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Chevy Silverado Doubles As A Locomotive: Video

Towing can be tricky, and the more variables you add to the situation, the trickier it becomes. Now, we’re checking out this Chevy Silverado pickup as it hits the highway with two crossovers hitched up behind it.

Recently hitting the web via social media, the details behind this video are unknown, but the footage speaks for itself. The video was shot from the passenger seat of an adjacent vehicle, and shows the Chevy Silverado as it cruises down the highway with a train of crossovers behind it.

A screenshot from a viral video showing a Chevy Silverado towing two crossovers at once.

“Choo choo!” the other motorist says from behind the camera. “When you don’t have a trailer.”

As the camera video passes, we see the three vehicles connected end-to-end by a series of trailer hitches, while two round lights are mounted on the roof of the rearmost vehicle.

The Chevy Silverado appears to be traveling at a good clip, while the Chevy Equinox and Saturn Vue behind it sway from side to side. Of course, the legality of this setup is somewhat questionable, with some states allowing a “triple tow” setup, and others making it illegal. However, even in the states where it is allowed, the exact regulations vary quite a bit.

Either way, this particular setup doesn’t look terribly safe. The three-vehicle train looks to “snake” slightly as it heads down the highway, all three vehicles moving within the lane and threatening to pull the Chevy Silverado into a collision if the driver is caught off guard. For example, what would happen if the driver needed to stop abruptly, or maneuver around an obstruction or some debris? The result could get messy pretty quickly.

Regardless of the legality, we would recommend against this sort of three-vehicle setup. While it is probably less expensive than opting for a large vehicle trailer and associated tow vehicle, towing two vehicles at once like this looks like dicey, at best.

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  1. He is my hero though. I would never even try that, but still

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  2. Headed to the scrap yard, no doubt

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  3. Combine Hydrotec w/ Ultium for the future HD trucks and somehow create a better setup to do the same; then simply state:
    Our new system has been tested by Wabtec Locomotive to prove it’s capability to tow anything and it is now available in our Heavy Duty Silverado…
    Challenge Delivered

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  4. Everyday in south texas headed to mexico and guatamala

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    1. Yep, you see that kind of thing pretty often on IH35 South from San Antonio to the border. I wouldn’t doubt if that’s where this one was videoed.

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      1. That has been going on since the late nineties. I’ve seen it numerous times, they really get squirming when they get passed by a semi. I drove an 18 wheeler for about twenty years. I’ve seen many of these “trains”.

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      2. Same in Houston. Used to see them about every week, but slowed down during pandemic. I guess used cars got too expensive as finding new ones was too hard/expensive.

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  5. Yeah. I don’t know where this was but we actually see things like this fairly often in Texas. In the vast majority of the cases we see, they are all running vehicles that were bought at auction and are headed to Mexico. I didn’t watch the video but, if you can see any types of auction markings on the windshields or driver’s door window, that’s probably what’s happening here.

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  6. If this were in China or another Asian country, all comments would say how reckless and typical it is regarding road standards and safety.

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    1. Reckless. Look at how much that Vue is wandering.

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  7. In the 80s thru 2ks I saw lots of these tri-tows heading from Texas to Mexico. Had one group of guys from Mexico buying cars from me doing the same thing

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  8. Same in Houston. Used to see them about every week, but slowed down during pandemic. I guess used cars got too expensive as finding new ones was too hard/expensive.

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  9. See it all the time in Colorado I25 South bound. Seen it up to 4 vehicles in tow.

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  10. Thank God he’s doing that with a Chevrolet (GeneralMotors) product, otherwise there would have already been a 3 vehicle pile-up but Chevy Trucks can handle it with ease!

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