Re: [SilverStreak] Rear Hitch on trailer

[<waymark1@xxxxxxxx>]

A long time ago I posted a news item to the list about a man and his wife who 
were killed from towing a straight pull travel trailer with a boat and trailer 
hitched to its rear. This occurred in Montana near Great Falls. Sway threw 
their combination over into the ditch, where all 3 vehicles rolled.
Most RV 5th wheel trailers I have seen have considerable rear overhang behind 
the trailer's rear axle. This is a lever arm for a 2d trailer to "whip" the 
rear of the lead trailer side to side. Not as bad as if the lead trailer is a 
straight pull but I feel it's pushing things.
Real sway control (not friction) like Dual Cam or an Arrow is called for if 
one insists on this practice.
Oregon absolutely forbids 2 trailers behind light tow vehicles. The Highway 
Patrol told me that it made no difference that such is legal in the RVer's home 
state. That the HP would cite the driver and require one trailer to be left 
behind to be picked up later.
Al

Ken wrote:
As noted....SOME states will allow a double tow but only with the first hitch 
being a 5th wheel hitch, so a bumper pull can not pull anything behind it.  I 
believe that Texas will allow a second trailer if the first is a 5th wheel and 
nothing on a bumper pull.
Just this past weekend, we saw a 26' of so bumper pull with a 16 to 18' boat in 
tow behind it.  The travel trailer did not have any W/D on the hitch.  He was 
trucking along at close to 70 MPH.
No one has ever said that you have to be smart to buy and RV...all you need is 
the cash or credit and you are an RVer.
 Ken Wilson 
KE5DFR@sbcglobal.net 
Cypress, Texas