trailer a trailer?

[Petorius]

I'm going to start looking at trailers soon. If I buy one private party, how do I get it home before its registered?

[Bleemus]

Backroads and fast.

[Inferno]

How it should work:
Pick it up and drive home. If a cop pulls you over, warns you and puts a note in the system so that if you get pulled over again for it, you'll be fined/whatever laws they want to throw at you.

How it would work in MA:
Get 2 miles down the road and get pulled over.
"Sir I need to impound your trailer since it is not registered."
"STOP RESISTING"
"I SAID STOP RESISTING, OFFICER NEEDS BACKUP"
"YOU'RE GOING TO JAIL PUNK"

How it would work in RI:
I don't know since I've never been there. I'm from Seattle...

/thread

[Sheppo]

also you would be better off towing it with no plate than attaching one from something else.

[rolker]

Why not get a temp plate?

[Qfactor]

You could pay for trailer, go to registry w/ bill of sale, get plate, then get trailer to bring home legally.

seems simple, don't it?


I didn't do it in that order either.
I used the below:

Backroads and fast.

Q

[tsorfas]

also you would be better off towing it with no plate than attaching one from something else.

i disagree

[Damnut]

i disagree

Sheppo is correct. Attaching a plate to something that it doesn't belong to is another criminal charge. Without a plate on the trailer you could get charged with unregistered/uninsured, with a plate that doesn't belong you get those two charges PLUS one more for attaching plates. DAMHIK.

[scottfromboston]

Borrow a plate. No one gives a shit.

[01xj]

When I bought mine the guy told me to make up my own bill of sale, sign it and then sign his name kind of crappily in another color ink. So that's what I did. I picked up a plate on the way to get the trailer, threw my plate on and was legal for the way home.

[Mvalenti]

I thought you had 7 days to register??

[Rambunctous]

Take a 50 dollar bill and put it in a paper clip on the back of your license.

[Garandman]

How it should work:
Pick it up dand drive home. If a cop pulls you over, warns you and puts a note in the system so that if you get pulled over again for it, you'll be fined/whatever laws they want to throw at you.

How it would work in MA:
Get 2 miles down the road and get pulled over.
"Sir I need to impound your trailer since it is not registered."
"STOP RESISTING"
"I SAID STOP RESISTING, OFFICER NEEDS BACKUP"
"YOU'RE GOING TO JAIL PUNK"

How it would work in RI:
I don't know since I've never been there. I'm from Seattle...

/thread

So, how long you off meds?

[Jim]

You could pay for trailer, go to registry w/ bill of sale, get plate, then get trailer to bring home legally.

that's what i did

[Sheppo]

i disagree

In the big picture, you probably wouldn't have an issue, BUT All you need is to get pulled over. Been there, everything was towed from the scene, impounded, charges, etc. NEVER attach plates that don't belong to what it's registered too.

[Pigman]

Yea....just Hook and Book

[Inferno]

So, how long you off meds?

As a NES member, I thought you would appreciate it. Guess not

Edit: Apparently the humor is a bit different over here haha

[reks95]

I think there's something on the books about transferring a registration from one vehicle to another, but they have to be the same type and you have to have transferred the old vehicle. So, if you already had a trailer plate, you could at least pretend you were trying to be legal .

[Damnut]

I think there's something on the books about transferring a registration from one vehicle to another, but they have to be the same type and you have to have transferred the old vehicle. So, if you already had a trailer plate, you could at least pretend you were trying to be legal .

The deal with that is that the vehicle that you are taking the plate from HAS to be gone from your property in order for that to be legal.

[reks95]

That sounds right. The question is, how many cops are going to drive with you to your house to verify it.

[tsorfas]

I thought you had 7 days to register??

You do! I don't know why they are wilding about? You can throw any plate on it as long as you got a bill of sale and be fine. Just drive it home dude.

[tsorfas]

In the big picture, you probably wouldn't have an issue, BUT All you need is to get pulled over. Been there, everything was towed from the scene, impounded, charges, etc. NEVER attach plates that don't belong to what it's registered too.

I bought my bike from NY. Put my old plates on that were still active from my bike that I sold. Rode it back no problem.
And I did the same thing with the del sol. I got stopped had my old corollas registration with me and the bill of sale that I sold it. I was told to go home and register the car first thing in the morning.

[Stromper]

If you can't borrow a plate have a friend follow you home

If you bought it from a dealer and have mso or good bill of sale with serial number you should be able to get tags
before you pick it up

[TTD]

I asked the original seller to leave it registered.

I drove it home with his plate and registration. (My vehicle insurance covers it when attached to my vehicle).

When I got home, I mailed him the plate and registration.

[Garandman]

As a NES member, I thought you would appreciate it. Guess not

Edit: Apparently the humor is a bit different over here haha

Ditto. But the number of knee-jerk cop haters here is much smaller.

You do! I don't know why they are wilding about? You can throw any plate on it as long as you got a bill of sale and be fine. Just drive it home dude.

An individual, corporation or company may transfer an existing registration from one vehicle to another if the following conditions apply:

The registration is active.
The owners on the registration will not change.
Both vehicles conform to the same plate standards.
Is there a Grace Period for Transferring a Registration?
If you own a vehicle or trailer and purchase a new vehicle or trailer from a dealer or purchase a used vehicle or trailer from a private party, you may transfer your registration to the newly acquired vehicle. Massachusetts allows a grace period of seven (7) calendar days from the date you dispose of your previous vehicle to register your newly acquired vehicle.

Under this grace period, the following conditions must be met:

You must be at least 18 years old.
The newly acquired vehicle or trailer must be of the same type and have the same number of wheels as the previous vehicle or trailer.
You must carry the transfer documents, which show the registration number to be transferred, in your vehicle.
You must have lost possession of or disposed of your previous vehicle.
The registration plates must be attached to the newly acquired vehicle.
Please note, there is no grace period if you do not currently have a registered vehicle or trailer. The RMV does not issue temporary registration plates.

For more information about the Seven-Day Registration Transfer Law(MGL c.90, Sec. 2), refer to our FAQs About the Seven-Day Transfer Law.

http://www.massrmv.com/rmv/regs/reg2.htm