How many of use 1 plate for all your trailers? I just got a used toy hauler and don't have the title yet. Where planing a trip next week but no plate for it. A buddy told me to just use my plate for my car hauler. How Illegal is this?
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Can you get a temporary tag from your DMV with a bill of sale? It's probably NOT worth the hassle of getting caught.
Didn't this thing come with a title or registration? On another note, I have used a plate from my car hauler on my sand rail trailer a few times. I also drove a truck from California to Idaho with the plate off of my other truck (both same year and make). It can be done, but the great unknown starts as soon as you get pulled over.
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I do this all the time. I've been pulled over plenty and never received any tickets. In my experience the cops never really look close enough at the registration to notice that anything is out of place. As long as there isn't something noticeably different between the registration and the trailer like the trailer's brand new and the registration is for a 1970 trailer. I've even done this on my trucks so that I wouldn't have to insure them all, as long as it's the same make and body style they never think twice.
Once I got pulled over driving an '82 Toyota truck and mistakenly gave the cop a registration for a '78 Chevy 3/4 ton, that I had crushed about a year before, and he never said anything.
Once I got pulled over driving an '82 Toyota truck and mistakenly gave the cop a registration for a '78 Chevy 3/4 ton, that I had crushed about a year before, and he never said anything.
actually,it depends on local laws. here in ohio all you need to register a trailer is a weight slip,so even a "ready made" trailer that came with a title could be taken to a weigh station and registered as home made.
as such,a trailer plate here has no vin,make,GVWR,or whateva,attached to it. my trailer plate come up simply as a noncomercial trailer registered to my name/addy so there is no way for anyone to prove ive got the wrong plate on the wrong trailer.
so obviously i do it all the time. i have 2 plates i swap around on my 4 trailers as needed
so you need to check into local laws. it might be as easy as getting it weighed and registering it as home made. if not,then as others have said,its not much different than runing fictitious plates on a car. authorities prolly wouldnt notice but you could potentially be in some trouble if they did.
as such,a trailer plate here has no vin,make,GVWR,or whateva,attached to it. my trailer plate come up simply as a noncomercial trailer registered to my name/addy so there is no way for anyone to prove ive got the wrong plate on the wrong trailer.
so obviously i do it all the time. i have 2 plates i swap around on my 4 trailers as needed
so you need to check into local laws. it might be as easy as getting it weighed and registering it as home made. if not,then as others have said,its not much different than runing fictitious plates on a car. authorities prolly wouldnt notice but you could potentially be in some trouble if they did.
We went to a branch of the finance company. paid the finance company the settelment payment. they said the title was at there headquarters back east and it would take 30 days to release the title.
On the other hand it sounds like alot of people do this. I have 4 trailers and one good plate. I also have 2 toyotas that I could do this too:flipoff2:
On the other hand it sounds like alot of people do this. I have 4 trailers and one good plate
. I also have 2 toyotas that I could do this too:flipoff2:
In az the plate for a car trailer will be diffrent than the plate for an RV (toy hauler) ...... a "smart" cop will know that.
I have a friend with a toy hauler that has a perm tag plate, he's been pulled over just because of that...... the cop will run the plate# and checks it to the vin of the trailer, then he gets told that its not right to have that type plate on that trailer......
**My friend has a Carson toy hauler that he bought used, the girl at MVD just saw Carson and figured it was an enclosed cargo trailer and offered him the perm plate
I have a friend with a toy hauler that has a perm tag plate, he's been pulled over just because of that...... the cop will run the plate# and checks it to the vin of the trailer, then he gets told that its not right to have that type plate on that trailer......
**My friend has a Carson toy hauler that he bought used, the girl at MVD just saw Carson and figured it was an enclosed cargo trailer and offered him the perm plate
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Yep, me too, 4 trailers and one plate.
Iowa does put a color on the registration, so I am in process of turning all my trailers red.
No VIN# on any of the trailers, so hard to prove I'm switching them around, the wing nuts holding the plate on may be a give away,,,,,:shaking:
100% illegal
Yep, me too, 4 trailers and one plate.
Iowa does put a color on the registration, so I am in process of turning all my trailers red.
No VIN# on any of the trailers, so hard to prove I'm switching them around, the wing nuts holding the plate on may be a give away,,,,,:shaking:
100% illegal
yup, at least in ca, car hauler trailers are perm plates and my toy hauler is a annual plate. different styles and a cop 'should' know the difference.
just like plates for pickups and cars are different (cars have 3 letters, pickups have 1)
that said, we used to have an old flatbed that rusted away but, we kept the reg and plates. one year we lost the plates to the boat trailer and just used the other plate and reg. both were built in about 1970 so the vintage was the same for the title and the trailer.
just like plates for pickups and cars are different (cars have 3 letters, pickups have 1)
that said, we used to have an old flatbed that rusted away but, we kept the reg and plates. one year we lost the plates to the boat trailer and just used the other plate and reg. both were built in about 1970 so the vintage was the same for the title and the trailer.
I pull trailers around all the time most of them the lights don't work and the plate is either the wrong one or expired. My dad was pulled over with my gooseneck with a homemade trailer plate expired. The truck was my sisters it had a kansas plates on back Texas on front and she had just moved to IL. The cop just shook his head and let him go. Needless to say I got an earfull when I got home. Cops don't really mess with trailers around here because probably 90% of them are illegal. I also went to the DMV to license 3 of my trailers and forgot which plate went were so they are all mixed up anyway.
Not to mention your sister's car trailer ran without legal tags for 2 years. :flipoff2: It now has legal tags though.
We pulled a 38' goose from KS to OK without any tags on it and two rigs without any problems. Just depends on what the cops want to do. I was pulled over in NE because I didn't have a front license plate. KS doesn't have them and he didn't realize that.
We pulled a 38' goose from KS to OK without any tags on it and two rigs without any problems. Just depends on what the cops want to do. I was pulled over in NE because I didn't have a front license plate. KS doesn't have them and he didn't realize that.
Where are you going with the trailer? In most states a cop would never check a trailer registration.
Hell, in OK you don't even need a plate on a trailer as long as it's not for commercial use. I can slap wheels and lights on anything and go right out with it behind my truck.
Hell, in OK you don't even need a plate on a trailer as long as it's not for commercial use. I can slap wheels and lights on anything and go right out with it behind my truck.
Both my Car trailer and my gooseneck both have reg and thier own plates. The $40 per year is well worth the hassle of being pulled over and possible impoundment of the trailer hundreds of miles from home. I will admit I don't know what other states are like, but here in MN they are registered by weight, and a 15k lb tag on an obviously 7K rated trailer would raise some suspicion.
I'd run it without the plates as a 'fix-it' for registration issues is a lot less hassle/$$/legal mess than purposefully putting the tags from one vehicle on another. Keep your bill of sale paperwork with you, start talking to the cop (if you get pulled over) about the bank, 30 days, dmv this, out of state dmv that, and if he ain't wishing you good day at that point....
putting plates on anything besides what they belong on is fraud/ forgery and it carrys large fines. Sounds like you put out the effort to get the plates and stupid asses at DMV can't figure it out so play stupid 'if" you get pulled over for some odd reason or even worse an accident and just play stupid. I have never gotten fined for being stupid. I do reg. everything because it is just easier that way. Hope you guys never get caught doing it:shaking:
By the way fix your fu#@$%^&* lights and brakes dumb ass
By the way fix your fu#@$%^&* lights and brakes dumb ass
By the way fix your fu#@$%^&* lights and brakes dumb ass[/QUOTE]
Who ever said my brakes didn't work? I always have good breaks and I tow with a 550 so stopping is no issue. I also didn't say my lights never work and at least most of them do. My big trailers do because you cannot see the vehicle. Before you get all righteous on me ask yourself if you have ever done anything illegal or dangerous. I was just making a point that cops don't look at trailers that hard. And all three of my trucks have brake controllers. If you guys want to talk chit know the facts first or you just look like an idiot. Everyone on this board is an offroader which means your rig has probably been muddy going down the road with mud falling off it on the road hitting other cars= illegal and dangerous. You aren't as perfect as you think.
Who ever said my brakes didn't work? I always have good breaks and I tow with a 550 so stopping is no issue. I also didn't say my lights never work and at least most of them do. My big trailers do because you cannot see the vehicle. Before you get all righteous on me ask yourself if you have ever done anything illegal or dangerous. I was just making a point that cops don't look at trailers that hard. And all three of my trucks have brake controllers. If you guys want to talk chit know the facts first or you just look like an idiot. Everyone on this board is an offroader which means your rig has probably been muddy going down the road with mud falling off it on the road hitting other cars= illegal and dangerous. You aren't as perfect as you think.
We use 1 tag for our cargo, car hauler,and boat trailer. The toy hauler has its own tag.
never had any problems.
never had any problems.
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