Is a CVOR Necessary for Your Commercial Vehicle?

When Do You Need a CVOR for Your Vehicle?

Chris Harris, also known as Safety Dog, explains when you need to obtain a Commercial Vehicle Operator's Registration (CVOR). This video covers the specifics for pickup trucks and small commercial vehicles, including the weight thresholds and conditions that necessitate a CVOR. He provides details from the Commercial Vehicle Operators Safety Manual and clarifies regulations for both commercial and personal vehicles. Viewers can learn about gross weight calculations and the importance of knowing these rules to stay compliant.

00:00 Introduction to CVOR Requirements

00:34 Understanding the CVOR Manual

01:04 Key CVOR Criteria

02:09 Commercial vs. Personal Use

04:05 Special Cases and Complications

04:43 Gross Weight Explained

05:22 Final Recap and Resources

Transcript

Chris Harris, Safety Dawg 2: 0:24

I get this question several times a week. When do you need A-C-V-O-R? So if you own a pickup truck or a small commercial vehicle, when do you gotta get that CVOR? Um, so I wanna show you what the government says about it all because who in the hell am I? Well, of course I'm safety dog, Chris Harris. And, uh, I do know something about CVOR and all that stuff, but I want you to understand it. So first of all, this applies to commercial vehicles. Here's the website that you can go to, and the first couple of slides are from the Commercial Vehicle Operators Safety Manual. This is where what it looks like, the page. And if you click right there on that blue button that says Download PDF, you'll find the manual. And one of the things it says is right here. When do you need a CVOR? It is for trucks, tractors, mobile equipment, uh, vehicles, and their trailers, or any combination of these vehicles with a registered gross weight. Or an actual gross weight of more than 4,500 kilograms. Of course, tow trucks, regardless of the gross weight, you've gotta have a CVOR buses that have a manufactured seating capacity of 10 persons or more, excluding the driver. So 10 passengers or more. You need to CVOR and accessible, accessible vehicles, school purpose vehicles. Uh, depending on their use. All right, so that is the main thing, but for most of you, it is this sentence here. Vehicles that have a registered gross weight or an actual weight of more than 4,500 kg and being used for commercial purposes, you need A-C-P-O-R. So changing websites, changing, uh, to a different page. I just want you to see this. Here's again the MTO and they say, who needs a certificate? A CVOR certificate. And again, we are talking about commercial trucks. We'll talk about personal in a second, but commercial trucks, again, there it is right there. Trucks with a registered gross weight or an actual gross weight of 45. Farm license, but what I want you to see here is who you do not need a CBR certificate in the next sentence that I highlighted there. Trucks other than a tow truck with a registered gross weight or a gross or a gross weight of 4,500 kg or less, whether towing a trailer or not. So that's really important. It's all about commercial vehicles and 4,500 kg. Now, the next thing I just wanted to highlight here, uh, pickup trucks, if they're not commercial pickup trucks, uh, for personal use that meet all of the following conditions. Having man manufactured gross weight rating not exceeding. 6,500 kg are being used for personal purposes without compensation are fitted with either the original unmodified box installed by the manufacturer or an unmodified replacement box that duplicates the. Are not carrying or towing a trailer carrying commercial cargo tools, equipment that of the type that normally would be used for commercial purposes. And this is where things get really complicated sometimes I've had people call me up and say, Hey, uh, I've got a pickup truck and I wanna haul a uh, excavator. From my business up to my farm. It's for personal use. Do I need a CVOR? And I go, oh my God, this is complicated. But this sentence here is what kills you. Any type of equipment that normally used for commercial purposes. So that's a killer. But there's the rules for personal pickup trucks. What is a registered gross weight? According to the government, uh, gross weight is the combined weight of a vehicle or the combination of vehicles and everything it's carrying. So don't forget gross weight means the truck, the trailer, if you're pulling a trailer, all of the cargo or the tools that are included, plus all the passengers, everything. When you pull onto the scale, they just weigh the whole unit. And if you're over 4,500 kg with commercial stuff on it, you need a CPR. So, um, lastly, just to recap, stop the video here if you need to read this and blow this part up, but this is how you can weigh your trailer. Again, this is right from the MTOs website. A very informative website, but you gotta know where to look. And that's my advantage of course, as I know. So, uh, hit stop on the video. Blow this up if you need to look at it some more. Uh, but it was in the same webpage as previously stated, so there you go for that. That's it. When do you need A-C-V-O-R again? We're talking about one commercial vehicles. For commercial use and 4,500 kg, 4,500 and less, you don't need A-C-V-O-R 4,500, sorry, over 4,500 and using a commercial leave for compensation with tools and stuff, you need a CVOR. Hey, that's it, Chris. Safety Dog. Reach out to me if you've got your CVOR questions.