Towing a caravan and a boat

They do it in the states, just do a search for Double Towing, lots of comments and photos from various forums.


Trev

Definitely illegal. Imagine the major problems would be
(1) braking: would your controller handle both trailers or extra setup for boat.

(2) Tracking: keeping the boat tracking in the same line as the car & van

(3) Licence & Registration: Cost to register tug as a prime mover & then al the bits & pieces for towing. What licence would you need A: HR : Articulated. All can take years to get unless you already have them.

(4) Capability of Tow Hitch & fitting of tow hitch to van

Would be nice to have though. Bill

Gday,
Why cant you?
Are you sure you cant?

If you had your vehicle re-engineerd with a stronger chassis, made heavier, brakes up graded, stronger tow hitch, duel wheels and generally strengthened.
You had a HC licence, found an insurance company who would insure you and paid the appropriate rego (whatever that might be).
Had a purpose built caravan with wheels at the back to take the load of the second trailer, a purpose built second trailer with a turn table to enable it to track and suitable brakes fitted to both.......and kept all that within the guideline of the transport authority in your state (or had the guidelines changed)...........you probably could. LOL

Good luck
Cheers

Carl! How about a folding boat? Carry it on roof racks!! Michael

Why not get a Roadtrain and be done with it.

Mate put a tinnie on the roof.

Saw a fifth wheeler at Kakadu towing a boat had a chat to him it was registered as a b-double with the correct hitches etc from memory 27 - 30 foot trailer with 16 - 18 foot boat pulled by light truck
Cheers Kev

http://caravanersforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=27907

Looks like someones got it sorted, cheers

Get real Carl R.

just buy a tinnie and put on the roof .

Imagine the stuff you could fit in that. With an already over loaded caravan. :)

Been doing it in SA for quite some time.
Mainly out on the block when cutting firewood. When I put the receiver hitches on the back of the trailers, I also wire in a socket so all following trailers have their lights operating. At one stage had three trailers set up as lead trailers, pulling four around the paddock. On a few occassions where I have been in a situation where I've needed to come back into town with two attached, handling has been quite fine even at the posted 110km/h limit. The second trailer can only follow what the towing vehicle does.
I have had receiver hitches on a:
7x4 single axle (later converted to a tandem)
7x4 tandem axle
7x4 single axle (which got stolen off a Navy base in WA)
Flat bed tandem axle
To be done, an 8x5 tandem axle over this summer.
The first tow vehicle that I pulled three at once was not a 4WD, but a VB Commodore with a sweet little 253 in it. My VS ute also has pulled three trailers, but now my Rodeo's do the towing, and don't even know the additional trailer(s) are attached.
Reversing two tandem trailers is a cinch, reversing two single axle trailers more difficult.
As for towing hitches, only with 50mm ball, and with lights wired through.
Sorry, not being a financial member, I can't post a few photo's I have.
I have noticed other than my own, quite a few trailers around the place with either fixed tounges or receiver hitches attached to the back of them (which does not include mass produced camper trailers with receiver hitches intended for bike racks), so quite a few are doing it.
Cheers,
Dion.

Yeah Carl, why not!!!
Can you give me a call when you intend to do it and I’ll post the video of you on you tube under the appropriate section.

get a grip