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By Marek krasuskI
Trucking is a complicated business, and amid all the regulations and demanding compliance standards to contend with, companies, drivers
and owner operators need to protect themselves, firstly on the road with adequate insurance coverage, and sec-ondly, off the road by maximizing the value of their hard earned cash and preparing for a comfortable retirement.
The number of wealth management tools is probably as diverse as the dizzying number of insurance options which are subject to a wide range of influences such as delivery destinations, loss ratios and driver perform-ance to name a few. Sourcing financial planners online to create wealth management portfolios is a good place to start, but these websites are general in their descriptions of the services they provide. Instead, their messages invite prospective clients to set up consulta-tions before advice is given. Still, they do give readers something to think about beforehand. Some advisors draw attention to mistaken assumptions common to many who are new to financial planning. Among them is a lack of understanding the different financial tools available and the results each are designed to achieve. Others include believing that one catch-all financial
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tool is sufficient, failing to understand how re-tirement income streams work, or overlooking the risk of losing maturity potential on investments because of unplanned major expenses.
Wealth management issues deal as much with sound financial planning today as they do with fu-ture earnings. Cash flow management can increase profits or spell doom for companies that fail to get their finances in order. Factoring is one popular tool that helps carriers manage expenses by pro-viding quick turnaround times on receivables, less fees, to cover operating expenses. Similarly, a manageable level of debt and good credit history are indicators of financial well being. But in today’s complex world consumers seek as much protection as possible. The need for sound investment man-agement, for example, is coupled with the desire for security against acci-dent/disability, education expenses for children, and leaving something be-hind for loved ones. Such widespread demands for protection call for advice from experts in the field of financial planning.
Selecting the right mix of wealth management products is as difficult as deciding on the right insurance plan, equally subject to innumerable influences. That aside, there are, for example, private insurance alterna-tives to WSIB coverage for contract workers who are considered small business owners. Qualified candi-dates may be eligible for accident-only and acci-dent-plus-illness coverage. Some providers suggest
that broad coverage of-fered by private insurance plans include: 24 hour loss of income accident-only that protects average earnings, minimum of 24 months for short term disability, accidental death and dismemberment of $300,000, long term dis-ability coverage to age 65 or 70, extended health and drug insurance, plus out of province cover-age for long haul truckers with US exposure. Others advise owner operators to purchase bank loan protection versus trad-itional business overhead expense reimbursement as a means of protecting their assets. Owners who finance their truck through lines of credit have the advantage of paying off the entire outstanding amount through bank loan pro-tection in the event of a disability.
What carriers and owner operators can expect to see more of in the near future is usage-based insurance, a term that essentially ac-quires crucial information drawn from telematics devices. Telematics are
capable of measuring and recording a lot of informa-tion such as the frequency of driver acceleration and braking, speed, the sharp-ness of turns at corners, lane changes, etc. Trad-itionally, rates have been set by past crash history. Usage-based insurance will instead look at driv-ing behaviour to predict future crash risk and set premiums accordingly. Another incentive to the telematics-based model is that drivers, knowing their behaviour is recorded, will operate vehicles more carefully, thereby contrib-uting to lower insurance premiums. While data col-lected from telematics is crucial, it is by no means singular. Fleets stand to benefit by working closely with their brokers, pro-viding information, and proof of, additional risk-mitigation policies and procedures.
Differences in coverage can vary considerably. A small carrier might look at loss-of-use coverage in the event of a breakdown or accident that sidelines the truck. Such coverage
would typically provide for a substitute vehicle so business can be carried on as usual. Larger fleets, by way of comparison, may find loss-of-use coverage unnecessary as another vehicle may be on hand to continue operations. Similarly, a local cartage company may not find it necessary to purchase enhanced liability as, say, a carrier with frequent trips to the US, particularly in highly litigious states.
Where policies can dif-fer by such determinants as delivery radius, com-modities, driver history, satellite tracking and other factors, some aspects of insurance coverage are singled out for special con-sideration. Linda Colgan has been in the transpor-tation business for nearly 30 years and is Senior Account Executive with Bryson and Associates Insurance Brokers. Colgan draws special attention to cargo insurance since it is one of the most complex and misunderstood parts of the industry which pot-entially renders the carrier responsible for freight loss
or damage. “So many car-riers do not understand that by virtue of their sig-nature on the shipper’s contract they are exposed to so much risk,” Colgan cautioned.
A shipper contract could include a “cost of delay” term which transfers the risk of delayed freight onto the carrier. A delay of even two hours to a production line at GM, for instance, could result in huge losses to the carrier. Colgan’s advice is to encourage carriers to consult with the select few insurers who specialize in the commer-cial transportation market. In such examples, the car-rier could negotiate with the shipper to eliminate the pitfalls or to have the insurer agree to include the condition into the in-surance contract, likely for an additional fee.
Aside from shipper con-tracts, carriers need to pay close attention to the terms of their own in-surance policies. Every insurance contract carries exclusions, some of which could be detrimental to the carrier. A contract could
include a dusk-to-dawn exclusion in which case the carrier would be re-sponsible for cargo theft/damage during this period. Other exclusions could be high risk items like alcohol or electronics that may not be insured in the event of loss or damage. Colgan also cautions carriers to be attentive to bills of lading that have a declared value written on them. If the declared value is less than its real worth, the carrier could be responsible for the difference. To add to the complexity, outbound freight is usually accom-panied by two valuations under the Highway Traffic Act.
But not all is lost in the labyrinthine world of in-surance. Even though freight is described as the ‘Rubics Cube” of insur-ance, a term Linda Colgan coined to describe the complexities, there are solutions. The best one is to consult with a commer-cial transportation broker and have the important exclusions endorsed, or removed from the exclu-sions list and put into the insurance contract. The endorsement will likely increase premiums, but the added expense may well be worth the effort. Indeed, Colgan urges car-riers to cast their gaze be-yond the bottom line and source the best coverage that minimizes risk. “Are you signing documents not knowing what the legal repercussions are? You may save $300 on a premium but expose your-self to $100,000 of risk to uninsured freight.”
In the complex world of wealth management products and insurance coverage, the default pos-ition should be to contact experts who can help pro-tect your interests.V
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Consultation: A Good Place To Start In Negotiating Insurance Contracts & Sourcing Wealth Management Products
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Wealth Management Plans Provide Buffer Against the Unforeseen While Maximizing ReturnsBy JaMes BrOaD pH.D.,
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Insurance and wealth management f i r s t begins with a clear
understanding of your goals and dreams which are as individual as you are. Starting a new family,
preparing for retirement, or running a business? A customized plan helps you manage risk which can bring you closer to your goals through an integrated planning pro-cess. Wealth manage-ment can be more than
just planning for your retirement or protecting you against risk. Wealth management is a process designed to help you bet-ter understand financial independence, identify the roadblocks and help you fill in those gaps in
achieving your short or long term goals. Wealth management products are the ideal vehicles de-signed to help you meet your personal goals. With the proper monitoring Hallmark Financial Plan-ning can ensure that
you’ll continue to meet your goals.
A sound wealth man-agement plan protects you against uncontrol-lable events such as death or disabilities as well as helping you to plan for controllable events such as retirement.
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How do I maximize my estate? When you own certain assets that you wish to pass on to family members, you’ll be able to benefit from two key tax advantages featured in a tax-exempt life insur-ance contract. Savings are sheltered from tax, and the entire value of the policy including the death benefit and investment value will be passed on to your named beneficiaries tax-free.
How can I supplement my retirement income? The savings you accumu-late in a tax-exempt life insurance policy can be used to help supplement retirement income. You can do this though sys-temic withdrawals.
How can I preserve my estate through a wea l th management product? The asset your children will inherit will become a significant tax bill on your death. Cap-ital gains are payable on such assets as your non-registered investments and your family cottage. Almost half of the value of your RRSP or regis-tered retirement income fund (RRIF) will be given to CCRA. Tax-exempt life insurance can provide beneficiaries with an in-surance amount that will offset taxes owing. This step will then leave your estate intact.
How do I leave a legacy to my favorite charity? You can leave a charitable gift with a tax-exempt life insurance contract. This is due to the tax-sheltered
growth as well as the tax free death benefit that is paid out to the charity. You also benefit by either reducing your taxes an-nually or by providing tax relief to your estate at the time of your death.
How do I meet my busi-ness needs through this wea l th management product? You can retain key employees through a tax exempt life insur-ance contract. Since this product includes both a life insurance portion and a tax sheltered sav-ings component a policy can be placed by your company on a key person. Your company will pay for the life insurance cover-age on that key person, thus providing the funds needed to carry on if that key person passes away prematurely. The key per-son contributes to the savings component that is building tax-shelter savings to help towards retirement or estate plan-ning.
How does a wealth management product as-sist your family when I’m the sole owner of my business? The insur-ance value can help your family cover off any tax liabilities on your es-tate. If your family decides on selling the business the insurance proceeds can be used to keep the company operating until the sale. You could also use the death proceeds to help fund the require-ments when terminating the business.
A tax-exempt life in-surance product with an integrated approach to wealth management will provide the insurance solutions you are look-ing for and at the same time help towards your investments goals. Ask your Hallmark Finan-cial Planning advisor at 905.944.4061 to help you meet your needs today.V
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BusIness Insurance Matters
Review Cargo Limits Regularly
By lInDa cOlgan
Transportation is somewhat deemed as an ever changing
industry. Predictably a car-rier can be guaranteed one thing – freight will change over the course of the year. Other issues may remain a constant but the freight fluctuates with the times and demands of society. Change can also be imposed by competition through rates, increased manufacturing, or success in securing a contract. Even a tragedy could dic-tate changes in freight and lanes travelled i.e.,
immediate need of spe-cialized equipment, water, emergency supplies.
These changes pose a question – how many times will a carrier review their cargo exposure/lim-its compared to the scope of coverage offered by their policy? The answer should be “regularly.”
Some carriers will pur-chase exaggerated limits for the comfort of elim-inating all possibilities of beaching their policy lim-its. A premium is charged for this luxury and is not an option for many. The possibility to purchase higher limits for a specific load also exists, but a trip transit rider also has the expectation of premium. In most cases the annual premium to increase the policy limits is more ap-pealing financially than to do multiple trip transits during the course of the year. With diligent review of the cargo average and
maximum values it is most feasible to purchase the proper cargo limits with perhaps a bit of inflation for the security. In deter-mining the proper cargo limits it is necessary to be aware of the origin of the goods along with how the goods are being shipped on the bill of lading.
A carriers’ focus should not be isolated to only the cargo limits on an insurance policy. Dispatch and management should always be conscious of the cargo policy coverage ranging from the limits to warranties of the policy (i.e., tarpaulin warranty, locked vehicle warranty) restrictions imposed by application of specific en-dorsements (i.e., reefer breakdown, theft endorse-ments) and last, but not least, the scope of policy coverage ( i.e., is loading and unloading, employ-ee dishonesty, etc.
included or excluded).Changes to the com-
modities being hauled may be specifically excluded from the cargo coverage i.e., heated or refriger-ated freight, electronics, pharmaceuticals, copper, livestock, alcohol. In some cases Insurers may have limitations on specific types of freight. These are all outlined within the insurance policy. Ma-terial changes in risk may deem an insurer to deny a loss or inflict additional
charges for the
change in exposure i.e., hazardous goods. It is of paramount importance to keep your insurance Brok-er aware of any significant changes during the course of the year.
Entering into a freight contract may bring im-mediate jubilation to the income of the carrier but the contract between the carrier and the shipper does not necessarily bind the Insurer to the same ex-posures. Contractual obli-gations could extend a car-rier to accept responsibility that is not insured or insur-able and therefore self as-sumes the risks i.e., delay. It is highly recommended that a carrier forwards any
shippers contract to legal counsel for interpretation of the risks involved and how to reduce their exposures by amending and ne-gotiating the con-tract on their behalf.
A carrier should never sign a contract before sending a copy to their insurance Broker to review. Gaps between the expectations of the contract versus how the insurance policy will respond can be discussed. In some cases an Insurer may have to endorse the policy to bind the interests of all parties.
In summary, review policy conditions, endorse-ments and exclusions. Ask questions and review the exposures regularly i.e. terminal catastrophe lim-its. More importantly, keep your Broker aware of any significant changes during the course of the year.
Linda Colgan has been an Insurance Broker in the transportation industry since 1986 and is a Sen-ior Account Executive with Bryson & Associates Insur-ance Brokers Inc. To contact Linda, call 416.809.3103 or email her at [email protected]
6 august 2014
How to Evaluate Credit on Your CustomersBy Bruce sayer
Owning and oper-ating a trucking c o m p a n y d e -
mands more than just common sense. To navi-gate the difficult choices company owners and fleet managers face every day requires road sense, solid judgment, people skills and good business acu-men. Too often it’s the business decisions with-out due diligence that can catch up with you and leave you in a difficult position.
Here’s an example to illustrate my point; Com-pany XYZ Trucking has just secured a new cus-tomer that promises to keep 3 trucks busy every week with a long haul to Los Angeles, California. A steady demand for fresh produce covers the back haul. This, for any truck-ing company, is an excel-lent opportunity. So XYZ Trucking assigns its best equipment and drivers to the lane and commits all needed resources to ensure reliable, safe de-livery of goods to satisfy their new customer. For 3 months, deliveries are made, invoices are issued and drivers are paid. Prob-
lem is, the new customer has yet to pay any of its invoices and XYZ Truck-ing is facing a cash flow shortage. It’s not that the new customer won’t pay; they are just notoriously slow despite the carrier’s ongoing efforts to collect.
In today’s restrictive economic times, custom-ers that are hit the hardest will either try to stretch out their payments or worse, fail to pay at all. This is a common situa-tion in the trucking in-dustry, and one that needs to be avoided whenever possible. So how does a trucking company evalu-ate new customers to assess whether they are good for the company? The answer lies in due diligence.
When your company delivers product for a customer, then invoices, then waits for pay-ment, your company is in fact extending credit to that customer. Every new customer should com-plete a credit application and provide references from other businesses that have extended credit to them. Be sure to check the applications, too many
small companies collect the information and then fail to verify the data. It’s unlikely the potential customer will list a con-tact that reports anything negative, but if the cus-tomer has trouble com-ing up with three or four good references, it prob-ably indicates trouble. If a customer balks at handing over such information, the reason is most likely because they have bad credit. A second ap-proach is to check the customer’s website for a list of their c l i e n t s a n d call
t h e accounting departments for a reference.
Even if your potential new customer happily completes a credit ap-plication, it doesn’t mean they don’t have a few
skeletons hiding in their financial closet. The most effective method to assess your customer’s ability to pay is to run a credit report on them. There are several fee-based options available to you provid-ing different information at varying costs. Select a service that best meets your needs and budget.
Accutrac Capital is one of Canada’s leading fac-
toring companies in the freight
t r a n s -portation
space. With the launch of
its new website (specifically de-
signed to service the trucking industry), Ac-cutrac features a “Credit Search” tool accessible by paid subscription. As a value-add to all its fac-toring clients, Accutrac
Capital provides unlimit-ed and cost free access to the tool to conduct credit searches. “We have amassed a database of nearly 2,000 active com-panies specifically related to the trucking industry.” says Charles Sheppard, President of Accutrac Capital. “Providing credit information on each of these companies and per-mitting free access to this information allows our clients to make informed
decisions prior to taking on new cus tomers . ”
Mr. Sheppard explains further,
“Supplying valuable information, providing
trusted advice and as-sisting with business de-cisions is in keeping with our overall philosophy; to make the lives of our customers easier.”
Once you have com-pleted your due diligence, you may still take on the new customer despite their record of taking 60 to 90 days to pay. After all, even slow paying custom-ers are revenue sources. It is important to remember that there are alternative ways of working with your new client. Ask for
up-front payment, take a substantial deposit, or consider invoice factoring to gain immediate access to your money. Factoring companies like Accutrac Capital provides funds within hours of issuing an invoice to your customer. Factoring invoices is now considered a common business practice to en-sure steady reliable ac-cess to cash for trucking companies that work with slow paying customers. With the lowest advertised rates, excellent customer service, convenient servi-ces and a sterling reputa-tion for integrity, Accutrac Capital has quickly been established as a leading “go-to” financial lender to the trucking industry.
Gathering information and tracking your cus-tomer’s credit rating isn’t just something you do at the outset of a relation-ship. Ongoing monitoring will alert you of potential problems that may affect your customers’ ability to pay and help you avoid getting burned.
For more information about assessing credit and invoice factoring, visit us online at www.accutrac-capital.com.V
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keepIng yOur VeHIcles clean
Truck Washing – Water Costs
By Jack JacksOn
Water costs are an essential fact of life, and
even more so for commer-cial carriers whose operat-ing costs, including water, are a determining factor in maintaining financial viability. For this mid-sum-mer issue I leave you, dear reader, with some facts to consider in weighing your overall cleaning expenses and choosing the best cleaning approach.
Did you know a 3/4” hose dispenses 17 gallons of water per minute? Using this hose at normal city water psi of 35-50 for 1
hour will equal 1020 gal-lons of water.
Water/sewer rates range from as low as $0.01/gal-lon to as high as $0.04/gallon across North Amer-ica.
As most people know, when you look at your water bill there are month-ly fixed fees, variable usage fees for water consump-tion, and fees for sewer rates.
Very few actually have a meter on the sewer to determine usage. Gener-ally, sewer rates are a percentage of the water rate billed as cubic feet or gallons used.
Running water for 8 hours straight using a 3/4” water hose will cost $80 to $300 per day.
For 365 days your costs can be in the range of $29,000 to $100,000 per year of water.
Do you know your water use?
Jack Jackson is President
of Awash Systems Corp. “We solve vehicle wash-
ing issues where no one else can.” Email: jjack-
[email protected] or call 800.265.7405. Visit
our website www.awash-systems.com.V
ManItOulIn transpOrt
Manitoulin Purchases Jomac Transport of Winnipeg
Winnipeg, Mani-toba - Mani-toulin Trans-
port announced on July 7th that it has purchased Jomac Transport of Win-nipeg, Manitoba. The latest of several strategic investments in Western Canada, this builds on Manitoulin’s purchase of Smooth Freight of Bran-don, Manitoba in Novem-ber 2013, and provides Manitoulin with compre-hensive ground coverage throughout Manitoba.
“Nothing says commit-ment to a region like pro-viding complete coverage
and by acquiring Jomac we now have Manitoba covered,” said Don Good-will, President, Manitoulin Transport. “Jomac was very appealing to us be-cause of their strong cus-tomer relationships, high quality of service, disci-plined approach to oper-ations, and because they have a company culture similar to our own.”
Jomac Transport pro-vides daily overnight freight-shipping service between Winnipeg and three northern commun-ities in Manitoba: Thomp-son, Flin Flon and The
Pas. From its northern docks, it also delivers to most outlying areas in the north such as Lynn Lake, Leaf Rapids, Gillam, Nor-way House, Cross Lake, and Snow Lake. Jomac Transport also services re-mote communities during winter road season. Under the terms of the purchase agreement, all of Jomac’s assets and employees will be absorbed by Manitoulin Transport.
“We believe our custom-ers and employees will be in good hands with Mani-toulin,” said Wes MacLean, President, Jomac Trans-
port. “This merge will cer-tainly benefit companies in Manitoba as Manitoulin can provide more exten-sive coverage and services to help bring their business to the next level.” MacLean will be staying on at Jomac Transport in a consulting role as it transitions to Manitoulin.
“We said a few years ago that we were com-mitted to rounding out our services and reach in Western Canada, and we made good on that com-mitment,” said Gord Smith, CEO, Manitoulin Group of Companies.V
10 august 2014
stretcHIng yOur MIles
FITZY – Saskatchewan HijackingBy peter FItzgeralD
Other than the swarm of bugs that can plaster
my windshield, I like driv-ing the prairies, but last month got me question-ing my position.
I was traveling east about 15 minutes behind a buddy of mine, minding my own business when I saw him pulled over by
the side of the road. He had an RCMP behind him, and as I drove past I saw three RCMP cruisers in front of him. For a while I thought my co-worker was in serious trouble, having that many cruis-ers surrounding his truck.
A couple hours later I called his cell phone half thinking nobody would answer since he would be
in jail. But, sure enough, he answered in a chipper fashion.
“Are you smuggling Central American chil-dren into the US from the North?” I joked. “Nope, I got hijacked by the RCMP for their local speed trap,” he quipped.
Apparently RCMP can, and will, pull over a ran-dom commercial highway
tractor for an inspection, and they don’t need any cause or suspicion to do so. Then, as the trucker is pulled over and they are filling out a perfectly clean inspection report (which apparently takes about 45 minutes), three RCMP cruisers park in front of the truck and wait to pounce on their prey.
In Saskatchewan, if a
police officer has pulled over a vehicle (or an ambulance is present) with the cruiser lights flashing, traffic must slow to 60 km/h while passing the roadside vehicles. Obviously not many do.
T he th ree c ru i se r s parked in front of the truck wait with their speed guns, using the truck as cover or bait. The officers easily catch their fish within the allotted time. When they are all busy handing out cita-tions, the original officer finishes the clear inspec-tion and waves the bait – the trucker – good bye.
The trucker, meanwhile, gets a clear inspection but wastes 45 minutes in his log book.
I was just wondering, can truckers apply for commission on those fines? I mean really, isn’t our time money?
I’m not necessarily com-plaining myself because I’m fortunate enough to work for a company that pays me $50.00 for every clean inspection I get. Okay, that’s $66.67 per hour, not upside down for my hour, but not much of a benefit for my company. What happens to those operators who don’t get paid $50.00 for a clean in-spection? I guess they just have 45 minutes of bliss-ful “on duty not driving”.
I’m not sure what others think about this practice but I’m feeling a little vulnerable and taken advantage of – in other words, used and ma-
nipulated. Not that it’s anything new. I’m mar-ried with two young kids, so I’m used to it. But experiencing it from law enforcement officers is a little bit different than from my family. We come to expect it from kids, but not from those who are sworn to serve and protect.
I’m sure there are oper-ators who would park their truck all week long for $66.67 an hour, but I kind of think the concept is complicity to entrap-ment. I don’t want to come across as com-plaining. I’m just para-noid enough to think that if I complain too much the officers would just turn around and find something wrong with my truck at the same time they ticket the unsuspect-ing four wheelers. Now that would be efficiency.
Peter Fitzgerald lives in Steinbach, Manitoba, an Owner Operator hauling specialty flat deck. He contributes on behalf of Making Your Miles Count productions. You can view his articles and other free visual and POD cast resources at thrconsulting.ca. Peter’s e-mail address is [email protected]. THR Consulting Group Inc. is an accounting and consulting firm special-izing in Lease/Owner Operators. You can fur-ther research related topics at thrconsulting.blogspot.com or call at 877.987.9787.V
august 2014 11
crOss BOrDer serVIces
Businesses More Profitable If Contraband Stopped
By DaWn truell
Trust me, this writer knows all about how the economy
here in Ontario is not do-ing so well and hasn’t been for quite some time now. Although our government does play a large hand in this problem, working directly within the cross border industry I can tell you there’s something else that is greatly affecting our economy: contraband smuggling.
For every kilogram of il-legally smuggled drugs we are boosting the economy of another source coun-try – Mexico, Somalia, Columbia, Yemen – as well as organized crime. On top of that we have to take into account the amount of people that have been killed during the harvesting, packing and transportation of these illegal drugs. Once these drugs hit our streets we have a real problem with drug addiction and drug related deaths. More wrenching is that our chil-dren are at risk of being marked for either distribu-tion or ingestion of these
drugs. This process then spirals and continues into the hospitals and drug addiction facilities for re-mediation. Money is spent on cleaning our streets and combating illicit drug use instead of focusing our economic efforts on legal products like food, cloth-ing, supplies, cars, etc. – all of which will boost our economy.
The following are recent-ly reported drug smuggling incidents.
With carpets import-ed from Pakistan, after landing at Pearson Inter-national Airport, CBSA Officers seized 20 kilo-grams of heroin that was found concealed in strings woven into these carpets. Along with the heroin, false ID’s and cash were also found. The RCMP was called in by CBSA Officers. Arrested were four men from Toronto: Tajudeen Fanikayode, 52, Saidi Sanni Olufeko, 38, and Peter Ajiri, 34, all of Toronto, along with Akeem Onaola, 46, of Mis-sissauga. All were charged with importing drugs into Canada, possession for the purpose of trafficking and conspiracy.
CBSA discovered 46 kilo-grams of uncut cocaine hidden in a cargo contain-er in the port of Halifax, Nova Scotia that had been en route from Panama to Montreal. The container had 207 suitcases which, with the utilization of X-ray detection equipment, displayed clearly that
10 of the suitcases had contraband sealed in flat packages, each containing 4.5 kilograms of cocaine within the wall of the con-tainer. The RCMP was called in and four men, all from South America, were arrested in Montreal.
A maverick group of drug smugglers who were selling 20 kilograms of cocaine a week on the streets of Montreal and its environs were finally arrested by the Montreal Police. Forty arrests were made on suspects linked to organized crime groups such as the Mafia, the West End Gang and out-law motorcycle gangs in Montreal. These large-scale drug traffickers were also busted for marijuana, hashish and numerous other illegal drugs. They were operating for the monetary benefit of not only themselves, but also contributing to these crim-inal organizations. During the arrests both the Mont-real Police and the RCMP seized, in addition to the drugs, $750,000 in cash, eight firearms and two indoor marijuana grow operations.
In Sarnia, Ontario, CBSA seized over 123 kilograms of cocaine, worth $12 million, that was packed in 105 small brick sized packages hidden in the false bottom of a pickup truck while tow men were entering Canada via the Blue Water Bridge. These men were attempting to smuggle in more than
1,000 kilograms.On Highway 401 West,
OPP Officer stopped a car for a routine traffic vio-lation. During the stop the officer began to sus-pect that the man behind the wheel was carrying drugs. The officer decided to conduct a search of the car where he discovered $745,000 in cash that he immediately seized. Upon further investigation the officer uncovered that the cash was linked to cocaine traffickers in Montreal. Harold Douglas Maybee, of Noyan, was arrested and charged with being in possession of the pro-ceeds of crime and money laundering.
In the US, CBP officers arrested two females, separately, attempting to smuggle $2,155,000.00 worth of cocaine at both the Pharr and the Hidalgo International Bridges re-cently. These women were what the drug lords like
to call “transporters”. I’m sure you have all seen the TV shows out there that depict the plight of those who transport drugs. They do this because they are either forced into these illegal activities or motiv-ated by monetary gain. They don’t seem to worry about the risk of capture with the drugs in their pos-session, in their vehicles, or drugs bursting inside of their bodies and killing them. Worse still, even if they make it to their destination, the chances are pretty high that they will be killed. One of the women, 19 years old, a teenager in my books, was caught while driv-ing a 2005 Chevrolet Co-balt. She was referred for secondary screening, upon which intrusive im-aging displayed 25 pack-ages of cocaine weighing 62.3 pounds valued at $1,994,000.00. The second woman, another 18 year
old teenage, was caught by CBP with $161,000.00 worth of cocaine.
It is with great passion that I continue on my quest to aid in the pre-vention of contraband smuggling which unfortu-nately infects our society on a daily basis, killing our friends, relatives and, sadly, children as well. We all struggle to survive in this economy, so let’s not contribute to the wealth of the drug lords; instead the wealth of our own families and our great country Can-ada should be our priority.
For information re-garding any topic listed above or anti-smuggling, anti-human trafficking and anti-terrorism initia-tives such as PIP, FAST, C-TPAT, and CSA, please contact Dawn Truell of Cross Border Services at 905.973.9136, email [email protected], or visit www.c-tpat-certified.com.V
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Proactive Measures Required to Address Driver Shortfall, Recruiter SaysBy Marek krasuskI
The TransX Group of Companies is a leading transporta-
tion service provider with 2,500 employees that in-clude support staff, drivers and owner operators. The company describes itself as committed to recruiting, retaining and developing the best employees in the transportation industry. Recently, TransX brought on board Craig Goldstein as Recruiting Manager to reinforce the company’s commitment to a robust and sustainable recruitment program. The June edition of Ontario Trucking News featured the ongoing short-age of drivers and techni-cians and as a recruitment expert for 14 years, Craig Goldstein has since shared some insights about the prevailing shortage and his company’s efforts to deal with the challenge.
Goldstein attributes the shortage, in part, to a prob-lem of perception. “The truth is that there is a stigma attached to the trucking in-dustry,” he says, reinforcing the mistaken image of the truck driver which hardly
squares with the facts. Every industry stakeholder knows that manoeuvring trucks in heavy traffic and tight areas is tricky business, but only a small part of the job. Staying abreast of compli-ance standards, manag-ing paperwork, handling technology devices, and successfully negotiating trans-border crossings de-mands knowledge, skill, and a willingness to shoul-der many responsibilities.
As a seasoned recruiter Craig Goldstein calls for carriers to be proactive in their recruitment efforts. “There are good compan-ies out there who bring interest and credibility to the driving profession. After all, it’s a tough job. Drivers have to be knowledgeable about many things and have the ability to think on their feet and make timely decisions. I give them a lot of credit because there is no room for failure, he says.” Other companies, he suggests, should have mentorship and training programs to guide newly minted drivers through the process. Indeed, part of the shortage is due to the
reluctance of some carriers to hire inexperienced driv-ers, preferring instead to save time, in the short run, by putting seasoned drivers on the road as soon as pos-sible. Goldstein encourages companies to be patient; keeping in mind that even veterans once were in the same position as today’s novices.
TransX already has estab-lished a safety oriented driv-er program which includes a policy of recruitment for drivers with clean safety re-cords, safety training for all terminal employees, safety benchmarks and other in-itiatives. Still, Craig Gold-stein will be developing his employer’s training and mentoring program fur-ther, ever mindful of the long term consequences of a driver shortfall. “If we don’t have enough quality drivers the shortage will reverberate throughout the economy. Customers rely on efficient deliveries so a qualified driver pool is essential to guarantee that freight arrives on time and the commercial car-rier industry lives up to its reputation.”V
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Why Do My Tires Lose So Much Air?
By HarVey BrODsky
A question truckers frequently ask me is why tires lose
air and what can be done about it. It is a good ques-tion and deserves a good answer; so let’s take a look at the four main rea-sons why your tires lose air. Let’s also consider
what can be done about the problem.
The main cause of air loss can be traced to one or more punctures in the tread area of a commer-cial truck tire. This doesn’t necessarily mean it will result in a catastrophic tire failure, but it may just mean the tire is slowly leaking air because it has picked up a nail or another sharp object in the tread area of the tire. Punctures in the tread area can lead to the tire losing just a few pounds of air pres-sure every day. Although this may not sound like a big deal, in just a week, a truck tire designed to hold 100 PSI can be down to 80 PSI, causing pre-mature wear and possibly
leading to a tire failure. City driving usually leads to a higher incidence of punctures than over the highway driving.
The second reason why tires lose air is because of osmosis. Truck tires are designed today with steel belts and excellent inner liner compounds that are engineered to keep air from escaping. However, over time air will still slowly escape, perhaps just 1 to 2 PSI per month, but over a twelve month period that 100 PSA tire will be down 10 to 20% (to 80 – 90 PSI). That 20% un-derinflation can cost you almost 2% in truck fuel economy. At today’s fuel prices that isn’t chump change.
The third reason for air loss is leaking valve cores. Also, leaking valve cores can stick in cold weather and freeze up, which just makes the air loss prob-lem worse. Many fleets just will not even go to the trouble to check their tires in the winter because of sticking valve cores. A good solution here is to switch to V2B valve caps (send us an email to [email protected] or call us at 831.646.5269 and we’ll give you more information about where to buy these wonderful valve caps)
The fourth and most obvious reason why tires lose air is because of tire damage mainly due to tires hitting curbs. Side-
wall cuts and snags can also lead to the loss of air. Driver education leading to increased awareness can significantly reduce this problem.
Tire experts have been preaching for years about the importance of in-specting your tires on a regular basis – at least once weekly – to look for damage, irregular wear and poor inflation pres-sure. Unfortunately, in the real world it does not happen frequently enough because it takes time, money and effort to do the job properly.
Install ing and using automatic tire inflation systems which adds air to the tires whenever they are below the fleets rec-
ommended specifications, is a great way to ensure that your tires are running at the proper air pressure at all times.
By keeping their tires properly inflated a fleet achieves significant fi-nancial benefits. Improv-ing tire removal mileage, maximizing fuel economy, improving retreadability and reducing tire related roadside service calls are the critical reasons to keep your tires properly inflated.
Our Tip of the month is that by keeping your tires properly inflated you will reduce headaches and keep your tire costs as low as possible. You aren’t doing this for a hobby, are you?V
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More About Tire Gauges & Air PressureBy gary nIcHOls
Just yesterday, I went to check my car’s tire pressures, and my
fancy digital gauge had a dead battery and my old stick gauge produced radically different read-ings each time I “stuck” the same tire. I dug out a dial gauge I’d used very little, and it didn’t work at all. I also have an electric air pump I bought at Sears, and the gauge on it never matches any other gauge I use.
How difficult can it be to make a decent tire gauge for CARS? I shudder to think of how much money
I’ve spent over the years, buying new ones. I some-times think it’s a symptom of the fact that nobody much cares about their air pressure until they don’t have any.
I’ve been to auto parts stores, hardware stores, etc., and the result is al-ways the same: Price is determined by features, not by quality.
It would be nice to be able, once, to buy a good, accurate, reliable gauge, even if it cost a bit more than the ones on offer everywhere. It’s almost as if we insist we want people to use a gauge on
their tires, but refuse to provide them with a decent tool for doing so. Truck tire gauges are probably much better built, but the range is all-wrong.
It’s another of those para-doxes, just as when we had all those problems with tires on Ford Explor-ers: That was just about the time when the last of the “free” air pumps dis-appeared. Nobody wants to go to a tire store for a “free” check, because they know the tire store will make them wait, then try to sell them something.
We need two things: Truly free air and decent
gauges!The following was just
received from Gary Nichols of RTA Member Emerging Products Sales, LLC in reply to our RTA news about tire gauges and air pressure.
Incredible coincidence, Harvey. Just two hours ago I was doing an air pres-sure check on my personal vehicle using my Budini Tire Management system. I was utilizing our hi-tech Bluetooth psi tool and de-cided to calibrate to two different store supplied psi gauges- one traditional stick gauge and also a dial style gauge with an actual
release valve. Both being higher end and supposedly better quality than most motorists would usually invest in.
I also calibrated all the equipment against my fac-tory set and annually cali-brated master gauge I use for my commercial truck tire work.
The end result- both the stick and dial car tire gauges were between 5-6 psi readings above actual. With my set pressure I run in my tires at 32 lbs they were showing mostly 36 psi! That is in excess of a ten percent false reading.
The real problem occurs
when the inspected tire is set to say 30 psi based on the stick gauge- the tire would then have an actual pressure of possibly six pounds less or operating at as low as 24-25 lbs. Totally unacceptable- subjecting the tire to excessive wear- excessive fuel consump-tion- and most concern-ing- exposing passengers to unsafe conditions.
Contr ibuted by Gary Nichols, President, Emer-ging Products Sales, LLC Cornelius, NC. Contact him by email at [email protected] or visit www.emergingprod-uctssales.com.V
cOntInental
New Tire Family for Maximum Service Life
Hanover, Germany - The new Conti Hybrid HS3 and
Conti Hybrid HD3 in 19.5 inch formats for steer-ing and driving axles are aimed at the regional transportation segment for vehicles with a total weight of more than 12 metric tons. Equipped
with powerful overload reserves, the new Hybrid tires can handle the higher weight of modern Euro 6 vehicles, and the vary-ing load conditions that are a common feature of regional transportation.
The perfect choice par-ticularly for trailers used in regional transportation
is the Conti Hybrid HT3 19.5. This tire, constructed to suit the handling char-acteristics of towed units, can easily handle power-ful torsional movements at unloading sites in the urban freight distribu-tion. It is also suitable for vehicle chassis with returnable containers or
in the disposal sector, and has proven its worth in long-distance trips be-tween depots.
The steering axle tires of the new Conti Hybrid family are marked “M+S”, the drive axle tires with “M+S”, and the Three Peak Mountain Snowflake Sym-bol (3PMSF).V
conti Hybrid - new tire range in 19.5 and 17.5 inch formats
for the booming regional and distribution transport market.
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pHIllIps InDustrIes
New Partnership will Offer the Latest Innovations in Harness & Trailer Lighting Technology
Santa Fe Spring, California – Phil-lips Industries en-
tered into an exclusive distribution agreement with Innotec Group earlier this year. This partner-ship meshes Phillips’ well established quality reputa-tion and customer rela-tionships with Innotec’s world-class products, processes and experi-
ence. The combination of Innotec’s BOARDFREE® products with Phillips’ award-winning STA-DRY® trailer harnesses offer the commercial vehicle indus-try a package of innovative electrical products that will lower costs.
These new BOARDFREE® LED products are a great addition to the Phillips PERMALITE™ HD line of
lights; they will be sold under the PERMALITE™ XT brand name. The PER-MALITE™ XT lights, with BOARDFREE® technology, can extend the life of the lights and reduce lighting violation events during roadside checks due to their durability and design. BOARDFREE® in-mold technology is a process that eliminates the need
for a traditional printed circuit board resulting in an ultra-thin light that generates no hazardous waste. All PERMALITE® XT LED lights with BOARD-FREE® technology feature:• Superior durability and
impact resistance,• Resistance to corro-
sion, harsh chemicals and UV exposure.• Solid molded construc-
tion of lens and housing,• High efficiency optical
design,• BOARDFREE® con-
struction that allows for optimal heat manage-ment, leading to longer life expectancy.• When it’s time to re-
place, there is no hazard-ous waste.• Lights exceed FMVSS
108
A full line of superior LED exterior lights for trailers are now available in the commercial vehicle aftermarket through a new program launched this month. PERMALITE™ XT offers parts distributors and dealers the unique BOARDFREE® LED exterior lighting product manu-factured in the U.S. by Innotec.V
Mack trucks
Mack Boosts Service Capacity in Canada
Greensboro, North Carolina – Mack Trucks fur ther
strengthened its service and support network in Canada with the opening of new facilities in Sas-katchewan and Quebec.
“Mack’s customers reap the benefits of maximum vehicle uptime and in-creased ROI because of the ongoing investments throughout our dealer net-work,” said Stephen Roy, President, Mack Trucks North American Sales & Marketing. “Mack is committed to delivering products, services and support that we’re confi-dent provide unparalleled customer value, and our dealers live this commit-ment every day.”
reDHeaD equIpMent –
regIna, saskatcHeWan
Redhead Equipment re-cently opened the doors to its new Regina, Saskatch-ewan location between Emerald Park and the City of Regina on Highway 1 East. Redhead Equipment, which also retails and services trailers and con-struction equipment, built the new 117,000 square-foot facility to streamline their operations and better serve the growing needs of their diverse customer base. The truck service center, staffed by 15 Mack technicians, nine of whom are Mack Master Techni-cians, features 27 service bays, including wash and welding bays, a lube pit, overhead crane and truck
lifting system. The location houses an extensive parts inventory in its 30,000 square-foot parts ware-house and operates seven service trucks to provide support at customer loca-tions and jobsites.
Mack laVal – laVal,
queBec
Mack also enhanced its presence in Quebec with the opening of Mack Laval near Montreal. The dealer-ship was previously based in Anjou, Quebec and known as Camions Lourds de Montreal. Moving to the Laval facility will help ensure even greater cus-tomer service and easy access from major routes AR-440 and AR-25. The 19,000 square-foot facility provides 14 service bays
manned by 14 technicians and a 3,500 square-foot parts warehouse, over-head crane, lube pit and high-tech lube system. The facility is equipped to service alternative fuel vehicles. Located on a 138,000 square-foot lot, Mack Laval provides ample room for trailers and is monitored by an advanced camera system to help protect customers’ assets.OngOIng Mack Dealer
InVestMents
Since 2010, Mack dealers have invested $380 mil-lion, leading to a:• 35 percent increase in
bay capacity;• 162 percent increase in
Mack Master Technicians;• 69 percent increase in
spare parts availability;• 62 percent increase in
hours available for ser-vice; and• 82 percent increase
in parts department em-ployees..
The ongoing invest-ments to expand service
and support capabilities further the effectiveness of Mack’s GuardDog® Con-nect telematics-based maintenance solution.
For more information about Mack, visit our web-site at www.macktrucks.com.V
Mack trucks expanded its service capabilities in canada
with the newly opened redhead equipment in regina,
saskatchewan.
DaIMler trucks nOrtH aMerIca
FCCC Releases 24/7 Direct Customer-Service App
Ga f f n e y, S o u t h Carolina - Freight-l i n e r C u s t o m
Chassis Corp. (FCCC) has released a new mobile app that connects cus-tomers with its legendary, nationwide dealer and service network regard-less of time of day or geographic location.
The 24/7 Direct app from FCCC made its debut in Apple’s App Store for the iOS mobile operating system this week, joining
recently released versions of the app for Android and Windows Phone. The 24/7 Direct app, which is available free of charge, makes FCCC customer service available 24 hours a day, seven days a week by putting the entirety of the FCCC dealer and ser-vice network in the palm of users’ hands. The app is designed for custom-ers riding on RV, walk-in van, and commercial bus chassis.
“We design and build products made for people who love spending time on the road, which means the need to locate and connect with a dealer or service center can happen anywhere,” said Bryan Henke, Manager of Product Marketing for FCCC. “When we say we’re ‘Driven by You,’ we mean it. And a big part of that drive is providing the best and most compre-hensive support network
we can. The 24/7 Direct app makes that network even more accessible and effective for our custom-ers.”
The location-based app uses GPS coordinates to provide customers with information on the clos-est dealers within a set distance, from as close as 25 miles up to 250 miles. App users can then connect easily with an individual dealership via phone or email; users
can also connect with FCCC directly via phone or email via the app.
The 24/7 Direct app is the first customer-focused app from FCCC; it released a dealer- and service-focused app, SalesHQ, in 2013. To download 24/7 Direct, search for “24/7 Direct” or “FCCC” in the app stores for Apple, Android and Windows Phone.
Freightl iner Custom Chass i s Corpora t ion
manufactures premium chassis for the motor-home, delivery walk-in van, and school bus and shuttle bus markets. Visit the Freightliner Custom Chassis Corporation web-site at www.freightliner-chassis.com for addition-al FCCC news and product information. Freightliner Custom Chassis Corpora-tion is a subsidiary of Daimler Trucks North America LLC, a Daimler company.V
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VOlVO trucks
Introducing an Innovative Approach to Fleet Management Services by Telogis
Volvo Trucks is complementing its Remote Diag-
nostics connected vehicle platform with the intro-duction of fleet manage-ment services provided by Telogis, a leading pro-vider of cloud-based loca-tion intelligence software. Volvo’s integrated con-nected vehicle hardware, standard on new Volvo-powered Volvo trucks, allows motor carriers to utilize Telogis’ best-in-class Fleet, Compliance and Navigation applica-tions, while eliminating hardware purchases and installation costs tradition-ally associated with fleet management systems. Actionable information delivered through the Telo-gis platform helps motor carriers control costs, in-crease safety and hours-of-service compliance, improve customer service and enhance operations.
“We’re pleased to col-laborate with Telogis to
deliver tremendous value to motor carriers seeking flexibility and the robust information needed to fine-tune their operations,” s a i d G ö r a n N y b e r g , President, Volvo Trucks North American Sales & Marketing. “Leveraging the connectivity of our vehicles to facilitate fleet management services rep-resents a breakthrough for fleet managers, who are no longer captive to hardware. As part of our long-term strategic focus, we’ll look toward further integration of our vehicles with best-in-class fleet management solutions.”
Volvo Trucks and Telogis will offer three fleet man-agement packages, all of which are currently avail-able for order. Telogis Fleet for Volvo Trucks, Telogis Compliance and Navi-gation for Volvo Trucks and a bundled option that provides the full suite of services offered in the Fleet and Compliance and
Navigation packages. Tel-ogis services are enhanced by the addition of Volvo-specific vehicle data, pro-viding fleet managers and operators with an inside look at driver/vehicle performance and history. The services will be avail-able during the third quar-ter of 2014 for the more than 60,000 Volvo trucks already equipped with Volvo’s connected vehicle hardware.
telOgIs cOMplIance
anD naVIgatIOn FOr
VOlVO trucks
For-hire and private fleets can eliminate paper logs and more easily man-age and meet federal, state and local mandates with hours-of-service, Driver Vehicle Inspection Re-ports (DVIR) and more with Telogis Compliance. Coupled with Compliance is Telogis Navigation that delivers truck-specific, real-time road conditions and community-based navigation updates that
help to maximize uptime and improve on-time ar-rivals.
telOgIs Fleet FOr
VOlVO trucks
Through hardware that is built into all new Volvo-powered Volvo trucks, customers can activate Telogis services over the air, delivering a reliable, scalable and comprehen-sive fleet management solution. Fleets gain in-sights to help improve operations, asset utiliza-tion and driver safety. Cus-tomers also benefit from viewing their entire fleet of vehicles and assets on one dashboard for all trucks in their fleet.
The standard hardware on all Volvo-powered Volvo Trucks built for the U.S. and Canada also enables Volvo’s Remote Diagnostics, which pro-vides proactive diagnos-tics and repair planning assistance. Remote Diag-nostics has demonstrated a marked improvement
in repair accuracy and efficiency, reducing the average diagnostic time at a service location by up to 70 percent and lowering the average time of repair by more than 20 percent. The service also helps im-prove parts availability and provides technicians at the repairing dealer with easy-to-read repair instructions before the truck arrives for
service. Remote Diagnos-tics also facilitates service case communication and documentation among Volvo Action Service, deal-ers and customers through ASIST, Volvo’s web-based service management tool.
For more information, visit www.volvogroup.com or www.volvogroup.mobi if you are using your mobile phone.V
Volvo trucks is complementing its remote Diagnostics
connected vehicle platform with the introduction of fleet
management services provided by telogis, a leading
provider of cloud-based location intelligence software.
rM2J Inc.
New Patent for ‘’Intelligent Speed Control System’’
RM2J Inc. has re-ceived the pat-ent certificate for
their new ”Intelligent Speed Control System” for road vehicles. RM2J plans to launch this new prod-
uct in early 2015 under the name of E-SMART-DRIVER.
Jean Poulin, President RM2J Inc. announced that it has secured a new pat-ent for the new speed
control technology that the company has been working on over the re-cent years.
“The granting of this patent is a big step for RM2J to begin to market
this new product” said Mr. Poulin.
“We already have a high demand for this product since it will contribute a great deal to make our roads even safer.” men-
tioned Bernard Peloquin, VP Sales and Marketing, RM2J Inc.
E-SMARTDRIVER uses the GPS technology to locate the vehicle and lim-its its acceleration in the
posted speed-limit zones. This product will improve passenger’s safety, de-crease collision risks and reduce fuel consumption caused by speeding over the speed limits.V
rOaD cHOIce™ truck parts
New Products & Expanded Distribution Network
Greensboro, North Carolina - Road Choice™ Truck
P a r t s , t h e r e c e n t l y launched private label all-makes parts brand, added five new product categories and expanded its distribution footprint in North America to more than 100 authorized re-tail locations.
The new products in-
clude alternators/starters, brake drums, clutches, windshields and wiper blades. Road Choice al-ready offered an exten-sive array of high-demand parts, including air condi-tioning, air springs, air/electrical coils and acces-sories, brake chambers, exhaust products, lights, shock absorbers and uni-versal joints.
“We are pleased to ex-pand our parts offering for customers seeking high-quality parts at a value price,” said Dan Bambrick, Pri-vate Brand Manager for Road Choice. “Adding these new parts to our product lineup also allowed us to add new retailers, who came on line as a result
of our additional offer-ings, enabling customers to have more options for
their Road Choice-brand-ed parts. It’s a win-win for our customers.”
Road Choice all-makes parts are value-priced to compete with heavy-
duty manufactur-ers’ and warehouse distributors’ private brand parts. Road Choice products are designed to offer owners of out-of-
warranty trucks quality and reliability with parts covered under a min-
imum, one-year warranty.Drivers and fleet man-
agers can find the grow-ing selection of all-makes parts and a listing of au-thorized Road Choice Truck Parts retailers at www.roadchoice.com.
Those interested in carrying Road Choice Truck Parts should inquire by e-mail at [email protected]
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gOuVerneMent De nOuVeau-BrunsWIck
Partenariat des gouvernements pour la réfection d’un tronçon de la route 11
Moncton, Nou-veau-Brunswick - Le premier
projet admissible aux ter-mes du Nouveau Fonds Chantiers Canada au Nou-veau-Brunswick consiste en des améliorations à la route 11.
Le fonds est l’un des élé-ments du Nouveau Plan Chantiers Canada, le plus vaste et le plus long plan fédéral d’infrastructure de l’histoire canadienne. Cet engagement fournira 53 milliards de dollars au cours des 10 prochaines années afin de soutenir
les infrastructures prov-inciales, territoriales et municipales.
« Investir dans des infra-structures routières clés comme la route 11 est à la base même du plan de notre gouvernement visant à créer des emplois et améliorer la qualité de vie dans les communautés du Nouveau-Brunswick », a déclaré le premier ministre, David Alward. « Ces améliorations im-portantes vont assurer une plus grande sécurité sur la route 11 et promouvoir la croissance économique
dans toute la région en reliant les liens commer-ciaux essentiels, comme le chemin de fer et les ports de Belledune et de Dalhousie. »
Le projet consiste à ap-porter des améliorations importantes à la route 11 dans la région de She-diac, ce qui permettra d’améliorer la sécurité des personnes qui empruntent l’autoroute et d’améliorer le transport de marchan-dise le long de cette route. Le projet comprend la con-struction d’une nouvelle route de contournement
à accès limité de quatre voies sur 6,8 kilomètres, ainsi que l’élargissement à quatre voies de l’actuelle route à accès limité de deux voies, de la route 15 à Shediac jusqu’au sud de la rivière Shediac.
« L’appui du gouverne-ment fédéral envers les infrastructures publiques n’a jamais été aussi fort », a affirmé le ministre fédéral de l’Infrastructure, des Collectivités et des Affaires intergouverne-mentales, Denis Lebel. « Nous sommes ravis de travailler avec le premier
ministre Alward et le gou-vernement provincial afin d’approuver des projets dans le cadre du Nouveau Plan Chantiers Canada. Cela nous permettra de nous assurer que des fonds d’infrastructure continu-ent d’être versés au Nou-veau-Brunswick, alors que nous nous concentrons sur la création d’emplois, la promotion de la crois-sance et l’édification de collectivités fortes et pros-pères partout au Canada.
« Nous sommes fiers d’investir dans la réfec-tion de l’infrastructure de
ce tronçon de la route 11, qui favorisera la crois-sance économique et l’amélioration de la mo-bilité dans la région de Shediac et qui augment-era la sécurité de tous ceux qui utilisent le réseau routier. »
Au cours des 10 pro-chaines années, le Nou-veau-Brunswick profitera de près de 866 millions de dollars en finance-ment fédéral, y compris près de 394 millions de dollars aux termes du Nouveau Fonds Chantiers Canada.V
transpOrts canaDa
Ouverture du pont Strandherd-Armstrong
Ottawa, Ontario - Le 12 juillet 2014 les gouvernements
Harper et de l’Ontario ainsi que l’administration de la Ville d’Ottawa ont cé-lébré l’inauguration du nouveau pont Strandherd-Armstrong. Ce nouveau pont, qui enjambe la ri-vière Rideau entre le che-min River et la promenade Prince of Wales, procure une nouvelle liaison pour le transport en commun et la circulation automobile, cycliste et piétonnière en-tre les communautés de Riverside-Sud et de Bar-rhaven.
Le pont de 143 mètres de long compte quatre voies de circulation ordinaires,
deux voies auxiliaires de virage, deux voies ré-servées aux autobus, deux autres voies pour les cyc-listes et, dans chaque dir-ection, un trottoir en bor-dure. Les voies réservées aux autobus d’OC Transpo assureront un transport en commun efficace pour ceux qui le préféreront à l’automobile, et il y aura les voies cyclables et les trot-toirs pour le transport actif.
En outre, le pont amélior-era la sécurité publique en facilitant les interventions d’urgence dans les sec-teurs de Riverside-Sud et de Barrhaven.
les FaIts en BreF
Le coût total du projet du pont Strandherd-Arm-
strong est de 50 millions de dollars. Les gouverne-ments fédéral et provincial ont tous deux contribué un
tiers du financement du projet, pour un maximum de 16 millions de dollars chacun, en vertu du Fonds
Chantiers Canada. La Ville d’Ottawa assumera le reste du financement.
Pour de plus amples
renseignements au su-jet du pont Strandherd-Armstrong, veuillez visiter ottawa.ca.V
Report de la date limite concernant les semi-remorques quadrem sans essieu autovireur
Fredericton-Nouveau-Brunswick - Les semi-remorques à
quatre essieux qui ne sont pas munis d’un essieu aut-ovireur pourront continuer à circuler au Nouveau-Brunswick durant les cinq prochaines années.
Comme l’a expliqué le ministre des Transports et de l’Infrastructure,
Claude Williams, la régle-mentation actuellement en vigueur précise qu’il faut cesser d’utiliser ces semi-remorques d’ici le 31 dé-cembre 2014. Or, cette date limite a été reportée au 31 mai 2020.
« Nous avons reçu des commentaires de la part de l’industrie du camion-nage sur cette question,
a fait savoir M. Williams. Compte tenu des défis que doit constamment relever l’industrie et des coûts considérables qui sont associés à la conver-sion de leurs remorques d’ici la fin de l’année, les camionneurs ont besoin de plus de temps pour ef-fectuer les changements requis. Le délai accordé
leur permettra de faire un plus grand usage des semi-remorques qui font présentement partie de leurs parcs de véhicules en attendant de les doter d’un essieu autovireur. Cette mesure devrait contribuer à réduire à long terme le fardeau de cette modifica-tion pour l’industrie du camionnage. »
Après 2014, il faudra un permis spécial afin de pou-voir conduire un camion-tracteur attelé à une semi-remorque à essieu quad-rem sans essieu autovireur. Ces permis s’appliqueront uniquement aux modèles de 2014 ou précédents.
Les conducteurs qui sou-haitent continuer à con-duire ce type de remorque
après le 31 décembre dev-ront communiquer avec le Bureau des permis au 506-453-2982 ou à l’adresse [email protected].
Une fois en vigueur en 2020, le règlement rela-tif aux essieux autovireurs contribuera à améliorer la sécurité et l’efficacité du réseau routier du Nouveau-Brunswick.V
gOuVerneMent De l’Île-Du-prInce-ÉDOuarD
Nouveau Harding Creek pont du chemin ouvert à la circulation
Les travaux de rem-placement du pont du chemin Harding
Creek à Clinton estimé à 350 000 $ sont terminés et le pont est mainten-ant ouvert à la circu-lation, de dire le min-istre des Transports et du Renouvellement de
l’infrastructure, Robert Vessey.
« Nous sommes heureux d’investir dans la sécurité et l’efficacité des routes et des ponts de l’Île-du-Prince-Édouard, d’ajouter le ministre Vessey. Des investissements straté-giques de ce genre aident
à améliorer la sécurité et à stimuler l’économie dans les régions rurales de la province. »
Les travaux de construc-tion ont commencé à la fin mai à la suite d’une séance d’information communautaire tenue à New London. Construit
en 1974, le pont original avait été identifié comme ayant besoin de renou-vellement dans le cadre du programme d’inspection des ponts du ministère.
Deux autres ponts seront remplacés en 2014-2015, soit celui de Rocky Point et celui de Souris.V
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sectIOn FranÇaIse
accessOIres De caMIOn
La diversité des accessoires n’est limitée que par les choix personnels et l’épaisseur de son portefeuillepar Marek krasuskI
Selon de nombreux rapports, les ventes de commandes de
classe 8 connaissent une forte résurgence. Selon la FTR, une entreprise de prévision de transport de fret, les commandes nettes ont connu « une croissance de 14% d’année en année et le mois de mai le plus rentable depuis 2006. »
Ceci est une bonne nou-velle pour tout le monde, y compris les fabricants et les fournisseurs d’accessoires pour camions. Il n’y a pas si longtemps, nombre de ces entreprises avaient fermé leurs portes, en rai-son de la récession, de la pénurie de conducteurs qualifiés, de régulations plus strictes et des prises de retraites. Bien que la pénurie de conducteurs persiste, un climat meilleur va sans doute régner dans le marché des accessoires. Il n’y a jamais de pén-urie de pièces de chrome, couvre-sièges, visières, carénages ou autres pièces aérodynamiques, qui sont toutes disponibles chez OEM et des fournisseurs de marchés d’après-vente, et qui peuvent êtres choisies en vue ou bien de donner une image particulière à son entreprise, ou bien d’en donner une qui reflète des préférences person-nelles. « Les gens veulent êtres identifiés par leur marque. Ils veulent qu’on regarde leurs camions et qu’on remarque les lumières et décalcos et les touches de peinture. Toutes ces choses créent une impression et établis-sent une position dans le marché, » a noté un repré-sentant de l’industrie.
Les propriétaires-opé-rateurs qui ont un intérêt personnel à dévelop-per une image vont plus probablement décider d ’accessoir iser leurs véhicules avec des ac-cessoires personnalisés,
alors qu’au contraire les plus grandes flottes avec des douzaines ou même des centaines d’unités préfèreront la méthode plus rentable où tous les véhicules sont marqués de la même façon avec peu de modifications. D’autres, comme la police ou les casernes de pompiers, services d’urgences et municipalités personnali-sent typiquement leurs véhicules avec des phares et autres signes distinctifs pour établir une marque unique.
Le Canada n’est pas à cours de fournisseurs d’accessoires de marchés après-vente. Field Truck Accessories, basé à Ayl-mer, Ontario, offre toute une gamme de pare-chocs inoxydables, couvercles pour caisson de batterie, tuyaux réfrigérants in-oxydables, grilles, phares et ailes en fibre de verre et autres accessoires. L’entreprise fournit aussi des découpages laser sur mesure et l’usinage pour intégrer les logos et les noms sur les carrosseries. Shield utilise des matéri-aux inoxydables avec des finitions en mirror 304 #8, considérés comme étant des produits de qua-lité. Les produits peuvent êtres personnalisés et viennent avec des polices d’assurances.
Un fournisseur majeur de pièces en acier in-oxydables, TRP, utilise de l’acier de teneur 304 ou 403 - des teneurs d’acier qui résistent à la corro-sion tout en fournissant des tôles qui laissent une finition plane et belle. L’inventaire de l’entreprise est grand, comprenant une variété d’accessoires, y compris des ailes, pare-chocs, panneaux décora-tifs, robes, boîtes à outils, et composantes intérieures telles des poignées ou des panneaux.
Plus loin dans l ’est
du Canada, Never Enuf Chrome s’est trouvé une place dans le marché des accessoires en achetant et revendant des phares distinctifs et des acces-soires en chrome avec des caractéristiques uniques que le copropriétaire, Dan Boudreau, affirme « ap-porte un caractère spé-cial et une attractivité aux camions. » Boudreau et son partenaire ont créé l’entreprise en partant du principe que le marché supporterait l’apparition d’une entreprise fournis-sant une plus large gamme de produits en chrome spécialisés à des prix com-pétitifs. Ce concessionaire fait la promotion de ces ac-cessoires en transportant une salle d’exposition à bord d’une semi-remorque à tous les évènements auxquelles il se rend. Ce camion est garni d’un ex-térieur fait à l’aérographe et d’un intérieur montrant une belle quantité de pan-neaux en acier inoxydable, d’étagères, et d’étalages remplis de matériaux de camions polis et de phares. L’entreprise, basée au Nou-veau-Brunswick, a été désignée le concession-naire Atlantique Canada pour Lincoln Chrome.
Class Eight Manufactur-ing, un fournisseur basé à Vaughan, Ontario est connu pour la haute qua-lité de ses ailes, garde-boues externes et acces-soires. Une machine à ailes de haute gamme produit des produits de qualité, faits sur mesure, et l’entreprise dit que son emballage attentif de ses ailes fait que les produits sont intacts quand ils sont délivrés, car en effet de nombreux clients se sont plaints d’avoir reçus de l’équipement endommagé de la part d’autres fournis-seurs au sein de l’industrie. Class Eight Manufacturing fournit ses services à OEM et des fournisseurs de mar-
chés après-vente à travers l’Amérique du Nord.
Un débat a eu lieu pour savoir quel matériau est de la meilleure qualité pour les ailes - le choix se fait typiquement entre le trad-itionnel métal et du poly-mère dur. L’aile classique en acier inoxydable miroité continue de plaire grâce à son aspect luisant qui re-flète la lumière. Les ailes en acier ne se fissurent pas en général quand du matériel renforcé est ajouté. Les ailes en plastique ont aussi leurs défenseurs car ils ne se bossèlent pas et sont plus difficiles à égratigner.
Une entreprise, Minimiz-er, a essayé de combiner les meilleures propriétés des deux produits pour en façonner un nouveau. L’aile en polymère de cette entreprise est construite en un matériau composite de polymère PEHD que l’entreprise affirme être le seul fabricant avec une technologie de thermo-formage breveté à con-struire l’aile en polymère Minimizer. Son attribut clé est son endurance - elle ne va ni se fissurer, ni se bosseler, ni rouiller, et certains modèles viennent aussi avec une apparence métallique.
Les technologies aéro-dynamiques attirent beau-coup d’attention vers elles dans le marché des ac-cessoires, étant donné que tous les propriétaires essayent de réduire les dépenses énergétiques. Cette technologie a large-ment été considérée com-me n’étant essentielle qu’aux camions, mais des recherches ont montré que la résistance à l’air des remorques représente les trois quarts de la résistance à l’aire de l’ensemble trac-teur-remorque. Les entre-prises aujourd’hui gar-dent une vue d’ensemble et contemplent plusieurs modèles de camions avant de les intégrer dans leurs
flottes. Une combinai-son de prix d’essence, régulations de réduction d’émissions, pression sur les entreprises à adopter une position plus « verte », et la sensibilisation gran-dissante encourage les entreprises à réévaluer la rentabilité des technolo-gies aérodynamiques de tracteurs.
L’entreprise Airtab a breveté des générateurs de tourbillons uniques en forme de delta conçus pour accroître la perform-ance aérodynamique et le rendement énergétique en réduisant la traînée à deux endroits clés : l’interstice entre tracteur et remorque et la surface de base fai-sant face à l’arrière de n’importe quel véhicule privé ou commercial à arrière carré qui atteint régulièrement des vitesses autoroutières. Ces disposi-tifs sont fixés aux aires cibles par adhésion et ne requièrent aucun gonds, ou autre forme d’attache. Montés à la fois sur trac-teur et sur remorque aux points de traînée clés, les Airtabs réduisent la turbu-lence, améliorent la stabili-té du véhicule, et réduisent la traînée en changeant la direction des vents dom-inants. L’installation des Airtabs requiert une heure par homme par véhicule.
Solus Solut ions est une autre entreprise qui développe de la technolo-
gie avancée de réduction de traînée pour camions et remorqueurs pour réduire la consommation en essence. L’entreprise affirme que toutes ses in-novations « sont aéro-dynamiquement robustes et sont conçues pour les zones de forte traînée sur les véhicules cibles. Tous les produits satisfont les critères d’utilisabilité et de durabilité mis an avant par les propriétaires de flottes et opérateurs, et tous ont été inspectés par les gouvernements fé-déraux et des États-Unis, et sont donc compatibles avec leurs régulations et exigences.
La gamme d’accessoires intérieurs et extérieurs est aussi diversifiée que leurs couts. Une pleine restaura-tion de camions de classe 8, par exemple, coute fa-cilement plus de 100 000 dollars avec des camions comprenant tout de sys-tèmes d’échappement reluisant jusqu’à des en-veloppes de réservoir en acier inoxydable. Les prix peuvent sembler excessifs - simplement repeindre la carrosserie peut monter jusqu’à 30 000 dollars - mais cela ne devrait pas être surprenant, étant don-né la quantité de travail, l’expertise, le temps et la créativité qui sont investis en la transformation d’un simple camion en une œuvre d’art.V
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accountIng, tax & bookkeePIng
Account & RecoRds MAnAgeMentBookkeeping For Your
Business & Personal FinancesToll Free: 888.644.2333
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FBc“Canada’s Small Business Tax
Specialist”™“Year-Round Tax Planning, Tax
Preparation and Bookkeeping. We come to You – We’ll meet you at a time and
place convenient to you.”Toll Free: 800.265.1002
aIr brake InstructorsuPPort
FReinMeisteR gRoup inc.6 Farnham CrescentLondon, ON N6K 1K1
Tel: [email protected]
aIr condItIonIng & HeatIng: sales & servIce
niAgARA seRvice & supply ltd.150 South Service Road
Stoney Creek, ON L8E 3H6Toll Free: 800.268.5076
Tel: [email protected]
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Wilson instRuMents ltd.43 Crowe Bay Heights, R. R. 2
Campbellford, ON K0L 1L0Toll Free: 877.467.4440
Tel: 705.653.2403Fax: 705.653.5560
autoMated lubrIcatIon systeMs
BekA luBe pRoducts inc.“Technology you can rely on.”
2830 Argentia Road, Unit 9
Mississauga, ON L5N 8G4
Toll Free: 888.862.7461
Tel: 905.821.1050
Fax: 905.858.0597
www.beka-lube.com
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Flo coMponents ltd.“For Total Lube Solutions,
Go With the FLO!”
50 Admiral Blvd.
Mississauga, ON L5T 2W1
Tel: 905.671.2355
Toll Free: 800.668.5458
Fax: 905.671.2358
www.flocomponents.comComponents by:
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s.e.t.i. iMpoRts inc.81 Tremaine Road
Milton, ON L9T 2W8
Tel: 905.878.7161
Fax: 905.878.7730
www.autogreaser.com or
www.seti-imports.com
cargo control Products
MoveR’s equipMent & supplies
6176 Atlantic Drive
Mississauga, ON L5T 1W2
Toll Free: 800.668.3773
Tel: 905.670.4488
Fax: 905.670.2748
www.movers3.com
clutcH Products
clutch distRiBution centRe inc.Specializing in all types of new and reman clutches, clutch components,
new and used flywheel exchanges, and flywheel grinding. Pick up and delivery within the GTA available upon request. Fast and friendly service since 1986.
Mention this ad for a discount.81 Northline Road
Toronto, ON M4B 3E9Tel: 416.745.9220
Alt. Tel: 416.742.0003Fax: 416.759.5890
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Fil-MoR AutoMotive & clutch pRoducts ltd.
A proud Canadian remanufacturer of quality Heavy Duty & automotive clutches since 1980. Specializing in heavy duty & custom made clutches
including our own Torque Master Clutches.
81 Northline RoadToronto, ON M4B 3E9
Toll Free: 800.677.9038Tel: 416.759.2245Fax: 416.759.5890
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Resurfacing all types of flywheels and repairing lugs. A good line of clutch related components including clutch
brakes, clutch forks, drive lugs, release bearings, pilot bushings/bearings,
master/slave cylinders, flywheels and alignment tools.
coMPlIance servIces
cRoss BoRdeR seRvicesC-TPAT, FAST, PIP, CSA, SCAC, MC,
DOT, CVOR, NEXUS, Bonding, Training Programs & Seminars.
Dawn Truell, B.B.A., B.A. Psy1450 Headon Road, PO Box 93005
Burlington, ON L7M 4A3Tel: 905.973.9136
www.c-tpat-certified.com
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dAnAtec educAtionAl seRvices ltd.“Changing the way you train since
1985. Canada’s leading TDG Training & Services.”
201-11450 29th Street SECalgary, AB T2Z 3V5
Toll Free: 800.465.3366Tel: 403.232.6950Fax: [email protected]
coMPlIance servIces
icc the coMpliAnce centeR inc.Dangerous Goods Supplies & Services.
205 Matheson Blvd. East, Unit 7Mississauga, ON L4Z 1X8Toll Free: 888.977.4834
Tel: 905.890.7228Fax: 905.890.7070
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itR cAnAdA inc.P. O. Box 402, 140 Market Drive
Milton, ON L9T 4Y9Toll Free: 888.812.0099
Tel: 905.693.0660Fax: 905.693.0332
dPF cleanIng
dpF cleAning speciAlistsClean and Care of your DPF is our only business with replacement of popular
part numbers.5325 Outer Drive
Windsor, ON N9A 6J3Toll Free: 877.373.2580
Tel: 519.737.6005Fax: 519.737.0005
drIvesHaFts
pAt’s dRiveline“Over 30 years of Driveline Manufacturing Expertise”
ontarIo
#1, 7337 Pacific CircleMississauga, ON L5T 1V1Toll Free: 877.438.3155
Tel: 905.564.3155Fax: 905.564.3166
alberta
14715-116th AvenueEdmonton, AB T5M 3E8Toll Free: 800.661.8826
Tel: 780.453.5105Fax: 780.452.3555
drIver servIces, recruItMent & eMPloyMent
dRAkkAR huMAn ResouRces6303 Airport Road, Suite 100
Mississauga, ON L4V 1R8Toll Free: 877.372.5527
Tel: 905.795.1397Fax: 905.795.1391
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kee huMAn ResouRces“Your Goals Are Our Priority.”6760 Davand Drive, Unit 9Mississauga, ON L5T 2L9Toll Free: 800.661.0377
Tel: 905.670.3426Fax: 905.670.3436
FactorIng, FInance & ForeIgn excHange
AccutRAc cApitAl solutions inc.“Accutrac provides cash flow solutions structured specifically for the freight and trucking industry. We’ve made factoring easy to understand and
affordable with one low cost, all in. Qualification is easy and funding is
available same day.”74 Mississaga Street East
Orillia, ON L3V 1V5Toll Free: 866.531.2615
Toll Free Fax: [email protected]
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J d FActoRs315 Matheson Blvd. EastMississauga, ON L4Z 1X8Toll Free: 800.263.0664
Tel: 905.501.5000Fax: 905.501.0395
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liquid cApitAl MidWest coRp.“Large Account Service” to small fleet
& start-up companies.”176 Seacliff Drive West
Leamington, ON N8H 3Y5Toll Free: 877.653.9426
Tel: 519.419.5044Fax: 519.326.4047
Fasteners, FIttIngs, Hose & sHoP MaIntenance
suPPlIes
F.B. Feeney hARdWARe“Serving the industrial and trucking
aftermarket since 1952.”7515 Kimbel Street
Mississauga, ON L5S 1A7Toll Free: 800.363.0639
Tel: 416.750.4610Other Tel: 905.405.1275
Fax: [email protected]
www.feeneyhardware.com
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Multi-line FAsteneRsupply co. ltd.
“Serving fastener needs for Industrial, Automotive & Maintenance Trades.”1100 Courtney Park Dr. E., Unit 5
Mississauga, ON L5T 1L7Tel: 905.677.5088Fax: 905.677.4917
FInancIng coMPanIes
MeRRit cApitAl coRp.“New & Used Truck & Trailer Financing.
Contact us today to get started & call toll free 866.964.6932, email at [email protected], or visit
www.merritcapital.ca.”3380 South Service Rd., Suite 303
Burlington, ON L7N 3J5Tel: 289.635.1916Fax: 289.816.0346
Fuel addItIves & lubrIcants
Bennetts poWeR seRvicepRoducts
P. O. Box 51016, RPO Tyndall ParkWinnipeg, MB R2X 3C6Toll Free: 877.778.4440
Tel: 204.694.1777Fax: 204.633.0133
Fuel econoMy Products
diesel spec inc.1570 Richardson StreetMontreal, QC H3K 1G3
Tel: 514.932.0060Fax: 514.932.9741
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the PrOducts & services directOry is your direct route to professional companies serving your local trucking market across canada.Include your company in the directory by contacting Barb Woodward by phone at 877.225.2232, fax at 613.476.9248
or email at [email protected]. Visit us online at www.woodwardpublishing.com.
Fuel & lubrIcants dIrect
Blue WAteR West ltd.Suppliers of Esso Fuel and Mobil
Lubricants to all sizes of businesses large or small, stationary or on the go,
on land or at sea.3232 Underhill AvenueBurnaby, BC V5A 3C7
Tel: 604.420.4331Fax: 604.420.4137
Insurance brokers
BAiRd MAcgRegoR insuRAnce BRokeRs lp
825 Queen Street EastToronto, ON M4M 1H8
Toll Free: 800.263.3030Tel: 416.778.8000Fax: 416.778.4492
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BRyson & AssociAtes insuRAnce BRokeRs ltd.
Bryson Insurance & Financial Services Ltd.
“For All Your Trucking Insurance Needs. Transportation Insurance, Fleet Safety Management Services, Bonds, Health, Drug, Dental, Life & Disability Insurance. Same Day Quotes up to 10
units.”Toll Free: 800.661.5196
Fax: [email protected]
www.brysoninsurance.ca
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cAnAdiAn insuRAnce BRokeRs inc.1 Eglinton Ave. East, Suite 415
Toronto, ON M4P 3Z1Tel: 416.486.0951Fax: 416.489.5311
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dAlton tiMMis insuRAnce gRoupThe Perfect Fit for your trucking
insurance needs.35 Stone Church RoadAncaster, ON L9K 1S5
Toll Free: 888.385.8466Tel: 905.648.3922Fax: 905.648.2640
Insurance brokers
dAlton tiMMis insuRAnce gRoup“The Perfect Fit for your trucking
insurance needs.”6715-8th Street NECalgary, AB T2E 7H7
Toll Free: 866.472.0721Tel: 403.241.2288Fax: 866.399.3177
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eRB And eRB
insuRAnce BRokeRs ltd.What you want to protect the most.We
protect the best!30 Queen Street NorthKitchener, ON N2H 6N2Toll Free: 800.265.2634
Tel: 519.579.4270Fax: 519.741.1977
[email protected] or [email protected]
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hAllMARk insuRAnce BRokeRs ltd.
“The Transit Authority”10 Konrad Crescent
Markham, ON, L3R 8T7Toll Free: 800.492.4070
Tel: 905.475.4070Fax: 905.944.0273
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huB inteRnAtionAl ontARio ltd.Transportation Insurance24 Seacliff Drive East
Leamington, ON N8H 0C2Toll Free: 800.463.4700
Tel: 519.326.9339Fax: 519.326.0128
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Jones deslAuRieRs insuRAnce MAnAgeMent inc.
Transportation InsuranceBroker/Advisor
2150 Islington AvenueToronto, ON M9P 3V4
Toll Free: 877.232.9996Tel: 416.521.6713Fax: 416.259.7178
Insurance brokers
tRuchoice
div. oF lMd insuRAnceAlternative Coverage to WSIB, Group
Benefits Consultants, Life, Investments, Travel.
2550 Matheson Blvd. EastSuite #130
Mississauga, ON L4W 4C1Tel: 416.748.9992Fax: 416.748.9994
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the cg & B gRoup inc.Package policies for both local and long
haul fleets.120 South Town Centre Blvd.
Markham, ON L6G 1C3Toll Free: 800.267.6670
Tel: 905.479.6670Fax: [email protected]
lubrIcants
noco luBRicAnts lp“Best Service, Best Value,
Best Quality.”2 Bradpenn Road
Toronto, ON M8Z 5S9Toll Free: 800.414.6626
Tel: 416.232.6626Fax: [email protected]
www.noco.ca
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Rp oil liMited1111 Burns Street E. Unit 3
Whitby, ON L1N 6A6Toll Free: 800.335.6623
Tel: 905.666.2313Fax: 905.666.2761
lubrIcants (syntHetIc)
sinWAl enteRpRises inc.5656 Bell Harbour Drive
Mississauga, ON L5M 5J3Toll Free: 866.326.7645
Tel: 416.520.5527Fax: 905.814.1802
Mattresses(cab & doMestIc)
MAcdAvid Wellness solutions inc.
MacDavid Wellness Solutions Inc. produces the Gel Master line of
products. Having drivers’ health & wellness in mind, our product line
includes mattresses, mattress toppers, seating & cushions.
27 Casebridge Court, Unit 3Toronto, ON M1B 4Y4
Tel: [email protected]
oIl Furnace sales& servIce
de-on supply inc.1595 Lobsinger Line, R. R. #1
Waterloo, ON N2J 4G8Toll Free: 800.824.4115
Fax: [email protected]
on-board truck scales
vulcAn on-BoARd scAles
#11-1642 Langan AvenuePort Coquitlam BC V3C 1K5
Toll Free: 800.663.0854Tel: 604.944.1481Fax: 604.944.1482
www.vulcanscales.com
PerMIts & servIces
730 peRMit seRvices
Box 755, 2085 Shanly RoadCardinal, ON K0E 1E0
Toll Free: 800.410.4754Tel: 613.657.1244Fax: 613.657.1453
• • •c.u.t.c. inc.
Serving the Transportation industry since 1989.
1295 Crois CarolLaval, QC H7W 1G3
Toll Free: 866.927.8294Tel: 450.687.8294Fax: 450.687.6963
Pressure WasHers
hotsy pRessuRe WAsheRsPressure Washers, Parts Washers,
Parts, Accessories and Biodegradable Detergents.
16712-118th AvenueEdmonton, AB T5V 1P7Toll Free: 800.328.1555
Tel: 780.451.4521Fax: 780.455.3920
rust PreventIve Products
kRoWn coRpoRAte
35 Magnum DriveSchomberg, ON L0G 1T0Toll Free: 800.267.5744
Tel: 905.939.8750Fax: [email protected]
tarPs & tarPIng systeMs
cRAMARo tARpAulin systeMsCramaro, for all your tarping needs.
206 Arvin AvenueStoney Creek, ON L8E 2L8Toll Free: 800.565.8277
Tel: 905.662.2757Fax: 905.662.4811
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loAd coveRing solutions ltd.“Keeping You Covered”
5499 Harvester RoadBurlington, ON L7L 5V4Toll Free: 800.465.8277
Tel: 905.335.2012Fax: 905.335.8499
www.loadcoveringsolutions.com
tIre balancIng
counteRAct BAlAncing BeAds
70 Watson Parkway South, Unit 8Guelph, ON N1L 0C3
Toll Free: 800.572.8952Tel: 519.837.3331Fax: 519.837.3088
toWIng servIces
A toWing seRvice ltd.Servicing GTA, Ontario and USAA company you can count on!
185 Bartley DriveToronto, ON M4A 1E6
Toll Free: 800.773.7952Tel: 416.656.4000Fax: 416.656.3065
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stellAR RoAdside AssistAnce ltd.185 Bartley Drive
Toronto, ON M4A 1E6We offer service to your light & medium duty vehicles in most areas of Ontario,
24/7.Simply dial...
Toll Free: 855.424.2300Tel: 416.424.2300Fax: 416.424.2303
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ABRAMs toWing“Service Across Ontario”24 Hour Heavy Towing
Toll Free: 888.667.5438Tel: 416.398.2500www.abrams.ca
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Action AutoMotive,toWing & RecoveRy
“Meeting Your Service Needs in Eastern Ontario with a Mobile Mechanic on staff
to assist you while on the road.”P. O. Box 126
Trenton ON K8V 5R2Toll Free: 800.551.6151
Tel: 613.394.4924Fax: [email protected]
www.action-towing.com
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goBBo toWing & RecoveRy ltd.85 Pondhollow RoadSudbury, ON P3E 6C1
shop
5238 Hwy. 69 SouthSudbury, ON P3E 4N1
Toll Free: 800.261.4252Tel: 705.523.2341Fax: 705.523.2817
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toWIng servIces
J p toWing seRvice & stoRAge ltd
We are a family run business offering
services such as Battery Boost, Fuel
Delivery and Winching including Heavy,
Flatbed, Float Towing and Light Duty.
Available 24 hours a day, 7 days a
week.
11 Glen Scarlett Road
Toronto, ON M6N 1P5
Toll Free: 866.527.8225
Tel: 416.203.9300
Fax: 416.203.9303
www.jptowing.com
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k.B.W. toWing
KBW Truck Transfer Service
Heavy & Medium Towing,
Flatbed Specialists.
1 Towns Road
Etobicoke, ON M8Z 1A1
Toll Free: 866.616.6379
Tel: 416.255.4443
Fax: 416.252.2558
traIler ManuFacturers[ tankers ]
BedARd tAnkeRs inc.Leader in Dry Bulk, Liquid, Liquefied
Compressed Gas & Cryogenic Road
Tanker Trailers.
5785 Place Turcot
Montreal, QC H4C 1V9
Tel: 514.937.1670
Fax: 514.937.2190
www.bedardtankers.com
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tReMcAR inc.Canada’s largest cargo tank and
tank-trailer manufacturer for the
transportation of a large variety of dry
and liquid products.
790 Montrichard Avenue
St-Jean-sur-Richelieu, QC J2X 5G4
Toll Free: 800.363.2158
Tel: 450.347.7822
Fax: 450.347.8372
www.tremcar.com
traIler sales, leasIng, rentals & servIce
cAMBRidge tRuck & tRAileR ltd.Cambridge Truck and Trailer has been a family-owned and operated business
for more than 40 years.Serving clients throughout Ontario we have built our loyal customer base on
value, reliability and commitment to get the job done.
690 Fountain Street NorthCambridge, ON N3H 4R7Toll Free: 800.267.7371
Tel: 519.653.7371Fax: 519.653.4037
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FoRt gARRy industRiesProud distributors for Lode-King,
Midland Manufacturing, Arctic Manufacturing, Landoll, CMIC Container
Chassis and more.
[email protected]/trailers
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gtA tRAileR RentAls inc.heAd oFFice
36 Cardico DriveGormley, ON L0H 1G0
Milton BRAnch
8155 Lawson Road, Milton, ONcAMBRidge BRAnch
1295 Dickie Settlement Road,Cambridge, ON
Toll Free: 866.482.5311Tel: 905.888.6363Fax: 905.888.6061
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sMARtWAy tRAileR RentAls
2891 Sideroad 10Bradford, ON L3Z 2A4
Toll Free: 888.747.7667Tel: 905.775.6700Fax: 905.775.7250
transPort coMPanIes
AtlAntis tRAnspoRtAtion seRvices inc.P.O. Box 6001,
6500 Silver Dart Drive,Toronto AMF, ON L5P 1B2Toll Free: 800.387.7717
Tel: 905.672.5171Fax: 905.672.7652
transPort coMPanIes
cARMen tRAnspoRtAtion gRoup3700 Weston Road
Toronto, ON M9L 2Z4Toll Free: 866.857.5166
Tel: 416.667.9700Fax: 416.667.8272
www.carmentransportationgroup.com
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eRB gRoup oF coMpAniesRefrigerated Transportation Specialists.
290 Hamilton RoadNew Hamburg, ON N3A 1A2
Toll Free: 800.665.2653Tel: 519.662.2710Fax: [email protected]
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hAnM tRAnspoRtAtion MAnAgeMent seRvices ltd.
Modern equipment for your refrigerated transportation needs.
3701 Chesswood Drive, Suite 322North York, ON M3J 2P6Toll Free: 888.473.5557
Tel: 416.787.3213Fax: 416.787.6819
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inteRnAtionAl tRuckloAd seRvices inc.
107 Bellevue Drive, Box 1450Belleville, ON K8N 5J1
Toll Free: 800.267.1888Tel: 613.961.5144
Fax: 613.961.1255 or888.485.6487
Call Karen at 905.212.9898English or Punjabi
Call Monty at 800.267.1888 or 613.961.5144 extn 123
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lAndstAR systeMs inc.Landstar – The Freedom to Run your
Business Your Way.13410 Sutton Park Drive South
Jacksonville, FL 32224Toll Free 800.435.4010
Tel: 855.549.0707Fax: 800.774.2347
transPort coMPanIes
stAR vAn systeMs10 Kerivan Court,
Stoney Creek, ON L8E 5P6Toll Free: 800.263.4884
Fax: [email protected]
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the RosdAle gRoup6845 Invader Crescent
Mississauga, ON L5T 2B7Toll Free: 877.588.0057
Tel: 905.670.0057Fax: 905.696.4630
transPortatIon traInIng
transPortatIon traInIng kee tRAining AcAdeMy
“Your Goals Are Our Priority.”6760 Davand Drive, Unit 9Mississauga, ON L5T 2L9Toll Free: 800.661.0377
Tel: 905.670.3426Toll Free Fax: 866.329.5331
Fax: [email protected]
truck & traIler Parts& servIce
alberta
CalgaRytRuck tRAileR tRAnsit pARts &
seRvice-custoM Re-line7707 – 54th Street SECalgary, AB T2C 4R7Tel: 403.837.2871
www.fleetbrake.comtRAileR pARts & seRvice
8010 – 44th Street SECalgary, AB T2C 4L2Tel: 403.724.0061
www.fleetbrake.comEdMonton
tRuck tRAileR tRAnsit pARts18504 – 111th AvenueEdmonton, AB T5S 2V4
Tel: 780.455.0559www.fleetbrake.com
tRuck tRAileR tRAnsit seRvice17303 – 114th Ave
Edmonton, AB T5S 2R9Tel: 780.453.8706
www.fleetbrake.comtRuck tRAileR pARts & seRvice
3904 – 78th AveEdmonton, AB T6B 2W4
Tel: 780.465.5522www.fleetbrake.comgRandE PRaiRiE
tRuck tRAileR tAnk pARts & seRvice
8401 – 99th StreetClairmont, AB T0H 0W0
Tel: 780.567.4407www.fleetbrake.com
truck & traIler Parts& servIce
alberta
lEtHBRidgEtRuck tRAileR tRAnsit pARts &
seRvice4005 – 9th Avenue NorthLethbridge, AB T1H 6H6
Tel: 403.327.2626www.fleetbrake.com
REd dEERtRuck tRAileR tRAnsit pARts &
seRvice4841 – 78th Street
Red Deer, AB T4P 1N5Tel: 403.343.8771
www.fleetbrake.com
ManItoba
WinniPEgtRuck AutoMotive tRAileR pARts
& seRvice540 Oak Point HighwayWinnipeg, MB R3C 2E6
Tel: 204.632.5184www.fleetbrake.com
saskatcHeWan
REginatRuck tRAileR tRAnsit pARts
705 Henderson DriveRegina, SK S4N 6A8Tel: 306.347.3470
www.fleetbrake.com
brItIsH coluMbIa
KaMlooPstRuck tRAileR tRAnsit loggeR
pARts575 Athabasca Street
Kamloops, BC V2H 1C5Tel: 250.314.0019
www.fleetbrake.com
albertaontarIo
MississaugatRuck tRAileR tRAnsit pARts-
custoM Re-line2200 Drew Road
Mississauga, ON L5S 1B1Tel: 905.670.2784
www.fleetbrake.com
QuÉbec
st. lauREnttRuck tRAileR tRAnsit pARts
1223 Montee de LiesseSt-Laurent, QC H4S 1J7
Tel: 514.331.6662www.fleetbrake.com
truck & traIler rePaIrs
gReig tRuck & tRAileRLet US see to your Repair Needs!
Just minutes off Hwy 401 @ Exit 526.2 Foster Stearns RoadTrenton, ON K8V 5R8Tel: 613.394.5005Fax: 613.394.2736
[email protected] [email protected]
truck & traIler rePaIrs
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FoRt gARRy industRiesBrake specialists, installations, safeties
and a whole lot [email protected]
www.fgiltd.com/parts/
• • •Mtt RepAiR seRvices inc.
1868 Drew RoadMississauga, ON L5S 1J6
Tel: 905.677.2771Fax: [email protected]
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sousA tRuck tRAileR RepAiR ltd.“A great service company knows
how to keep YOU rolling.” Immediate emergency “callout “service. Ready to help 24 hours, 365 days a year. Fixed
price, no hidden costs, 25 years in business – all work guaranteed and
excellent customer service.1900 Gage Court
Mississauga, ON L5S 1S1Toll Free: 800.560.1050
Tel: 905.677.9861Fax: 905.677.6919
noW oPensousA tRuck tRAileR cAMBRidge
1075 Industrial RoadAyr, ON N0B 1E0
Toll Free: 800.560.1050Tel: 519.624.8090
truck custoMIZIng
quAlity custoM12 Clarke Blvd.
Brampton, ON L6W 1X3Tel: 905.451.8550Fax: 905.451.7627
truck delIvery
AcAdiAn dRiveAWAy185 Carrier Drive
Toronto, ON M9W 5N5Toll Free: 800.668.1879
Tel: 416.679.1977Fax: 416.679.1988
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truck delIvery
coMpAss vehicle deliveRy inc.P.O. Box 265 Stn. Main
16693 Old Hwy 2Trenton, ON K8V 5R5
Toll Free: 888.992.9676Tel: 613.392.9676
www.compassvehicledelivery.com
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dRive stAR shuttle systeMs ltd.23 Industrial Drive
Caledonia, ON N3W 1H8Toll Free: 866.425.4440
Tel: 289.285.3021Fax: 289.285.3026
truck eQuIPMent
FoRt gARRy industRiesSales and NSM certified installation of snow plows, sanders, mixers, dump
bodies and [email protected]
www.fgiltd.com/equipment
truck exHaust sales & servIce
texis tRuck exhAust“Diesel Performance Specialists”
1850 Gage CourtMississauga, ON L5S 1S2Toll Free: 800.267.4740
Tel: 905.795.2838Fax: [email protected]
www.texisexhaust.com
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the tRuck exhAust plAceSince 1982 we have been a one
stop exhaust shop for the trucking industry as well as the heavy duty
exhaust needs of industrial, farming, manufacturers and mining industry.
We have been helping fleets, owner-operators, brokers, truck
repair facilities, municipalities and manufactures get their equipment up and running and their trucks back on
the road with minimal down time.1365 Bonhill Road
Mississauga, ON L6T 1M1Toll Free: 800.385.8801
Tel: 905.670.0100Fax: 905.670.8128
truck lIgHtIng & accessorIes
gRote industRies co.230 Travail Road
Markham, ON L3S 3J1Toll Free: 800.268.5612
Tel: 905.209.9744Fax: 905.209.9757
Toll Free Fax: [email protected]
www.grote.com
truck Parts & suPPlIes
alberta
CalgaRyFoRt gARRy industRies
5350-72nd Avenue SECalgary, AB T2C 4X5
Toll Free: 800.661.3126Tel: 403.236.9712Fax: [email protected]
FoRt gARRy industRies16230-118th Avenue NWEdmonton, AB T5V 1C6Toll Free: 800.663.9366
Tel: 780.447.4422Fax: [email protected]
www.fgiltd.comgRandE PRaiRiE
FoRt gARRy industRies10610-82nd Avenue
Clairmont, AB T0H 0W0Toll Free: 866.424.5479
Tel: 780.402.9864Fax: 780.402.8659
lloydMinstERFoRt gARRy industRies
5701-63rd AvenueLloydminster, AB T9V 3B8Toll Free: 800.661.9709
Tel: 780.875.9115Fax: 780.875.1403
REd dEERFoRt gARRy industRies
7947 Edgar Industrial DriveRed Deer, AB T4P 3R2
Toll Free: 866.297.0022Tel: 403.343.1383Fax: [email protected]
ManItoba
BRandonFoRt gARRy industRies1440 Highland AvenueBrandon, MB R7C 1A7
Toll Free: 866.883.6120Tel: 204.571.5980Fax: [email protected]
www.fgiltd.comWinniPEg
FoRt gARRy industRies2525 Inkster Blvd.R. R. #2 Stn Main
Winnipeg, MB R3C 2E6Toll Free: 800.282.8044
Tel: 204.632.8261Fax: [email protected]
www.fgiltd.com
truck Parts & suPPlIes
ontarIo
MississaugaFoRt gARRy industRies
731 Gana CourtMississauga, ON L5S 1P2Toll Free: 888.456.6567
Tel: 905.564.5404Fax: 905.564.8455
tHundER BayFoRt gARRy industRies
915 Walsh Street WestThunder Bay, ON P7E 4X5Toll Free: 800.465.5044
Tel: 807.577.5724Fax: 807.475.9033
saskatcHeWan
REginaFoRt gARRy industRies
1523 Ross Avenue EastRegina, SK S4N 7E5
Toll Free: 800.552.8044Tel: 306.757.5606Fax: [email protected]
FoRt gARRy industRies
3455 Miners Avenue, P.O. Box 1848Saskatoon, SK S7K 7K9Toll Free: 800.772.4599
Tel: 306.242.3465Fax: 306.933.4850
www.fgiltd.com
truck sales, leasIng, Parts & servIce
geRRy’s tRuck centRe
“Your Complete Transportation Business
Partner.”
4049 Eastgate Cres.London, ON N6L 1B7
Toll Free: 800.363.4380Tel: 519.652.2100Fax: 519.652.6593
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Diesel Truck Parts Inc.
MoRgAn’s diesel tRuck pARts
& seRvice inc.1248 McAdoo’s Lane, R.R. #1
Glenburnie, ON K0H 1S0Toll Free: 800.267.0633
Tel: 613.546.0431Fax: 613.546.4206
www.morgan-diesel.com
truck sales, leasIng, Parts & servIce
suRgenoR tRuck centReEastern Ontario / Western Quebec’s largest group of independent truck
dealerships, has built a reputation as durable as the brands that we sell
and lease. The Surgenor Truck Group includes two Truck Centres, one in Ottawa, & one in Kingston, as well as five service affiliates (Belleville,
Pembroke, Gatineau, & 2 in Cornwall) providing regularly scheduled
maintenance as well as on-call 24/7 for roadside assistance, & parts delivery.
261 Binnington CourtKingston, ON K7M 9H2Toll Free: 877.548.1101
Tel: 613.548.1100Fax: 613.548.4990
truck storage rentals
BARRy huMphRey enteRpRises ltd.Truck, tractor & trailer storage with 14 acres of metal fencing & asphalt
base. (3 minutes to the Linc & Red Hill Expressway).
721 Mud Street EastStoney Creek, ONTel: 416.801.3142Fax: 905.643.8256
truck tIre sales & servIce
Benson tiReThe largest Goodyear dealer in Ontario,
offering over 15 locations equipped with 24 hour emergency service
vehicles to handle all of your tire needs.700 Education Road
Cornwall, ON K6H 2W8Toll Free: 866.623.6766
Tel: 613.933.1700Fax: 905.689.3381
truck tIre sales & servIce
ontARio RegionAl oFFice
Over 100 Truck Tire Service
Centres Across Canada.
520 Abilene DriveMississauga, ON L5T 2H7Toll Free: 800.465.0618
Tel: 905.564.5171Fax: 905.564.5175
truck transMIssIons, dIFFerentIals &
Pto’s
c & R tRAnsMission seRvice ltd.Authorized Allison overhaul dealer,
authorized Funk Service Centre &
clutch service. Call or visit web site
for details on how to get FREE clutch
adjustments.
13 Anderson Blvd.Stouffville, ON L4A 7X4Toll Free: 888.297.0682
Tel: 905.642.4556Fax: 905.642.2293
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doMAR tRAnsMission ltd.“When it comes to transmissions...
think DOMAR.”
130 Skyway AvenueRexdale, ON M9W 4Y9
Toll Free: 800.837.4883Tel: 416.675.2268Fax: 416.675.2435
truck transMIssIons, dIFFerentIals &
Pto’s
x
cAnAdA-Wide pARts distRiButoRs ltd.
“Canada’s Leading Supplier of Drivertrain Components.”
ontarIo
#3, 7337 Pacific CircleMississauga, ON L5T 1V1Toll Free: 877.564.3116
Tel: 905.564.3116Fax: 905.564.3119
ontarIo
15745-118th AvenueEdmonton, AB T5V 1B7Toll Free: 800.665.7671
Tel: 780.454.5115Fax: 780.453.3460
truck WasH systeMs
AWAsh systeMs coRp.Automatic Wash Systems & Water
Treatment Recycling Systems customized to your requirements.
2211 Brant Street, P.O. Box 20070Burlington, ON L7P 0A4Toll Free: 800.265.7405
Tel: 905.662.2662Fax: 888.407.9498
turbocHargers
Bd diesel peRFoRMAnce“Consistent, Quick, Quality”
33541 MacLure RoadAbbotsford, BC V2S 7W2Toll Free: 800.887.5030
Tel: 604.853.6096Fax: 604.853.8749
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Advertisers by Product or service
adVERtisER PagE PuBliCations
Air Conditioning & Heating Sales & Service
Wilson Instruments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Ontario Trucking News
Diesel Performance Products
Diesel Spec Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1, 11
Driveshafts
Pat’s Driveline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Ontario & Western Trucking News
Employment Opportunities
Atlantis Transportation Services . . . . . . . . 40 Ontario Trucking NewsAyr Motor Express . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Eastern Trucking NewsBrian Pite Freight Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Ontario Trucking NewsCarmen Transportation Group . . . . . . . . . . 31 Ontario Trucking NewsDay & Ross Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41HanM Transportation Management Ser . . . 32 Ontario Trucking NewsInternational Truckload Services Inc . . . . . . 33 Ontario Trucking NewsLaidlaw Carriers Van GP Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Eastern Trucking NewsLandstar System Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Ontario Trucking NewsMaitland Transportation Systems Ltd . . . . . 31 Ontario Trucking NewsSiemens Transportation Group . . . . . . . 42, 43 Ontario & Western Trucking NewsStar Van Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Ontario Trucking NewsThe Rosedale Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39TransX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33, 44Villeneuve . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Ontario Trucking News Westcan Bulk Transport . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Western Trucking NewsWilson Truck Lines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Ontario Trucking NewsXan Systems Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Ontario Trucking News
Factoring & Finance
Accutrac Capital Solutions Inc . . . . . . . . . 1, 7J D Factors Corporation . . . . . . . . . . . 1, 3, 43Liquid Capital Midwest Corp . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Ontario Trucking News
Lubricants
Lucas Oil Products . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Shell Lubricants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Mattresses For Bunks
MacDavid Wellness Solutions Inc . . . . . . . 25
Permits & Waivers
C .U .T .C . Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Pressure Washers
Hotsy Pressure Washers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Western Trucking News
Satellite Radio
Sirius XM Canada Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Tanker Manufacturing, Sales & Service
Tremcar Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Ontario Trucking News
Theft Prevention Products
The Fuel Lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Tire Sales & Service
Benson Tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Ontario Trucking News
Trade Shows
TRUXPO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Transmission Sales & Service
Domar Transmission Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . . 12, 41
Truck Exhaust
Texis Truck Exhaust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Ontario Trucking News
Truck Parts & Accessories
Traction Truck Parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Ontario & Western Trucking News
Truck Repairs
TruckPro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Ontario & Western Trucking News
Turbochargers
BD Diesel Performance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Unions
Teamsters Local 362 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Western Trucking News
Video Recording Equipment
Windshield Cam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Weigh Scales (On Board)
Vulcan On-Board Scales . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Western & Eastern Trucking News
AlPhAbeticAl list of Advertisers
adVERtisER PagE PuBliCation
AAccutrac Capital Solutions Inc . . . . . . . . . 1, 7Atlantis Transportation Services . . . . . . . . 40 Ontario Trucking NewsAyr Motor Express . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Eastern Trucking News
BBD Diesel Performance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25Bennetts Service Products . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6Benson Tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Ontario Trucking NewsBrian Pite Freight Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Ontario Trucking News
CC .U .T .C . Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12Carmen Transportation Group . . . . . . . . . . 31 Ontario Trucking News
DDay & Ross Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41Diesel Spec Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1, 11Domar Transmission Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . . 12, 41
HHallmark Insurance Brokers Ltd . . . . . . . . . . 5 Ontario Trucking News HanM Transportation Management Ser . . . 32 Ontario Trucking NewsHotsy Pressure Washers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Western Trucking News
IInternational Truckload Services Inc . . . . . . 33 Ontario Trucking News
JJ D Factors Corporation . . . . . . . . . . . 1, 3, 43
LLaidlaw Carriers Van GP Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Eastern Trucking NewsLandstar System Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Ontario Trucking NewsLiquid Capital Midwest Corp . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Ontario Trucking NewsLucas Oil Products . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
MMacDavid Wellness Solutions Inc . . . . . . . 25Maitland Transportation Systems Ltd . . . . . 31 Ontario Trucking News
PPat’s Driveline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Ontario & Western Trucking News
SShell Lubricants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9Siemens Transportation Group . . . . . . . 42, 43 Ontario & Western Trucking NewsSirius XM Canada Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6Star Van Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Ontario Trucking News
TTeamsters Local 362 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Western Trucking NewsTexis Truck Exhaust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Ontario Trucking NewsThe Fuel Lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28The Rosedale Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39Traction Truck Parts & TruckPro . . . . . . . . . 1 Ontario & Western Trucking NewsTransX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33, 44Tremcar Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Ontario Trucking NewsTRUXPO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
VVilleneuve . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Ontario Trucking News Vulcan On-Board Scales . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Western & Eastern Trucking News
WWestcan Bulk Transport . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Western Trucking NewsWilson Instruments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Ontario Trucking NewsWilson Truck Lines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Ontario Trucking NewsWindshield Cam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
XXan Systems Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Ontario Trucking News
24 august 201424 august 2014
WOMen In truckIng
What Does a Professional Driver Love About His or Her Job?
By ellen VOIe
What attracts someone to the trucking
industry? Is it the freedom of being on the road or is it the above average pay? Maybe it’s just a last resort for many who are unable to find or keep a job elsewhere.
The Women In Trucking Association, along with University of Wisconsin-Stout graduate students wanted to know the an-swer to this question. So,
four students in Dr. Jean-ette Kersten’s Organiza-tional Development Class conducted research to find out what brings men and women into the trucking industry, as well as what keeps them here.
The students, Emily Kal-iska, Mai Thao, Ashley Noel and Angela Skillings had no experience in the trucking industry, but they took on the task of trying to delve into the motiva-tion to drive a big rig over the road.
A survey was sent to more than 900 Women In Trucking members, both men and women, and asked the respondents questions to find the posi-tive job attributes that at-tracts and retains them as professional drivers. They received responses from 80 drivers.
The results were not too
surprising, but the differ-ence in the answers be-tween the generations was a bit unexpected. Overall, the top five positive at-tributes on why the re-spondents chose a career in trucking was:
1. Good pay2. Benefits3. Health Insurance4. No touch freight5. Retirement benefitsFor students in driver
training, one hundred percent of them cited in-dependence in their rea-sons for entering the in-dustry. They also prioritized the short-term education requirement as a benefit.
The Women In Trucking Association will be using this research to develop a recruiting guide for our cor-porate members. However, we thought it would be fun to create a way for drivers to talk about their reasons
for being in the industry.We created a social net-
working campaign called I HEART Trucking (www.IHeartTrucking.com) for drivers to submit short videos talking about their chosen career.
The first video submission was by Elizabeth Lopez, a Houston based driver for National Truck. Elizabeth calls her job, “Awesome” and tells about the reasons she loves her job. “I get to see things that I would never see in a warehouse, and I get paid to do it, too!” she said.
The goal is to get drivers, both men and women, to talk about what they love about their jobs. The cam-paign will run until August 15th and the winners will be announced at the Great American Truck Show in Dallas, Texas on August 22, 2014.
I HEART Trucking is spon-sored by Internet Truck-stop, a freight matching service. “This is a great way to put a human face on the industry,” said Peter Vomocil, Internet Truck-stop’s Vice President of Marketing. “People see trucks on the road every day, but often don’t get an opportunity to know the drivers behind the wheel. We are looking forward to giving those outside the industry a unique window into the cab,” Vomocil added.
The I HEART Trucking campaign was created by the Women In Trucking Association as an image campaign, and it is pow-ered by the efforts of All Truck Jobs.com, which supplied the expertise and is hosting the site.
If you are a driver, please check out IHeartTrucking.
com and submit a short video to tell us why you love your job. If you work for a carrier, encourage your drivers to talk about their role and their attrac-tion to a job as a driver. For the rest of you, visit the website and vote for your favorite video.
The trucking industry has a need for more drivers and that need is growing. In order to reach out to the non-trucking public, we need a way to view pro-fessional drivers as real moms, dads, uncles, aunts and grandparents or cous-ins who chose a career in the trucking industry.
Help us get the word out about the I HEART Trucking campaign.
You can contact Ellen Voie, President/CEO of Women In Trucking at [email protected]
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AlbertA
BonnyVillEcougAR Fuels ltd.5602 – 54th Avenue
Bonnyville, ABTel: 780.826.3043Fax: 780.826.6353
Convenience store, cardlock & showers.
CalgaRy
cAlgARy husky tRAvel centRe
2525 – 32nd Avenue NECalgary, AB T1Y 6B7Tel: 403.291.1233www.myhusky.ca
RoAdking tRAvel centRe
4949 Barlow Trail SECalgary, AB T2B 3B5Tel: 403.569.6251Fax: 403.235.5095www.roadking.ca
lEduC
nisku tRuck stop
Suite 201 – 8020 Sparrow DriveLeduc, AB T9E 7G3Tel: 780.986.7867Fax: 780.986.7898
Web: www.myhusky.caOpen 24 hours, 7 days, restaurant, cardlock, ATM, convenience store,
showers, scale.
lloydMinstER
husky tRAvel centRe
5721 – 44th StreetLloydminster, AB T9V 0B3
Tel: 780.872.7089www.myhusky.ca
MEdiCinE Hat
husky tRAvel centRe
561 – 15th Street SWMedicine Hat, AB T1A 4W2
Tel: 403.527.5561
petRo cAnAdA cARd lock
AgCom Petroleum Fuel Sales1802 – 10 Avenue, SW
Medicine Hat, ABTel: 403.527.6411Fax: 403.529.1660
Showers.
AlbertA
sHERWood PaRK
RoAdking tRAvel centRe stRAthconA inc.
26 Strathmoor DriveSherwood Park, AB T8H 2B6
Tel: 780.417.9400Fax: 780.417.9449stRatHMoRE
stRAthMoRe husky tRAvel centRe
436 Ridge RoadStrathmore, AB T1P 1B5
Tel: 403.934.3522Fax: 403.934.3555
Email: [email protected]
Web: www.myhusky.caOpen 24 hours, 7 days, restaurant, cardlock, ATM, convenience store,
showers.
british columbiA
CHilliWaCK
chilliWAck husky tRAvel centRe7620A Vedder Road
Chilliwack, BC V2R 4E8Tel: 604.858.5113www.myhusky.ca
chilliWAck petRo – pAss45461 Yale Road West
Chilliwack, BCTel: 604.795.9421Fax: 604.792.8931
[email protected] cardlock open 24hrs, 7 days, convenience store open Mon –
Fri, 8 am – 5 pm (washrooms).
cool cReek Agencies7985 Lickman Road
Chilliwack, BC V2R 3Z9Tel: 604.795.5335Fax: 604.794.5080
[email protected] islands, drivers’ lounge & game room, convenience store,
showers, laundry facilities, parking & CAT scale
dElta
petRo cAnAdA
southcoAst petRoleuM ltd.10178 Nordel Court, Delta, BC
Tel: 604.581.3835Fax: 604.581.3850
[email protected], fax, photocopier, nearby gov’t
scale, restaurant & ATM.
british columbiA
goldEn
Jepson petRoleuM ltd.Box 1408, Golden, BC V0A 1H0
Tel: 250.344.6161Fax: 250.344.2232
[email protected] 8 am – 5 pm Mon – Fri, lubes & propane, 24hr cardlock, regular, diesel
& diesel mark.
HoPE
dogWood vAlley husky seRvices
27051 Baker RoadHope, BC V0X 1L3Tel: 604.869.9443www.myhusky.ca
Flood hope husky tRAvel centRe
61850 Flood – Hope RoadR.R. #2, Hope, BC V0X 1L2
Tel: 604.869.9214www.myhusky.ca
osoyoos
husky tRAvel centRe
9206 – 97th StreetR.R. #2, Osoyoos, BC V0H 1V2
Tel: 250.495.6443www.myhusky.ca
siCaMous
husky tRAvel centRe
1340 Trans Canada Hwy.Sicamous, BC V0G 2V0
Tel: 250.836.4675Fax: 280.836.2230
Contact: Shelley Arvandelwww.myhusky.ca
Open 24-7, restaurant (6 am – 10pm), convenience store, showers, laundry
facilities, parking, photocopier, oil products, ATM & fax machine.
mAnitobA
BRandon
BRAndon husky tRAvel centRe
1990 – 18th Street NorthBrandon, MB R7C 1B3
Tel: 204.728.7387www.myhusky.ca
mAnitobA
MoRRis
MoRRis husky
Hwy 75 South, Box 989Morris, MB R0G 1K0Tel: 204.746.8999Fax: 204.746.2611
[email protected]: www.myhusky.ca
Open 24 hours, 7 days, restaurant Mon. – Fri. 6am – 1pm, Sat. & Sun. 7 am
– 11pm, cardlock, ATM, convenience store with lottery, showers.
WinniPEg
petRo cAnAdA – petRo pAss
500 Oak Point HighwayWinnipeg, MB
Tel: 204.949.7292Fax: 204.949.7295
Open 24-7, drivers’ lounge & game room, convenience store, laundry facilities, ATM, showers & parking.
petRo cAnAdA – petRo pAss
928 Marion Street,Winnipeg, MB
Tel: 204.949.7280Fax: 204.949.7288
Open 24-7, drivers’ lounge & game room, convenience store, laundry
facilities, showers & parking
new brunswick
aulaCAulAc Big stop ciRcle k
170 Aulac RoadAulac, NB E4L 2X2Tel: 506.536.1339Fax: [email protected]
Open 24-7, full-service islands, drivers’ lounge, restaurant, convenience store, showers, laundry facilities, parking &
CAT scale.
xEdMundston
edMundston tRuck stop
Exit 19, 100 Grey Rock RoadEdmundston, NB E7C 0B6
Tel: 506.737.2010Fax: 506.737.2015
Open 24/7 365 days, full service islands, diesel, cardlock, propane,
lubricants, driver’s lounge and business centre, seafood & burger restaurant (Le Pirate de la Mer), convenience
store, washrooms, showers (4), laundry facilities, parking for 75 trucks, double car wash & 2 bay pet wash, Wi-Fi, ATM,
fax & photocopier.
new brunswick
gRand Falls
petRo pAss
315 Ouellette Street
Grand Falls, NB
Tel: 506.473.5575
Fax: 506.475.9816
Toll Free: 800.361.8322
[email protected]’ lounge & game room,
convenience store, showers, laundry
facilities, internet services, showers,
parking & CAT scale.
MonCton
petRo cAnAdA
Exit 450, 2600 Mountain Road
Moncton, NB E1G 3T6
Tel: 506.859.6000
Fax: 506.859.6005Open 24-7, convenience store, fast
food, ATM & washrooms.
PERtH – andoVER
toBique one stop
Exit 115, Perth – Andover, NB
Tel: 506.273.9682
Fax: 506.273.9682Open 24-7, full-service islands, drivers’
lounge with large screen, restaurant,
satellite TV, convenience store,
showers, laundry, parking & free high-
speed internet.
salisBuRy
sAlisBuRy Big stop
2986 Fredericton Road
Salisbury, NB E4J 2G1
Tel: 506.372.3333
Fax: 506.372.0083Open 24-7, drivers’ lounge & game
room, restaurant, convenience store,
showers, laundry facilities, parking &
CAT scale
Waasis
lincoln Big stop ciRcle k415 Nevers Rd.
Waasis, NB E3B 9E1
Tel: 506.446.4444
Driver Fax: 506.446.4455
[email protected] 24-7, Irving FP Solution I – 24,
drivers’ lounge, restaurant, convenience
store, showers, laundry facilities, free
overnight parking.
new brunswick
WoodstoCKMuRRAy’s tRuck stop
Exit 191, 198 Beardsley RoadWoodstock, NB
Tel: 506.328.2994Driver’s Fax: 506.325.2148calving.murraystruckstop@
gmail.comwww.murraystruckstop.ca
Open 24-7, full-service islands, drivers’ lounge & game room, restaurant,
convenience store, showers, laundry facilities, parking & CAT scale & tire
sales & service.
novA scotiA
EnFiEldenField Big stop (ciRcle k)
6757 Hwy #2Enfield, NS S2T 1C8Tel: 902.882.2522Fax: 902.883.1769
Open 24-7, full-service islands, drivers’ lounge, restaurant (6 am – 11pm),
convenience store, showers & parking.
tRuRo HEigHtstRuRo heights ciRcle k
86 Connector Rd., Hwy 102 Exit 13,Truro Heights, NS B2N 5B6
Tel: 902.897.0333Fax: 902.897.0499
Open 24-7, self service islands, drivers’ lounge, restaurant, convenience store,
showers & parking.
ontArio, eAstern
aRnPRioR
AntRiM tRuck stop
580 White Lake Road,Arnprior, ON K7S 3G9
Tel: 613.623.3003Fax: 613.623.1003
Toll Free: [email protected] 24-7, full-service islands,
restaurant, convenience store, showers, overnight parking, drivers’ lounge, CAT
scale, garage service facilities, tire service, Western Star truck dealer.
BEllEVillE
10 AcRe tRuck stop
902 Wallbridge Loyalist RoadBelleville, ON K8N 5A2
Tel: 613.966.7017Fax: 613.962.4495 or Office at
www.10acre.comRestaurant & Store: Mon-Fri 6 am – 11 pm, Sat 7-8 pm, Sun 7-10 pm, convenience store, hair salon, drug
testing, showers, parking, Esso Card Lock & Retail Diesel, Wifi & Fax, laundry
facilities & CAT Scale.
26 august 2014
Welcome to our complimentary Truck STop DirecTory. We want to help truckers and travellers find the nearest truck stop on route to their destination. For details on how you can list your truck stop, call Barb Woodward at 877.225.2232 or email Barb at [email protected].
26 august 2014
ontArio, eAstern
BEllEVillE
ultRAMAR
25 Bellevue Dr., Hwy 401 Exit 538(rear of Ultramar Service Station)
Belleville, ON K8N 4Z5Tel: 613.771.1755
Open 24 hrs, lunch counter, convenience store, washrooms,
showers,short–time parking & drivers’ lounge.
CaRdinal
730 tRuck stop
2085 Shanly Road,Hwy 401 Exit 730,
Cardinal, ON K0C 1E0Tel: 613.657.3019
Open 24 hrs, restaurant, convenience store, washrooms, showers, overnight
parking & drivers’ lounge.
dEsERonto
quick stop
215 Hwy #49Deseronto, ON K0K 1X0
Tel: 613.396.3043Fax: 613.396.1449
Open 6 am – 10pm, 7 days, full-service islands, Subway, convenience store,
parking & coffee drive-thru.
dunVEgan
esso – dunvegAn
1515 County Road #20,(Hwy 417 Exit 51)
Dunvegan, ONTel: 613.527.1026 or
613.627.2100Fax: 613.527.2726
Open 24-7, full-service islands, restaurant (Tim Horton’s), convenience
store, parking & ATM.
JoyCEVillE
kingston husky tRuck stop
Joyceville Road,(Hwy 401 Exit 632)
Joyceville, ONTel: 613.542.3468www.myhusky.ca
Kingston
esso – kingston
Hwy 401 Exit 611Kingston, ON
Tel: 613.384.8888Fax: 613.634.3162
Open 24-7
ontArio, eAstern
ottaWa
ultRAMAR
3199 Hawthorne Road,(Exit 110 off Hwy 417)
Behind Ultramar Service StationOttawa, ON K1G 3V8Tel: 613.248.9319
Open 24 hrs, lunch counter, convenience store, washrooms, drivers’ lounge, showers & short-time parking
sPEnCERVillE
Angelo’s tRuck stop
2025 County Road 44Spencerville, ON K0E 1X0
Tel: 613.925.5158Fax: 613.925.5158
Open 7 days, game room, restaurant, convenience store, showers, parking &
CAT scale.
VanKlEEK Hill
heRB’s tRAvel plAzA
21160 Service Road,Exit 27 off Hwy 417
Vankleek Hill, ON K0B 1R0Toll Free: 800.593.4372
Tel: 613.525.2120Fax: 613.525.1595
[email protected] 24-7 drivers’ lounge, restaurant, convenience store, laundry facilities, ATM, internet services, showers &
parking.
ontArio, northern
BRadFoRd
BRAdFoRd husky tRAvel centRe
Hwy 400 & 88Bradford, ON
Tel: 905.775.5794www.myhusky.ca
naiRn CEntRE
JeReMy’s tRuck stop &countRy RestAuRAnt
220 Highway 17 WestNairn Centre, ON P0M 2L0
Tel: 705.869.4100Fax: 705.869.6796
noRtH BayBAy tRuck stop
3060 Hwy 11 NorthNorth Bay, ON
Tel: 705.474.8410Fax: 705.495.4076
Toll Free: [email protected]
Web: www.transportmall.comOpen 24-7, full-service islands,
restaurant, convenience store, showers, parking & truck repairs within 2 km.
ontArio, northern
sudBuRy
sudBuRy petRo pAss3070 Regent Street
Sudbury, ONTel: 705.522.8701Fax: 705.522.4280
Open Mon – Fri. 6 am – 11pm, Sat. 8 am – 8 pm & sun. 10 am – 9
pm, drivers’ lounge & game room, convenience store (hot food, pizza, chilli
& soup), laundry facilities, showers & parking.
tiMMins
esso tRuck stop2154 Riverside Drive
Timmins, ONTel: 705.268.3400Fax: 705.267.7231
[email protected] 24-7, restaurant, convenience
store, ATM & showers.
WauBausHEnEWAuBAushene tRuck stop21 Quarry Road, Box 419,
Waubaushene, ON L0K 2L0Tel: 705.538.2900Fax: 705.538.0452
ontArio, western
BEaMsVillE
BeAMsville RelAy stAtion4673 Ontario Street,
(Exit 64 off QEW)Beamsville, ON L0R 1B4
Tel: 905.563.8816Fax: 905.563.4770
[email protected] 24-7, restaurant, convenience
store, laundry facilities, ATM, showers & parking
BElMont
london husky tRAvel centReHwy 401 & 74 (Exit 195 off 401)
Belmont, ONTel: 519.644.0200www.myhusky.caBoWManVillE
FiFth Wheel tRuck stop2475 South Service Road,
(Exit 431, Hwy 401, Waverly Road)Bowmanville, ON L1C 3L1
Tel: 905.623.3604Fax: 905.623.7109
Open 24 hrs., diesel fuel, convenience store, CAT scale, gasoline (self service),
ATM, propane, convenience store at fuel bar, Sunoco fleet fuel cardlock, full-service fuel islands, restaurant, private showers, laundry facilities,
drivers’ lounge & arcade room, 100+ truck parking capacity, motel (smoking & non-smoking), Bell Canada internet
kiosk, Irving cardlock.
ontArio, western
dRuMBotRuckeR’s hAven
Hwy 401, Exit 250,806607 Oxford Road,Drumbo, ON N0J 1G0
Tel: 519.463.5088Fax: 519.463.5628
FoRt ERiE
ultRAMAR
1637 Pettit Road (Exit 5 off QEW)Fort Erie, ON L2A 5M4
Tel: 905.994.8293Open 24 hrs, restaurant, washrooms,
showers, overnight parking & drivers’
lounge.
gRiMsBy
FiFth Wheel tRuck stop
398 North Service Road,(Exit 74, off QEW, E. of Hamilton)
(Casablanca Blvd. Exit)Grimsby, ON L3M 4E8
Tel: 905.945.0300Fax: 905.945.1115
Open 24 hrs, diesel fuel, convenience
store, CAT scale, Blue Beacon truck
wash, ATM, drug testing centre,
gasoline, Sunoco & Irving cardlock, full-
service fuel islands, restaurant, private
showers, laundry facilities, drivers’
lounge & arcade room,100+ parking
capacity, chapel, motel (smoking &
non-smoking).
HaMilton
MARshAll tRuck & tRAileR RepAiR & tRuck stop
336 Kenora AvenueHamilton, ON L8E 2W2
Tel: 905.561.4712Fax: 905.561.7757
[email protected]: www.marshalltruck.com
Open 24-7 for cardlock, open 7 am
– 12 am Mon – Fri, 7 am – 5 pm Sat,
closed Sunday, full-service islands,
drivers’ lounge, restaurant, showers
& parking
KitCHEnER
petRo – pAss kitcheneR
120 Conestoga College Blvd.Kitchener, ON N2P 2N6
Tel: 519.748.5550Fax: 519.748.9656
Drivers’ lounge & game room,
convenience store, laundry facilities,
showers & CAT scale.
ontArio, western
lEaMington
Johnny’s gAs BAR
448 Talbot Street WestLeamington, ON N8H 4H6
Tel: 519.326.5231Fax: 519.322.0189
Card lock open 24 hours, 7 days,
convenience store, cash discount,
diesel exhaust fluid and coloured fuel.
london
Flying M tRuck stop
7340 Colonel Talbot RoadLondon, ON
Tel: 519.652.2728Fax: 519.652.6554
flyingmtruckstop.comOpen 24 hrs, 6 days, full-service
islands, drivers’ lounge, restaurant,
convenience store, ATM, internet
services, showers, garage on premises
& parking
Milton
FiFth Wheel tRuck stop
40 Chisolm Dr. (Hwy 401 Exit 320)Milton, ON L9T 3G9Tel: 905.878.8441Fax: 905.878.9376
Open 24 hrs, diesel fuel, convenience
store, CAT scale, Blue Beacon truck
wash, ATM, lube shop, Sunoco & Irving
Cardlock, full-service fuel islands,
restaurant, showers, laundry facilities,
drivers’ lounge & arcade room, 100+
parking, chapel, motel (smoking & non-
smoking), & lottery tickets.
PoRt HoPE
ultRAMAR
2211 County Road 28(Hwy 401 Exit 464)
Port Hope, ON L1A 3W4Tel: 905.885.4600
Open 24 hrs, lunch counter,
convenience store, washrooms,
showers, drivers’ lounge & short-time
parking.
WindsoR
WindsoR husky tRAvel centRe
Hwy 401 Exit 14, Tecumseh, ONTel: 519.737.6401www.myhusky.ca
ontArio, western
WoodstoCK
ultRAMAR
535 Mill Street(Hwy 401 Exit 230 on TA site)
Woodstock, ON N4S 7V6Tel: 519.421.3144
Open 24 hrs, restaurant, convenience store, washrooms, showers, drivers’
lounge & overnight parking.
Quebec
MontREal
iRving 245918, Rue Notre Dame Est
Montreal, QC H1N 2C5Tel: 514.257.8626Fax: 514.259.0910
Open 24-7, restaurant, convenience store & laundry facilities.
sAskAtchewAn
EstEVan
estevAn husky tRAvel centRe
201 – 4th Street,Estevan, SK S4A 0T5Tel: 306.634.3109www.myhusky.ca
REginahusky Bulk sAles
210 North McDonald StreetRegina, SK S4N 5W3Tel: 306.721.6880www.myhusky.ca
ReginA husky tRAvel centRe
1755 Prince of Wales DriveRegina, SK S4Z 1A5Tel: 306.789.3477www.myhusky.ca
sasKatoon
petRo cAnAdA – petRo pAss
402 – 51st Street EastSaskatoon, SK
Tel: 306.934.6766Fax: 306.668.6110
[email protected]’ lounge, convenience store,
laundry facilities, ATM, showers, scale & parking.
sWiFt CuRREnt
husky tRAvel centRe
1510 South Service Road West(Trans Canada Hwy 1 West)Swift Current, SK S9H 3T1
Tel: 306.773.6444www.myhusky.ca
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phone: 877.225.2232, fax: 613.476.9248, or email: [email protected]
Taking the Time With a 1949By WenDy MOrgan-McBrIDe
Oh how the sum-mer i s f l y ing . Many things are
rushing by but I love to sit back and take the time to enjoy the little things. I think everyone should do their own thing at their own pace and stop and smell the roses whenever possible, even taking the opportunity to do so when waiting in line or for long awaited paper-work to arrive. These too are occasions to reflect on life and appreciate all we have. Discovering who we are and how we got to this point can make the future easier to handle. Taking those ex-periences and mistakes and learning from them helps to understand why they happen.
This past month has done just that for me. It is always hurry up and wait, and although I love pressure and find that I am more productive under stress, after a diagnosis with bladder cancer al-most six years ago, I have changed how
I look at things. If I can take time for me to do the things I love, then I take it. June 25th was to mark 5 years clear of cancer – one more scope and I would be cancer free. Yet another tumor was found and I am now facing surgery and starting anew with a 5 year calendar of scopes.
June 25th was also a red letter day for another rea-son; it marked the grade 12 graduation of my nephew. He has struggled to get through school and as I watched him walk across the stage and heard them say he graduated, with special skills attached, I was a very proud aunt. He took his time, did it his way and accomplished a huge goal. When I asked him what he planned to do, he said, “I am not sure what I want to do, so I am going back to educate myself more on the sec-ondary level.” WOW! He is spending his summer working not one but two jobs, not because he has to but because he wants to take a chance to get
to know himself, to check out what is available to him out in the big world. He is not rushing to wres-tle with the pressures of society, but rather is taking the time to smell the roses and experience life.
Jonathan Rockel is the owner of this month’s feature – a 1949 Ford Club Coupe. He too is taking his time to live life with the car of his dreams. He purchased this dragster street rod just over 2 years ago and has since started racing on the drag strips with it. He is on a new learning curve, letting the car tell him what it needs and personalizing it to fit his preferences.
I found Jonathan and the ‘Black Pearl’ at the Picton Airstrip where they hold events for those that want to show and drag their beasts. The car has a Chev 454 engine that purrs and dual exhausts that roar at the turn of the key. The front end of the car is a blended 1976 Camaro and the back a
Ford 9” with a turbo 400 transmission. The history on it says it was first registered in 1973, but it has been working for its keep long before registra-tions were required. With over 32,000 miles clocked on this turnkey Jon did not need much for the safety. The horn needed to be re-paired and some fine tuning to the instrument panel was required to get all the gauges working. This was the hardest part, costing him about $400.00 to get it ready to rock and roll.
“I have not won any races with it yet”, he says, “but getting on the drag strip is my way of get-ting to know it, how it feels and where
it needs improve-ment.” He brought it down from Yarker, Ontario after finding out about the event from his Kingston cruise buddies, “It is nice to just see what is out there to compete with and I had to have this car, I always liked cars with more street rod style, and it helps to get feedback from fellow enthusiasts, he said.”
Jon still wants to sharpen the edges with this car, say-ing, “the body needs to be re-done and a new paint job would be nice since there are ripples in areas, but for now I will tin-ker with it and see what it can do on the strip.”
This month with all its challenges has prompted me to reflect on a story from our youth about the tortoise and the hare. We can rush to get things done, to be places and to please people, but if we don’t please ourselves or the ones we love, and don’t enjoy the fruits of our labour, then who are we really pleasing? As I recover over the next few weeks I have decided that I am going to take time to let my body do what it needs to do, and if I don’t get something done then it will still be there when I am ready, and that is okay.
Take the time to catch up on past articles on our Fa-cebook fan page, ‘A Drive Back in Time’ and I hope you take time to relax, enjoy the rest of the sum-mer, and spend time with those you love doing what you love.
P lease fee l free to contact me with any questions or concerns. If you have a vehicle you would like to see fea-tured or know of a vehicle
and proud owner,
p l e a s e contact me via the fan page or email me at [email protected]. You can also call our office and I will contact you. Until next month stay safe.V
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OntarIO truck DrIVIng cHaMpIOnsHIps (OtDc)
OTDC Raises Public Awareness & Selects Winners for Nationals
By Marek krasuskI
The Ontario Truck Dr iv ing Cham-pionships (OTDC)
celebrated its 68th year with yet another event showcasing the industry’s best talents at the Barrie Molson Centre July 11th and 12th. The OTDC pro-vides a forum not only to demonstrate the skill set of all professional drivers competing in five categor-ies, but also for building greater awareness of the importance commercial trucking plays in the econ-omy and the lives of count-less thousands. The OTDC is also a forum for the best of the best. All of the 67
drivers that competed in one or more of the five classes previously made the grade as the top-three winners in regional and private championships before qualifying for the OTDC provincial compe-tition. In addition, driv-ers had to be free of any at-fault accidents in the preceding 12 months.
Heading the line of win-ners – and there were many – was Stew Jutzi of Erb Transport Ltd. by coming first place in the Straight Truck category and by achieving the high-est overall score. At the event’s gala, Jutzi was presented with the Grand Champion Ring by Barb
Woodward, Publisher of Ontario Trucking News, Eastern Trucking News and Western Trucking News. Ontario Trucking News was one of the many sponsors who contributed to the event’s success.
First place winners in the remaining four cat-egories – Single Single, Single Tandem, Tandem Tandem and B Train – were Clary Ward, Con-Way Freight Canada, Kerry Ellsworth, Reimer Express Lines, Preetpal Nijjar, Can-ada Cartage System, and Aaron Kershaw, Tim Hor-ton’s, respectively. Second and third place winners were Robert Hunter, Waste Management and Joe
Ferreira, City of Bramp-ton (Straight Truck), Marc Lefebvre, Can-ada Cartage System and Joseph Kuntz, H o m e H a r d w a r e Stores (Single Sin-gle), William Wolfe, Home Hardware, and Ed Connors, Molson Coors (Single Tandem), Tom Griffiths, Home Hardware and Derek Sumsion Challenger Motor Freight (Tandem Tandem), and Wayne Burnette, Home Hard-ware and Doug Cong-don, Reimer Express Lines (B Train).
Rookie of the Year Award went to Bruce Lambert of Martin Brower, and Preetpal Nijjar, first place win-ner in the Tandem Tandem category, also distinguished himself by garnering the Highest Points Award.
The MTO Safety Aw a r d w e n t t o Shawn Matteson (Home Hardware Stores) who, along with fellow competi-tors, had to undertake pre-trip safety checks under the watchful gaze of MTO officials. Matheson tied with Dan Congdon (Reimer
Express Lines) for the highest Pre-trip score.
This year specta-tors, too, had the chance to partici-pate by signing up for the Powder Puff Competition. Open to partners of competing professional drivers, the Powder Puff ex-tended the invitation for partners to engage in meaningful industry activity, beyond cheer-ing on their partners in each of the five categor-ies. A smaller venue, the Powder Puff challenged participants with simi-lar circuits that involved negotiating circuits and backing up under chal-lenging conditions. Those who participated grasped a firsthand understand-ing of the challenges their partners face handling ob-stacles as part of their daily jobs. First, second and third place winners were Crystal Soules, Tracy Sch-outsen and Cathy Green, respectively.
The OTDC first began in 1947 under a differ-ent name as a part-nership between the Automotive Transport Association (ATA) and Transportation Safety Association of Ontario (TSAO). Then, as now, the Group is comprised of industry volunteers dedicated to raising the profile of the truck driving industry and providing a venue to promote safety and professionalism as participants dem-onstrate their mul-tiple skill sets. Hun-dreds of enthusiasts lend their support as delegates, fans, con-testants, judges, and committee members.
“As a non-profit group for 68 years, the OTDC has always been and is still today made up of industry volun-teers who understand
the value and importance of your contribution.
Ontario Trucking News’ sponsorship support of the Grand Champion Ring, is an example of the very underpinning of the OTDC, as without our sponsors, volunteers and supporters this event
would just not be possible. A Big Thank you to all, as your contributions helped make the 2014 Ontario Truck Driving Champion-ships in Barrie, Ontario a huge success!”
The Team Ontario win-ners will head to the nationals this Septem-ber 4th to 7th in Estérel, Quebec.V
Barb Woodward, president of Ontario trucking news and
ewen steel, OtDc president present the grand championship
ring winner to stew Jutzi, from erB group of companies.
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paccar parts
More Than 175,000 Operators Depend on Kenworth Privileges
Renton, Washington - The Kenworth Privileges Loyalty
Card program provides thousands of commercial vehicle owners and oper-ators across the United States, Canada and Mex-ico, money-saving loyalty offers on quality parts and services. With over 350 Kenworth dealerships across North America, it’s never been easier to save with Kenworth Privileges.
“Those savings help fleet and truck operators get the most out of their equipment, wherever they are located,” said Bart Lore, General Market-ing Manager for PACCAR Parts. “The Kenworth Privileges Loyalty Card program has become so popular among truck and fleet operators, it recently passed the 175,000-cus-tomer mark.
“When you have that
many people sign up for a loyalty card program, you know you have something customers want,” Lore added. “Kenworth Privil-eges has led the industry since the program’s incep-tion and gives customers the convenient locations they are looking for as well as outstanding of-fers.”
In addition to the almost $4,000 annual savings on close to 70 yearly Ken-
worth Privileges offers, members save even more on parts and services with the opportunity to earn bonus REWARDS. This extra earning power has enhanced one of the in-dustry’s most successful programs and is designed to REWARD its members for saving.
Information about Ken-orth Privileges’ money-saving offers and RE-WARDS can easily be
found online at partsand-service.kenworth.com. Members can sign up for e-mail notifications re-garding new offers.
Partsandservice.ken-worth.com also gives members instant access to view offers on their mobile, tablet and smart devices. They can click on the phone link provided to call their dealership’s parts department to ask questions or order parts directly over the phone. Members can also share offers with drivers, man-agers or company employ-
ees via Facebook, Twitter or Linkedin social media accounts.
“The Kenworth Privil-eges Program has been a popular program with our dealers and our customers for many years,” Lore said. “We continue to look for new ways to expand the Privileges Program and to bring even more value to the market. The value of the program is bringing truck and fleet operators and owners the support they want, when they want it and the parts and service they need.”V
By tHe nuMBers
Value of Truck Cargo Thefts Skyrockets
The number of truck cargo thefts in the U.S. declined
by about 11 percent last quarter but the value of each heist has increased dramatically - by 89% - ac-cording to a new report from the logistics security services provider Freight-Watch International.
Electronics was the prod-uct type most often stolen,
reports the firm - com-prising 19% of all inci-dents. Products targeted in this category include televisions, mobile phones and mixed consumer elec-tronics.
The food/drinks indus-try experienced 16% of the total thefts, mainly consisting of meats, pack-aged foods and carbon-ated drinks. Eleven percent of all incidents were in the home/garden product type, including appliances, home décor items and cleaning supplies.
Florida experienced the most thefts (25%), followed by California, Texas and Georgia.
Of the incidents in which a location type was re-corded, unsecured parking was the most common by far, 87% of the total.
The pharmaceuticals sec-tor had the highest average loss value this quarter at $5.6 million. Clothing/shoes, averaged $540,218 in losses. Electronics fol-lowed, with an average loss value of $425,420
Article courtesy of Ontario Trucking Association.V
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Some Practical Ideas for the Next Border Trade AgreementBy DaVID BraDley
With 2014 mark-ing the 20th anniversary of
NAFTA and talk of perhaps opening the agreement up, or at least a new border agreement, now’s the time to take stock of where we’re at and where we might go from here.
NAFTA has been good for the economies of the three signatory countries. As a derived demand in-dustry and since trucks haul most of the goods traded, trucking has been a chief beneficiary. But it hasn’t always been smooth sailing. Nor, has NAFTA achieved its full promise at least as it pertains to freight transportation.
Amongst the early cas-ualties of the unilateral decision by the United States to not allow Mex-ican trucks to travel be-yond the border “com-mercial zone” which was supposed to happen by December 1995 - a situa-tion which persists to this day other than in various pilots - was the demise of trilateral efforts to achieve greater harmonization of continental trucking stan-dards.
More importantly, the US’s pre-occupation with the southern border has at times stymied bilateral solutions over concerns that “if we do it for Can-ada, we’d have to do it for Mexico” or “we have to treat you the same as the Mexicans.”
Then there was the 9/11 tragedy and the resulting heightening of security that has led to a “thickening” of the border. While we were told both enhanced security and trade facili-tation was achievable if companies and individuals became trusted traders, it hasn’t always worked out that way.
Over the years there have been various Canada-US border initiatives; the most recent being the Beyond the Border (BTB) Action
Plan aimed at bringing more balance to the secur-ity-trade facilitation equa-tion. So far, actual deliver-ables - at least among the measures of most interest to trucking such as restor-ing in-transits and allowing the repositioning of foreign empty trailers - have been somewhat elusive but we maintain hope for some positive outcomes.
Going forward, we don’t expect any significant changes. EU-style borders or labour mobility are not in the cards. But, there are things that could be done that would enhance the competitiveness of North American supply chains by creating more tangible benefits to trusted traders; further border automation; the efficient use of current border infrastructure and strategic new investment; and, labour mobility rules consistent with modern logistics practices.
The terms pre-clearance/pre-inspection/pre-screen are sometimes used inter-changeably. A case in point is the pilot (a BTB initiative) now underway at Buffalo/Fort Erie. What is being piloted is not pre-clearance as some think, but rather a CBP pre-inspection on the Canadian side after which the truck will cross to the US side, come to a rolling stop and then either be cleared or sent to secondary. Whether this two-stop approach is better than the current one stop remains to be seen. So far the results have been promising but pre-clearance - where there are no stops for trusted traders because the driver, con-veyance and freight have all been risk assessed and released prior to arrival at the border - would be a much better option.
The US and Canadian e-manifest programs - ACE and ACI - represent the starting point for border automation. Under ACE carriers can use transpond-ers to transmit RFID signals
to CBP.Unfortunately, the Can-
adian program does not include the transpond-er option even though if available it would speed clearance. But, even better would be to take things a step further and introduce an RFID enabled border crossing ID card for com-mercial drivers, eliminat-ing the need for transpond-ers and/or multiple cards (FAST, TWIC, CDRP). The existing FAST card infra-structure could serve as the platform. Tiered secur-ity clearance levels - e.g., where FAST lane access or front-of-the-line access to secondary - could be restricted to those with a high clearance level.
In terms of border infra-structure a few more bridges or at least some additional spans/lanes would be helpful at least at some of the busiest crossings. Having some of that capacity reserved for commercial traffic only would also be good. But if our experience in trying to get that second bridge built at Detroit-Windsor - North America’s single largest
gateway for trade is any indication, it’ll be tough. It is incredible that the only thing preventing that project from moving for-ward is for the US federal government to pick-up the US$250 million cost of the US customs plaza.
NAFTA did not address the antiquated labour mo-bility rules governing the point-to-point movement of goods by a foreign car-rier - i.e., cabotage. Again, there is currently no pros-pect for EU-style cabo-tage. But, some increased flexibility would improve
efficiency and productivity and allow for more effect-ive utilization of drivers and vehicles. Harmonizing the immigration cabotage rules with the equipment cabotage rules would seem to make sense.
These ideas are really not particularly bold. They are practical and would have a beneficial impact on cross-border operations. Whether they ever see the light of day, only time will tell.V
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eDItOrIal
Completion of Unique Truck Building InitiativeBy Marek krasuskI
On J u n e 9 t h Cambrian Col-lege celebrated
the completion of an 18-month long project with the unveiling of the Little Big Rig followed by a luncheon and remarks by College officials who paid tribute to all stake-holders.
T h e L i t t l e B i g R i g exemplified the College’s unique learning program for students in the skills training division as they first stripped down this kit and rebuilt it from the chassis up. This 1993 diesel F250 Super Cab first debuted in May at the local high school in Espanola. A total of 32 students from three pro-grams - welding fabrica-tion, heavy equipment, and automotive - collab-orated in the rebuilding process, an initiative de-signed to develop critical thinking and problem
solving skills, noted the project’s Lead and profes-sor, Bob Huzij.
“This was an excellent opportunity to show kids what is possible. Literally the nuts and bolts of the program, they learned how to prepare, plan, and execute the rebuild-ing process. Instead of telling them how to do something, they were able to learn through trial and error to complete the project themselves. It was truly a great lesson in critical thinking.”
The Little Big Rig will be driven to other industry events to stimulate young people into considering a career in the automotive trades at Cambrian. The kit, purchased in Tennes-see and the truck in Flor-ida, is the only vehicle of its kind in Canada to date. Not surprisingly, it con-tinues to attract the atten-tion of aspiring students and onlookers. Shawn
Poland, Associate Vice President College Advan-cement, was instrumental in convincing sponsors to underwrite the project. Contributors included William Day Construction who purchased the kit, Sign City who completed the exterior wrap, and Fountain Tire who sup-plied the tires and rims. The fibreglass, kit built by its inventor in Tennessee, includes interior Cadil-lac Escalade seats and a Ford powertrain. The total cost of the project, approximating $50,000, was for parts and related expenses only as student labour in the reconstruc-tion was unpaid. As might be expected student inter-est in participating in this one-of-a-kind initiative was enthusiastic: “The students contributed their time after normal school hours and they were so engaged that it was hard to get them to leave at
the end of the day,” Huzij said.
Indeed, one student elaborated on the pro-ject’s value as an instruc-tional tool. “This is a very adaptive exercise,” said third-year learner Kyle Joyce, one of four stu-dents who saw the project through from inception to completion. “Since we don’t receive all the infor-
mation in rebuilding the truck, there are certain canvasses that are left blank and so we are left to figure it out ourselves. For example, we had to figure out how to wire the fuel tanks properly and deter-mine the fuel centres with no position markings. It’s an example of how the program makes you think by throwing out options
and together learning to understand how things work,” Kyle explained.
The F250 Super Cab Little Big Rig will be pre-sented at next year’s On-tario Technological Skills Competition in Waterloo, thereby demonstrating to industry enthusiasts the learning opportunities in the skilled trades at Cambrian College.V
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HealtH & FItness
Caffeine May Boost Workout BenefitsBy Dr. geOrge traItses
Half of Americans and 55% percent o f C a n a d i a n s
consume coffee in the morning, and paired with exercise this habit may help super-charge weight loss. In a Spanish study published in the Inter-national Journal of Sport Nutrition and Exercise Metabolism, athletes who consumed at least 4.5 mg of caffeine per kilogram of weight burned 15% more calories for three hours following a work-out versus those who took a placebo. “For a 150-pound woman (68 kg), that’s roughly 300 mg of caffeine, the amount in about 12 ounces of brewed coffee, a quan-
tity you may already be sipping each morning,” wr i tes Cynthia Sass, MPH, RD, on Foxnews.com. Other studies have shown caffeine consump-tion increased blood flow, reduced perceived post-workout muscle pain and improved memory.
All of this good news comes with a word of caution, of course-water should remain your go-to beverage, stick to caf-feine that occurs naturally (like in coffee and tea), and don’t overdo it. “The maximum amount of caf-feine recommended for enhancing performance with minimal side effects is up to 6 mg per kg body weight, which is about 400 mg per day (or about
16 ounces of coffee) for a 150-pound woman,” Sass writes.
Source: “5 Reasons You Should Drink Coffee Be-fore Your Workout,” by Cynthia Sass, Foxnews.com, June 24, 2014.
For more information on health and safety visit the Ontario Chiropractic Association, a voluntary professional association whose mission is to serve our members and the public by advancing the understanding and use of chiropractic care at www.chiropractic.on.ca or call 877.327.2273.
D r . G e o r g e Tr a i t -ses can be reached at 416.499.5656 or visit www. inf in i te-heal th .com.V
HealtHy lIVIng
Debate Over Hydrogenated Oils
By BrenDa rIcker
You have probably heard of hydro-genated oils and
the debate over whether they are friend or foe.
Hydrogenated oils are unsaturated oils that have been put through a pro-cess to saturate them, making them shelf stable.
This is how the process works:
lt begins with an un-saturated fat. Generally manufacturers use poorer quality oils like cotton-seed, soybean, canola and corn. The oil is then heated to high temper-atures to remove impur-ities. This process causes oils to oxidize.
The oil is then mixed with a finely ground metal catalyst, usually nickel, which is needed to make the hydrogen process possible. The oil is then placed under high heat and pressure inside a re-actor vessel. Following
this, the oil and nickel catalyst are introduced to the hydrogen atoms which are forced into the mo-lecular structure of the oil.
Oil that is partially hy-drogenated needs emulsi-fiers which are soap like substances that produce a smoother product. The oil is then heated again to “clean” it. The heat changes the molecular structure, rendering it dangerous to your health.
The oil is bleached as it is now a grey color the consumers would not want to buy. It is now mixed with synthetic vita-mins, minerals, and a natural yellow color as it is illegal to add synthetic yellow.
Partially hydrogenated oils are not your friend. It is better to stick with natural oils like coconut, olive and oils from avo-cado, nuts, and seeds. Fat is good, but just be sure to eat the right kind of fat.
I can be reached at [email protected]
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Changes to Dangerous Goods Safety Marks& Placarding
Transport Canada announced forth-coming amend-
ments to the Transporta-tion of Dangerous Goods Regulations which include provisions to harmonize placarding requirements with the United States while at the same time providing more accurate information on the types of Dangerous Goods be-ing transported, primarily for the purposes of first responders.
Federal Transport Min-ister Lisa Raitt made the announcement at a press conference held at the headquarters of the Can-adian Trucking Alliance-Ontario Trucking Associa-tion in Toronto.
After making her an-nouncement, Minister Raitt placed one of the harmon-ized placards on a tractor trailer before going on a ride ‘n drive in a Kriska Transportation truck, where she saw first-hand some of the latest safety and environmental tech-nologies on-board today’s modern tractor-trailers, including aerodynamic de-vices and electronic logs.
As for the TDG amend-ments, they were originally drafted and discussed with industry in the late 2000s, were supported by the Canadian Trucking Alli-ance (CTA) Board of Direc-tors in 2009 and approved when the amendments were proposed in 2012 in Gazette I.
Although most of the amendments are minor in nature (designed to eliminate confusion with the interpretation of the regulations and those ap-plicable to shippers), there are some key changes of interest for the trucking industry:
• Additional restrictions and quantities allowed for the display of a DAN-GER placard. The principal change is the use of the DANGER placards to loads (if eligible - meaning no superseding placarding requirements apply) only having a mass of less than 1000kg. This will align with US regulations, assist in cross-border compliance of shipments and provide more accurate information in the form of additional placards on the goods be-ing transported. The DAN-GER placard, up until these amendments, was con-sidered a coverall measure that can be misleading in terms of what type and quantity of goods are on board a vehicle and also relieved the responsibility of many shippers in terms of providing proper plac-arding for their shipments to carriers. From a transi-tion standpoint, carriers moving multiple shipment loads from the US into Canada are already com-plying with restricted use of the DANGER placard;• Flexibility for drivers in
leaving placards in place on large means of contain-ment until all dangerous goods indicated by that placard are unloaded. To-day, in many instances drivers must remove plac-ards once the quantity of dangerous goods becomes less than 500 kgs or face non-compliance char-ges. This is a cumbersome requirement to comply with at times and mislead-ing in the sense that there are still dangerous goods on the vehicle. This would significantly improve reci-procity with the regula-tions in the United States and make it easier for truck drivers with multiple
deliveries to comply with the regulations and;• Introduce new safety
marks for dangerous goods included in Class 5.2, Or-ganic Peroxides, for marine pollutants and for limited quantities of dangerous goods, to harmonize with the UN Recommendations for the Transport of Dan-gerous Goods.
It is expected Transport Canada will finalize these requirements in a Canada Gazette II publication in the near future. After that, there will be a six month transition period for driv-ers, carriers and shippers to come into compliance with the new require-ments.
CTA will provide a full an-alysis of the changes once the regulations are intro-duced in Gazette II and will be introducing the new regulatory language in its 2015 edition of its Trans-porting Dangerous Goods by Truck publication.
CTA would like to express a special thanks to the fine folks at Kriska Transporta-tion, Glasvan Great Dane and Tallman Truck Centre for preparing the equip-ment that was on display
at the press conference and for helping to make the event so successful.V
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Tel: 250.392.6699
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BRandontrActioN
1940 Queen AvenueBrandon, MB R7B 0T1
Tel: 204.728.9573
mAnitobA
WinniPEgtrActioN
200 Oak Point HighwayWinnipeg, MB R2R 1V1
Tel: 204.956.9490
n. w. territories
yElloWKniFEtrActioN yellowkNife
114 – 314 Old Airport RoadYellowknife, NT X1A 3T2
Tel: 867.669.6272
ontArio
BanCRoFtm&m gAs diesel & truck
PArts27523 Highway 62 South
Bancroft, ON K0L 1C0Tel: 613.332.5474
BaRRiEvisco iNdustriAl (BArrie iNc.)
255 Saunders RoadBarrie, ON L4N 9A3Tel: 705.792.1371
Boltonvisco iNdustriAl1 Simpson Road
Bolton, ON L7E 1E4Tel: 905.857.2071
CaMBRidgEtrActioN cAmBridge
1090 Fountain St. N., Units 12 & 13Cambridge, ON N3E 1A3
Tel: 519.653.3427
dRydEnd & s Auto
459 Government StreetDryden, ON P8N 2Z3Tel: 807.223.3227
HaMiltontrActioN
30 Bancroft StreetHamilton, ON L8E 2W5
Tel: 905.561.0932
HanoVERJd truck PArts790 – 10th Street
Hanover, ON N4N 1S2Tel: 519.364.1848
KEnoRad & s Auto
1051 Railway StreetKenora, ON P9N 3W8
Tel: 807.468.9894
londontrActioN
2405 Scanlan StreetLondon, ON N5W 6G9
Tel: 519.455.3440
ontArio
MaidstonEtrActioN
3725 Webster Dr., R.R. #3Maidstone, ON N0R 1K0
Tel: 519.737.7995
MaRKHaMtrActioN
45 Mural Street, Unit #4Richmond Hill, ON L4B 1J4
Tel: 905.771.7331
MississaugatrActioN
5915 Atlantic Drive, Units 6 & 7Mississauga, ON L4W 1S4
Tel: 905.670.2868
MitCHElltrActioN mitcHell
Burchill Truck & Trailer Equipment (571344 Ontario Inc.),
Hwy 8 EastMitchell, Ontario N0K 1N0
Tel: 519.348.4774
nEW lisKEaRdtrActioN
437136 Hawn DriveNew Liskeard, ON P0J 1P0
Tel: 705.647.8707
noRtH Bayservice 1 mufflers & more
400 D Kirkpatrick StreetNorth Bay, ON P1B 8G5
Tel: 705.497.0404
ottaWatrActioN ottAwA (605)
3020 Hawthorne Road, Unit 200EOttawa, ON K1G 3J6
Toll Free: 800.396.2664Tel: 613.742.1209
sault stE. MaRiEtrActioN
380 Industrial Park CrescentSault Ste. Marie, ON P6B 5Y8
Tel: 705.759.8042
st. CatHaRinEsNick’s truck PArts
244 Dunkirk RoadSt. Catharines, ON L2R 7K6
Tel: 905.687.7031
sudBuRysudBury truck & trAiler iNc.
510 Whissell AvenueSudbury, ON P3B 2Z3
Tel: 705.673.3613
tHundER BaytrActor trAiler service
64 Water Street SouthThunder Bay, ON P7B 6T3
Tel: 807.345.5882
ontArio
WHitBytrActioN
1751 Wentworth St. W., Units 3-6Whitby, ON L1N 8R9Tel: 905.432.2785
sAskAtchewAn
MEadoW laKEuNified Auto PArts iNc.807 – 1st Avenue West
Meadow Lake, SK S9X 1Y4Tel: 306.236.4800
MoosE JaWgoldeN west trAiler &
equiPmeNt ltd.1802 Stadacona Street West
Moose Jaw, SK S6H 4N8Tel: 306.692.7402
niPaWinPArAmouNt PArts (NiPAwiN) iNc.
811 Nipawin Road EastNipawin, Saskatchewan
S0E 1E0Tel : 306.862.9881
PRinCE alBERtuNified Auto PArts iNc.
365 – 36th Street West, Unit 7Prince Albert, SK S6V 7L4
Tel: 306.764.4220
REginatrActioN
405 Park St., Regina, SK S4N 5B2Tel: 306.721.8333
sasKatoontrActioN
2815 Faithfull AvenueSaskatoon, SK S7K 8E8
Tel: 306.244.9877
sWiFt CuRREntBrAke & drive ltd.
1511 Cheadle Street WestSwift Current, SK S9H 5G4
Tel: 306.773.7293
WEyBuRnsoutHerN iNdustriAl
& truck ltd300 Hwy 13 South Service Road
Crossroads Industrial ParkWeyburn, SK S4H 2K7
Tel: 306.842.2422
Yukon
WHitEHoRsEPAcesetter trAdiNg co. ltd.
126 Industrial RoadWhitehorse, Yukon Y1A 2T9
Tel: 867.393.3902
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AlbertA
dRuMHEllERdrum diesel
Bay 13, 901 South Railway AvenueDrumheller, AB T0J 0Y0
Tel: 403.823.7966
EdMontontruck ZoNe iNc.
15816 – 111th AvenueEdmonton, AB T5M 2R8
Tel: 780.451.0225
FoRt sasKatCHEWantruckPro fort sAskAtcHewAN
(APPlecArt logistics)11401-85 Avenue Unit #13
Fort Saskatchewan, AB T8L 0A9Tel: 780.998.5030
gRandE PRaiRiEBrAdviN trAiler sAles ltd.
10920 – 87th AvenueGrande Prairie, AB T8V 8K4
Toll Free: 800.665.0509Tel: 780.539.6260
HigH PRaiRiEHigH PrAirie truck &
trAiler ltd.5309 – 53rd Avenue, Hwy 2 West
High Prairie, AB T0G 1E0Toll Free: 877.523.4754
Tel: 780.523.4777
lloydMinstERtruck ZoNe iNc.5205 – 65th Street
Lloydminster, AB T9V 2E8Toll Free: 800.707.9209
Tel: 780.875.7712
MEdiCinE HatHydrAco iNdustries ltd.
2111 – 9th Avenue S.W.Medicine Hat, AB T1A 7G8
Tel: 403.526.2244
x
AlbertA
PEaCE RiVERPeAce truck & trAiler ltd.
9103 – 75th StreetPeace River, AB T8S 1T2
Tel: 780.624.8655
sundREPArtco truck PArts & service
20 West Road Industrial ParkSundre, AB T0M 1X0
Toll Free: 800.372.7826Tel: 403.638.3414
taBERgeerAert mecHANicAl service
5911 B – 50th AvenueTaber, AB T1G 1W7Tel: 403.223.8744
british columbiA
CHilliWaCKlickmAN truck & trAiler
PArts & services ltd.25 – 43915 Industrial Way
Chilliwack, BC V2R 3A9Toll Free: 877.772.6255
Tel: 604.793.9660
dEltawAlker HeAvy duty ltd.101 – 7063 Venture Street
Delta, BC V4G 1H8Tel: 604.940.9545
KEloWnaceNtrAl vAlley truck services
105 Adams RoadKelowna, BC V1X 7R1
Tel: 250.765.7738
PRinCE gEoRgEtotAl truck & equiPmeNt ltd.
9122 Rock Island RoadPrince George, BC V2N 5T4
Tel: 250.564.6763
british columbiA
sMitHERssmitHers PArts & service
3465 Victoria DriveSmithers, BC V0J 2N0
Tel: 250.847.4287
mAnitobA
BRandonrcB truck & trAiler rePAir
5600 Richmond Ave EastBrandon MB R7A 7L5
Tel: 204.729.9172
nEEPaWat.i.c. PArts & service
220 Hwy 5 NorthNeepawa, MB R0J 1H0
Tel: 204.476.3809
WinniPEgdAB’s rePAir ltd.2126 Logan Avenue
Winnipeg, MB R2R 0J2Tel: 204.694.2390
ontArio
BoltonBoltoN truck & trAiler
1 Simpson RoadBolton, ON L7E 1E4Tel: 905.951.9111
BRaMPtonwestmArk truck ceNtre iNc.
85 Devon RoadBrampton, ON L6T 5A4
Tel: 905.791.7655
CalEdoniaoNeidA truck & trAiler
634 Fourth LineCaledonia, ON N3W 2B3Toll Free: 800.654.6454
Tel: 905.765.5011
ontArio
CouRtlandheRc’s tRuck seRvice
& RepAiR ltd.50 County Road 3,
Courtland, ON N0J 1E0Tel: 519.424.3402
doWnsViEWNortH keele Auto, truck & trAiler rePAir ceNtre ltd.
3915 Keele StreetDownsview, ON M3J 1N6
Tel: 416.638.5963
EdEnvotH sAles & service iNc.
10816 Plank Road 19Eden, ON N0J 1H0Tel: 519.866.3459
ElMiRatHur HeAvy truck & trAiler
rePAir270 Arthur Street North
Elmira, ON N3B 2Z5Tel: 519.669.8420
EssExkeN lAPAiN & soNs ltd
2119 County Road 15, R.R. #2Essex, ON N8M 2X6Tel: 519.776.6473
EtoBiCoKEok tire truck rePAir
39 Shorncliffe RoadEtobicoke, ON M8Z 5K2Toll Free: 800.661.6681
Tel: 416.236.1277
goulais RiVERgoulAis river truck
& trActor ltd.90 Highway 552 East
Goulais River ON P0S 1E0Tel: 705.649.4788
ontArio
HaMiltonBArtoN truck ceNtre ltd.
483-487 Rennie StreetHamilton, ON L8H 3P6
Tel: 905.544.2626
HanoVERHwy #4 truck service ltd.402143 Grey Road 4, R.R. #1
Hanover, ON N4N 3B8Tel: 519.369.5052
HanoVERserge g & d rePAir iNc.
214 Highway 11 EastHearst, ON P0L 1N0Tel: 705.362.5633
KaPusKasingPAreNt mecHANicAl services
53 Brunelle Road NorthKapuskasing, ON P5N 2M1
Tel: 705.335.3617
Mississaugaquickfix truck trAiler rePAirs
6191 Atlantic DriveMississauga, ON L5T 1N7
Tel: 905.696.6888
nEW lisKEaRdPioNeer sPriNg & AligNmeNt
437136 Hawn DriveNew Liskeard, ON P0J 1P0
Tel: 705.647.8707
oaKVillEk.i.d. truck & trAiler service1090 South Service Rd. E., Unit A
Oakville, ON L6J 2X8Toll Free: 800.265.6291
Tel: 905.842.2942
osHaWaquAlity truck rePAir iNc.
840 Colonel Sam Drive,Oshawa, ON L1H 8A9
Tel: 905.721.2788
ontArio
sudBuRy
sudBury truck & trAiler ceNtre iNc.
510 Whissell AvenueSudbury, ON P3B 2Z3
Toll Free: 800.461.4023Tel: 705.673.3613
tHundER BaytrActor trAiler service
64 Water Street SouthThunder Bay, ON P7B 6T3
Tel: 807.345.5882
VERnER
moBile mecHANicAl services
11769 Hwy 64Verner, ON P0H 2M0Tel: 705.594.1319
sAskAtchewAn
sasKatoon
A-liNe frAme & AligNmeNt
3246 Millar AvenueSaskatoon, SK S7K 5Y2
Tel: 306.931.6612
WEyBuRn
soutHerN iNdustriAl
& truck ltd.300 Hwy 13 South Service Road
Weyburn, SK S4H 2K7Tel: 306.842.2422
yoRKton
truck ProZ iNc.Hwy 10 East
Yorkton, SK S3N 2X3Tel: 306.782.4313
trucklOaD carrIers assOcIatIOn
Professional Truck Driver Named Highway Angel
Alexandria, Virginia – The Truckload Carriers Associa-
tion (TCA) is pleased to name Gary de Vos of Tren-ton, Ontario as its latest Highway Angel. Gary de Vos, who drives for Bison Transport of Winnipeg, Manitoba, is being recog-nized for helping a motorist who had a serious collision with a deer.
On April 23, 2014, de Vos was driving down a remote stretch of Highway 1 east of Winnipeg. It was about 5:00 a.m. and still dark. As he came to a wide, dirt shoul-der, something on the side of the road caught his atten-
tion. Not sure exactly what it was, he decided to inves-tigate. He was astounded to find a man sitting on the dirt shoulder, underneath a brown blanket. Appar-ently, he had hit a deer, which caused his car to overturn and skid about 30 feet off the roadway into a watery muskeg. The man had crawled out of the wreck and back to the road, shivering and seemingly in shock, taking a blanket he had in the car with him for its meager warmth.
By the time de Vos stopped, the man had al-ready been on the side of the road for more than 45
minutes. He said he had counted at least 28 vehicles that had sped past him with-out stopping. Gary de Vos quickly brought the motor-ist into his warm truck and cranked up the heat even higher. His attempts to get help through the CB radio were unsuccessful, and his cell phone was out of signal range, but he was able to notify his dispatcher about the problem through satellite communication. Eventually, someone did stop and offer assistance and called 911. He gave the phone to de Vos, who explained what had hap-pened and de Vos kept the
accident victim warm and waited with him until help eventually arrived.
“As a night-time driver who has to pass through a highly deer-prone area, I’m always scanning the road-way left to right because deer are so hard to see,” said de Vos, who spent 32 years in the Canadian military and has been a professional truck driver for about five years. “With the guy under a brown blanket, sitting on a dirt shoulder – in the dark – he blended right in. It would have been so easy to miss him if it weren’t for the movement he made.”
For his good deed, TCA has presented its latest Highway Angel with a cer-tificate, patch, and lapel pin. Bison Transport also received a certificate ac-knowledging that one of its drivers is a Highway Angel.
Since the program’s in-ception in August 1997, hundreds of drivers have been recognized as High-way Angels for the unusual kindness, courtesy, and courage they have shown others while on the job.
To nominate a driver or learn more about the program and its honor-ees, visit Highway Angel online at www.truckload.
org/Highway-Angel or Fa-cebook page at on.fb.me/tcanews. For additional information, contact TCA at 703.838.1950 or [email protected]
tca Highway angel gary de
Vos of Bison transport
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transpOrt FOr cHrIst
Creator’s Instructional Manual
By cHaplaIn len reIMer
If you look up the word “wisdom,” you will find this definition: “Having
the ability to make sensible decisions and judgements.” Life is all about decisions, and your quality of life is based on the quality of your decisions. How many times have bad decisions put you in a downward spiral? (Think about it for a moment - God’s wisdom. Doesn’t that blow your mind? It should.) The Bible says that to receive His wisdom all we have to do is ask. But there is a condi-tion. We must ask in faith - faith that He will give it and faith to use it instead of your own “wisdom.”
I look back a few years or so and say, “Wow, if only I knew then what I know now.” The problem is that I think I know everything now, especially what God should allow to happen in
my life. However, in a few years I will again say, “Wow, if only I knew then what I know now, I would have never done this or asked for that.” It is always the same. We will never know enough to be totally in charge, call-ing all our own shots.
I am amazed by our enor-mous pride and stubborn-ness. We continually rely on our own understanding instead of His, even though we know our track record in certain areas is terrible. Reading the manufacturer’s instruction manual always, I repeat, always works. Winging it as we try to assemble our lives on our own without using His instruction manual costs time, energy, money, lots of stress, frustration, anguish and pain. He is our Creator, He made us for amazing activities and good works. He has given us the best instruction manual ever
written. We would have to be idiots not to follow it. But we chuck it to the side and use our own bogus manual that is co-written by Satan, the world and our flesh. Then, we are be-wildered when the pedals don’t work, the wheels fall off and our lives spin out of control and crash.
Today, stop facing life’s challenges and storms in a half-witted way. Instead, ask for and receive from Him who “gives generously and without finding fault.” Why would we want to make decisions using any wisdom other than His? Isn’t it pretty arrogant to think that we know it all, especially in light of our track record? He designed us and knows exactly how we function best. Be wise. Whose instruction manual are you using to assemble your life - yours or His?V
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Can Golf Help Your Business Be Successful?
By Bruce OutrIDge
Have you noticed how much l i fe seems to mirror
itself in different aspects of your life? For instance, while trying to improve my golf game I often will look at my business in the same way. In golf I am trying to make the most yards in the shortest amount of strokes. In business I am trying to make the most amount of money with the fewest number of mistakes. In golf I am trying to either go
around or over the water traps. In business I am trying to negotiate around bad deals or bad business. Of course, in golf the last thing anyone wants to do is to get stuck in a sand trap, especially me as I am terrible in the sand. In busi-ness, if you aren’t moving forward you are in danger of getting stuck in a rut. Now if you don’t play golf you may not understand the connection between business and golf, but you can compare business to any sport that is of inter-est to you. The important thing is that many times the techniques that you would use to get ahead in your hobby or sport may help you improve your business.
So let’s assume you own a truck and have been an owner operator for a few years, but you feel stifled.
The runs seem the same and you would like to make more income for your busi-ness. In golf, to achieve our goal we would look at the par, the course for that hole and choose the appropriate clubs to get us to the hole in the shortest amount of time or strokes. By com-parison you may have to look at the area you have been running as an owner operator. Maybe it’s time to change areas, look for better routes or look at your business as a whole and try to see where you need to improve your operation.
In your business the water traps are those ex-penses that really need attention. How are you able to reduce fuel costs and other expenses in your business? Is it time to bring in a bookkeeper? Maybe you need to have a discus-
sion with your accountant or possibly look into the benefits of a fuel program. What you really want to watch is getting stuck in those dreaded sand traps. Oh how I hate those sand traps, I lose a lot of strokes in my game if I land in one of those. I see many people get stuck in a rut in their business. They don’t look at the numbers, they haven’t made a business plan, they don’t do their bookkeeping regularly and then wonder why they are not successful. If this keeps up for a long time you can
actually drive your busi-ness into the ground. So do you start playing golf in order to get your business sorted out and on the right track?
Of course not! Golf is just a neat correlation to business. Look at your business as a whole and decide where you need to go to improve and be more successful. Look at what potential hazards might take your success plan off course. Lastly, make sure you review your business on a regular basis so you don’t get into a rut and
slide into a downward pattern. In other words, evaluate the hole, choose your clubs, watch out for the water, stay out of the sand, and you may very well win the game.
About the AuthorBruce Outridge is a trans-
portation consultant with over 30 years of experience and author of the books Driven to Drive and Run-ning by the Mile. To learn more about Bruce and his work or to purchase his books please visit his web-site at www.outridgeente-prises.ca.V
sMart truck canaDa
Support For Victims & Survivors of Breast Cancer
Smart Truck Canada is pleased to partner with Cancer Care
Foundations across Can-ada in helping victims and survivors of breast cancer while promoting research in this field. Smart Truck Canada invites Canada’s trucking fleets to sup-port the “Pink UnderTray Awareness Campaign”. For a limited time this leader in Undertray Systems is offering Pink UT6 systems for $1989.00 Canadian, a package which includes a decal from the cancer foundation in the prov-ince where the unit was purchased. Attached to your trailer, these decals
demonstrate the true color of your support.
Smart Truck Canada, a proud supporter of Cancer Care Foundations across Canada, is pleased to do-nate $350.00 from the sale of each UT-6 UnderTray system. The company in-vites customers to make a donation as well in order to create more tomorrows for those facing breast cancer diagnoses.
All funds raised will re-main in the donating prov-ince, thereby promoting regional care and research for Canadians and their families battling breast cancer.
To buy a Pink Under-
Tray system visit www.smarttruckcanada.com for a list of participating dealers.V
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canaDIan truckIng allIance [cta]
Recognizing Truck Driving as Skilled Occupation Key to Jobs Strategy
Toronto, Ontario - Truck driving is a skilled occupation
that should not be lumped in with burger flippers and other low wage/low skill jobs in order for the indus-try’s jobs strategy to work.
That’s the over-riding comment from the Can-adian Trucking Alliance (CTA) in the wake of changes to the controver-sial Temporary Foreign Worker Program (TFWP) announced recently by Federal Employment Min-ister Jason Kenney.
“In an industry as frag-mented and diverse as trucking, it’s not surprising there are varying opinions on the TFWP,” says CTA President David Bradley. “Obviously, those compan-ies that utilize the program in order to fill truck driver vacancies will be impact-ed, whereas those who do not are less concerned.”
According to the minis-ter, the changes are de-signed to encourage Can-adian businesses to fill job vacancies with Canadians, reduce the number of for-
eign workers in Canada under the program and put a stop to abuses. The minister says that scrap-ping the program, at least for low wage occupations, remains on the table.
Regardless of whether a company uses the TFWP or not, Bradley says em-ploying Canadians is al-ways paramount and there is a very clear industry consensus that truck driv-ing should be considered a skilled occupation. The fact that it isn’t, says CTA, is a key impediment to
addressing the driver shortage, which could reach 33,000 in the for-hire trucking sector by 2020, according to the Confer-ence Board of Canada.
Bradley contends truck-ing companies who use the TFWP do not do so to expand their businesses. “Even prior to the an-nounced changes the pro-gram was considered by most to be too cumber-some and restrictive for anything other than a tem-porary, stop-gap meas-ure to fill unseated trucks when a company is unable to fill those positions with qualified Canadians.”
“The TFWP is what it is,” he says. “It’s not an ideal program, nor is it a solution to the shortage of qualified truck drivers. But it’s all that is available to fill some seats on a tem-porary basis for those who choose to use it.”
He says CTA would much rather work with the federal and provincial governments to fulfill the industry’s need for quali-fied Canadian transport operators; or where that is not possible, with quali-
fied immigrant drivers on a path to citizenship.
The current situation is untenable. “On the one hand, the government wants the TFWP to be a last resort or perhaps disappear altogether,” he says. “On the other, be-cause truck drivers are lumped in with unskilled, low wage jobs like bur-ger flippers, younger or displaced Canadians are unable to access pro-grams like the Canada Jobs Grant, which would help them with the costs of the training they need before obtaining a commercial licence and becoming em-ployable.”
“This is a real disincen-tive for people who might otherwise consider a truck driving career,” he adds.
Moreover, by classifying truck driving as low-skill, the industry is excluded (except in the few situa-tions where the TFWP can be a stepping stone to landed immigrant status through Provincial Nom-inee Programs) from utiliz-ing immigration channels available to people from skilled occupations.
CTA believes one of the TFWP changes - the move from categorizing occupations as skilled or non-skilled to looking at whether an occupation pays low or high wages compared to the median average wage in a prov-ince - may reflect an effort to deal with the skilled versus unskilled issue. However, the use of a median hourly wage for truck drivers is problem-atic. “It’s not a homogen-eous occupation,” says Bradley. “The wages and the demands of the job for local pick-up and delivery
drivers, for example, can-not be compared to those of long distance over-the-highway drivers, where wages tend to be higher and the shortage is felt most acutely.”
Bradley says the industry does not expect govern-ment to solve the driver shortage. He points to the efforts of CTA’s Blue Ribbon Task Force on the Driver Shortage, which is working hard to address the industry’s recruitment and retention challenges. “When it comes to issues of compensation, lifestyle and training, the respon-sibility rests with the in-dustry,” he says. “However, governments do have an important role to play - they determine which occupations are eligible for shared training funds; which qualify for immigra-tion; and they set licensing standards and oversee the training institutions.”
CTA and the provincial trucking associations are calling upon the provincial governments to introduce mandatory entry level training for truck driv-ers. With the support of Employment and Social Development Canada, the Driving the Future Pro-ject - being managed by Trucking HR Canada in cooperation with CTA - is developing a new national occupational standard for entry level truck drivers and laying out a frame-work for better labour market information.
“We must continue to work together,” says Brad-ley. “Trucks move 90% of all consumer products and foodstuffs in the country so it’s essential the industry has a sufficient supply of qualified drivers.”V
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.
British Columbia has decided to change its speed limit to 120
KPH on certain highways.Ontario is now talking
about doing the same on the 400 series highways.
Cars, SUV’s and pick-ups are commonly doing 120 to 140 KPH now.
Transport trucks, how-ever, will still be limited to 105 KPH.
Only fuel companies, car companies (additional sales to replace vehicle lost in crashes) and Insurance companies (increased rates) will benefit.
My question: How do you feel about increasing the speed limit from 100 KPH to 120 KPH?
Larry Weber drives for Chapple Fuels, located in Chatham, Ontario: “It doesn’t really matter what the speed limit is. People do not pay attention to the signs anyway. No police to stop speeders? Who cares? Truckers are in more dan-ger because speeding cars cause accidents.”
eric SWanLumb drives for Kriska Transport based in Mississauga, Ontario: “Traffic will run smoother if you change the speed limiters on trucks. If you change the speed limit to 120 KPH, cars will just in-crease to 140 KPH. Where is the safety?”
John LivingStone drives for SGT Transport in Brampton, Ontario: “The province might as well change the speed limit to 120 KPH now. Car drivers are already doing 120. More and more truck drivers are running dash cams. That is to show the police the truth about an accident as it happens.”
harry tayLer drives for Contrans Flatbed Group based in Hagers-ville, Ontario: The prov-ince might as well change the speed limit to 120 KPH. That is the speed they are doing now. Car drivers don’t care what the speed limit is, so change it to whatever you want.”
If you have any ideas or questions you would like to see discussed, please feel free to contact me at [email protected] or phone Carl McBride at 613.902.5324.V
From the
Driver’s SeatBy: carl McBrIDecarl@woodwardpublishing .com
Speed Limits
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