Towing Issues: towing in Wyoming, 5th wheel trailer, ammonium nitrite

Question
My question is: is Wyoming a non tandem state?  For example, can I tow a full size truck with a fifthwheel trailer together provided my truck is not over capacity.  I know big rig heavy duty towing in some states are required to be separated.  I'm trying to find out if the same is required in WY for light to medium duty vehicles.

Thankyou.

Answer
Ok, I am kind of lost here,  are you talking about towing a full size truck and 5th wheel trailer behind a tow truck??

Or using an RV, towing a vehicle behind it and then a trailer on that ?


Kind of lost, but I am going to to with the commercial towing issue as it seems that's the question here..

OK, as long as you do not exceed the ratings for the truck and YOUR DRIVERS LICENSE, you can tow just about anything under "EMERGENCY MOVEMENTS" from break downs and accidents...

But if you pick it up in Cheyenne and are stopped in Afton in combination you might be in trouble as you have lots of places to drop the trailer.  They call it a "divisible load"

Now you can also get permits for each trip when in "COMBINATION" and they do also cover overweight, overlength, and overheight issues... But again the divisible load comes into play at times.
Now in the towing issues in Wyoming ( I used to drive in Cheyenne for Rhodes Towing) we towed combinations all the time and sometimes as far as from Rock Springs...  But cross the boarder into Colorado  it gets broke apart quick... Same deal with Nebraska but they used to look the other way out to about Sidney  (this is also 7 + years ago I was there)

Now one thing to consider when towing combinations and dropping them at places, the divisible load also has a loophole in it...  Thanks to 9/11, homeland security has come into the problem..  Do you want to drop a tanker of gasoline, or other hazardous material..What about ammonium nitrite ? want to leave that on the exit ramp somewhere unattended...

And then back to the gas tanker and other tankers, are the landing gear legs strong enough to support a loaded trailer with out failing and punching though the tank and releasing the material...

Not to sound like a smart Alec but something's have to be considered.. Yes you can tow combinations but you have to be smart about it...  And then you also have to look at the road conditions and stuff... Want to come down Sherman or Teton pass with 45,000 pounds (about 8000 gallons) of gas with ice on the roads behind your tow truck... Remember you will be hauling the 80,000 pound load, plus your weight of the tow truck, using how many brakes????


Now as to the light duty part, I would assume its the same thing, but also there is a towing link here for RV issues and it might be worth checking out the answers they have listed...

http://www.towingworld.com/articles/TowingLaws.htm


Good luck and enjoy towing in Wyoming, I really miss doing it there.. The snow, the ice, the WIND, and the scenery..