For pimp tow vehicles, check out rvhaulers.ca. They won't be in your current price bracket, but for those considering a pimped out dually, you are solidly in the price bracket. At that point, the trailer weight becomes almost immaterial.
So, I wanted to come back to this
www.rvhaulers.ca website.
Franky, I'm disgusted. As I mentioned in my earlier reply they go out of their way to basically suggest and coach potential owners how to effectively lie to both the DMV/MTO as well as their insurance companies about their vehicles. They are class 8 heavy duty trucks, no way around it - they are NOT "motorhomes" as they want people to believe.
They were originally OTR tractors that were regularly pulling at least 80K gross, and being in BC where trains are legal, probably considerably over that. Yes, that means they're capable trucks, and yes since they are automatic anyone without the skills to operate a traditional 9/10/13/18 speed non-synchronized tranny (as is typically standard in OTR HDT's) can get behind the wheel and "make them go", but that's just the beginning. At least they're honest about the requirement for an airbrake endorsement on your licence.
That said, they are suggestive of the fact that since they cut off one axle and make them 2 axle trucks that they are legal for a regular licence class holder to drive. Perhaps in BC and AB, but not in many (most?) other places. Here in Ontario for example the class G licence specifies "small truck" specifically, and that aside it's capabilities for towing end at 11,000KG combined weight. These tractors, being class 8 bunk units are probably not far under 20,000 pounds ALONE. Basically, even if you *did* try to drive them with a class G licence (aside from the fact you're not legal already) you could only haul a 2000-3000LB trailer before you're outside the realm of a class G licence anyways.
This is the whole reason the new class AR (A-Restricted) was introduced a few years ago - too many yahoos going out and buying a 3500 series truck and a 40' toyhauler and hitting the roads with something that weighs potentially 30-40K with NO training. That's no more - the AR actually requires mandatory training..but it doesn't allow double trailers nor anything with air brakes, so you're still not really trained enough for one of these tractors on that website - you'd need a full class A here, no way around it.
All that aside, these trucks do not handle like a car. There's a reason there's a special class of licence, training, and a road test required to operate them.
Whatever loopholes this company is driving through putting untrained and under-licensed people behind the wheel of what is effectively a tractor trailer...well, you want to believe that they will be closed up sooner than later, and if anyone operating one of these setups gets in a wreck their insurance company is going to dump them in a heartbeat when they see exactly what they were insuring under the guise of "motorhome" - that's called material misrepresentation.
Then watch people try to skip the scalehouses and see what happens - suffice to say you'll have some extra orifices, and won't be driving your truck home either at the end of the experience.
I've nothing against people towing RV's and larger trailers with a class 8 tractor - you'll NEVER beat their capabilities in every aspect, but jeezus....go and get the training and proper class A licence beforehand - if you're that serious that you'd consider one of these things it's not too much to consider. I'm honestly ****** that their website goes out of it's way to help people avoid it.
/rant