[Eric B]

Hello David

Is 3000 kg your empty or registered weight?

I am guessing that this is your Registered Gross Vehicle Weight on the right side of your registration. If this is your RGVW you cannot exceed that weight with any load, or load/ trailer combination. Otherwise you pay by the kg overweight.

Look at your Gross vehicle weight (GVW) this is your empty weight on the left side of your registration.

Add that to the empty weight of the trailer. (On your vehicle registration) You should find that it may be higher than 3000. If so you need to increase your RGVW at Service Ontario to reflect your true weight. Your actual weight has to be lower than that of the RGVW.

With your trailer having a RGVW of 3500 kg (from your data plate) this will place your combination higher than 4500 kg. It is what the trailer is capable of carrying and not what you are actually carrying. As such you need to have an annual safety inspection on both the truck and trailer.

If your actual combined weight is less than 4500 kg you will not need a CVOR. If it is higher than 4500 kg then you will need a CVOR.

Remember CVOR and Annual Safety Inspections are two different things.

In addition if you need a CVOR you should also require a pre-trip inspection and possible a daily log book depending on the distances you travel. Even if just done once.

Thanks
Eric