If your in Cali.....Lookout!!!!!

We have had 6 pages of back and forth opinions. Some of the remarks have been deleted for becoming personal in nature. Time to put this thread to bed.
Barney

legal in CA with the right DL rating

gon2dadawgs wrote:
Gee they are going fishing.....trolling! It is NOT legal in CA. The weight alone would require air brakes.

You Tube is for fun and silly games.

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When the tow vehicle has air brakes, often the trailer will too, but not always.

No not you, gone2dadogs is. Airbrakes ? Really ?

nevadanick wrote:
Your clueless

Me? I thought we were on the same side of this discussion?..... :/

gon2dadawgs wrote:
Gee they are going fishing.....trolling! It is NOT legal in CA. The weight alone would require air brakes.

Statements like that made without facts to back them up are called opinions. It's entirely possible that, through a plethora of gaps in the laws, that rig may be perfectly legal for the operator of the truck, provided he meets all the criteria as set forth in the CA MVC and has the proper licensing. Until somebody can cite the law that shows this rig is illegal, I'm thinking it's perfectly OK.

Gee they are going fishing.....trolling! It is NOT legal in CA. The weight alone would require air brakes.

You Tube is for fun and silly games.

BarneyS wrote:

I think you are correct, however I was not arguing that towing doubles is either dangerous or not. I was simply arguing against his claim that "When setup correctly towing doubles is no different than a single".
Barney

Not trying to start a pissing match here. I agree that correctly setup doubles and correctly setup singles are different. That being said, towing doubles is usually very safe and setup very well. The drivers are usually more highly skilled than some newbie with their first travel trailer and SUV and therefore their rigs are setup very well. Almost all the guys pulling doubles have a lot of driving and RVing experience to boot.

A Lot of the guys on this board freak out whenever they see someone pulling doubles and it is very nieve.

I used to travel Around Nv alot and have yet to see a set of rv doubles that has crashed. Cant say the same for a single. Also with the semi's i have seen numerous singles crashed and one set of doubles but have never seen a set of triples crashed. Doent mean it doesnt happen but when your on the road alot and are observant you see these things. And other than the length i still say the doubles are no different pulling or stopping than a single. Try it sometime, you just might like it.

Brisk wrote:

BarneyS wrote:

I'll try to explain.
Probably because his rig was not set up correctly. He most likely did not have enough tongue weight.

While your rig may be perfectly stable at 70mph, probably due to proper loading and setup, I think that if you had to do an emergency maneuver your double tow rig would act quite different from a single trailer being towed and would be much harder to control. I would say that towing doubles is quite different than towing single.
Barney

I think the same could be said for towing doubles with a 5th wheel and what about Semis pulling triples on converter dollies? They have 5 pivot points. A lot of them are towed by (relatively)light short wheelbase Day Cab style tractors. I think that the rig (assuming it pulls well)in the Youtube video is no more dangerous than the UPS guys with 3 trailers.

This is coming from someone with a Class A CDL who has pulled doubles with a Chevy Tahoe and with my current Truck/5er combo.

I think you are correct, however I was not arguing that towing doubles is either dangerous or not. I was simply arguing against his claim that "When setup correctly towing doubles is no different than a single".
Barney