Double pulling

silvercorvette wrote:

Jim-Linda wrote:
OK... lets clarify. These type of posts regarding towing multiple units seem to have misconceptions. First, tow vehicle(truck), trailer(first tow), trailer(second tow)equals DOUBLE TOWING. Add another trailer(third tow) equals TRIPLE TOWING.

I have seen a number of RVs DOUBLE TOWING, never saw one TRIPLE TOWING. I have only been full time since since 1996, so I may have missed one. Some seem to add the tow vehicle as being "towed".

Jim

What about the three vehicles being pulled in the first post in THIS THREAD

Like the thread title: "Think he got a ticket?"

Ans - not only a ticket - also a "Park It & Un-hitch - NOW!"
(If it moves it will get several tows - all to the impound yard)

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Woodalls is full of baloney (balogna)..:S

*DOUBLE Tow* is a tow vehicle - towing *TWO* trailers.

Other than special permits for extreme loads (size, length, etc.) which only may use the roads at specified times, with lots of escorts.....

The only legal *TRIPLE* Tow is *COMMERCIAL* - and limited to interstate highways in states where it is permitted.
Usually night time only.

Tow whatever you want on private property.

Now if you're in Australia.... a Triple Tow would be small time.
Don't bother with terms like Quad Tow or a Quint Tow - - just "Road Train"!.:W


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Just a FYI, if by chance you need more length than allowed in the states you will be traveling you most allow you to buy a temp oversize permit and get beyond their limit.

For example, Utah where I am has a 65' limit, but you can by a temp permit (they have one that last several days or you can buy one for a year) that extends the max length to 75'.

Check the commercial sites in those states to find where to by the oversized permit. You won't find it at the DMV.

Greentow wrote:
I do wish that the association of a CDL with an RV would hit the TRASH CAN. Only need a CDL IF your hauling an RV for pay, ie, factory to dealer, and getting paid to do that (as a business.)

But, CA actually DOES require a Class A CDL with doubles endorsement for towing recreational vehicle double towing!
The reason, it has been said, is because no other license in CA can have the Double Endorsement.
ANY state can require a CDL for ANY driver, if the State so desires. If a state decided it would enhance public safety to require every driver to have a CDL, they could pass such a law for their residents, set up the training and testing, and everybody would have to get the new license!

Jim-Linda wrote:
OK... lets clarify. These type of posts regarding towing multiple units seem to have misconceptions. First, tow vehicle(truck), trailer(first tow), trailer(second tow)equals DOUBLE TOWING. Add another trailer(third tow) equals TRIPLE TOWING.

I have seen a number of RVs DOUBLE TOWING, never saw one TRIPLE TOWING. I have only been full time since since 1996, so I may have missed one. Some seem to add the tow vehicle as being "towed".

Jim

What about the three vehicles being pulled in the first post in THIS THREAD

travelnutz wrote:
This subject of "double towing" really gets my dander up for reasons.

I suggest using head and shoulders shampoo.:B

"Triple towing" used in many publications refers to a 3 unit total rig. Triple means 3 and double towing means 2 units being pulled by a independent power source such as a pickup truck etc. Both terms are correct and can be correctly used to describe the rig having a tow unit followed by 2 individual trailer units. A trailer or trailers does not power itself down the road!

We all know or should know what is meant by either: "Double Tow", "Double Pulling" or "Triple Towing".

redavis wrote:

I agree that the terminology is confusing, but check the Good Sam / Woodall's towing laws. One tow vehicle with two trailers is referred to as Triple Towing.

Randy

Well Woodall's is just plain WRONG!!!

Steve

redavis wrote:

Jim-Linda wrote:
OK... lets clarify. These type of posts regarding towing multiple units seem to have misconceptions. First, tow vehicle(truck), trailer(first tow), trailer(second tow)equals DOUBLE TOWING. Add another trailer(third tow) equals TRIPLE TOWING.

I have seen a number of RVs DOUBLE TOWING, never saw one TRIPLE TOWING. I have only been full time since since 1996, so I may have missed one. Some seem to add the tow vehicle as being "towed".

Jim

I agree that the terminology is confusing, but check the Good Sam / Woodall's towing laws. One tow vehicle with two trailers is referred to as Triple Towing.

Randy

Good Sam/Woodalls THINK they are God, but they aren't! They do not write the towing laws, DOT does! Tow vehicle with 2 trailers is DOUBLE towing....tow vehicle with 3 trailers is TRIPLE towing. The tow vehicle is not being towed.

Greentow wrote:
I do wish that the association of a CDL with an RV would hit the TRASH CAN. Only need a CDL IF your hauling an RV for pay, ie, factory to dealer, and getting paid to do that (as a business.)

The need for a CDL and or other special endorsement in regards to an RV is a state/province regulatory issue. You only need to be "specially licensed and or endorsed" if your home state/province has the requirement.

Towing multiple trailers as an RV is also a state by state regulatory thing. In my home state, Washington, no special licensing or endorsment standards apply but you can only tow 1 trailer -period even if you possess a CDL A with double/triple trailer endorsement....

In the trucking industry -double trailer is double towing, triple trailers is triple towing. I have seen quad trailer towing before in the desert southwest on road paving projects.

I do wish that the association of a CDL with an RV would hit the TRASH CAN. Only need a CDL IF your hauling an RV for pay, ie, factory to dealer, and getting paid to do that (as a business.)