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05-22-2013, 12:12 PM
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Rivet Master
2021 25' Globetrotter
Jamestown
, Rhode Island
Join Date: Mar 2012
Posts: 1,720
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Towing, am I doing it right?
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05-22-2013, 12:14 PM
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Rivet Master
1981 31' Excella II
New Market
, Alabama
Join Date: Sep 2011
Posts: 6,145
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I hope that is not real but it probably is.
Perry
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05-22-2013, 12:35 PM
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4 Rivet Member
1969 18' Caravel
Northwest
, Missouri
Join Date: Dec 2009
Posts: 325
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Only if there is a pontoon boat behind the trailer that I'm not able to see. If so then it's fine.
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05-22-2013, 12:49 PM
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2006 25' Safari FB SE
St. Cloud
, Minnesota
Join Date: Aug 2003
Posts: 13,280
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Middle trailer needs new axles... or certainly will after this spacecraft lands. They want to know if they can put a bike carrier on the rear bumper?
Oh my.
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05-22-2013, 01:17 PM
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3 Rivet Member
1976 31' Sovereign
Bothell
, Washington
Join Date: Jul 2011
Posts: 176
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That reminds me why I don't buy old trailers from U-Haul.
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05-22-2013, 02:41 PM
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Rivet Master
Currently Looking...
St. Catharines
, South Western Ontario
Join Date: Aug 2002
Posts: 2,367
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They are using an Andersen. No sway, no problem.
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05-22-2013, 06:10 PM
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Rivet Master
2021 25' Globetrotter
Jamestown
, Rhode Island
Join Date: Mar 2012
Posts: 1,720
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Road Ruler
They are using an Andersen. No sway, no problem.
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05-22-2013, 06:55 PM
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Rivet Master
Currently Looking...
asbury park
, New Jersey
Join Date: Nov 2009
Posts: 905
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we were in atlanta about 10 days ago and saw a smashed up 6 cylinder jeep towing a smashed up something or other towing a smashed up beetle. like a 3 care pile up had occurred and they stuck it all together. this tops it though.
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05-22-2013, 07:29 PM
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Rivet Master
2006 25' Safari FB SE
St. Cloud
, Minnesota
Join Date: Aug 2003
Posts: 13,280
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Most state law allowances for a double-bottom rule insist that the middle unit be a 5th wheel. We commonly see fishermen towing that way, with a good sized boat behind. The margin of error certainly is less when a moment's inattention follows. The interstate just west of me had one of these triple units roll a couple years back. The humans survived but the property was kablooey.
Though this situation looks like they would have been very cautious after a problem with their tow vehicle. I've been in a situation where we had to rent a U-Haul to tow a utility trailer. In Muskogee, OK, no less... Left my wife alone and stepped across the road for a Coors after we were in a Muskogee motel for the night. A hanger-on at the bar offered me virtually any "service" or substance I could desire. That was 39 years ago. This June Susie & I celebrate our 40th. You know what my decision was.
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05-22-2013, 09:08 PM
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Rivet Master
1960 28' Ambassador
Vintage Kin Owner
1998 25' Safari
Avonton
, Ontario
Join Date: Sep 2005
Posts: 1,331
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Must be related
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05-22-2013, 10:41 PM
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3 Rivet Member
1976 31' Sovereign
Bothell
, Washington
Join Date: Jul 2011
Posts: 176
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Dad? Is that you,
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05-23-2013, 04:30 AM
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Rivet Master
2013 30' Classic
Greenwood
, Mississippi
Join Date: Oct 2012
Posts: 12,111
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Those are photoshopped, right? That ain't really even possible, is it?
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05-23-2013, 05:28 AM
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Rivet Master
1995 30' Excella
Bowie
, Maryland
Join Date: Apr 2005
Posts: 2,345
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Quote:
Originally Posted by m.hony
Those are photoshopped, right? That ain't really even possible, is it?
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For the first one, I don't see why it wouldn't be possible. I rented one of U-Haul's car trailers recently (obviously, just to move a car, no extra idiocy as above) and they're plenty big enough for a pickup.
Hitch up the fifth wheel, then drive the pickup on to the trailer... I'm not thinking of anything that seems impossible here. My car sits pretty low, and it was scraping as I started up the ramp, so I adjusted a few things to get the trailer fairly level - do that for this rig and I doubt the fifth wheel hitch would complain while loading.
The second one is even more plausible. Could be photoshopped, yes, but two photos from different angles and a lack of a reason why it would be impossible makes me think it's legit.
We saw a Class C motorhome towing a fairly long SOB trailer that had a small riding mower hanging off the back. Geez I wish I'd grabbed a picture, but I was too stunned. The frame of the trailer was clearly sagging just behind the wheels. Friends of ours (we spotted it at a gas station near where we were holding a rally) saw the rig later that day, pulled off the road, apparently having suffered some issue.
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05-24-2013, 04:20 AM
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Rivet Master
2013 30' Classic
Greenwood
, Mississippi
Join Date: Oct 2012
Posts: 12,111
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Seems like the cables holding the tailgate of the Blazer/Jimmy would just break, not to mention if he made a turn the corner of the trailer would collide with the c-pillar of the tow vehicle.
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05-25-2013, 10:44 PM
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Rivet Master
2020 30' Classic
Derwood
, Maryland
Join Date: Mar 2010
Posts: 1,515
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I'm pretty confident no law officers saw this or the driver would have been pulled over for sure!
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05-26-2013, 07:58 AM
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1 Rivet Member
Hilliard
, Ohio
Join Date: Jul 2012
Posts: 6
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Doubles are allowed, the heaviest trailer should be closes to TV, lightest in the rear. I see 5th wheel TT pulling boats quite often. Keep in mind very hard to backup, so avoid park where can pull in and out.
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