Buying a trailer

where are you, where is the trailer ? depending on locations you should be able to get a power only and/or a loadout trailer to cut down your deadhead and hopefully make a few shillings. You'll need trailer interchange insurance for the power only or loadout, and you'll need plates and insurance in place on your trailer to bring back or get a load on it.

 

yep, you can't haul a load without plates on the trailer. and if you haul a load up. what you going to do with THAT trailer to bring yours back.

i'd just bobtail up and bring trailer back. you don't need plates to do that. and your fuel economy will be great bobtail.

 

You can also get ALL the data on the trailer and get it plated before you leave.

So long as you have proof of purchase and registration, you are good.

If you can find a power only there, even better
I bought truck and trailer a year ago and did that. traded my van for a reefer in feb and did the same thing there.

 

I've never bought a trailer near me. I've bobtailed, hauled power only and had the trailers hauled to me. It just depends on what you want to do. I've gone and bought a trailer and then had it tagged and went back to pick it up as well. I tag my trailers out of Maine, as they have third parties that do everything through the mail and no sales tax!

 

Trailers can be tagged anywhere. Your IRP (truck) tags must be state of residence or where you maintain a physical, staffed office. I always used www.mbi-trailers.com in Scarborough ME. Not only do you save tax, but in FL the tag agency has to visually verify the VIN and most tag agencies don't have room for you to park a tractor trailer.

 

He should be able to get a 45 day temp tag from his state DMV for the trailer. That's what we did with one of our tractors and both our trailers. You may get checked over at a scale but they call the state you're based out of and check if they really feel like being jerks.