Re: weigh stations/legal classification of horse trailers

[Teddy Lancaster <Teddy@runningbear.com>]

Susan:

I THINK that you are required to have tags outside Kentucky, but not sure.  Many
states have reciprocal agreements, so maybe you are okay.

I remember caravanning with two Kentucky rigs to PA some years ago.  They got
pulled over in Maryland (always a tough state on regs) for not having plates.
When tyhe said Kentucky did not require them, the officer let us go.  Don;t know
if we were lucky or not. So much depends on how the particular office interprets
the laws.

Teddy


Susan Swope-Attardi wrote:

> All this talk about weigh stations, license plates, etc.., etc., makes me
> wonder where we few states that do not require the licensing of trailers
> fall.  I live in Kentucky and pull a 4 horse with LQ with a Ford F-350
> powerstroke.   Sure, I could go license the thing, there's no restriction
> against that.  But, then I'd be required to pay $400-500 in property tax a
> year.   I've always felt pretty lucky to be able to get away with this
> luxury, but, how will this affect us in weigh stations if we are forced to
> stop.   And, with all this crackdown in general, how will the state troopers
> outside of Kentucky view us?
>
> Susan
>
> All animals except man know that the ultimate
> of life is to enjoy it.
>                                     Samuel Butler
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Glenda R. Snodgrass <grs@theneteffect.com>
> To: Teddy Lancaster <Teddy@runningbear.com>
> Cc: Ridecamp <ridecamp@endurance.net>
> Date: Monday, May 11, 1998 10:17 AM
> Subject: legal classification of horse trailers
>
> >Teddy, I think your idea about lobbying for change is a great idea.  Part
> >of the confusion arises from the fact that vehicles are licensed by
> >individual states, with different regs in every state, but interstate
> >travel is federally-regulated, so there are conflicts & gaps.  There
> >needs to be some universal classification of horse trailers.
> >
> >When I bought my horse trailer (a small 2H BP) and took the papers down to
> >the DMV to get a tag, the clerk didn't know what kind of tag to give me.
> >I couldn't get a "farm" tag for it, because I live inside city limits.  He
> >asked the woman next to him, and she didn't know, and they got the
> >supervisor, and all disappeared in a back office for about 20 minutes,
> >then came out with a "trailer" tag, which is normally used for utility
> >trailers (like U-Hauls and such), but I didn't want to question it at that
> >point.
> >
> >Re insurance, someone recently posted about horse trailers & contents
> >being covered under homeowners -- this is not the case in AL.  In AL, a
> >horse trailer is a vehicle, and is insured & regulated as a vehicle.
> >Before I bought my trailer, I rented one from a local trailer sales &
> >repair shop, with NO insurance.  I called my insuror, to see whether the
> >policy on my truck would cover a trailer I was towing, and was told NO.
> >My liability would cover 3rd party damage if the trailer came unhitched
> >and ran into another car or fence or something, but my insurance would
> >not cover damages to the trailer itself.  There's no way in this state to
> >have insurance coverage on a trailer that is not your own, even
> >temporarily when borrowing or renting.  A strange mish-mash of laws.
> >
> >Glenda & Lakota
> >Mobile, AL
> >