I have a cozen in Mildura victoria hoo is going to tow a caravan and behind the caravan his boat,he approached the vic police ,they stated there is not any law to say you can't ,but stated you must have an articulated drivers licence,what's your thought?it, would be no longer than a B double,what do we think.
Lance C
herbie said
11:00 PM Mar 16, 2013
All i can say is why would anyone want to do that!!! what is he towing the van with ? Ican see all kinds of problems in doing that.REinsurance for one , another is where is he going to park the set up , doubt many parks would want that set up in their park.I thought the van would not take another load behind it, with out doing damage.But not knowing the make up of this van maybe i am wrong .
Onedodger said
11:16 PM Mar 16, 2013
Personally I think he is pulling your leg.
justcruisin01 said
11:30 PM Mar 16, 2013
This will get me into trouble, but I did do this some years back in a remote area when we relocated to a different fishing camp.
This was done on a dirt road , cruiser with a HD off road camper trailer with a towbar fitted, to which the 3.6 tinnie on a proper small boat trailer (not the folding type) for about 100kls..
It was interesting watching the outfit going through the creeks, gullies etc, Never went over 70kls p/h on the good parts, but it only took a small movement of the steering wheel to make the boat trailer start sliding in the dirt, so on the hwy it would be a killer.
The added length of a caravan & its normal sway would multiply the boat trailer movements.However It did save me a lot of work in packing up & setting up again.
Dougwe said
01:14 AM Mar 17, 2013
I remember seeing a photo or video on this forum sometime ago of a similar situation and the person that posted said the owner of the vehicles was fined.
Zoomtopz said
04:35 AM Mar 17, 2013
I believe you have to have a 'prime mover with a 5th wheel' to do that .
a rigid prime mover can not be used as a multi combination .
it was discussed a couple of months ago on this forum .
Richo
vk6tnc said
04:42 AM Mar 17, 2013
I blew the oil sender on my Holden Statesman on the way to Lancelin, north of Perth. A guy with an old landrover took the tailshaft off my car, put it in his boat, then proceeded to tow me.....Scary ride and the following traffic could not understand why the big V8 never passed the boat trailer !!!
old briney said
05:17 AM Mar 17, 2013
Not legal in any state in Australia at this
ozjohn said
10:11 AM Mar 17, 2013
I can't put my finger on a copy of the regulations at the moment, but the following maybe of some assistance. www.rta.nsw.gov.au/registration/downloads/2005_10_towingtrailers.pdf But please don't take some of the definitions as gospel as some are clearly incorrect and this publication is only a guide and doesn't quote any legislation of regulations.
Cheers, ozjohn.
-- Edited by ozjohn on Sunday 17th of March 2013 10:14:10 AM
-- Edited by ozjohn on Sunday 17th of March 2013 10:14:46 AM
-- Edited by ozjohn on Monday 18th of March 2013 09:29:09 AM
barrie said
03:52 PM Mar 17, 2013
We saw a boat being towed behind a caravan whilst we were going through Nyah in Victoria
Rip and Rosie said
04:11 PM Mar 17, 2013
barrie wrote:
We saw a boat being towed behind a caravan whilst we were going through Nyah in Victoria
..... and if you had hung around until the cops saw it, you could have pulled over for a cuppa while you watched the conversation.
Gerty Dancer said
04:14 PM Mar 17, 2013
I wouldnt want to be on the road with them and their wriggly tail!
Yuglamron said
07:15 PM Mar 17, 2013
Not legal in any State or territory in Australia.
You cannot tow anything attached to something already being towed.
Only exceptions are B Doubles and Road trains.
National road rules pamphlet.
vickiwi said
01:12 PM Jan 12, 2014
I know this thread is now 9 months old but I'd suggest a boat loader setup. I've looked at a few for my future setup and my pick so far would have to be the straight trailer load (yep the whole trailer and boat) with the boat obviously not inverted (Mozzi Boatloader).The wheels are removed from the trailer so the whole rig sits flat on the racks. With a cover on the boat it's very aerodynamic. Rhino do a side boatloader, Custom Boat Loader,Boat Hoist are others.Really just a matter of how much money you want to spend but since boatloaders are all basically one person operations my personal thoughts are they are just gold. Several are designed to be used with 18v cordless drills and some are completely remote if you prefer. I'm setting up for permanent travelling (sorry that should read permanent relaxing :) ) so an absolute must have for me. Technology is a wonderful thing.
-- Edited by vickiwi on Sunday 12th of January 2014 01:15:20 PM
not legal anywhere, difference is the coupling and axle pivot points on roadrains/b-doubles/triples... none have a centre pivot axle.... and what about braking????
Sarge.
brickies said
11:49 AM Mar 3, 2017
It would be good to watch him reverse that rig into a driveway , If he could I would give him a licence .
I have a cozen in Mildura victoria hoo is going to tow a caravan and behind the caravan his boat,he approached the vic police ,they stated there is not any law to say you can't ,but stated you must have an articulated drivers licence,what's your thought?it, would be no longer than a B double,what do we think.
Lance C
All i can say is why would anyone want to do that!!! what is he towing the van with ? Ican see all kinds of problems in doing that.REinsurance for one , another is where is he going to park the set up , doubt many parks would want that set up in their park.I thought the van would not take another load behind it, with out doing damage.But not knowing the make up of this van maybe i am wrong .
Personally I think he is pulling your leg.
This will get me into trouble, but I did do this some years back in a remote area when we relocated to a different fishing camp.
This was done on a dirt road , cruiser with a HD off road camper trailer with a towbar fitted, to which the 3.6 tinnie on a proper small boat trailer (not the folding type) for about 100kls..
It was interesting watching the outfit going through the creeks, gullies etc, Never went over 70kls p/h on the good parts, but it only took a small movement of the steering wheel to make the boat trailer start sliding in the dirt, so on the hwy it would be a killer.
The added length of a caravan & its normal sway would multiply the boat trailer movements.However It did save me a lot of work in packing up & setting up again.
I believe you have to have a 'prime mover with a 5th wheel' to do that .
a rigid prime mover can not be used as a multi combination .
it was discussed a couple of months ago on this forum .
Richo
I can't put my finger on a copy of the regulations at the moment, but the following maybe of some assistance.
www.rta.nsw.gov.au/registration/downloads/2005_10_towingtrailers.pdf
But please don't take some of the definitions as gospel as some are clearly incorrect and this publication is only a guide and doesn't quote any legislation of regulations.
Cheers, ozjohn.
-- Edited by ozjohn on Sunday 17th of March 2013 10:14:10 AM
-- Edited by ozjohn on Sunday 17th of March 2013 10:14:46 AM
-- Edited by ozjohn on Monday 18th of March 2013 09:29:09 AM
..... and if you had hung around until the cops saw it, you could have pulled over for a cuppa while you watched the conversation.
Not legal in any State or territory in Australia.
You cannot tow anything attached to something already being towed.
Only exceptions are B Doubles and Road trains.
National road rules pamphlet.
I know this thread is now 9 months old but I'd suggest a boat loader setup. I've looked at a few for my future setup and my pick so far would have to be the straight trailer load (yep the whole trailer and boat) with the boat obviously not inverted (Mozzi Boatloader).The wheels are removed from the trailer so the whole rig sits flat on the racks. With a cover on the boat it's very aerodynamic. Rhino do a side boatloader, Custom Boat Loader,Boat Hoist are others.Really just a matter of how much money you want to spend but since boatloaders are all basically one person operations my personal thoughts are they are just gold. Several are designed to be used with 18v cordless drills and some are completely remote if you prefer. I'm setting up for permanent travelling (sorry that should read permanent relaxing :) ) so an absolute must have for me. Technology is a wonderful thing.
-- Edited by vickiwi on Sunday 12th of January 2014 01:15:20 PM
HI saw this rig at Wentworth NSW
Cheers Jimboy
Sarge.