"Pro" Backup System - Who is Using it?
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"Pro" Backup System - Who is Using it?
I ordered my new truck with the UTT Camera Pro Back up system mainly for the camera system. The reality is, it was about trying to stay married while backing the trailer up! So I set up the weight distribution system yesterday and took the new truck and old trailer to a parking lot and set up the sticker and tried out the back up ****. I am not new to trailers or RVing and I am pretty capable at backing. The purpose was to try out the whole system that I paid for to see how it works. I have to say, the Back Up system is a whole new kettle of fish for me. I ran a few drills to replicate what its like to back into a typical camping site. Apparently I turn tighter than the system can handle because I kept losing connection. I think, in order to use the system, you have to pull up farther than before and make more shallow turns or make it an 8 point turn. How is it working for you? Any tips?
More Turbo
Joined: Dec 2020
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From: Stow, MA
The "label" version of UTT sucks. The lighting has to be just right for my truck to find the sticker. Not full sun, not full shade. I tried 6 different locations on the trailer tongue, including making a bracket to mount the sticker from the trailer jack stem. 90% of the time, it would locate the sticker during trailer setup, but fail to find the sticker immediately afterward when starting UTT with the button.
This has obviously been a problem known by Ford for quite a few years as the F150 truck has done away with the sticker and moved entirely to the yaw rate sensor. You might try looking for a 5th Wheel kit with the yaw rate sensor and harness. That's my plan.
This has obviously been a problem known by Ford for quite a few years as the F150 truck has done away with the sticker and moved entirely to the yaw rate sensor. You might try looking for a 5th Wheel kit with the yaw rate sensor and harness. That's my plan.
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Joined: Jun 2005
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From: Calgary Canada
I have the pro-backup system on my 2020 F150, but never found time to set it up on my trailer this year, and then sold the trailer, so I actually have never tried it out. I'm the kind of guy who can get pretty confused when backing, so I probably am the exact target market.
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Works great on my f350, never had it fail to find the sticker once. I have a long narrow driveway that I have to back in from the road to the garage. Once I point it straight it does all the work. For backing where there are a lot of turns I prefer to do the driving, but for the boat launch or the driveway it's awesome.
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