Patent ID: 8613583

Claim:
A towing system, comprising: a towing vehicle, wherein the towing vehicle is a first truck; a towed vehicle having an axle and a frame, wherein the towed vehicle is a second truck; and a device removably mounted to the towing vehicle and to the towed vehicle, the device including a front portion removably interfacing with the towing vehicle, a middle portion, a rear portion at a different elevation from the front portion for removably mounting to both the axle and the frame of the towed vehicle and supporting the towed vehicle from underneath the towed vehicle, wherein the front portion and the rear portions are joined to the middle portion in a rigid configuration, the rear portion further having a front axle connector to which the axle of the towed vehicle is attached and a single central beam with a frame connector at an end of the single central beam to which the frame of the towed vehicle is attached, wherein the rear portion is adjustable and slides forward and aft for hauling various lengths of the towed vehicle, wherein the single central beam has a maximum width less than a maximum width of a remainder of the rear portion, the single central beam at least partly disposed inside of the remainder of the rear portion, and the front axle connector is disposed on the remainder of the rear portion at a location intermediate the end of the single central beam and the middle portion, and wherein the rear portion is configured for towing the towed vehicle in a forward-facing direction.