Who has been pulled over for double towing illegally???

Illinois is specific on length for two vehicle tow 60', but unclear on three vehicle tow. ( Only with fifth-wheel trailer in AZ, IL, MI, MN, MB (maximum length 23 m.), SK and YT.)

Here in CA it is legal if,
You have a CDL with doubles endorsement
The first trailer is a 5th wheel
No trailer over 28'
Combination of set not over 65'
This is all I can remember now.
Back to your original question, yes I've been pulled over once. Well my SIL got pulled over, we were both pulling two trailers. By the time I got my rig stopped and walked up to the officer that was talking to my SIL, my SIL had the officer pi$$ed off by saying he know all the rules and was legal. The one thing my SIL didn't realize was that his 5th trailer was 30' long. After I told the officer he should give him a ticket because he (SIL) is a know it all, he loosened up a bit and sent us on or way with a warning.

n7bsn wrote:
A few years back a retired LEO from the mid-west posted he had once stopped someone using a pickup to pull three trailers!

3 trailers is an illegal combination in a lot of state, IL included.
The weirdest combination I ever stopped was about 10 yrs ago. A Class A pulling a box trailer which had a ball hitch on the back. To the box trailer he had connected a Dodge Dakota pickup which had a tow bar on the front. To the Dakota he had hitched a boat. 4 units in tow. He had crossed into IL just south of St Louis on I-255. By the time I had stopped him he had traveled over 100 miles into IL. He complained that if he was illegal he should have been stopped 100 miles sooner. He got tickets for illegal combination and overlength. Had I written him everything that was wrong I could probably still be writing.

laknox wrote:

Doesn't mean that some bored pot-bellied Fed isn't just looking for any excuse to pull someone over to hassle. A-holes everywhere...
Lyle

When you write a citation for a violation you have to list the statute number of the violation. If there is no violation then there is no statute number to put on the citation.
Again, when a person doesn't know how things really work then they'll believe just about any campfire story. Any just about everybody's pot bellied uncle is full of stories. The story doesn't make any sense. You don't change to DOT reg requirements just by 're-tagging'. DOT regs don't work that way. Bet your uncle is full of good stories. Next time just nod your head and say "Yeah, that's a good one uncle."

Wadcutter wrote:
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Second - I spent 42+ yrs in LE including 27 yrs at the state level. Illegal combination is a commonly written cite. The usual violation is over length and illegal 2nd trailer such as pulling a 2nd car/Jeep behind a 5er.

A few years back a retired LEO from the mid-west posted he had once stopped someone using a pickup to pull three trailers!

filrupmark wrote:
I have pulled a boat behind my fifth wheel here in Texas with no problems .

Fairly certain it's legal in Texas

ScottG wrote:
It's illegal here but my FIL pulled them from Wa. to Fl. and around the country without being stopped.

A guy I know is a WSP and he has stopped people for double tows.
I've also seen doubles in state, once around Battleground, north-bound, so he had come out of Oregon!!

Just 'cause someone else has gotten away with it, doesn't mean you will.

dall your state DMV office they should be able to e mail you the rules.I think each state will have there own rule.

3 years ago we were pulled over northwest of Winston-Salem NC near Pilot Mountain .... we got off with a warning after our daughter drove from Raleigh, hooked up to the golf cart trailer and left the Pilot Mountain overlook .... if I hadn't of had a Class-A driver's lisence, I would have ended up with 2 tickets .... the officer sat right there until she drove off

Jim