On 10/18/2018 at 1:27 AM, packnrat said:

not wanting to get into a fight here. but i know what i know. and have towed many miles in the states i listed. never had any trouble. by state. or local, not even tribal police.

maybe in the thousands of miles i driven in these states i have not been seen by a ticket cop?

This is a bit off topic, but towing commercially generally has a different set of rules than towing recreationally.  Federal regulations set the rules for commercial interstate vehicles and most states adopt some version of the federal regulations into their local vehicle codes.  Oregon and Washington have chosen to not allow recreational doubles in their states.  California allows doubles and does not distinguish between recreational or commercial for said doubles.  California only distinguishes what type of license you have to determine whether you can tow doubles or not.  California requires California residents to have a commercial class A license with a doubles endorsement in order to tow two trailers at once (whether commercial or recreational).  The first trailer must be a 5th wheel, neither trailer can be over 28.5' in length and the overall length of the rig cannot be over 75'.  I say this to let you know that not all states will allow you to tow doubles with your RV set up (in other words, recreationally). 

I too have a Commercial Class A license with doubles and other endorsements.  I also tow a "toad" or a trailer behind my 5th wheel at times when I have the need, but because this is recreational it is not legal everywhere.  This is a state by state issue and you need to be up on the laws in each state in which you travel.  While I have not attempted to tow recreational doubles in Oregon or Washington, I have done the legal research and I know actual people who have been stopped at the Oregon border and turned around and sent home with recreational doubles even though they met all the legal requirements for doubles.  This is because they were towing recreationally (a 5th wheel RV with another small trailer behind it) and Oregon does not allow it recreationally.

2gypsies,   yes not a current shot. just said one camper for a reference, nothing more.

pappy yokum,   true just jump through the hoops and you can do "show truck" or a "camper".  special rules apply here.

chad heiser,   yes has gotten off topic. i am willing to coincide to others, as i only know what i know, from doing such.

and i only tow doubles when and as needed, but prefer not to pull a second trailer.... even at work.

on with the show.

2gypsies . not a member but if all goes as i plan should show up on the 16th, 17th am worst case.

homeward bound by the 24th.  (still have to work, my monday for the next 4 months is saturdays).

any company reps there? as i still have 8 years to keep working time to start gathering info and where to domicile in 2027. sounds like a long time from now, but will be here soon.

Getting off-topic_ but I must correct a misconception. Triple-towing is the tractor/power unit towing 3 trailers, double-towing is 2 trailers, one trailer is single towing. One cannot include the power unit as being towed, otherwise when one is simply driving a car it would be classified as towing. Several RVing websites perpetuate this myth.

ref: https://www.fmcsa.dot.gov/sites/fmcsa.dot.gov/files/docs/Vehicle_Configuration_508CLN.pdf

Edited October 18, 2018 by Ray,IN

Greetings, my wife & i are new escapees/Xscapees boomer gen recently retired. we are attending the NYE Xscp gathering in Q and i was looking for the next stop on the big adventure and just found there's a boomer gathering in Q

I see the date of 1/14/2019 as day one? Is it possible to set up on or around the 8th/9th without buggering up the plan? We can easily move camp as needed. 

Thanks in advance, 

Thom

PS, This just came to mind, since we are available to arrive before actuak kick off, and are both happy able bodied peeps... IF there is room for a couple volunteers to help with whatever, count my wife & i in.

Edited December 23, 2018 by accrete

  On 10/16/2018 at 11:55 PM, 2gypsies said:

You'd have an awesome time if you parked at Boomerville - the Escapees Birds of a Feather group, the Boomers. ... Turn-by-turn directions to Boomerville:

Just an FYI for anyone headed out to Boomerville:  They've changed locations and will no longer be at the area that 2gypsies gave the directions to.  They will now be off Plomosa Road near the area where the Escapees holds their open house.

  On 12/23/2018 at 11:32 PM, LindaH said:

Just an FYI for anyone headed out to Boomerville:  They've changed locations and will no longer be at the area that 2gypsies gave the directions to.  They will now be off Plomosa Road near the area where the Escapees holds their open house.

Can you share a link to the directions or google coordinates?

THX

  On 12/23/2018 at 11:34 PM, accrete said:

Can you share a link to the directions or google coordinates?

THX

According to the Escapee Boomers' Facebook page, the GPS coordinates are:

N33.76549 W114.171494

  On 12/23/2018 at 11:42 PM, LindaH said:

According to the Escapee Boomers' Facebook page, the GPS coordinates are:

N33.76549 W114.171494

Interesting, that is basically the exact spot that the Xscapers NYE event is at... google map screen shot. This is the area to the Northeast of the 95/10 interstction.

Is there a gathering for Members running junk scuse me vintage rigs?