The European set ups that you showed are perfectly safe, the caravans have their own brakes and anti sway hitches. Provided they are driven at legal limits and weight distributed correctly then issues are reasonably rare.
You are correct. Those trailers weigh maybe 2400-2800 pounds max so they are not a problem for a Porche. European trailers are lighter built than the ones in the US.
@@Here_is_Waldo I've no idea what safety features they have, but I'd imagine they have independent braking systems, I believe they are generally heavier than European caravans.
@@Here_is_Waldo most reasonably sized campers in the US have brakes but the sway control will depend on your hitch set up. I tow a 38" 10k lbs bumper pull with my F250 and it handles great. I definitely prefer to have a beefy truck that is designed to pull.
We sold an international chassis from a former Elliott crane that was a stick shift for I think 5 grand and that thing would be perfect for an RV. Put a camper right on the frame or chop the frame shorter and make a fifth wheel with a huge storage box in front of it. It was basically a box truck chassis and it really moved once the crane was stripped off. You only needed the clutch to start and park, that thing had a stupid wide shift pattern but it was smooooooth
I am 38 and getting ready to semi retire and move out of a $800,000 home on Tybee Island and either rent out the rest, I already rent 2bedrooms and 1 bath on Airbnb and it is fully booked for the last 10 years, and I am probably going to rent out the 4br/3bath section I currently live in alone. I am going to buy an RV, Honda scooter, load up the RV with my tools and tool boxes, and put all my stuff in it and go adventuring for a few years until I get bored and want to come back to Tybee Island. I may just go for a few months and I may go for a few years and I may just sell the home and never return or just return to sell and do paperwork. I am still deciding on the best setup. I have a new Toyota Corolla wagon and I may get an ultra lightweight trailer for it and put the scooter on the back end and my tools in the storage in the RV. I have a lot of tools and I do construction and property management and light construction for a living and also buy and fix used cars and sell them aswell. Plus the rental I have makes $70,000 a year in profit so there is that. The only trailer I have found that I can tow with my Corolla that has a bathroom and is light enough for my Corolla is like $18,000 used and like $25,000 new. But there are used ones that range from $15k to $22k all say long. What is the best way to do this? I have a lot of tools I want to bring on the road with me and I want to be comfortable but compact on the road. My Corolla with a trailer and a bathroom, then a 150cc scooter on the back that does 55mph-60mph? Or am I better off getting a legit Rv like a class C that is small and tow my Corolla or tow my scooter? What is the beat setup for one guy and a small Boston terrier? I just plan on doing work like painting and pressure washing and building decks and whatnot out of the setup so....
It's interesting that you comment so much on europeans pulling campers. We do not have the same problems as you do in the US. 1. We actually have to take proper education to get a driverslicens. Even it there are differences between different countries, it's a lot better then in US. I have California driverslicense my self, and it's a joke. 2. We have regulations on how much your car is allowed to pull on the hitch, depending on how much your car weigh and what kind of engine, clutch and also what kind of driverslicense you have. 3. Most people in Europe are not idiots and actually use common sense. Look it up. It is actually a pretty awsome thing.
I don't think Smart's are allowed to tow in the UK, many small cars aren't, including my old Audi S3 Quattro, as they never met European Type Approval Regulations.
It seems like the RV industry hasn't woken up to the fact that the cost of the fuel in the US is a lot more then what it used to be and they should start building lighter trailers/RVs. What I've seen from videos is a lot of heavy wood furniture like the ones in houses used in all kinds of RVs and heavy cast iron or steel accessories all over. Naturally when your trailer weighs several thousand of pounds you will need a huge truck to tow it. The fuel bill will be quite high. In Europe an average trailer can be towed by a family car with an efficient engine of low fuel consumption.
@@markwalker4485 What is the average dimensions of a trailer (caravan) in the US? I know you can go to enormous sizes, but what is the average? Also the average max laden weight of one of these? Also, apart from the trailer (caravan) axles being further back, do you have any other means of stability control to remove sway? The speed limits for a car or 4x4 here in the UK are max 50mph on single carriageways, and max 60mph on dual carriageways/motorways, and you can't use more than the first two nearside lanes (left hand side as we drive on the left) on any dual carriageway or motorway with 3 or more lanes, same applies to LGVs (Large Trucks & Semi's) although they are automatically speed limited (GPS) to 40mph and 56mph respectively (engine brake applies and includes brake lights). There's no Articulated Trucks (Semi's) doing 80mph+ here, unless the tractor unit is being raced around a closed circuit track, with water cooled brakes in one of the truck racing series (drag racing Semi's isn't really a thing here).
@@steve-ht2cm No he just drops it off at the campsite and me and brothers will help set it up for the renters. The renters just meet us at the campsite in their own vehicle.
On the Zap or even similar, I ran into a guy Oregon. The trailer had solar panels, his silly tulle roof box had panels. It essentially doubled the distance his fart car could go but one BIG problem. November in Oregon. Mr sun does not come out often. I filled my F350, double checked the tie downs on my Lance camper and off I went. He guesstimated he would be charged in another 4 hours.
There are a lot of states that allow double trailering but the rear trailer has to be connected to the first trailer - NOT to something on the first trailer!!!!
We used to tow a double axle Tabbert Senator caravan max weight 1450 kilograms with a Volvo 240 wagon, all over Europe including Eastern Europe over mountains and everything without any problems. The Volvo was rated to tow 1500 kilograms. So it was all perfectly legal. Now there is a speedlimit towing of 80 KPH in most of Europe. Which is wise. In the Netherlands where I am from it is increased to 90 KPH. In Germany if you get your combination tested you're allowed to drive 100 KPH. These days caravans go up to 2000 kilograms. Some Porsche SUV's are rated to tow 3500 kilograms. If you don't overload your rig it's perfectly safe.
Last I checked, towing doubles (which we do -- 16-1/2' boat behind a 33' 5th wheel) is legal in most US states and the law in your state of registration tends to prevail but OR and WA do not permit towing recreational doubles and none of the east coast states permit it with the sole exception of Maryland for reasons unknown. But we never venture east of what we call "the wall" = Montana, Wyoming, Colorado, and New Mexico. Most all the National Parks and National Forests are in the west anyway plus virtually all of the BLM (free camping) is in the west -- not sure why anyone would ever venture east of "the wall" in any event. :)
@@chadmutchler5062 -- I think you're confusing towing recreational doubles and commercial doubles. Last time I checked, only RV restriction in Louisiana was "Passengers are permitted to ride in pickup campers only". And why would you need a triples endorsement if you're only ever towing doubles?
@@chadmutchler5062 -- Last time I checked, this was the only RV restriction in Louisiana = "Passengers are permitted to ride in pickup campers only." I think you're confusing commercial doubles with recreational doubles. In living fulltime and offgrid for 8 years and 2 months, I've never seen anyone towing recreational triples though towing doubles is quite common in the southwest. A lot of cops think they know the rules too but they don't either. But I save my best arguments for the judge -- that's where the rubber meets the road.
@@JIMPETERSON-n7i Recreational doubles endorsement is available here in Michigan as well. Probably just a money grab by the state as the only requirement is a little written test.
During summer vacation the highways are packed with small European cars and caravans. Put the heavy stuff above the axle and tongue weight between 50-100kg for most cars and you have no problems doing 130kmh. But in America it's normal to need a big pickup truck to tow. And those trailers and trucks are designed for heavy tongue weights. In Europe people drive mostly normal cars everyday and also tow sometimes.
I live on the SoCal Coast, and I see this crap all the time. 55+ years of Trucking and towing? I don't even bother to say anything. If the CHP and Local Law Enforcement lets them do it, who am I to say? Last Sunday I saw a Explorer towing a 25ft. Trailer with 3 Dirt bikes hanging off the back of that with one of those genius Hitch Racks...and there is no way those front wheels stayed on the ground all the time.....
Many of these I'd not say anything to. I'd just make sure I got on the interstate before then so when they about inevitably wreck, it's behind me. So I won't be tied up in hours long jam.
I remember all the funny looks I got after I bought my 30ft 5th wheel. In the fact I was pulling it with my 91 379 that had the drop 3rd axle for heavy haul.
don't comment on stuff you know nothing about Joe, in Europe CARAVANS are far safer than the trailers you guys pull. everything is safety and weight rated so you can pull a certain weight with a certain vehicle. Why you north Americans think you are the only people who do things the right way
You need to research European trailers, they weigh almost nothing, have full overrun braking and tow just fine with small car, if you drive like a moron and drive at unsafe speeds any set up is potentially dangerous, so youre hardly qualified to comment
You can tow a bumper pull behind a fifth wheel on the federal highway in the lower 48 and Alaska. Once you leave the federal highway it depends if the road is part of the federal highway plan, but could be a state highway that you could still double pull as they will follow the rules for the federal highway, once you leave that the state and county laws apply. So if you leave the Interstate to get fuel make sure that state always double tow or once you hit that frontage road they can ticket you. If you google nhs pdf you should get a map. But remember if you are off the Interstate and on a highway the local city police can still give you a ticket and you would need to go back to fight it in court. Best to not leave the Interstate unless the state allows double tow.
So many illustrations of "you can't fix stupid." Some of this reminds me of a Jeff Foxworthy line. State trooper, "Sir, it is legal for you to tow a boat behind your car in the state of Georgia, but we do require that you put it on a trailer."
The truck with the truck bed hauling a fifth wheel is essentially the same idea as a semi using a converter dolly. The first one you showed was legit. The only issue i see is the tow weight capacity of the truck being exceeded.
Really nothing wrong with most of the European or European style setups shown as such, the ones shown snaking are probably incorrectly loaded. With the recommended 5-7% of trailer weight on the coupling they are perfectly stable at 60 mph which is the fastest they are allowed to go.
nobody with a trailer drives trailer speed. they all drive 85 like they normally do. small uhal trailers have 55 MPH printered on the fenders, ive never seen one towed at less than 80.
@@scottmcshannon6821 Well, Traffic Laws are different here, and there's a lot of traffic cameras, suffice to say on a 70mph Motorway or Dual Carriageway you're limited to 60mph with a trailer, trucks (semi) actually have speed limiters for 56mph linked to the throttle and air brakes, which are automatically applied downhill. Also if there's more than two lanes of traffic, trucks (semi) and towing vehicles are restricted to the first two lanes near the shoulder. On a Single Carriageway of 60mph you're limited to 50mph with a trailer, trucks are limited to 40mph, again modern trucks (semi) are linked to GPS and they will not go faster than the posted speed limit, whether you stamp on the accelerator or don't use the brake, as throttle and brakes are controlled by GPS. Towing a Caravan (Trailer) with my Estate (Station Wagon), I never go faster than 56mph anyway, as that's the cheapest for fuel economy.
@@scottmcshannon6821that's just in the states mostly, in Canada people usually tend not to get to stupid when pulling a trailer. I was hauling a big Ford camper van on my 16ft car hauler with way way to much hitch weight but there was nothing I could do short of ripping the engine out to fix the hitch weight. Above 55mph it would start flying back and forth, had it on 2 wheels in the first 5 minutes...after I found out what speed it started swaying violently at I kept doing it to practice getting it back under control. Was a completely different experience compared to hauling 140000lb loads around.
Just go down to Tennessee and you'll see turduck in everywhere, and the combination I usually see is a pickup truck with a couple of Harleys in the back towing another pickup truck with a another pickup truck behind it all the beds of all the trucks are full and then they're towing an rv or a small single wide. Though that's probably just moving day😂 and don't forget, one of those pickup trucks is on a tow dolly 🤣😂
I towed a 17' sailboat with an 89 Honda civic, 4 dr with a 4 cyl from South Carolina to MD. Detached from active duty Marine Corps. Left the boat with a friend, moved to MD then went back to SC to bring it back. That was in 91. Drove the car to 213,000 miles until we traded it in 2003. Never replaced the clutch!
Years ago I'm heading to Vegas. On the large downhill into the valley I see him coming like a bat out of hell. Ford F150 short bed (owned by uHaul) pulling a 40ft Prowler. Plain to see, NO CONNECTION BETWEEN TRUCK AND TRAILER except the hitch. He could not slow by that time and no trailer brakes or lights! I was going 80 in my car. He passed me at least 95 and the trailer was starting to fishtail. Two trucker pull outs and he didn't try either. Bottom of that hill, the 15 swings left. He didn't. Fortunately only the driver no one died. Truck and trailer were destroyed.
Let's clear up some generalizations. As seen in this video, TRAILERS are towed by a vehicle. RV's (recreational VEHICLES) are motorized. Just for the record, anytime you're TOWING a TRAILER with a car or truck much caution must be observed. Driving an RV is different all together. This has been a public service messege.
ve·hi·cle /ˈvēək(ə)l,ˈvēˌhik(ə)l/ noun 1. a thing used for transporting people or goods, especially on land, such as a car, truck, or cart. I think what you are differentiating is a Vehicle vs a Motorized Vehicle. Recreation Vehicles include Motorhomes, Travel Trailers, Fifth-wheel trailers, and pop-up trailers. But towing ANY trailer is a safety concern, we agree.
The only difference the axle placement makes is where you store your gear. In a European trailer, you store your gear in the front, in an American trailer, you store your gear in the back. Easy Breezy.
So.... Trailer sway... About that... STOP ROCKING THE STEERING WHEEL it isn't 1940. Also I tow with a Toyota yaris, Google it, it's a 1.5l 4cyl 4speed auto. I have pulled everything from boats to campers not had an issue. Weight distribution and proper driving.
I once thought about adding a trailer hitch to my old ‘76 Honda Civic (There were no Priuses at that time.) When I checked the manual for its towing capacity it stated, “Towing with the Honda Civic is NOT recommended!”
I put a hitch on my 77 civic for moving small trailers around my yard. 10 mph or less. I took it down the road with a typical smaller u-haul utility trailer once. Only Once! I only made 2 mild turns at less 35 mph. Those tiny tires just didnt want to stick. The manual was clearly correct. 😂
Yeah, you can tow some stuff with a small car/Prius. Just don't expect the engine to last very long. Or the transmission. Or the suspension. Or the brakes. Just because you can hook it up and it will move does not mean you should be doing that! My stepdad had a 76 Sedan De Ville with a 500 c.i. engine in it. He wanted to put a Buick V-6 3800 in it and tried to get me to do it. I explained why it should not be done and he started to yell at me that he wanted better MPG's out of it! I told him to get a smaller car, he locked me out of the house!!
Towing double is legal in many places, with the condition of, the tow vehicle must be set up for 5th wheel and the second trailer can be bumper mount hitch. Basically the same set up as semi's pulling double.
I tried Florida, the problem is I tried Port St Lucie, two walmarts, one sams club, and a whole lotta churches.... and Nuclear Power Plant for good measure. :D Thanks for commenting!
The last one could be argued in court. Im betting. Thinn about it, the rv is towing a trailer with a car. The car itself is towing the boat trailer. If the law isn't worded right, it could make this an exception if you had a real good lawyer who finds this loophole. One more thing, the first "turdukan" pic just looked like a diy dolly. In the trucking industry, they use dollys to tow doubles and triples. If you see a truck hauling 2 or more trailers, each trailer is a regular style trailer with a king pin, which is hooked to a dolly's 5th wheel. That dolly is then hitched to the rear of the forward trailer.
I heard a story about an old mercedes towing a car transport trailer loaded with a wheel loader. About 10 ton+. However in Sweden you can have a so called A-tractor registration on a car, then you can legally tow more then a car at max 45 km/h.
While driving in Florida one hot summer there was a terrible traffic jam. When we got to all the excitement it was a huge Airstream trailer connected to a small charred spot on the shoulder! 😜
I once saw a regular pickup truck parked on the shoulder of the freeway towing a camper that had 2 flat wheels on it's side hooked to a boat trailer that was upside down with the boat 20 feet down in the ditch...I thought that was epic! Not sure anyone. Great RV Tur-Duck-En's!
Mighta just been tire failures. Most people do not maintain their trailer bearings or tires. I knew a guy who towed a small boat, and it bounced all over the place. He figured out that stock Geo Metro tires would fit, so he put set on the boat trailer and it was smooth as silk after that, lol.
Gotta share mine. Towing a 34.5 foot fifth wheel camper with a dry weight of 10390 pounds with a 93 Silverado excab lightduty 4wd 5.7 n a manual trans with 203k from Nampa ID to threeforks MT. Gotta love a chevy
I have done some tur-duck-en towing. Drove a 70 hp open cab farm tractor with a car hauler. On the car hauler was my pickup (Tractor didn’t fit on the car hauler). Attached to the bumper of my truck was a hay wagon with some implements, and behind that was a hay rake. Drove it a couple hundred kilometres through two thunderstorms.
back in the 80's, our family had a plymouth horizon hatchback, 4 banger, 5-speed manual, we towed a lionel tent trailer from ottawa ontario to prince edward island(PEI) and back again. the little car did alright and our trailer rode smooth the whole way.
The 26' on the Buick if they had reversed a drop hitch to make the hitch level would be a good thing. The pickup bed 5thwheel camper Not a bad idea would work better for the 5th wheel tailgate. The UHaul was quite original not sure of the legality The semi Cool all kingpins are the same size so a semi tractor can haul a 5th wheel camper no problem. Ive seen 5th wheel campers with Duals and airride and Airbrakes. With a smart car it all matched. The class A motor home. Install a 2" reciver on the back of yhe 1st trailer to pull the 2nd trailer. Remember to keep your rig under maximum lenght for the states your running thru. Dont overload on an axle. If your running thru multiple jurisdictions have a full fuel CAT scale Showing your not over axle or gross weight keep that and insurance/Registration for the rig and each asset(trailer, boat&trailer, ETC) in arms reach of the driver with seatbelt fastened. Have a spare tire on rim for every different tire on the rig and the capability to change it on the side of the road. Goes for the marker lights and taillights as well. Remember police can be curious creatures. Dont give them cause.
my worst tow ever was when I towed a 1990 F250 with a 2004 ford ranger using a tow bar. It was the most horrifying time in my driving experience and I've driven though a few blizzards. Any time I had to use the brakes if there was the slightest curve the F250 would start pushing the ranger sideways. I drove from central Texas to Virginia never exceeded 55mph and took all freeway exits at 20mph below the posted speeds or even slower. I would have been better off with a dolly, when I planned this trip I didn't realize just how much the F250 outweighed the ranger and how easily it was going to push it around. maybe I should have loaded up about a 1000 pounds of sand bags so the ranger wasn't so light in the rear. Anyways not something I plan on ever repeating.
Your main problem was no brakes on the towed vehicle. It would have been better with the F250 on a trailer even though it would have been heavier overall, but still a combination needing careful handling.
My brother and sister in law bought a trailer RV several years ago. A couple of weeks after they bought it, my brother had to replace his own fence. Oops! He missed the gate and took out a huge section when trying to back out of the yard! LOL!
I thought something like that is a nice idea too. Would have saved me a lot of headache backing in a 53 footer. I have to admit though I wouldn't be caught driving that set up lol.
Retired truck driver here, wish I got photo's of all the sh*t I've seen on the road. 13 years tow trucking in fl. I drove an Int. roll back and had a rollback with a car on me with a F350 4dr towing a 45' 5th wheel and there was a boat on the back of the 5th wheel🙄108' long
Holy cow! I also cringe a bit seeing anything under a 1 ton trying to carry those huge truck campers like HOSTS or EagleCaps. There's even some hefty Lance's that shouldn't see the back of a 350 or less but some folks sure do try.
I looked into the triple towing and many states allow it mostly in the west coast, mountain region but they do have restrictions as to total length from 65 to 75 feet depending where NOT CA OR or WA
number 1. You can tell that trailer isn't hooked up to the bumper of that car. The tongue of the trailer is sitting on the ground. The picture probably caught a smaller car pumping gas next to an abandoned rv trailer.
@@RVingWithJoe I have a suggested video where the thumbnail shows the same truck and camper, from a different angle. With nothing holding up the back(front) of the camper.
The American version of these failures filling up at the station and such haven't been on the road long enough for HP to witness the stupidity. However the U-Haul baffles me how it made it to where you took the photo. I think the guy doing a 360 around his flatbed was done for social media attention. Mission accomplished...Good stuff Joe.
That roof mounted 5er hitch was a 1950s way of hauling one of these RVs. Folks would usually install them on a big and high powered (for the era) car like an Olds or Cadillac. My 5er history started in 1973 and went to 2022 (1/4 million miles) when we finally had to say WE QUIT but only due to major property downsizing and the fact that the drivers of today are incompetent and an accident waiting to happen
recommended pressure on hitch tow ball is 50-100 kg 110-220 pounds here in Europe. and a total weight car+caravan 3,500 kg 7,716 pounds with a regular driver's license
This series reminds me of an old cartoon: Officer: "I pulled you over, for not having a vehicle tag on the car". Driver, gets out and immediately starts to bawl this eyes out. Officer: "Now, Now, it's not that bad. The ticket is only $80". Driver: "Officer, you don't understand - I was pulling a brand new Camper!".
Seeing a Mistake-Accident waiting To happen is a Touchy Issue bcz 1. if said accident does happen & some one innocent gets killed, It Doesnt do a damn Bit Of Good to say to One-self "I Wish I woulda Done Some-Thing!" or 2. If You Involve Your-self To "Intervene" Then Sue happy people May Sue you for "Harrassment". &/or cause Accident seeming RV to get Upset then making His (Ussually) Driving Reaction-Judgements to fail quicker ! >>> & Over-All SFB mentality thinks "just bcz no problems happened YET, It Must be safe". & Rhetorically, .. How many Tur/Duck/ens Actually Have Meshed up Electric Brakes & proper Trailer Lights? When You See One keep your Distance & Vid camera ready.
You can double tow in Alberta, but the first trailer has to be a 5th and the total rig length bumper to bumper cannot exceed 65 feet. In addition, the second trailer cannot cause the first trailer to be over GVWR for the first trailer, and of course the 2 trailers combined have to be within the GVWR for the tow vehicle. All these limits mean that if you have a large RV trailer, chances are you can maybe tow a jet ski behind it, and sometimes not even that. My RV trailer has a "payload" capacity (GVWR - Dry weight) of 3000lbs, so in practice I'm good to tow a couple of dirt bikes on a small trailer, but not much more, once weight in the trailer is taken into account. However that doesn't stop the odd person from towing a pretty big boat on a tandem trailer behind his RV. He's broken most every rule, seriously over his RV's capacity, over 65 feet, and probably over his tow vehicle capacity, but off he goes. I don't think it's the first thing the police think to enforce.
Don't know if double towing is legal in Florida, but I've seen it multiple times. Funniest was 1 pickup towing a 2nd pickup with 2 golf carts in the bed (both with the front end tipped up so they would fit) towing a travel trailer. They were getting onto I-75
From South Africa here, we have the trailer axle slightly after of centre. The correct nose weight is between 80 - 100kg (specified by the manufacturer) - nose weight = verticle mass as measured vertically under the point of coupling To correctly load, what we call a caravan, and you call it a trailer, a sensible rule of thumb is weight distributed 60 / 40 biased to the front, with heavy items such as the side tent over the axle.- bear in mind you are required to maintain the 80 - 100 kg noseweight ! We are permitted to tandem tow, concerning weights and measures, Mr officer treats whatever is being towed as one entity. (It just happens to be articulated) Here are the laws regarding weight & measures, easy one first.... maximum length 22 m, from front bumper of the tug to the back of whatever you are towing If the GVM (gross vehicle weight) of whatever you are towing exceeds 750 kg, the towed vehicle must have override breaks If the GVM of your towed vehicle exceeds the TARRE WEIGHT (dry weight) of the tug, the towed vehicle must be fitted with auxiliary brakes, and getting that upgrade certified is a schlep of unfathomable proportions. Each vehicle must be lighter than the GVM of each vehicle in the train Rear & front axle loadings of the towing vehicle, may not be exceeded Hear is my towing mantra.... your entire train must trak true without any anti sway device, then you fit an anti sway device One last legal requirement you must be able to see all the vehicles you are towing, either by rear facing cameras or your wing mirrors So you can see, it doesn't leave much room for stupidity, there is no fun being escorted to the weigh-bridge, found to be non-compliant, get a whack of a fine, and not allowed to leave until you do comply.... Figure that one for an unholy stuff-up, what the he'll do you do with your stuff ? And, if you do happen to have an accident, assessors impound everything and if you are in any way non- compliant..... Sorry for you pal, no payout, including damage to second party.... PS Been towing for some 46 years, including tandem towing without mishap, I think they be good rules to abide by..... Your comment ???? 11:04
I think it has something to do with all the backwoods engineers in Florida! Most times right before the people took these pictures you could hear someone yell, hey bubba hold my beer and watch this
check out VW Bug Gooseneck Trailer FOUND. Forgotten Volkswagen Camper. A set up from 1974. The Prius with a gooseneck is a copy of that VW Beetle set up.
This guy has no clue, i tow my flatbed trailer i use for scrap runs with a 2007 Mazda 3 and it tows better then my Chevrolet Truck, THIS GUY HAS PROBABLY NEVER TOWED A THING HIMSELF
4:17 Excuse me Sir…. That caravan, if unloaded, is probably less then 450Kg….. a lightweight polyester construction…. totally suitable for the average smal European cars… and well within the towing limit of a Renault Clio.. It even seems to have a Brake system….. I’m sure a Clio is allowed to pull a 700Kg braked trailer….
Not one word. If you stay in flat land say Texas , Oklahoma etc they could pull it off so to say. I live in Smokey Mtns they would die here. Recently Pulled as empty pontoon boat trailer about 30 miles with my 1999 Jeep Cherokee XJ . ITS rated to pull 4000 lbs ,even in 4 wheel I didn't like the way it felt. I may buy a old dump truck if I do more of that.
My parents were not much better than these clips. They towed a "BANNER" travel trailer (17.5 feet, 4000 pounds) with unsafe rubber tires -- the tread was split in the center, you could see the fabric all the way around the tire on both tires, and they never replaced them. And they had to put in a transmission cooler 1000 miles from home. And since they were driving a 1975 Pontiac Catalina, with the 400 engine, the heat cooked the starter and the vacuum hoses hooked up to the carb, and at 5-6 MPG, the dirty gasoline (and heat) made the carburetor dirty so the car ran badly. Although my father was smart enough to wire up the electric brakes the trailer had, and have a "REESE" hitch welded to the frame of the car.
I've seen some crazy set-ups myself driving a truck over the road. It seems you get a bunch of Mexicans that go to auctions and buy just about anything they can, and as much as they can, as cheap as possible. What I am trying to say, packaged deals. Then they remove the back or front bumpers, weld hitches or tow bars (home-made) and drive down the road with 2-3 hooked together, and only the front car or truck pulling them all. I've seen a small box truck with a tow hitch, and a car hanging out of the back towing 2-3 cars or small pick-up trucks. How is this even legal? You can't make this stuff up. But I think I get it because they would only need ins. on the front tow car or truck.
You should see my toe setup. I've had toenails removed, and Huge.....oh.....TOW setup....got it. Go on, my man. When I had a delivery job, the most ironic thing that I saw (I think) was a tow truck towing two tow trucks. I had to take a double take, because this was in the middle of the night when there was no other traffic.
