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I was about 13 or 14 when my Dad taught me how to reverse a trailer with his archaic '41 Ford panel delivery. If he were alive now, he'd surely think sorcery was involved in modern day trailer towing technology.
The trailer was a cement mixer, any miscalculated steering input would send that mixer veering wildly off of it's intended path.
Sure paid off, reversing a 2 piece ladder truck years later without a tiller driver was a piece of cake.
Jeff,LOL on the ladder truck! my neighbor is a retired New York city fireman that was ladder truck driver,he said it was fun driving the tiller through the crowded streets. Also what I wouldnt do for a 41 Ford panel !!
 

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Yup, it's a truck camper on a trailer with a side-by-side on the back. Was hard to get a good picture but I took the best I could while driving.

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That's my neighbor. They filmed the sequel to Sanford & Son at his place.
 

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Jeff,LOL on the ladder truck! my neighbor is a retired New York city fireman that was ladder truck driver,he said it was fun driving the tiller through the crowded streets. Also what I wouldnt do for a 41 Ford panel !!
Your neighbor is absolutely correct, you'd be amazed at where firefighters can shoehorn a 2 piece ladder truck into, I drove tiller for a couple of years and Ioved every moment of it.

My Dad used the '41 for when he was building spec homes here and always parked it on an incline when possible, the 6 volt electrical system would crank the old flathead over when it felt like it.
This would result in him hurling all sorts of expletives towards the poor truck.

He sold it in the early seventies for like twenty bucks or so, it was pretty much clapped out by then.
 


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Yup, it's a truck camper on a trailer with a side-by-side on the back. Was hard to get a good picture but I took the best I could while driving.

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That's a smart setup.
 
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