When I moved from South Dakota to Idaho then back to South Dakota and when winter hit drove the whole thing to Arkansas. My one ton Chevy pickup pulling my 19′ Jayco with a 4″ receiver hitch on the back of the Jayco rated to 7000# and my 5X8 cargo trailer. I drove through South Dakota, Nebraska, Wyoming, Utah, Idaho, then back through those states and down through Iowa, Missouri, Oklahoma, Arkansas and was never stopped never had a problem with all manners of cops. I had South Dakota plates and still do and the trailers where licensed and had a lights.
THIS setup, while “sketchy”, is perfectly valid – the power train can handle the stress. I’m sure CederQ had the necessary trailer wiring.
He didn’t get pulled over, did he?
I’d love to pull a small boat behind my camper, but some of the places I go camping the drive is sketchy with just the camper, with a three way like that it’d be impossible. Plus the camper with the boat would be about 3 ft longer than the max length allowed by Texas law.
Don,
Depending on what you have in mind for the boat, check out skin on frame boats Cape falcon kayaks for one such as this St Lawrence skiff (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QAj4CPiWqdM&authuser=0) and search for other skin on frame boats from other designers.
For their size, they are incredibly light and even a large one is easily lifted onto a car roof rack (weighing in at under 100 pounds). They are remarkably tough too and might fit the bill.
Oops, my drive was mostly in Texas
That’s impressive, Cederq, but you are a novice compared to the parade in Phil’s post.
Chevy … Like A Rock.
Did that ONCE. Truck, pop up rv, 16’ flat trailer. 8 hour drive each way. All was well until coming into the SW corner of Okc at the start of rush hour and got the wobble on the back trailor. Hit the gas to stabilize and then brake hard for the traffic slowdown.
I had shoved a piece of coal in my ass at the beginning, still have the diamond on display over the mantel.
It wasn’t diamond, try garnet…
If so that would be from hemorrhoids
Look Up “Aussie Road Trains” for the right way to do this…
Yeah, BUT they have those long, long, l-o-n-g straight roads across the Outback. They are engineered for it.