Towing multiple trailers

In some of the threads I found people said the OPP said they did not know......wonder how anything is enforced then eh?

Yeah we have 1-800 numbers to my state capital OHP head quarters but its rare anyone can answer a question. They usually give me another number to call or transfer me to another department.
In my state we have several law enforcement agencies that enforce size and weight regulations. However not all officers in these agencies have gone through the size and weights schooling process as its several months long.
Not all of our OHP (Oklahoma Highway Patrol) officers have received this training however each troop has several officers on duty 24/7 that can be called to assist the untrained trooper if needed.

I would bet you have a troop headquarters so to speak close to you that would have some one on duty that can answer that question. I sometimes leave my home phone with my area OHP troop for a call back from one of his officers when he gets a break or isn't on a call.
These are the guys and gals that do the actual enforcement.

Hummm.

Towingworld.com says triple tow is 'not stated', for Ontario.

I just glanced through the highway traffic act, it does not seem to mention anything about triple towing - not even for commercial vehicles?!?
Highway act - http://www.ontario.ca/laws/statute/90h08

Towing World is a RV related website and IMO as all RV websites is a poor place to find credible input how dot enforces size and weight regulations.
Towing world is calling three vehicle combination a triple tow when in the trucking world its a double tow = two trailers.
A triple tow is three trailers which is popular around here in the summer with a pickup/5th wheel trailer/ski boat trailer with a trailer full of PWC's bringing up the rear.

Best bet is a 1-800 to your state/province size and weight folks for their input. I'm between two OHP troops which is another source for what my state does or doesn't enforce regardless of what the regulation reads.
Example my state combination for RV reads in part;
** No combination of vehicles shall consist of more than two units, except:
a. one truck and semitrailer or truck-tractor/semitrailer combination may tow one complete trailer or semitrailer, or
b. vans, suburbans, blazers or other similar types of vehicles and self-propelled recreational vehicles with a three-quarter (3/4) ton or more rated capacity, may tow a semitrailer and one complete trailer or semitrailer for recreational purposes only, provided the overall length, inclusive of the front and rear bumpers, does not exceed sixty-five (65) feet.**

My local OHP troop says Because of the wording "blazers" and "suburbans" and a "3/4 ton truck" are so vague the department at this time isn't enforcing this section till the state legislature gets the wording right.
I'm using this just a example why its best to talk with those that enforce size limit codes instead of using your own (or others) interpretations.

swimmer_spe wrote:


I guess I need to call the MTO or OPP.

In some of the threads I found people said the OPP said they did not know......wonder how anything is enforced then eh?

Hummm.

Towingworld.com says triple tow is 'not stated', for Ontario.

I just glanced through the highway traffic act, it does not seem to mention anything about triple towing - not even for commercial vehicles?!?
Highway act - http://www.ontario.ca/laws/statute/90h08

It gets even stranger when I went to a few forums I found various discussions. The earlier ones said yes it can be done, but only with a commercial vehicle, and then they go on to say pickup trucks are all considered commercial vehicles. These various conversations are based on a part of the HTA that no longer says anything about it when I followed the links or compared wording.
It also seems the 'towing safely brochure' the MTO used to publish has been replaced, with an online one that no longer comments either.

Personally I have only seen one person towing two trailers in southern Ontario in all my years, and they had Quebec plates.

I give up.

Check towingworld.com

horton333 wrote:
My understanding is it is illegal to double tow in Southern Ontario, and legal in the Northern part. Restrictions include 5th wheel attached to the tow vehicle and I think the second trailer was limited to boats and other toys.
I went to the MTO site as my understanding may be dated, but is was just too frustrating.

I guess I need to call the MTO or OPP.

My understanding is it is illegal to double tow in Southern Ontario, and legal in the Northern part. Restrictions include 5th wheel attached to the tow vehicle and I think the second trailer was limited to boats and other toys.
I went to the MTO site as my understanding may be dated, but is was just too frustrating.

Mi has a "R"ecreation endorsement for double towing which is allowed when one is a 5ver.... I believe it is a written test only, like what the cdl doubles test is.

Not sure if it is ever enforced or not though....

christopherglenn wrote:
Most of the north east is out, most of the west is in, hit or miss up the middle. Almost all states require more then a basic car license, California for example requires a Class A with doubles endorcement, IIRC Florida only requires a car license..

I don't know of a state other than CA that requires "more than a basic car license". I certainly can't speak for all states, but the ones I am familiar with and have towed through (CO, UT, WY, MT, ID, NE, KS, MO, NM) only require a basic drivers license.

It is no longer legal to tow two trailers in Ontario, only commercial operators are permitted to do so.
Not sure when this was changed.