Texas got a lot more stringent on boat and trailer registration since Hurricane Ike. There was a lot of people that were claiming abandoned and lost boats and trailers. It used to be a lot easier to register trailers and they did not need a vin.

The serials that you have on your trailers would suffice to get the trailer registered, but I have none of that.

I took the trailer to another agency for a second opinion and they agreed that it is "homemade". So now I am just going through the process of getting a vin assigned. Reading through the 1st agency notes, I could still have applied for a homemade vin, just may have had more eyes on it. I have the paper work filled out to be 4500 GVWR. The trailer I have tipped the scales at 1060lbs so that gives me 3400lbs to play with. I do plan on extending the tongue, replacing the steps and a few other odds and ends so that will eat into the carrying capacity but I should have enough head room.