Driving a Uhaul with a trailer

Practice, practice, practice, as they say. Find a big lot like a WalMart and put the truck through it’s paces and get the feel of it. when in an unfamiliar situation with the truck and trailer you will habitually function as you would with your car and you need to retrain your subconsious actions for the truck. In the parking lot ; notice how the trailer follows the turning arc much more to the inside than you’re used to . mentally or with cones or cardboard boxes, mark a place in the lot a get used to how close/far away you need to be to corner safely. , get to know your mirrors - just how far back is the end of the trailer. , practice backing even though you can prabably make the trip by planning you stops so as not to need to back up. , SLOW & EASY when driving this rig. don’t try to keep up with hiway traffic. just stay over to the right lane ( hwy ) and plan your lane way ahead in the city so you can ease over a lane at a time as traffic permits. If they hook up the trailer for you, watch and notice how things are done or ask them to let you do it from the start and guide you. Make certain all lights are functioning correctly, truck and trailer, turn signals are going to be your best friend in traffic. At hiway speed DON’T SWERVE like you might in your car. If it’s a dog in the road…oh well, and if it’s an item or pot hole drive with your eyes well ahead to ease around it. If you do need to swerve over to miss something, DON’T swerve back…ease back into your lane. Have Uhaul’s emergrncy number on speed dial along with all of your other contacts. . . . . .SLOW & EASY and practice…and you can do this. :))