Buying a camper in Canada
I found a camper I want in BC. I live in Washington State. Canada doesn't license or title campers. They are considered to be an accessory (makes sense to me). When I spoke with CDN and US Customs the...
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Photomike wrote:hedge wrote:
I tried to register my camper in AB but it was not possible because it didn't have a serial number that fit their pattern. I bought mine new so I got the BOS and a NIVIS but was stymied by the VIN number.
I could go through a process to get a VIN assigned but it's not cheap, nearly $500.
I wanted to do it so that I could get a plate issued so that I don't have to swap plates.
From what I know you will not be able to do as you want to as the vehicle plate has to show in Alberta. All you would be doing is getting a trailer plate in addition to the vehicle plate. I would really check this out as you may be opening yourself up for a lot of problems.
That was exactly what I wanted to do, I was hoping to just keep the trailer plate on the camper and leave the truck plate on the truck. I have forgotten to swap them a time or two and end up with no plate at all (woops). The registries would have gave me the trailer plate with the SIN, not sure how it would have turned out if i was stopped.
I also tried getting vanity plates as you get two of them, but you only get 1 sticker. I recently had a discussion about this with a cop (he pulled me over for something else) and he said that he couldn't tell me this was 'OK' but in reality it likely wouldn't be an issue if stopped. At least with the visible plate they could identify the vehicle.
It sure seems like they want to make it difficult for you when you're trying to comply.
