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Posted by T_Bone on October 05, 2000 at 12:03:28 from (207.254.53.51):
In Reply to: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Trailer for tractor posted by Denny on October 05, 2000 at 09:52:56:
Hi Denny, This one will make you laugh then cry! Here in Arizona they allow private rigs to pull triple!!! Yes I typed that correct, your allowed a tow rig and TWO trailers. Well being the sport I am, I thought Wow! I need to do this. IT's also allowed in Idaho and Nevada. I'm in Washington State and thank GOD someone had since not to allow this hook-up there. When I called Oregon they said sure NP, but latter a State Police officer got me straight on this and told me it was allowed on commerical trucks only and let me go without a ticket as long as I busted the rig down to the PW and TT and drive the car. I was 15 miles from the Idaho boader. As soon as I entered Idaho I once again hooked up my train!! I have a 76 Dodge PW 3/4 ton SWR, 25ft travel trailer with two brake axles, and a 79 volkswagon deisel with no brakes in the trailing mode and the wife really doesn't want to drive to Arizona. So I hook the TT on next, then the VW on the trailer. I'm on the Oregon Interstate when I hooked everything up after pulling Wa like I was supposed too. I now have my 22ft long PW, then the 25ft TT and finally the 16ft VW (toung included) all in the train, thats right folks 63ft of train. I start out and slowly increased my speed to 30mph. At 30mph I drove for about 60 miles until I could get used to the VW pushing the TT around, then increased my speed too 40mph and what a difference. The push was a little more but I could keep it between the white lines in my lane, I pulled 40mph for about another 200 miles. By that time I had figured out why I was getting pushed by the VW. The rutts in the hiway! The VW was narrow than the PW tread width and the TT tread width and that caused the VW to jump out of the rutts jerking the TT thus dragging the PW with it. OK I now have everything figured out. I increase my speed to 45mph and still getting pushed all over the Interstate but still holding the white lines. I had to slow too 35mph when going thru Boise,ID as traffic was really heavy. After Boise I got really brave and went to 50mph only when I looked in the mirrors and no traffic was comning. Thank GOD it was two lanes with another two lanes counting the shoulders as it took me all four lanes just to slow back down to 20mph too regain control of my train. I pulled another 700 miles at 40mph as I could keep the train some what straight and didn't look like I was drunk! Even tho this combination was leagle in AZ, NV and ID, I would never do such a foolish thing again!! I even went as far too call the AZ State Police when I arrived home and told them the results of my train ride hoping someone would change the law back to two vehicles, but it hasn't done any good! T_Bone
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