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rear door reversing mirror
LiftedDisco:
The Jap things tend to sit on the end of a long arm - presumably to give the right angle of vision over the rear of the vehicle... do you really want one of these all the time?
How about a convex kerb mirror as used on trucks - this might mount onto your ladder (if fitted) using a bracket...
Alternative option would be the convex vision panel thing that sticks to the inside of your rear window and gives a 'fish eye' effect... this might allow you to see behind the vehicle (depending on spare wheel location...)
Alternatively, turn to the horsey side... two options for you...
You can get fairly cheap reversing cameras now - ultra small and provide an image of where you are going.
Alternatively - if it's only one caravan that is the real bugbear, fit the mirror to the caravan so that you can see the approaching car. This is the option that we may well use for my daughter's horse trailer if and when my wife tows...
Hope this helps
Rob
Disco Matt:
--- Quote from: Frankie-Boy on August 24, 2008, 18:04:27 ---
--- Quote from: Disco Matt on August 24, 2008, 10:44:19 ---I have seen a number of delivery trucks with an extra mirror above the windscreen to enable the driver to know precisely where the front bumper is.
--- End quote ---
It isn't to see where the bumper is, its for seeing pedestrians in the blind spot below the truck dash.
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Well I never knew that! It does make more sense - was thinking there's not much ahead of the windscreen on a modern truck that you'd need a mirror to tell you where it was.
muddymud:
i always have problems reversing up to hitch a trailer but one of those jap style rear mirrors angled right would give u a perfect view of the tow bar so you could get it bang on every time an u wouldn't need some one behind u looking all funny waving there arms about an shouting at you lol. or you could go a bit hi-tec an fit a reversing camera looking at the tow bar! it would be sooooo easy to hitch stuff up!
Cheers
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