valhalla360
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JaxDad wrote:valhalla360 wrote:RCMAN46 wrote:TThe Freedom Hauler is not considered a trailer as it is a solid attachment to trailer thus sway is not an issue.
Show me that it's "not a trailer"... coming from the officials policing it...not the salesman (same goes for swivel wheel trailers).
While I didn’t look up the law for “no particular place” I do know that traffic laws are pretty uniform when it comes to definitions of, and classes of vehicles.
A “trailer”, in every definition I’ve seen in the many laws I have looked at is always “a vehicle drawn upon a highway by a motor vehicle” and then goes on to exempt things like farm implements and other motor vehicles, and specifically, motorcycle side-cars which when rigidly affixed (not hitch) to a bike become part of it, not ‘towed’ by it.
So still waiting for a definition from the authorities that it isn't a second trailer. Swivel wheel trailers are not rigidly affixed as they can still pivot up and down.
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ScottG
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No one has mentioned the added weight on the back of the trailer. It could really be a handful.
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dedmiston
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ScottG wrote:No one has mentioned the added weight on the back of the trailer. It could really be a handful.
No one?
Are you sure? ![[emoticon]](http://www.coastresorts.com/sharedcontent/cfb/images/awink.gif "awink")
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ScottG wrote:No one has mentioned the added weight on the back of the trailer. It could really be a handful.
Go back and read my first post on this thread. I went into detail why it's a problem with bumper pull (aka: travel trailers).
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ScottG
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dedmiston wrote:ScottG wrote:No one has mentioned the added weight on the back of the trailer. It could really be a handful.
No one?
Are you sure?
My bad - I'm never sure about anything anymore!
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ScottG wrote:My bad - I'm never sure about anything anymore!
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deltabravo
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Get a toy hauler, or a truck, truck camper and cargo trailer.
That's how I travel (truck camper and cargo trailer).
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wowens79 wrote:With the front wheels secured to the bumper, the rear wheels would have to pivot. There is a company that makes a trailer called a swivelwheel, that does this. I don't think have anything that bid though, as TT bumpers are really flimsy.
Saw someone using that system a few years ago at the desert. He had a RZR on it. Seemed to work for him.
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Second Chance wrote:I don't think any of the options above would be legal behind a travel trailer. Double-towing is only legal behind fifth wheels.
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It depends on the state in which you are traveling. In some states (Washington immediately comes to mind) Double towing (non commercial) is not allowed, period! Do NOT go to Washington State if you are towing doubles. In some states, double towing behind a bumper pull trailer is allowed (Montana, for one). In some states, the second trailer MUST be a watercraft (No, I do not remember which ones). Some states require a special license for towing doubles (Non-commercial Class A; IIRC, California is one).
It is YOUR responsibility to know the laws in the state in which you are traveling.
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