Boat trailer registration question.

[CWCW]

I got a dumb question for ya. I am coming up on a year of owning my boat and i got my first letter from the Texas Dept. of Transportation stating that i need to re-new my registration tags on my boat trailer. They are $45 dollars. To me this seems very expensive considering my parents have two trailers, (one being a 17ft flat bed and the other being a cattle trailer) that they pay $6 each for new tags each year. I know they have farm tags on them but why on earth would regular trailer tags and farm trailer tags have a $40 difference in cost?

Next question, i will be moving out to my parents farm in the next couple of years (they are going to sell me and my wife a 30 acre piece of the farm to build a house on). Can you get your boat trailer tags changed to farm tags?

[CatFan]

Farm tags are cheap, but the vehicle has to be used for farm purposes only. Not likely with a boat trailer.

[KevinP]

Boat trailers in Ma are based on weight. Most guys are paying $60-100. And they expire 11/30

[rangerguy]

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Yes that is right, there is a $40 difference. I just registered mine again this month and it was $49.50. It goes by weight of trailer plus the load you put on the trailer. My trailer weighted 1300 lbs with a 4000 lb payload. No you will not be able to put farm tags on a boat trailer. Plus if you have farm tags on a vehicle or flat bed trailer, you better be using it for farm use, the fine you will get will be more than the $40 you save.