RVs Gone Wild takes the idea of a “turducken” and applies it to RV towing, where rigs are stacked inside, on, and behind each other in the wildest ways. The result is part comedy, part horror, and a steady reminder that RV safety still matters, even when people push things to the limit.
What “turducken” means for RVs
Turducken starts as food, a chicken cooked inside a duck, cooked inside a turkey. The video at the end of this post borrows that idea for towing, where one rig pulls another that pulls another, or carries one on top of another.
The classic example is a truck pulling a trailer that has a fifth wheel hitch in the bed, and that hitch carries a full fifth wheel. There is also a U-Haul with a car hauler, with a pickup on that, and a fifth wheel hitched to the pickup. It likely moved down the road, but nobody would call it smart or safe.
Viewers are often asked to chime in with what their state allows. Some places allow double towing, while others will ticket a driver as soon as they cross the border.
Professional towing creates its own version of the vehicle turducken. One shot shows a tow truck carrying a tow truck that is carrying another tow truck that is carrying a car. It is absurd, but tow operators do stacks like this at times.
From there, the video shifts to RV turducken trains. There is a Class A motorhome pulling a cargo trailer with a half deck, a car parked on that deck with a bike rack, a motorcycle in front of it, and then a boat trailer with a fishing boat and a canoe hanging off the back of the car.
A milder version appears when a big Class C pulls a single trailer that carries a car and a boat. It still looks cartoonish, but at least it is only one trailer behind the RV.
Extreme stacks, long rigs, and odd mounts
Several clips show how long these trains get. A heavy-duty truck pulling a large fifth wheel and then a long trailer behind it can stretch nearly 70 feet. The only easy place to park a rig like that is usually a Walmart lot, and city turns need almost two lanes.
Other rigs bend the rules in stranger ways. One truck has a full boat mounted on top of the bed so the fifth wheel hitch cannot be used in its normal spot. To fix that, the owner adds a strange fifth wheel adapter off the rear bumper, then hitches a fifth wheel to that, then adds a bumper pull cargo trailer on the back of the fifth wheel.
Another scene shows a pickup with a full-size pontoon boat behind a fifth wheel, then a second trailer with a jet ski behind the pontoon. It really is the RV version of “hold my beer.”
Custom conversions and stacked toys
The show also digs into homemade builds. A classic VW bus sits on top of a school bus, complete with a slide out. Someone else cut the side out of a school bus and slid an entire travel trailer into the shell so that the bus becomes a rolling wrapper for the RV.
A Ford truck appears with one camper shell inside another, both strapped down with ratchet straps. It looks wrong, but it is still moving, so the host hands it a joking gold star for effort.
Power, prep, and specialty builds
Not every turducken is about more campers. One viewer builds a small utility trailer that is basically towable energy. Inside are batteries, a built-in generator, a backup generator, fuel storage, a diesel heater, and all the cords, hoses, and parts needed to support a big fifth wheel. It is a rolling power plant that follows the main rig.
Others turn work trucks into RV platforms. A viewer shares a Grader in Australia towing a small truck and trailer behind it while grading outback roads. Another sends in a fire truck that carries a full RV on its back, with a pickup mounted behind that. Several “crawler hauler”-style builds show fifth wheels or small campers mounted on long gooseneck trailers with room for Jeeps, side by sides, or skid steers underneath.
International and vintage RV turduckens
The concept is not limited to North America. Clips from Asia show delivery trucks stacked on delivery trucks, then another trailer behind them. A South African viewer sends a photo of a triple-tow setup with an off-road trailer, another trailer, and bikes off the back.
Older photos prove this stacking is nothing new. One black and white shot shows a classic car pulling a trailer that pulls a boat. The only thing that changed is how many toys people want to bring now.
Crashes, recoveries, and safety
Not every story is funny. One segment shows a rolled fifth wheel and truck that recovery crews pieced back together on a trailer. The RV looks wrecked, but the way it stays in one piece says a lot about how it was built and how skilled the tow crew is.
There are also clear warnings. Viewers see sketchy dollies, missing tires on big loads, trucks pulling far more than they should, and trailers held together by hope and cheap straps. The show reminds people not to copy what they see, and to treat these clips as lessons in what can go wrong.
In the end, turducken towing is funny to watch, but it also shows how fast people can push past common sense once they have a hitch and a pile of toys. The wild builds, long trains, and sketchy fixes make good entertainment, yet every clip carries a warning about weight, control, and road safety. Anyone who tows can learn from these rigs, even if they never plan to stack a fifth wheel on a flatbed with a boat and a side-by-side hanging off the back.
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RVT1243
In Idaho it is not unusual to see trucks pulling campers with boats on behind. When I hookup my boat and TT I’m at 73′ just under the limit. Both TT and boat have brakes and I never exceed 55 mph. It’s a three step process at the lake; stop unhitch the boat, park the trailer, hitch the boat and park it.
I’m not sure if a pickup truck pulling a 5th wheel with a boat on a trailer behind the 5th wheel is legal in Pa. I was sitting in Bingham’s restaurant having breakfast looking up at Interstate 81 south in Lenox, Pa and sure enough that setup drove by. Bingham’s Restaurant is famous for their delicious pies and food. Easy access with RV’s.
Normally, in the event of an accident, the insurance companies will be consulting a dozen Philadelphia lawyers looking for any reason to deny your claim. With those rigs in the video, the insurance companies would only need to consult an 8th grader whose neighbor’s third cousin dated a lawyer once in 1965. Oh, wait…those are the people that were driving those rigs!