Thread: “ST” plates revisit

Gentlemen, started new thread so it wouldn’t get lost in the shuffle, bought my $19 st plates for my small trailer yesterday at DMV. It is for real!thought I would have to pay for 2 years, 236$, she said or you can just buy the st plates. Yes give me those!

Mine are due at end of April. I will try the switch. Thanks for the update!

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Just spoke with my local title company. Yes this is legit. Must tow with a truck (not a car or SUV). If truck plates are "B" you can have 8000 lbs or less. If it is more than 8000 you can re-classify your truck plates as "C" and be 10,000 lbs or less. Better do it before Illinois raises the ST plates $100 too!
Illinois is a mess. Took 6 months after I paid to get my FOID card. Bought a new bike in January, needed to transfer my plate from my old one. Still nothing to show for it. Old registration sticker expires today. I bet it is a pain for LEO's too.

Originally Posted by bluesfan

Just spoke with my local title company. Yes this is legit. Must tow with a truck (not a car or SUV). If truck plates are "B" you can have 8000 lbs or less. If it is more than 8000 you can re-classify your truck plates as "C" and be 10,000 lbs or less. Better do it before Illinois raises the ST plates $100 too!
Illinois is a mess. Took 6 months after I paid to get my FOID card. Bought a new bike in January, needed to transfer my plate from my old one. Still nothing to show for it. Old registration sticker expires today. I bet it is a pain for LEO's too.

I got a St plate last month and when I did I confirmed that I can tow it with my Tahoe that has auto plates. (Not b truck) auto plates have the same 8000lb limit as b truck plates.

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Originally Posted by WoodChuck

I got a St plate last month and when I did I confirmed that I can tow it with my Tahoe that has auto plates. (Not b truck) auto plates have the same 8000lb limit as b truck plates.

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Thanks for sharing. It seems there is very little understanding of this whole deal, whether it is the title/license company, the SOS, law enforcement, or the boat owners posting on the web. Still, I have yet to find one case of anyone being fined for having an ST plate. That says a lot to me given its been a year since this whole concept started. I'm trying to keep an open mind towards both sides of the coin. But, given human nature, it sure seems likely someone would go to the web with their story of how they got screwed over for using an ST plate. After all you hear less when things go correctly and hear every detail when they do not. For example truck shopping-you would not buy a Ford, Chevy, GM. etc. if you looked only at negative posts across the web. But for every negative account there are thousands of people who don't say squat because all is good. Still, I'm trying to find a reason not to try this and failing to do so...

I had also read somewhere about annual inspections if you use an ST plate. I forgot to ask that question to the license company. Anybody know more about that? That would be a negative I would need to consider.

Wish you luck on ST Plates However I have a friend at DMV in Monticello she told me they will definitely sell you a ST plate for your trailer,
however State Police do not recognize it and will issue ticket.

Originally Posted by bluesfan

I had also read somewhere about annual inspections if you use an ST plate. I forgot to ask that question to the license company. Anybody know more about that? That would be a negative I would need to consider.

Alot of people jumping on this bandwagon not knowing all the facts

Too good to be true, probably ain’t

My friend has been a police officer for many years. I told him about the "gray area" that law enforcement may not recognize the ST plates as legal. His response was this: if the trailer, the state issued plates , and the state issued registration all match there are no issues. He thinks he will do it with his trailers'

I have to chuckle at the comment about the State Police will issue tickets for something that their employer approved Isn't that like the saying "you shouldn't crap where you sleep"?

I don't know how current this is:
Exemptions

Wagon trailers, and any other trailers and farm implements that you use in agriculture-related work, need not go through this safety inspection in Illinois. Also exempt from the safety inspection requirements are semitrailers, pole trailers, and trailers with a gross weight of 5,000 pounds or less, including the weight of the vehicle and its load. If you have a house trailer that you use for your living quarters, you don't need a safety inspection. Registered Illinois government vehicles also don't have to go through the safety inspection.