Trying to find VIN on EZ Loader trailer

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Originally Posted by scook

You've probably thought of this, but if there's a license plate on it, it can be traced that way. Mine came from California, didn't have the number on it (the sticker fell off) and Oregon assigned a new number and put their own sticker on it.

New Jersey will not just issue new registration tags. You must bring your trailer to the State Police, and state that you built the trailer yourself. They will fill out a form when they are satisfied that you do not have a stolen trailer, and then the DMV will issue you new tags registering your trailer as a homebuilt. But they don't issue new stickers.

Believe it or not, if there is a license plate on it, the plate might be off another trailer long ago scrapped. Not saying it is, just saying that tons of trailers rot away and are scrapped every year, so people just keep the plates and when they get an untagged/unregistered trailer they put the plate on it and viola... they have a registered trailer. Once the brand name decals have been removed from a trailer, it's just about impossible to tell an EZ Loader from a Venture from a Load Rite from whatever... even the cops can"t tell the difference.

I have a trailer that had no numbers on it. It was from EZ Loader. They were absolutely no help. Their view is that even if you show up at their factory with the trailer in tow, how can you prove you legally own it? My solution was to take a few photos and dimensions of a label on another trailer I owned that I was going to scrap that was a different brand, have a friend that makes signs for a living make me new adhesive signs, and the EZ Loader became a different brand. It is impossible to tell that it's not the new brand, since all the old EZ Loader decals have been removed. My point is, be creative.