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In the Spring of 2012, the Canadian Trucking Alli-

ance’s Blue Ribbon Task Force for the first time placed much more respon-sibility on turnover to the trucking companies them-selves (however softly worded).

That’s refreshing news! This national survey is

designed to reflect real life experiences of drivers and operators with their past and present employers.

Why did you leave

your last employer? Why did you move to your cur-rent one? What did you do right? What would you do different?

Take a moment to think about all the drivers you know, the new ones and those who have been in the industry for 20 or 30 years. Do you see any difference in attitudes towards their employers? Are their atti-tudes the same as yours?

What about geographi-cal concerns? Do drivers

in the Maritimes feel more respected than those on the prairies (or visa ver-sa)? Have you ever left the industry to find an-other job? Why did you leave? Was returning to the industry positive or negative?

Do you remember 2009, the time when trucking companies were down-sizing rather than hiring? Do you think drivers are treated the same TODAY as they were back then?

Making Your Miles Count — with Robert D. Scheper

National Survey On Industry Turnover

If you provide an active e-mail address, national and regional results can be sent to you.

DON’T WORRY! We are NOT selling anything! If you hate spam as much as I do you can relax. We are only researching. We have two objectives: in-crease constructive and comprehensive national dialogue amongst drivers and produce an outline of thought that may stimu-late drivers and operators to make better individual choices.

Here is the super simple theory: if every driver and operator made better indi-vidual choices, the entire industry would change drastically. Good drivers would only work at a good company and poor drivers could only get work at poor companies. Then, poor companies would implode and rates would ultimately increase… for everyone.

In any industry with 100% turnover, the prob-lems affect EVERYONE!

As an accountant, I consult operators regularly about moving or not mov-ing to another company. Some operators are very impressive business peo-ple. Moving from one com-pany to another can make good sense. Sometimes it should be done, sometimes it has to be done… how-ever, sometimes the deci-sion is nothing more than an emotional vent.

Many operators who move simply want to make a statement… with their feet. However, too many industry “statements” can easily be interpreted as just useless static. Without clarity companies revert to prejudicial mentalities like “…truckers are never sat-isfied…” (hardly anything helpful).

Communication from drivers to companies

should be made clear, not just loud.

The best thing is for companies to have compre-hensive exit interviews, but unfortunately far too few practice them. Turnover has become an emotional affair rather than a scien-tific event. The science (at best) only becomes evident after a few months of sepa-ration.

If drivers don’t scien-tifically express their con-cerns, who will?

This survey is designed to be publically available, however individual confi-dentiality is absolutely as-sured. Once a large enough sample of drivers/opera-tors participate we will be-

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Robert D Scheper operates an accounting and con-sulting firm in Steinbach, Manitoba. He has a Masters Degree in Business Admin-istration and is the author of the Book “Making Your Miles Count: taxes, taxes, taxes” (now available on CD). You can find him at www.thrconsulting.ca and thrconsulting.blogspot.com or at 1-877-987-9787. You can e-mail him at [email protected].

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They say the first year of marriage can be the

toughest, and the same holds true for your first year behind the wheel of the big rig. Driving a semi for a living can be a tough gig, even for the most expe-rienced professionals.

A lot of new drivers can be at a bit of a loss when starting out and may get to the point where they con-template whether or not they should have pursued a different career path.

The lone act of find-ing an employer willing to take on a newbie and pay a decent wage can be quite a challenge. Throw in the four wheelers and the stunts they pull as they try to get around your rig and it can all leave a new driver extremely stressed. Add in some backing up in crowd-ed parking lots around cor-ners, and it can be more than some new drivers can handle.

Like any job, there’s a learning curve. Stick it out for a year or two and you will find that you have many fantastic opportuni-ties to choose from. All you have to do is keep learning, gaining experience and driving safely.

So if you’re a new driv-er, here are some tips to help you succeed in the industry:

Keep the driving safe. You don’t want any acci-dents or tickets on your re-cord. Keep it all legal, from your weights to your log-book, and don’t let anyone talk you into doing some-thing you aren’t comfort-able with.

Little things you do can help keep you safe. If you are long haul, make sure to avoid rush hour in any cities you pass through. Plan your schedule and route around it. Don’t take jobs that force you to drive when you’re not fully alert.

Some people thrive work-ing nights, others don’t. Al-ways be on the road when you’re at your best.

Once you’ve found a job, stick it out for a while even if it isn’t the opportunity you have always dreamed of. Get to know your cus-tomers. They’ll make great references down the road when you’re looking for your next, better, employ-er. They may know other companies who are hiring and have a different per-spective on the companies that they hire to haul their freight than other drivers do.

In the same vein, make sure you are talking to other operators in truck stops, at the fuel pumps and on the radio as you’re rolling down the road. Find out who they recommend working for. Ask them if they like their job and how the company treats the em-ployees. It’s a good sign if

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Keep your own employ-er happy with your work whether you love the job or not. They will be the single most important source for a reference you can have when looking for future employment. Whatever you do, don’t burn those bridges.

Stop yourself from get-ting worked up about how the four wheelers are driv-

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The more composed you are, the better you will handle the stress of driving in heavy traffic. The less stressful you find the job, the more you will be able to enjoy it and the easier you will find your first few

months on the road. One thing Western Can-

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Follow some more ex-perienced drivers through any storms you might en-counter. Tell your dispatch you aren’t comfortable run-ning if it gets too bad and avoid rushed loads that can’t sit for a day or two if needed.

Make friends. Get to know your fellow drivers. If you have complaints or questions, it’s nice to have buddies in the com-pany who can answer your questions or just be a friendly ear to vent to. Plus, if they’ve been around a while, they’ll know where the best places to eat are along your run.

Find yourself a mentor.

Someone who you respect, who has made a success-ful career as a professional driver and who knows the business. Ideally it will be a friend who you can call up at a moments notice for a bit of advice.

Don’t assume you know it all just because you took the course. Hopefully they taught you what you need to know to be safe on the road. Learning from those old timers who have been on the road for decades can impart you with more wis-dom than you might learn from taking five courses.

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with each other complicated and arduous.

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My Twist with Ray Haight

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It’s the forest for the trees syndrome, isn’t it? We just assume these things can’t be changed and we go about our business as though we are somewhat powerless to effect change. With all due respect to the many trucking associations that look after their mem-ber’s best interest, in real-ity it is still only a small percentage of the total companies in the industry that actually belong to any business group, let alone belonging to a trucking as-sociation. I have written on many occasions of the true, untapped political clout the industry could really have on both sides of the border if it ever were to organize the entire industry and speak with a single voice to the issues that could and should be addressed.

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What are the top issues we hear about all the time? Driver shortages, carbon emissions, traffic congestion and infrastructure break-down, the cost of fuel and fuel surcharges — just to name a few! All that or most of it would vanish or be greatly reduced if one rule could be changed. Was any-one really listening? I don’t know as that was over a year ago and I haven’t heard from anyone from the Regu-lating Co-Operative Council since. b

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The Transportation As-sociation of Canada (TAC – formerly RTAC) developed critical performance mea-surements for commercial vehicles and limits to pro-vide guidance for crafting regulations and evaluating permit requests from in-dustry. The dynamic per-formance measure used to evaluate roll stability is “Load Transfer Ratio” (LTR). LTR is a physical measurement of weight transferring from one side of a vehicle to the other while negotiating a corner and when performing a predictable avoidance ma-neuver around a vehicle or pedestrian etc. when a truck driver doesn’t have

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(4) Freightliner FL80 S/A dump trucks, 8.3L Cummins, auto, PS, AC, AM/FMm air brakes,hydraulics for plow and sander, trailer equipped, Ex-country trucks.

1996 Ford FT900 T/A Dump, 8.3 Cummins/250 hp, 9 spd, PS, AC, AM/FM, air brakes, 6x6, 10 yd Crysteel dump box, ex-US gov’t truck, VERY LOW MILES.

1991 Intl S2674, L10-9spd, Heavy spec, Texoma 330-15. V8 gas engine, pole setter, take up winch, LOW Hours!

2007 International 7300, 4x4 w/Altec mat. handler, 60' working ht., DT466 Auto, PS, AC, air brakes, full line body, ex power co truck, LOW MILES, EXCELLENT COND, MORE BUCKET TRUCKS IN STOCK, CALL DENNIS SCROGGINS - CELL: 253-606-1748.

2008 Sterling w/Amrep Roll-Off, MBE 460, engine brake, 10 spd, PS, AC, AM/FM, 18K x 40K axles, Tuff-Trac susp., LOW MILES, EXCELLENT CONDITION.

1997 Freightliner FL112, M11-370hp, Autotrans, RETARDER, 64K# gvwr, drop axle, Chalmers susp, 15.5' dump, asphaltgates, tow package,PUP ready, EX GOVT unit!! LOW MILES!

(1) 2000 Intl S2574, ISM-288hp, Jakes, 4x4, 13 speed, Locker diff, dbl frame, tow package, 5 yard dump, LOW MILES, EX GOVT unit.

1990 GM 7000 S/A w/McLellan fuel/lube system, 2 compartment 700 gal fuel, 4-producttanks, grease keg, air compressor, reels, waste oil recovery, EX-CITY TRUCK, VERY NICE!

2001 Sterling Lt7500, 6x6 CREWCAB, 3126-330 hp, 6 spd, walking beams, 2 spd transfercase, 20' fl atbed, EX GOVT Unit LOW MILES!!

2006 Sterling, C13-430hp, Jakes, 10 spd, Lockers, air ride, 261K miles, 2007 Traileze 48' x 102", hyd. Front ramp, winch, double drop, load gauge, air ride-NICE PACKAGE!

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HEAVY SPEC 4X4

DELIVERY UNIT

(9) 2006/05/04 Ford F550 4 x 4, Powerstroke auto, 2200# crane, air compressor, Millerwelder, (3) lube tanks, grease keg, waste oil system, LOW Miles.

1988 Freightliner FL112 T/A Dump Truck, 60,000# GVW. Detroit series 60/350 hp diesel, Fuller RTO14708LL trans, PS, AM/FM, Jake brake, 20k x 40k axles, Hendrickson spring susp, air hitch, trlr pkg, ex-country truck, Exc cond, w/new paint.

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2007 Doepker 53' step deck. 2 available.

2003 Utility food service special with a rail gate. $POR.

Dry van rail gate. “Great town delivery van”.

Rare 2 side doors, grocery fl oor, roll door, 2 coldwalls. $16,700.

2013 Wilson quad fl ats. 2 left at great pricing!

2003 Manac tandem dry van, air ride, translucent roof. $POR.

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