Adding a Class 2 Hitch to a 24' TT to tow a small trailer..?

Best to check with the manufacturer. Many of the light weight trailer's frames cannot handle hitches, even its just used for a bike rack.

You are going to get a lot of replies.

Ultra lights are made light by lightening the frame...
Double towing behind an TT is illegal is most areas.
Both trailers need brakes.
You need to plan your route accordingly to not need to back up.

Best answer is to get a toy hauler.

We have a 29' light TT and had a hitch put on the back for our boat. They welded a steel beam across to attatch the hitch on. I don't know the ruling in the US but we have electric brakes only on the trailer not on the boat. We pull all over northern Ontario and have had no trouble.

boosTT wrote:
You are going to get a lot of replies.

Ultra lights are made light by lightening the frame...
Double towing behind an TT is illegal is most areas.
Both trailers need brakes.
You need to plan your route accordingly to not need to back up.

Best answer is to get a toy hauler.

WTH..?? Ultra Lites are usually Aluminum framed...brakes in Texas are only required at 4500 lbs. and I have checked my routes, double or triple tow is perfectly legal. The last I checked it was 29 States...;

Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas and Utah



Just looking for some "Real World Experience" on the Hitch install...

Check again, double towing usually legal with a fifth wheel, not a bumper pull.

eHoefler wrote:
Check again, double towing usually legal with a fifth wheel, not a bumper pull.

Yup, this right here!

I am glad eHoefler and AirForceAnger spoke in.
I only know Ohio.. and they will make you disconnect the motorcycle trailer at the State run inspection station at the state line.

5th wheel only. double tow.

dc01039 wrote:
WTH..?? Ultra Lites are usually Aluminum framed...brakes in Texas are only required at 4500 lbs. and I have checked my routes, double or triple tow is perfectly legal.
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Just looking for some "Real World Experience" on the Hitch install...

Paul - Take it easy. People here are only trying to be helpful while the guy with the "real world experience" shows up to advise you on the mechanics is of the actual install.

Your point about UL trailers being aluminum framed is irrelevant. The point being made was in regard to the frame under the trailer which is always steel. The aluminum framing you are talking about are the studs and framing in the walls roof and floor. Any hitch you'd want to weld on would be to to steel frame under the trailer which is made lighter on UL trailers by both thinner steel and lightening holes.

Yes the laws in Texas require brakes on trailers above 4500lbs but the statute does not mention tandem towing. What do you think the intent of the law is when it comes to brake requirements on a combined tandem tow exceeding 4500lbs?

I bought a Curt hitch/receiver designed for RVs and mounted it across the frame of my old trailer. The thing was heavier-duty than the trailer frame and probably strengthened it. It's adjustable width, and you cut it to fit between the frame rails.

Would never put a lot of vertical weight on it though as you could probably twist the frame. We just put 100# of bike on it, braced against the trailer shell so it didn't bounce.

But I don't think I'd want to pull 2000# with my old trailer's frame either. The trailer itself was only 4000# loaded, and I think that's all the frame was designed for. Dunno about yours, but it can be done.

dc01039 wrote:
I will be buying a new Starcraft Launch Ultra Lite 24 RLS within the next two weeks. I need to add a Class 2 receiver hitch to it to pull a Full Dress Harley on a small trailer, total weight 2000 lbs. or less.

Has anyone actually put on a frame mounted hitch on their TT or 5th wheel like this?

Dealer says they send theirs out to a local muffler shop, no problem...I don't always beleive the dealer especially before the sale..Lol..!!

Several problems with this idea:
1. Page 1-10 in the owner's manual (available on line at Starcraft's website) specifically voids the warranty for "any unauthorized alterations." In another section the manual says, "...problems related to misuse, mishandling, neglect, or abuse..." are not covered under the warranty. Those are vague statements that could include adding the hitch and towing a trailer behind.
2. I doubt that double towing two trailers, both on hitch balls, is legal in most, if not all, states.
3. The total stability could be problematic.
4. Drive ability will also be problematic.
5. You will be exceeding the GVWR of the Starcraft, as the towed motorcycle trailer will be a component of that trailer.
6. It is overall not a good idea.