...well of course not with an attached trailer...but if I had to move a converter gear dolly and do not have a hitch on my tractor, any reason I could not hook it up to a pintle hitch on a pick up to tow it?...You can move them without brake lines attached and from what I have seen, they are under the weight requirement to require brakes on the trailer as just itself as a trailer...so anything legally or physically that would prevent being able to move one with a pickup?...assuming a tail light adapter was in play...
Doubles Guys....can you tow a dolly with a pickup?
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physically i think you could assuming that dollys do not have spring breaks. and you would have to build your own adapter for lights. as far as legally im not sure i don't i would think a dolly would be heavy enough to require trailer breaks on a 3/4 or 1 ton
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Don't see a problem as long as the lights worked. Might get you some funny looks, but that should be it.
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As long as your pick up is registered to pull your combined weight, your hitch is properly rated, your dolly does not require e-brakes and your lights are proper, it should be a legal load. Just keep in mind that I am not a Lawyer, I just play one on the internet.
In my area, Northern Va., DOT have been busting a lot of small companies for loading up their trailers and then pulling them with a two axle dump truck. Class B Drivers pulling a Class A load because of weight restrictions as well as having a pivot point. They are also getting busted because they are exceeding the weight on their truck registration. I guess they think it is cheaper in the long run. Snap a pic and post it. I would like to see it. Good Luck with the move.
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I just wonder why do you wanna do that? You can always hook your dolly up to the back of a trailer, no?
Why do you want to move a dolly and just a dolly?Tonythetruckerdude Thanks this. -
Our Dolly's. weigh. 5200 lb. that's a lot of weight to tow with no brakes.
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I seen some hillybillys around here pulling a dolly with a 40ft dry van hooked to a 70ish 1/2 ton chevy truck...so a 3/4 or one ton should do it just dont go too fast
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