How did you offload a shipped trailer?

tommcintire · Feb 2, 2010

Aaron_D said:
Thought about that, I wouldn't even care if that person put a load on it to make a few bucks extra. I wouldn't know how to deal with the lack of registration nor potential liability if any.

Thanks for all the ideas, this gives me some direction

One way I have heard of dealing with the registration / liability issues is as follows (this is the model a horse trailer dealer in Maine uses for out of state customers):

Customer pays for trailer couple weeks in advance of delivery.
Dealer / Manufacturer sends proof of sale & certificate of origin to customer.
Customer goes to local DMV / RMV / wherever you register your trailer and registers it.
If desired / required, get insurance on it (may need before reg, depending on state).
Take plate and go get trailer.

You could have the person hauling it for you added to the trailer insurance for a week or so for the transport time...

-Tom

SARG · Feb 2, 2010

Or ...... just go get it and keep the bill of sale in your pocket........ 90% of cops won't care ...... just hope to miss the 10%.

I've always just "obtained" a plate from a pal ......never had an issue.

Diamondpilot · Feb 2, 2010

tommcintire said:
One way I have heard of dealing with the registration / liability issues is as follows (this is the model a horse trailer dealer in Maine uses for out of state customers):

Customer pays for trailer couple weeks in advance of delivery.
Dealer / Manufacturer sends proof of sale & certificate of origin to customer.
Customer goes to local DMV / RMV / wherever you register your trailer and registers it.
If desired / required, get insurance on it (may need before reg, depending on state).
Take plate and go get trailer.

You could have the person hauling it for you added to the trailer insurance for a week or so for the transport time...

-Tom

This will not work around here. Any vehicle coming with a out of state Title or Cert of Origin needs a police visual check done to it prior to registration.

Just have the bill of sale with you. I called my local State Police Office and they said they give 14 days of grace. I have sold dozens of boats and trailers many of which I have transported over about 10 states and never once been pulled over 90% of the time not even having a plate on the trailer. If I was I would just explain and show the bill of sale and hope for the best.

Biggest issue is letting your insurance man know what is going on before setting off.

Chris

BillP603 · Feb 2, 2010

Towing companies do this all the time for vehicles shipped in trucks, they will just back a ramp truck to the trailer and pull it onto the ramp truck, pull away and drop the ramp. Should be 1 hr minimum rate.

buckeyefarmer · Feb 2, 2010

Don't drive thru Northern Virginia, the cops there live to pull over trucks with trailors.

schmism · Feb 3, 2010

40' or 20'?

on a 20' i call in my neighbor with the 75hp case and a 5K lb front end loader. he picks it up and drives it around and sets it down were i need it.

40' is about 10K lbs so your gonna need 2 tractors for it.

although most of the places around hear send them out on a lowboy flatbed with toe roller. you just chain the thing to a tree,tractor, whatever and have the semi drive out from under it. once he gets to the edge you place some cribbing under it and it drops 3" onto the cribbing.

then use your jacks, FEL whatever to lower it to the ground.

Diamondpilot · Feb 3, 2010

schmism said:
40' or 20'?

on a 20' i call in my neighbor with the 75hp case and a 5K lb front end loader. he picks it up and drives it around and sets it down were i need it.

40' is about 10K lbs so your gonna need 2 tractors for it.

although most of the places around hear send them out on a lowboy flatbed with toe roller. you just chain the thing to a tree,tractor, whatever and have the semi drive out from under it. once he gets to the edge you place some cribbing under it and it drops 3" onto the cribbing.

then use your jacks, FEL whatever to lower it to the ground.