roudan

that is another good one, you hang the ball on the roof which work, thanks

butcher73

Not if you hang the tennis ball from the ceiling in the right place... it will hit your windshield before you hit the front at all times... You will need to measure first and set it up correctly, then its golden every time.

msgtord

If you guys read the OP'S post he is worried about hitting the right side of the garage.

Put you a reference line on the floor to let you know how far you have to be over to get as close as you can to the right wall. You can also put a mark on the wall in front of you as you pull in.

If you use tennis ball, hang it so that it lines up with the center of your steering wheel.

I put my ramps up against the front wall and guide straight for the ramps. As the front tires touch, I know I'm within a couple of inches.

roudan

Thanks, this is good one as well, will be very easy to put a reference line on the floor or a mark on the wall. Thank you! I will use your approach.

Mlarv

S.TrooperJD

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Never did this but what if you get a mirror on the front wall on the right side. When entering garage look at mirror to see how close to the door edge your truck is.

Known1

Instead of using a tennis ball I use a small Nerf basket ball hung on some strong/thick thread. The ball squeezes the thread and makes it super easy to fine tune the vertical position of the ball, which in turn determines how much room I have on either end of the truck. I can move the Nerf ball up and down the thread without having to tie a single knot. I know this doesn't help with the OPs question, but thought I would mention it since so many are using tennis *****.

Dave57

I had the same situation with my '15 Supercab when I got it a couple years ago. I could not back into the garage on the right side because I have the garage about as stuffed full as it can get and have shelves and a cabinet on that side along with a lot of other stuff. My problem was that the right front corner of the truck is difficult to see when you are approaching the door opening. Once the front of the truck is pulled in, I could go by the RH mirror and just miss the opening, which gave room enough for both the truck and my wife's minivan on the left side.

I installed a 12" convex mirror purchased from Amazon and it certainly works well for me. There are lots of interesting ways that others have solved their tight parking space with these trucks, but I have found this mirror is a nice accessory. I mounted the mirror on the strut coming down from the garage ceiling that supports the garage door track and it fits in that space well.


Good luck,
Dave

roudan

oh my goodness, Dave, you makes me BIG smile. that mirror was exactly what I am looking for. I know all other friends gave fantastic ideas which I appreciate a lot. I think this mirror will be the best for me. Thank you so much. I just ordered one from Amazon.

Flamingtaco

Another method...

If you've got a garage door opener with a light, you can wire up a cheap laser level to turn on when the light is on. mount the laser level so it puts the laser on a point in the dash that you can track. Ex. when the laser hits the left edge of the dash speaker cover, your passenger mirror is four inches from the wall.

I have my garage set up with a relay off the garage door bulb socket that powers on the four recessed lamps. You could do similar to power a narrow field outdoor bulb and place a shield in front of it to form a line of light. The edge isn't sharp and might not work. You'd have to play around with a bulb, but bulbs are cheap and can be returned.