Why Can't We Use Trailers Like This?

[bigdeano]

I've always wondered why we can't pull trailers like the second one in the picture with our cars and pickups. They seem to work fine behind big rigs. Anybody know why?

 

[JJZ 109]

Might be OK if you had the power to pull them. But I imagine would be a bear to back up. In my state, you have to have a doubles endorsement on your CDL to pull these.
I've seen Canadian pickups pulling a camper and then a boat behind the camper. Totally illegal in NY, I don't know if or how they make it through without a ticket.

 

[square1]

I don't think LEGO tires are rated for highway speed

 

[bcp]

Why would that style trailer be any legally different than this?

Bruce

 

[Egon]

I don't think LEGO tires are rated for highway speed

Here is some that may have the proper rating.
[video]http://c8.alamy.com/comp/C92X41/road-train-port-of-broome-kimberley-region-western-australia-australia-C92X41.jpg[/video]

 

[Sawyer Rob]

I've always wondered why we can't pull trailers like the second one in the picture with our cars and pickups. They seem to work fine behind big rigs. Anybody know why?

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You can if you want to, at least here you can, but when you see how much a "hi-way rated" trailer like that cost, you won't want to!!

SR

 

[vidio1]

Triple Towing: What You Need To Know Before You Pull 2 Trailers Behind A Car, Truck, Or RV | The RVing Guide

 

[bigdeano]

I meant just one trailer, not a double setup. Sorry I didn't explain very well. Obviously the trailer would have to be sized for the towing vehicle and not made of legos. I've never seen one being pulled by a car or pickup, I just wonder if it's illegal or something. Seems like you wouldn't have to worry so much about weight distribution and such.

 

[Xfaxman]

Just like pulling a farm wagon, most people could not back it up.

 

[ning]

I think what the OP is asking is,

"Why can't we pull trailers that have two axles - one fixed and one turning - and no/insignificant tongue weight?​

One response above alluded to the likely fact that they're really tough to back up (I've never tried, but I can imagine that since the coupling between tractor and trailer is flexible and is attached to a turning axle, it's downright difficult). I'm sure there are other reasons, but I can't quantity them and will leave it to others to answer this better.

 

[mapper]

Steerable farm wagons are a bit tricky to back up. I worked at a nursery when I was in high school that used one for steam sterilizing potting soil. One of my jobs was to back it down the alleyway between the glass greenhouses, which had obstacles such as pallets of clay pots along them. It would have been much easier if the swinging drawbar on the tractor had not been missing its locking pin
I don't remember ever causing any damage but there were a few close calls.

 

[Cataclysm]

I've always wondered why we can't pull trailers like the second one in the picture with our cars and pickups. They seem to work fine behind big rigs. Anybody know why?

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Trailers with a steer axle can road walk pretty bad if not properly maintained.

 

[Sawyer Rob]

I have NO problem backing up a wagon at all,

but two of them is quite a bit tougher!!

SR

 

[Xfaxman]

Try backing 4 trailers!

 

[lostcreekranch]

Try backing 4 trailers!

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Now you're just playing with us Xfax.

 

[Egon]

I've always wondered why we can't pull trailers like the second one in the picture with our cars and pickups. They seem to work fine behind big rigs. Anybody know why?

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You can. Just have regulations to follow.
[video]https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/B-train[/video]

 

[M5farms]

At the beginning of peanut season every yr it's not uncommon to see 4 to 6 empty 4 wheel peanut wagons behind a truck headed to the fields . 2 is normal loaded or empty

 

[lostcreekranch]

I'll see your four and raise you 30.

 

[Xfaxman]

Now you're just playing with us Xfax.

Yep, I can't push those 4 back very far.

But if I remove the garden cart, I can do pretty good. :thumbsup:

 

[Sawyer Rob]

Try backing 4 trailers!

THAT's not so bad, they are "trailers" NOT "wagons"... Not to mention you are turned around pushing them, that's a lot easier...

SR