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Old 06-15-2018, 04:03 PM   #21
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Here in the People's Republic of Maryland the only inspection for anything on the road is when it changes hands. The tags here are good for two years and our trailer tag (a sticker that goes on the tag actually) is $160, potholes, ruts and road shrapnel is free.
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Old 06-15-2018, 04:12 PM   #22
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If you bought from a dealer the registration & inspection should have been done by them & should receive your tags in 3 to 5 weeks either from the dealer or mailed to you.
If purchased from a private seller you'll have to get it inspected & go to the county clerks office to register it, proof of insurance also required.
Since this thread began 5+ years ago Texas has changed the requirement for trailer inspections, they must be done annually within 90 days of the registration due date, if out of state they will allow registration without inspection, but must be done as soon as re-entering the state.
This year they have added a weight limit, anything under 7500 pound GVW is exempt from inspections.

I took my trailer in this year, with out actually looking at the notice of renewal from the DMV and the guy at the inspection station told me no inspection required.

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Old 06-15-2018, 05:08 PM   #23
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When I got mine inspected last August, they mentioned that I didn't have to next year.
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Old 06-15-2018, 08:05 PM   #24
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Is that trailers only? Or trucks also? My truck is diesel so it only requires the safety inspection (lights, wipers, horn), gas requires the emissions testing with the safety inspection (at least in metropolitan areas). Last year the guy said they were considering doing away with the inspections all together.
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Old 06-16-2018, 03:36 PM   #25
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Interesting thing about Virginia inspection....I was recently heading south with an expired inspection and stopped at an inspection station near I95 to remedy the situation but was told that a new requirement was the station had to be able to get the entire trailer inside the bay!
To confirm I went to another station and was told the same thing, I finally found a station that inspected and repaired semi’s that could pull the fiver inside the bay!
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Old 06-16-2018, 03:45 PM   #26
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When I had my house in San Tan Valley AZ vehicle inspections were not required because we were in rural AZ. Never know it by the amount of traffic along Hunt hwy.
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Old 06-16-2018, 04:11 PM   #27
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Connecticut has "roadside" casual inspection based on cause. 40 years hauling, never been stopped. Commercial trucks use weight scales, and front to back, but still rare, not full time!

Don't know about now, but Maryland used to scale and sideline RVs and 5ers / goosenecks, even when marked "NOT FOR HIRE"

Prince George County was infamous... even a dually with no tow had to scale, and was subject to inspection, and reg check. The State Patrol training barracks was right down the road, and was manned 24 by 7!
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Old 06-16-2018, 06:10 PM   #28
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No Inspection here but my tag was over 400 dollars this year and over 550 last year.
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Old 06-16-2018, 06:15 PM   #29
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No Inspection here but my tag was over 400 dollars this year and over 550 last year.
Wow! $4-500 a year to tag a travel trailer?? And I thought I liked MS!! I hope vehicles are cheaper??
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Old 06-16-2018, 07:04 PM   #30
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Here in my Texas county ... $7 for inspection and $132.25 for my license tags. All I can say is, "Wow!"
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Old 06-16-2018, 07:15 PM   #31
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Yep Danny they hammer you on new vehicles and Rvs , boat trailers and utility trailer are not bad at all. We still buy the tag on the fifth wheel we gave the daughter it`s a 2009 model and it is 40ish and my son`s first truck which is a 2002 chevy z71 and it is 40 something. I am hoping the tag on the 2017 trailer will drop below 200 next year lol.
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Old 06-16-2018, 07:50 PM   #32
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Yep Danny they hammer you on new vehicles and Rvs , boat trailers and utility trailer are not bad at all. We still buy the tag on the fifth wheel we gave the daughter it`s a 2009 model and it is 40ish and my son`s first truck which is a 2002 chevy z71 and it is 40 something. I am hoping the tag on the 2017 trailer will drop below 200 next year lol.
I hope so too. Those fees are just crazy to me.
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Old 06-16-2018, 08:37 PM   #33
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No Inspection here but my tag was over 400 dollars this year and over 550 last year.
Our renewal tag for our RV is $30 per year, whew.

I was more bummed out by the insurance cost for the new RV.

No inspection either, and no inspection on the truck either. There use to be a requirement for pickup truck inspections, but that was dropped about 10+ years ago. Definitely happy about that.

Truck license renewal is $110, if I remember right, and does require proof of insurance.

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Old 06-17-2018, 06:54 AM   #34
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Interesting thing about Virginia inspection....I was recently heading south with an expired inspection and stopped at an inspection station near I95 to remedy the situation but was told that a new requirement was the station had to be able to get the entire trailer inside the bay!
To confirm I went to another station and was told the same thing, I finally found a station that inspected and repaired semi’s that could pull the fiver inside the bay!

I've had the same issue from a couple of "auto" inspection stations who wouldnt inspect it. My local RV dealer just requires that I pull it on their lot, right where they refill propane btw which is convenient . They have bays large enough but never been in them.
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Old 06-17-2018, 10:26 AM   #35
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Wow! $4-500 a year to tag a travel trailer?? And I thought I liked MS!! I hope vehicles are cheaper??
MS had an ad valorem tax, and I suspect they still do. When we moved to MS almost 30 years ago, our fairly plain-vanilla new 1989 Chevy Astro Van's tag was over $600 that first year. The cost went down each year - I think it was around $100 when we moved to LA in 1998, and then the tag dropped to something quite low.
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Old 06-17-2018, 10:56 AM   #36
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Here in my Texas county ... $7 for inspection and $132.25 for my license tags. All I can say is, "Wow!"
Is that your TV or TT? That seems high.
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