Guest Posted January 5, 2004 Share Posted January 5, 2004 KRK ~ It all evens out. My 10,000# capacity trailer cost me well over $100 the first year and the fee will decline gradually until it is 6 years old. Then it will stay fixed at that figure, probably over $60 a year, forever. The first year is based on the cost of the trailer, new.On the other hand, Pioneer tags are $10 one time and are good for life. That is until some politician spots it as a fresh source of cash. Wyoming has VERY high annual tag fees compared with where I moved from. Tags for my new Envoy XUV just cost me $745. But then on the other hand there is no State income tax. As I said, it all evens out. There is no free lunch, but at least our MVA people are pleasant and helpful when they take our money.hvs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest stude8 Posted January 5, 2004 Share Posted January 5, 2004 For "Nearchocolatetown", the raised white letter tires on the Stude were only after a trip to South Bend on the 16" bias ply Goodyears that were OEM grade. With an empty box it rode like a derailed freight train and you needed a mouth piece to keep from biting your tongue off. That guy had a straight axle in front, no power anything, so handling is pretty hard on an old man like me. The 15" Goodyear Wranglers were like putting a new suspension under it, rode like a President 8 and I didn't need 6 sheets of 1/2" drywall in the box to tame it down. Truck is now in Amarillo, TX and the new owner wouldn't part with it. Stude8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Green Posted January 5, 2004 Share Posted January 5, 2004 Try going to the PA DMV and explaining to them what a Amphicar is and why you don't pay 6% sales tax twice, once on the car and once for the boat as it is one vehicle. And then being asked if the vehicle also flys like the car in the movie chitty chitty bang bang. True story. What a moron! Thank god I had a email in hand from the boat commission higher up as I just knew it was going to be a problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest BruceW Posted January 5, 2004 Share Posted January 5, 2004 Randall,I can't complain with my DMV experience. When we bought the 31 Ford, I took the signed title to the local DMV, and a receipt. The lady filled out the papers, I paid my $25 for Historic tag registration, paid the 5% state sales tax, and I had a new title and tags. I then walked around the corner to another office, showed them my title and the restored YOM tags I wanted to install, paid the additional $15 for YOM and had the tags registered within 15 minutes. The entire process took less than an hour and I had the Ford on the road with YOM tags later that afternoon. Had similar experience when I bought and tagged the 57 Chevy pickup. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
6219_Rules Posted January 5, 2004 Share Posted January 5, 2004 Bruce,I haven't lived in PA since 1975 so I really cannot speak to what it would be like today, only what I hear on the forum. I would hope it would be as simple as that. What fun that would be to drive around Bucks County in a classic! That is some of the most beautiful country I have ever seen. Are there restrictions on when you can drive the trucks or are they limited to show and the like? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest DeSoto Frank Posted January 5, 2004 Share Posted January 5, 2004 Hey All - Happy New Year !Having grown-up in Maryland, and having lived in Pennsylvania for the last 20 years, I've had the pleasure of dealing with both Motor Vehicle Administrations...Never had any trouble from MD with Historic tags on my old iron...PA is another matter...our "Historic" tag does have a one-time fee, but the driving limitations are too restrictive for anything beyond a solid-tired horseless carriage (as far as I'm concerned), so I've never bothered with the Historic plate. I've just put the regular $36 plate on my cars, and gone through the annual safety inspection, and drive 'em as much as I care to.It's not right to "abuse" the historic tag privilege, especially when skirting safety issues with a questionable vehicle; but some desk jockey giving and antiquer a hard time because his "tires don't look right"...(re: white-walls on the Pierce...what, were they chastising you because you didn't have double-whites?!), isn't right either... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 5, 2004 Share Posted January 5, 2004 Bruce ~ My experiences with the Maryland MVA were similar to yours, so long as I stayed away from the Glen Burnie main office. I either went out of town or paid a title guy to handle it for me. But you are right, registering the YOM tags was a snap. We don't have YOM out here in Wyoming and really don't want to call attention to our tags by trying to get a YOM tag bill past the legislature. That is one sleeping dog that should be ignored. We can live without YOM tags.You may have heard the old saying, "Lock up you homes and hide your wives and daughters, for the legislature is in session and no man's property is safe."hvs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ex98thdrill Posted January 6, 2004 Share Posted January 6, 2004 Howard, The latest trick in New York is to purchase trailer plates for the state of Maine. You don't even have to be a Maine resident, and the trailer plates are $15 a year. Several people that I know have done that, but my father and I just haven't gotten up the nerve to do it. Wayne, if you look around, you'll see several rigs running up and down the road with New York tags on the cab, and Maine plates on the trailer and they do it because the good old NYSDMV wants the money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Boudway Posted January 6, 2004 Share Posted January 6, 2004 Hi,Yes, there are a couple of other advantages to registering your trailer in Maine: 1.They will register for a two year period and 2. there is no inspection required for small trailers. I've registered my small trailer with them for over 20 years now. Bill Boudway Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest BruceW Posted January 6, 2004 Share Posted January 6, 2004 Howard,The MVA office I use is the Bel Air office in Harford County. Its a very state of the art office but it also seems to be run very efficiently and courteously. But I can imagine the Glen Burnie office could be chaos just from the sheer number of people in that area of Baltimore. I'm glad I live 50 miles away from BMore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest SalG (Sal Grenci) Posted January 6, 2004 Share Posted January 6, 2004 Don't Va. and Conn. have car taxes? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1937hd45 Posted January 6, 2004 Share Posted January 6, 2004 Sure, Connecticut has a tax on just about everything. Just never bothered to register the cars in New Hampshie or Maine, don't want the Townies thing I'm doing the Yuppie scam. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R W Burgess Posted January 6, 2004 Author Share Posted January 6, 2004 Way ahead of you Pat, been licensing my trailers in Maine for at least 20 years. I tried the tractor tags in North Carolina, but they had some problem about not finding my home in their state and then they threatened.....well, just say I had to go somewhere else. <img src="http://www.aaca.org/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/crazy.gif" alt="" /> Not many angles truckers don't know. Some you don't want to know about. <img src="http://www.aaca.org/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/blush.gif" alt="" /> <img src="http://www.aaca.org/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> Wayne Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ex98thdrill Posted January 6, 2004 Share Posted January 6, 2004 In our case, Rochester is a much busier office than the local office, and often they'll do stuff the smaller offices won't because they need to get people in and out. I've had experiences where I've gone to Rochester, but had a lot less hassles when it came time to do stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 6, 2004 Share Posted January 6, 2004 Bruce ~ I always used Bel Air or Frederick and if not that, then Don Bugg , the title guy in Timonium where lived. ~ hvs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dynaflash8 Posted January 6, 2004 Share Posted January 6, 2004 Virginia does not have personal property (car) taxes on cars registered as antiques, and the tax on modern cars is greatly reduced since 5-6 years ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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