I want to tow my side by side but without using another trailer. I would like to build a bracket on the back of a regular travel trailer that my front wheels would sit in. Then use a dolly or build free wheeling hubs that would attach to the back hubs of the side by side and put a set of small highway tires on it and transport. Has anyone ever heard of this?

That’s sounds like a horrible idea for I can’t count the number of reasons. Or more accurately wholly impractical and virtually impossible. Get a toyhauler….seriously.

With the front wheels secured to the bumper, the rear wheels would have to pivot. There is a company that makes a trailer called a swivelwheel, that does this. I don't think have anything that bid though, as TT bumpers are really flimsy.

Not advisable. We would winter in the Phoenix area for several years, and I would pull our 36 ft travel trailer with my F350 dually while my wife would follow behind in her expedition. She would pull a 16 ft flatbed with our side by side and one ATV on it while the bed of my pickup truck head a second ATV on it. A good way to move these things down the road, but I understand most people would not be interested and doing that for a short trip.

Freedom hauler/Idaho ToteTake a look at this.

What's your SxS? Is it a small RZR or a larger CanAm? I think either one would be too heavy to perch the front end on your moho's bumper. I'm no physicist, but the downward force of the SxS's front end and the rearward force of towing its rear end would pull your bumper apart.Why don't you want a trailer? Plenty of friends in our camps have cargo trailers for their RZRs and CanAms and they're very happy with their setups. We love our setup too, but it's not for everyone (44' fifth-wheel toy hauler). We sure love our garage model though since it gives us so much living area and hauling room for the CanAm while we're driving and a nice big bedroom/mud-room once we get to camp.I don't have a good suggestion for you besides a cargo trailer. All I know is that I've camped with literally 100s of OHV families and seen just about every setup imaginable, but never one like you describe. I have to think that if it were a viable option I would have seen someone with it by now.

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ScottG
Nomad
Oct 26, 2023
No one has mentioned the added weight on the back of the trailer. It could really be a handful.
dedmiston
Moderator
Oct 26, 2023
ScottG wrote:
No one has mentioned the added weight on the back of the trailer. It could really be a handful.

No one?

Are you sure? :W
valhalla360
Navigator
Oct 26, 2023
ScottG wrote:
No one has mentioned the added weight on the back of the trailer. It could really be a handful.

Go back and read my first post on this thread. I went into detail why it's a problem with bumper pull (aka: travel trailers).
ScottG
Nomad
Oct 26, 2023
dedmiston wrote:
ScottG wrote:
No one has mentioned the added weight on the back of the trailer. It could really be a handful.

No one?

Are you sure? :W

My bad - I'm never sure about anything anymore!
dedmiston
Moderator
Oct 26, 2023
ScottG wrote:
My bad - I'm never sure about anything anymore!

:B
deltabravo
Nomad
Oct 27, 2023
Get a toy hauler, or a truck, truck camper and cargo trailer.
That's how I travel (truck camper and cargo trailer).
PsnRebel
Explorer
Oct 28, 2023
wowens79 wrote:
With the front wheels secured to the bumper, the rear wheels would have to pivot. There is a company that makes a trailer called a swivelwheel, that does this. I don't think have anything that bid though, as TT bumpers are really flimsy.

Saw someone using that system a few years ago at the desert. He had a RZR on it. Seemed to work for him.
mowermech
Explorer
Oct 28, 2023
Second Chance wrote:
I don't think any of the options above would be legal behind a travel trailer. Double-towing is only legal behind fifth wheels.

Rob

It depends on the state in which you are traveling. In some states (Washington immediately comes to mind) Double towing (non commercial) is not allowed, period! Do NOT go to Washington State if you are towing doubles. In some states, double towing behind a bumper pull trailer is allowed (Montana, for one). In some states, the second trailer MUST be a watercraft (No, I do not remember which ones). Some states require a special license for towing doubles (Non-commercial Class A; IIRC, California is one).
It is YOUR responsibility to know the laws in the state in which you are traveling.

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