yesterday heading up to whitianga and came across a camper van that was towing a little Suzuki vitara behind it on a A frame and then the vitara was towing a jetski. didn't think this was legal in nz because you basically have a b train behind a vechile that only has a wof. I thought you had to be COF and properly licensed
tweake,
Nov 11, 1:12am
its odd but its legal, provided the camper van is heavy enough to be classed as a heavy vehicle. ie over 3.5 tons.
i would have to go find it in the rules but it is online somewhere. i looked up years ago because a few people do that around here.
johotech,
Nov 11, 1:17am
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a.woodrow,
Nov 11, 1:24am
Must be only ok if its a heavy vehicle as above? I found:
When driving a light vehicle (for example, a car or light truck), you must not tow more than one trailer or vehicle at a time.
For heavy vehicles, it is either an A-train, a B-train, or a heavy rigid vehicle followed by any combination of two trailers (not an A-train or a B-train), provided the trailer at the rear of the combination has a gross vehicle mass that isn??
xs1100,
Nov 11, 2:06am
oh well cheers first time ive seen it up north here and thought "it must be because im sure he passed a cop or 2" but yes unusual. learn something everyday
saxman99,
Nov 11, 2:20am
There was a photo on here a while back showing a large motor home towing a 4x4 which was towing a decent sized boat. Looked like being a handful to reverse.
tweake,
Nov 11, 3:05am
johotech is onto it.
yeah would be a bitch to back. the one i used see was a yank tank towing two horse floats. apparently some crowd makes them like that.
a little surprised they didn't make it that the first trailer had to be a heavy trailer. not sure if its a loophole to tow two light trailers.
brapbrap8,
Nov 11, 6:35am
We often tow 2 or 3 things behind our tractors on the roads. Tonights combo was tractor, trailer, service truck, fuel tanker.
martin11,
Dec 4, 8:29pm
The tow vehicle has to be a heavy vehicle and if 2 trailers behind both must have brakes activated by the Tow vehicle . Doubt if the jet ski had a braked trailer !
Two can be towed by a tractor , but no more .
tweake,
Dec 4, 10:48pm
are you sure on that ? i was under the impression that it just states tow a trailer. i don't recall any mention of brakes as light trailer for a jet sky doesn't require to have brakes.
martin11,
Dec 5, 3:16pm
Behind a Cof campervan you can tow a light trailer under 3500kg ,only one if it complies with the braking rating of the tow vehicles draw bar . When you put a second trailer on it basically becomes a small 'b" train and the tow vehicle must be classed as a heavy vehicle which campervans are not and both trailers must have operational braking systems .
"A heavy rigid vehicle towing two trailers must be:. . a heavy rigid vehicle followed by any combination of two trailers (not an A-train or a B-train), provided the trailer at the rear of the combination has a gross vehicle mass that isn??
martin11,
Dec 5, 5:21pm
Suggest you contact NZTA like I did it is illegal to tow a small motor vehicle and a trailer behind a camper van .
tweake,
Jul 24, 8:10pm
the person you spoke to may not know the rules and simply assumed because its odd and silly sounding it must be illegal.
i've seen this done for a long time now and not heard that they have changed the rules. maybe they have and been quiet about it.
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