second trailer towing
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Topic: second trailer towing
Posted By: Dogger
Subject: second trailer towing
Date Posted: 08 Dec 2012 at 9:21pm
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Does anyone have any experience towing a second trailer behind a R-Pod? I want to tow a 400# trailer with a 1100# UTV - Polaris Ranger - I have found an after market tow hitch assembly that bolts to the frame with 2" recieve. Combined weights to both traliers would be 1000# below max tow weight for my tow vehicle. Seems very possible from what I've researched. We live in Wyoming where it is legal to "triple tow" and I see many states allow.
Dogger ------------- Dogger |
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Posted By: bhamster
Date Posted: 08 Dec 2012 at 9:53pm
| I'd be worried about what kind of stress it would apply to the frame. Do you know what the tongue weight of the small trailer is? |
Posted By: Seanl
Date Posted: 09 Dec 2012 at 7:52am
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I don't know for sure but because the pod is single axel you might have stability issues. A single axle trailer wants to rotate around the axle more freely than a tandom. I am thinking with something attached to both ends this would increase the sway. ------------- Sean, 2011 Rpod RP-173,2009 Jeep Liberty Rocky Mountain Edition 
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Posted By: barbanjoe
Date Posted: 09 Dec 2012 at 10:02am
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We live in Wyoming where it is legal to "triple tow" and I see many states allow.
Dogger [/QUOTE]
In Az. you may triple but, the trailer must be a fifth wheel, then a tow behind. ------------- BarbanJoe 010 Rpod 171 02 Jeep 4x4 12 Ram 1500 |
Posted By: Keith-N-Dar
Date Posted: 09 Dec 2012 at 10:55am
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At the least you will need to have a real hitch mounted on your pod. The one installed at the factory is intended to hold the spare tire or a bike rack and nothing more. I have no clue if the frame is strong enough to support the stress of a real hitch or not. You should have it looked at by someone with real experience with hitches.
------------- Keith-N-Dar Boris & Betty (Boston Terriers) 2011 R-Pod 177 2010 Ford F-150 |
Posted By: Goose
Date Posted: 09 Dec 2012 at 12:05pm
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I have to agree with the others concerned with the strenght of the frame, just looking at some of the other trailers that FR makes they all have heavier frames starting with those of 21 ft and longer. I would think that you will have to have a WDH with anti-sway for the first trailer as you could have very strong whip effect from the second trailer, you see this with the doubles and triple tractor-trailer combos, any quick movement sends the second trailer whipping back and forth. If you are not going far you maybe alright, but to run down the interstate for a few hours may be a different story. Goose ------------- Mother Goose's Caboose..2011 RP171..07 Grand Cherokee 
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Posted By: techntrek
Date Posted: 09 Dec 2012 at 12:25pm
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Barbanjoe is right, the first trailer must be a fifth wheel. Others are right about the pod frame, even if you could tow with a regular trailer there is no way the pod frame could hold up towing anything. You would need something heavy gauge steel with fully boxed frame members.
------------- Doug ~ '10 171 (2009-2015) ~ 2008 Salem ~ http://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=1723 - Pod instruction manual 
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