Ontario drivers licence and CVOR requirements

TimnJo wrote:

This means that almost everybody towing an RV isn't in compliance, if we assume that a pickup towing an RV is considered a commercial vehicle, (as these regulations only appear in that part of the website).

So your FIL had to get an inspection and a yellow sticker?

Yup you got it! And yea, I knew this would go the way it has.

Here is a quote from the MTO's FAQ's page

The Highway Traffic Act considers all pickup trucks to be commercial motor vehicles, but a pickup truck only needs a Commercial Vehicle Operator's Registration (CVOR) certificate if it has an actual or registered gross weight of more than 4,500 kg.
A personal-use pickup truck means a pickup truck that:
is being used for personal purposes without compensation
has a manufacturer's gross vehicle weight rating of 6,000 kg (13,227 lb) or less(this contradicts the first part!), and is fitted with either:
the original box that was installed by the manufacturer, which has not been modified, or
a replacement box that duplicates the one that was installed by the manufacturer and has not been modified
is not carrying or towing a trailer carrying commercial cargo or tools or equipment of a type normally used for commercial purposes


Now you can take that and interpret it any way you want but I will also say that there is all kinds of contradictions in the MTO's "rules" regarding pickups and RV's(buses and huge 5th wheels come to mind). Take it for what you want, believe what you want, pay them what you want. I have yet to see of hear of anyone getting nicked by them who was exclusively towing or carrying for personal use. Anything else is internet lore.

BTW just the other day I was waved through a Mississauga truck inspection set up on Derry and 427 in my F350 cause, yea, I ain't commercial.