Who has ever been weighed when RV towing?

Are the weight police claims of LEO's and US lawyers out to get us all finally being silenced!!! Eh, one can dream.

This is one of many current threads, one of which was recently started by me, asking for any sort of documentation or links to people being ticketed for being over OEM weight ratings and/or any sort of Civil Law suit for someone who was found to be over OEM weight ratings. EXCLUDING COMMERCIAL DRIVERS. There's nutt'n so far.

VintageRacer wrote:
In Ontario they regularly set up road-side checks on the highways to cottage country on long weekends and pull in just about anyone - they are looking for over weight, incorrect license, hitches set up wrong, too many passengers, seat belt law violations. Ontario people need a restricted Class A license to tow over a certain amount, and Class A and Super C motorhomes need a Class D or higher license for over 26K lbs in total combined vehicle weight - and DOT sets up at the border crossing in the spring to catch Snowbirders coming home towing their cars and over-loaded. So it is actually very common in Ontario. In Nova Scotia, where I live now, there is a weigh scale on the exit and entrance of the province where everything over 3000 Kg registered gross weight is supposed to stop and cross the scales. I've been pulled into weigh scales in New Brunswick where they flash a sign at you if you get picked to pull in, truck pulling a trailer. So I would say I've been weighed a bunch of times.

I will say that my impression is that they are looking for trailers over 10K lbs and no upgraded driver's license, vehicles over their licensed gross weight, combined weight over 26K (the metric equivalent, actually) because a lot of Class A's are under until they hook up the towed car, and air brake endorsement on Class A RV's. Probably 75% of the Ontario drivers I've casually asked did not have the correct driver's license to drive their big Class A pushers, or tow their 15K lb fifth wheels.

Brian

From a fellow Nova Scotian you are correct on the lack of upgraded driver's license. Took me several visits to RMV to get them to tell me I needed the endorsement 15 on my class 5 to haul over 10k trailers.

To the OP.....yes but only when towing commercially.

No, never have. Yet......

crabbin cabin wrote:
Never by any law folks. BUT - one time I had a breakdown with my truck while pulling a fifth wheel. repair folks called by insurer/warranty folks before he would start work on the TRUCK. The insurer insisted the trailer be weighed before they would OK the truck repair. Fortunately the trailer was under the listed weight so we were OK. If we had been overweight - insurer would have ???

The insurer would have done whatever the "Contract" that you both agreed to said he could. Has nothing to do with the issue at hand.

In Ontario they regularly set up road-side checks on the highways to cottage country on long weekends and pull in just about anyone - they are looking for over weight, incorrect license, hitches set up wrong, too many passengers, seat belt law violations. Ontario people need a restricted Class A license to tow over a certain amount, and Class A and Super C motorhomes need a Class D or higher license for over 26K lbs in total combined vehicle weight - and DOT sets up at the border crossing in the spring to catch Snowbirders coming home towing their cars and over-loaded. So it is actually very common in Ontario. In Nova Scotia, where I live now, there is a weigh scale on the exit and entrance of the province where everything over 3000 Kg registered gross weight is supposed to stop and cross the scales. I've been pulled into weigh scales in New Brunswick where they flash a sign at you if you get picked to pull in, truck pulling a trailer. So I would say I've been weighed a bunch of times.

I will say that my impression is that they are looking for trailers over 10K lbs and no upgraded driver's license, vehicles over their licensed gross weight, combined weight over 26K (the metric equivalent, actually) because a lot of Class A's are under until they hook up the towed car, and air brake endorsement on Class A RV's. Probably 75% of the Ontario drivers I've casually asked did not have the correct driver's license to drive their big Class A pushers, or tow their 15K lb fifth wheels.

Brian

NO

I have never been stopped to be weighed. Two years ago in Kananaskis the RCMP were stopping RV's to check for seatbelts, proper safety chain and breakaway cable attachment. They were also looking for booze infractions as there had been some serious incidents the year before in the area. The only area I have heard of actual "weight checkstops" is in British Columbia.

Daryll

jspence1 wrote:

John & Angela wrote:
In BC it is not uncommon to see safety check points set up for checking weights of RV's as well as checking that batteries are hooked up so that break away switches are working properly. Not uncommon to see truck campers sitting on side of road waiting for proper sized truck. One of the under passes where they set up is a couple miles from our place. They seem to set up 4 or 5 times per summer, mostly long weekends. They are also checking BCers for their house trailer endorsement.

BC is the only province in Canada where your GVWR is legally enforced.

BC does use a GVWR number which may be the truck mfg GVWR or can be a GVWR determined by:
BC Motor Vehicle Act Regulations
Weight scales:
19.05 (snipped for length)
(4) The gross weight of any vehicle or combination of vehicles shall be the sum of the individual gross axle weights of all the axles of the vehicle or combination of vehicles. "

And a RV.net poster from BC checked into the issue and says this;

dukesofhazzardcounty

British Columbia

langley

New Member

Joined: 08/23/2011
"well another phone call to a dot worker that I personally know,
here it is, go by the gross axle weight rating front and rear, tire ratings, and then make sure you are not over your licensed gross rating, ex. mine is 4600kg, he said after you get the camper and if you are under on the axle ratings and tire ratings but over the licensed gross rating, up your insurance to be over your total gross, this is the cash grab part of it, you are paying more for fixing the roads etc. the more weight you are. so there you have it from the bc dot. (snipped for length).

John & Angela wrote:
In BC it is not uncommon to see safety check points set up for checking weights of RV's as well as checking that batteries are hooked up so that break away switches are working properly. Not uncommon to see truck campers sitting on side of road waiting for proper sized truck. One of the under passes where they set up is a couple miles from our place. They seem to set up 4 or 5 times per summer, mostly long weekends. They are also checking BCers for their house trailer endorsement.

BC is the only province in Canada where your GVWR is legally enforced.

Oh, happy holidays to all you! no matter the reason!

Marty