# First time buying a trailer, need some info. **URL:** \ **Category:** Shift518 Off Topic\ **Created:** [June 12, 2010, 5:23pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/first-time-buying-a-trailer-need-some-info/252637 "2010-06-12T17:23:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![RocketPunch](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/rocketpunch/32/6429_2.png) [@RocketPunch](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/RocketPunch)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2010, 5:23pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/first-time-buying-a-trailer-need-some-info/252637/1 "2010-06-12T17:23:21Z")
Is a Harbor Freight “assemble yourself” trailer consider “homemade”? Can anyone give me a run down of how to get it on the road Thanks! :thumbup ---
**Author:** ![Wayne64SS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/wayne64ss/32/6365_2.png) [@Wayne64SS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Wayne64SS)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2010, 5:42pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/first-time-buying-a-trailer-need-some-info/252637/2 "2010-06-12T17:42:14Z")
I believe they come with a VIN. I bought one off ebay before built it and reg’d it no prob. I’m pretty sure they have a vin, but if not just file as home made. ---
**Author:** ![Reckone](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/reckone/32/6324_2.png) [@Reckone](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Reckone)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2010, 6:25pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/first-time-buying-a-trailer-need-some-info/252637/3 "2010-06-12T18:25:09Z")
They come with the paper work. You can’t buy a homemade trailer for a retail store. ---
**Author:** ![Boxersix](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/boxersix/32/6327_2.png) [@Boxersix](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Boxersix)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2010, 7:11pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/first-time-buying-a-trailer-need-some-info/252637/4 "2010-06-12T19:11:13Z")
Anything with a vin or manufacturing tag isn’t classified as homemade…however the rules in Maine where I register my trailers are very loose…homemade or CUSTOM. Custom being the loose term of it as you could technically buy a trailer, debadge it and make some slight changes, and then classify it as custom. ---
**Author:** ![Reckone](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/reckone/32/6324_2.png) [@Reckone](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Reckone)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2010, 7:27pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/first-time-buying-a-trailer-need-some-info/252637/5 "2010-06-12T19:27:48Z")
Either way, if you have to reg any trailer as homemade. As long as it’s under 1k lbs, you just need a weight slip. Fill out the homemade trailer and registration form. I suggest going to a small DMV. I went to albany to reg it, they had me get 5 forms. Then I went to troy, they threw out 3 of them, lol. ---
**Author:** ![PJB](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/pjb/32/6389_2.png) [@PJB](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/PJB)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2010, 9:21pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/first-time-buying-a-trailer-need-some-info/252637/6 "2010-06-12T21:21:33Z")
I got my trailer without paperwork and I took it to Predel’s in Schenectady and got it weighed and got a weight slip and went to the Schenectady DMV and registered it as a home made trailer. They asked me for receipts for parts but I just told them I built it from parts of a few trailers I had laying around and they gave me a registration. Easy and done in less than 10 minutes. With a store bought trailer you dont have to worry about any of that. ---
**Author:** ![RocketPunch](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/rocketpunch/32/6429_2.png) [@RocketPunch](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/RocketPunch)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2010, 3:08pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/first-time-buying-a-trailer-need-some-info/252637/7 "2010-06-13T15:08:18Z")
So I bought the trailer today, it not only cam e with a VIN but also a certificated with all the info about the trailer on it, all I need to do is take it to DMV with my receipt and get it registered. Thanks for all your input. :thumbup