hitch to pull 4 wheeler trailer
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Topic: hitch to pull 4 wheeler trailer
Posted By: Rockin the Pod
Subject: hitch to pull 4 wheeler trailer
Date Posted: 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 ------------- 2016 180 HRE 2014 Tacoma Taylor 210 CSE Bose L1 Model II 2008 Harley Davidson Electra Glide Classic |
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Posted By: furpod
Date 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. ------------- |
Posted By: Rockin the Pod
Date 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. ------------- 2016 180 HRE 2014 Tacoma Taylor 210 CSE Bose L1 Model II 2008 Harley Davidson Electra Glide Classic |
Posted By: techntrek
Date Posted: 04 Nov 2015 at 6:35pm
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Where it is legal the camper must be a 5th wheel. ------------- Doug ~ '10 171 (2009-2015) ~ 2008 Salem ~ http://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=1723 - Pod instruction manual 
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Posted By: Rockin the Pod
Date 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! ------------- 2016 180 HRE 2014 Tacoma Taylor 210 CSE Bose L1 Model II 2008 Harley Davidson Electra Glide Classic |
Posted By: Hayduke
Date 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! ------------- 2012 177 HRE 2017 Tacoma Double Cab |
Posted By: ronahue
Date 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. ------------- 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 |
Posted By: techntrek
Date 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! ------------- Doug ~ '10 171 (2009-2015) ~ 2008 Salem ~ http://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=1723 - Pod instruction manual
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Posted By: ronahue
Date 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. ------------- 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 |
Posted By: ToolmanJohn
Date 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. ------------- 2017 ATC 7X20 Custom Toy Hauler 2013 R-Pod 177 (SOLD) 2013 VW Touareg TDI |
Posted By: codycountry
Date Posted: 05 Nov 2015 at 5:28pm
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I would love to watch someone try to back up with a tandem or triple trailer pulling setup. That would take normal trailer backing way up to a whole new level! Let's see, I need to go the opposite of the opposite, so I turn the steering wheel the opposite of the opposite of the way that I think I need to turn it......it could be very entertaining. Please post video to YouTube if you try it.
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