For years in NJ all you had to do to register a home made trailer was to state the weight and number of axles and get a tag.
Now all of a sudden they need a notarized statement and receipts for all parts and you need a certified weight slip from one of three private scales to get a tag? I tried to re-register a couple of my trailers all of which have had homemade registrations for years, and they suddenly need weight slips and notarized receipts to prove where the parts came from.
I don't know about anyone else, but why or how would any one have receipts for steel that they've had laying around the garage for years or used wheels and tires bought at yard sales and flea markets? I've got 10 tons of steel laying around the shop, when I need a trailer, I start welding.
To make it worse, they now say that you need brakes on any trailer that is either over 3000lbs or if the trailer weights 40% of what the tow vehicle weighs. That means I need brakes on a 1200 lb trailer to pull it with my Ford Ranger that weighs only 3020 lbs. How do they expect you to put brakes on 8 or 12" wheels?
Have they lost their minds?
I've towed my 1475lb 16' boat for years behind my Ranger short bed with no problems, now it legally needs brakes. I guess I have to buy a bigger trailer with brakes to haul a 900lb boat? The trailer will outweigh the boat and a bigger trailer with brakes will no doubt put the towed weight into the 'too heavy' range. The truck doesn't even feel the boat behind it, it don't stop any different with the trailer than without it. Adding brakes is just adding more weight.
Keep in mind this is according to how the law reads, and hopefully they will never enforce such a ridiculous regulation. For what it's worth, my aluminum 14' boat on it's bunk trailer and 8" wheels weighs over 1200 lbs with the boat, motor, trailer, fuel, and other items in the boat on the way to the lake. The boat weighs in at 360 lbs, the trailer is 420 lbs, the motor another 120lbs, 6 gallons of gas another 45lbs or so, trolling motor and battery are at least 100lbs, plus the seats, tackle boxes, cooler, and beer. There's little doubt in my mind the whole thing is over 1200 lbs.
I guess they want me to go buy a bigger truck to pull a 12' boat?
Now all of a sudden they need a notarized statement and receipts for all parts and you need a certified weight slip from one of three private scales to get a tag? I tried to re-register a couple of my trailers all of which have had homemade registrations for years, and they suddenly need weight slips and notarized receipts to prove where the parts came from.
I don't know about anyone else, but why or how would any one have receipts for steel that they've had laying around the garage for years or used wheels and tires bought at yard sales and flea markets? I've got 10 tons of steel laying around the shop, when I need a trailer, I start welding.
To make it worse, they now say that you need brakes on any trailer that is either over 3000lbs or if the trailer weights 40% of what the tow vehicle weighs. That means I need brakes on a 1200 lb trailer to pull it with my Ford Ranger that weighs only 3020 lbs. How do they expect you to put brakes on 8 or 12" wheels?
Have they lost their minds?
I've towed my 1475lb 16' boat for years behind my Ranger short bed with no problems, now it legally needs brakes. I guess I have to buy a bigger trailer with brakes to haul a 900lb boat? The trailer will outweigh the boat and a bigger trailer with brakes will no doubt put the towed weight into the 'too heavy' range. The truck doesn't even feel the boat behind it, it don't stop any different with the trailer than without it. Adding brakes is just adding more weight.
Keep in mind this is according to how the law reads, and hopefully they will never enforce such a ridiculous regulation. For what it's worth, my aluminum 14' boat on it's bunk trailer and 8" wheels weighs over 1200 lbs with the boat, motor, trailer, fuel, and other items in the boat on the way to the lake. The boat weighs in at 360 lbs, the trailer is 420 lbs, the motor another 120lbs, 6 gallons of gas another 45lbs or so, trolling motor and battery are at least 100lbs, plus the seats, tackle boxes, cooler, and beer. There's little doubt in my mind the whole thing is over 1200 lbs.
I guess they want me to go buy a bigger truck to pull a 12' boat?
