I am going to be delivering a brand new utility trailer from Cleveland to Connecticut. I am really not sure what to do about it having no plates. Pretty much the guy bought it online from a Sears outlet store in Cleveland and needs to get it back to his house in Connecticut. Ohio requires plates to be on trailers and his state does not. My question is what is the worse that can happen if I get pulled over for not having plates on a trailer in Ohio and any other state I drive through that requires plates? The guy said he will reimburse me for any tickets I might get, but I am worried about them taking the trailer or something. I will have a receipt of it and a copy of the owners license.
Towing a trailer with no plates
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In AZ you can apply for a 10 day temporary permit on line. Maybe you can see if there is something similar in your area.
I dont understand why anybody would licence a trailer. Or why the government would care. Its a car trailer. If you are making money off the trailer as a job, yeah, it should be liscenced. Why should the government care if you have a trailer? But if your pulling a trailer as a once in a while thing, it should be fine. My cutlass has been pulled around hundreds of miles before I got it running on an unlicensed trailer and havn't got ticketed. Of course this is rural MN and the trailer wasnt taken through large citites, but I wouldnt worry. And yes, MN does require trailers to be licensed.
Simple terms, dont worry. You should be fine.
Simple terms, dont worry. You should be fine.
Man I wouldnt even give it a second thought.I've dragged junk through several states and cities with old junk trailers that truth be known wasnt even road worthy.A cop is not going to be out with a mission looking for small trailers without plates, if you got 10,000 lbs of loose junk blowing all over the road that might be a different story.If you did get pulled over its probably consider an infraction, a trailer doesnt have a title or mco unless its a over the road type for semis since they are used in commercial uses.
Throw a fictitious plate on it. Or a slow moving vehicle sign(then stay under 25mph). Take a chance and get a fine, or possibly they could even impound the trailer.
Or one real thing that may work, is go to the bmv and get a scale ticket. This is used to take a homemade trailer to a scale to get weighed so they can decide how much to charge you for registration of the trailer. Then just tell any officer that you are in the process of registering it.
Whatever you do, don't ask anyone at the BMV for help. We called to ask what the weight limit was on homemade trailers before they were required to have brakes. The response was "trailers don't have brakes, semi trailers don't have them either". Friggin idiots!!!
Or one real thing that may work, is go to the bmv and get a scale ticket. This is used to take a homemade trailer to a scale to get weighed so they can decide how much to charge you for registration of the trailer. Then just tell any officer that you are in the process of registering it.
Whatever you do, don't ask anyone at the BMV for help. We called to ask what the weight limit was on homemade trailers before they were required to have brakes. The response was "trailers don't have brakes, semi trailers don't have them either". Friggin idiots!!!
jrm81bu said:
25 mph, lol!!! Turn a 5 hour drive into 20 hours :lol:
I would throw a fake plate on it, but I would think that is worse than driving without one if I get pulled over. For the scale ticket, I am assuming I would just leave it blank and say I am getting it weighed? Also, do they have temp. tags for trailers in Ohio?
You guys have it made out there. I bought a new boat trailer 100 miles from home and it took 3 round trips to get it home legally. In NY you need a trailer plate, inspection, registration, lights, and your car insurance covers it. Oh, and ALL trailer registrations expire on Dec.31 of every year, so you get to put a new decal on the plate to be legal every year. If you registered it Dec. 30, it would still expire Dec. 31. Some sh*t, huh? A fake plate would probably get you by the best, unless you got spot checked for something, then a fake would probably be worse than none.
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