Double towing

I am sure the answer ranges to both extremes. Some have made it without being ticketed, some have been stopped ticketed, and split up and made to tow one at a time. So do you feel lucky?

I don't think I've ever read on RV.net about anyone personally stopped and/or ticketed for double towing. Some have second or third hand stories about being stopped. I double towed through several states in the East that don't allow double towing and was never given a second glance. But I was towing a swivel-wheel type trailer and that seems to confuse the issue. YTMMV.

I have done it several times and needed to pass through states that it isnt allowed without any issues. Ive been told from several that as long as your set up appears safe and within weight limits most will allow you to pass through. Of course you may encounter a cop having a bad day, but its worth the time in my opinion.

Stopped? No. But I have stopped a few, ticketed them, and made them drop the 2nd trailer. Retired LEO. You wouldn't believe some of the combinations I've stopped.
Asking "who has been stopped" doesn't tell anything. 99 others may have been but because the 1 hasn't doesn't tell anything.
And just because a person has done it without getting stopped doesn't mean a thing. We had a saying in LE. "Did you ever go fishing? Did you catch them all?"

Why does it have to be "a cop having a bad day" to enforce the law? Please explain to this retired police sergeant why I would be having a bad day for doing what I'm paid to do, for doing my job?

Here in AZ double towing is legal if the the lead trailer is a 5th wheel. I recently saw a truck pulling a bumper pull trailer pulling a bumper pull trailer in violation of AZ law. If I was still a cop I most definitely would have pulled that person over and dealt with the violation. I'm not saying an automatic ticket but I wouldn't let it go by. I wasn't the type of cop to let things go by.

I've double towed before but made sure the states I passed through was legal. Travel trailer with jet ski trailer behind. Since I sold the jet ski no more need to double tow.

I personally would not take a chance in BC

When the focus of pickup OEM’s is always “moar power” and winning the race to the top of the hill for the coveted blue ribbon, I can see why a mountainous province or state that gets winter restricts RV super trucker combination vehicles with 500 hp - 1000hp (with deletes and tuner and stacked turbo’s and 6 no 8 no 10 speeds) and 12 volt brakes.

azdryheat wrote:
Why does it have to be "a cop having a bad day" to enforce the law? Please explain to this retired police sergeant why I would be having a bad day for doing what I'm paid to do, for doing my job?

That's because people don't want you to stop THEM. But they'll whine, cry, and pitch a fit if you don't stop THE OTHER GUY. They're the good, safe driver. It's THE OTHER GUY who is the bad driver and should be arrested.
We've heard that story more than once.
The worst towing I stopped was not a double tow but a quad tow. A class A pulling a box trailer. Connected to the rear of the box trailer was a Dodge Dakota pickup. Connected to the pickup was a boat. He started south of St Louis MO and had gotten 80 miles into IL before I stopped him. Talk about catching a line of grief from him. I was just picking on him. He had driven that far and hadn't caused any problems. No one else had stopped him. yada yada yada.
The second worst was the 5er pulling a boat. Legal in IL as long as total length is 60 ft or less. But he had the slide out on the passenger side of the 5er. Driving down a 2 lane highway with a couple of feet of the slide hanging out into the oncoming traffic. Caught an earful from him too. He only had to go another 50 miles. Something was wrong with the slide and wouldn't go in so I should let him go, not his fault his slide won't work.

I won't speak to if they will ticket you.

But the reason for the law is like a lot of laws, so the politicians can show they are doing something.

Probably was a bad accident or two with a wildly unsafe setups or dangerous driving behavior. If a situation is patently unsafe on the surface, police can pull you over and ticket you. But rather than simply directing the police to enforce existing laws, the politicos decided to make a new one to prove how much they want to make things safer.

A good related example would be hate crime laws...as if it's somehow OK to commit murder as long as it's just business and not hate.