Jon_C
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Registered: 7th Dec 05
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I am staying at my girlfriends house tonight and my dad has called me to ask me to go do some grain carting between our two farms. problem is that this involves reversin our 18 tonne grain trailer into the barn which i have never done before. not too scary is it. need to learn to reverse in about half an hour tomorrow. any tips would be greatly appreciated
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loo_goblin
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Registered: 14th Jul 04
Location: Horsham, West Sussex
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steer the opposite way u want to go
and dont be ashamed to shunt
ps not a farmer but play about with trailers and lorries alot
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Marshall
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Registered: 10th Nov 05
Location: Boston, Lincs Drives: 1.4 Sport & 2.2 astra
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do opposites, then once it starts going turn the proper way. if that makes sense.
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ed
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Registered: 10th Sep 03
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When I used to move our manure into the composting heap we used a slightly smaller trailer. But believe it or not our big trailer was a bit easier to reverse than our mini trailer for our quad. Remember that you need to turn the opposite direction to which you want to turn, then the correct direction to continue the turn, then a bit more turn to straighten up. Go slowly too! Oh, if your tractor has a pedal for the throttle use that too and not the other one! 
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Jon_C
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Registered: 7th Dec 05
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got myself the 04 plate 230hp massey to play with
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chr15barn3s
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Just remember to steer the opposite way and its all about the swing of the trailer.
You will have to get used to seeing where the back of it is through the mirrors though.
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Jon_C
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i will sling the camera in the cab incase i arse it up
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JadeM
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Just stick it through the side of the barn wall.....will be well funny in about 5 years or so 
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ed
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quote:
Originally posted by Jon_C
got myself the 04 plate 230hp massey to play with
Ours was an old X plate I think. Older than me at least The plate was on the roof and I drive it under a tree and ripped the plate off 
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Jon_C
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been drivin on the road for years and ploughin and stuff. reversin was just something i never had to learn. cant be that hard. for once slow is definitly the way to go
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Ian
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Registered: 28th Aug 99
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Its not hard, its only practice. I'm not fantastic at it with trailors on but I'm OK if I've enough time and space to have a few goes.
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CorsAsh
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Registered: 19th Apr 02
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It's 10x easier to reverse a trailer if you ensure that the vehicle/trailer are in a straight line to begin with. If you start reversing and it's got a kink, then you'll be correcting that rather than thinking about where you want to push it.
Also, whether its a twin wheeler or single wheeler will make a difference, along with where the axle(s) are. Axles right at the back mean it'll turn slower, axles in the middle will allow it to spin in its own length.
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Jon_C
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cheers guys. i will let ya know how it goes
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CorsAsh
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Registered: 19th Apr 02
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Take pics for us.
If you crash it, make damn sure you take pics
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ed_jones
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Registered: 23rd Mar 03
Location: Wrexham / Shropshire Border
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its a piece of pish, just do what corsa ash sed and line ur self up well before you reverse, just dont reverse too sharp or you will knacker your drawbar, lower link arms and maybe stretch your hydraulic hoses.
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