Chipper bought from auction in PA with no title, can't register in FL now?

[SEDYAN]

Anyone ever bought a chipper without any paperwork to it and brought it back to their home state and can't register it?

Any idea's on how to get a tag for the chipper?
I've tried the home made trailer route and the DMV rejected it when they inspected it.

 

[Tigwelder83]

pa doesn't recognize towed equipment as vehicles... did the auction provide a bill of sale at least

 

[mike515]

My state doesn't require plates on chippers and chippers generally don't have titles...especially from auctions. You should have some documents emailed to you after you win the auction. Then you will have another email after you wire the money. That will show that you paid and can pick up the unit. For a chipper...that's pretty much all you do in my state.

 

[Griff93]

Go talk to the actual license director. They'll probably have a way to help you as long as you have some paperwork. I've had to do this on other things when the underlings said no or were wrong.

 

[SEDYAN]

I do have a bill of sale for the piece of equipment and weight certificate, but the DMV is requesting a paper title for it to register the machine lol.

Florida being Florida as usual.

 

[lone wolf]

I do have a bill of sale for the piece of equipment and weight certificate, but the DMV is requesting a paper title for it to register the machine lol.

Florida being Florida as usual.

Homemade! Nuff said!

 

[Oldmaple]

Michigan requires a plate if the towed unit is towed more than "occasionally", which they define as more than once or twice a week. Four trips to the sec. of state office and never could get it plated. Bottom line was they needed a certificate of origin to issue a title, couldn't issue a plate without a title. Manufacturer doesn't issue a certificate of origin, purchase paperwork didn't satisfy them. Now I just tell the officer when I get pulled over that I only tow it "occasionally". Not very helpful I know, just a rant on screwed up government bureaucracy. "I'm hear from the government and I'm going to help you".

 

[WI_Hedgehog]

This is the ongoing problem of needing to get permission to live life. Long live the king...

 

[Tigwelder83]

I do have a bill of sale for the piece of equipment and weight certificate, but the DMV is requesting a paper title for it to register the machine lol.

Florida being Florida as usual.

Anytime my state government is being silly i reach out to my representatives office, and they have been very good at straightening things up.

 

[Eq Broker]

You should be able to contact the manufacturer of the chipper and they can help you if they are still in business. They should be able to apply a VIN to the chipper and send you the title.

Hope this helps!

Dav
Global Equipment Exporters
770-420-6400

 

[mike515]

I wonder how many of us have chippers that might be legally titled to someone else.

 

[Oldmaple]

In Michigan the Sec of State issues the title which they need to register it (meaning license plate). Bought mine new from a Michigan dealer and had all the purchase paperwork, serial number, (there isn't a VIN number like a car), weight certificate, still no go with the Sec. of State.

 

[capetrees]

You should be able to contact the manufacturer of the chipper and they can help you if they are still in business. They should be able to apply a VIN to the chipper and send you the title.

Hope this helps!

Dav
Global Equipment Exporters
770-420-6400

Yup, the VIN number is whats needed. There is a title to the machine that can be recreated. Manufacturer don't know where the machines are going to be used so they all have VINs. Everyones requirement for road use are different.

In my state, I bought the chipper and paid the taxes to the dealer. It's a piece of machinery and there's no telling if it would be registered for road travel or used in a pit only so they take the taxes for the state. Then I went to register it and the state charged me again for the taxes. I had to get my money back from the dealer.

Everything is traced by the VIN.

 

[Steve-Maine]

I used to sell used chippers in Maine. We don't have titles older equipment. If I sold it out of state the customer would get away as registrate as a trailer.

 

[murphy4trees]

what kind of chipper is it.. I haev an old bill of sale for a rayco that might be used to get a title. ALos plenty of bandit chippers here without tags.

 

[ChasSC]

Florida is kind of strange about those things. My brother got a ticket for towing his car behind a U-Haul. They said it was too long and considered a dual trailer setup. Think he still had the SC tag on his car. We aren't required to have tags on trailers in SC unless it exceeds a certain length, I think 20-25 ft. I sold a trailer to friend in Florida and fortunately I kept the Bill of Sale and some kind of title, because the trailer did have a "VIN" stamped on the frame. My friend told me in Florida it's not really a DMV, everything is done at the tax assessors office and you have to apply to get a copy of your title to sell something. Strange, but I might move there too