Drive Clean Emissions Test in Ontario for our Roadtrek

What the vehicle actually weighs, it's curb weight, has nothing to do with it's Gross Vehicle Weight Rating.

Under the new rules the decision on which test the vehicle gets is based on the capacity of the vehicle, not what it's licensed for.

It seems lots of people were exploiting a loophole in the system, lower the weight it's licensed for, get it e-tested, get the new sticker, then put the licensed weight back up.

They no longer allow 2 year license renewals for 'heavy duty' vehicles either.

Thanks 63 Coupe for your suggestion. Actually, Roadtrek responded the same day to my request, and I now have a letter from them stating the weight.

When I was on the phone with Drive Clean, I asked a similar question. I had used the Roadtrek to take some junk to the Halton Region dump a while ago, where they weigh you going in and going out. They said they wouldn't accept that, and wanted a letter instead.

Of course, too bad I didn't have the letter before this year's test, but heck, there are worse things!

Call and ask if they would accept a ticket from a certified truck scale. Depending on where you are in Ontario there may be one not too far from you and the charge to weigh the Roadtrek would certainly be under $80. This is probably the most common but there are others as well; CAT Scale

Just a follow-up to my original post. I decided to call Drive Clean for clarification. They told me that their "procedure" has changed, and the emissions testing facility has to look at the door plate information for the GVWR. Unfortunately, on our Roadtrek, this information is blank, which means that the weight becomes a 'default' value of 5000 kg. The Drive Clean customer service agent told me that going forward, I need to get a letter from Roadtrek stating the true weight of the vehicle which in past years was listed as 3981 kg. I was told that there's nothing I can do about the $88.00 fee this year, but in future years I'm hopeful that this letter from Roadtrek will return the vehicle to its previous light-vehicle status. This is good, because the emissions test will be 'free' in the future. (Other taxes will undoubtedly go up to pay for this freebie.)

Oh,the joys of living in Ontario!

Drive Clean information is available at
https://www.ontario.ca/page/drive-clean-test#section-4

I note that the cost of a heavy duty vehicle is set by the testing facility, not the drive clean program.

Had my 2003 Ford E350 Pleasure-Way done in July 2016 and it cost me $30.00 plus tax which was the fee for light duty vehicles. Unless it has changed since then, a vehicle with a GVWR less than 4,500 kg was classified as a light duty vehicle. I've always had my tests done at a Ford dealer and they wanted to charge me the heavy duty vehicle rate a couple of times until I reminded them of the 4,500 GVWR limit.

I see that starting 1 April 2017 they are doing away with the testing fee for light duty vehicles but tests etc will still be required. I don't see anything that suggests the definition of a light duty vehicle versus a heavy duty vehicle has changed, although I may have missed it.

Don't know about class B but I have a friend with a 350 and he had the same surprise of the 88.00. The test has changed and they test different functions now, partly to catch the manufactures that have learned how to fool the old system