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JaxDad
Nov 21, 2016Explorer III
shum02 wrote: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!
I see this confusion all the time, there is NO such thing as a "personal" pickup truck in Ontario. If you have black & white plates you have a COMMERCIAL vehicle, period.
Compare the ownerships of a car and your pickup, you will see at the very top the term "COM - FIT" (commercial) on your truck and "PAS - FIT" (passenger) on the car ownership.
For an RV there is however several exemptions from some commercial vehicle requirements. But as a commercial vehicle you can be stopped at anytime for no particular reason in order to 'inspect' the truck.
BTW, the physical weight or registered weight means nothing, if the manufacturers GVWR of the truck and any non-exempt (RV) trailer exceed 4,500 kg, you are required to have a comm. safety inspection on both.
Considering the lightest F-350 GVWR is 4,491 kg you are at, if not very likely already over that limit. If you so much as hook up to little 4'' X 8' box trailer you are risking some hefty fines.
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