Towing

What is everyone using for tow mirrors? I can’t see the back of trailer for the life of me. I can’t see it till I’m almost side ways. Frustrating most other tow vehicles had pull out mirrors. So what are you using to help back up trailers?

I couldn't find any mirrors I liked so I went with a Haloview camera system with one camera on the back and two side cameras. The screen can be set to show all three at once. It has it's pluses and minuses over mirrors, and may not satisfy the legal requirements for mirrors, but I guess I'm willing to take that chance. As for safety, it shows me everything I need when driving down the road, and then if I have someone helping back in I can turn on the microphone on whichever of the cameras I want and can easily hear instructions. The only real minus is that I think mirrors can show an object at a greater distance, but these work and show me what I need way before another vehicle is an obstacle. This solution works best if you only tow one trailer that needs the extra view. They're not made to move from one trailer to another on a regular basis.

There really aren't any "replacement" tow mirrors for these. We use a cam on the back of the TT but to be fair, it's lousy. The trailer blind spot monitoring on these is great, though. Clip on mirrors are hit or miss

Still shopping .... With the tow package I assumed it was a towing machine, but the standard power-folding mirrors aren't enough? wow!

I actually don't use the extended tow mirrors that I had (from another car) because I can see the sides of the trailer with the stock side mirrors when adjusted slightly

I can see down the sides fine on my '22 limited with our 35' camper. Between trailer backup assist and 360 camera, this is an amazing tow vehicle

bzav said:

Still shopping .... With the tow package I assumed it was a towing machine, but the standard power-folding mirrors aren't enough? wow!

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even the F150 non-towing mirrors suck towing most travel trailers.

The standard mirrors work fine with my car hauler. I haven't tried anything else. A friend had a nice trailer camera with his F450. I'll ask him about it and post back.

I've been using the same set of McKesh strap-on towing mirrors for 20 years how. First on my 2002 Explorer and now on the 2d Expedition. I set them 6" wider than the trailer on both sides and like cat whiskers I know if the mirrors fit thru the opening the trailer will too. These also give my 3 mirrors on each side: 2 large flat mirrors and 1 round very wide angle mirror.

Absolutely ugly when on the truck but I'm not entering the truck at Pebble Beach. And the mirrors come off in seconds when I'm done using them.

-- Chuck

Been using these. They do a decent job and aren’t very expensive.
The price you see is per mirror. You need two.