# tow dolly question

**URL:** <https://forums.speedlife.net/t/tow-dolly-question/264932>\
**Category:** Shift518 Automotive\
**Created:** [September 3, 2012, 12:03pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/tow-dolly-question/264932 "2012-09-03T12:03:31Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 10\
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**Author:** ![tdi\_logik](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/tdi_logik/32/6310_2.png) [@tdi\_logik](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/tdi_logik)\
**Post date:** [September 3, 2012, 12:03pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/tow-dolly-question/264932/1 "2012-09-03T12:03:31Z")

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does the car that is being towed on the dolly have to registered?

thanks

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**Author:** ![Sketchy](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/sketchy/32/6378_2.png) [@Sketchy](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Sketchy)\
**Post date:** [September 3, 2012, 12:06pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/tow-dolly-question/264932/2 "2012-09-03T12:06:33Z")

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No

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**Author:** ![madwabbit](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/madwabbit/32/6654_2.png) [@madwabbit](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/madwabbit)\
**Post date:** [September 3, 2012, 12:51pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/tow-dolly-question/264932/3 "2012-09-03T12:51:49Z")

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Wrong ^

The vehicle being towed FOR A FACT needs to be registered. The dolly does not.

Rules changed last year…Can easily be verified with a call to usual, they have the DMV info on the counter.

Edit: uHaul will still rent you the dolly whether it’s registered or not.

Intransit permit is also accepted.

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**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:** [September 3, 2012, 1:05pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/tow-dolly-question/264932/4 "2012-09-03T13:05:22Z")

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Madwabbit is correct. The vehicle BEING towed is the registration for the dolly at the time. Towing a dolly behind a vehicle does not require a registration unless you put a deck on it, as then it’s considered a single axle trailer.

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**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:** [September 3, 2012, 1:41pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/tow-dolly-question/264932/5 "2012-09-03T13:41:19Z")

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Ive never heard of the car needing to be registered. People that scrap cars use dolly’s all the time.

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**Author:** ![madwabbit](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/madwabbit/32/6654_2.png) [@madwabbit](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/madwabbit)\
**Post date:** [September 3, 2012, 1:43pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/tow-dolly-question/264932/6 "2012-09-03T13:43:43Z")

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^^ I’ve never been caught/stopped either…done it 20+ times.

I was just making sure Pete was aware of the actual rule…not just someones assumption.

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**Author:** ![Sketchy](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/sketchy/32/6378_2.png) [@Sketchy](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Sketchy)\
**Post date:** [September 3, 2012, 1:57pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/tow-dolly-question/264932/7 "2012-09-03T13:57:32Z")

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> [@Project CADET](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/project-cadet/44377/135):
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> ^^ I’ve never been caught/stopped either…done it 20+ times.
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> I was just making sure Pete was aware of the actual rule…not just someones assumption.

Wasn’t an assumption just didn’t realize the rule had changed.

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**Author:** ![JRubino](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jrubino/32/6285_2.png) [@JRubino](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JRubino)\
**Post date:** [September 4, 2012, 4:59am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/tow-dolly-question/264932/8 "2012-09-04T04:59:41Z")

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That rule changed a while ago too

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**Author:** ![underboosted](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/underboosted/32/6424_2.png) [@underboosted](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/underboosted)\
**Post date:** [September 4, 2012, 9:49pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/tow-dolly-question/264932/9 "2012-09-04T21:49:27Z")

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If any vehicle being towed has wheels on the ground it has to be. What are you trying to tow?

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**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:** [September 4, 2012, 10:05pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/tow-dolly-question/264932/10 "2012-09-04T22:05:58Z")

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Tow dolly, no reg  
Car on dolly needs reg

Just ran across this for trailer reg at dmv.