<VV> towing (double trailer, no corvair)

[Jason Cesana]

Yes we found out about two hours from Allen's house that this was totally
illegal! Funny thing is we were passed by more than a few police local and
state and not one of them pulled us over. They were probably thinking we
were too plain crazy to pull over! They are probably right!

Jason Cesana
CORSA Vice President
Eastern Director
Bay State Corvair Club
1960 Caveman Corvairs
Dirigo Corvairs



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[mailto:virtualvairs-bounces at corvair.org] On Behalf Of Ramon Rodriguez III
Sent: Saturday, November 12, 2011 5:02 PM
To: Ken Pepke
Cc: Vair Views
Subject: Re: <VV> towing (double trailer, no corvair)

Pretty sure that can't be legal!  I'm amazed nobody stopped you.  I know
towing double trailers with my CDL requires a special endorsement (which I
have) and I'm fairly certain that it was a special exception that made it
legal at all.  Also of note, in most states when towing double trailers (Big
trucks) both must be 28 feet or shorter.  In some states (mostly in the
west) this is not the case.  Also quite a few states now allow triple
trailers, also 28 foot "pup" trailers.  The only place in the East I know of
that allows double full length (48 usually) doubles is the New York
Throughway... they have yards on the highway where the rigs are put together
and taken apart as they are not allowed to leave the throughway with this
setup.

Ray R.


On Sat, Nov 12, 2011 at 7:44 AM, Ken Pepke <kenpepke at juno.com> wrote:

>
> Now that is a picture worth seeing!
>
> Ken P
> Wyandotte, MI
> Worry looks around; Sorry looks back, Faith looks up.
>
> *********************
>
> > From: "Jason Cesana" <jacesana1 at verizon.net>
> > Date: November 11, 2011 7:55:54 PM EST
> > To: <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
> > Subject: Re: <VV> Towing with Vairs
> >
> > Anyone that was at the Cedar Rapids convention may remember Allen
> Bristow's
> > "unique" towing setup for the trip home to VA. I drove with Allen 
> > and I don't mind telling you it was an interesting trip home. We had 
> > the Dodge
> > 3500 with the bed camper, the flatbed with the Greenbrier strapped 
> > down (Corvair content!), and the Corvair powered BOAT (more Corvair 
> > content)
>  he
> > had recently purchased attached to the flatbed via a homemade 
> > Bristow
> hitch!
> > We got A LOT of looks from various police and truckers. Surprisingly 
> > we
> had
> > absolutely no troubles at all from Iowa to Virginia. Of course the
> trailers
> > had electric brakes and we kept the speeds reasonable. That is one 
> > of the tows I will NEVER forget! I attached a picture for those that 
> > don't
> believe
> > it!
> >
> > Jason Cesana
> > CORSA Vice President
> > Eastern Director
> > Bay State Corvair Club
> > 1960 Caveman Corvairs
> > Dirigo Corvairs
> >
> >
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