Top Tip when using your jockey wheel

In this video, Fliss (aka The Trailer Lady), will show you how to set your jockey wheel.
This easy to follow video will show you how to use your jockey wheel to ensure you never run out of travel and get in a pickle when trying to couple or level your caravan!
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[@stanjumble3567]

Bloody brilliant. I have been struggling, and sometimes losing skin, with this problem. Thank you.

[@the_trailer_lady]

You are most welcome. I'm glad I've been able to save the skin on your knuckles! Happy Caravanning

[@jovijourneys]

Really great tip! We'll remember this one (hopefully) 🤣

[@the_trailer_lady]

I'll ask you when I next see you!

[@tjeffpowellful]

Thank you for a very useful tip. We’ve been caravanning for over 20 years and still we’re learning new things.

[@the_trailer_lady]

Glad it was helpful!

[@paul-fk7de]

Very well explained 👏

[@the_trailer_lady]

Thank you. I'm glad it was useful

[@user-fr7zg6tg3u]

Hi Fliss. Oh wow. This is our 3rd caravan and we often run out of jockey wheel when hitching up. We’ve been putting the corner steadies down and then adjusting the jockey wheel!!! No one has ever told us that one before. You’re a star Fliss. We won’t forget that now. THANKS.👍 King regards Amanda and Paul.

[@the_trailer_lady]

You're very welcome. I'm glad I've been able to help

[@JOC42]

Followed your guidance ever since you taught me how to do this, never had a problem !

[@the_trailer_lady]

Hi. I'm so pleased to hear that! It's good to know what I teach stays with people 🙂

[@freddumee]

Nadat ik dit gezien heb, zal ik altijd beweren dat ik het altijd zo deed 🤣

[@the_trailer_lady]

It's good to know I'm doing it right! 🤣😉

[@andylinder132]

I’ll remember that tip. Didn’t know about it. Thanks. 👍

[@the_trailer_lady]

You're welcome

[@hughmurfitt]

Great stuff, Flis

[@the_trailer_lady]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@LizKidd]

Thank you so much for this fabulous tip. I often had to put the steadies down and readjust the jockey wheel. Used this for the first time this week and it is so simple and made levelling up and hooking up a doddle.

[@the_trailer_lady]

Fantastic! I'm so pleased it's solved a problem 😍

[@busterboy7505]

Thank you very much Fliss , I will be doing your way from now on 👍👍.

[@the_trailer_lady]

Let me know how it goes!

[@busterboy7505]

Hello Fliss, just to let you know that I used your idea of putting the jockey wheel a few inches off the ground before rising it and it worked perfectly, thanks for that great suggestion 👍👍.

[@the_trailer_lady]

@@busterboy7505 I'm so happy it's worked for you. Happy Caravanning!

[@PeterJones-ye7bg]

She is brilliant

[@the_trailer_lady]

Thank you 😊

[@irenedale5256]

Great tip, thank you. ❤️

[@the_trailer_lady]

You're welcome

[@donmclean2699]

Excellent help

[@the_trailer_lady]

Glad it helped. Keep following us for more content coming soon

[@the_trailer_lady]

Glad it helped

[@arthurdent2900]

Another good jockey wheel tip. When travelling set the jockey wheel so that if the trailer detaches the van will go towards the near side (i.e. left). On a motorway this means the van ends up on the hard shoulder rather than the fast lane. On other roads it means the van doesn't hit on coming traffic head on. When travelling in the EU, the wheel should point to the right, Look at the beginning of this video to see the wrong way to have the jockey wheel pointing (unless it was shot in the EU). Another good tip is to disconnect the safety chain before taking the trailer off the tow ball. Many people have moved the tow car with the safety chain still attached. Again this video shows how to get the sequence wrong.

[@the_trailer_lady]

Thank you for your comment. I see what you're saying, but I can't see how this would work in practice. The jockey is stowed in that position to prevent grounding on speed bumps or uneven ground. To achieve what you're suggesting, surely the jockey wheel will be too low and will ground, especially when a car, rather than an SUV or pickup truck, is towing it. Please correct me if I'm misunderstanding you. With regards to the breakaway cable, these are safety features, and this sequence was approved by the DVSA for the now abolished B+E Test. The only reason people drive off with it still attached is because they are not sticking to the same sequence and forgot to remove it.

[@arthurdent2900]

I purchased my first caravan just before the introduction of Purchase tax (1973) and have towed caravans/ trailers/ boats with cars/4x4s / motorhomes ever since, I have always alined the jockey to the left and never had a problem with grounding. Tow vehicle type doesn't make a difference as correctly fitted tow bars have the tow ball at a standard height. This video illustrates the problem of the jockey pointing to the right kzbin.info/www/bejne/oIfQf4djnNWibJI . Your point about having a fixed procedure is a good one, but sometimes you are distracted and deviate for whatever reason. My believe is that disconnecting the cable early on in your standard procedure reduces the ramificaions of such a distraction. @@the_trailer_lady

[@HepcatHarley]

Great tip. Did you forget to uncompress the hitch? (move car forwards a bit after reversing) :)

[@the_trailer_lady]

Good observation! No, it was actually filmed on a slight downhill, and the caravan nudged forward a bit too much for my liking when I released the handbrake

[@stewarta2505]

Good tip, thanks for sharing. What about when you run out of extension on sloping pitch, and you need to drop the Jockey Wheel fully to have enough “inner” to wind down and get the caravan level?

[@the_trailer_lady]

Use blocks of wood or something and then lower the jockey wheel until it is 4" from the blocks. Then wind from there

[@brianlogan6441]

Belter tip 👍

[@the_trailer_lady]

Thank you 😊

[@atyl1972]

But this is only done, when un-hitching from the car?

[@the_trailer_lady]

Yes, because you're setting the height of the jockey wheel so you can then lower or raise the hitch to level the caravan for sleeping.

[@mylestubedayz5613]

It did t help…. I don’t have a caravan.

[@the_trailer_lady]

You're missing out!