Why no over 40-foot trailers?

In Canada, max. allowable length of a towable RV is 41' and max. combined length is 62' to 75' depending on Province. Personally, I wouldn't want to be much over 30'. If you get around much in the western states with all the twisty/narrow roads, hills/mountains, challenging grades and occasional sheer drop-offs, I'd imagine a longer & heavier TT would be a real handful not to mention tiring. Ferry fares in WA & BC could be a killer too.

Where triple towing is legal, seems the max legal o/a length is generally 65' but we met an owner in Utah towing a FW with boat behind it, 81' o/a. Looked crazy long to tow. Got back onto the interstate and doing 65 mph, he comes flying past us at what seemed like 100 mph (that's Utah!) and was out of sight in seconds. That was insane! Said he'd been doing it for years, even over into CA. Even with Utah being max. 65', it wasn't a problem for him.

Talking about length, wonder what it's like towing one of these truck trains in Australia? What if you missed a turn and had to back up, lol?

If you love RV parks then a 40'+ TT is for you.
If you like nature and hate the sardine style camping style then keep your TT under 30'.

myredracer wrote:
Talking about length, wonder what it's like towing one of these truck trains in Australia? What if you missed a turn and had to back up, lol?

No worries - there are no turns on the Eyre Highway which crosses the Nullarbor Plain in Australia. ;)

myredracer wrote:
In Canada, max. allowable length of a towable RV is 41' and max. combined length is 62' to 75' depending on Province.

That's interesting. Do you have a link for reference purposes please? I am considering a 42 foot TH in the future.

Oldcow

Oldcow wrote:

myredracer wrote:
In Canada, max. allowable length of a towable RV is 41' and max. combined length is 62' to 75' depending on Province.

That's interesting. Do you have a link for reference purposes please? I am considering a 42 foot TH in the future.

Oldcow

Sure, RVDA of Canada
has a list province by province here.

myredracer wrote:

Oldcow wrote:

myredracer wrote:
In Canada, max. allowable length of a towable RV is 41' and max. combined length is 62' to 75' depending on Province.

That's interesting. Do you have a link for reference purposes please? I am considering a 42 foot TH in the future.

Oldcow

Sure, RVDA of Canada
has a list province by province here.

Thank you,
Oldcow

SoundGuy wrote:

myredracer wrote:
Talking about length, wonder what it's like towing one of these truck trains in Australia? What if you missed a turn and had to back up, lol?

No worries - there are no turns on the Eyre Highway which crosses the Nullarbor Plain in Australia. ;)

There are 38-40ft triple axle Caravans built for people who require them( Tradesmen)

They make all kinds of them, but most people call them a mobile home. You need a bigger tow vehicle than your average F150.

Space Craft RV Makes a Custom 57-Foot Fifth Wheel Trailer with 7 slides & weighs 37,000 pounds dry. Biggest I have seen is 53' that a Carney had for his home & office which was in the back, it had slides but do not remember how many. Do not think I have hijacked, yes Space Craft does use a fifth wheel hitch, but are built on a 53' flat bed trailer frame. As it is all one level no stairs in side, so does that make it a fifth wheel or a trailer?

I like to watch the custom RV shows when they take an army type truck and outfit it for boon docking. Real monsters you could take to war, if you mounted a 50 cal. on top :) :)

I will stick with my 25 ft. TT. It suits us fine, which is all that matters.