How to get toys to trails?

[Happycamper109]

This is probably a dumb question but we are very very newbies!

How do people get their ATVs from the RV campsite to the trails if they just have a Toy Hauler?

We bought two ATVs and are planning to purchase a Toy Hauler. I can only guess that we need to either bring a trailer along with the TH to transport the ATVs or drive the TH to the trail locations. I am in Alberta and you can tow a TH and a trailer behind the truck. This seems like a lot of trouble though but so does moving TH every outing. We are going to British Columbia this summer and you can't tow two items in BC. I guess we have to drive TH in this situation?

Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks, Linda

[micahmiles]

Dirtclods wrote:
Can you get a plate for them there?

You can for a sxs in TN as an MSV - medium speed vehicle for use on 40 mph roads and under.

[cbigham]

U haul rental at vacation site.

[Dirtclods]

Can you get a plate for them there?

[Bedlam]

When we had a TH, we flat towed out of camps where ATV use was restricted.

http://buggynews.com/4-wheel-flat-towing-t13900.html

Now, we have an enclosed trailer and truck camper so we no longer have those worries. The TC can stay behind at camp and the "garage" gets towed to the staging area. We went with an enclosed trailer so we could carry items and tools and keep them out of the elements and thieves eyes.

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mr. old style wrote:
We only camp in ATV friendly campsites that are on the trail,

This. They aren't the easiest to find but campsites with trailhead access are the only way to go. We've found a bunch where we ride in ME.

[mr__old_style]

We only camp in ATV friendly campsites that are on the trail,

[dcmac214]

Up to now we carried a little & light Harbor Freight boat trailer frame with us. Take the hitch out of the truck, load one ATV in truck. Ramp doubles as 'floor' on boat trailer frame to carry 2d ATV. Works pretty good for us but as I get older it's getting a lot more difficult for me to load the boat trailer in the truck so...

Project for this summer is to make a light, take-apart wood frame for truck bed so I can lay pair of cut-to-length ramps across bed to hold the ATVs.

[Y-Guy]

Use the bed of the truck. When you park your Toy Hauler don't disconnect the 5th wheel hitch, instead remove the hitch from the bed. Then raise the Toy Hauler up a bit and pull the truck away leaving the hitch attached to the Toy Hauler. Then use a ramp to load/unload the ATVs one by one. It's a pain but keeps you legal.

or get something like this from Harbor Freight.

[wirenutz]

Old-Biscuit wrote:

Happycamper109 wrote:
The campsite isn’t too far from the trails but we would have to go on the road.
Old-Biscuit, thank you for thinking outside the box but we would need to go on the road.

Wouldn't be the first time ATVs were ridden from campsite, down along side of road to trails

OLD BISCUIT once again you beat me to the post, that was one of the ideas I was going to say, the other was find campgrounds closer to the trails you want to ride, or a place near the trails you can leave the truck and trailer while you ride at the end of the day just boondock it right where you are, now that's the real point of buying a well equipped toy hauler with a gen set

[garry_owen]

not much help to you there;

where we camp in moffet county co. and moab ut. quads are allowed on county roads.

we mostly boondock any way, so ride right out of camp. same when we camp in the nat. forests.

more ane more states are becoming tav friendly . hope country-province can to.

[Bionic_Man]

The problem you mention is the main reason we do not have a Toy Hauler. There is no easy way to do get the ATVs to the trails. Riding them on the road in Colorado is not legal, and if the County Sheriff doesn't enforce the law, the campground does.

It sounds like towing tandem is legal where you are. If it is, consider getting a regular fifth wheel and towing a utility trailer behind. That has solved our dilemma.

[micahmiles]

We ride them wherever we need to go.

[nvreloader]

I inccured the same problem when using my TH, so I made a break down rack that attached to the rear frame on my F-350 PU.
Since I have a camper shell on the bed and cannot load my atv into the bed.

This rack attaches to the main frame rails (slips inside the hitch holes) and then has 2 cross rails to drive the ATV on to, tighten down the 4 bolts, strap down with 3" nylon straps and good to go.

If you have an open bed PU you could haul 1 in the bed and the other on the rack, and or the only other option is to get an "Idaho Tote" attachment for the back of your RV to haul on.

Tia,
Don

[Old-Biscuit]

Happycamper109 wrote:
The campsite isn’t too far from the trails but we would have to go on the road.
Old-Biscuit, thank you for thinking outside the box but we would need to go on the road.

Wouldn't be the first time ATVs were ridden from campsite, down along side of road to trails