Trailer Reverse
Back a lorry and trailer into a loading dock. Drive forward to line up, which straightens the trailer, then reverse: the trailer swings the opposite way from the cab, which is why it is so hard. Get the whole trailer into the bay, straight, and hold still. Six docks, each with less room to spare, and a different bay each time.
- Arcade
- Free, plays in your browser
- Mouse, touch or keyboard
- Added 11 November 2026
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Trailer Reverse
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A real run of the game, recorded with captions and no sound.
How to play
- Drive with the arrow keys or the on-screen pedals. Swing round the yard and come to a stop in front of the dock, facing away from it, so the trailer lines up behind the cab. The yellow bay shows the dock to use.
- Reverse with the down arrow. In reverse the trailer turns the opposite way from the cab: steer a little left and the trailer's rear moves right. Make small corrections early, and watch the Trailer angle chip: past about 80 degrees the rig jackknifes.
- Get the whole trailer inside the bay, straight along it, and hold still for a moment. Touching the posts between bays costs damage, and too much damage ends the run.
Controls: mouse, touch or keyboard. Made by CalcoTools.
Tips and strategy
- Reverse slowly. A trailer reacts a second or two after the cab moves, so at speed the corrections arrive too late. Creeping lets you steer by small amounts.
- If it goes wrong, pull forward to straighten the trailer and try again. Driving forwards always makes the trailer follow the cab, which is the quickest reset.
- Steer toward the trailer's tail, not the cab: to move the trailer's rear to the left, first point the cab to the right to turn the trailer, then straighten.
FAQ
- Why does reversing a trailer feel backwards?
- When you drive forwards the trailer follows the cab, so errors fade. In reverse the hitch pushes the trailer, and any angle between it and the cab grows, like pushing a shopping trolley. To turn the trailer left you must turn the cab right first.
- What is jackknifing?
- It is when the angle between the cab and trailer grows so large that the trailer folds against the cab, like the blade of a pocket knife. At that point there is no way to recover by reversing: the rig has to pull forward.
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