Cost of Plates?

[Shadrach]

For curiosity I would like to know what it costs in your province or state for a license plate for your "privately owned" truck or holiday trailer. This would include travel trailer or fifth wheel or even boat or quad trailer. No commercially registered vehicles or trailers, just privately owned.

In the province of Alberta a new plate for your trailer ( of any kind ) is $ 109 and to transfer the plate from your old trailer to the new one is about $24. That's it, a one time fee. No yearly fees like we have for cars and trucks, just once, if you can believe it. With all the RV's we have up here I can't understand why it isn't a yearly thing, but I'm not complaining.

My Dodge ( and Jeep or any car or pickup for that matter ) is about $85 bucks a year. When I got my first car back in the 70's it went by wheelbase -$16 bucks for my Satellite. Then more people started driving smaller cars so they eventually all went the same. Nothing else matters, not horse power, # of cylinders, fuel type or value. Insurance is totally separate in this province.

The plate ( one for the trailer and only one for the car or truck - mounted on the rear of course ) belong to me not the vehicle. For many years now we just get a sticker with the year on it. It will expire on a certain month depending on what your last name starts with. That way everyone doesn't go at the same time.

You can't drive a vehicle without a plate, unless you have just purchased it and are transporting it to another place. In that case you need an "in transit " placard which is only good for several days and you have to tell them where you are driving from and to where you are going and they will give you enough time to get there. I don't remember what the fee is for this. You still need to have insurance for that particular vehicle. If you buy a different vehicle in town and have sold the other one you can move the plate to the new one providing you can prove you own both the plate and vehicle, and have insurance for the new one. You then have 14 days to transfer the plate over. David

 

[Newt]

Texas, Dodge 3500, dually, diesel, 4X4, 12,200 GVW $68.50
5th wheel RV, 15,500 GVW $123.50

 

[mfurrh55]

My signature truck, 44.00, farm tags, Trailer 34,000lbs. 6.00 , you can drive a farm truck all you want anywhere except to a place of gainful employment, ,Monte

 

[AEdelheit]

For my 2500 Mega cab its about $600 a year in California !!1

 

[BLNRAY]

in fla my 3500 is registered for 25,999lb and cost 300.00,my 15,000lb kountry star is 60.00

 

[JMetzger]

In Indiana the 2002 Ram is $81.05 & the 1996 32 ft Holiday Rambler is $81.51.

 

[jhenderson]

Be sure to compare apples to apples. 9900lb pickup, $76. 17,500lb dump trailer $48. Neither of these include any taxes. Some states include property tax with registration and some don't. I pay $360 in tax on my 10 year old, 350,000 mile pickup, and $80 on my trailer on top of reg costs.

 

[mfurrh55]

Be sure to compare apples to apples. 9900lb pickup, $76. 17,500lb dump trailer $48. Neither of these include any taxes. Some states include property tax with registration and some don't. I pay $360 in tax on my 10 year old, 350,000 mile pickup, and $80 on my trailer on top of reg costs.

WOW, we pay taxes on it when we buy it 6.25%, we don't pay anymore taxes on it after that, my total cost is 44.00 that's including a 10.00 bridge fee, don't have to pay a bridge fee on trailers

 

[MLee]

Shadrach, you have a good deal up there. Hopefully it'll stay that way. Here in the states they are all different. New RV's in Utah are one price for registration for three years then drop,a % and stay for three yrs and drop some more, etc. The vehicles are pro-rated to there age and value, and every so many years they are re-evaluated so the state can adjust there money coffreres, when needed. Finally when they are about to fall apart they stabilize and stay the same. Renewed every year, we are sent renewal notices for what is due.

 

[gtoli]

Here in AZ, the registration fee is based on vehicle type, then the tax is based on value and goes down,slightly, every year. My signature truck is $8.00 registration, $4.00 commercial registration, $7.50 weight, $1.50 air quality and $25.00 for my personalized plate. The tax for this last year was $421.19. Again, the tax is based on value of the trailer.

My travel trailer, in signature, is $8.00 for two years. That tax for the last two years was $500.19. No weight or type fees for this trailer.

I also have a smaller home made trailer for hauling wood, etc. that has a permanent tag that came with a one time fee. I don't remember how much, but it was not a big expense.

 

[JLandry]

WA state, Pacific County (Long Beach Peninsula)

2001 Dodge Ram 2500 4x2 = $93.00

$3.00 filing fee
$60.00 gross weight fee
$30.00 optional specialty plate fee (military veteran plate - supports veteran's programs)​

2007 Northwood Arctic Fox 25R Travel Trailer = $66.75

$3.00 filing fee
$30.00 registration fee
$0.75 license service fee
$3.00 RV disposal fee
$30.00 optional specialty plate fee (military veteran plate - supports veteran's programs)​

 

[wyosteve]

Here in Wyo. our license fees are on a graduated scale which decreases each year for the first 5 years after the vehicle is new and then stabilizes. Keep in mind, we have no state income tax and property taxes are very reasonable. Having said that, this year the plates on my 2012 Dodge were $912. 5th wheel is $122. Horse and flatbed trailers about $80 each.

 

[Nigel]

In Southern Ontario we are $90 a year for personal use plus emission testing ($30) every two years after the vehicle is seven model years old and trailers are a one time fee (about $25 the last time I bought a plate). Northern Ontario is about half price and doesn't have the emission testing.

Nigel

 

[Shadrach]

WOW What a difference between places, both in Canada and the US. Now if we could just pick and choose all the best, but that's just a dream. We don't have any emission testing here either. I have spent the vast majority of my life here in Alberta so it's what I am used to. I do like BC for example but it stands for " Bring Cash " and their plates and insurance are all tied together and controlled thru the government. We have no sales tax here, or taxes on private vehicles except when you buy one from a lot, other than the federal GST @ 5% ( it's supposed to stand for Goods and Service Tax, but we call it Gouge and Screw Tax ) Wages are good but right now diesel is about $1.36 a litre which if you take 3.79 litres to a US gal and use 10% difference in the dollar that's about $5.67 a gal. This is abnormally high. Two summers ago it was $.99 a litre ( and the dollar was more even ) and last June when I drove to Columbus IN the most I paid was $ 4.07 a gal in ND. It would cost me over $600 to fill both my tanks right now.

I always find it interesting how other people and places do things. As neighbouring countries our lives are quite inter twined but in a lot of ways so different. David

 

[B.G. Smith]

My truck is $91.00, American Star 5th wheel @11,200# is $110.22, tandem axle trailer registered for 2,000# is $47.85. Would like to hear from someone in Oklahoma, their rates used to be based on new price and age and were pretty stiff when I lived there. bg

 

[jgillott]

If I remember correctly, our 2500's are $153 each/year registered at 9000 GVW. The 1/2 ton is $81/year here in PA.

 

[RikDavis]

Here in TN the truck or car for that matter is about $50. including a $25.00 local wheel tax depending on which plate you get. Basically you can plate a pickup with the same tags as a car as long as you don't have a GCW over 10,000. I have never heard of anyone being ticketed who exceeded it
A trailer with an annual plate is $13.00. You can put a commercial SEMI plate on a trailer which is good for as long as you own the vehicle for $90. at the time I bought mine. 2 of my vintage Airstreams have the semi plates
Actually you are not even required to have a plate on a utility trailer and that may spill over even to travel trailers but it takes a lot of explaining out of state. I prefer to have some kind of plate on mine.

 

[E7mack96]

in FL, the truck is 199.40 a yr

the trailer is 38.50 a yr

 

[Jim W]

My Ram 2500 and my wife's Jetta cost the same $101 a year+ a $3.00 handling fee at the bank and our 5er cost $50 a year. Now if I have a 1 ton truck or a flat rate plate on the truck this could cost from $158 to $277 a year. This is based on a registered vehicle weight from what I have been told and goes up increments of 4,000 LBS in weight. So for the new 2013.5 and up trucks that have a 14,400 GVWR could cost $277 a year,I think. I am so glad that I have a B truck plate (8,000 LBS and under) less confusion.

Jim W.

 

[Regcabguy]

Mine's $351/year. If I chucked the commercial plates the weight fee would disappear bringing it down to $140.
The camper never comes off,so I may do it next year.
Dems want to add $ 0.12/gal more in 2015,in lieu of some complicated cap and trade nonsense that no one understands.