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Posted by: Rudedog
Yes. Back when I had a travel trailer and pulled it with a P/U I used to stand up (2) ATC's and (1) quad in the bed. That arraingement was a pain in the arse to load and so got old real quick. I ended up buying a 5th wheel Toy trailer and life was much easier. Roll em in and lash them down. I know in Calif you can tow (2) trailers, but the first one has to be a 5th wheel, second a pull-behind trailer. If you see yourself being involved with ATV's and camping for a long stretch I would highly recogmend a toy trailer..
Rude dog
Posted by: gergb
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Originally posted by: okbow68
Thanks for all the replies. We have a 16' flatbed trailer that we haul quads on now. We are considering purchasing a small travel trailer, and are just trying to figure out how to haul it all.
Take the bed off your truck, then take your trailer apart and build a flatbed for your truck from it! Thats what I did. I haul 2 quads on the truck sideways and pull my camper/cargo trailer. I ride the quads up oneside when loading, and down the other when unloading. No more backing the quads off!!
Posted by: robh
What about 2 across the bed of the truck???
Posted by: grizzlytim
I built a rack that slides in the back of the truck. I load mine from the back, the two atv's sit side by side facing forward. The toy box trailers look nice, but if you can't ride from your camp site you have to take the camper to the trail head. I have pictures I can e-mail you if you would like.
Tim
Posted by: grizzlytim
http://www.atvracks.com/ultimaterack.htm
Check out this site, this is the rack I copied when I made mine.
Tim
Posted by: Northstar2
I looked at some new campers with a little garage space in the back for atvs or bikes. The interior dimensions were not quite big enough for two Sportsmen, one with big tires. A concern I had was that you are putting an enormous amount of weight behind the trailer axles, unloading the tongue and lightening the rear axle weight of the truck. Not a good recipe for highway towing. The salesman could not answer any of my questions intelligently, so I left. I then realized what someone else just pointed out, about having to pull the camper to a trailhead and leave it. That idea was out. Right now we have 2 tow rigs. My truck is a 3500 duallie that pulls our 8000lb travel trailer, and my wife has a Trailblazer (Chevy, not Polaris) that she pulls the atvs with on our 14 foot utility trailer. Turns out the little woman is a pretty good tow rig driver. My big ol' 3500 would pull everything, but I would need a parking lot to turn it in, or to unload the trailers from each other. It would make no sense to do it that way, unless I was going across the country. I'm not sure of the legality where I am regarding two towed trailers, but I know I would be approaching the 65 foot length limit. I imagine it would be dangerous as heck to have two pivot points. No way you'd ever be able to back it up, either. I can't imagine how much work it would be once we got to our destination.
I have a full size 8 foot bed, and theres no way of putting more than one big quad in there.
Posted by: Northstar2
I personally am not a big fan of them, but have you considered a slide-in camper for the truck? That might be a solution for you. I don't care for them because when you go camping, you get all unpacked and set up then if you need to go to the store, you have to pack up the truck again. I like unhooking from the trailer and being able to run around in the pickup, sightseeing or whatever. But, again, it may be an idea you could consider.
Posted by: Quadcrew
We have several options figured out now. If you go to our pics link pics There is a pic under the Windrock folder with our 2 - 650 Prairies loaded across the bed of our pickup. It's not one of those expensive set ups either. (NO trailer!) We had the same problem - a travel trailer wouldn't work for us. So, for the hauling/camping problem, (look at Quadhauler folder) hubby took a 16 ft. ulitily trailer and converted it - it has the essentials all up front (shower/potty etc.) with room for the quads in back. When we get to where we're going we have an air mattress and a folding aluminum table that go in when the quads are unloaded. It works out perfectly for us. (Mrs. Q)
Posted by: hoppy
I have a Louisana Guard Dog that lets me haul my atv & pull my popup camper.It works great!l i
Posted by: DogS
I had one of those toybox trailers they are real heavy. I traded it in and got a 19" travel trailer and pull a 6 by 10 behind it. The key is load it so you have the right amount of tounge wieght, and put sway controll bar on back trailer too (i use the same kind the use on big travel trailers). Any more questions send me pm.
Posted by: tricat
I use to pull a 20' bumper hitch camper with an 8' X 12' trailer on the back with 3 quads. It worked but the quad trailer can whip very easy. We camp 20 miles away and it is a 30 MPH gravel road so It worked for the time. Now I pull a 25' fifth with the quad trailer behind and have no problems. Only gained 18" in total length, Plus I am legal now.
Posted by: Scootergptx
can't remeber what magazine i saw it in, but they make a travel trailer with an enclosure on the back to store atv's or bikes. i know i've seen pictures of them at my dads house (geez, that makes me feel like a kid). pretty neat, but very expensive. might want to check different rv mags or websites.
Posted by: RookWV
Email me at jamiev_03@yahoo.com and I'll send you a pic of a cool setup from a mag...
Double trailering isn't legal everywhere, be sure to check your laws and wherever you may be driving through and to.
Posted by: nixnutz
Why not get a toy box? It is the best of all worlds- haul your quads and have a travel trailer all in one. The smallest size that I have seen is 16'. My 21' toy box was only $12,000.
Toy Box
Posted by: nixnutz
You dont have to worry about all of the quads being behind the axle. Just load as much gear as far forward as possible and the tongue weight will be fine. They design these trailers to have extremely heavy tongue weight to compensate for toys being put in the back. If you arent hauling toys, the tongue weight will be over 1000 lbs. When loaded properly you should end up with around 750 lbs of hitch weight. I have had 2 quads behind the axle on my 22ft toy box and it handled just fine. Hope this helps.
Posted by: okbow68
Does anybody ever haul a travel trailer AND four wheelers. Just wonder how you work this out. There is no way that our two four wheelers can fit in a truck. Does anybody pull your wheelers behind a travel trailer with a rear hitch? How has that worked out. Any other suggestions?
Posted by: okbow68
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Posted by: okbow68
Thanks for all the replies. We have a 16' flatbed trailer that we haul quads on now. We are considering purchasing a small travel trailer, and are just trying to figure out how to haul it all.
Posted by: extremerider2811
you could make ur own? how bout? hmm it coud work, get an old rear end axle some 2x4's and nail them togather img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-confused.gif" border="0">
Posted by: CJJ
Does anybody know anything about Weekend Warrior trailers?There pricey but you have a nice camper with cool options.The one i researched will fit 3 full size utility atv's and it's only 30 feet long.They cost about $30,000 but you have a cool camper that sleeps 6. You can camp with it even if you don't want to bring the wheelers.My only concern is that 2 620 pound atv's will sit side by side in the very back of the trailer while the 725 lb poo-ass sits over the axles.All the quads sit from the axles back.
