{"id":81,"date":"2021-04-22T16:40:31","date_gmt":"2021-04-22T16:40:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.platts.co.uk\/how-to\/?p=81"},"modified":"2021-04-22T16:40:33","modified_gmt":"2021-04-22T16:40:33","slug":"how-to-reverse-a-trailer-in-a-straight-line","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.platts.co.uk\/how-to\/how-to\/how-to-reverse-a-trailer-in-a-straight-line\/","title":{"rendered":"How To Reverse a Trailer in a Straight Line"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>With a tough 3,500 kg towing capability, Ford Ranger is built for hauling. But trailers change how you need to reverse. Here\u2019s a tip to keep it straight:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>1. Ignore your rear-view mirror. Focus on the wing-mirrors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2. If the trailer starts to turn further into view in your right mirror, bring your right hand down to turn the steering wheel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>3. Do the opposite for the left \u2013 bringing your left hand down on the steering wheel if the trailer turns towards the left mirror.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With a tough 3,500 kg towing capability, Ford Ranger is built for hauling. But trailers change how you need to reverse. Here\u2019s a tip to<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":82,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[38],"tags":[39,40],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.platts.co.uk\/how-to\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Reversing-a-trailer-in-a-straight-line-Ford-Ranger-Ford-UK.jpeg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.platts.co.uk\/how-to\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.platts.co.uk\/how-to\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.platts.co.uk\/how-to\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.platts.co.uk\/how-to\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.platts.co.uk\/how-to\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=81"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.platts.co.uk\/how-to\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":83,"href":"https:\/\/www.platts.co.uk\/how-to\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81\/revisions\/83"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.platts.co.uk\/how-to\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/82"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.platts.co.uk\/how-to\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=81"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.platts.co.uk\/how-to\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=81"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.platts.co.uk\/how-to\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=81"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}