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Keep us posted! I have seen a few of them around central CA so there might be a way to get around it. Either that or those guys just don’t care and they’re towing them anyway lol
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got my premilm temp tag for registration. CHP needs to sign off on it. one step closer. hopefully chp will not give me a hard time. here is a sneak peak of the heater setup. it's bolted to the step so it can't get knocked over.

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got my premilm temp tag for registration. CHP needs to sign off on it. one step closer. hopefully chp will not give me a hard time. here is a sneak peak of the heater setup. it's bolted to the step so it can't get knocked over.

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So it IS possible!!! Makes me wonder why my buddy couldn’t get his registered?!

That’s awesome! I’m definitely going to start seriously shopping around for one.

CHP shouldn’t give you any hassle. I’ve taken a few trailers in for inspections and they’ve always signed off on them. As long as it’s not a home built trailer, they shouldn’t have any issue with it.
 

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Jeff,

That tire step as a heater mount is a great idea! I bet there are other things you can think of for the other side. 👍
 


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Jeff,

That tire step as a heater mount is a great idea! I bet there are other things you can think of for the other side. 👍
well the other side might be covered by our annex. so it would be just this side but if we decide not to use the annex then yes I could mount something there. This is just phase 1. the fun stuff comes in the next phase where I add a fresh water tank, pump, 48v lithium ion battery, trailer lights, integrate the heater into a permanent spot, propane tank holder etc...
 
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So it IS possible!!! Makes me wonder why my buddy couldn’t get his registered?!

That’s awesome! I’m definitely going to start seriously shopping around for one.

CHP shouldn’t give you any hassle. I’ve taken a few trailers in for inspections and they’ve always signed off on them. As long as it’s not a home built trailer, they shouldn’t have any issue with it.
I just showed up with a Bill of Sale and invoice showing what I paid. if your close to moval maybe come out this was to my DMV 😆
 
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small update. mounted a 270 degree ovs awning.

works well and can operate without any upright polls for support. looks solid enough and hinge looks beefy. hopefully it lasts

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took it about 10-15 miles on public roads. no issues. also flipped my hitch and she is almost perfectly level

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Nice trailer, where did you aquire this type of trailer?
 
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good news chp signed off so I now have my permanent tag for it. The officer mentioned he has been seeing more of these trailers pop up so good luck to others getting them registered. I will keep my DMV paper work just in case anyone needs a blueprint on how to try and get it registered
 

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