Towing question

zhack

zhack

Location
Ontario
I and looking for some ideas/answers for my tow setup up.

Going to a friends cottage for the long weekend and I want to take my superjet, and 2 sitdowns (Seadoo 130 GTIs). I have the sitdowns on a dual trailer, and I either take the superjet on my hitch hauler or its own small trailer. Now, what I plan on doing is using one of these and hooking up the seadoo trailer to the lower part and my hitch hauler with ski to the higher part. Just wondering if anyone has done this before. My only real concern is the front end getting a little "floaty" from the tongue weight. I have a 2018 f150. My other thought is to put the ski in the bed, but with only a 5.5' box it would be hanging out quite a bit.

Any ideas or thoughts are appreciated; and before you say it, i know an EZSKI hauler would help, but I can't get one of those within a few days.
 
Quinc

Quinc

Buy a Superjet
Location
California
I tow my couches behind the ez-ski hauler. But this dual hitch thing looks pretty cool. If you end up using it post some pics.
 
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Pattle

Location
Orange, CA
Which Superjet, 2 stroke or heavy 4 stroke? Two stroke, you're probably only a bit over on tongue weight, but four stroke could be a bit more exciting. Hopefully your trailer hitch will completely clear the Superjet so there is no rubbing.

I just bought one of these monsters to carry my 4-stroke a bit higher on the back of my truck. Before, I could barely get into a normal driveway, let alone anything with minor steepness. This helped nicely for that.

 
zhack

zhack

Location
Ontario
Pattle said:
Which Superjet, 2 stroke or heavy 4 stroke? Two stroke, you're probably only a bit over on tongue weight, but four stroke could be a bit more exciting. Hopefully your trailer hitch will completely clear the Superjet so there is no rubbing.

I just bought one of these monsters to carry my 4-stroke a bit higher on the back of my truck. Before, I could barely get into a normal driveway, let alone anything with minor steepness. This helped nicely for that.

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2 stroke
 
Sparkplug

Sparkplug

Location
Red Bluff CA
Call your insurance. Don't listen to other people. My insurance has specifically told me I cannot tow with a hitch hauler or any sort of hitch extension. I was also told if I had a hitch hauler the rear vehicle lights must be totally visible or there must be lighted lights on the hitch hauler that work with the signals.

It's all fun and games till your life is over cause your ski broke off and caused a family of 5 to flip on the freeway
 
Sparkplug

Sparkplug

Location
Red Bluff CA
The titan sub made it down a few times also before it bit them in the ass. Just because something sketch works a couple times doesn't mean anything. Very few people who actually tow a good amount, would ever consider towing like that. I'm a cheap ass. Like I save the zip ties from wavrunners. And anytime I see someone towing with a extender I just think the crackhead buying cigarettes and lottery tickets. Their priorities are incredibly confused.

Dudes buddy has like 5 skis and dirtbikes. But 50 dollars in trailer setup to get them somewhere safely. Jet ski ski guys I swear
 
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volvo_cowgirl

volvo_cowgirl

Location
Fallon, Nevada
Yeah that doesn't look safe. A couple things that stand out to me:

1.) If you take a tight turn it looks like the winch on the couch trailer would hit your ski on the hitch mount.
2.) Keep in mind that using an extension on your hitch mount means that you have to multiply the weight by the length of the extension. The connection point with your truck's hitch is essentially the fulcrum and you have to take in to account the distance to the load.
3.) Earlier in this thread someone mentioned that insurance companies often don't cover towing with an extension or a hitch mount...this is true to my knowledge. Def. check your liability coverage before you do this.

Props for ingenuity - this is great in theory.

If you put the ski in the bed, use a motorcycle ramp and a flat yard cart makes it easier. I wouldn't imagine it sticking out would be a big deal, leave the tailgate down and you've got the trailer back there so not like it's just hanging out behind your truck in traffic.

Good luck!
 
zhack

zhack

Location
Ontario
volvo_cowgirl said:
Yeah that doesn't look safe. A couple things that stand out to me:

1.) If you take a tight turn it looks like the winch on the couch trailer would hit your ski on the hitch mount.
2.) Keep in mind that using an extension on your hitch mount means that you have to multiply the weight by the length of the extension. The connection point with your truck's hitch is essentially the fulcrum and you have to take in to account the distance to the load.
3.) Earlier in this thread someone mentioned that insurance companies often don't cover towing with an extension or a hitch mount...this is true to my knowledge. Def. check your liability coverage before you do this.

Props for ingenuity - this is great in theory.

If you put the ski in the bed, use a motorcycle ramp and a flat yard cart makes it easier. I wouldn't imagine it sticking out would be a big deal, leave the tailgate down and you've got the trailer back there so not like it's just hanging out behind your truck in traffic.

Good luck!
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Ya I ended up throwing it in the bed. My original reluctance was the pain of loading/unloading it from the bed.

I did however use that hitch hauler + trailer setup on my way to and from the local launch, which was maybe a 2-3min drive.

In the future, I think I am going to build some bunks on the front of the couch trailer and sit the superjet on the front of the trailer. Just need to figure out if it will be too much tongue weight or not.
 
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