How To Register A Trailer In Ma

Raffaele Thely1950 · Monday, December 20, 2021

06-20-16,04:11 PM #1

Registering a home-made trailer in MA

I bought a home-made trailer over the weekend, it's a very accurate copy of a Kendon from the late 1990s. However, the previous owner doesn't have any prior registration for it -- the only thing I have is a Bill of Sale.
How do I go about getting this thing registered? I emailed my insurance guy at Liberty Mutual to ask him about getting an RMV1, however I've read some horror stories online (which I probably should've checked out before I bought it...) when it comes to registering a trailer that you can't prove has been previously registered in the People's Commonwealth.

Thoughts? It's obviously below 3,000lbs so it doesn't need a title. The other thing I've thought about is the place in Scarborough, ME that will register an out-of-state trailer in Maine for you as they're a certified agent.

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Last edited by number9; 06-22-16 at 04:23 PM.

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06-20-16,04:18 PM #2

Re: Registering a home-made trailer in MA

Originally Posted by number9

I built a trailer over the weekend, How do I go about getting this thing registered?

Maybe an easier question?

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06-20-16,04:18 PM #3

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06-20-16,04:28 PM #4

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Originally Posted by Petorius

Maybe an easier question?

Yeah, I think I might have actually spent my weekend building buying an exact clone of a Kendon trailer design from the late 1990s.
Seeing as that's what I did, how do I register it? Some of the horror stories include the RMV asking people for receipts of the parts that they used to build it which I can't supply, because I had all this shit lying around my house already.

Originally Posted by e30addict

Mainetrailerreg.com

Yeah, I might go with that option on principle.

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06-21-16,12:52 PM #5

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Re: Registering a home-made trailer in MA

Is there a VIN on the frame anywhere? I reg'd my Harbor Freight trailer as homemade and wound up finding a VIN later.

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06-21-16,02:22 PM #6

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Originally Posted by tls25rs

Is there a VIN on the frame anywhere? I reg'd my Harbor Freight trailer as homemade and wound up finding a VIN later.

I can't find one, I think it's been painted over. I called Kendon and they told me where to look for a VIN, but no dice.

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06-21-16,02:24 PM #7

Registering a home-made trailer in MA

It's a PITA. I had to have a friend register mine in NH for me. Once he got a plate, I "bought" it from him and registered it in MA.
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06-22-16,04:23 PM #8

Re: Registering a home-made trailer in MA

I registered my used, home-built trailer this morning. It was actually pretty easy, $76.25 later and I had a new license plate for it with very few questions asked!

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06-22-16,04:27 PM #9

Re: Registering a home-made trailer in MA

Maine will register a trailer for up to five years, I believe. That's one reason why you see so many long-haul trucks with Maine plates.

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06-22-16,07:32 PM #10

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Re: Registering a home-made trailer in MA

I registered a home built trailer several years ago in MA. There were no problems, and I don't think it was over $50.

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06-22-16,09:49 PM #11

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Where do you guys go locally for trailer tires? The tires on the Kendon are pretty old and need replacing, right now they're 13" radials. I've tried Town Fair Tire and Sullivan Tire, and they both had nothing in 13" at all.
The other option is Amazon or some other online trailer parts site, but I'd rather not wait around for shipping...

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06-22-16,10:42 PM #12

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Tractor Supply usually has a bunch.

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06-22-16,11:15 PM #13

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Originally Posted by e30addict

Tractor Supply usually has a bunch.

Thanks man. Their website sucked the big one, so I'll call 'em tomorrow.
I want trailer radials, right? Bias plys feel pretty prehistoric...

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06-23-16,05:57 AM #14

Re: Registering a home-made trailer in MA

Yes, you want radial tires.

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06-23-16,07:36 AM #15

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West Marine in Woburn may have them. Doesn't WalMart have them as well?
Edit: West Marine in Woburn has 12 and 13" wheels with tires but I did not see any tires alone.

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06-26-16,10:46 AM #16

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I got replacement tire and rims at etrailer.com
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06-26-16,07:16 PM #17

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I ended up getting 13" Carlisle radials for ~$53 ea at Ken Jones Tires in Worcester. They couldn't mount them that day, so I had them mounted at Tom Lyon's in Waltham for $10 each.
When removing the old wheels from the trailer, I actually ended up pulling out several of the wheel studs trying to get the lug nuts loose

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