Small excavator on small trailer

[nigel.d.andrews]

Early in the game the small excavator is on the small trailer to transport it. But then it is 'magically' offloaded.
How can I get it back on the trailer again to transport it?
I have tried drivng it on forwards, but I can't get it far enough before it spins sideways.
Reversing doesn't work at all.
Any ideas?
Thanks

[Chacal]

Make sure you understand how tracked vehicles are steered in this game.
Wheeled vehicles use the WASD keys, but for tracked vehicles you control each track individually.
I think W and S control the left track, and E and D control the right track.
I'm not sure because I always use joysticks, check your key assignments in the settings.

[nigel.d.andrews]

I do understand that well. As I can't get the excavator on the trailer, I have to drive it everywhere at the moment!
I use an XBox 360 controller.
Have you been able to get the excavator back onto the small trailer?

[Chacal]

Yes, I have never had any problem with that.
I even used to load it without extending the ramps on the trailer

[Chacal]

You did extend the loading ramps on the trailer, didn't you?
Use the Shift-arrow keys.

[nigel.d.andrews]

Are there ramps - on the small trailer?
But anyway, I found if I use the arm and the bucket against the ground I can push the excavator level and then it will drive the rest of the way on. That is until I mount the kerb whilst driving and bounce the excavator back off again! But then I found, as was driving it fast at the trailer, the excavator drove up on the trailer no problem!
Thanks for the tips

[Rag3Rac3r]

Yes, the small trailer has ramp.
Hook it up to a vehicle (i.e small flatbed) and use the right buttons (according to the manual it is RB+Dpad left and RB+Dpad right).
It is also possible to "fasten load", but not entirely sure what key combination it is on a XboX Controller (check settings and keyboard mappings).

[The_Bum_Dave]

I was reading this and then I saw that it has a ramp... and felt like an idiot.

[Rookie-31st]

Originally posted by xXx_Yipeee_xXx:

I was reading this and then I saw that it has a ramp... and felt like an idiot.

Indeed, initial training fails to show this important aspect of the game. Digger is loaded and unloaded automatically.

[Rexton]

when u get in a new vehicle press F1 it shows ingame all buttons and what theey do (like the ramps on small trailer and many more thing's