Towing small utility trailer behind 5ver
Can someone provide a link for what state's this is legal in? I've searched and can't seem to find reliable info. Alabama specifically.
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- In addition to the legality of double tows or not, there is another "law" on the books for every state regarding the total length of your RV rig.
Click here.
Alabama:
Total length: 57 feet; trailer length: 28 feet 6 inches; motor home length: 45 feet; width: 8 feet 6 inches (excluding mirrors and safety equipment, and appurtenances up to 6 inches attached to a motor home, travel trailer, self-propelled camper or house car, truck camper, or RV); height: 13 feet 6 inches.
Although it is quite common to see RV rigs longer than your state requirements, as a resident of your state, you need to be in compliance with your state of registration. - Good luck trying to back up!
- I've tandem towed for years. I have yet to find a on-line resource that was accurate for states laws.
- ^^^^^^^^^This, the only semi-reliable information you can get is from the DMV in the particular state you plan to visit. And I consider that only "semi-reliable" after many interactions with various DMV's.
- Thanks for the replies everybody. Clear as mud, lol. Guess I'll call the Alabama DMV and see what they say.
- Clear as mud is correct. When I double towed I spent time asking the CHP, the CA DMV, and my local law enforcement and got three different answers. I have also contacted a local traffic accident attorney and my insurance and got two more different answers.
Because of what I wanted to take with me I decided to tow doubles and had many, many, many incident free miles and it allowed me to enjoy camping and OHV at the same time. Over buy/build your hitches, good braking on all trailers, and good lights on both trailers. I did find myself traveling a bit slower, being picky over stops (this went away the more I towed), and I tended to preplan a lot more than I do now. Dick_B wrote:
Good luck trying to back up!
Why is that the first thing people go to?
Motorhomes towing cars 4-down and on dollies can't back-up. That's a vast majority of MH owners.
Why isn't every motorhome thread littered with "Good luck trying to back up!"?- I towed a "swivelwheel" type trailer for a few years and never checked with the DMV where I was going. I figured if I got stopped, I would be inconvenienced for a while, but no serious harm was going to be done. And backing up was never an issue.
FWIW I was never stopped, and I traveled through, and stopped in, several states that don't allow double towing. YMMV.
