Need some advice on a mistake.

DoubleEagle · July 05, 2019, 08:21:54 PM

Quote from: Ed Hackenbruch on July 05, 2019, 02:40:38 PM
Just find somebody that wants to use it as a tiny house on a lot somewhere and doesn't care that it can't be on the road anymore.

That is probably the most practical way to dispose of it, simply sell it to someone who is going to park it on a lot and has no intention of moving it down the road. I sold a travel trailer that had a title (thirty years ago) to a person that was going to park it on his lake lot permanently. He took the wheels off and sold them, and put it on blocks.

Jim Eh. · July 06, 2019, 04:37:20 PM

Quote from: bobofthenorth on July 05, 2019, 03:41:58 PM
You can probably sell it to a Canadian without doing anything further. We don't know what vehicle titles are. Bill of sale with the vendor name and address plus serial number and description of the trailer should get you buyer a registration anywhere in Canada. He's going to have to pay GST when it crosses the border but that should be all - thank you very much Brian Mulroney and Ronald Reagan for NAFTA. This link has some information but there's a typo in the 2nd paragraph referring to trailer imports - the wording in the link makes it sound like the trailer must be over 10,000# but in fact the requirement is for them to be under that weight.

Nice idea 'cept for one thing. when you "export" a vehicle out of the USA, you are "supposed" to check in with US customs on the way out and have previously forwarded the title and the bill of sale a minimum of 72 hours before crossing.
There is now further declaration paperwork that the seller has to fill out and forward. Not too sure what it is as I have not imported anything from the US since the change. It is getting more stringent. The first one I imported from the US was during a wicked snowstorm. Seems I missed the reporting station altogether. Funny how things happen sometimes.

bobofthenorth · July 07, 2019, 05:16:05 AM

Quote from: Jim Eh. on July 06, 2019, 04:37:20 PM
Nice idea 'cept for one thing. when you "export" a vehicle out of the USA, you are "supposed" to check in with US customs on the way out and have previously forwarded the title and the bill of sale a minimum of 72 hours before crossing.

Good point and I had forgotten about that bit of bureaucratic nonsense. However it is after all a trailer. The following is just a story and I am in no way recommending breaking any (stupid) laws. I have purchased plates for a trailer by showing up at the DMV with a bill of sale and a cheque. Then I drove 2000 miles, hung the plates on the trailer and drove home. That's just a story - not advice - but its a true story.

Scott & Heather · July 07, 2019, 10:32:48 AM

Sorry for the delay in response. These are all actually very creative suggestions. The whole re vin it idea could work but they do investigate to be sure you have a receipt for another trailer frame etc. that being said, it wouldn't be hard to do.

But alas, a twist of fate...I'll report more on this once it's all over...but it likely will go in my favor and it's a legal matter. When it's all settled, this may actually be a completely different story. Stand by.

Geoff · July 07, 2019, 11:22:20 AM

I have a foot or so of a trailer frame with a home stamped VIN number on it and a CA title to go with it. Very old.

Dave5Cs · July 07, 2019, 09:29:36 PM

Quote from: bobofthenorth on July 05, 2019, 03:41:58 PM
You can probably sell it to a Canadian without doing anything further. He's going to have to pay GST when it crosses the border but that should be all - thank you very much Brian Mulroney and Ronald Reagan for NAFTA.

Wasn't Ronny Reagan, It was
Clinton who signed NAFTA into law on December 8, 1993

buswarrior · July 08, 2019, 05:30:03 AM

Canada-US free trade got going with Ron and Brian in 1988.

Whether you wanted to or not, hard to forget Ron and Brian belting out "when Irish Eyes are smiling" early in their relationship...

Precursor to the NAFTA, which added Mexico during 1993, effective Jan 1 1994.

And now it's awkwardly titled USMCA, which doesn't readily become a "word"

Happy coaching!
Buswarrior

Dave5Cs · July 08, 2019, 07:46:17 AM

Agreed but the statement was NAFTA

which wasn't signed until later by other's.

buswarrior · July 08, 2019, 08:46:22 AM

The subjugation began with Brian and Ron. Once you are under oppression, the future adjustments are moot.

NAFTA became an easier thing to say than "free trade"

Forgive BotN on the details, he is getting old...

Happy coaching!
Buswarrior

Dave5Cs · July 08, 2019, 12:02:27 PM

NAFTA actually was Ratified in 1993 after Bush 43 and Clinton made changes and started calling it NAFTA and USMCA has not yet been Ratified.

chessie4905 · July 08, 2019, 12:05:05 PM

bobofthenorth · July 08, 2019, 05:49:25 PM

There's 2 minutes gone out of my life forever. Canada/US free trade started under Mulroney & Reagan. That's a fact. If you don't like it I don't care. Slick Willy wouldn't have had anything to sign if it wasn't for the work of the two real leaders.

chessie4905 · July 08, 2019, 05:55:11 PM

Ok nuff said....whats the best tire to buy?

richard5933 · July 08, 2019, 05:57:00 PM

Quote from: chessie4905 on July 08, 2019, 05:55:11 PM
Ok nuff said....whats the best tire to buy?

The round ones...

Jeremy · July 10, 2019, 04:35:03 AM

Anything to stop you removing the wheels, suspension and front towing frame and mounting the rest on a flat bed car trailer?

Sorry if that's a silly idea but I don't know the ins-and-outs of US vehicle registration. In the UK trailers and caravans don't have to be road-registered at all, only the towing vehicle

Jeremy