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  2. Attention Visitors and Lurkers - Please Read and Respond to this Request

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    9 hours ago, rdickinson said:

    Dan,

    This from personal experience.  if the truck comes from the US, it can't have ANY modifications.  It has to conform to Canadian standards and most do.  That info is on the door post.  Pay taxes at the border and then the truck has to  go thru 2 inspections, 1 federal and one provincial.  The Federal is quick, basically to make sure all the numbers are correct.  The Provincial goes thru the truck Mechanically, ie tires have to have at least 50% tread.

    After that, in AB or BC it got registered as a 'truck', not a motorhome.

    My truck is a Volvo 730, the prior truck was an IH 470, DT 530 with an Allison.  With my 22k lb trailer, it was painful going up a hill plus it had hydraulic brakes and an exhaust brake only.  The truck cab was old tech, noisy, wind noise from the mirrors was loud and the noise from under the floor was significant.  I tried everything to fix this but it didn't work.

    Re licensing, not sure about Sask but in AB all that is needed is a class 5 plus an air endorsement, here in BC because the whole rig is over 8600 kg's and the truck is air and the trailer is electric brakes a class 1 is required.

    Can't help you re the dogs but others here may.

    Annual inspections, yes, 160$, log books and weigh scales no to both.

    Getting a CDL isn't the worst thing in the world, it makes you a better educated driver, hence safer if you practice what you have been taught.

    While I'm never against training and learning...however, with the new regulations that came into effect after the Humboldt crash, you now need 47 hrs of classroom lessons and 100+ hrs of behind the wheel training.  The closest training facility to where I live is 1 hour away! So the end cost of the training would be well over $2K if not closer to $4k and take several months to complete.   From my conversations with the regulators, to register a semi as a motorhome all the vehicle needs is a hardwired fridge, bed, and cooking facilities.  So any semi with a sleeper should require little to no mods to register as a motorhome.   Once registered as a motorhome I can drive it with my Class 5.  I will also require air endorsement as I already have my "G" endorsement for pulling over 26K GCVW.  I used to manage a Fab shop and still have connections there, so I would modify the bed after it is registered.  I have a call in to the hwy folks to confirm whether I can leave it as a 3 axle or not to register as a motorhome.   That said, since you can buy a tag axle motorhome (Newmar, Tiffin, etc) (3 alxe) and drive it with a Class 5 licence, I'm fairly confident this will not be a problem.

  3. Attention Visitors and Lurkers - Please Read and Respond to this Request

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    Been lurking for a little while now!  LOL

    We are going fulltime next year and currently looking at a Luxe or DRV (Luxe is definitely winning right now).  Looking at HDT/MDT/F450 Chassis Cab so we are open minded.

    We travel with two 100 lbs Labs so getting in and out of a 2 door HDT could be a limiting factor.   

    I'm also contacting our local provincial regulators (we currently live in Saskatchewan, Canada) about registering a HDT as a motorhome and therefore not needing a Class 1 licence as all those rules recently changed in Canada and it is a long process and very expensive to get a Class 1 licence now.  There is also no such thing as a Non-CDL type license so all the typical Class 1 rules would kick in (Annual inspections, log book,  weight stations, etc)

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