How to back up with a trailer/attachment at back?

[Dyn]

I've always tried to sucessfully back up straight and it is so hard just to use a simple attachment. Is there a easier/easy way to actually back up?

[Jima]

It's pretty hard with two pivots, but just one you can get the hang of pretty qiuckly. What I do though in the cow pen is use the front attachment on my tractor to move my feed mixer and straw loading wagon around. It is a bit easier to manuver things around that way.

[Dyn]

With a trailer, I can never get the use of it, you could say I basically don't even know how to back up right so I can't get the hang of it and get use to it until I know the right way to.

[Jima]

Thats just a matter of practice then if it's only a single pivot your dealing with. It shouldn't take too long to get the hang of it. I still have a heck of a time when dealing with two pivots.

[Dyn]

Not exactly, as I don't even know how to go backwards in a fine matter.

[Hi-Torque]

Hi Ender,

Dunno if you have ever backed a trailer in real life but its remarkably acurate in the game. Steer (I use the KB so A or D) in the direction you want the back end of the trailer to go. This will bein the opposite direction of how you would normally steer. Use a light touch and keep the wheels on the tractor straight. Small inputs go a long way.

[Arcticspyder]

What I do is spin my view to where I look straight at the front of my tractor, then as I back up I tap the A or D key which ever way I need the trailer to go. I pull trailers all the time in real life as well so it is second nature.

[Arctic Polar Wolf]

when your turning right, the trailer will go left, turning left the trailer will go right. it just comes with practice and persistance really,

[TwinShadow]

This is some déjà vu to me... Mostly because I see the same thing in ETS2.

Backing up a trailer takes a lot of practice. Even more so if there are two pivot points.

Some tips I've seen is to pay attention to the trailer as you're backing up. If the trailer is going in a direction you don't want, turn the opposite direction. Its easy for me because I've been playing various driving games for years... Its even easier if you have some sort of wheel to play with. The key thing is to take it slow and easy. Best way is to go straight as possible before backing up. Then, very carefully back up and make minor corrections as you go. If you over-steer, you may have to straighten out again.

But key word is practice.

[Knottypine]

As ArcticSpyder said, it'll make it easier if you swing the camera to the front. Also it's good to go slower with fine adjustments to your steering. It's very easy to overcorrect your steering causing the trailer to go all over the place.