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Do you TOAD on the Road?
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It is not legal in any state that I know of to “double” tow bumper to bumper to bumper…..It is only legal so long as the first towed vehicle is a goosneck, or fifthwheel type device.
Also each of the rigs shown is way over length in any state…….AND it is “double tow”……I know, most call it triple towing, but you are only towing doubles regardless of how you count. Semi’s pulling pups= doubles, semi’s towing twins= doubles….Rv’ers are the only people I ever hear refer to doubles as triple towing……
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New York State, triple pups, endorsement T on your NY CDL.
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Hey BTom,
I didn’t notice it, but you’re absolutely correct!
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Double or Triple towing (whatever one prefers to call it) in Texas, is indeed legal but only to 65′ or 70′ (can’t remember which) … we are way over those of course… we putt putt along and stay out of trouble stay out of the passing lane…and don’t go too far… we have been passed by highway patrol cars many times and followed through town by local Police and never stopped… local cops wave to us usually. We are extremely careful and by the way I have seen quite a few Prevosts in Texas doing the same. One guy came to the Austin POG rally all the way from Florida with a pickup toad and a pretty long trailer with a Polaris ATV in it…. he never got stopped either.
To each his own I guess.
Cheers…Diane
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Diane,
How long you figure your rig is with the Toad and the trailer?
Bill
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What we seem to experience based on anacdotal evidence from many posts over the years is that even though most length limits are 65 feet, nobody seems to be enforcing that limit.
As long as we drive safely as Diane points out by watching our speed, staying out of the fast lane, avoiding aggressive driving, etc. we are not targets of the law enforcement folks for length. We do become targets however if we look like commercial vehicles (signage on the coach or trailer) or that we are evading taxes (Montana coach plates, car plates from another state). Even then I suspect we are not targets without drawing attention to ourselves.
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Jon, I agree that we “typically” don’t get looked at, especially for over length as 1/2 of the racers running totters and drag trailers are well over length. However with that said, continuing to blatantly break the law, especially towing bumper to bumper to bumper and “looking” rediculous or unsafe such as the coach pulling the truck pulling the pontoon above gets us looked at. Once we get in a position a spot light is cast upon us, well you know the result of that.
Doing something safe is a far cry from doing something safe and looking unsafe. Hell by the 65′ rule I am over length and I only pull a 1/2 ton pickup because I am right at 70′ nose to tail as is anyone else pulling a pickup with a 45′ rig.
If the poster with the pontoon is on here, this is not an attack on youat all, you were meerly used as an example.
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It seems to me the risk is similar to what has been said about towing a towed vehicle without supplemental braking. The hassle of getting stopped and/or ticketed is of no real consequence compared to the liability that could result if there were to be an accident. If you were doing something illegal, you can be sure you will be called out by law enforcement as well as opposing council whether you were actually at fault or not. Additionally, would your insurance company stand behind you or try to weasel out? Just because law enforcement isn’t actively enforcing something does not we are in clear from liability resulting from our actions. MHO. Jeff
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Talk about a guy who has alot of STUFF that he apparently has to take with him!!!!
My first question is … can that motorhome pull all of that stuff? Is the drive train strong enough to handle all that weight? It was seen in Florida … so maybe he doesn’t have mountains to pull through. I wonder what state the vehciles are licenses in? I wonder if the engine on the M/H has been hot rodded. Can anyone tell if he has the M/H brakes hooked into the pickup brakes and maybe the pontoon boat trailer brakes?
I suspect that he has an extended receiver or a very long draw bar on the P/U because he runs with the P/U tailgate down.
Did anyone but me notice how nice and level the two bar between the M/H and the P/U are? The guy is likely detail orientated.
The longer I look at the pictures … the more interested I am in trying to figure out what the guy is doing under the M/H.
The way to describe towing one or more trailers was described to me was “single bottom” and “double bottom”. I guess with “bottom” referring to a trailer. So this guy would be double bottom. Most of us are single bottom tow types.
How long is that pontoon boat? 20′? 22′? Now I’m wondering if a guy could pull a 3/4 ton crew cab P/U with his coach, and hook a 22′ or 24′ enclosed race trailer behind the pickup.
Geo … this giving you any ideas?
The first time I saw something like this was near my hometown of Shawano, WI about 15 years ago. The guy had a completely roached out U-Haul box truck pulling a P/U with an 8′ box that piled high with an enormous amount JUNK, the P/U was pulling an ancient fiberglass boat (about 14′ or 16′) from the mid-1950’s (we had a similar one when I was a kid) that was also full of JUNK. The P/U was attached to the roached out U-Haul with a logging chain (which I don’t think is legal in most northern states). Man driving the U-Haul, woman “steering” the P/U, and there was kid in the front seat of both vehicles. I don’t think they were from my hometown, they appeared to be traveling between Wausau and Green Bay.
[Sorry for the possible thread creep. Maybe Tom and Jon should consider two new Forum Topics … The Weird Shit We See People Towing and Member Coach Gallery. In the latter each of us could start a thread about our coach and then build the thread as we add stuff, redecorate, update TVs, remodel, etc.]
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Hey Dick,
I’m thinking that coupel ate one too many wheels of extra sharp cheddar cheese. Did you happen to notice if they were wearing there cheese wedges and going toward Green Bay during football season? That could explain everything.
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I’m a Packer fan, but THAT’S funny, actually snorted laughing.
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You would think he would at least put the jacks down for safety.
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