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Originally Posted by drsmart
Local DOT don't separate commercial and personal use towing when it comes to vehicle registration. They're telling me that the combined weight is what should be reported for registration. Because of the truck GVW alone, I have to sign a declaration of personal use to avoid CVOR rules.
I can increase my registered weight for those months that I'm towing (about 23,000lbs) and revert back to just the truck GVW (11,500lbs) when not towing. This is all to follow the letter of the highway traffic act in Ontario Canada.
All that being said, I don't know anyone who does this and have never seen a RV pulled over to be weighed. I have heard of it happening but don't know the outcome.
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I live in Saskatchewan Canada and when you go to license your truck, the license issuers always ask: Will the weight of the vehicle exceed 5,000kg (11,023lbs) with or without a trailer(s) and load? I answer yes as my F350 loaded up for towing is 4,450kg (9,810lb), so I'll easily be over 5,000kg when towing. I then have to pay around $100-$150 more to register the truck for a GCVW.
I have asked what happens if I don't register for a higher weight class? Their reply is that tickets start at $800 and can go up from there.
Will I get stopped and checked? Every now and then the police and highway traffic board will have a safety blitz and pull everyone over. If someone runs into me, the police want the vehicle registrations. If not registered for high enough weight, ticket time for me plus I don't know if insurance would cover me then. I'd rather pay the extra and be covered plus when not towing during the winter season, I Just go to the license issuer and get the extra weight removed and get a refund for the unused portion of the year.
This is all for personal use as another question they ask is: Is this vehicle
being used in a commercial enterprise or undertaking at any time? I answer no.