I have 2 light weigh trailers, One is a pop up camper, it is newer, but it has 12" tires on it, then behind it I want to pull my 16" bass boat. There are NO brakes on the trailers. What problems will I have???? I will be pulling them with a f250 5.4Liter SD???? & does any one know Ohio law on this, Plus I go to Canada at least one time a year thru New York & PA

 

never done it but i would think that control is going to be a big issue with the truck being the only one with brakes the trailers would go all over ( i would think ) and the stress on the pop up frame its not made to work like that there will be alot of vibration at the point of the hitch , i have pulled a pop up on a car hauler the frame is only channel steel and was not in good shape but i dont see them useing square stock now it is heavey with that said good luck hope all work out well

and canada laws i have no idea but a buddy of mine has a cdl i think and only think he said he could drive anything under 80 feet long w/o a legal problem

 

You need to contact the pop-up manufacturer to get their opinion on adding a hitch to that camper's rear frame; if the answer is "Don't Do It" (and I'd be surprised if they said OK), then you'll know for sure. Personally, I wouldn't do it anyway; too many chances for disaster.

Steve

 

You won't be able to tow a trailer with a trailer. You will need to have a fifthwheel and then tow the boat behind that. Check your state for towing regulations, and lengths.

Toyman

 

toyman is right, to tow 2 trailers legaly you have to have a 5th wheel first then a ball hitch or pintle second. you also, depending on state need a commercial class A license.In california only a CDL class A is legal,non commercial A license only allows for travel trailers over 10KGVW,plus,both trailers will have to have brakes regardless to be legal.Sorry, it is a pain but if you get stopped w/ 2 trailers and no license at the very least they will make you drop your second trailer.Mike.

 

Some states allow behind a TT and some only behind a 5ver, you have to check your state. A few states have a license requirement very few maybe one Cal. Some state don't allow it at all.

I have been doing it for 19 years but there is no way I would do it with your setup. I would want the first trailer to be at least 7 to 1 weight wise to the second trailer. And the first to have brakes on all axles with a good controller.

IMO your setup would be accident waiting to happen.

Denny

 

Well I quess I will give up this idea, Thanks for your input!

 

I double tow also and I do it with a travel trailer and boat. I do however completely agree with rvpuller and think that your setup will be an accident waiting to happen. I say this because everything you have is working against you. first you have no brakes on either trailer, at the very least you should have them on the camper. Second your towing a boat behind a camper in the case that the boat may very well weigh as much as if not more than the camper. Without brakes on both I wouldn't even attempt to tow a boat that weighs anthing less than about 3-4 times what the camper weighs. for instance my camper weighs 8k+ lbs all loaded up, my boat weighs about 2k lbs with coolers batteries and gas, I can hardly feel the boat behind the camper, if the boat was another 1k lbs or 2, I would definitly have the sensation of the boat pushing the back of the camper around, much like what you'll expreience. This will cause sway and more then likely will cause you to loose control on some downhill or curvy section of hwy. Lastly you are pulling two single axle trailers, this all by it's self is a no no when it comes to double towing. you have no guide wheels to resist side to side motion. think of it this way you can wheel your 16 ft boat around by hand no problem, if it was a tandem you would only be able to move forward and backwards due to the 2nd set of wheels resisting the change in direction from side to side.

You have enough truck to do the job so I would suggest you get a different camper setup if your insistant on going this route, maybe a slide in truck camper or a small fifthwheel???? heck even a tandem axle TT would be heads and shoulders above your pop up for double towing. Good luck and be safe!