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Mountain Pass
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I was just checking out the 2018 F150 and neat option to have the trailer backing ****. Any thoughts that the 18 SD might get that? Or other upgrades. Planning to order a 17 this week if not.
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I would have a hard time relinquishing control of my vehicle while backing up. I guess I'm too old school for that but it seems pretty dicey to me, especially for some of the locations we deliver to. Tight driveways, culverts, mailboxes, trees... I'd be afraid of tearing up the front as much as backing into something.
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I'm old school, I guess. If you can't back a trailer without nanny assist, you likely should not be towing. Though it is better than watching the poor guy/gal at the boat launch who can't back-down a ramp....especially when 4 or 5 other rigs are waiting...painful to witness.
That being said, the new cameras that assist with lining-up the hitch are welcome technology.....though the old way of jumping in and out of the truck cab to check alignment was decent exercise........
That being said, the new cameras that assist with lining-up the hitch are welcome technology.....though the old way of jumping in and out of the truck cab to check alignment was decent exercise........
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I thought I heard or read somewhere that an engineer at Ford talked about that feature not coming to the SD at all. The reasoning was the 1/2 users are more your weekend warriors, towing sparingly, and may not be very proficient at reversing. The typical SD drivers are far more familiar with maneuvering a trailer.
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I'm old school, I guess. If you can't back a trailer without nanny assist, you likely should not be towing. Though it is better than watching the poor guy/gal at the boat launch who can't back-down a ramp....especially when 4 or 5 other rigs are waiting...painful to witness.
That being said, the new cameras that assist with lining-up the hitch are welcome technology.....though the old way of jumping in and out of the truck cab to check alignment was decent exercise........
That being said, the new cameras that assist with lining-up the hitch are welcome technology.....though the old way of jumping in and out of the truck cab to check alignment was decent exercise........
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I have Trailer Backup Assist on my current 2016 F150 Platinum. With a 36'9" Travel Trailer (hence why I have an F350 on order) I tried it once, and hate it. You think turning the wheel in the opposite direction that you want your trailer to go isn't logical...IMO this makes even less sense, and just isn't natural to me. I felt like it was more of a cool feature for Ford to market and sell more trucks, than it was useful...although I'm sure some would argue. It's one feature I wont miss when I sell my F150 soon though...
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Just to be clear, my original post was about helping out my wife. I pull a boat to the ocean a lot and I have to "do it all" from backing the boat in to getting the in the boat and pulling it around to parking the truck and trailer.
So it has nothing to do with being good or bad at backing a trailer as a man, LOL.
I guess I will have to train her better.
So it has nothing to do with being good or bad at backing a trailer as a man, LOL.
I guess I will have to train her better.
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