O. Reg. 186/02: VEHICLE AND AXLE WEIGHTS

 

ONTARIO regulation 186/02

made under the

highway traffic act

Made: June 26, 2002
Filed: June 28, 2002
Printed in The Ontario Gazette: July 13, 2002

Amending Reg. 597 of R.R.O. 1990

(Vehicle and Axle Weights)

1. Section 1 of Regulation 597 of the Revised Regulations of Ontario, 1990 is amended by adding the following definition:

“open-top hopper dump semi-trailer” means a semi-trailer to which is permanently attached an opened-top body or box with bottom hoppers that can be opened to dump from the bottom of the semi-trailer;

2. Section 3 of the Regulation is amended by adding the following subsection:

(4) This section does not apply to a combination of vehicles that consists of a tractor and single semi-trailer if the semi-trailer is,

(a) a semi-trailer with no axles deployed other than a single axle;

(b) a semi-trailer with no axles deployed other than a tandem axle;

(c) a semi-trailer with no axles deployed other than a tridem axle;

(d) a self-steer triaxle semi-trailer; or

(e) a self-steer quad semi-trailer.

3. Subsection 5 (4) of the Regulation is amended by adding the following paragraph:

10.1 If it is equipped with one liftable axle in addition to the axles required by paragraph 2, the additional axle is positioned in front of all other axles, and it is raised when the vehicle is operated on the highway.

4. Section 8 of the Regulation is revoked and the following substituted:

Triaxle and Dump Semi-Trailer Weight Reductions

8. (1) For combinations of vehicles to which this section applies and section 3 does not apply, maximum allowable gross vehicle weights for the purposes of section 118 of the Act shall be determined by subtracting the amounts in the applicable subsection of this section from the lowest of the following amounts:

1. The amount calculated under clause 118 (1) (a) of the Act.

2. The amount calculated under clause 118 (1) (b) of the Act.

3. The maximum allowable gross weight determined under section 2 of this Regulation.

(2) For combinations of vehicles to which both this section and section 3 apply, maximum allowable gross vehicle weights for the purposes of section 118 of the Act shall be determined by subtracting the amounts in the applicable subsection of this section from the amount permitted under section 3.

(3) Effective January 1, 2003, 4,500 kilograms shall be subtracted when the combination of vehicles includes a single end dump semi-trailer or open-top hopper dump semi-trailer manufactured in or after 2003 unless it is,

(a) a semi-trailer with no axles deployed other than a single axle;

(b) a semi-trailer with no axles deployed other than a tandem axle;

(c) a semi-trailer with no axles deployed other than a tridem axle;

(d) a self-steer triaxle semi-trailer; or

(e) a self-steer quad semi-trailer.

(4) Where two or more liftable axles are deployed on the semi-trailer that is part of the combination of vehicles to which subsection (3) applies, 9,000 kilograms shall be subtracted under that subsection instead of 4,500 kilograms.

(5) Effective January 1, 2006, 3,000 kilograms shall be subtracted when the combination of vehicles includes a single semi-trailer that is a triaxle semi-trailer unless it is,

(a) a self-steer triaxle semi-trailer;

(b) an open-top hopper dump semi-trailer;

(c) an end dump semi-trailer;

(d) a carbon dioxide tank semi-trailer;

(e) a cryogenic tank semi-trailer; or

(f) a tag-axle tank semi-trailer.

(6) Effective January 1, 2011, 4,500 kilograms shall be subtracted when the combination of vehicles includes a single semi-trailer that is a triaxle semi-trailer unless it is a self-steer triaxle semi-trailer or any type of tank semi-trailer.

(7) Effective January 1, 2011, 4,500 kilograms shall be subtracted when the combination of vehicles includes a single end dump semi-trailer or open-top hopper dump semi-trailer manufactured before 2003 unless it is,

(a) a semi-trailer with no axles deployed other than a single axle;

(b) a semi-trailer with no axles deployed other than a tandem axle;

(c) a semi-trailer with no axles deployed other than a tridem axle;

(d) a self-steer triaxle semi-trailer; or

(e) a self-steer quad semi-trailer.

(8) Where two or more liftable axles are deployed on the semi-trailer that is part of the combination of vehicles to which subsection (7) applies, 9,000 kilograms shall be subtracted under that subsection instead of 4,500 kilograms.

(9) Effective January 1, 2021, 4,500 kilograms shall be subtracted when the combination of vehicles includes a single triaxle semi-trailer that is a tank semi-trailer unless it is a self-steer triaxle semi-trailer. 

(10) In this section, a combination of vehicles which is subject to a reduction of maximum allowable gross vehicle weight shall remain subject to that reduction unless the amount of the reduction is increased. 

8.1 (1) The Registrar may issue a permit under clause 110.1 (1) (b) of the Act allowing a semi-trailer manufactured before January 1, 2003 that would otherwise be subject to subsection 8 (7) or (8) of this Regulation to operate without complying with those subsections.

(2) A permit described in subsection (1) may be issued for the purpose of allowing the continued use of a semi-trailer that was manufactured before January 1, 2003, but such permit shall be limited to the normal operating life of the semi-trailer and so may only allow non-compliance with those subsections,

(a) in the case of an end dump semi-trailer, for 15 years after the year of its manufacture;

(b) in the case of an open-top hopper dump semi-trailer, for 20 years after the year of its manufacture.

28/02