corgidad
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Do any of you carry a golf cart and tow at the same time, I am getting a GC and tow a Tohoe and am looking for suggestions from anyone who does this. I do not want to pull a trailer to put both on or in. I have seen a few products that would allow me to do this so if you have one or any other suggestions your input would be greatly appreciated. Mike
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Ka Ron
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Here is a link from yesterday
Maybe this one would work for you
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FIRE UP
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corgidad,
I don't know if you've seen my posts on carrying my Honda Goldwing. I set our '04 Itasca Horizon, 36GD with the 330 CAT up with a lift called "Hydralift". I did a bit of research on it and others and found the Hydralift was the lightest, and the most capable and, the least complicated in terms of total mechanism.
If you go to the companies website, Hydraliftusa.com you'll see a whole gallery of coaches that have been set up to carry just about anything. There's some with regular heavy cruisers like the Wing and full dress Harleys, some with off road quads, some with Golf carts and more. Of course you'll have to determine the qualifications for your coach to accept the additional weight of not only the Golf Cart but, also the lift itself. It weighs in at just around 280 lbs.
I enjoyed installing mine. It was a bit of a challenge, some serious welding but, in the end, I'd do it again in a heart beat. There was advice on here that the back of the coach was going to fall off, the rig would do wheelies going down the road, our first born was going to die, and much more. Absolutely nothing happened. The rig motors straight down the road, no adverse handling effects what so ever.
The lift comes with its own hitch. So, yes you can tow and carry your cart. We do. So far, we've carried the bike and towed our Jeep Rubicon all over 5 or 6 western states and had a ball. But, we've since sold the Jeep and have a new Honda CRV so, we'll see if there's any difference, I don't think there will be. But anyway, here's a couple of pics. Oh, by the way, on the last one where you just see the lift, click on it to see it in action. If you'd like to know more, certainly pm me and I'd be glad to answer whatever questions you may have.
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lanerd
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That is so cool.... thanks for sharing.
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Ed C
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If you don't have the Tahoe yet, consider a Silverado Crew instead. We tow our Sierra with the GC in the bed. It weighs about 6300 pounds with the cart.
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bgholson
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I posted my thoughts a couple of days ago and no one acknowledged using the proposed system. I'm still thinking this is the way I will go:
"When I had my truck as a toad I loaded my motorcycle in the truck bed. No longer have the truck but a smaller SUV. Considering a swivel trailer not connected to the motorhome but to the SUV to carry the m/c. My wife needs the toad and I need the m/c! I know there is debate whether or not this is a legal tow but the consensus appears to be it is legal. I would just fit under the legal towing limit with this arrangement (well, at least it is close). Has anyone used the swivel trailer attached to the toad for motorcycle (or golf cart/ATV) transport?"
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HSIKES
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After much research I found a trailer that would carry the toad and the golf cart. There are several manufactures that make this set up, but be careful that your toad will fit. We started with a Buick Enclave, but found that it is too wide for the dolly. So we bought a Honda CRV. here are my pictures.
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TZScales
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Ed C wrote:If you don't have the Tahoe yet, consider a Silverado Crew instead. We tow our Sierra with the GC in the bed. It weighs about 6300 pounds with the cart.
This seems to be very manageable. Is the bed a regular or long bed? Do you back the cart in or face it forward?
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Ed C
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We have a short (5'10")bed the only one avaiable on a 1/2 ton. I have a peice of 3/4" plywood with 2x4s screwed every 4" to spread the load. The cart faces forward. We used to do it with a Colorado Crew, and it worked OK. The Sierra just has much more room and capacity.
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bgholson wrote:I posted my thoughts a couple of days ago and no one acknowledged using the proposed system. I'm still thinking this is the way I will go:
"When I had my truck as a toad I loaded my motorcycle in the truck bed. No longer have the truck but a smaller SUV. Considering a swivel trailer not connected to the motorhome but to the SUV to carry the m/c. My wife needs the toad and I need the m/c! I know there is debate whether or not this is a legal tow but the consensus appears to be it is legal. I would just fit under the legal towing limit with this arrangement (well, at least it is close). Has anyone used the swivel trailer attached to the toad for motorcycle (or golf cart/ATV) transport?"
bgholson,
The very first thing I'd do is, see if that unit you're planning on "towing" behind your SUV is classified as a "trailer". (The sell those at Quartzsite each January). If so, then while the opinions of folks here might be helpful in decisions for how to get your M/C and toad along with your coach, the only real opinion that's of legal consequence is a Law enforcement officer for your state or, a book on rules and regulations regarding what you're intending on doing. Because you see, in my opinion, again for what it's worth, is that you are towing "TWO" TRAILERS and that is allowed in some states but not all.
We've seen situations like that in CO, UT and a few others. But, in CA it ain't happening unless you've got a "Class A" licence. So, hope this helps some.
Scott
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