Pulled over for overloaded
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I am in Ontario, Canada and ALL, and by that I mean ALL commercially and privately owned f350/3500, dually or single wheel trucks MUST be registered as commercial vehicles and are subject to commercial vehicle regulations and inspection which in Ontario means yearly safety inspections (yellow stickers) and mandatory weigh stations when they are open. In Canada I have never heard of these laws being enforced but they are there. What I really want to know is if anyone has been pulled over and fined for an overloaded truck. To the best of my knowledge no one in either Canada or the U.S.A. has ever been fined for an overloaded truck unless they make it painfully obvious and the MOT/DOT/COP's are forced to step in (a half ton truck pulling a 40 foot 'fiver is a good way to attract attention).
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I am in Ontario, Canada and ALL, and by that I mean ALL commercially and privately owned f350/3500, dually or single wheel trucks MUST be registered as commercial vehicles and are subject to commercial vehicle regulations and inspection which in Ontario means yearly safety inspections (yellow stickers) and mandatory weigh stations when they are open. In Canada I have never heard of these laws being enforced but they are there. What I really want to know is if anyone has been pulled over and fined for an overloaded truck. To the best of my knowledge no one in either Canada or the U.S.A. has ever been fined for an overloaded truck unless they make it painfully obvious and the MOT/DOT/COP's are forced to step in (a half ton truck pulling a 40 foot 'fiver is a good way to attract attention).
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From: Ontario, Canada
I am in Ontario, Canada and ALL, and by that I mean ALL commercially and privately owned f350/3500, dually or single wheel trucks MUST be registered as commercial vehicles and are subject to commercial vehicle regulations and inspection which in Ontario means yearly safety inspections (yellow stickers) and mandatory weigh stations when they are open.
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There's "COM" (Commercial?), at the top of my F150's permit, while my car has "PAS" (Passenger?) at the top of the permit and different plates.
So do I pull into weigh stations? No.
Have I ever had a safety inspection? No.
My truck may be "subject" to commercial vehicle regs, but nobody seems to care.
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I said it earlier my friend in the rental company got pulled and fined over 1000$ that the company had to pay because they sent him out over loaded it happens all the time in this area. My other friend who drives a 3500 Dodge ram hauls two Lawn mowers in an inclosed trailer gets pulled all the time weighed. It's bad in this area for being over loaded. I heard a story of a guy getting pulled just outside the junk yard because dot waits there for people coming in scrapping.
I think the OP is looking for whether or not Joe Nobody, private citizen has ever been pulled over for being over weight. I know I can't say I have ever heard of it happening.
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I am in Ontario, Canada and ALL, and by that I mean ALL commercially and privately owned f350/3500, dually or single wheel trucks MUST be registered as commercial vehicles and are subject to commercial vehicle regulations and inspection which in Ontario means yearly safety inspections (yellow stickers) and mandatory weigh stations when they are open. In Canada I have never heard of these laws being enforced but they are there. What I really want to know is if anyone has been pulled over and fined for an overloaded truck. To the best of my knowledge no one in either Canada or the U.S.A. has ever been fined for an overloaded truck unless they make it painfully obvious and the MOT/DOT/COP's are forced to step in (a half ton truck pulling a 40 foot 'fiver is a good way to attract attention).
1 tons do not have to stop at the scales. I have lots of friends with 1 tons and I have had one myself. Never stopped and never asked to.
I would request you quote the appropriate law stating that 1 tons must be scaled. I ask because I looked into it when i was hauling my racecar trailer all over with a 1 ton.
We just cruised by an open weight station two weeks ago with a large 5th wheel in tow. My buddy hauling it is a stickler for laws and doesn't stop.
Think all pickups in Ontario are registered and plated Commercial.
There's "COM" (Commercial?), at the top of my F150's permit, while my car has "PAS" (Passenger?) at the top of the permit and different plates.
So do I pull into weigh stations? No.
Have I ever had a safety inspection? No.
My truck may be "subject" to commercial vehicle regs, but nobody seems to care.
There's "COM" (Commercial?), at the top of my F150's permit, while my car has "PAS" (Passenger?) at the top of the permit and different plates.
So do I pull into weigh stations? No.
Have I ever had a safety inspection? No.
My truck may be "subject" to commercial vehicle regs, but nobody seems to care.
As noted in the previous post you do not have to register com until you hit the 1 ton mark. Of course all that does it make guys buy 3/4 tons and overweight them.
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I had a really excellent reply to ^^ but I just could not be bothered. I will say this. I have spoken to 4 MOT enforcement officers and 1 FORD dealer and you are dead wrong on all counts. Am I going to prove it....no. I consider my original post answered.
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Now that you mention it, I vaguely recall the dealer suggesting that I go Commercial rather than Passenger for some reason ... forget what.
Since mine is registered Commercial, some stickler of an enforcement officer somewhere in N.A. might start throwing Commercial Truck laws at me. Hmm ... like in Florida: "All Commercial vehicles must stop and be weighed" or whatever.
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Hey you Guys in Ontario check what your truck is registered for. Unless you asked it to be other wise it will come set at 3,000 kg (6600 lbs) for the max your truck can weigh. My truck registration is 3,000kg so when im towing my enclosed sled trailer full of sleds and the cab full of guys im over weight by 2500 lbs. so now i have to up my registered weight up to 4500 kgs (9920 lbs). But if i register for over 4500kg then you have to classify the truck as commercial and get a yearly safety.
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So is there any disadvantage to registering an F150 as a Passenger Vehicle in Ontario, other than you can't use it Commercially?
Now that you mention it, I vaguely recall the dealer suggesting that I go Commercial rather than Passenger for some reason ... forget what.
Since mine is registered Commercial, some stickler of an enforcement officer somewhere in N.A. might start throwing Commercial Truck laws at me. Hmm ... like in Florida: "All Commercial vehicles must stop and be weighed" or whatever.
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Hey you Guys in Ontario check what your truck is registered for. Unless you asked it to be other wise it will come set at 3,000 kg (6600 lbs) for the max your truck can weigh. My truck registration is 3,000kg so when im towing my enclosed sled trailer full of sleds and the cab full of guys im over weight by 2500 lbs. so now i have to up my registered weight up to 4500 kgs (9920 lbs). But if i register for over 4500kg then you have to classify the truck as commercial and get a yearly safety.
So I suspect (but couldn't find it online) that the RGW (Registered Gross Weight, default 3000kg) of Commercial truck registrations only applies when hauling *commercial* loads and trailers. Not to recreational loads & trailers.
Or if the RGW does apply, why not just switch to a Passenger Registration?