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I just made a coment on this subject the night before last. Our neighboring town had nine inches of rain and I was asked to take the county comand center to the town. When I arrived they informed me that I was to go to a church parking lot and set it up. Simple enough but there is a different church parking lot right in front of the church I was to diliver it to,but not the church lot they actualy said. I was asked to back up a block or so and around a corner in a down pour of rain, and about 4" of water covering all street markings. All this with six cop cars with all their important top lights on behind me and all in differnt positions. This was about 3:30 AM. I informed them that I did not have the coffee and donuts to shut their fricking lights off. There was numerous folks needing help, not just flashing lights. OH SO you guys think I have a big mouth only on this board only! After things got a little better they asked me if I didn't know how to back a trailer or what? or if I could have my wife back it for me the next time? They were joking of course, but I comented to our old chief that in the university of Nam that we used to get all smart on canned beverages and have a backing contest. I never lost a single time. We had to back around the motor pool and it was all sand and everything had OD green paint on it and all the trucks were scattered. What I did was say I had to drive around it first to get my bearings straight. The simple part was it was nothing but deep deep sand. So when I drove around the motor pool I was leaving a semi trailer tire print the whole distance, and had to simply keep her in the tracks wide open in high reverse. I never had to buy the beverages, and attempted to drink my fair share. We never ever tried it sober otherwise maybe I would have lost. My point being that to keep it fair you probably should scuff up the track after every attempt. We have discussed this at our local show, and there had been coments on perhaps having a hand clutch / no power steering class. Another class was to only allow the clutch to be let out once at the start and awarded by distance around the course completed before clutching the tractor to a stop position---timed and not timed could be a consideration for classes perhaps. Another option was considered as the driver had to have a copilot to guide then from in front of the tractor---driver was not alowed to look backwards. Then pickup trucks were discussed also. Does anyone besides me ever get advise in your truck mirror to turn your wheels this way as they spin their finger? The last few years I have attempted to break in a hired man by asking do you mean this way or this way as I spin my finger in the mirror? He once in a while will point to the way he wants the back of the trailer, but most times he still forgets. Good luck, I'm sure it will be fun to many, let us know how it turns out.
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