thebajarunner
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Trailer license plate
We are off to the border tomorrow morning and in preparation for the trip I bought a new utility trailer (5'x 10')
Good old California DMV has still not sent my plates, although I did receive the title a week ago.
Sooooooo....
Do I sweat it without plates in Baja?
Do I 'borrow' a plate off an old wreck trailer out back and bolt it on?
Do I worry? (Not my nature, so guess that one does not count)
Any thoughts?
Baja Arriba!!
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A 'friend' of mine, has several utility type trailers around, and he uses only one (wink-wink) lic plate for all of em'....he's only pulling one at a
time, around his local area...so he moves the plate to one he needs!
Now, below the border, you might have a problem if the plated doesn't match the documents - in the event of an accident, so you'll probably want the
valid 'plate'...now since you don't have your plate yet, and since the rig is new, you might get away without the plate, and only the reg' papers, but
that could be chancy too....or if your stopped, tell them it must have fallen off - but you have the correct papers...just no easy answer, I guess.
According to my clock...anytime is \'BAJA TIME\' & as Jimmy Buffett says,
\"It doesn\'t use numbers or moving hands It always just says now...\"
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No Problem
The same thing happened to me. Just bring your title and registration. I don't think anyone will even look twice. You could always use the other
plates and if stopped claim total confusion.
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jeffg
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no plates no problema
I just came back from a quick trip south, had the same situation. I did get the trailer added to my insurance, they just put "new" in the space where
it asks for the license number. No one had any issue about the plates anywhere along the way.
Jeff
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Bruce R Leech
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I think if you go to DMV they will give you a temp. paper or check through the dealer where you bought it.
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As long as you can show them paperwork that the trailer is legally and currently registered, there should be no problem unless you are stopped by a
Municipal Police Officer that is trolling for Mordida. If that should happen, you can simply ask to pay the fine at the station. Since you're not
breaking the law, that should end it. Years ago, I ran into that exact situation with those results.
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BajaVida
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well now you know how it feels to be "Un Mojado Sin Licencia"
as the Flaco Jimenez song goes
No se apure y dure.
Don\'t hurry and you\'ll last longer.
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thebajarunner
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"License?!?!?! We don't need no stinkin' license?!?!?!?"
Yep, we be winging it with or without the plate (one more chance in tomorrow's mail for DMV to make us honest)
Baja Arriba!!
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BajaVida
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Worry not. El Comandante is your passenger
it is rumored that he can get you out of any trouble in Baja--for a very reasonable price.
No se apure y dure.
Don\'t hurry and you\'ll last longer.
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thebajarunner
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Apparently the answer is "don't sweat the small stuff'
Baja Vida slapped a bright green El Portal sticker over the empty plate holder and we merrily trooped around Baja for over a week with nary a glance.
Same for CHP homeward bound.
No one looked, nor cared about no "stinkin license platos"
(Oh yeah, when we got home the plates were here, arrived the day we left)
Baja Arriba!!
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Bruce R Leech
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it just depends on how much you value your trailer . they can seize the trailer if they want. if it is real ugly they wont want it but if it looks
nice?
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thebajarunner
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Well,,,,
a. very nice trailer, brand new, in fact.
b. "if they want" is not in my vocabulary. If I worried about that I would stay home.
I had the title in the glove box, they would have had a very difficult time taking possession.... might have done so on the spot, but in the end "that
dog don't hunt"
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We're taking an extra quad into Baja next week. The paperwork is in another family member's name than the person transporting it. Is this okay, or
do they check I.D.s to match up with papers? Thanks, Wayno
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Bruce R Leech
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| Quote: | Originally posted by thebajarunner
Well,,,,
a. very nice trailer, brand new, in fact.
b. "if they want" is not in my vocabulary. If I worried about that I would stay home.
I had the title in the glove box, they would have had a very difficult time taking possession.... might have done so on the spot, but in the end "that
dog don't hunt"
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why do you ask for advice if you know everything about the law in Mexico. if you are dead
set on bringing a none registered trailer in to Mexico you deserve what ever you git.
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thebajarunner
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The advice I requested originally was as to how much hassle I might encounter with a legal trailer, without plates (as per our wonderful CalDMV style
of business)
Don't think that I indicated anywhere that it was not registered.
Paperwork was not in the trailer, as suggested above, a trip to the station probably would have solved it.
I simply was asking if others had had the same issue.
Gee, I thought that this was the right place for advice, not for snippy answers.
Baja Arriba!!
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Bruce R Leech
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in Mexico if you don't have plates or a temp. permit you are not legal. how they handle it is up to the individual policeman that you are dealing with
. chances are you would git away with it but it is always better to be legal when your in Mexico. why take a chance on ruining your vacation over
something as simple as this. I have had problems over the years with expired license plates. yet alone no plates. good luck Bruce
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thebajarunner, I agree, didn't get the help I was looking for here either. What do you suggest, Metcalf's? Wayno
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Plates
When my boat trailer was new, 2 years ago or so, I had not recieved the plates yet but had all registration docs. I got the proper permits, showed
them when asked for them at the border and then went on my way. They looked my trailer over, checked my regristration and said "bien viaje". There
were no hassles anywhere. I wouldn't worry too much about what someone might say that seems to be able to deduce everything about your situation by a
simple post.
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viabaja
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Just give em $20-25 and move on! No wait. Trailers are going for $10 - 15. Accidents are more and subject to what you carry! For current Mordida
values, go to www.mordida.com
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