Re: CDL question on trucks

Posted by martin reece on September 11, 2016 at 11:02:36 from (69.49.39.52):

In Reply to: CDL question on trucks posted by jocco on September 11, 2016 at 09:49:17:

Any truck over 4500kg (10,000pounds) must have a cvor and a yellow safety sticker. So Bubba and Ernald would need to comply. If you have Historical tags you can only use it to go to truck shows, you can't haul your brothers back hoe around on week ends to help him out. I have attached a checklist from the OFA . This is Canadian but I am sure it applies for most States also

Trailer Towing Checklist (2015)
Towing with your truck? Consider the following before hitching up and heading out!
The Highway Traffic Act (HTA) treats trailers and towed farm implements differently. The HTA defines a trailer as, “a vehicle that is at any time drawn upon a highway by a motor vehicle, except an implement of husbandry...” Implements are not trailers!
The HTA defines a commercial motor vehicle as, “a motor vehicle having permanently attached thereto a truck or delivery body...” Farm trucks are commercial motor vehicles.
Trucks may legally tow more than one (1) trailer; subject to maximum length, width, height and weight rules.
Oversize/Overweight (O/O) Permits:
Truck or truck/trailer combinations exceeding any of the following require an O/O permit;
o   width: 2.6 metres (8'6"),
o   length: 23 metres (75'6"),
o   height: 4.15 metres (13'6"), or
o   weight: determined by vehicle registration and the HTA
Farm equipment carried on a truck or trailer is a load. If any dimensions exceed the above limits, an O/O permit is required.
Towing Implements:
You may tow farm implements behind a licensed truck. The combination must operate at 40 km/h [25 MPH] or less, with aSMV signon the rearmost implement. Safety chain and lighting requirements apply too.
Vehicle Registration:
A truck’s registered gross weight (RGW) determines the registration or plate fee. RGW is the total of the truck’s weight plus passengers, fuel, load, plus trailer and its load.
The gross weight of a light trailer, [less than 2,800 kg (6,173 lbs)] need not be added to the truck’s gross weight for registration purposes. However, once a trailer’s gross weight exceeds 2,800 kg, all of its weight must be added to the truck’s weight for registration.
Driver’s Licences:
A Class ‘A’ license is required for any combination of truck and towed trailer(s) or towed vehicle(s) (including farm implements and wagons) where the trailer transmits more than 4,600 kg (10,141 lbs) to the road. 
A Class “A with condition R” or “Restricted A” is only for a truck and single trailer combination, where the trailer exceeds 4,600 kg; the trailer cannot have air brakes.
Refer to HTA regulation 340/94 [Driver’s Licenses] for all other license classes.
Licence Plates:
"FARM" plates are reduced fee commercial plates for farm trucks with a RGW over 3,000 kg (6,613 lbs), used for personal use or to haul farm products, equipment or supplies. Hauling farm products, equipment or supplies for others must be free of charge, except during September, October or November.
Annual Truck/Trailer Safety Inspections:
Annual safety inspections are required for;
o   any truck not towing a trailer, if the truck’s actual weight, registered gross weight or gross vehicle weight rating exceeds 4,500 kg (9,920 lbs.), or
o   both The truck and the trailer if;
1)    the weight of the trailer exceeds 4,500 kg, or
2)    the weight of the truck plus the weight of the trailer exceeds 4,500 kg.
Driver Trip Inspections (Pre-trip Inspections):
Trucks weighting over 4,500 kg (9,920 lbs) must carry a signed daily inspection report. Inspection reports are only valid for 24 hours from their time of completion. A 2 or 3 axle farm truck, not towing a trailer, carrying or used to carry primary farm products produced by the driver or operator is exempt from having a written report. You are not exempt from inspecting the vehicle before heading out!
Hours of Work:
Drivers of trucks over 4,500 kg are limited in their length of time “behind the wheel”. The driver of a 2 or 3-axle farm truck or a 2-axle farm truck towing a single-axle trailer, used to carry primary farm products produced by the driver or operator, is exempt.
Commercial Vehicle Operator’s Registration (CVOR):
All trucks, including farm trucks, with an actual or registered gross weight over 4,500 kg (9,920 lbs) must have a CVOR. CVOR renewals cost $50; new CVORs $250.
Weigh Scales:
All commercial motor vehicles, including a farm trucks, “dualie” pickups or trucks towing a business-type trailer must stop at an open weigh scale. Empty pickups need not stop.
For a printable version of the Trailer Towing Checklist fact sheet, click here.
For further information contact your local OFA Member Service Representative or the OFA Guelph office.
Revised February 2015
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