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January 20,2018

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Road Building Machines

Effective July 1, 2017



NEW HTA subsection 1(1) definition:

“road-building machine” means a self-propelled

vehicle of a design commonly used in the

construction or maintenance of highways that,

(a) Belongs to a class of vehicle prescribed in

the regulations

(b) Has the features or equipment prescribed

in the regulations, or

(c) Is being used as prescribed in the

regulations



Ontario Regulation 398/16

Brand new regulation

On E-laws website

Includes more detailed definitions to help

identify what is and what isn’t a RBM

If a vehicle doesn’t meet the definition of a

RBM then it is a CMV

RBMs will maintain current exemptions



RBMs:

• will be designated as slow-moving vehicles*

• Limited to operate at 40km/h

• Restricted from carrying a load **



1. Pavement spreaders, pavers, profilers and

finishing machines

2. Graders

3. Rollers and compactors

4. Bulldozers

5. Scrapers

6. Loaders

7. Tracked/wheeled tractors (not truck tractors),

while equipped with:

i. Mowers

ii. Augers or drills

iii. Compactors

iv. Spraying equipment

v. Snow blowers or snow plows

vi. Buckets or shovels

8. Rock trucks*

9. Off-road mobile cranes*

10. Off-road excavators*

11. Low-speed street sweepers*

(* Indicates definition present in regulation)

Following classes of vehicles are “prescribed” as road-building machines:

Pavement spreaders, pavers, profilers or finishing machines Rock Trucks

Classes of vehicles remaining as RBMs after July 1, 2017

Off-road mobile cranes

mobile cranes that are not capable of travelling at a speed greater than 60 km/h and

are not operated on a highway other than for purposes of crossing the highway or in the immediate vicinity of the construction site at which the crane is being used

Off-road excavators

excavators that are not capable of travelling at a speed greater than 60 km/h and

are not operated on a highway other than for purposes of crossing the highway or in the immediate vicinity of the construction site at which the excavator is being used

Low-speed street sweepers

street sweepers that are not capable of travelling at a speed greater than 60 km/h

Classes of vehicles remaining as RBMs after July 1, 2017

Graders Rollers and compactors

Bulldozers

Scrapers Loaders

Tracked and wheeled tractors (other than truck tractors) while equipped with any of the following attachments: Mowers Augers or drills Compactors Spraying equipment Snow blowers or snow plows Buckets or shovels


Effective July 1, 2017Following classes of vehicles are not road-building

machines:

1. Mobile equipment vehicles

• Mobile cranes (other than off-road mobile cranes)

• Excavators (other than off-road excavators)

• Street sweepers (other than low-speed street sweepers)

2. Vehicles constructed on a truck chassis

3. Vehicles identified as a truck, multi-purpose passenger

vehicle or an incomplete vehicle by a

compliance/manufacturer label issued under MVSA

4. Vehicles from outside Canada with comparable label

described in #3

Classes of vehicles that will be CMVs after July 1, 2017

Mobile cranesNot built on a truck chassis, but not off-road mobile cranes. (i.e. vehicle is capable of travelling at speeds greater than 60 km/h)

ExcavatorsNot built on a truck chassis, but not off-road excavators. (i.e. vehicle is capable of travelling at speeds greater than 60 km/h)

Street sweepersNot built on a truck chassis, but not low-speed street sweepers.(i.e. vehicle is capable of travelling at speeds greater than 60 km/h)

HydrovacsConcrete pumper


Effective July 1, 2017Non-RBMs will be subject to the same requirements as

other CMVs including:

*Some vehicles will be given exemptions and minor

modifications which will be discussed

• Vehicle Registration

• Motor Vehicle Insurance

• Driver’s Licensing

• CVOR

• Trip inspections

• Hours of Service*

Road Building Machines - Exemptions


Hours of Service

All former RBMs

(manufactured prior to

January 1, 2017) are eligible

for a temporary exemption

from HOS

Up to a period of 5 years

ending June 30, 2022

Must apply for/possess an

exemption certificate

Sample HOS Exemption Certificate


Effective July 1, 2017Hours of Service On-Going Exemptions

• Driver and operator of concrete pumper or mobile crane –

exempt from the requirement to take 10 hours of off-duty time

in a day

• Driver and operator of a large crane – exempt from HTA s.

190 and O. Reg 555/06 if the crane is operated by a large

crane operator

• Large crane – capable of raising, lowering or moving more

than 13 607kg

• Crane operator – hoisting engineer-Mobile Crane

Operator 1 or an apprentice working toward qualification


Effective July 1, 2017Weights and Dimensions

• Hydrovacs, sewer cleaners and street sweepers

manufactured prior to January 1, 2017 will be

eligible for a time-limited permit

• Permit will allow for higher than HTA weights but

within MGVWR and MAWR

• Grandfathering period: 3-15 years based on

model year of vehicle

Sample SVC Permit



Safety Inspections

• Minor modifications to NSC 11b for mobile equipment

vehicles (mobile cranes, excavators and street sweepers)

• ABS – if equipped it must function as intended

• Exempt from certain lamp requirements (centre high

mount stop lamp and day-time running lamps) and

certain requirements for lamp location and lens

markings required by Canadian Federal Standards

• Allowance for alternate safety marks on the windshield

and other windows



Applicable to Road-Side Inspections

• Regulation 587 – Equipment

• Mobile equipment vehicle exempt from automatic

slack adjusters if originally equipped with manual slack

adjusters

• Ontario Regulation 199/07 – Commercial Motor

Vehicle Inspections

• Minor modifications for mobile equipment vehicles to

allow for alternate safety marks on the windshield and

other windows

Slow Moving Vehicles (HTA Section 76)

A slow moving vehicle is as follows:

a) Farm tractor;

b) Self-propelled implement of husbandry;

c) A motor vehicle towing an implement of husbandry; or

d) A vehicle that is not capable of attaining and sustaining a

speed greater than 40 km/h.

Slow Moving Vehicle Sign (HTA Section 76(6.1))

A slow moving vehicle sign must be displayed on the rear of any

slow moving vehicle or rearmost vehicle in the combination.

A farm tractor, self-propelled implement of husbandry or motor

vehicle towing an implement of husbandry is prohibited from

exceeding 40 km/h.

If any other vehicle (backhoe, grader,

vacuum truck, etc.) is travelling at a speed

greater than 40 km/h, and is displaying a

SMV sign, the vehicle would not meet the

definition of a SMV, a violation for displaying

the sign, a charge could be laid and the

the sign must be removed.

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