Towing three trailers?

[Foxman]

Hi,

Its been a while since I've posted here, but I just wanted to ask, are there any states that allow a passnger vehicle to tow three trailers? I ask because I heard a rumor once about someone towing a fifth wheel, boat and jet ski trailer all coupled together. Now two trailers I could see, as you all know, but I don't think I'd want to mess with three. And I'm betting that if any state allows three trailers, I'm betting that the front trailer must be a fifth wheel.

[Foxman]

Come on. Can't anyone answer this question? I'm curious to know if some person's rumor I had was a valid one. Are there states that allow non-comercial vehicles to tow three trailers?

[DmaxMaverick]

No. It isn't legal in any state. This doesn't mean someone hasn't done it, or that someone is "rumored" to have done it. Consider the source.

[Foxman]

Apparntly, it IS legal in at least one state: Utah.

http://www.sunad.com/index.php?tier=1&article_id=19191

[DmaxMaverick]

No. You're wrong, again. The "allowance" for multiple trailering is the same/similar as other states allowing it. Read your own reference article.

[Caution: the author's inconsistent terminology, interpretation of law, legal research, and numerous contradictory statements are indicative of his lack of subject knowledge. Legal use, in this article, is speculative, and not substantiated in any way.]

[bsldallas]

I called the state about doubles. 5th plus the golf cart is what I wanted to do. I don't b/c the manuf. of the RV told me anything over 75#'s on the back isn't safe. My friend pulls of goose neck (w/living quarters) horse trailer and a small trailer with his buggy on it. He got pulled asked the same question as I did: what is the G.S.#. The officer replied I don't know but I do know you can't do this. Well show me, he couldn't so up the road he goes. He's been pulling his rig like this for about 10 years. After about 4 calls talking to police that I know and many on the streets if I can't do it they don't know how to write the ticket... lol..

[Mark Rinker]

No. You're wrong, again. The "allowance" for multiple trailering is the same/similar as other states allowing it. Read your own reference article.

[Caution: the author's inconsistent terminology, interpretation of law, legal research, and numerous contradictory statements are indicative of his lack of subject knowledge. Legal use, in this article, is speculative, and not substantiated in any way.]

Whoa! You showed him. :rolleyes:

[DmaxMaverick]

Whoa! You showed him. :rolleyes:

It is what it is.....

Read the article. It's obviously written by someone lacking any real world experience.

[Austid09]

I know in the state of Alabama it is Illegal as running off road diesel BUT I see trucks Pulling dual trailers behind them all the time

Although i wonder if it has something to do with the state your based in For Example: if you have an unreasonably loud exhaust in alabama it isnt illegal but if you visit Florida where the have noise ordinances and not moving there they cannot touch you because you dont have to abide by their noise laws because your auto is not registered in that state and your just following the laws of your state which allow the noise hence they will just annoy you and write you a ticket but it will just get thrown out of court when the time comes because you were following the laws of your state if your being stupid about it you deserve one of them annoying tickets......

[Mark Rinker]

I am not towing any combination that I can't back up. Period.

Pulled in to many hotels after a 12hr day, only to find that the driveway dead ends into the dumpster corral after the third turn...and backing my way out, with cars parked on both sides. NOT fun, but doable with a bit of patience, and single trailer.

Saw a Canadian hotshot hauler with a double of new factory horse trailers - he couldn't back up 30ft without the 2nd one jacknifing. Same deal, he had pulled into a hotel lot that didn't go all the way around the building. I helped him unhook the small rear unit and roll it by hand into a parking place, partially to be helpful, but mostly so he would GET OUT OF MY WAY SO I COULD PARK AND GO GET SOME SLEEP!

I can't imagine three. Sounds like an accident waiting to happen, regardless of the law.

;)

[DmaxMaverick]

I know in the state of Alabama it is Illegal as running off road diesel BUT I see trucks Pulling dual trailers behind them all the time

Although i wonder if it has something to do with the state your based in For Example: if you have an unreasonably loud exhaust in alabama it isnt illegal but if you visit Florida where the have noise ordinances and not moving there they cannot touch you because you dont have to abide by their noise laws because your auto is not registered in that state and your just following the laws of your state which allow the noise hence they will just annoy you and write you a ticket but it will just get thrown out of court when the time comes because you were following the laws of your state if your being stupid about it you deserve one of them annoying tickets......

This is somewhat true, but not entirely. The enforcement (or lack) of the "noise" does not necessarily travel with you. In most states. noisy exhaust equates to modified emission systems, and are not permitted. It isn't a carte blanche. Some states are more strict than others, but emission system modification isn't permitted, in any of them. Noise ordinances are local, and enforced locally, regardless of where the vehicle is registered, or where you live. All states have maximum decibel limits, as does the USDOT, with any vehicle, and those aren't transferable, either. For the most part, they are ignored, anyway. By the time a vehicle is loud enough to get a ticket, it would have been too loud, anywhere. Local ordinances notwithstanding.

Your home state's vehicle combination allowances don't cross the borders, either. For example, commercial triples are allowed in Oregon and Nevada, but they cannot continue into California, or other bordering states that don't allow it. At the same time, Robyn can't just take her fully loaded transfer rig into California, her GVW is higher than allowed in CA without a special permit. Personal/passenger use vehicle combinations, weight, length and license class is more strict, although less enforced. None of this means is doesn't happen, a lot. Get stopped by a DOT trooper, highway patrol, or commercial enforcement (or just a savvy beat cop), and you'll go (walk) away with a big chunk missing from your butt where your wallet used to be.

[millwrightjesse]

Oregon will allow them with the correct endorsement

[DmaxMaverick]

Oregon will allow them with the correct endorsement

Commercial heavy only, and no "ball" type hitches allowed. I have a doubles/triples endorsement on my CDL, although CA doesn't allow triples. This is relatively new, since the USDOT standardization of CDL's (mid 80's, IIRC).

[EdHale]

Why are motorcycles allowed to be so loud when cars can't? Oh yeah, I remember - loud pipes make them easier to hear so it is a safety thing.

[DmaxMaverick]

Why are motorcycles allowed to be so loud when cars can't? Oh yeah, I remember - loud pipes make them easier to hear so it is a safety thing.
They're not "allowed", any more than any other vehicle, and they leave the factory "quiet". The same standards and laws apply. Enforcement, or the lack of, is not an indication of legality. "LOUD PIPES SAVE LIVES" has some merit, but it's abused, like any other.

[millwrightjesse]

ok, I wasnt sure all i knew was i could pull Walmart and riteaide triple trailers in oregon

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZZVp_y3m2bM

[trbankii]

I'm thinking that the OP should just move to Australia and be done with it... :rolleyes: