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| hey guys,
Im upgrading boats and considering a few options out of state. im concerned with one as it has been used in salt water before, and am curious if anyone knows how to go about an inspection, or if its something to even worry about if the motor has been newly serviced.
also does anyone have experince with shipping a boat back. this would be from alabama or florida to minnesota..
thanks
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Location: NE Ohio | plan some time and drive down to look at it in person, with cash in hand, and prepared to haul it home. i know i wouldn't take others words about an unseen boat/motor/trailer with my $ on the hook. JMO. good luck
Edited by pklingen 7/9/2017 7:31 PM
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Location: Tomahawk,Wis | Same idea ...look at your self and haul it back... |
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Location: Minnesota | Depends where your going looks like it's around 21 hrs one way get a budy you trust to give you a good opinion on the boat your looking at. Take turns driving you drive for a tank your buddy drives for a tank take turns sleeping i love road trips have fun. |
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| Not sure where you're located, but here are a few things to keep in mind:
1. Some states require registration/title/license plates for the trailer. If you buy in/from a state that does not, be prepared for some hassles with the DMV. They are going to want the old title, even if there is not and has never been a title for the trailer. Be prepared to explain over and over in each different line, that there's no title and registration because it came from a place where you are not required to do that. Be also prepared to explain this in detail, over and over, to someone who wouldn't know what a boat is or does even if you threw them in the lake and ran their stupid ass over with it.
2. Both the DNR and the DMV (if you need a license plate/title/registration for the trailer) will want a bill of sale. Get a bill of sale.
3. Taxes: In some states you will have to pay sales tax on the purchase of the boat. Some states are just for the boat, some are for the boat/motor, some are for the entire purchase. Get an itemized bill of sale. Boat, Motor, Electronics, Trailer, Accessories, EVERYTHING. Someone with the department of revenue, who is equally clueless about the process will require you to have a bunch if #*#* you never imagined possible for the simple purchase of a simple ****ING boat.
Also make sure you have serial #'s for everything that has one on the bill of sale. EVERYTHING. Be prepared to explain that a trolling motor, while ATTACHED to the boat is not actually PART of the boat. The same goes for your electronics. Expect that the people you deal with will have absolutely NO clue about ANY aspect of what a boat is or does what is attached to it, what the parts and pieces do, or even the simple fact that a boat trailer is not permanently attached to the boat, because they do not know WTF a boat trailer IS or DOES.
Be prepared to explain that a boat floats on the water and you cannot drive a boat down the street without towing it behind a truck, on a trailer. I am not kidding.
Check your state laws re: deadlines for registration, sales tax, insurance, license plates, etc. Don't **** around waiting to transfer the title/registration/license plates/etc. for a year or more because the boat is sitting in your garage unused. If you live in a suck-hole state like IL, you'll be in for a world of bull#*#* red tape, tax penalties, late payment penalties, interest, and a bunch of frigging morons who can't grasp that it's just a fishing boat, on a trailer, that you bought from someone who happens to live somewhere else.
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Location: Madison, WI | ^^^ so I take it you had a great experience buying a boat out of state;) |
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Location: Northern Illinois | I bought a boat from a dealer in South Dakota this year. My wife and I picked some nice weather in February drove out there, stayed the night, closed the deal the next morning. The dealer took care of the paper work. We drove back the same day. I handed the title(s), BOS, etc. over to an experienced license service I have dealt with in the past and wrote the checks. Being from Illinois we had to pay sales tax but the license service guided us through the details. It wasn't that bad and I got a great deal on a used Ranger that wasn't available close by.
Edited by RLSea 7/10/2017 9:48 PM
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Location: The desert | RLSea - 7/10/2017 9:47 PM
I bought a boat from a dealer in South Dakota this year. My wife and I picked some nice weather in February drove out there, stayed the night, closed the deal the next morning. The dealer took care of the paper work. We drove back the same day. I handed the title(s), BOS, etc. over to an experienced license service I have dealt with in the past and wrote the checks. Being from Illinois we had to pay sales tax but the license service guided us through the details. It wasn't that bad and I got a great deal on a used Ranger that wasn't available close by.
Maybe Jeff can hire you to help him next time. |
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Location: Minnesota | Buying a boat in another state and bringing it back to Mn. Price of cake, bought my boat in Wi brought it back paid sales tax in Mn no problems berry easy. I buy my vehicles out of state as well I feel they give me a better deal .they know if they don't shoot me a fair price I won't be back |
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Location: Elk River, MN | If you can a good deal it's worth it to make the trip out there to check it out first. Pictures can be very deceiving and strategically taken to hide any issues or damage. Buying from out of state is no issue, just make sure you've got the paperwork as others stated. You can get great deals out of state as the market is softer where there aren't 10,000 lakes |
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Location: Hayward, WI | Stay away from anything that has been in salt water. It will cause you nothing but headaches in the long run. |
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| Pointerpride102 - 7/10/2017 10:15 PM
RLSea - 7/10/2017 9:47 PM
I bought a boat from a dealer in South Dakota this year. My wife and I picked some nice weather in February drove out there, stayed the night, closed the deal the next morning. The dealer took care of the paper work. We drove back the same day. I handed the title(s), BOS, etc. over to an experienced license service I have dealt with in the past and wrote the checks. Being from Illinois we had to pay sales tax but the license service guided us through the details. It wasn't that bad and I got a great deal on a used Ranger that wasn't available close by.
Maybe Jeff can hire you to help him next time.
Next time I'm just going to wait in line until someone older than 30 is available, who speaks English. Once I found someone who had actually titled a boat trailer from out of state the whole process took about 10 minutes. Well, that is after standing in line for almost an hour... |
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| no i agree with Esox. depending on where you live, it can be a pain. Last time i bought out of state, i went to the license bureau before hand and asked specifically what i needed, because i had issues in the past, and when i bought the boat and returned to the bmv, they said i didnt have everything i needed..... drove me crazy!
was considering buying a used boat last month, so i emailed the bmv, now they require a notary on the bill of sale also. what a pain in the ass! indiana sux!
hopefully your state(s) bmv's are easier to deal with!
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| I am guessing you will be registering the boat in MN based on your post, VERY easy to do. You will need a Bill of Sale for each the boat and trailer, simple BoS(I did my last couple with a handwritten BoS.) Include the sellers name, your name, date sold, price, Hull ID or Serial Number and both of you sign it. You will only pay taxes on the trailer, not the boat. The amount you pay in tax on is based on the purchase price indicated on your Bill of Sale for the trailer. Make sure you indicate the price on EACH individually. If you bought a boat and trailer for $10,000 and you split it up as the boat being $9500 and the trailer was $500 you would pay about $35 in sales tax.
My brother had a boat shipped from Louisiana to MN recently. He used UShip and had a good experience with that. It was definitely the cheapest way to go. |
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| cool, thanks for all the help guys. I ended up getting a 690VS in Tennessee, im back in MN now with it working on the logistics part of it, but have a bill of sale and some other paperwork. Very happy with the purchase. |
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Location: oswego, il | I bought a new boat trailer from wisconsin tuesday and it was under the limit for needing a title. Went to the DMV and it was pretty easy. Would have teken 10 minutes but i had to call and get the address from where it came and didn't bring a check book. They don't take credit cards for that. The process is easy if you have everything. I am sure it gets more difficult if you do not have a vin. |
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| Buying a used boat out of state or local and registering it in Minnesota you will only pay sales tax on the trailer, nothing on the boat and motor. I bought out of state and was pleasantly surprised by this. Seemed to good to be true. |
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