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Pro Trailer Back-up Assist makes backing up your trailer into a campsite or Jobsite easy as ever, and can also be used for launching your boat down a tricky dock with ease. ... When using your trailer back-up assist, all you have to do is turn the knob in the direction you would like to travel.Jul 31, 2019

Currently, the trailer backup system is available on the Ford F-150, SuperDuty trucks and the Ford Expedition. One of the issues with backing up a trailer is steering in the opposite direction that you want the trailer to move.Sep 4, 2020

Trailer Reverse Guidance, already available on the Ford Super Duty, uses the truck's high-resolution cameras to provide multiple views and helpful graphics that tell drivers which way to turn the steering wheel while backing up.Jul 16, 2020

Rear Trailer View^† features guidelines to assist when backing a trailer into place, and a trailer-angle indicator to show the relationship between the truck and trailer. Rear trailer view requires the customer-installed available GM auxiliary accessory camera.

Ford Pro Trailer Backup Assist

The latest Ford F-150 comes with a Pro Backup Assist feature that matches a rearview camera and dynamic guidelines with a dashboard-mounted steering knob. You turn the knob in the direction you want the trailer to go, and the system automatically steers the truck.Mar 22, 2021

Drivers can turn the knob marked “trailer backup” to reflect the direction they want their trailer to head, and the technology overtakes the steering wheel to guide the vehicle on your behalf. This means that, if you want your trailer to go left, all you have to do is turn the designated knob left.

The Expedition Max, an extended-length version of the Expedition, tops out at 9,000 pounds with the same package, regardless of driveline. Without the packages, towing capacity falls considerably, to around 6,000 pounds for each SUV.May 20, 2021

• Backing Up Your Trailer. Turn the wheel to the right to make the trailer go left (as you are looking toward the front of the vehicle). Another way to look at it is, the bottom of the steering wheel directs the trailer. Facing backwards tends to help the backwards feel of steering the trailer.

• Turn the wheel to the right to make the trailer go left (as you are looking toward the front of the vehicle).
• Back the trailer to the driver's side (e.g. to the left in a left-hand drive car) not the passenger side,which is harder to see.
• Pull past as you approach the space and turn right to the middle of the road. ...