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04-23-2011, 09:35 PM
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Senior Member
Trailer: Casita 2000 Spirit Deluxe
Posts: 844
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Expired license tabs
Just a reminder to all of you pulling your camper out of winter storage, especially if not storing it at home.
Here in Minnesota we get new license plate tabs in Febuary. Needless to say if the camper is being stored elsewhere the tabs don't get put on in February.
Well, today I pulled my camper out of storage and got about 2 miles down the road, and you guessed it, the friendly cop pulls me over because my last years tabs are still on the license plate.
My new tabs were home waiting to be attached but I did not even think about them when I picked up the camper this morning.
Now I am the not so proud owner of a ticket for expired tabs. Grrrrrrrrrrr!
People in Mn get their tabs when it is cold and trailers are stored for the winter. If you are in a state like ours, remember to put those tabs on the camper before hauling it anywhere. I forgot, and I earned myself a ticket.
Not so lucky me.
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04-23-2011, 09:50 PM
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Junior Member
Trailer: Scamp 1989 13 ft
Posts: 11
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Picked mine up a couple weeks ago. Got all the way home and realized I didn't put the new tabs on yet. Lucky I didn't get ticketed.
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04-23-2011, 09:55 PM
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Senior Member
Trailer: Trails West Campster 1970
Posts: 3,366
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Here that would be a "fix it" ticket where you just put them on and then drive to the DMV to prove you have them and they waive the fine. Or it would have been before California decided they needed your money...
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04-23-2011, 10:28 PM
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Senior Member
Name: James
Trailer: Uhaul CT-13
Ohio
Posts: 360
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I no longer have to worry about tags, I have antique plates on my 1985 CT-13
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04-23-2011, 10:42 PM
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Moderator
Trailer: Fiber Stream 1978 / Honda Odyssey LX 2003
Posts: 8,222
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Bobbie Mayer
Or it would have been before California decided they needed your money...
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I have California PTI (Permanent Trailer Identification) plates. No tabs required. But then again, we don't have "Winter" here either.
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Frederick - The Scaleman
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04-24-2011, 01:30 AM
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Senior Member
Trailer: 2009 Scamp 16 ft / 2003 Durango
Posts: 696
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BOO-HISS
Bill K
Quote:
Originally Posted by Frederick L. Simson
But then again, we don't have "Winter" here either.
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04-24-2011, 06:04 AM
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Senior Member
Trailer: 2007 19 ft Escape 5.0 / 2002 GMC (1973 Boler project)
Posts: 4,148
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Hi: Karalyn...We don't have tabs here!!! You buy your plate and keep it moovin' from trailer to trailer. It's just "The Ticket" .
Alf S. North shore of Lake Erie
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04-24-2011, 07:01 AM
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Senior Member
Trailer: 2008 20 ft Flagstaff Pop-Up (206ST) / 2005 Sienna
Posts: 1,416
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In Fl you can get the ticket dropped once your prove you had had current tags waiting to be put on. Actually, the police can look it up in their car now and see online your are current and then send you on your way. Usually with a reminder not to forgot to put them on. Saves a trip to the courthouse.
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1999 Toyota Sienna XLE
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04-24-2011, 04:14 PM
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Senior Member
Trailer: Outback (by Trillium) 2004
Posts: 1,588
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i agree with melissa...seems to me that the officer could certainly have looked it up in his computer...you HAD already registered and paid....i'd fight that ticket, but that's just me. good luck!
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04-25-2011, 06:16 AM
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Senior Member
Trailer: 1983 13 ft Scamp
Posts: 3,082
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In Minnesota the police watch for RV's and motorcycles in the spring.
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04-26-2011, 07:19 AM
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Senior Member
Name: Borden and Carole
Trailer: 1978 Earlton Ontario boler
Ontario
Posts: 1,506
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Permanent Trailer Identification plates
Quote:
Originally Posted by Frederick L. Simson
I have California PTI (Permanent Trailer Identification) plates. No tabs required. But then again, we don't have "Winter" here either.
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We also get plates once and just have to keep it road worthy in Ontario
But we do have winter; week since last snow and we still have snow in the bush
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04-26-2011, 12:38 PM
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Senior Member
Trailer: 84 16 ft Scamp
Posts: 725
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Obviously it is a terrible crime to purchase tabs, then not put them on.
How about if you bought food at the grocery store, but didn't eat it. You could die!
Heh! Heh! Heh!
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04-26-2011, 08:52 PM
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Senior Member
Name: Greg
Trailer: 72 Boler American
Indiana
Posts: 1,557
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The states, counties and cities are broke and if they can get money from you they will.
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04-26-2011, 08:57 PM
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Senior Member
Trailer: 2004 13 ft Scamp Custom Deluxe
Posts: 8,520
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Greg H
The states, counties and cities are broke and if they can get money from you they will.
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Just like booze to an alcoholic, there's just never enough.
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04-28-2011, 11:26 PM
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Senior Member
Trailer: 1999 Casita 17 ft Spirit Deluxe
Posts: 255
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AZ tabs are good for a year from when you buy them. Florida was a pain, they expired on your birthday. We had 2 cars, a camper and a boat on a trailer.
AZ excludes TTs from permanent tabs.
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04-29-2011, 12:04 PM
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Senior Member
Name: Greg
Trailer: 72 Boler American
Indiana
Posts: 1,557
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What are "tabs"?
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04-29-2011, 03:38 PM
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Moderator
Trailer: Fiber Stream 1978 / Honda Odyssey LX 2003
Posts: 8,222
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Greg H
What are "tabs"?
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They are the stickers that (in California) go on the upper corners of the rear license plate to indicate that the registration is current and the fees have been paid. The left one is usually the Month, and the right one is usually the Year. They are color coded so that a law enforcement officer can tell at a glance if you're up-to-date.
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04-29-2011, 03:48 PM
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Senior Member
Name: Greg
Trailer: 72 Boler American
Indiana
Posts: 1,557
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Ok thanks, I just always called them new stickers. My Boler still has Cali permanent plates.
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04-29-2011, 08:30 PM
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Senior Member
Trailer: 1988 16 ft Scamp Deluxe
Posts: 25,710
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They're referred to as "tabs" because years ago they were metal and had small tabs that had to be bent to keep them from falling off the license plates. OMG, I've just aged myself
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Donna D.
Ten Forward - 2014 Escape 5.0 TA
Double Yolk - 1988 16' Scamp Deluxe
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04-29-2011, 08:37 PM
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Senior Member
Name: Greg
Trailer: 72 Boler American
Indiana
Posts: 1,557
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uh huh, I don't remember any metal tabs, maybe it's a regional thing and your not that old.lol
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