Canadian Chat → Re: MTO - Yellow Stickers, and campers?

So. To put it extremely simply, the combination of your truck and trailer puts you over the 6000 kg and if you ever plan on running those together (which i am assuming is why you have them) BOTH need annual inspections and the special sticker. MTO officers on long weekends are sitting on the highways around here looking for anyone with a diesel and trailer for thay reason. Individually, neither needs special registration or inspections but the HTA looks at a truck/trailer combo as one vehicle when the trailer is being towed. If your particular combination puts you over 10k kgs, which isnt necessarily hard to do either, you require a D class license.

Source: drive a truck part time

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Edit you would require an A license over 11k kgs, not D like i said above.

I actually teach D licensing for the fire department... I'm familiar with the general rules. You're actually a little off on your weights - D allows combined weight exceeding 11,000 kg, as long as the trailer doesn't exceed 4600kg.

It's the repeated references to an exemption for campers that I keep seeing online, but can't find any MTO docs to support, that has me confused.

I have an upgraded license (DZ); and my trailer weight is about 3500 kg, well under the 4600 kg threshold that would push me to an 'A'

Edit - the link you posted is interesting, and I appreciate it; but unfortunately doesn't directly answer the annual safety question...

Yeah not sure unfortunately either. I've always heard that there's an exemption but I've had more than one friend ticketed and towed by the MTO on a long weekend for either combined weight or over weight for license class, so im of the belief it is more urban legend than fact. I know our local MTO office and enforcement officers are always available for a call about questions, im sure your local branch would be as well. The guys we've talked to seem to appreciate people checking the laws and asking before going ahead with anything rather than just going and hoping you don't get caught (which they thenselves have said there are so few officers odds are you would never get inspected as a personal vehicle).

As for the licensing you're right, i have my DZ for driving for my father-in-law and went and found my old handbooks, and im fine over 11,000 kg (as long as the vehicle and trailer are rated as such), but length and other issues is where the A comes in.

Correct - if the towed vehicle exceeds 4600 kg, or the combined length exceeds 15m you'd need an 'A'...