Parking with a 5th wheel

[Piwoslaw]

I found this on YouTube. It kinda remind's me of Mike's Insight.
Here's the EM discussion thread: Electric fifth wheel (DIY through the road parallel hybrid)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xzD0scGdwQY

I wonder whether it's electric, or somehow coupled to the drivetrain?

[rbrowning]

You can hear him rev the engine as he parks it so it must be mechanically driven.

Pretty darn clever.

[gone-ot]

...a 4-wheel drive transmission with the "rear" drive-shaft directly driving that wheel instead of the aft transaxle? with maybe a hydraulic lift to shove the wheel assembly down upon command?

[McTimson]

I remember seeing this on a Corolla, and found a link for it - From the archives: Students build their own parallel parking system — Autoblog

And reading those comments, found a Youtube video for an even older version of it:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MhAJ5ErGGd8

[bgd73]

I remember the turning radius being a selling point on the old subes, with awd...all while they never shipped it with the axles torqued correct, and they self pulverized going straight.. kinda funny.

If to live in a locale with this 5th wheel ingenuity, it is quite clever. I personally would be garbage pick my way out into the hills and become a wild animal hunting hermit first.

I am glad there is patience...so way beyond mine.