Vin number on a trailer

brian3127

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Me and my son bought a 1986 sea ray 270 Sundancer with dual Mercruiser 260's this weekend. The owners owned the boat for 27 years. They lost the paper work on the trailer. I have the signed title for the boat. The trailer has been painted. So I cant find the vin number on it. Is it stamped on the trailer or on a sticker. how would I get this registered in my name in MI.
 

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brian3127

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They never registered it. They never drove it down the road. The trailer was used to move the boat to the water then back to the storage building.
 

Candy Gramformongo

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Haven't you answered your own question? "So I cant find the vin number on it."

Fortunately there is usually a procedure to register a trailer without a VIN as a "homemade" trailer. You just have to find out what that is in your state.
 

Scott Danforth

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vin would have been on a sticker on the trailer.
 

tphoyt

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I have two trailers registered as homemade.
It was no big deal at my rmv but they may very from state to state. They asked for materials recipes and I just said they were made from stuff laying around. At the end of the day all they really want is your money.
 

Mad Dog 2

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If you find your state unfriendly. Google trailer registration in Maine. There are companies that specialize in helping people register trailers in Maine.
 
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