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Old October 20th 16, 03:07 PM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
Dan Marotta
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Default Towing X2 - Possible? Dangerous? Illegal?

It's too long in New Mexico and Colorado. I researched it. Thankfully I
never tried it since losing the car would also result in losing the
glider. Better to simply rent a car while at the event.

On 10/20/2016 7:04 AM, OHM Ω wrote:
A friend of mine (seriously) is about to retire and wants to begin touring the US with an RV while towing a glider trailer. Been done many times. No issues to speak of with this concept.

But he also does NOT want to use the RV to tow the assembled glider around the airport during events. He would much rather bring another smaller vehicle along for the tour for the "tow out".

His current idea is using a three-wheeler motorcycle. It would be on a ramped flat bed suspended from the back of the RV and then the glider trailer behind that. You can see some of those ideas here http://www.mightyhauler.com/ (with a car instead of a glider). Anyone done this? So that is idea number one.

But a car might be better than a motorcycle (for events and for side trips) so is there an option for that? It might be a hair-brained idea but could an RV haul a ramped car trailer and add a glider trailer behind that? Obviously, you cannot back up but is it too long? Too dangerous? Too illegal?

Expiring minds want to know.

Thanks, John OHM


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