Towing X2 - Possible? Dangerous? Illegal?

A friend just bought an RV with a "toy box" in the back end. He has a three wheel Morgan on its way that he will haul around in there, park, open the back door, and drive the Morgan out. It will be his "get around" vehicle once he gets where he wants to stay for a while. Or, for any stop where he decides he wants to do a little "cruising around" without doing it in a big, clumsy for close quarters RV.

And with this setup, the other vehicle is stored indoors while on the road (basically, the back 10 or so feet of the motorhome is the garage).

Steve Leonard

I have a 34 foot class A that I tow my Glider with. I also tow a toad 4 wheel down cavalier when I don't have the glider. The problem I have is the weight I could put on the rear axle is limited to about 200 lbs. So I custom built a rack for the front where I had 600 lbs to use and mounted a Honda Rebel 250 motorcycle. Most States have max vehicle length combined at 65 feet and you can't have more than one thing in tow unless the first vehicle is a fifth wheel configuration to which you can add a trailer. The real issue then becomes total length. Also I thought of a "Stacker" trailer for both a Car and glider trailer, but they are expensive as well. I don't ground tow the glider with the motorcycle at flying sites but probably could if very careful and slow. There are usually friends with other vehicles to borrow and in case of the occasional land out I can use the Motorhome to retrieve.

Why not get a fifth wheel set up, with the trailer with the entire back acts as a ramp. The guy that go tear up the desert use these, they have living space and space for the toys inside.

On Thursday, October 20, 2016 at 9:17:13 AM UTC-7, wrote:
I have a 34 foot class A that I tow my Glider with. I also tow a toad 4 wheel down cavalier when I don't have the glider. The problem I have is the weight I could put on the rear axle is limited to about 200 lbs. So I custom built a rack for the front where I had 600 lbs to use and mounted a Honda Rebel 250 motorcycle. Most States have max vehicle length combined at 65 feet and you can't have more than one thing in tow unless the first vehicle is a fifth wheel configuration to which you can add a trailer. The real issue then becomes total length. Also I thought of a "Stacker" trailer for both a Car and glider trailer, but they are expensive as well. I don't ground tow the glider with the motorcycle at flying sites but probably could if very careful and slow. There are usually friends with other vehicles to borrow and in case of the occasional land out I can use the Motorhome to retrieve.

On Thursday, October 20, 2016 at 9:27:55 AM UTC-5, Steve Leonard wrote:
A friend just bought an RV with a "toy box" in the back end. He has a three wheel Morgan on its way that he will haul around in there, park, open the back door, and drive the Morgan out. It will be his "get around" vehicle once he gets where he wants to stay for a while. Or, for any stop where he decides he wants to do a little "cruising around" without doing it in a big, clumsy for close quarters RV.

And with this setup, the other vehicle is stored indoors while on the road (basically, the back 10 or so feet of the motorhome is the garage).

Steve Leonard

I think he got one of the Class A of this type.

https://thormotorcoach.com/outlaw/

Should be able to pull your glider behind, and have your run-about with you inside in the "toybox" at the back end. You don't need two trailers...

As Steve mentioned, one thought is to purchase the Thor Outlaw 37RB (link below) that has a 10ft garage in the rear and was made to accommodate a Smart Car. A class one trailer hitch is available for the Smart Car which carries a max load of about 200# on the tongue and about 1100# towing capacity. That would work out fine for a tow out vehicle and would also be able to use the car for site seeing etc. It will not and would not be safe to tow the glider trailer with the Smart Car (maybe just around the airport grounds) so landing out still requires the use of the RV or a borrowed car/truck. That would require the RV to be on the airport grounds. But what if RV parking is not allowed on the airport? The RV then needs to be at an RV park, possibly a long distance from the airport, which then requires the RV to be unhooked from power/water/sewer everyday and brought out to the airport daily.. Kind of a pain.

More thoughts to follow.

Don
F2


On Thursday, October 20, 2016 at 12:47:54 PM UTC-5, Steve Leonard wrote:
On Thursday, October 20, 2016 at 9:27:55 AM UTC-5, Steve Leonard wrote:

And with this setup, the other vehicle is stored indoors while on the road (basically, the back 10 or so feet of the motorhome is the garage).

Steve Leonard

I think he got one of the Class A of this type.

https://thormotorcoach.com/outlaw/

Should be able to pull your glider behind, and have your run-about with you inside in the "toybox" at the back end. You don't need two trailers...

Another Thought:
Purchase a 30+ foot RV, install a HydraLift capable of carrying a trike or Can-Am Spyder (3 wheeler) on the back of the RV. Put a hitch on the 3 wheeler for a tow out vehicle. The hydralift also allows for towing a vehicle or trailer.

http://hydralift-usa.com/canam-spyder/


On Friday, October 21, 2016 at 8:47:05 AM UTC-5, Don Grillo wrote:
As Steve mentioned, one thought is to purchase the Thor Outlaw 37RB (link below) that has a 10ft garage in the rear and was made to accommodate a Smart Car.