Registering a home built trailer

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I haven't done it for a decade or more but back then you filled out some forms and paid the lady a registration fee plus the plates and off you went. You didn't have to show receipts or pay taxes. It was cheaper than transfering the ownership. Have there been any changes?

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That's what I did when I registered my home built trailer that I bought off someone else.

That was about 5 years ago ish.
 
its the same. Did it last summer. Colour, gross weight, number of axles and off you go!
 
Can one still pick up a trailer 'kit' from harbor freight, get it across the border, and register it as a home built?
 
yes, as long as you dont declare it as a TRAILER at the border...than you gotta do the importation, RIV, taxes, etc etc.

You're declaring trailer PARTS, not a trailer....bring it here, put it together, add whatever needs to be added to make it a trailer and register it.

Thats what i did.
 
No wonder I see a bunch of VERY unsafe trailers driving around town. Imo they should be certified by an engineer before being allowed on the road.
 
DownUnder said:
No wonder I see a bunch of VERY unsafe trailers driving around town. Imo they should be certified by an engineer before being allowed on the road.
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I have very little faith in most engineers' ability to do anything.

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DownUnder said:
No wonder I see a bunch of VERY unsafe trailers driving around town. Imo they should be certified by an engineer before being allowed on the road.
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I don't think I've ever seen a home built trailer that wasn't OVER-engineered. They tend to be much better built than some of the pieces of crap that you can buy.
The problem I see with unsafe trailers is a complete lack of maintenance. There are people that have a 25 year old trailer that they take to the cottage and back once a year. The rest of the time, it sits outside, never getting any attention. Bald, cracked tires, lights that don't work, rusted frames, dry wheel bearings, broken springs...
 
DownUnder said:
No wonder I see a bunch of VERY unsafe trailers driving around town. Imo they should be certified by an engineer before being allowed on the road.
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When's the last time a trailer hurt someone? If you want to go after unsafe cargo go after the roof top plywood tied on with string or loose stuff in the back of a pickup.
 
DownUnder said:
No wonder I see a bunch of VERY unsafe trailers driving around town. Imo they should be certified by an engineer before being allowed on the road.
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I have a home built trailer. It has about 7 years of use on it (all year long for bikes and then sled) and it's only now needing a but of work (just need to re-weld a fender bracket on and a coat of rust paint).
It's beefy, and re-enforced. It's stronger than those trailers you see at Crappy tire for $1000.
Most home built trailers use fairly heavy I beam and square stock steel. Sure, I'm a back room fabricator but just because I didn't waste 4 years in university doesn't mean that my years growing up and building stuff is useless knowledge. I graduated from lego and started wrenching and welding on stuff when I was about 12 year old and now can come up with some pretty good ideas on how to make some cool stuff.

The issue is people don't look after their things. If lights aren't working, I make sure they work. If tires look like crap I get new tires. Wheel bearings get done yearly.
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