Conor:
I’ve been unfortunate enough to drive trailers with axles right at the back in the 1990s and they were terrible for manouverability compared with them being in the “normal” place and this was just with 40ft trailers.
Am I reading this correctly? A self-proclaimed driving God is admitting to being outfoxed trying to manoeuvre a 40ft trailer with the axles a couple of foot further back on the chassis? 
Pas possible!