RV FEATURE
TOWING TWO TRAILERS AT ONCE
A few years ago, a bloke in Mildura, Vic, stunned the caravanning community when pictures of him appeared in the local paper towing a caravan and a boat behind his Toyota Land Cruiser. He claimed it was legal and had been signed off by an engineer. It sparked much debate about the legality of this arrangement that continues today.
Unfortunately, the papers didn’ t publish the events of the following days when Vic Roads contacted him and told him to dismantle his contraption as it was not legal in Victoria.
It doesn’ t matter what you may get an engineer to sign off on. If it’ s not legal, it’ s not legal, and towing two trailers at one time behind a light vehicle is illegal in every state and territory of Australia.
Occasionally, you might see some pictures appear on social media of someone trying it on, claiming they can do it with a road train licence or other such nonsense. Ultimately, they are short-lived and taken off the road.
Think about it. If it was legal, there would be Facebook groups dedicated to it. There would be a process to get them registered through state road authorities and you would see these rigs everywhere. You don’ t because it’ s not legal.
This is the rig that started the whole debate about towing two trailers at once.
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