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Rockin the Pod 
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Joined: 18 Oct 2015 Location: Southeast Utah Online Status: Offline Posts: 51 |
 Calendar Event: hitch to pull 4 wheeler trailerPosted: 04 Nov 2015 at 3:01pm |
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Was wondering if anyone has installed a hitch on the rear of their pod to pull another trailer such as a light 4 wheeler trailer. I would love to hear about any experience with this.
Thanks, Rod
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furpod
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Joined: 25 Jul 2011 Location: Central KY Online Status: Offline Posts: 6128 |
Posted: 04 Nov 2015 at 4:28pm |
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No. Just, No.
besides being illegal in most states, the frame of the pod is not designed in any way for this use. |
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Rockin the Pod
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Joined: 18 Oct 2015 Location: Southeast Utah Online Status: Offline Posts: 51 |
Posted: 04 Nov 2015 at 4:50pm |
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Thanks furpod!....I was wondering if the frame would be to light for this. In Utah it is legal to do this sort of thing and I see it with larger camp trailers all the time.
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techntrek
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Joined: 29 Jul 2009 Location: MD Online Status: Offline Posts: 9062 |
Posted: 04 Nov 2015 at 6:35pm |
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Where it is legal the camper must be a 5th wheel.
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Rockin the Pod
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Joined: 18 Oct 2015 Location: Southeast Utah Online Status: Offline Posts: 51 |
Posted: 04 Nov 2015 at 6:43pm |
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Thanks techntrek!....now that you mention it, I believe all of them I have seen have been 5th wheel trailers pulling the second trailer. I appreciate all of you folks on the forum for us newbies that still have a lot to learn! You guys rock!
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Hayduke
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Joined: 03 Apr 2012 Location: Salt Lake, UT Online Status: Offline Posts: 68 |
Posted: 05 Nov 2015 at 10:58am |
Actually here in Utah I believe the only requirement is that the total length must be under 65'. It's not required that the 2nd vehicle be a 5th wheel. IMO: Triple towing is very rarely a good idea! |
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ronahue
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Joined: 02 Jun 2015 Location: Massachusetts Online Status: Offline Posts: 317 |
Posted: 05 Nov 2015 at 12:37pm |
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This summer we saw a rig going through downtown Jackson Hole, WY a dually with a fifth wheeler towing a large boat which was towing the largest smoker/cooker I have ever seen and he made it through town just fine. I couldn't have gotten it out of a Walmart parking lot even if the store was closed.
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Ron & Sharon
2015 R-Pod 179 2022 Nissan Frontier No trees were harmed in the sending of this message but a billion electrons were really agitated |
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techntrek
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Joined: 29 Jul 2009 Location: MD Online Status: Offline Posts: 9062 |
Posted: 05 Nov 2015 at 1:43pm |
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Interesting that a 5th wheel isn't required there, I didn't see anything on UDOT, either. Just the 65 foot total rule, excluding extensions (ladders, etc) up to 6 additional inches.
ronahue, I've been towing trailers since the 80's and I would still be sitting there in the Walmart parking lot with you! |
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ronahue
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Joined: 02 Jun 2015 Location: Massachusetts Online Status: Offline Posts: 317 |
Posted: 05 Nov 2015 at 1:51pm |
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It was so cool all I could see was a dually and the front part of the fifth wheeler coming out of a parking lot but the rest was hidden by a building. So I stopped about 30' back so he could make the swing onto the road then I saw the boat and could't believe how big the boat was but when the cooker came out I was speechless. Now picture traffic in downtown Jackson Hole in July and you have the whole scene.
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Ron & Sharon
2015 R-Pod 179 2022 Nissan Frontier No trees were harmed in the sending of this message but a billion electrons were really agitated |
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ToolmanJohn
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Joined: 23 Apr 2014 Location: Connecticut Online Status: Offline Posts: 451 |
Posted: 05 Nov 2015 at 4:58pm |
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The major safety problem with double towing is sway. Any sway in the primary trailer is multiplied on the second. Also, porpoising, or bounce, also amplified.
Large 5th wheel trailers are nearly immune to sway, as their hitch point is over the rear axle of the pickup truck. Also, the trailer axles of the 5th wheel trailers are far back (they have high tongue loads) and they don't bounce as much as shorter trailers. There has to be some YouTube video of double towing being done the wrong way.
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hitch to pull 4 wheeler trailer - Event Date: 04 Nov 2015