r/Idaho • u/ReactionOk3718 • 1d ago
Advice on Registering and Titling a Homemade trailer
I know someone out there has done this and any advice you can offer would be greatly appreciated. For anyone that has gone through the process of building a homemade utility trailer and then gotten it registered and titled here in Idaho, what were the steps and any difficulties you ran into in the process? I currently have a homemade utility trailer that I have been building for a few months now. It is a 6.5' x 16' tandem axle trailer that I built to have slide in ramps. I used to work for a local trailer manufacturer as a welder that closed down a few years ago and my trailer is based off of one of their designs with a few slight modifications to be able to meet my needs. It has a total overall length from tongue to the end of trailer of roughly just under 20 feet and an overall width of 96 inches. It has two 5,200# trailer axles that I mounted underneath it. The total overall weight of the trailer after weighing it is just over 1,800#. The problem I am running into is I have read that Idaho's rules are any trailer under 2,000# does not need to be titled but does need to be registered which makes sense. But since this is a homemade trailer there is absolutely no VIN number on the trailer at all. DMV says that in order to register it I have to bring in proof of purchase such as receipts for all major components such as the steel for the frame, the trailer axles, tires and such and such and they are saying I have to have a VIN number on it to get it registered. The issue here is all the purchases I made for all the major components were made through various private party sales through Facebook marketplace and I paid cash for everything so there was no printing or writing of any receipts and as mentioned since this trailer was built from scratch there is no VIN number. How would I go about proving to them that I purchased all the parts with cash and have no receipts and also how would I go about getting a VIN number assigned and stamped onto my trailer so I can get it registered??? Any help would be much appreciated! Thanks in advance!!
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u/mystisai 1d ago
paid cash for everything so there was no printing or writing of any receipts
Chances are they will not recognize any signatures as being legitimate or illegitimate on any bill of sales you happen to come up with before you go.
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u/Intelligent-Fall6436 1d ago
If it's homemade, you need to get a vin for the frame and a couple other steps but it's just jumping through hoops
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