Position Your Truck Properly?

[Nation of Noobs]

Hi guys!

I’m about 30 minutes into this game and I’m confused. I made it to the first lumbar mill on Bog and I’m trying to load medium logs, but when I get to the mill it says “please position your truck properly”.

How do I do that? There’s no highlighted area or indication of where I need to go.

Thanks for your help!

[EN16M471C]

Watch the red helping arrows on back of your trailer/cart.

[DocShady]

Its a pain to position properly sometimes. No set way to do it, you just have to make sure tha trailer is as level as possible.

[evoVII]

after loading the log into the trailer, you need to go into advanced mode and click the green (if everything is loaded good) buttons on the logs to bind them onto your trailer.

[pbuedi]

I had the same issue yesterday. The arrows did not help. They made the impression that I need to move the trailer closer to the logs, which did not help. Then I disconnected the trailer and could not connect it again. This morning I tried it again. Just drove into the rectangle (not even close to the logs) and it just worked. I don´t know yet what the difference was, but maybe DocShady is right and the trailer has to be level or straight behind your truck.

[EN16M471C]

Originally posted by pbuedi:

...but maybe DocShady is right and the trailer has to be level or straight behind your truck.

Yes indeed. Your trailer needs to be both leveled and straight. Those red arrows in advanced mode are pointing the direction you need to move your trailer/cart.

What I do is I make a wide U turn at the mill. Then I start to drive slowly forward and occasionally checking if my trailer sits properly.

Also, all of your little dots on logs need to be green for you to be able to pack the load (in advanced mode).

Another little veteran advice - if you're having trouble lining your trailer properly and/or find yourself in a pickle - attach the winch to back of your trailer to a nearby tree and use it to straighten it up. You can even attach it to a tree then slowly drive forward. This is very usefull if you're hauling the long log cart. Those ones know to be pain to position.

[Jeffhey]

just imagine logs on a crooked trailer (jackknifed trailer)

and now imagine logs on a straight trailer....enough said.

[pbuedi]

Those are some good tips EN16M471C! I played the original Spintires when it was first released, but I had a very long break. You tend to forget stuff like that :-)
I was aware that the trailer needs to be straight when you want to pick up the long logs (of course, otherwise they don´t fit), but somehow I forgot that you also need to have your trailer straight and level when you pick up short logs.
The winch trick is gold!

[Goblin King]

Game seems broken, tutorial didn't tell me anything on how to set the truck properly.

[LittleBlueDuneBuggy]

Originally posted by Guillaume:

Game seems broken, tutorial didn't tell me anything on how to set the truck properly.

That's because it's common sense. Can't load straight logs on a crooked rig.