Thanks for the info Senix!

 

Make sure you get a bill of sale and associated paperwork and have it readily accessible in your truck. I've stopped numerous vehicles traveling through Virginia without license plates displayed. As long as they have a bill of sale, title, etc. and I run the VIN and nothing comes back such as stolen, etc., they're good to go. Just so long as you have your paperwork in order, I wouldn't sweat it. Personally, I'd rather do it that way than to try to use a tag off of another vehicle.

To me, if I run the tag and it doesn't match the trailer, it sends up more of a red flag than no tag at all. And just to qualify that, I probably run between 50 and 100 tags per 12 hour shift on everything from cars, trucks, and trailers to tractor-trailers and everything in between.

 

Thanks for the inside info powerstroke72

 

If you have a friend with permanent trailer tags or at least non expired ones. i've done that many times with our campers permanent tags to move another trailer.

 

Many states give a grace period after purchasing a vehicle, here you can drive on a bill of sale for 72hours.

 

Never had that problem since I've had an active mass. trailer plate to swap off which is completely legal with a bill of sale. You're allowed x amount of days to register or transfer plates after purchase but I've always let my insurance agent know what's going on. Unless you're going to have it go through someone elses plate and bill of sale I'd suggest doing that as well.

 

If you need to I can store it for a few days.

 

i know when i bought my haulmark trailer brand new i was told that as long as i had the paperwork (bill of sale, ect) and i wasnt hauling anything in the trailer on my way home with it id be alright, i had no problems and ironically i didnt have the paperwork, they hooked me up , said my paperwork was in the trailer and i thought, "good to go" and left, turns out they ment their sales office "trailer" not what i was pulling. oopps. when i got home and went to look for it, it dawned on me, had to call and have them mail it to me. i wouldnt put a tag on it from another trailer, if it gets ran and doesnt match, there will be more troble for you than if you had no plates and a bill of sale in your hand. im sure state law will vary, but ive known of someone getting in troble for flat-towing a car on a dolly with plates off another vehicle.

 

If worst comes to worst, I might take you up on that. I'm still trying to talk to both the MA and MD DMVs.

 

can't you just temporarily remove the last two 0's in the GVWR and have it fall below the registration limit?

 

I would love to if I could hahahahaha

 

Go buy the trailer, get the bill of sale, rent a U-haul flatbed, load the new one on and drive it home. Problem sloved, all legal. That way you will not have a problem with tires, brakes nor lights. Get-er-done. Good luck

 

Good idea and I have thought about it, but the new trailer is a 24' enclosed car trailer. Its not going to fit on anythung U-Haul has.

 

Just wanted to let everyone know that I go home without an issue. I borrowed a friend of a friend of a friend's repair plate. Not sure if it was legal or not, but I made it home without a large ticket or a night in jail. The trip was great. First long trip like that I have ever really done in two days. Going down to Maryland was perfect, coming home was ok except I figured the George Washington Bridge "won't be THAT bad." I'll never make that mistake again, 3.5 hours to go uner 1.5 miles. Other than that it was flawless.

 

Great results. I avoid those traffic areas if I can but sometimes you can't.