MAINE regstrations

[PaulChristenson]

Maine is to trailers what Delaware is to Corporations...

[George2615]

Originally Posted by BJN644

Ain't that the truth, $600 a year to register the wife's new Toyota and $60 for 5 years to register my new 7000 lb. trailer.

$60 for 5 years isn't bad for a 7K trailer. That's only $12 a yr.
Here in NY my 7K trailer is $60.25 per year for registration plus another $10 for annual inspection. My gooseneck was registered in Maine before I sold it. If I remember right, the total cost for a 7 year Maine reg was about $100.

[escavader]

My tandem is licenced for 12 years,but i had to go direct to AUGUSTA to do it.It has a semi perminant plate.Cant remember the cost,but i did it cause it was a new trailer and i aim to keep it
ALAN

[BJN644]

Originally Posted by George2615

$60 for 5 years isn't bad for a 7K trailer. That's only $12 a yr.
Here in NY my 7K trailer is $60.25 per year for registration plus another $10 for annual inspection. My gooseneck was registered in Maine before I sold it. If I remember right, the total cost for a 7 year Maine reg was about $100.

It gets better on light trailers, my 2K snowmobile trailer cost $25 for 5 years.It seems to be almost a well kept secret, I've had fellow Mainer's ask me why I have a different plate than them. I believe if you go to your town office and register a light snowmobile trailer it cost $12 year verses the $5 a year for the semi-permanent plate with a minimum 5 years. But to do the semi-permanent you have to go to the motor vehicle office in Augusta, but not the one where you would get a drivers license, the place on Hospital Street.They made it confusing to get that cheap price.

[MikeD74T]

New Hampshire has a nonresident motor vehicle registration & doesn't charge or care about sales tax. MikeD74T

[GalwayBoy]

I registered my 20 foot 10k Cross Country with Maine this summer.
MBI Trailers handled the transaction for me. They're on the web.
Another is Staab Agency.

The cost with MBI was $90 with a five year semi-permanent plate. In NY the yearly fee would have been close to that. The only hitch is that the trailer is still titled to the previous owner. Maine does not title trailers of this sort. IF I wanted a title, I would need to title the unit in NY (paying both sales tax and a title fee) and then send the documents to Maine. I ended up sending copies of the bill of sale, and the sellers NY title to them with my request.

If I ever sell it, I transfer it with the title signed by the previous owner.

As previously posted, if you're going to play this game, be absolutely certain that the unit is 100% and that your load is rigged to spec. Nothing like a Maine plate to p*iss off the man, I'm told.

I've been being gouged by NYS for 52 years now. If I find I can find a way stick it to them and do it leagally, I jump at the opportunity.

Jon