I have a Titan 20ft steel stock trailer and was wondering if it would be mechanically and legally possible to weld a tag along trailer hitch to the back of this trailer? I might move back out west and would like to haul my tiny horseshoeing trailer and horses in one shebang. This might be a totally off my rocker idea but I thought I remember seeing a guy doing the same thing--I could have dreamed it though
Thanks, Drew

 

It's legal and done my many in Alberta as long as it's with weight and length requirements. Different states have different laws regarding the issue and you'll have to find out from each one you're going to pass through.

 

see it behind rv trailers a lot and trailer transporters

 

I've seen it and thought about doing it here in TN but friend said something about certain length, legal length. You'd have to check with your state and see, not sure about states you'd be traveling through but I would guess if it's ok in your registered state you'd be ok to Montana.

My rig with my 16' flat and 4x8 was gonna be 53' long! I could'nt imagine a 20' goose with a horsetrailer behind it!

 

In a lot of states your 1st trailer must be a 5th wheel hitch (not a goose neck ball) in order to be legal. The overall length for example here is 65' and you will need a doubles endorsement . We have what is called a recreational doubles available here if you are pulling a 5th wheel camper with another trailer behind it so no need then for a CDL.

 

I have seen it done many times, aside from all the legal things to check. Pulling doubles makes towing three times harder than just a single trailer. I personally would not pull tow doubles at all. Just because of the problems with other drivers on the road.

 

Towing doubles is illegal in almost every state east if the Mississippi. In the states that it is legal, the laws are far from uniform. For instance, in TX any combo is OK and you would be legal if the total length is less than 65 ft. MT allows up to 75 ft IIRC. VA..........nope, not legal, any combo. Some states require the first trailer to be a 5er and the second to be a boat. Unlike yor drivers license and truck tags, the laws concerning towing doubles does not recipricate from state to state.

Don't confuse commercial regs for doubles to private doubles, a whole different thing. Commercial double laws are uniform for each state, for the most part.

Towing doubles is not that difficult. I have been towing my bass boat behind my 5er for years. I just never take the combo out of state.

 

I used to pull jet skis behind my 5er without any issues (aside from not being able to back up with it back there). I will say that I've had an occasion where it was necessary for me to pull a small utility trailer behind a TT camper and I will never do that again. I don't have any experience pulling behind a GN. I have seen it done on stock trailers before. My GN stock trailer sat pretty low to the ground at the back. It would rub and dig in the uneven pastures at the back. If I were installing a hitch on a stock trailer it would be a receiver style as tight and high under the rear as possible. Can't comment about the legality issues.

 

it doesn't matter, if it's legal in the state that it's registered in it's good any where

 

you mite be right john, but that isn't what i have heard...
check out the link below
http://www.towingworld.com/articles/TowingLaws.htm

 

I agree , it's the same as some states restricting the types of doubles some semi's can pull . MA and CT were the last states to allow 53' trailers and allowing 80,000 lb. combinations .

 

Sometimes is as simple as paying the Oversize fee in the state you need to travel. Many states have 75ft max length, others have 65ft.

I am in MN and can tow doubles up to 75ft with no problem, but when I go fishing on Lake Michigan in WI I always stop at the weight station and get a permit, cost me $ 10.00 and I have peace of mind since WI max length is 65ft.

If your trailer is a pull behind you will not be able to do anything, only 5th wheel and/or gooseneck setups are allowed another trailer behind

 

No it's not...especially up here. Try towing "recreational" doubles from Alberta into BC and you'll end up getting shut down by the DOT's and issued a hefty fine. There are huge signs as reminders to that effect at every border crossing into British Columbia. I'm pretty sure it would be the same towing from a state that allows this practice into one that doesn't.

 

I welded a hitch on, ran extra wiring for lights and took off. I did make sure I was short enough, but I'm always ready to play the ag use card.

 

Thanks for all the input you guys. Sorry for the misunderstanding but the tag along trailer is just a 5by8, homemade horseshoeing rig for work(it used to be a cargo trailer), not a full sized tag-along horse trailer.
Drew