States differ greatly in hassle factor. I've had major problems in PA with registering and licensing both of my glider trailers, mainly because of what state they'd come from before I'd bought them.

The worst experience was with a 1983 Cobra bought from CT. The seller was the original buyer of the glider/trailer combination (and ironically he had bought them from a dealer in PA). However, PA would not accept the CT trailer registration! I wound up supplying copies of the bills of sale from Cobra to Schliecher, from Schliecher to the dealer, from the dealer to the buyer, and from the buyer to me. It took 4 months to get it done, with most of the time going into finding someone who knew how to deal with the PA DoT bureaucracy.

-John, Q3