If it is a landscape trailer under 2500 lbs GVWR it is NOT REQUIRED TO BE TITLED OR REGISTERED.
That would be bitchin'!
If it is a landscape trailer under 2500 lbs GVWR it is NOT REQUIRED TO BE TITLED OR REGISTERED.
If it's an assemble it yourself trailer...it requires inspection along with the certificate of origin it should come with. If it's a new factory assembled trailer it doesn't require inspection but the certificate of origin is required.
If the trailer is not used on public roads it requires no inspection or title...or possibly a farm title and tag. Getting it titled at least means proof of ownership.
2025?Very cool trailer! I liked the tracks on the sides and the protected lights, but I'm hoping to buy something before June or July of 2025.
Thanks for the heads-up!
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2025?
That would be bitchin'!
If you go to the MVA and ask them if you can spend money and submit to their authority, they will gladly take your money and hold you under their thumb... or heel. But according to the Maryland Transportation Article, a trailer rated at 2500 GVWR or less is NOT REQUIRED to be titled, therefore it cannot be registered.Maryland Transportation Section 13-102
Article - Transportation
§ 13-102.
A certificate of title is not required for:
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(12) A trailer, other than a camping trailer, rated by the manufacturer as having a gross vehicle weight of 2,500 pounds or less.
Those econo trailers usually do not have extruded plastic loom over the lighting harness. Good idea to pull it out and add the plastic loom to protect that cheep harness. Then spray it with Bonide waxy pepper spray to ward off critters that like to chew because their incisors are constantly growing. Trailers sit and they find them. Also if you see cheep 3M wire splicers, ditch them. Solder and heat shrink or you WILL experience corrosion which in turn causes a voltage drop and could experience meltage to heat caused by resistance caused by corrosion.
Nick (39 years diesel, hydraulics and HD truck automatic transmission).
If you go to the MVA and ask them if you can spend money and submit to their authority, they will gladly take your money and hold you under their thumb... or heel. But according to the Maryland Transportation Article, a trailer rated at 2500 GVWR or less is NOT REQUIRED to be titled, therefore it cannot be registered.
The MVA will take your money and demand a $150 "inspection", but it is not needed.
OP, used trailers are available all the time. Facebook Martketplace, Craigslist, etc. If you budget for a used trailer, set aside money for new tires (always a good idea with a trailer) and $40 for a new LED trailer lights from Harbor Freight.
My dad just sold a nice 14x8 with rear and side loading ramps for about $300 last fall. He didn't have a need for it anymore and it seemed everytime we needed to use it we had to replace a tire on it. We figured it was easier to rent one from U-haul for a couple hours if I need to move the tractor from his house to mine, or to the repair shop.
One complaint I saw on vids on the folding HFT trailer was finding a way to make the license plate swing so that I doesn't get bent if/when you fold your trailer.
Not when it folds. When you pull the tongue pin to tip/dump it, the tail goes down and the plate will get bent up. I added gate hinges to mine so the plate swings.
Folding isn't a problem, the tail folds up and forward and then you stand it up. The plate will be up in the air then.
I see...makes sense! I'm not sure how much that tilting mechanism would make my life easier.
If I were to buy a trailer with it, I'd probably just bolt it in the locked position. The same goes for the folding mechanism.
I used it often when hauling leaves to the landfill. I made the sides solid 2 1/2 ft high and packed it with leaves every fall. Tilting it made it a bit easier to push them out.
It might be useful if you ever get a load of mulch, or something similar.
I don't use the folding feature either. When I first built it I cut the deck so it would fold.
After 10 or so years outside I had to replace the first deck (untreated plywood), and I didn't cut the new one, I left it in one 4x8 piece, so it doesn't fold now. It makes it a bit more stable.
I had one of the Tractor Supply Karavan trailers, they are SUPER nice. I know OP isn't towing it with his Camry, however I've got mine up on auction at Trice in Denton right now and its only at $1K.
It's new on the lot at $3K so likely to be a good deal. Mentioning it here because I think its the best trailer I've ever owned quality wise. The bed-sides fold down, there are tool-boxes in the fenders, and the entire frame is tube rather than channel, fully boxed in and then powder-coated not painted.