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Originally Posted by overmax
Could you mount a hitch on the back of the travel trailer?


Not on my tt. The bumper is paper thin not warrented for such. Private triple tow is also illegal in my state.


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Putting a hitch on a TT usually involves mounting it to the frame, not the bumper. Those bumpers aren't designed to carry any weight. It might not even be strong enough for a hitch carrier.


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Understood, I have a couple of friends who have mounted a bumper/hitch to the frame of their tt. One pulls a sxs on a trailer behind his the other pulls a pontoon boat behind his.

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Originally Posted by Rock Chuck
Putting a hitch on a TT usually involves mounting it to the frame, not the bumper. Those bumpers aren't designed to carry any weight. It might not even be strong enough for a hitch carrier.


The bumpers are designed to carry a tube that carries crap.....literally.....

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I’m pretty sure a Honda Rancher or a Yamaha Kodak 450 would fit. Both great machines.


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Originally Posted by overmax
Understood, I have a couple of friends who have mounted a bumper/hitch to the frame of their tt. One pulls a sxs on a trailer behind his the other pulls a pontoon boat behind his.
Here's a good article on towing 2 trailers including a list of states where it's allowed. There's no date on it so laws might have changed. In general, the western states allow it but the eastern states don't. At least some states require an RV doubles endorsement on your drivers license. Also, as far as I know, no states allow 2 bumper pull trailers, only a 5th wheel pulling a bumper pull.
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Originally Posted by Rock Chuck
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Understood, I have a couple of friends who have mounted a bumper/hitch to the frame of their tt. One pulls a sxs on a trailer behind his the other pulls a pontoon boat behind his.
Here's a good article on towing 2 trailers including a list of states where it's allowed. There's no date on it so laws might have changed. In general, the western states allow it but the eastern states don't. At least some states require an RV doubles endorsement on your drivers license. Also, as far as I know, no states allow 2 bumper pull trailers, only a 5th wheel pulling a bumper pull.
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Probably not allowed in your state of ID. Sure as hell not allowed in OR. Looks like something they would do in Arkansas or Missouri though, but those guys also do their cousins...so there's that..


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Have you looked at the new Honda Pioneer 520? Supposed to be designed to fit in the bed of a pickup.


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Originally Posted by bsa1917hunter
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Understood, I have a couple of friends who have mounted a bumper/hitch to the frame of their tt. One pulls a sxs on a trailer behind his the other pulls a pontoon boat behind his.
Here's a good article on towing 2 trailers including a list of states where it's allowed. There's no date on it so laws might have changed. In general, the western states allow it but the eastern states don't. At least some states require an RV doubles endorsement on your drivers license. Also, as far as I know, no states allow 2 bumper pull trailers, only a 5th wheel pulling a bumper pull.
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Probably not allowed in your state of ID. Sure as hell not allowed in OR. Looks like something they would do in Arkansas or Missouri though, but those guys also do their cousins...so there's that..
Yes it's allowed in ID.
Snowbirds planning a trip south for the winter with 2 trailers have to plan their route carefully. In the west, OR, WA, and WY don't allow it. ID, MT, CA, NV, UT, and CO do. You might have to go way out of your way to keep it legal.


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Originally Posted by bsa1917hunter
Probably not allowed in your state of ID. Sure as hell not allowed in OR. Looks like something they would do in Arkansas or Missouri though, but those guys also do their cousins...so there's that..


Another ridiculous projection from carpetbaggers... at least the people of AR and MO are capable of fueling their own vehicles.


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Originally Posted by tzone
I’m pretty sure a Honda Rancher or a Yamaha Kodak 450 would fit. Both great machines.


I have a 2018 GMC 2500 with the 6’ 5” bed and the tailgate will not close on my 2016 Honda Rancher. Also, I love my Honda Rancher

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I have a healthy aversion to steep quad/atv ramps to load up.

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Originally Posted by VaHunter
Yamaha Kodiak 450 is smaller than the Polaris 570 in both length and width, plus most would say it is a far better machine than any Polaris.

I would be one of those folks. The Kodiak has been a superb machine with zero problems. It fits well in my pickup bed if I take out the tool box.

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I have a healthy aversion to steep quad/atv ramps to load up.
You mean like this? Driving it up there will develop your pucker power.

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I have a Polaris RZR 800 that will fit flat in the bed of my long bed pickup. The tailgate won't quite close so I have to strap it shut . When the front tires just clear the tops of the ramps, I lose sight of them and often get too far to one side. That makes really tricky to unload. I've often had to jack up the back and push it one way or the other a few inches to get around the wheel wells.

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Originally Posted by mjac
I have had a hunting ATV for years that I have moved around with a trailer. Now I also have a travel trailer and can not pull both at the same time.

To take both, I am trying to locate and buy another ATV that will fit into the bed of my 2016 F250 standard bed Super duty. I have a step (factory) in the tailgate and have 79" clear in the bed to work with.

Manufacture's wheel base data has not been useful as it does not translate to overall length considering front and rear overhangs, etc.

Does anyone have any real world info that would help me narrow my search for an ATV that would fit my needs?

Thank you.

A Suzuki King quad 400 cc is 45" wide at the wheels and the 500 is 47.8 at the wheels. I have the 400 and want the 500 but I haul it in my pickup. With my 7' bed I need to have my tailgate down to get it to fit in the box. With an 8' bed you should be able to get the tail gate closed with the 400. I haven't measured the length on a King quad 500 yet so I don't know how it will fit in the 8' box.
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I rented a 2020 Yamaha Kodiak 700 last year for my elk hunt and it fit with the tailgate closed in a 6.5' bed of my 06 Chevy Silverado 2500HD. You couldn't fit much else in there, but the bike fit between the fender wells.

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Originally Posted by taylorce1
I rented a 2020 Yamaha Kodiak 700 last year for my elk hunt and it fit with the tailgate closed in a 6.5' bed of my 06 Chevy Silverado 2500HD. You couldn't fit much else in there, but the bike fit between the fender wells.
Any atv and the 50” Utv’s will fit between the wheel wells of any full size pickup. The length is the issue.


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Originally Posted by Rock Chuck
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I rented a 2020 Yamaha Kodiak 700 last year for my elk hunt and it fit with the tailgate closed in a 6.5' bed of my 06 Chevy Silverado 2500HD. You couldn't fit much else in there, but the bike fit between the fender wells.
Any atv and the 50” Utv’s will fit between the wheel wells of any full size pickup. The length is the issue.

That's why i mentioned I have a 6.5' bed length and could close the tailgate. A 700 Kodiak filled my bed, more than my old Polaris Sportsman 500 did. All the space I had left was the width of the fender well on both sides of the bed to the rails.

I have absolutely no experibce with any UTV of any size.

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Originally Posted by gunzo
Loading, on the trailer, or in the truck. Have any of you ever had a boo boo here. A high rate of ATV accidents happen this way.

I couldn't count how many times I've loaded. But after dark with a heavy dew & a slick ramp with wet tires was one for me to remember.

A couple of these pics of hauling solutions give me the willies.

I have a friend who used a rack like in the second post. It flipped on him while backing out, but on the bed height ramps, not on the higher ramp in the bed.

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