boatman37
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- Jun 6, 2015
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- Boat Info
- 2006 Crownline 250CR. 5.7 Merc BIII
Previous: 1986 Sea Ray 250 Sundancer. 260 Merc Alpha 1 Gen 1
- Engines
- 5.7 Merc BIII
bought my boat and trailer 2 years ago from a guy in Ohio (i'm in PA). Ohio doesn't issue titles for trailer so i have a bill of sale along with the origin or manufacture and the PO's registration. went to the local notary 2 years ago and transferred the boat but he said i didn't have the correct paperwork for the trailer. forgot about it until a few months ago and went to a different notary and they said i had everything but the bill of sale wasn't notarized so i needed the PO to go with me to get it notarized and to bring the trailer. PO was in FL for the winter but called him the other day and called the notary again today and confirmed they needed to see the trailer. they told me they needed to see the VIN tag and i told them there was no tag on the trailer so they told me they couldn't transfer it. called PA DOT and they told me i needed to fill out form MV41 and get a police officer to sign off then go to a PA enhanced inspection shop to have them verify the weights to put on the new title and trailer tag. that leads to my next issue, its a tri-axle trailer but only has brakes on 2 axles, in PA i think all axles are required to have brakes (didn't find this out until after i bought the boat). the origin of manufacture has the weights on it (shipping = 1500lbs, GVWR = 8000lbs, capacity = 9984lbs).
not sure of any other way around this? trailer is in great shape (built in 1986). it was custom ordered through Olympic Trailer in Hubbard, OH in 1986. tried finding them but the only Olympic Trailer i could find is in Washington state. ughhh. remind me to never buy an out of state trailer again.
rant over....lol
not sure of any other way around this? trailer is in great shape (built in 1986). it was custom ordered through Olympic Trailer in Hubbard, OH in 1986. tried finding them but the only Olympic Trailer i could find is in Washington state. ughhh. remind me to never buy an out of state trailer again.
rant over....lol