Re: weigh stations/legal classification of horse trailers

["Susan Swope-Attardi" <ParrotPlace@worldnet.att.net>]

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

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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
>