I am looking for some suggestions/help from my fellow forum members. I currently travel with a 30 foot Travel Trailer when camping as the wife does not like sleeping in a tent. We also like to bring our 1998 Seadoo GS and our 1997 Seadoo GTX for fun but are no longer allowed to tow a trailer behind a trailer where we live. Has anyone else run into this problem?? If so how did you fix it???
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Hauling Seadoo's with a travel trailer for camping
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That's a different concept...I don't know of any solution, except maybe have your wife drive another vehicle with the seadoo's? In the states you can't pull 2 trailers either. I have a friend that bought one of those toy carriers...1/2 trailer and 1/2 garage for the toys. It has a cargo storage place in the rear with a huge lay down door.
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At 30 ft you are sorta stuck....
Is it a goose neck or a tow behind trailer? If it is tow behind I have seen truck bed racks that would do you just fine.
http://jettrax.com/PWC-Lifts.htm
Otherwise I would suggest a smaller camper for the jetski weekends.
Is it a goose neck or a tow behind trailer? If it is tow behind I have seen truck bed racks that would do you just fine.
http://jettrax.com/PWC-Lifts.htm
Otherwise I would suggest a smaller camper for the jetski weekends.
This is a good question....
In the 80's, I did a lot of out of state work with sub contractors. I owned a Jayco travel trailer and a motorcycle. I used to pull the utility trailer behind the travel trailer. Mostly to Tampa or Houston.
While researching this law, there does seem that a few states don't allow it, but not many. The law appears to be directly related to over-all length, not trailers.
Here is a comment I found on a website about hauling two trailers. Take a read...........
When in the FL Keys last April I met a fellow with a fifth wheel towing a jet ski from GA. He had never been stopped. That got me thinking. When I got home I went to the Maryland State Police to ask about the possibility of towing a small boat behind my Cherokee behind our class C for a short distance. They could NOT find anything on the books prohibiting the practice and said they would not stop someone doing so.
It also appears that most State police organizations would not stop someone pulling a small utility trailer with a travel trailer, but someone towing a 45 foot 5th wheel, with a 10 ft utility trailer, would go over the 45ft trailering law and probably be stopped for it.
It does seem, from reading from state to state, there must be a Federal law about the total length (combined or single) cannot exceed 45 feet, without a CDL and a special permit.
If your planning a trip of this nature, I would look at the states I were going to cross and call those State Law enforcment agencies (most have websites now) and get a yes or no answer, just to be on the safe side.
In the 80's, I did a lot of out of state work with sub contractors. I owned a Jayco travel trailer and a motorcycle. I used to pull the utility trailer behind the travel trailer. Mostly to Tampa or Houston.
While researching this law, there does seem that a few states don't allow it, but not many. The law appears to be directly related to over-all length, not trailers.
Here is a comment I found on a website about hauling two trailers. Take a read...........
When in the FL Keys last April I met a fellow with a fifth wheel towing a jet ski from GA. He had never been stopped. That got me thinking. When I got home I went to the Maryland State Police to ask about the possibility of towing a small boat behind my Cherokee behind our class C for a short distance. They could NOT find anything on the books prohibiting the practice and said they would not stop someone doing so.
It also appears that most State police organizations would not stop someone pulling a small utility trailer with a travel trailer, but someone towing a 45 foot 5th wheel, with a 10 ft utility trailer, would go over the 45ft trailering law and probably be stopped for it.
It does seem, from reading from state to state, there must be a Federal law about the total length (combined or single) cannot exceed 45 feet, without a CDL and a special permit.
If your planning a trip of this nature, I would look at the states I were going to cross and call those State Law enforcment agencies (most have websites now) and get a yes or no answer, just to be on the safe side.
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just got done with a project Im pretty proud of, built a steel jig/platform in the back of my dodge 3/4 ton diesel that pulls my 2 place watercraft trailer with the 97 xp and the polaris virage right up and on top of the truck so that I can pull my 30' travel trailer. 2 days ago I road tested it for the first time and it passed. I may consider getting a rear sway bar as there is 1900lbs basically all above the cab but it felt pretty safe at 60 going down the freeway.
As far as the jig, made out of steel with 2 10' folding ramps I bought on a quad website and the center mast going over my cab is a reinforced shorelander trailer center beam with a warn 8,000lb winch in the bed attached to it. I am now sanding it down for bedliner material next, also I seen two guys take my pict on the road with their phones, quite the eye catcher. It is almost 11' tall altogether, about the same height as my tahoe trailer, now I need to get a exhaust brake for the truck. my camera does not work with my new computer (xp) so until I get another camera, I wont be able to post picts. Also I used a old workout machine , metal from around the house and I bought maybe 120 worth of metal for this contraption so I did pretty good.
just got done with a project Im pretty proud of, built a steel jig/platform in the back of my dodge 3/4 ton diesel that pulls my 2 place watercraft trailer with the 97 xp and the polaris virage right up and on top of the truck so that I can pull my 30' travel trailer. 2 days ago I road tested it for the first time and it passed. I may consider getting a rear sway bar as there is 1900lbs basically all above the cab but it felt pretty safe at 60 going down the freeway.
As far as the jig, made out of steel with 2 10' folding ramps I bought on a quad website and the center mast going over my cab is a reinforced shorelander trailer center beam with a warn 8,000lb winch in the bed attached to it. I am now sanding it down for bedliner material next, also I seen two guys take my pict on the road with their phones, quite the eye catcher. It is almost 11' tall altogether, about the same height as my tahoe trailer, now I need to get a exhaust brake for the truck. my camera does not work with my new computer (xp) so until I get another camera, I wont be able to post picts. Also I used a old workout machine , metal from around the house and I bought maybe 120 worth of metal for this contraption so I did pretty good.
Try a USB plug for the memory stick. They are cheap at Walmarts.
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This is similar to what I was thinking your option would be, instead of hauling trailer & SeaDoo, you could build a "bunk" for the craft to ride in the truck... Use a winch to pull the SeaDoo into the truck, this will knock off a few pounds over your rear axle...
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great Idea there too mirage, but with watercraft 9 to 10' long and with my shortbed pickup, your going to have to go over the cab no matter what if your hauling a trailer, I opted with the trailer on top too just because I knew it could be done. lol, mike
great Idea there too mirage, but with watercraft 9 to 10' long and with my shortbed pickup, your going to have to go over the cab no matter what if your hauling a trailer, I opted with the trailer on top too just because I knew it could be done. lol, mike
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