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"ITA97, now with more Jag @ opposite-lock.com" (ita97) 05/02/2019 at 20:51 • Filed to: None

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The NM MVD misplaced a decimal on the registration renewal for the racecar trailer. I think I’ll pass on the two-year option for $390 and stick with the one-year option for $20.5 0

BrianGriffin thinks “reliable” is just a state of mind > ITA97, now with more Jag @ opposite-lock.com 05/02/2019 at 21:05

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When I lived there, I thought that they offered 50 year registrations for trailers . Based on the above math, that’s gonna cost...a lot of moneys

ITA97, now with more Jag @ opposite-lock.com > BrianGriffin thinks “reliable” is just a state of mind 05/02/2019 at 21:15

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They do offer permanent trailer registrations, but only for things with a GVWR of less than 7000lbs. A standard double axle utility trailer or car hauler with a GVWR of 7000lbs doesn’t qualify, which given the prevalence of them, I’ m guessing was intentional by the legislature whenever it was they set that up. They’re cheap, too. We did a permanent registration on the boat trailer in 1998 for about $30 that had paid off handsomely compared to something like $15/year for  a one year registration.

atfsgeoff > ITA97, now with more Jag @ opposite-lock.com 05/02/2019 at 21:40

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Sounds like a perfect way for a trailer manufacturer to make lots of money in that state by offering a double axle utility trailer with GVWR of 6999 lbs.

functionoverfashion > BrianGriffin thinks “reliable” is just a state of mind 05/02/2019 at 21:49

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Boy, do I wish New Hampshire would do that. I don’t register my boat trailer because it’s like $50/year and I hardly use it at all. I’ll risk that ticket (which I’ll likely never get) for that kind of money, I only ever use it in town. So they get nothing instead of something. And I’m far from alone, most of the trailers I towed when I worked at a marina were unregistered. 

ITA97, now with more Jag @ opposite-lock.com > atfsgeoff 05/03/2019 at 01:21

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Indeed. Although I’m not sure NM buys enough trailers to matter to a manufacturer , and the fact that my trailer is actually titled and has a current registration sticker is almost astonishingly rare in this state. The likelihood of ever getting pulled over for not having a plate on a trailer is virtually nil, so many people don’t bother.

atfsgeoff > ITA97, now with more Jag @ opposite-lock.com 05/03/2019 at 01:30

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It would cost an established manufacturer mere pennies per unit to offer a trailer with a specified GVWR one pound less than an established model, though.

Ford does this with their super duty pickups, you can order code 68 D (a no-cost option) to reduce the placard GVWR to 9,900 lbs. on an F-250 and to 10,000 lbs on the F-350, in order to avoid higher registration costs in various states.