Explain to the nice policeman that you re-built an old non-roadworthy
trailer....

Arcadefreaque wrote:
I opted not to go this route myself, but just because it has
manufactured parts does not make "not homebuilt".

I do have a trailer that I bought from harborfreight as a kit. It is
licensed as a homebuilt trailer eventhough the manufacturer provides a
VIN plate and nice neat parts that are obviously prefabbed. I provided
the certificate that came with the trailer (that said "homemade
trailer" or something like that), and they went ahead and licensed it
as a home built trailer.

Also, I've licensed trailers as homebuilt when they were built from a
truck bed, or from parts of another trailer that had failed and
required siginificant (okay almost complete) rebuilding of everything
except the leafsprings.

As long as the #'s on your frame do not match up to a stolen or another
currently licensed trailer, they won't (and should not) question you.

** I almost went this route last year when i bought a 19 foot sailboat
, 6hp Evinrude and roller trailer.
The original owner is French and lives in Quebec. He bought all new in
1986, moved all to a lake cottage and didn't move it. He never did
register the trailer (or boat)
Next he sells to a friend after using the boat 16 years. The friend puts
an old license plate on the trailer so he could bring it to his town and
just uses the boat on the St. Lawrence...at his doorstep. he doesn't
register anything. Two years later, this guy deceides he wants a bigger
sailboat and advertises my boat on the internet. I stumble onto the
add, travel 800 miles and try to negotiate in a foreign language. His
was foreign to me and mine to him. D'oh!
I buy the boat and trailer it through 3 provinces with the phony plate.
Then I tried to register the trailer in my home province...what a song &
dance. Took weeks and numerous e-mails...letters and phone calls to the
original owner...who of course is French.
It finally all came together and I got it registered properly.

"Stanley Barthfarkle" wrote in message
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Explain to the nice policeman that you re-built an old non-roadworthy
trailer....



The cops are not going to question the title to a $1,200 package of a 12
foot fishing boat with trailer.......all with proper boat registration and
trailer tags, homebuilt or not.

I think they have better things to do than the question this legitimate
deal.

"Red Cloud®" wrote in message
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On Tue, 05 Jul 2005 16:06:38 GMT, Ignoramus26831
wrote:

I am in IL.

I bought a 12 foot boat with trailer at an "estate sale", for $120.

http://igor.chudov.com/projects/12-f...raft-Seafarer/

All we did was writing a "bill of sale" on a small piece of paper.

Now I am beginning to realize that I have to possibly go through a
mountain of paperwork to actually get title to the boat AND trailer.

Does anyone have any actual experience dealing with transfer of
boat/trailer titles etc?

i

I don't think it will amount to a "mountain" of paperwork. You may need to
get
the seller to sign and notarize something, but it's not the end of the
world.
Trying to make the trailer a "homebuilt" will create more of a hassle, as
it
will then need to get temp plates and be inspected, and then re-inspecdted
to
correct faults. That will no doubt involve jumping through a lot more
hoops than
playing it straight and getting the paperwork filled out properly.

My homebuilts were never even looked at, it was simply a matter of
writing a check to the DMV and getting the plate and tabs.



The boat will be even less complicated.

rusty redcloud