Woody, now we know we were talking about two different things. Apples and oranges make a good fruit salad but either one will squish nicely when you drive over it.
Several posts back it sounded like someone was saying that they could get an inspection, vin number, etc at home rather than towing the finished trailer to an inspection station.
People who build on their tears on already finished trailers have an easier time than those who build their trailer frames themselves. But, they miss out on the bruised feet, strained backs, cut fingers and burn holes in their clothes by not hauling, moving, cutting and welding the steel.
Fortunately ours passed without a hitch (well not really...we needed a hitch on the jeep to get it to the inspection station). Our neighbor, on the other hand, bought an old boat trailer to haul a motorcycle down to Florida, then bought a harbor freight trailer just to get the certificate of origin, etc to put on his bike hauler, registered it then took the parts he needed off the harbor freight and gave us the rest.
Judy