/c the camera is all of the help I need.
I think if you added a question regarding if someone has a camera or not, your data will be much better as I imagine you will see at big swings in the answers to a few of your questions. Statistically, its going to make your day skewed in a way you probably don't want.
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I took the survey, but you may want to stipulate if the tow vehicle has the backup camera or not. The 2008+ trucks can be optioned with a camera that greatly aid in backing up to a bumper pull trailer.
I no longer need or desire a helper when backing up to the trailer b/c the camera is all of the help I need.
I think if you added a question regarding if someone has a camera or not, your data will be much better as I imagine you will see at big swings in the answers to a few of your questions. Statistically, its going to make your day skewed in a way you probably don't want.
I no longer need or desire a helper when backing up to the trailer b/c the camera is all of the help I need.
I think if you added a question regarding if someone has a camera or not, your data will be much better as I imagine you will see at big swings in the answers to a few of your questions. Statistically, its going to make your day skewed in a way you probably don't want.
Agreed you should ad something about a camera I have one on my 98 and will be installing one on my 04 as soon as it warms up a bit I hook to a trailer 2 or 3 times a week and makes it a lot faster
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Token Redneck
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Maybe you've already thought about this, but: Some people just get close and then move the trailer, even a scrawny dude like me can pick up 150-200# of tongue weight and move it onto the ball, that cover's most things up to a 16' utility trailer.
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From: Missouri
Guys he doesn't want to add an option about cameras. My guess is this is for an assignment in a high school economy class. Generally they have an assignment where you come up with a product, and sell it. But first you have to "feel the market" so to speak. So this survey acts as a way to find a need for the product he has proposed.
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To the OP:
This may turn out to be a case of your survey asking the wrong people....
This site tends to be populated by "above average" capability folks. Like many of the folks above, I have years of experience hitching up and installed a back up camera. That means I hit it it pretty much every time.
But when I watch others, it is clear I am quite the outlier! Most people take many, many tries to do it. Their answers would be radically different.
This may turn out to be a case of your survey asking the wrong people....
This site tends to be populated by "above average" capability folks. Like many of the folks above, I have years of experience hitching up and installed a back up camera. That means I hit it it pretty much every time.
But when I watch others, it is clear I am quite the outlier! Most people take many, many tries to do it. Their answers would be radically different.
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Fleet Mechanic
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From: Birdsboro PA
Yeah the survey is meant just to see if hooking up to a trailer is a problem or not. I realize that a lot of people here hook up a lot but thats ok. Id like to get a good population of people. Do you guys have any suggestions of where i could post it to get more inexperienced people?
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To be honest, if you're looking for a LOT of inexperienced folks when it comes to towing, a truck forum probably isn't the best fishing spot.
To find that, you'd probably be better off looking at car forums.
To find that, you'd probably be better off looking at car forums.
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