Towing a towed and a boat behind mh
This general subject has been tossed around from time to time. Thinking seriously this will be the only way to take a boat with us when RVing. the Motorhome 40ft total, towed about 22 ft including hi...
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Here's the link to Towing World's guide to towing by state:
http://towingworld.com/towinglaws.cfm
Although in some states it may be legal to tow a boat/toad combo behind a MH, the logistics of the hitch setups would be a problem in my opinion. I was planning to tow my single jet ski behind the boat and researched this for my state, Colorado. (Your results may vary!)
It was stated that some pontoons don't have brakes. When I was shopping for a new Sun Tracker, it depended on what the dealer had and/or what you wanted to order as far as surge brakes. However, the configuration of the pontoon trailer frame would not allow for me to attach a receiver without a really long tongue extension to clear the outboard motor. This also proved true for our final boat purchase, a Bayliner 180 OB. SO, for me, towing behind a boat trailer was not possible. Towing something significantly more heavy than a jetski would be a huge problem.
The solution to my particular problem was to add a frame-mounted receiver hitch on the TT to tow the jetski and have a dedicated tow vehicle for the boat. I am under the length limit for my TV/TT/jetski combo and the minimal weight of the jetski does not create a problem.
Our future plans is to also get a new MH/toad in a couple of years. Our plan for boating trips will be to have the MH tow the jetski and the other vehicle tow the boat (In our case, our Mercedes ML430). If we need to go somewhere, we will have the ML430 to use.
Ok, my blabbering is done! Hope it helped!
http://towingworld.com/towinglaws.cfm
Although in some states it may be legal to tow a boat/toad combo behind a MH, the logistics of the hitch setups would be a problem in my opinion. I was planning to tow my single jet ski behind the boat and researched this for my state, Colorado. (Your results may vary!)
It was stated that some pontoons don't have brakes. When I was shopping for a new Sun Tracker, it depended on what the dealer had and/or what you wanted to order as far as surge brakes. However, the configuration of the pontoon trailer frame would not allow for me to attach a receiver without a really long tongue extension to clear the outboard motor. This also proved true for our final boat purchase, a Bayliner 180 OB. SO, for me, towing behind a boat trailer was not possible. Towing something significantly more heavy than a jetski would be a huge problem.
The solution to my particular problem was to add a frame-mounted receiver hitch on the TT to tow the jetski and have a dedicated tow vehicle for the boat. I am under the length limit for my TV/TT/jetski combo and the minimal weight of the jetski does not create a problem.
Our future plans is to also get a new MH/toad in a couple of years. Our plan for boating trips will be to have the MH tow the jetski and the other vehicle tow the boat (In our case, our Mercedes ML430). If we need to go somewhere, we will have the ML430 to use.
Ok, my blabbering is done! Hope it helped!
