Boat trailer help
 

I traded for a boat in September of last yr. The boat trailers vin tag got torn or came off. I can't find a vin anywhere else on the trailer. The trailer came from Alabama where they don't title trailers.

Without a vin of some sort the troopers office won't inspect it so I can get a title for it.

Has anyone ran into this kind of deboggle beofore?

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!


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Boat trailer help
 

Scrap it.



Are you sure the vin isn't stamped on the tongue? Sometimes they are hard to see.

Get a number stamping set from harbor freight and stamp it on the tongue. Cost ya $15.

Unless I'm not seeing something. There's stuff there but nothing like a vin. Stuff about the hitch and what not


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And stamp what number on there? It wasn't ever titled bc Alabama doesn't title trailers. So I have no plate to trace the vin. I thought bout stencils... My next thing to do is possibly go "homeade"


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Do you know the vin?

Scrap it? Then what? I gotta boat sitting on the ground. I guess I could get money at scrap yard then buy another trailer... Hmmmm


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No. I just figured the vin would be there at trade. Didn't notice it had no vin until I was trying to find it for physical inspection by dot


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What size boat is it? I have one I'm not using with title.

if you don't know the vin and it was never registered in alabama, make up one and/or call it homemade.

You can't just make up a vin. The state will assign one if it's homemade.

ha, if thats the case then homemade is the answer.

Pm sent. Man it be awesome if it worked out


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Who ever you bought it from should have had it registered with their court house which would intern be able to get you the papers needed to register it here in Louisiana. .. This is how it works transferring one from Texas to Louisiana

They don't register trailers in alabama


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They have absolutely no way of league legally identifying a trailer in Alabama?.... think I need to make a trip over there to round up some trailers for scrap iron

As per Alabama DMV... you might want to call

Part of the process was getting a document signed saying they don't title trailers in Alabama on DMV letterhead . I got it I'll post it in a sec


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Wasn't trying to start nothing, if you got papers that you know we're done right that's cool.... I was just making sure someone didn't stiff you with a trailer and told you a lie about their laws.... no need to post the paper

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No I understand bro. I'm doing the same. The boat is now registered to me. The trailer vin was a sticker type and just came off. Can't contact the trailer manufacturer. Just a headache


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my sister lives in Alabama, they don't do brake tags but they do register them and plate them at time of purchase


I had something like this and when I called DMV I was told to be listed as home made trailer you need to show purchase receipts for the materials used and have someone sign a notorized afadavid they know you built it when the state troopers come to inspect it and if everything is not in order they take it with them when they leave to investigate it as possibly stolen. I ended up buying a rotted out junk trailer for $50 to get the papers, in fact I left it in his yard and told him to sell it for scrap metal.

any way you do this it will be a hassle so buy an old rusty junk trailer and stamp those numbers onto your trailer. its not the "legal" way to do it but its the only simple and fast way to do it and not spend 6-8 months dealing with buricrats

another solution is to go talk to a trailer maker and explain the whole situation and see what it will cost to have him certify it for you so it can be licensed, most wont do it but some will.

Yes. Go buy a piece of junk for the papers and go that route. That is the ONLY way to get this done.

Thx guys.


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If the trailer ever had a license plate on it in Alabama, then it was registered. The vin is required to register the trailer. Registration and title are two different things. No title is required for registration in Alabama. Mississippi is the same way. I just brought a boat and trailer in from MS and the trailer didn't have a title, but the vin was listed on the MS registration papers where I got the tag in MS.

Check just inside the tongue under the coupler, I was able to find the VIN for mine there also.

I noticed some makers will put the number plate on the inside of the yoke (A frame) so get under the trailer at look there for it being on the inside of the frame.

I have also found numbers stamped on the front of trailer tongue on top underneath the hitch, only visible after its removed.