If your in Cali.....Lookout!!!!!
I hope this is a joke! Truck, Trailer and.......Jeep?
Forum Discussion
christopherglenn wrote:
I really doubt the hitch on the truck, the drawbar on the truck, the ball on the truck, AND the coupler on the front of the trailer are rated for the combined weight of the trailer + jeep. As per CHP, if it is not rated for the combined weight, it is not legal.
And why, exactly, would you doubt that? A 3/4 ton Ford is easily rated for north of 20000lbs GCWR. They sell class-5 receivers rated for 17,000lbs or more these days. Draw-Tite (Or maybe Reese/Valley?) make a service vehicle hitch receiver that can be attached to almost any frame rails that is rated for 14,000lbs gross. They sell brake-buddies for toads.
Point is: The equipment is certainly out there and available.
As for the legality, I've seen various opinions offered over the years for California in particular, but can't recall seeing a definitive answer in the statutes with my own eyes that difinitively states it one way or the other.