Registering and Tagging a Kit Trailer can be a Pain. Try Maine.

We are going to pause in our build description for a second to discuss the issues with kit trailer registration, because at about this point you will run straight into it.

Kit trailers and Home-build trailers are cheaper than buying a new trailer, but state agencies hate them. The risks of sloppy or poor harbor freight builds worry lawmakers. So they tend to be punitive when you go to register your new trailer. Once such a trailer has been run into the system, it's treated like all of the others and the next renewal will be pretty cheap; it's just the original builder who is punished for trying to save a buck.
In CT it's about $150 to get one titled/tagged for 2yrs.
In PA, it's about $200 for 2 years.

So the solution is to register in a state that isn't being a twit about all this. Maine is popular. Registering and tagging a kit trailer from scratch in Maine costs  $99 for FIVE (5) years. It's legal and can be arranged over the phone, assuming you have:
1) Your purchase receipt
2) The Certificate of Origin that came with the kit.
3) Photographs of the finished trailer, even without a deck on it.

Once the trailer plate arrives, you're good to go.
Next post we will go into hanging the door frame, the angle iron trapeze, and the initial shell.

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