JaxDad wrote:
Having not just a personal truck in this category, an F-350 DRW 4x4, but a small fleet at work, we run into this ALL the time.
I have NO fleet, am not part of a fleet, no yellow sticker and pulling over a F350 with a RGVW of 4000kgs and weighing me will show anyone I'm under.
In these "spot checks" I only see guys with trailers and loads of gear in their trucks using "personal" trucks as work trucks. If you do that you are COMMERCIAL. Had a neighbor get nicked for that even after I warned him about it with his Ram 1500 using it for a driveway sealing business - got nicked!
Driving around I have never been pulled over by the MTO or any of these inspections stops. My F350 takes me to work and pulls the RV for PERSONAL use only. Also avoid the MTO/OPP long weekend RV blitzes as well. Got pulled into one of these once and they had NO idea about anything they where looking at except obvious trailer/truck safety issues. Cost me an hour of my time while I educated an officer on how a WDH worked.
