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By Marek krasuski

Navistar is a leading manufacturer of com-mercial trucks, buses, defense vehicles and engines. The company’s vision includes a

commitment to provide the best customer service while passionately pushing the industry forward. Navistar’s latest advancement in extending and refin-ing its service reach comes in the wake of further ex-pansion and improvements to its distribution model.

A global provider of vehicles and engines, Navistar’s reach is expansive, boasting 874 retail outlets in North America and Mexico alone. In Canada, 176 outlets stretch across this country’s geography, earning Navistar the reputation of having nearly double the number of service outlets than any other OEM. Eighty eight loca-tions sell new trucks and provide parts and service; the remaining 88 are dedicated exclusively to parts and service. Dealerships, parts and service centers are found in most mid to large-sized cities stretching from British Columbia to Newfoundland and as far north as Yellowknife.

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Building on a tradition that dates back to Navis-tar’s early success in driving America’s move from family farms toward agricultural dominance, Navistar’s outlets collect-ively provide an impres-sive array of expertise and state-of-the-art facilities. The 176 Canadian loca-tions have 1,700 techni-cians, 1,978 service bays, 34 diesel particulate filter (DPF) machines and 7 body shops. Mark Bel-isle, Navistar Canada’s president, underscores the company’s commitment to servicing the needs of this country’s commercial transportation industry. “A company as old and respectable as Navistar knows that service is paramount. Our vision is to ensure that fleets and owner operators have im-mediate access to qual-ity service whenever that need arises.”

To this end Navistar con-tinues to refine its distribu-tion network and provide round-the-clock access to parts and technician sup-

port. The recent introduc-tion of Accelerated Service supports this vision. Mark Belisle highlights its im-portance to the industry: “This initiative means that we will get a truck into one of our bays and diagnose the malfunction within two hours. If the problem demands a larger time commitment the truck will be scheduled for repairs. In an industry defined by just-in-time schedules, we know our customer appreciates exactly when the truck will get repaired.” Fully 100 of Navistar’s 176 locations offer the Acceler-ated Service.

Accelerated Service is reinforced by the imple-mentation of a new Can-adian distribution model. Improvement to Navistar’s parts and service program translates into faster de-liveries. Dealers ordering parts up until 4:30 p.m. one day can expect to re-ceive the parcel the next morning before opening. Moreover, these improved logistics are supported by additional investment in two new parts distribution centers that serve all Can-

adian dealerships. Notes Mark Belisle: “Navistar recognizes that parts avail-ability for 176 locations is extremely important to our dealers and custom-ers.” One new distribution centre is currently under development in Hamilton. This facility, replacing an out dated site, will serve dealerships in all of central and eastern Canada. The recently completed centre in Edmonton provides parts for all dealers from Manitoba westward.”

These investments in corporate infrastructure have not gone unnoticed. “Dealers are ecstatic with the new levels of service. Previously, it took a day and a half for shipments. Now, with overnight ser-vice, everyone is noti-cing.” Customers too are reaping the benefits, so much so that heightened service levels are driving their purchase decisions. According to Belisle, “It’s dealers and their service & parts capabilities that give customers the confidence to buy a particular brand of truck.” Indeed, Navistar is keenly attuned to the

demands that drivers face in an industry where sur-vival depends on meeting tight deadlines. Where in-serviced private vehicles pose an inconvenience for their owners, commercial trucks tied up in garages are revenue threatening and pose financial risks to their owners.

With heightened service levels, more customers are poised to choose Navistar. Indeed, building a solid channel of customer sup-port has ushered in even more expansion. For ex-ample, Navistar’s Dealer Network has invested heavily in the Greater To-ronto Area (GTA) where new facilities have opened in Burlington and Oshawa. The brand new facility in Oshawa will have a new parts location and store front, and the west side of the building has been repurposed to bet-ter meet customer needs. In the past two years 40 new service bays have been added, bringing total services levels to six loca-tions and 150 bays in the Toronto region.

Further afield, a brand

new facility opened in Fredericton, NB and an-other in Edmonton; this, in addition to the new parts distribution centre. Edmonton is now ser-viced from the south, west and east ends of the city. Yellowknife, too, has seen the rise of a new store, while in Guelph, ON an existing dealer has moved into a new facility which is twice the size of two older sites it has replaced. In Manitoba, a new location has been established in Winnipeg, and construc-tion is underway for a site in Brandon. Red Deer, AB and Labrador, NL are scheduled for new centers in the near future.

In a spirit of innova-tion, this global engine and vehicle manufacturer introduced yet another initiative – the SLA (Ser-vice Level Agreement) Program. Its focus centers on more dealerships with longer hours to meet the service needs of clients day and night. At present, there are four service cen-ters in Canada open 24 hours a day. These include the Altruck Cambridge lo-

cation, Inter-Elite in Que-bec City, and Carrier Lon-don, the latter scheduled for 24-hour service in the coming weeks. In addition, there are 33 locations open from 7 a.m until midnight, and 94 locations open six days a week. Another 25 locations are open from 7 a.m to 10 p.m. “Our dealer channel has opened its services dramatically in the last two years,” Belisle explained. Navistar also has 551 certified techni-cians working in the field, most with Cummins certifi-cation as well.

A proven global leader in responsible growth, sus-tainability and product de-velopment, Navistar con-tinues to drive economies forward like never before. Continuous investment in dealership expansion, upgraded facilities and additional service bays, all standing alongside a new distribution model and creative initiatives such as Accelerated Service Capabilities and Service Level Authorization, are the defining benchmarks of this outstanding corpor-ate citizen.V

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Fuel, Drugs & Credit Cards

By DaWN trueLL

Warning, be care-ful using your credit cards

when paying for security seals. I personally have felt the wrath. If you order online or call in an order, have it invoiced to you or your company. Otherwise you will end up paying a whole lot more than just the price of the seals! Improperly manufactured seals made in China which claim to be C-TPAT com-pliant are actually not, and billing and collecting are

more than what is actually owed. Also, seals for the transportation industry that legally meet the C-TPAT PAS ISO 17712-2012 standard are rare. In fact we are finding knock offs all over the place. Please be aware of not only the product that you are buy-ing, but also of the com-pany you are buying from. For advice on this matter contact me, I’ll give you the true facts.

Fuel costs. We are all aware that petroleum is being drilled off shore on the East Coast of Can-ada, in Fort McMurray, Alberta and in Medicine Hat, Alberta, so why are our fuel prices so high? Our petroleum gets piped down to the U.S.A. then gets shipped back up to Canada. Why? We dig the crude oil out of the ground here, we refine it here, then we ship it to the U.S.A. through the pipelines, then we have it

shipped back to Canada in fuel trucks to sell to us at a much higher cost. What is the real reason that we cannot keep our own oil here for our own use?

Ask the Politicians. The average cost now to fill-ing a transport truck with diesel fuel is $1115.50, so you can see why the shipping costs are so high. At 12:01 am on February 1, 2014, the price of gas went up another 4 cents per litre, pushing the gas pump prices from $135.5 to $136.7 cents per litre. Diesel prices went up 6 cents per litre and home heating oil, including fur-nace and stove oil, also increased by 6 cents per litre. The highest prices on diesel will be noticed in Montreal, Quebec, at $158.9 cents per litre.

Truck driver admits to smuggling Cocaine. Parminder Sidhu, owner of Prime 9 trucking com-pany, pled guilty in Buffalo

last week for his involve-ment in a cross border smuggling ring in which millions of dollars worth of drugs were smuggled across the Canada/U.S. border. Sidhu, a 39-year old Brampton man, was caught carrying over 5 kilograms of cocaine. He faces 10 years to life in prison and a $10,000,000 fine. Sidhu’s trucks had se-cret compartments which enabled drivers to smug-gle thousands of pounds of cocaine into Canada from the U.S. Law enforce-ment has linked Sidhu and his company of smug-gling 1,617 kilograms of cocaine from California to New York, then into Can-ada. Two other men who drove for Sidhu’s company were also found carrying cocaine inside their trucks as well. Ravinder Arora and Michael Bagri both pled guilty and are also from the Toronto area.

Two truck drivers and

one trucking company in Montreal, Quebec were charged with carrying 30,000 kilograms of loose tobacco in their trailers at St-Armand, Philipsburg and Standsead, Quebec. Believe it or not, tobacco smuggling is linked to organized crime. Hmm, imagine that! Eric Landry was caught at the Stand-stead border on Highway 55. His haul was 14,775 kilograms of loose tobac-co in 132 boxes. Beaulieu and the company were caught at the Saint-Ar-mand and Philipsburg bor-

der with 14,369 kilograms of loose tobacco in 132 boxes. All were charged with smuggling and mak-ing false statements and are awaiting sentencing.

For information re-garding anti smuggling, ant i human traf f ick-ing and anti terrorism initiatives such as PIP, FAST, C-TPAT, please contact Dawn Truell of Cross Border Services at 905.973.9136, email dawntruell@gmail.com, visit www.crossborder-services.org, www.c-tpat-certified.com.V

6 March 2014

Simple Solutions to Complex ProblemsBy Bruce sayer

How do you sur-vive in business? You solve prob-

lems every day. It’s a well-known fact that run-ning a trucking business is far from easy. In fact, most days a trucking company owner will tell himself the same thing: “there’s got to be a bet-

ter way to make money.” One of the most constant and pressing challenges in the Transportation Industry is maintaining ongoing reliable cash flow. Without it, keep-ing your trucks on the road and pulling freight is next to impossible. So how do you solve this particular problem? You

find a trusted advisor with in-depth industry knowledge and access to financial tools to assist your efforts.

It’s the million dollar question. “How do I earn a dollar when it costs me 50 cents up front and all I have is a dime?” The an-swer is easy, leverage the financial strength of your

credit-worthy customers to get cash up front and get paid the same day you deliver. It’s a simple solution offered by a se-lect few factoring com-panies that specialize in the trucking industry.

Factoring invoices to get immediate operat-ing capital is a common business strategy that

is century’s old. In our modern world of fuel ex-penses, equipment main-tenance costs, insur-ance fees, payroll and so much more, converting Accounts Receivables into instant cash is more prevalent today than at any other time.

The myth that factoring is “expensive” is begin-ning to fade as the new-est breed of factoring companies strive to earn your trust with value added services and cost saving measures. To en-sure you are getting the most value, be sure you deal with a Factoring c o m p a n y t h a t t r u l y understands the needs of the trucking industry. A good Factoring com-pany that understands your pain as a truck-ing company owner will have not just one service to ease your financial stress, but many. For instance, Load Advance is a financial product designed to provide oper-ating capital when it is most needed; while the freight is in transit. This unique funding solu-tion, advancing you up to 50% of the contract amount, is provided to

enable trucking compan-ies to pay for immediate expenses such as fuel, payroll and the ongoing operating expenses of a growing trucking busi-ness. Once your driver picks up freight, submit your load confirmation to the factoring company and receive your advance often the same day. When combined with factoring, a single truck can now generate income and produce immediate fi-nancial returns all over a 24 hour period.

Freight transportation is a complex world with slim margins and stiff competition. To survive you need to offer the best price for the safe, dependable delivery of freight. Operating a fleet of equipment and drivers to meet these demands requires skill, dedication and access to ongoing reliable funds. Make sure you contact a Factoring company tha t l i ves , breaths and talks truck-ing as well as you do.

For more information about factoring and con-venient cost saving ser-vices for the trucking industry, visit www.Ac-cutracCapital.com.V

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Engine Manufacturers Set Sights on Higher Efficiencies, Lower Emissions

By Marek krasuski

In late 2013, lead-ing manufacturers of heavy duty commercial

truck engines met in Chi-cago to discuss industry related topics such as fuel efficiency, emission reduc-tions, diesel fuel speci-fications and regulatory policies. Meeting Chair and Cummins CEO, Tom Linebarger, highlighted, among other things, ad-vances in engine produc-tion. “Over the last decade engine and vehicle manu-facturers have success-fully reduced emissions to near zero levels. Having developed technologies to reduce criteria emissions, commercial engine and vehicle manufacturers are now focused on improv-ing energy efficiency and reducing greenhouse gas emissions to better serve our customers and im-prove the global environ-ment.”

To this end new builds are becoming more re-fined, equipped with the latest advancements. Cummins Inc., a global leader in the manufacture of engines and related technologies, is working on the development of larger natural gas engines capable of pulling heavier loads over longer dis-tances. For example, the company has lent its sup-port to a major dairy, Fair Oaks Farms, which has been successfully gener-ating compressed natural gas (CNG) by converting cow manure through a process known as an-aerobic digestion. Each

day 1.5 million gallons of cow manure are col-lected from 30,000 cows and converted into nat-ural gas which powers the Dairy’s fleet of Cum-mins Westport natural gas engines that deliver milk to Indiana, Kentucky and Tennessee. About 2 million gallons of diesel fuel is saved each year by the conversion process. Originally powered by the 8.9 liter ISL G engine, the dairy’s fleet has been recently converted to the 12 litre ISX12 G engine in order to meet the need for longer hauls. Cummins is currently working on the development of even larger natural gas engines in anticipation that as the number of fuelling sta-tions increases, demand for the product will grow.

Cummins is no stranger to natural gas engines. Over 34,000 are in use worldwide today, 10,000 of which are the indus-try leading ISL G, first introduced in 2007. The company says that its engines benefit from ultra low emissions, excellent torque, fuel efficiency, performance, reduced engine noise and environ-mental impact. Cummins natural gas engines have ratings which range from 250 to 400 hp in the North American on-highway ISL G and ISX12 G ver-sions. On-highway diesel North American engines range from 200 to 600 hp. This line-up includes the ISB6.7, ISL9, ISX12 and the ISX15 models.

Cummins also sup-plies Volvo with ISL G and ISX12 G natural gas-powered engines.

Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) and Liquified Nat-ural Gas (LNG) powered engines are used for local and regional haul applica-tions in Volvo’s VNM and VNL series trucks. Volvo installs the D13-DME for long haul applications. DME denotes dimethyl

ether, a manufactured compound rather than a natural alternative fuel. DME is colorless, odour-less and tasteless, and can be produced from natural gas, an abundant natural resource. Signifi-cantly, it produces no soot and will not require a diesel particulate filter (DPF). In addition to lower fuel costs, the elimination of after treatment com-ponents saves weight on chassis and greenhouse gas emissions are lowered by up to 20 percent less than diesel engines.

Kenworth, a PACCAR company, has been getting a lot of press lately for its 455-hp PACCAR MX-13 engine. The 13-litre engine is known for its fuel efficiency, durability, and lightweight design

and is the o n l y 13-liter class engine rated up to 1,850 lb-ft of torque. Available in Class 8 models, the MX-13 offers comparable pulling capacity and torque to the larger and heavier Cummins ISX.

MaxxForce engines power many of Inter-national’s on-highway trucks and buses. Both are owned by Navistar. The MaxxForce 13 engine boasts the ability to con-vert the highest percent-age of fuel while provid-ing a much lower engine speed than other big bore engines. This translates into less down-shifting on hills and quicker up-

shifts when accelerating. The company attributes the engine’s fuel efficiency and durability to the CG iron block construction. Because of the strength of the material, castings do not have to be as thick and heavy in order to reach durability levels of heavy duty diesel engines. Less material for this Class 8 engine results in a 500 pound weight savings over traditional big bore engines cast from gray iron. The MaxxForce 10 engine is a mid range diesel with features nor-mally found in big bore engines and offers ratings up to 350 hp and 1150 lb-ft. of torque. The Maxx-Force 7 and MaxxForce DT offer up to 350 hp; the MaxxForce 7 V8 turbo diesel is designed for the

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and includes a high pressure common-rail fuel system, dual se-quential turbochargers, and the lightweight com-pacted graphite (CG) iron block.

International has in-stal led the Cummins Westport ISL G as the alternative fuel engine technology for the Inter-national TranStar. This compressed natural gas (CNG) alternative offers up to 320 hp and 1,000 lb.-ft. of torque. The highly man-euverable TranStar boasts the tightest turning radius on the road.

Caterpillar, meanwhile, has introduced the CT series of engines in its vocational trucks. The

company says the en-gines’ heavy duty, high performance character-istics deliver maximum horsepower/torque com-binations suited for harsh work environments. En-gines can be spec’d for specific applications such as dump truck, concrete mixers, waste carriers and heavy haulers. Engine blocks are made of lighter compacted graphic iron (CGI) providing up to 500 pounds of weight savings.

Detroit Diesel has modi-fied its DD 15 engine for long haul and heavier duty applications, producing “the most fuel efficient, low maintenance truck on the road today,” the company claims. It has redesigned the proprietary asymmetric turbocharger for improved perform-ance over previous it-erations, introduced a fuel system that extends regeneration intervals, and introduced a piston design that improves fuel economy. More infor-mation is available at www.demanddetroit.com. In addition, quick and efficient power is

achieved by a fuel system that works in tandem with updated electronic engine controls that create opti-mal combustion.

Hino Motors represents the Toyota Group in the global market for medium and heavy-duty trucks and buses. Hino 2014MY Conventionals come with standard 5 year, 250,000 mile warranties; 2014MY Cab-overs have a 5 year, 175,000 mile extended warranty. Coverage has been expanded to include additional components such as fuel injectors, fuel injection supply pumps and turbo chargers. The company says its common rail fuel injection provides higher pressure over the entire speed range of an engine. A more respon-sive engine and more control over fuel quantity

in the combustion cylinder are achieved. Hino en-gines use the EGR system where exhaust gases are controlled before they are reintroduced into the combustion process. Hino Motors has gained rec-ognition for its award-winning achievements. The company was one of the winners at last year’s Commercial Truck of the Year event sponsored by the American Truck Deal-ers (ATD). Hino has won the ATD medium-duty truck award three times. The company is working toward natural gas and other alternative fuels. See www.hino.com for more details.

As refinements improve and manufacturers con-tinue to “focus on im-proved energy efficiency and reducing greenhouse gas emissions”, in the words of Cummins CEO Tom Linebarger, natural gas engines are likely to top the list of advan-cements, especially in view of President Barak Obama’s recent State of the Union address that clearly supports the tran-sition from oil to natural gas in cars and trucks. The President stated, “…natural gas, if extracted safely, is the bridge fuel that can power our econ-omy with less of the car-bon pollution that causes climate change...I’ll cut red tape to help states get those factories built, and this Congress can help by putting people to work building fueling stations that shift more cars and trucks from foreign oil to American natural gas”.

The relatively cheap and plentiful supply of this natural fuel, coupled with government support will likely accelerate the shift of engine manufactur-ers toward natural gas alternatives, particularly as the network of fuelling stations spreads across North America.V

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stephen Manley (right) with his brother allen in 1989 standing beside his first service truck.

Continuous Growth Marks Manley Tire as Major Retreader & Service ProviderBy Marek krasuski

It is said that every rule has an exception, and in Stephen Manley’s

case he is the exception to the famous aphorism that says, “too bad youth is wasted on the young”. As a teenager when many of that age are busy having fun, Stephen Manley was busy building a business. Accustomed to working hard on the family farm, Manley gained experi-ence changing tires and repairing farming equip-ment. Then, at 19 years old he bought his first truck and began changing and servicing tires for local businesses in his home town east of Ottawa. Some two decades later Stephen Manley has become one of the largest tire retreaders in Ontario and the biggest Canadian provider of Vipal retreads in this country.

In 2008, after an estab-lished career in tire service and sales, Manley pur-chased a defunct facility in Kingston, Ontario, to focus primarily on retreads for commercial truck tires. The decision was prompted by an understanding of busi-ness principles. “I found there was a niche market where I could provide qual-ity services at competitive prices,” he said. In the six years since he established Manley Tire Retreading, his instincts and hard work have yielded significant benefits.

Today, Manley Tire, located at 18 St. Remy Place in Kingston, boasts a 50,000 square foot facil-ity with 30,000 square feet for shipping, receiving and warehousing and 20,000 dedicated to the retread plant. A building of this size is able to house all in-ventory indoors and under a controlled environment. Significantly, the pledge to provide service and cost ef-fective pricing is evidenced in the company’s impres-sive year-after-year growth

rate of 25 percent.Manley Tire performs

two primary services: it re-treads customers’ tires and sells rebuilt tires. A large inventory of heavy duty truck tires means that most sizes are readily available on site with multiple tire grades and tread patterns. In addition, Manley Tire will repair off-road tires for backhoes, graders, skid steers. Customers can also look forward to a credit on any number of casings they tender. Alternatively, their own casings can be rebuilt on site.

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This company’s abiding commitment to service is further demonstrated in its expanding service area. Each week, or when de-mand warrants, the com-pany dispatches trucks as far west as London, east to Montreal and north to Pembroke to collect cas-ings from fleets, dealers, retailers and wholesalers. Once at the Kingston retread centre the tires undergo a rigorous re-building process beginning with an initial inspection to scan for imperfections. Tires are then buffed to remove any remaining old tread surface and dam-aged spots are cleaned and repaired so that cas-ings are restored to their original strength. Later, a

new tread supplied by the company’s retread rubber supplier, Vipal, is applied to the tire. A curing process follows during which the bonding rubber is trans-formed from a plastic to an elastic state, thereby creat-ing a fused bond between the tire and the tread. A final inspection follows to ensure that workmanship meets the highest stan-dards of quality control.

Manley summarizes the importance of the pro-cess. “This lengthy method ensures that each sta-tion has its own function so that every tire meets our quality control bench-marks.” A week later, or upon customer request, the retreaded tires are re-turned, usually in one of the company’s 53-foot trailers equipped with side doors and power tailgates, or by straight truck. (Man-ley Tire maintains two trailers dedicated solely to retread runs; this in addi-tion to another 10 trail-ers, two tractors, and two straight trucks.)

Stephen Manley claims that retreads are as good as, and sometimes superi-or to new tires. In addition to a meticulous retreading process, tire quality is as-sured by the pre-pressed rubber delivered in mul-tiple tread patterns by the Brazilian-based supplier, Vipal, Manley Tire’s pri-mary rubber provider. Vipal

Rubber is a leading tire re-treading manufacturer and offers a complete product line. From pre-cured treads to a variety of camelback models and across gums, adhesives, and accessor-ies, every item used in retreading is designed, tested, and manufactured under the company’s pro-prietary technology. A visit to the Kingston provider’s website, www.manleytire.ca, lists over 20 Vipal tread patterns and applications to choose from.

Key to an impressive annual growth rate is reli-ability. Stephen Manley explains: “Service is num-ber one. When we pick up casings for retreading, we return them on the date promised, no later. We back up to their dock and unload the tires in the same place from where we picked them up. Everything is complete and organ-ized.” But service, Man-ley continues, is ongoing. “After a sale we continue to advise our clients about tread pattern changes, warranties and other con-cerns.” Manley also offers rim refinishing and com-plete scrap tire services. “Anyone can sell tires but we are there to service our customer’s tires needs.”

Beyond a strong commit-ment to service, Stephen Manley relies on a cadre of trusted employees. “I would be nowhere without

the quality of the people supporting me. Many of my employees have up to 30 years experience re-treading tires. Their level of expertise, whether advis-ing on specific tread pat-terns or ensuring that the tire rebuild meets the most exacting standards, means a lot to our customers,” he said. Indeed, as customers benefit from exceptional service and product value, their referrals attract even more clients into an ex-panding network of service relationships. In 2008 Man-ley Tire employed three people. Today, the com-pany has 23 employees on board; 12 professionals dedicated to retreading and the remainder em-ployed as drivers, sales reps and office staff.

Standing alongside a dedicated staff is a team of suppliers also commit-ted to product value and service. “We appreciate our suppliers and know that

without their expertise and contribution we couldn’t do such as good job,” Man-ley continued.

D e s p i t e e c o n o m i c challenges, particularly in 2008/2009, the com-pany remains committed to regular investments in technology, employee training and business de-velopment, another prac-tice that contributes to its significant growth rate.

In just six years Manley Tire has grown into a ma-jor national tire retreader. Product quality, ongoing investment, employee and supplier support, credit programs and excellent customer service together have distinguished this company as a major tire service provider.

For more information, visit Manley Tire at 18 St. Remy Place, Kin-ston, Ontario, K7K 6C4, or call 613.546.8473, fax 613.546.0101, www.man-leytire.ca.V

today, Manley tire boasts a 50,000 square foot facility with

30,000 square feet for shipping, receiving & warehousing

and 20,000 dedicated to the retread plant.

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For Long Lasting Retreads, Don’t Buy According to Price

By harvey BrODsky

Even though all fleet retread tire buy-ers want to get the

most for their tire invest-ment, using price as the main consideration will more often than not prove to be an expensive mis-

take. The most important consideration is life cycle, not price.

In the long run it is far more economical to pay more for a retreaded tire that will provide a more trouble free, lower cost-per-mile result than it is to buy a lower priced “bargain” retread that can wind up costing more per mile.

However, in order to know the true costs of running retreads you must keep good records, and unless you do you will not be able to determine what your actual cost per mile actually is. Although we all recognize the dif-ficulty of setting up and

maintaining an accurate record keeping system, it is actually not as compli-cated as you might think. Not maintaining good records, however, is like tearing up dollar bills and throwing them out of your window as you drive down the highway.

The good news is that there is a solution. Any reputable retreader or tire dealer will be happy to help a fleet set up and maintain an accurate and easy-to-maintain record keeping system for your tires. He offers this service as a way to obtain your business. The Retread Tire Association will also be happy to explain how

to set up an easy retread record keeping system.

Obviously, a top quality retread will have a higher initial cost than a “bar-gain” retread. However, the top quality retread will deliver more trouble free miles, leading at the end of the day to a lower cost per mile! But there are more subtle savings such as less down time for changing tires and fewer on-road tire failures. A higher quality retread usually has fewer work-manship problems than a cheaply built tire.

The Retread Tire As-sociation is devoted to providing information about retreaded tires and

proper tire maintenance for all tires to trucking fleets and others inter-ested in learning more about how to find top quality retreaders, and how to arrange retread plant tours, the best way to convince yourself that retreads should be a part of your tire program. There are many top qual-ity retreaders in Canada and they always welcome visitors because they are proud of what they do. Once you see for yourself how much care goes into producing a top qual-ity retread we promise you will come away a believer!

For more information,

including a free Informa-tion packet and video about retreading, or to have us set up a retread plant tour for you, con-tact the Retread Tire As-sociation by telephone to 831.646.5269 or by email to info@retreadtire.org. You will be glad you did, and so will your tires.

F ina l ly, I ’m Harvey Brodsky and I have been driving on retreads in my personal vehicles for nearly 40 years. In all these years, with the ex-ception of two flat tires caused by driving over nails, I have never had a tire problem. I drive the talk and am proud that I do!V

Goodyear to Announce 31st Highway Hero atMid-America Trucking Show

Akron, Ohio – The Goodyear Ti re & Rubber Com-

pany (NASDAQ: GT)  will announce the winner of the 31st Goodyear North America Highway Hero Award on Thursday, March 27, during the Mid-Amer-ica Trucking Show (MATS) in Louisville, Kentucky.

Finalists for the 31st Goodyear Highway Hero Award include a driver who rescued a two-year-old boy from a flame-en-gulfed car, a trucker who rescued a teenage driver who was trapped in a car at the bottom of a ravine, a driver who used his truck’s boom crane to flip an upside-down vehicle that was stuck in a pond, and a trucker who rescued another driver who had fallen from a burning rig that was hanging over the side of a highway over-pass.

“The Goodyear High-way Hero Award recog-nizes truck drivers who

put their lives on the line to help others,” said Gary Medalis, Marketing Direc-tor, Goodyear Commercial Tire Systems. “Each of our Highway Hero finalists took action without con-cern for his own safety in order to save another per-son from a life-threatening situation.”FiNaLists FOr the 31st

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Brian Dunn, a driver from Knoxville, Tennes-see. Dunn was driving down a highway in Okla-homa when he witnessed a car crash through a guard rail and land on its roof in the middle of the road. He ran to the car as its engine caught fire. Running back to his truck to grab a fire extinguisher, he heard a child crying. Dunn spotted a two-year-old boy who was trapped in the back seat of the burning vehicle. Braving the flames, Dunn yanked on the car’s door until it

gave way, allowing him to rescue the child, whom he then handed to by-standers. Dunn ran back to his truck for his fire extinguisher, while other bystanders tried to rescue the boy’s mother, who had driven the car. They later learned that she had died as a result of the crash.

Tim Horton, a driver from Sheridan, Arkansas. Horton was driving out-side Tuscaloosa, Alabama, when a small car passed his truck, spun around, and drove into a 35-foot-deep ravine, landing up-side down in a creek bed. The car’s driver, a teen-ager, was trapped inside the car and had suffered a large cut on his head. Hor-ton got out of his truck and flagged down the driver of another vehicle, who hap-pened to be a volunteer firefighter, to assist him. Horton and the firefighter made their way down the steep, brush-covered embankment and found

the teenager alive, but bleeding heavily. Horton cut the teenager’s seatbelt and pulled him from the car. After Horton and the firefighter stabilized the teenager’s condition, Hor-ton called for additional help. It took 10 men using a 50-foot fire ladder to transport the teenager to a waiting ambulance.

Scott Rosenberg, a driv-er from Isanti, Minne-sota. Rosenberg had just dropped off a load in Still-water, Minnesota, when he spotted a pickup truck that was upside down in a pond, with steam rising from it. At the time, Rosen-berg was driving a trailer with a boom crane used for loading heavy concrete products. Acting quickly, he positioned his crane in place, hoping to flip the pickup truck over and back onto its wheels. In the meantime, two other men had reached the pick-up and were trying to pry its doors open, to no avail.

Using his crane, Rosen-berg turned the pickup right-side up. Its driver, a college student who had fallen asleep at the wheel, was still alive. Police then arrived and pulled the student from the vehicle.

Ivan Vasovic, a driver from Rancho Cucamonga, California. Vasovic was at a stop sign when he witnessed a double tanker truck hit the concrete div-ider of a freeway overpass, careen off a wall, and slam into a guard rail. Its tanks, which were full of diesel, ripped open and the truck came to a stop with its tractor and first tanker hanging over the side of the overpass. The truck’s driver was trapped inside and was trying to exit when the diesel ignited. The driver, now on fire, kicked out a window, slid down the truck and fell 20 feet to the ground, break-ing his arm and leg. By that point, the suspended truck was engulfed in flames.

Vasovic and another by-stander tried to pull the driver to safety. However, due to the intense heat, they could only drag him a few yards at a time. Vas-ovic ran to his truck and poured water on himself, which enabled him to drag the driver 20 yards away from his original position. Moments later, the en-tire burning tanker truck crashed to the ground.

Trucking industry jour-nalists are now evaluating the above finalists. The driver who is named the 31st Goodyear Highway Hero will receive a special ring, a $5,000 award and a congratulatory plaque. Each of the other finalists will receive a cash prize and a plaque.

Established in 1983, the Goodyear Highway Hero Award honors profession-al truck drivers who put themselves in harm’s way to help others as they trav-el the highways and roads of North America.V

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CSA Impacts on Drivers & Law Enforcement Explored

Arlington, Virginia - The American Transportation

Research Institute (ATRI), the trucking industry’s not-for-profit research organ-ization, recently released Compliance, Safety Ac-countability: Assessing the New Safety Measurement System and Its Implica-tions - 2013 Update. This is the first in a new ser-ies of ATRI white papers covering a multitude of research topics critical to the trucking industry.

This white paper ex-pands on ATRI’s previ-ous CSA impacts research among commercial drivers and enforcement person-nel.  Approximately 7,800 driver responses were analyzed over a three-year period examining percep-tions, attitudes and know-

ledge of CSA. In addition, ATRI partnered with the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance to obtain a base-line level of enforcement personnel knowledge of CSA.

On average, drivers responded to the CSA knowledge test with 42.4 percent accuracy, sug-gesting that after three years of implementation drivers do not have a clear understanding of CSA. However, on a more positive note carrier-pro-vided CSA training has increased steadily since 2011. Furthermore, driver job security concerns due to CSA have decreased by almost 10 percent over the three-year period.

Among enforcement personnel, respondents performed with 66.5 per-

cent accuracy on the CSA knowledge test.

ATRI is expanding on this study’s findings by investi-gating driver CSA training content and frequency and the relationship these variables have to CSA knowledge.  In addition, the enforcement person-nel results provide a plat-form for further evaluation of enforcement personnel CSA knowledge and the potential impacts this may have on enforcement ac-tivities.

ATRI is the trucking industry’s 501(c)(3) not-for-profit research organ-ization. It is engaged in critical research relating to freight transportation’s essential role in main-taining a safe, secure and efficient transportation system.V

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FITZY – The Winter from Hell!By peter FitzgeraLD

I have been driving for decades and in my opinion this winter

has been ridiculous. I’ve been an advocate of sev-eral principles in surviv-ing as an operator. The first has always been to have a minimum of three months (preferably six months) of operating ex-penses in savings. If cash gets below three months, panic should drive the savings back to the norm. Preparation for cash flow swings is normal in busi-ness and critical in truck-ing. Margins are always better in summer than in winter, so the summer is for saving, winter is for surviving.

Has anyone noticed the wind this winter? We’ve had serious north winds, followed by short but ser-ious south winds blowing snow, drifts and ice like never before. It’s been abnormally hard, harsh and almost always in my face. One would assume

the chances for a tailwind is 50/50. If my ratio is 80 head, 20 tail, someone else (maybe you read-ing this article) has been saving some serious fuel expenses this winter. Can a brother spare a dime?

This winter has also been cold – not just un-comfortably cold but stu-pidly cold. The prairies (where I often travel) started at 35 below in early December, and ex-cept for a few blasts of south winds, stayed there through the writing of this article and beyond.

Equipment doesn’t oper-ate normally at prolonged sub-zero temperatures, neither do my fingers. Iron loses half its strength at every 10 degree drop below zero. At 40 below, iron can sometimes snap like a twig. The longer and colder it gets, the probability of breakdowns increases at an alarming rate.

Storms, storms, storms! Storms this winter have

shut down more highways and caused more lay-overs, accidents and lost revenue than I can ever remember. Not just in the normal locations but in Georgia, North Carolina, and New York. Not just snow but ice … not just some ice, but enough for tens of thousands of curl-ing rinks (in honour of the Olympics I suppose). This isn’t global warming but global cooling. My natural reaction is to go out and burn a barrel of coal (for both immediate warmth as well as the saving of the environment).

I have a few words for the global EPA “man-made global warming” ad-vocates. Please publically apologize for your erro-neous theories. The real power over the weather could flick on a volcano and spew more CO2 tox-ins into the atmosphere than 100 Chinas could. If you would please apolo-gize publically so the real temperature controller

would stop having to prove you guys wrong by freezing our tailpipes off, we would all appreciate it.

Did anyone realize dur-ing the holiday season that both Christmas day and New Years were on a Wednesday? Pick-ups and drops (especially in decks) often need three consecutive days. When both holidays are on Wed-nesday the probability of layovers is nearly perfect. This holiday season pretty well wrote off two whole weeks.

Yet I prepared. I was very confident of my abil-ities. I even bought tick-ets for a cruise to the Caribbean. I booked it just before winter at a steal of a deal. However, I have too much winter left to be weathered out and last summer’s prep-aration now appears to be insufficient. If my two kids would not be looking forward to it as much as

they are, I’d sell the trips on eBay.

If I wouldn’t have had such a good accountant who saved me from taxes again this year I may have had to flip burgers at our local fast food joint.

But now it’s March and almost past the winter freeze, I hope. It’s time to gear up for the summer margins. One more time, if we prepare we should survive again.

Peter Fitzgerald lives in Steinbach, Manitoba, an Owner Operator haul-

ing specialty flat deck. He contributes on be-half of Making Your Miles Count productions. You can view his articles and other free visual and POD cast resources at thrcon-sulting.ca. Peter’s e-mail address is peter@thrcon-sulting.ca. THR Consult-ing Group Inc. is an ac-counting and consulting firm specializing in Lease/Owner Operators. You can further research re-lated topics at thrconsult-ing.blogspot.com or call at 877.987.9787.V

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How to Pick an Advisor

By LiNa DeMeDeirOs

The Role of the Advisor: Some of the best advisors

across the country gather each year to help one an-other ensure that their role is understood not only by the general public but by the advisor as well.

In the past, most advisors were taught to sell prod-ucts and answer objec-tions. They do their very best to sell a product or service to meet a client’s needs. The best advisors do not sell products, they sell their ability to listen and to ask the right questions to help you achieve your personal or business goals.

No one understands your personal and/or business goals better than you as a business owner. You understand your potential risks as well as your poten-tial long term needs, your wishes for your family in the event of the inevitable health problem, disabil-ity, or death. The role of the good advisor is to lis-ten carefully, ask the right questions and ensure you have the right products to meet your goals or wishes.

The advisor who is able to listen and position your case does not focus on price; rather the solution is to address your risks.

Do you understand the balancing act of health care costs, the expense to your family at death, the consequences of taxes, and the risk of sickness or acci-dent? How will this impact you and your retirement goals? Do you see yourself retiring or will you continue to work to age 70? What would you like to see hap-pen in the event of these

unfortunate scenarios? We can protect you from these possibilities by measuring your wants in relation to the various insurance prod-ucts available.

The advisor, like every lawyer, doctor or account-ant understands the gen-eral concepts but may need to turn to a colleague, prod-uct manual or insurance company expert for more

specific guidance. Simi-larly, as with the lawyer, doctor or accountant, a broker sources available solutions; in this case the various products offered by select insurance com-panies.

An advisor’s role is never to focus on price, instead solutions are found based on individual needs.

Implementing appropri-

ate and relevant products in the transportation in-dustry is intended to ad-dress the needs of many small business owners in order to offset risks to their company. The role of the advisor is to personalize solutions.

So, the next time you are approached by an advisor, focus on their ability to convert your wants and

needs to fall in line with your overall objectives.

For more information on this article or others, visit us at www.lmdinsur-ance.ca or contact us dir-ectly via email or phone at 416.748.9992.

Reference: Canada Sales Congress 2013, guest speakers see www.can-adasalescongress.ca/gala.V

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Reorganized & Renamed

Groeneveld Group B V i s g o i n g to combine al l

its activities under the “Groeneveld” name, with each activity linked to the respective division.

GreenCat, specializing in IT and telematics solu-tions for road transport, will continue under the name “Groeneveld ICT Solutions”. Groeneveld Transport Efficiency, spe-cializing particularly in automatic lubrication and Oilmaster oil manage-ment systems, will con-tinue worldwide under the name “Groeneveld Lu-brication Solutions”. This means that all activities of the Groeneveld Group will be brought under the same flag and it will be clear what the main activities of the various divisions comprise.

Since the Cat4 activities were spun off early 2013

GreenCat has focused ex-plicitly on Roadrunner TMS, Visual Planner and telematics solutions for road transport. The new approach also increased the desire to emphasize the renewed focus with a new name. It was there-fore logical to make use of the strong name that Groeneveld has in the market. GreenCat there-fore continues as Groen-eveld ICT Solutions, a division of Groeneveld International. What re-mains is the philosophy of offering carriers one-stop shopping in terms of transport-related ICT, from the famous RoadRunner transport management system and Visual Plan-ner, if necessary extended with business intelligence software, to the modern ATX Android on-board computer with the neces-sary peripherals.V

16 March 2014

Navistar Sweeps 2014 ATD Truck of the Year Honours

New Orleans, Lou-isiana – Navistar swept the com-

petition during the annual American Truck Dealers (ATD) Convention and Ex-position in New Orleans with the International® ProStar® with Cummins ISX15 engine with se-lective catalytic reduc-tion (SCR) named “2014

Heavy-Duty Commercial Truck of the Year” and the International® Ter-raStar® 4x4 named “2014 Medium-Duty Commer-cial Truck of the Year.”

“It is an honor to be recognized this year with both the 2014 ATD Heavy-Duty and Medium-Duty Commercial Truck of the Year titles,” said

Bill Kozek, President of North America Truck and Parts for Navistar. “Be-ing recognized in both these categories proves International is back with great product offerings.”

Judged by a panel of journalists from lead-ing truck publications in North America, Truck of the Year is selected based

on a number of criteria, including innovation and design, safety, and driver and owner satisfaction. For the Heavy-Duty cat-egory, the Class 8 Inter-national ProStar beat out the Kenworth T880 Vo-cational Truck with PAC-CAR MX-13 engine and Peterbilt Model 579. The TerraStar 4x4 beat out the

Hino 195h-DC, Kenworth Class 6 K370 Cabover and Peterbilt Model 220 for Medium-Duty Truck of the Year.

International ProStar with Cummins ISX15 en-gine: 2014 ATD Heavy-Duty Commercial Truck of the Year

Re-introduced in De-cember 2012 with SCR, the International ProStar with Cummins ISX15 of-fers aerodynamic innova-tions for improved fuel economy and support from the industry’s lar-gest and most capable dealer service network. Offering ratings up to 550 horsepower and 1850 lb.-ft. of torque, the ISX15 engine’s variable geom-etry turbocharger enhan-ces response and control with electric actuation for infinite adjustment, providing exact boost at any rpm.

At its heart, the ProStar is a driver’s truck. The vehicle features the same benefits that have always made it a driver favorite. For example, a one-piece, aerodynamic wraparound windshield, sloped hood and lower placed instru-ment panel ensure driv-ers have an unparalleled view of the road. The ProStar also carries a number of features like a 4-point, air-over-strut cab suspension, a combina-tion of on-and-off center steering, a wide-track front axle and auto-like steering for superior ride and handling.

International TerraStar 4x4: 2014 ATD Medium-Duty Commercial Truck of the Year

The TerraStar 4x4 gives work truck buyers a wide range of commercial duty features while sharing the same rugged, durable and hardworking DNA as the medium-duty Inter-national® DuraStar®. Designed to last twice as long as competitive models, the TerraStar 4x4 offers high strength, low-allow frame rails at 80,000 PSI and includes

a severe service transfer case from Fabco, a leader in all-wheel drive transfer cases and steer-drive axles for medium and heavy-duty vehicles. Due to the uniquely robust de-sign of Fabco’s gear-driv-en TC-28 transfer case, TerraStar 4x4 owners will have vehicle capabilities exceeding other Class 4 and 5 truck offerings in the market.

Powered by the 300 horsepower, 660 lb.-ft. torque 6.4 liter Maxx-Force® 7 engine, the compacted graphite iron (CGI) engine block pro-vides added strength, while a commercial-duty Allison® Optimized 1000 Series transmission, in-cluding the available 1350 model, optimizes power output.

The TerraStar features the International Dia-mond Logic® electrical system, one of the most advanced electrical multi-plexing architectures available in commercial trucks. Diamond Logic maximizes ease of body integration and helps de-liver a number of smart, customizable features for added convenience and safety – such as auto-mated pre-trip inspec-tions, headlights on with wipers, interlocks, pro-grammable switches and more depending on the application.

Additional information about Navistar Inter-national Corporation is available at www.Navis-tar.com.

*All marks are trade-marks of their respective owners.

aBOut atD

Founded in 1970, the ATD (American Truck Dealers) division of the Nat ional Automobi le Dealers Association is the only organization representing dealers sell-ing new medium – and heavy-duty trucks in the United States. More than 2,200 members of ATD re-ceive full association ser-vices from NADA.V

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Volvo Trucks to Again Recognize Safest North American Fleets with Annual Safety Award

Volvo Trucks will once again recog-nize North Amer-

ica’s safest fleets with the Volvo Trucks Safety Award. Two fleets with the safest driving records and top safety programs will receive the annual award and $25,000 to be used toward their safety-related activities.

“Safety is a top issue each year for Volvo Trucks and the entire indus-try,” said Göran Nyberg, President, Volvo Trucks North American Sales & Marketing. “It’s no coinci-dence that Volvo trucks are known for their ex-ceptional safety features – it’s by design. The Volvo cab, safety cage and other passive safety features

are in place to protect drivers, and our port-folio of integrated active safety technologies, like Volvo Enhanced Cruise and standard Volvo En-hanced Stability Technol-ogy, benefit all motorists. Safe trucking operations are also by design, so we’re pleased to again recognize the best per-formers.”

Volvo Trucks will again be joined by Michelin America Truck Tires in sponsoring the annual award. Now in its sixth year, the Volvo Trucks Safety Award highlights the importance of high-way safety for the trucking industry and the motoring public. Michelin has been a supporting sponsor of

the award since 2010.“Michel in Americas

Truck Tires is proud to help sponsor the Volvo Trucks Safety Award,” said Mike Cain, Michelin Americas Truck Tires Vice President of original equipment. “This award embodies the commitment to safety that is shared by both Volvo Trucks and Michelin and we are thrilled to again participate in recognizing the safest truck fleets in North America.”

The Volvo Trucks Safety Award is open to all U.S. and Canadian fleets oper-ating at least five Class 8 units. Fleets must have at least one Volvo tractor in operation to be eligible for the award. Entrants will be ranked by their

accident frequency rates. Participating fleets will also be judged on their accident prevention ac-tivities.

The deadline for entry is July 31, 2014. The award winners will be announced during the American Trucking As-sociations’ Management Conference & Exhibition in October 2014. The two grand prizes will be awarded to the fleets with the best records in two divisions based on annual vehicle miles traveled: less than 20 million miles and more than 20 million miles.

Complete rules and entry forms are avail-able at www.volvotrucks.us.com/safetyaward.

Tidewater Transit Co., Inc. of Kinston, North Carolina received the 2013 Volvo Trucks Safety Award in the over 20 mil-lion miles category. MCO Transport, Inc. of Wilm-ington, North Carolina won the Volvo Trucks Safety Award in the under 20 million miles category.

To view all previous Safety Award recipients, visit www.volvotrucks.com/trucks/na/en-us/fleet_safety_awards/winners.

For more in fo rma-tion, please visit www.volvogroup.com or www.volvogroup.mobi if you are using your mobile phone.V

tidewater transit of kinston, N.c. was named winner of

the 2013 volvo trucks safety award in the over 20 million

miles category.

MeritOr iNc.

Aftermarket Educational Campaign for Truck Operators

Las Vegas – Meritor Inc. (NYSE: MTOR) has launched an

educational campaign at Heavy Duty Aftermarket Week (HDAW) 2014 to help t ruck operators understand how the com-pany’s aftermarket brake products and automatic tire inflation parts en-hance safety and improve their ability to comply with federal regulations.

Meritor’s aftermarket team will share this mes-sage with truck operators in a free informational kit and industry advertis-ing. The goal is to assure trucking companies of all sizes that they’re using the right parts to ensure proper vehicle stopping power and minimize or eliminate specific Federal Motor Carrier Safety Ad-ministration (FMCSA) vio-lations. Meritor’s Drive-Force sales and service team also spoke about safety and compliance issues during meetings with fleet customers at HDAW 2014.

“We want to help truck

operators safeguard their drivers, vehicles, pro-ductivity and business by making sure their brakes and tires are up to regu-latory standards,” said Terry Livingston, General Manager, Global Product Management and Shared Services, Aftermarket & Trailer, Meritor.

Today’s commercial vehicle brakes are engin-eered to deliver enhanced s topp ing power and shorter stopping distan-ces to meet the NHTSA’s new FMVSS 121 reduced stopping distance (RSD) regulations.

Livingston emphasized that the RSD regulations generally affect tractors sold as new after 2011 and 2013 and not necessarily all vehicles currently on the road. He added that worn RSD friction must be replaced with a similarly rated friction to maintain RSD-mandated stopping power on new tractors. Meritor’s RSD-compliant friction is available on new and remanufactured brake shoes.

Meritor supplies more than 2 million cam brake assemblies annually for leading truck and trailer OEMs. The company’s portfolio of friction ma-terials has been reengin-eered to offer improved

lining life, resulting in longer intervals between maintenance and greater in-service productivity.

The Meritor Tire Infla-tion System (MTIS™) by P.S.I. also contributes to vehicle safety. MTIS by

P.S.I. harnesses a trailer’s existing air supply to keep tires fully inflated to speci-fication even when the vehicle is moving. The system extends tire life by 10 percent, increases fuel economy by 1.4 percent

and lowers maintenance costs.

For a free informa-tion kit, truck operators may contact Meritor at 888.725.9355 in the United States and 800.387.3889 in Canada.V

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The Five Segments of Washing Vehicles

By Jack JacksON

We have taken time to ana-lyze the wash-

ing of vehicles and have developed with our part-ners a simple five-point formula to apply to the total washing experience in the fleet industry.

Te m p e r a t u r e – h o t water, cold water, am-bient, temperature of vehicle, etc.

Time – labor, electric, water, fuel, dwell time of chemical, etc.

Appl icat ion – auto-matic, manual, cloth, foam, touchless, etc.

Chemicals – soap, rinse, degreaser, wax, etc.

Procedure – cleaning of organic materials, non-organic materials, water hardness, chemicals, etc.

These 5 factors all re-act together to produce either an optimal wash experience or an ineffi-cient, costly and unsatis-fied result if these ele-ments counteract each other.

The above five factors together constitute the total cost per wash of

a vehicle. By analyzing each segment of this pie we can determine areas of improvement.

Most of the cost can be surprisingly buried in the facility costs of a building where utilities, supplies and labor are lumped into “maintenance”. By segregating the wash cycle at any facility, we can help improve results by maximizing efficien-cies.

Temperature and water chemistry are very im-portant to the applica-tion of chemicals. Water with higher levels of dissolved minerals re-quires much more soap to remove dirt. Types of dirt (organic versus non-organic) require different dwell times to efficiently remove and protect the vehicle. Reverse osmo-sis will remove the dis-solved solids, however, most facilities will not put this in the system due to costs. Instead the chemical costs are sky high, costs which other-wise could have paid for an RO machine many times over.

Labor is typically one of the highest costs, how-ever, an automatic wash system should eliminate this expense. There are many times we observe an operator pushing the start button for an automatic wash system, standing there watching and waiting for the wash cycle to finish. Is this an efficient use of time and

labor?Of course, the combina-

tion of the procedure and hidden material costs likely means no-one is paying attention to these mounting expenditures. Paper towels, gloves, mops, cloths, etc. go un-noticed. Spray cans with detail finishing walk out the door.

We work with all wash

bays to eliminate waste and reduce costs by sug-gesting over and over the proper use and mixture of chemicals.

Manual application is the most costly of all systems, yet the major-ity of companies con-tinue to see this as the least expensive method. Manually applying and mixing chemicals is very

inefficient. Purchasing chemicals in RTU (ready to use) volumes is cost-ly. Why are you buying someone else’s water and having to pay for shipping costs of this water when you have the least expensive supply at your own facility? Simply purchasing concentrated chemicals with automat-ed dilution dispensers on

site will save your com-pany money.

Do you know your cost per wash?

Jack Jackson is President of Awash Systems Corp. Email: jjackson@awash-sys tems .com or ca l l 800.265.7405. Visit our website www.awash-s y s t e m s . c o m . N o r t h America’s Leader in Fleet Washing Solutions.V

20 March 2014

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LegaL Matters

Giving Clients the Straight Goods

By Mark reyNOLDs

Traffic ticket agen-cies are in the busi-ness of making a

profit the same as any other business. The dif-ference however is that in this business, the person selling the service is not in a position to make un-

realistic promises. I often have potential clients ask-ing me to tell them exactly how their matter will turn out or to give a guarantee regarding the outcome of their case. I don’t give guarantees when it comes to the result of a matter before the court. It would be unethical to claim that I could predict the outcome of every case. I usually have a pretty good idea how a matter will turn out, and most of the time I’m right. That being said, I have been in this busi-ness long enough to know that prosecutors are all

different, with different ap-proaches to different mat-ters, and just because I can get a certain resolution in one court is no guarantee that I will get the same resolution in another.

When it comes to mat-ters proceeding to trial, one Justice of the Peace, or Judge, may rule in one way, and one in another. Although I usually have a good idea what the chan-ces of success are at trial, I have lost trials that I should have won, and won trials that I should have lost. The thing to remem-ber is that we are dealing

with human beings and each one thinks differently and takes a unique ap-proach to each case.

The problem here is that in an effort to be com-petitive, and make the “sale”, some traffic ticket agencies will make predic-tions and give guarantees. There was once a very well known traffic ticket agency that used to advertise, “We Win or It’s Free”. This was of course a marketing ploy, and the “free” part of this guarantee was of course subject to a number of conditions, and seldom did anyone have their matter

represented for no cost.When you have been

charged with an offence, especially in the case of a truck driver who may have their livelihood on the line, it’s easy for a paralegal to paint a rosy picture of the outcome in order to make the sale.

Beware of unrealistic predictions when retaining a paralegal or lawyer to represent you in court. If you have doubts about the guarantee or prediction being offered by someone that you are considering hiring to represent you, get a second opinion. The

person you hire should be able to describe the ap-proach they will be taking to address your matter, and may offer some degree of the prospects of suc-cess, without guaranteeing the outcome.

I guess the thing to re-member is the old saying, “if it sounds too good to be true it likely is”.

Mark Reynolds is a for-mer truck driver, MTO en-forcement officer, provincial trainer and Enforcement coordinator and can be reached at 416.221.6888 or MarkReynolds@OTTLegal.com.V

ONtariO truckiNg assOciatiON [Ota]

MTO to Use Radar for Speed Limiter Enforcement

This spring the On-tario Ministry of Transportation will

begin equipping its patrol vehicles with radar devices to help MTO officers step-up enforcement of the province’s speed limiter requirement.

The pilot is intended to assist officers in the en-forcement of Sec. 68.1 of the Highway Traffic Act, which requires most large commercial motor vehicles to have a func-tioning speed limiting sys-tem set at 105 km/h.

MTO informs the OTA that it’s in the process of purchasing the radar units as part of a pilot program.

Multiple teams of offi-cers are expected to begin

training on the devices this April. Each region will be issued a radar unit and officers will primarily focus their enforcement on major highways with speed limits of 100 km/h.

Once MTO vehicles are equipped with radar, ob-serving officers will be able to clock commercial motor vehicles and will be able to charge any driver traveling at 115 km/h or greater for violating the province’s speed limiter law. The radar reading will be used as evidence that the speed limiter is not functioning under the “deeming pro-vision” outlined in the regulations. Officers will not lay a tampering charge strictly based on the radar

reading.Radar is meant to en-

hance the current speed limiter enforcement pro-gram so officers will also continue to use ECM read-ers to determine whether or not the speed limiter is activated.

This spring all MTO en-forcement officers will also be trained and begin to enforce specific moving violations under the High-way Traffic Act related to large commercial motor vehicles. (Officers will start to lay charges such as: im-proper lane change, failure to obey traffic signals etc.). At this time, speeding vio-lations will not be included in this training and speed-ing offences will continue

to be the responsibility of the police.

Officers will also conduct a Level I or Level 2 Com-mercial vehicle Inspection

on vehicles they observe committing an offence. As is customary, officers may stop a vehicle where they observe the violation or

may require the driver to take the vehicle to a more suitable location for safety reasons (ie: inspection station).V

22 March 2014

gOverNMeNt OF caNaDa

Inuvik to Tuktoyaktuk All-Season Road

The Government of Canada is commit-ted to promoting

social and economic de-velopment in the North and exercising arctic sover-eignty in the region. It also recognizes the importance of safe and efficient trans-portation networks and the positive impact they have on local communities and regional economies.

To help meet these goals, Prime Minister Harper par-ticipated in a groundbreak-ing ceremony marking the beginning of construction of the Inuvik to Tuktoyak-tuk all-season road in the Northwest Territories. The new highway will effect-ively extend the Demp-ster Highway from Inuvik through to the Arctic coast. He was accompanied by Bob McLeod, Premier of the Northwest Territories, Nellie Cournoyea, Chair and Chief Executive Officer of Inuvialuit Regional Cor-poration as well as Robert

Alexie Jr., President of the Gwich’in Tribal Council.

The Inuvik to Tuktoyaktuk highway involves the con-struction of a 137-kilometre gravel road, which will pro-vide year-round overland access to Tuktoyaktuk on the Beaufort Sea, currently only served by an ice road, barge or air. Once com-pleted, this historic link will connect Canada by road for the first time from sea to sea to sea.

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During the 2011 election campaign, Prime Minis-ter Harper committed to extending the Dempster Highway. In Economic Ac-tion Plan 2011, the Govern-ment of Canada committed $150 million over five years towards the construction of an all-season road between the Town of Inuvik and the Hamlet of Tuktoyaktuk, in the Northwest Terri-tories. An additional $50 million was set aside for

the Inuvik to Tuktoyaktuk highway in Economic Ac-tion Plan 2013, bringing the Government of Canada’s commitment to the project to $200 million. Canada’s commitment to the project is outlined in a signed con-tribution agreement with the Government of the Northwest Territories. Can-ada and the Government of the Northwest Territories are working together to ensure that environmental impacts of the project are managed appropriately.

The new Inuvik-Tuk-toyaktuk highway is ex-pected to be completed in 2018, and will benefit people in the Northwest Territories resulting in regional economic and social benefits. It will pro-vide more efficient trans-port of northern products and resources to southern markets, reduce the costs of onshore oil and gas exploration and develop-ment, better connecting

Northerners to high qual-ity, well-paying jobs and help bring lower cost sup-plies and materials up to northern communities and families.

In addition to strength-ening the local and ter-ritorial economies, the all-season Inuvik-Tuktoyaktuk highway will decrease the cost of living in Tuktoyak-tuk by enabling goods to be shipped year round by road.

It is estimated that nearly 2,000 jobs will be created over the four-year con-struction period, in addition to an estimated 51 perma-nent jobs after the project is completed.

The highway also pro-vides the means to exercise Canadian sovereignty by establishing a permanent transportation link to the Arctic coast, and facilitat-ing and reducing the costs associated with security-related operations in the Arctic. The highway will be constructed in a way that is respectful of the

environment.The Government of the

Northwest Territories also identified the road between Inuvik and Tuktoyaktuk as a priority and committed $99 million to its comple-tion. The Government of the Northwest Territor-ies will be responsible for the full implementation of the project, and all costs necessary for its imple-mentation over and above the $200  million federal contribution.histOry OF DeMpster

highWay

In 1958, the Canadian government of the day, which was headed by John Diefenbaker, made the historic decision to build a 671  km road through the Arctic wilderness from DawsonCity to Inuvik.

The Dempster Highway – Canada’s first all-weath-er road to cross the Arc-tic Circle – was officially opened on August 18th, 1979, at Flat Creek, Yukon. It was touted as a two-

lane, gravel-surfaced, all-weather highway that ran from the Klondike Highway near Dawson City to Fort McPherson and Arctic Red River in the Northwest Ter-ritories. It also linked with the Mackenzie Highway at a point 67 km south of Inuvik.

The highway is a unique design and construction. It sits on top of a gravel berm to insulate the permafrost in the soil underneath. The thickness of the gravel pad ranges from 1.2  metres up to 2.4 metres in some places (four feet to eight feet). Without the pad, the permafrost would melt and the road would sink into the ground.

The highway is named after a celebrated Royal Canadian Mounted Po-lice Inspector William John Duncan Dempster, who, as a young constable, fre-quently ran the dog sled trail from Dawson City to Fort McPherson, Northwest Territories.V

prime Minister stephen harper meets with workers at the groundbreaking ceremony

marking the beginning of construction of the inuvik to tuktoyaktuk highway in the Northwest

territories, effectively extending the Dempster highway through to the arctic coast.

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New Meritor Mobile Training Boosts Aftermarket Customers’ Product Knowledge

Las Vegas – Meritor Inc.’s (NYSE: MTOR) aftermarket team

unveiled mobile train-ing with two new train-ing trucks during Heavy Duty Aftermarket Week (HDAW) 2014 that will deliver onsite product and systems education to warehouse distributors, in-dependent service garages

and fleets in the United States and Canada.

Each of the Nissan high-roof NV3500 trucks, wrapped in unique Merit-or trailer decals, will of-fer hands-on training to service managers, shop supervisors, service tech-nicians, maintenance dir-ectors, drivers and dealer-fleet trainers for drive-

train and undercarriage aftermarket components. Meritor designed the train-ing trucks to meet the immediate needs of North American customers for aftermarket products and systems.

The vehicle displayed in Meritor’s booth at HDAW 2014 will begin brief train-ing sessions at customer

locations after the show concludes. The second vehicle has already begun its scheduled visits to cus-tomers.

The training schedule was compiled after Martin and Meritor’s aftermarket regional directors Keith Evans, Paul Petrie and Rick Grimm studied customer input and the training re-quests.

Meritor expects its train-ing efforts to play a key role in contributing to fleets’ safety records. The mobile training trucks will deliver instructor-led training on brakes and brake systems during 2014. A training schedule will be released in early February.

Training will cover regu-lations established by the Federal Motor Car-rier Safety Administration (FMCSA). The curriculum will include an overview of the Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards (FMVSS

121) stopping distance re-quirements, reduced stop-ping distance regulations and the new compliance and safety accountability (CSA) structure.

Both trucks are equipped with video monitors and working a i r systems boards, as well as ac-tual brake hardware. For hands-on training pur-poses, each van will have actual cam and air disc brake hardware, friction and wheel ends, air valves, air dryers, Meritor WABCO RSS stability control sys-tems, electronic diagnos-tics, automatic traction control, anti-lock brakes and collision mitigation systems.

For maximum effective-ness, the company will offer two styles of training sessions:

City-wide training with two three-hour sessions covering eight distinct brake subjects at hotels in

select major cities, con-ducted by Rick Martin

One-on-one clinics at fleets, dealerships and warehouse distributor lo-cations across the United States and Canada are conducted by DriveForce district managers.

In addition to customer care centers in Brampton, Ontario and Florence, Ken-tucky, Meritor offers after-the-sale support through www.meritorpartsonline.com, comprehensive parts catalogs, online learn-ing management system training, warranty support, order-tracking, and the Real Deal support services. Meritor continues its broad customer representation through one of the indus-try’s most comprehensive field sales/service organ-izations.

For important infor-mation, visit the com-pany’s website at meritor.com.V

Xp3 DieseL FueL eNhaNcer

New 10-in-1 Xp3 Diesel Fuel Enhancer Now Available in Canada

Île-des-Chênes, Mani-toba – Canada is start-ing to see more and

more fleet owners, truck-ers and owner operators smiling and feeling better about their businesses after they experience first-hand benefits of the new Xp3 Fuel Enhancer.

Xp3 is a non-petrol-eum based biodegradable blend of synthetic resins and organic compounds engineered to maximize the full potential of diesel by providing a more com-plete combustion of the fuel. Xp3 improves fuel economy, reduces soot, pollution and toxic emis-sions, safely and com-pletely disperses water into a burnable fuel, lu-bricates and cleans inject-ors, removes sludge and

carbon deposits, provides cold weather protection against gelling and wax-ing, improves pour point, protects against corro-sion, stabilizes fuel, pro-vides anti-algae protec-tion, is an effective bio-cide, extends engine life and reduces maintenance costs including extended oil change intervals, con-tains no abrasive, toxic or harmful compounds and does not void engine manu-facturers’ war-ranties.

B y e n h a n -cing the fuel’s c o m b u s t i o n properties, Xp3 extracts more efficiency and power out of

every combustion stroke, a more complete burn e q u a l s m o r e power gener-ated. This m e a n s b e t t e r p e r f o r m -ance, less u n b u r n t hydrocar-bons

and toxic emissions, im-proved DPF regen cycles,

reduced DEF consump-tion and increased fuel economy.

Dating back to 1989, Xp3 was created by Xp Lab Inc., in San Diego, California to treat and enhance bunker fuels used in ocean freighters and marine ships. Today, Xp3 is currently sold in over 27 countries through appointed Master Dis-tributors. In January 2014, Repstar Agencies Inc., a multi-line manufactur-

er’s rep firm from Île-des-Chênes, Manitoba se-cured Master

Distribu-tion rights to Xp3 for Canada . “ X p 3 i s a unique

and important product for many Canadian busi-nesses operating diesel powered equipment”, says Marc Palud, President of Repstar Agencies. “Be-ing able to solve 10+ fuel related problems with a non-toxic, commercial grade concentrated for-mula is both convenient and profitable for all diesel equipment users in the Canadian economy”.

Xp3 is sold through Warehouse Distributors, Dealers and Jobbers serv-ing industries and cus-tomers operating all types of diesel powered equip-ment. For more informa-tion on Xp3 and for Dealer inquiries, call Marc Palud at 800.507.4107 or email Marc@RepstarAgencies.com.V

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kiNeDyNe

New Kaptive Beam Training Video

Branchburg, New Jersey – In re-s p o n s e t o t h e

growing demand for Kinedyne’s Kaptive Beam System, Kinedyne has produced a free training video for their customers outlining the best-use tips and common misuses. The eleven-minute train-ing video will be available to all new and existing Kaptive Beam customers by special request made to Kinedyne’s National Product Manager – En-gineered Solutions, Scott Frazier. Interested cus-tomers can contact Scott Frazier through Kine-dyne’s customer service line at 800.848.6057 or customerservice@kine-dyne.com.

“As the trucking industry evolves with new chal-lenges such as the recent HOS regulations, sup-portive tools to maximize cargo space, like Kaptive Beam, are increasingly important,” says Paul Wolford, VP of Sales and Marketing at Kinedyne. “This new video shares the learnings we have ac-quired from our Solutions

Team and fleet customers over the years so that everyone can ensure they are utilizing their Kaptive Beam System to its best ability.”

The Kaptive Beam Train-ing Video includes:

1. Components of the Kaptive Beam System: A breakdown of all the parts of the Kaptive Beam System.

2. Proper and Safe Use of the Decking System: Including best use tips for ease and common errors to avoid.

3. How to Safely and Ef-fectively Load the Kaptive Beam Trailer: Covering examples of single and double track systems, how to secure oddly shaped pieces, and recommenda-tions on loading order.

4. General Maintenance of the Decking System: Featuring quick mainten-ance steps that can be completed on the road and recommendations on replacement parts to have on hand.

For more information on the Kinedyne Kaptive Beam System and to view the Sales Video vis-

it: http://tiny.cc/Kine-dyneVideoLibrary.

Why kaptive BeaM?

In the case of your trail-ers, you can gain a signifi-cant competitive advan-tage with a fast, simple, and economical way to maximize trailer cube and increase load factor. The solution, which al-lows you to achieve that, is the Kinedyne Kaptive Beam System. This is a decking system with a series of integrated, adjustable-height deck beams, spaced through-out the trailer, which can be used to create custom-ized load decks. Because it’s built into the trailer, the decking system vastly reduces the time and ef-fort needed to build a load deck – increasing productivity, while giving you the flexibility to load your customer’s freight safely and securely.

Why kiNeDyNe?

Kinedyne Corporations’ commitment to the suc-cess of our customers is our primary focus, and the support before, during and after their purchase of our Kaptive Beam System

is critical. Kinedyne will work with our customers to determine the best sys-tem for their application. We also offer a full corpor-ate training program that will help them realize the full benefit and return on their investment.

aBOut kiNeDyNe

cOrpOratiON

Founded in 1968, Kine-dyne Corporation is the world leader in manu-facturing and distributing cargo control products for the transportation indus-try. The company main-

tains the top market share in several industry sectors through the development and engineering of a high-quality product offering that includes multiple pat-ented products. Kinedyne products service users that include OEM’s, fleet operators and independ-ent owner/operators. The company serves several markets including Heavy Duty Trucking, Govern-ment and Military, Farm and Agricultural, Moving and Storage, Automotive and Recreational Vehicles.

Kinedyne is a New Jer-sey-based entity that cur-rently has facilities in four countries with a world-wide operations group that includes Kinedyne Canada Ltd. (Canada), Nantong Kinedyne Ltd. (China), and Sistemas Kinedyne, S.A. (Mexico). In 2013, Kinedyne was ac-quired by The Heico Com-panies. Heico Compan-ies have aggregate sales of more than $2 billion, and are an exceptional resource of professional services.V

Fraley & Schilling Implements TRANSFLO Mobile

Tampa, Florida – Pegasus TransTech Corp. is pleased to

announce that Fraley and Schilling, Inc. has imple-mented TRANSFLO Mobile, adding another convenient, fast and secure method for its drivers to submit docu-ments remotely.

Fraley and Schilling, Inc. operates 435 power units and eight terminal loca-tions in the eastern half of the United States. In business since 1955, the Rushville, Ind.-based flat-bed carrier offers a diverse set of services that include dry van, dry bulk tanker, warehousing and third party logistics.

For years, getting paper proof-of-delivery docu-

ments to the office to com-plete its billing and payroll process was a nuisance, recalls Chip West, Vice President. The nuisance became a real problem as the company grew.

“The more paperwork you have, the greater the chances are that you will lose it,” he said.

The company also uses TRANSFLO Express® truck stop scanning from Pegasus TransTech. With more than 950 locations throughout the U.S. and Canada, TRANSFLO Ex-press® is the largest truck stop scanning network.

Drivers simply hand their documents to a trained cashier at the fuel counter for scanning. In seconds,

the documents are sent electronically to the fleet for immediate billing and payroll pro-cessing.

As personal, mo-bile devices such as phones and tablets have flourished, the company recently im-plemented TRANSFLO Mobile to give drivers another convenient option to submit docu-ments instantly from inside or outside of the cab. Drivers can download TRANSFLO Mobile for free on their Apple or Android de-vices.

As an enterprise-grade app, TRANS-FLO Mobile has built-in

features to ensure that the quality of images remains consistently high. TRANSFLO Mo-bile instantly detects any defects with an image and will im-mediately notify the driver to retake an im-age, if necessary, prior to submission. The app also uses com-pression techniques that maintain the qual-ity of images while reducing their size.

“TRANSFLO Mobile is another easy and convenient way to take care of paper-work,” West says. “Drivers use it a lot. Overall it has been great.”

TRANSFLO Express and TRANSFLO Mobile has en-abled Fraley and Schilling, Inc. to receive documents up to five days earlier than when using manual paper-based process, he says.

“With a majority of drivers now using smart devices, TRANSFLO Mobile gives fleets the option to receive documents within minutes of delivery without hav-ing to worry about any tradeoffs in quality, reliabil-ity or security,” said Frank Adelman, President and CEO of Pegasus TransTech.

For additional informa-tion, please visit www.pegasustranstech.com, call 800.783.8649 or email info2@pegasustranstech.com.V

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ageNce Des services FrONtaLiers Du caNaDa

L’ASFC saisit 244 kg de cocaïne présumée au Port de Montréal

L’Agence des servi-ces frontaliers du Canada (ASFC) a

annoncé le 7 février 2014 que ses agents ont saisi 244 kg de cocaïne présu-mée au Port de Montréal. Les stupéfiants ont été découverts le 30  janvier dans un conteneur qui était sur un navire en prov-enance du Paraguay. À la suite d’informations reçues par des autorités internationales, l’ASFC a entrepris des recher-ches exhaustives qui ont permis l’identification du conteneur.

La marchandise dé-

clarée était de la ferraille. Cependant, une inspection aux rayons  X à l’aide de la technologie de détec-tion mobile «  HCV-M  » a indiqué la présence d’une masse dense dans le fond du conteneur. Puis, lors de la fouille du contenu, les agents des services frontaliers ont découvert 16  boîtes de métal dans lesquelles se trouvaient 244 kg de cocaïne présu-mée.

Les stupéfiants ont été re-mis à la Gendarmerie roy-ale du Canada, qui poursuit l’enquête.

Faits en bref

La saisie a été possible grâce au travail du Ser-vice du renseignement de l’ASFC, qui a effectué des recherches intensives menant au ciblage du con-teneur.

Cette saisie s’est étendue sur plusieurs jours et elle a nécessité un grand déploi-ement de ressources du Service maritime et ferrovi-aire, région du Québec.

La saisie s’est effec-tuée en collaboration avec l’Équipe nationale d’enquêtes portuaires de la GRC et le Service de police de Laval.

Il s’agit de la troisième

saisie de cocaïne présu-mée d’importance des 12  derniers mois au Port de Montréal.

En 2013, les agents des services frontaliers de l’ensemble du Canada ont effectué 9  443  saisies de stupéfiants. De ce nom-bre, on compte 323 saisies de cocaïne totalisant une quantité de 1 145 kg.

Citations«  Cette saisie d’une

énorme quantité est le résultat de l’expertise de l’ASFC ainsi que de nos partenaires locaux, natio-naux et internationaux. Elle démontre que l’ASFC

joue un rôle essentiel dans la prévention du crime au Canada et que nos agents sont constamment aux aguets en vue d’intercepter

les substances illicites. »Benoît Chiquette, direc-

teur général régional de l’ASFC, région du Québec.

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au total, 244 kg de cocaïne présumée ont été trouvés.

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GreenCat continue sous le nom de Groeneveld ICT Solutions

Groeneveld Groep B.V. va conduire toutes ses ac-

tivités sous le nom de Groeneveld, combinées à l’activité de la div-ision concernée. Green-Cat, spécialisée dans les solutions informatique et télématique pour le transport routier, poursuit

ses activités sous le nom de ‘Groeneveld ICT Solu-tions’. Groeneveld Trans-port Efficiency, notam-ment spécialisée dans la lubrification automatique et dans l’appoint d’huile Oilmaster, se présentera au niveau mondial sous le nom ‘Groeneveld Lu-brication Solutions’. De

cette manière, toutes les activités du groupe Groen-eveld seront réunies sous la même bannière et les activités principales des différentes divisions seront clairement établies.

Depuis que les activités de Cat4 sont devenues indépendantes début 2013, GreenCat met l’accent sur

Roadrunner TMS, Visual Planner et les solutions de télématique pour le transport routier. Avec cette nouvelle approche s’est également développé le besoin de souligner la nouvelle organisation avec un nouveau nom. Il était évident qu’il fallait utiliser le nom le plus solide de

Groeneveld sur le marché. GreenCat va dès lors pour-suivre ses activités sous la dénomination de Groen-eveld ICT Solutions, une division de Groeneveld International. La philoso-phie reste inchangée  : offrir aux transporteurs une solution complète dans le domaine des TIC

liée aux transports, du célèbre système de ges-tion des transports Road-Runner et Visual Planner, éventuellement accom-pagné d’un logiciel de Business Intelligence en passant par l’ordinateur de bord moderne ATX Android avec les appareils nécessaires.V

traNsWest

Remise des prix Zurich: félicitations à tous les méritants!

C’est vendredi le 13 décembre 2013 que Réal Gagnon,

p rés iden t de Trans -West, a souligné le bon travail des routiers à l’occasion de la remise des prix Zurich. Avec la participation de nos partenaires d’affaires, Zurich Canada et notre courtier d’assurances Burrowes, nous avons remis des récompenses à tous nos routiers qui ont parcourus 5 ans, 1 mil-

lion et 3 millions de kilo-mètres sans accidents.

“Nous avons 38 méri-tants!” nous annonce Réal Gagnon avec fierté. “Nous sommes heureux de vous recevoir aujourd’hui, c’est tout à votre honneur. De plus, la cérémonie est un grand succès, année après année, et nos routiers se déplacent de partout au Québec pour y assist-er. J’apprécie profondé-ment votre dévouement. Votre réel intérêt en cette

journée est très plaisant pour nous. Merci.”

Cette année, nous avons inauguré la nouvel le catégorie, “3 millions de kilomètres”, en créant un nouveau manteau d’hiver personnalisé, dont seuls les méritants pourront porter.

“C’est important pour nous de c réer ce t te récompense” souligne Guy Roy, directeur de la gestion des risques. “3 millions de kilomètres

sans accident, c’est tout un accomplissement!”

Nous avons parcouru 52 millions de kilomètres en 2013, sans aucun accident majeur. C’est une excel-lente nouvelle!

“Je voudrais remercier toute l’équipe, puisque c’est le travail de chacun d’entre nous : gestion des risques, formation, préparation des camions, équipement en bon état. Principalement, celui des routiers qui ont adopté

une conduite sécuritaire en toute circonstance”, poursuit Réal Gagnon. “Cela dit, vous faites partie d’une société qui pos-

sède de très hauts stan-dards de qualité, vous pouvez en être fier. Merci de contribuer au succès de l’entreprise.”V

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prODuits De cONsOMMatiON De carBuraNt

Un aperçu des produits conçu pour l’économie du carburantpar Marek krasuski

Les produits éco-n o m e s e n e s -sence continuent

à dominer le discours au sein de l’industrie, notam-ment à la lumière des vagues incessantes de règlementations impo-sées par les régulateurs qui exigent toujours plus d’économies. Il peut être difficile de s’y retrouver à travers toutes les promess-es des divers fournisseurs, mais au bout du compte, au vu des éventuelles économies, le jeu en vaut la chandelle. Les additifs dans les carburants sont peut-être les produits les plus litigieux, et font l’objet d’un débat agité. Leurs promoteurs affirment que, en plus d’économiser de l’essence, les additifs haut de gamme peuvent, par exemple, grandement fa-ciliter les démarrages à froid, accroître les comptes de cétane, améliorer la combustion de l’essence, et ajouter de la lubricité.

Face à ce rapport, il y a des acteurs comme la U.S Federal Trade Com-mission qui nous mettent en garde contre les écon-omies d’essence promises par les additifs d’huile et de gaz. La U.S Fed-eral Trade Commission ne croit pas aux allégations des publicitaires, qui an-noncent des économies d’essence de jusqu’à 25%. Une recherche menée par la Evironmental Protection Agancy (EPA) montre que parmi plus de 100 out-ils d’économie d’essence testés, aucun n’a aug-menté de manière signifi-cative le kilométrage. Les rapports les plus élogieux sur les outils d’économie d’essence de la part des clients satisfaits ne men-tionnent pas les autres facteurs qui auraient con-tribué aux économies, comme par exemple les conditions routières et météorologiques, le com-portement de conduite, la circulation, et l’effet de l’entretien. Certains

techniciens affirment que les bénéfices des additifs sont minimes, quoique la plupart soient en fa-veur de ceux qui éliminent l’eau. Ceux-ci n’améliorent en rien les économies, mais ils sont essentiels à l’élimination de la con-densation, faute de quoi celle-ci peut obstruer les conduites de carburant.

Les suppléments aéro-dynamiques sont devenus des facteurs clés dans la recherche des meilleurs rendements. Smart Truck est une compagnie qui promet une économie d’essence moyenne de 8,5 pourcent avec son système Undertray. De nombreuses pièces tra-vaillent en tandem pour mieux dévier les flux d’air, réduisant ainsi la traînée aérodynamique. (Voir la première de couverture dans la publication précé-dente pour une description complète des propriétés et bénéfices de Smart Truck).

Airtabs est une au-tre entreprise qui s’est bâtie une réputation en réduisant la traînée à des points critiques, notam-ment à l’interstice tracteur-remorque et à l’arrière de la remorque. Ron David-son, président de Aero-serve Technologies, fab-ricants de Airtabs dans la région d’Ottawa, affirne que les Airtabs divisent le flux aérien en des tourbil-lons à contre-rotation, répartissant ainsi l’énergie de manière plus égale. Ces dispositifs sont dé-collables et facilement attachés aux zones cibles et ne requièrent aucune charnière, platine ou au-tre forme d’attachement. Montés sur les tracteurs et les remorques aux points générateurs clés de trai-née, les Airtabs amoin-drissent la turbulence, ac-croissent la stabilité des véhicules, et réduisent la trainée en changeant la direction du flux aérien dominant. L’installation des Airtabs par une per-sonne requiert une heure

par véhicule. Le site de l’entreprise note  : «  Les AirtabsTM réduisent la traînée à l’arrière de la remorque en changeant l’orientation verticale du flux aérien dominant en une orientation horizon-tale. Les AirtabsTM trans-forment les grands pans de remous alternant du flux aérien en une ligne hori-zontale de douzaines de turbulences vigoureuses. Ceci réduit les oscillations du véhicule, améliore la stabilité dans les condi-tions de forts vents croisés et accroît les économies d’essence. » Il y 24 Airtabs alignés sur chaque côté de la remorque – 3 Airtabs au pied linéaire.

D’autres méthodes pour accroître les économies d’essence consistent à ajuster les paramètres des ECMs afin de les har-moniser avec les appli-cations spécifiques d’un camion. Bully Dog est une entreprise qui s’est établie comme fournisseur de choix pour ce service. Le secret du programmeur de Bully Dog est sa fac-ulté d’affiner le module de commande de moteur (ECM). Les moteurs iden-tiques qui sortent d’une ligne d’assemblage sont équipés de larges para-mètres préprogrammés pour acclimater les mul-tiples applications pour chaque nouveau modèle. En d’autres termes, un bon dossier sur un camion est créé, puis copié et collé sur chaque nou-veau moteur. Même si les camions sont identiques, les ECMs ont différentes caractéristiques. Bien que les paramétrages d’usine fonctionnent bien, les camions ne roulent pas au rendement optimal à cause de ces paramètres standardisés – une lim-itation essentielle car les fabricants ne peuvent pas perdre leur temps à con-cevoir des programmes d’affinement sur mesure pour chaque unité. Le pro-grammeur répond à cette

limitation en effectuant 50 ajustements sur le ECM pour réduire la consomma-tion d’essence, accroître la puissance du moteur, améliorer la torsion, et brûler l’essence à une plus haute température, recon-figurant ainsi des moteurs plus sains, et qui génèrent aussi moins de particules d’échappement que les moteurs aux configura-tions standards.

Bully Dog a affaire à d’autres concurrents sur le marché. Diesel Spec, selon Peter Friesen de la branche de ventes et services d’affinements av-ancés, a su augmenter sa part du marché au Can-ada en raison à son plus faible coût. « Diesel Spec est une alternative moins coûteuse parce que les ajustements sont effec-tués à même le ECM. Il n’y a aucun accordeur à acheter, ce qui explique sans doute la différence de prix. La programmation du ECM est complété en 2 heures, et peut-être en aussi peu de temps qu’une demi-heure.  » On rap-porte que les économies de carburant varient de 5 à 25 pourcent. Diesel Spec note  :  «  Une écon-omie de 1 gallon par mile sur un camion qui roule 200 000km par an vous épargnera 12 000 dol-lars par an en essence. Si vous avez une flotte de 10 camions, vous économisez 120 000 dollars par an. »

U n e a u t r e f a ç o n d’améliorer le rendement est proposée par Empire Hydrogen Energy Systems, basée en Colombie-Britan-nique (d’autres entreprises utilisent la même tech-nologie avec des résul-tats variables). De petites quantités d’hydrogène et d’oxygène sont achemi-nées dans l’entrée d’air du moteur. Cela maximise la combustion en activant chaque molécule dans le diesel pour que celui-ci brûle plus complètement. Normalement, la majorité de l’énergie dans le car-

burant est perdue sous forme de chaleur dans l’échappement et à travers les parois des cylindres. Le système Empire Hy-droxy Fuel Enhancement TM peut être installé sur n’importe quel moteur à combustion interne qui consomme de l’essence, du diesel ou du propane. Il produit sur demande de l ’hydrogène et de l’oxygène par électrolyse. L’hydrogène, qui a une vitesse de propagation de flamme bien supér-ieure à celle des vapeurs d’essence ou de diesel, agit comme un catalyseur, faisant brûler le carburant plus vite, plus proprement et plus complètement. Ceci résulte en des émissions gazeuses plus propres, un meilleur kilométrage et un gain de puissant motrice.

D’autres produits comme Econo Boost, fourni par BD Diesel Performance, améliorent le rendement en injectant le carburant plus tôt dans le processus de combustion. Le trait principal de ce produit en particulier est qu’il permet une très nette amélior-ation du rendement pour les tracteurs autoroutiers – il va sans dire que plus votre kilométrage sera important, plus vite vous allez amortir votre achat. Améliorer le rendement par l’efficacité en commen-çant le cycle d’injection quelques degrés plus tôt dans le cycle de compres-sion, avec le moteur monté à la température opéra-tionnelle, a pour effet une plus longue combustion alors que le piston est poussé sur sa course de combustion. Ce temps supplémentaire résulte en une combustion plus propre dans le cylindre de combustion, évitant ainsi qu’il y ait du carburant non consommé, ce qui typiquement causerait une combustion tardive dans le collecteur d’échappement, et ainsi des hautes tempé-ratures de réfrigérant et de pot d’échappement. Pas

besoin d’ajouter du carbur-ant! Le nouveau module de minutage Econo-Boost collecte des informations sur le moteur à partir du timing des cames et des tr/mn du moteur et ensuite communique avec le ECM sur le processus de timing d’injection. Son installa-tion plug-in prend jusqu’à une heure à compléter.

La réduction de la résis-tance au roulement con-tinue à jouer un rôle es-sentiel dans l’optimisation du rendement. Adopter les pneus individuels à larges bandes accroît le rendement et la capacité de charge. Passer de deux pneus moteurs de chaque côté à un seul divise le poids par deux et amoindrit la résistance au roulement. Certaines entreprises les ont adoptés, louant leur meilleur rendement, leur manque de défaillance, et leur moindre résistance au roulement. Mais rien ne vaut un peu de jugeote, et la plupart des représent-ants de l’industrie affir-ment que les procédures qui découlent du sens commun, comme le bon gonflement des pneus et une attitude de conduite raisonnable font beau-coup pour améliorer le rendement.

S’y retrouver parmi l’ immense gamme de technologies permettant d’économiser du carburant peut être une tâche dif-ficile pour les opérateurs. C’est pourquoi Ressources naturelles Canada a intro-duit un outil assurant le suivi de l’efficacité des véhicules qui aide les pro-priétaires et les opérateurs à déterminer les écon-omies énergétiques et à en mesurer les impacts. Des paquets d’entraînement et des outils sont disponibles pour renseigner les opé-rateurs et les flottes sur le rendement énergétique et la conduite pour amé-liorer le rendement. Plus d’informations sont dis-ponibles à www.nrcan.gc.caV

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sectiON FraNçaise

accouNtiNg, tax & bookkEEpiNg

Account & RecoRds MAnAgeMentBookkeeping For Your

Business & Personal FinancesToll Free: 888.644.2333

air brakE iNstructorsupport

FReinMeisteR gRoup inc.6 Farnham CrescentLondon, ON N6K 1K1

Tel: 519.641.6770ron@freinmeister.comwww.freinmeister.com

air coNDitioNiNg & HEatiNg: salEs & sErvicE

niAgARA seRvice & supply ltd.150 South Service Road

Stoney Creek, ON L8E 3H6Toll Free: 800.268.5076

Tel: 905.573.3101sales@niagaraservice.com

• • •

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

WilsonInstruments@sympatico.cawww.wilsoninstrumentsltd.com

automatED lubricatioN systEms

BekA luBe pRoducts inc.“Technology you can rely on.”

2830 Argentia Road, Unit 9Mississauga, ON L5N 8G4Toll Free: 888.862.7461

Tel: 905.821.1050Fax: 905.858.0597

info@beka-lube.comwww.beka-lube.com

automatED lubricatioN systEms

Flo coMponents ltd.“For Total Lube Solutions,

Go With the FLO!”50 Admiral Blvd.

Mississauga, ON L5T 2W1Tel: 905.671.2355

Toll Free: 800.668.5458Fax: 905.671.2358

sales@flocomponents.com www.flocomponents.com

Components by:

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s.e.t.i. iMpoRts inc.81 Tremaine Road

Milton, ON L9T 2W8Tel: 905.878.7161Fax: 905.878.7730

info@seti-imports.comwww.autogreaser.com orwww.seti-imports.com

cargo coNtrol proDucts

MoveR’s equipMent & supplies

6176 Atlantic DriveMississauga, ON L5T 1W2Toll Free: 800.668.3773

Tel: 905.670.4488Fax: 905.670.2748info@movers3.comwww.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

Charlie@cdcparts.comwww.cdcparts.com

clutcH proDucts

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.

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 seRvices

C-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

crossborderservices@cogeco.netwww.crossborderservices.org

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: 403.232.6952info@danatec.comwww.danatec.com

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icc the coMpliAnce centeR inc.Dangerous Goods Supplies &

Services.205 Matheson Blvd. East, Unit 7

Mississauga, ON L4Z 1X8Toll Free: 888.977.4834

Tel: 905.890.7228Fax: 905.890.7070

sales@thecompliancecenter.comwww.thecompliancecenter.com

compliaNcE sErvicEs

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

clientservices@itrcanada.comwww.itrcanada.com

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

info@dpfcleaningspecialists.comwww.dpfcleaningspecialists.com

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

driverjobs@drakkar.cawww.drakkar.ca

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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

ea@keehumanresources.comwww.keehumanresources.com

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 EastOrillia, ON L3V 1V5

Toll Free: 866.531.2615Toll Free Fax: 866.531.2651

Bruce@accutraccapital.com

FactoriNg, FiNaNcE & ForEigN ExcHaNgE

J d FActoRs315 Matheson Blvd. EastMississauga, ON L4Z 1X8Toll Free: 800.263.0664

Tel: 905.501.5000Fax: 905.501.0395

CanadaSales@JDFactors.com

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canadasales@jdfactors.comliquid 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

riacobelli@liquidcapitalcorp.comwww.liquidcapitalmidwest.com

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: 905.505.0616tfeeney@feeneyhardware.com

www.feeneyhardware.com

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Multi-line FAsteneR

supply co. ltd.“Serving fastener needs

for Industrial, Automotive & Maintenance Trades.”

1100 Courtney Park Dr. E., Unit 5Mississauga, ON L5T 1L7

Tel: 905.677.5088Fax: 905.677.4917

brendachu@multilinefasteners.comwww.multilinefasteners.com

FuEl aDDitivEs & lubricaNts

Bennetts poWeR seRvice

pRoductsP. O. Box 51016, RPO Tyndall Park

Winnipeg, MB R2X 3C6Toll Free: 877.778.4440

Tel: 204.694.1777Fax: 204.633.0133

gbennett@powerservice.cawww.powerservice.ca

FuEl EcoNomy proDucts

diesel spec inc.1570 Richardson StreetMontreal, QC H3K 1G3

Tel: 514.932.0060Fax: 514.932.9741

christian@dieselspec.cawww.dieselspec.ca

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.3100 Underhill AvenueBurnaby, BC V5A 3C6

Tel: 604.420.4331Fax: 604.420.4137

rfeeney@BlueWaterAgencies.cawww.bluewatergroup.ca

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

lgarofalo@bairdmacgregor.comwww.bairdmacgregor.com

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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: 905.426.4959dbundock@brysoninsurance.ca

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

jasonj@cibi.cawww.cibi.ca

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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 Barb@woodwardpublishing.com. visit us online at www.woodwardpublishing.com.

iNsuraNcE brokErs

dAlton tiMMis insuRAnce gRoup

The 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

info@daltontimmis.comwww.daltontimmis.com

• • •

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

info@daltontimmis.comwww.daltontimmis.com

• • •

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

cbunn@erb-erb.com or info@erb-erb.comwww.erb-erb.com

• • •

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

trucking@hallmarkins.comwww.hallmarkins.com

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huB inteRnAtionAl ontARio ltd.Transportation Insurance

33 Princess Street, Suite 501Leamington, ON N8H 5C5Toll Free: 800.463.4700

Tel: 519.326.9339Fax: 519.326.0128

dan.mcguire@hubinternational.comwww.hubinternational.com

iNsuraNcE brokErs

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

michelles@jdimi.comwww.jdimi.com

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tRuchoice

div. oF lMd insuRAnceAlternative Coverage to WSIB,

Group Benefits Consultants, Life, Investments, Travel.

2550 Matheson Blvd. EastSuite #130

Mississauga, ON L4W 4C1Toll Free: 800.236.5810

Tel: 416.748.9994Cell: 416.704.0870

lina@lmdinsurance.cawww.lmdinsurance.ca

• • •

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: 905.479.9164cgb@cgbgroup.comwww.cgbgroup.com

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: 416.201.9880orderdesk@noco.ca

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

larryharris@rpoil.comwww.rpoil.com

lubricaNts (syNtHEtic)

sinWAl enteRpRises inc.5656 Bell Harbour Drive

Mississauga, ON L5M 5J3Toll Free: 866.326.7645

Tel: 416.520.5527Fax: 905.814.1802

lubedealer@rogers.comwww.sinwal.com

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 3

Toronto, ON M1B 4Y4Tel: 416.282.4435

info@MacDavidInc.comwww.MacDavidInc.com

oil FurNacE salEs& sErvicE

de-on supply inc.1595 Lobsinger Line, R. R. #1

Waterloo, ON N2J 4G8Toll Free: 800.824.4115

Fax: 888.626.7843info@deonsupply.comwww.deonsupply.com

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 seRvicesBox 755, 2085 Shanly Road

Cardinal, ON K0E 1E0Toll Free: 800.410.4754

Tel: 613.657.1244Fax: 613.657.1453

info@730permitservices.comwww.730permitservices.com

• • •c.u.t.c. inc.

1295 Crois CarolLaval, QC H7W 1G3

Toll Free: 866.927.8294Tel: 450.687.8294Fax: 450.687.6963

pvoelker@sympatico.cawww.cutcinc.ca

prEssurE WasHErs

cAn-cleAn pRessuRe WAsheRs6790 Davand Drive, Units 13 & 14

Mississauga, ON L5T 2G5Toll Free: 888.568.8001

Tel: 905.568.4868Fax: 905.565.8821

info@can-clean.comwww.can-clean.com

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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: 780.451.1616

sales@hotsyab.comwww.HotsyAB.com

rust prEvENtivE proDucts

coRRosion contRolcoAtings ltd.

“Exclusive Canadian distributor of Tectyl® industrial RustPreventive Products.”106 Colborne Street

P.O. Box 1088Walkerton, ON N0G 2V0Toll Free: 800.934.7771

Fax: 800.563.8078dwells@cc-coatings.com

www.cc-coatings.com

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kRoWn coRpoRAte35 Magnum Drive

Schomberg, ON L0G 1T0Toll Free: 800.267.5744

Tel: 905.939.8750Fax: 905.939.8710info@krown.comwww.krown.com

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

sales@cramarotarps.cawww.cramarotarps.com

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loAd coveRing solutions ltd.“Keeping You Covered”5499 Harvester Road

Burlington, ON L7L 5V4Toll Free: 800.465.8277

Tel: 905.335.2012Fax: 905.335.8499

www.loadcoveringsolutions.com

tirE balaNciNg

counteRAct BAlAncing BeAds70 Watson Parkway South, Unit 8

Guelph, ON N1L 0C3Toll Free: 800.572.8952

Tel: 519.837.3331Fax: 519.837.3088

info@counteractbalancing.comwww.counteractbalancing.com

tirE prEssurE moNitoriNg systEms (tpms)

hAWksheAd systeMs inc.Real-time pressure & temperature readings; wireless to the driver’s

seat; for semi-trucks, trailers, RV’s & more. Alarms for deflation &

temperatures.10381 Parkwood DriveRosedale, BC V0X 1X0

Toll Free: 888.321.TPMSFax: 888.909.9857

sales@HawksHeadSystems.comwww.tpms.ca

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

carole@atowing.cawww.atowing.ca

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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

john.mackenzie@stellarroadside.comwww.stellarroadside.com

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ABRAMs toWing“Service Across Ontario”24 Hour Heavy Towing

Toll Free: 888.667.5438Tel: 416.398.2500www.abrams.ca

toWiNg sErvicEs

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 126Trenton ON K8V 5R2

Toll Free: 800.551.6151Tel: 613.394.4924Fax: 613.394.2428action@reach.net

www.actiontowing.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

gobbotowing@bellnet.ca

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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 RoadToronto, ON M6N 1P5

Toll Free: 866.527.8225Tel: 416.203.9300Fax: 416.203.9303

dispatch@jptowing.comwww.jptowing.com

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k.B.W. toWing

KBW Truck Transfer ServiceHeavy & Medium Towing,

Flatbed Specialists.1 Towns Road

Etobicoke, ON M8Z 1A1Toll Free: 866.616.6379

Tel: 416.255.4443Fax: 416.252.2558

edkbw@hotmail.com

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pAt RogeRs toWing

24 Hour Emergency ServiceKingston, ON

Toll Free: 888.221.3672Tel: 613.384.2572

www.PatRogersTowing.com

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trailEr maNuFacturErs[ taNkErs ]

BedARd tAnkeRs inc.Leader in Dry Bulk, Liquid,

Liquefied Compressed Gas & Cryogenic Road Tanker Trailers.

5785 Place TurcotMontreal, QC H4C 1V9

Tel: 514.937.1670Fax: 514.937.2190

btinc@aei.cawww.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 5G4Toll Free: 800.363.2158

Tel: 450.347.7822Fax: 450.347.8372

tremcar@tremcar.comwww.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

dispatch@cambridgetruck.comwww.cambridgetruck.com

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FoRt gARRy industRies

Proud distributors for Lode-King, Midland Manufacturing, Arctic Manufacturing, Landoll, CMIC Container Chassis and more.

trailers@fgiltd.cawww.fgiltd.com/trailers

• • •

gtA tRAileR RentAls inc.HeAD office – 36 Cardico Drive

Gormley, ON L0H 1G0Toll Free: 866.482.5311

Fax: 905.888.6061j.ciciretto@gtatrailer.com

www.gtatrailer.com

trailEr salEs, lEasiNg, rENtals & sErvicE

sMARtWAy tRAileR RentAls

2891 Sideroad 10Bradford, ON L3Z 2A4

Toll Free: 888.747.7667Tel: 905.775.6700Fax: 905.775.7250

info@smartwaytrailers.cawww.smartwaytrailers.ca

traNsportcompaNiEs

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

Debby@atlantis-airlink.comwww.atlantis-airlink.com

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cARMen tRAnspoRtAtion gRoup

3700 Weston RoadToronto, ON M9L 2Z4

Toll Free: 866.857.5166Tel: 416.667.9700Fax: 416.667.8272

info@carmentransportationgroup.com

www.carmentransportationgroup.com

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eRB gRoup oF coMpAnies

Refrigerated Transportation Specialists.

290 Hamilton RoadNew Hamburg, ON N3A 1A2

Toll Free: 800.665.2653Tel: 519.662.2710Fax: 519.662.3316info@erbgroup.comwww.erbgroup.com

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hAnM tRAnspoRtAtion MAnAgeMent seRvices ltd.Modern equipment for your

refrigerated transportation needs.3701 Chesswood Drive, Suite 322

North York, ON M3J 2P6Toll Free: 888.473.5557

Tel: 416.787.3213Fax: 416.787.6819

kevin@hanmtransportation.comwww.hanmtransportation.com

traNsportcompaNiEs

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 123recruiting@itsinc.on.ca

www.itstruck.ca

• • •

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

recruiter@landstar.comwww.lease2landstar.com

• • •

stAR vAn systeMs

10 Kerivan Court,Stoney Creek, ON L8E 5P6

Toll Free: 800.263.4884Fax: 905.643.8700

kens@starvansystems.comwww.starvansystems.com

• • •

the RosdAle gRoup

6845 Invader CrescentMississauga, ON L5T 2B7Toll Free: 877.588.0057

Tel: 905.670.0057Fax: 905.696.4630

steveh@rosedale.cawww.rosedalegroup.ca

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: 905.670.3436ea@keehumanresources.com

traNsportatioN traiNiNg

Alpine tRuck dRiveR tRAining

Contact: Jack Lochand595 Middlefield Road, Unit 10

Scarborough, ON M1V 3S2Toll Free: 855.869.1222

Tel: 416.869.1222Fax: 416.869.0222

info@alpinetruckdrivertraining.comwww.alpinetruckdrivertraining.com

coMMeRciAl heAvy equipMent tRAining ltd.

Contact: Dwight Nelson2421 Cawthra Road

Mississauga, ON L5A 2W7Toll Free: 800.297.4322

Tel: 416.456.2438Fax: 905.281.9637

dwight.nelson@musket.cacRossRoAds tRAining AcAdeMy

– BARRie

Contact: Read Conley orDiane Austin

49 Truman RoadBarrie, ON L4N 8Y7

Toll Free: 866.446.0057Tel: 705.719.2419Fax: 705.719.2438

crossroadstruc1@bellnet.cawww.crossroadstrainingacademy.comcRossRoAds tRAining AcAdeMy –

Belleville

Contact: Al Dykstra53 Grills Road

Belleville, ON K8N 4Z5Toll Free: 888.771.1495

Tel: 613.771.1495Fax: 613.771.1495

info@crossroadstrainingacademy.com

www.crossroadstrainingacademy.com

cRossRoAds tRAining AcAdeMy – kingston

Contact: Robert Barclay1525 Centennial DriveKingston, ON K7L 4V2

Toll Free: 888.282.6605Tel: 613.389.6000Fax: 613.389.1998

info@crossroadstrainingacademy.com

www.crossroadstrainingacademy.com

cRossRoAds tRAining AcAdeMy ottAWA

Contact: Brian Adams or Erica Kelly2020 Bantree Street, Suite 200

Ottawa, ON K1B 5A4Toll Free: 866.529.1113

Tel: 613.742.7499Fax: 613.742.7899

erica@bellnet.cawww.crossroadstrainingacademy.com

cRossRoAds tRuck tRAining AcAdeMy – sMiths FAlls

Contact: Brian Adams/Erica Kelly10 – 12 Maple Avenue

Smiths Falls, ON K7A 1Z5Toll Free: 866.529.1113

Tel: 613.742.7499Fax: 613.742.7899erica@bellnet.ca

www.crossroadstrainingacademy.com

traNsportatioN traiNiNg

dAnBRo tRuck tRAiningContact: Brent Nantais or Krista

Gray505 Kenora Ave., Bldg. 1, Unit 1

Hamilton, ON L8E 3P2Toll Free: 800.273.5867

Tel: 905.575.7606Fax: 905.388.6699

brent@danbro-training.com or krista@danbro-training.comwww.danbro-training.com

FRiendly tRuck dRiving schoolContact: Thiru or Dhas Mahalingam

850 Tapscott Road, Unit 9Scarborough, ON M1X 1N4

Toll Free: 855.414.3837Tel: 416.291.9075Fax: 416.291.1144

friendlydriving@yahoo.comwww.friendlydrive.com

gReAteR ottAWA tRuck tRAiningContact: Shahram Dowlatshahi

5 Caesar AvenueOttawa, ON K2G 0A8

Toll Free: 877.468.8229Tel: 613.727.4688Fax: 613.727.5997

gott@2gott.comwww.2gott.com

JAy’s pRoFessionAl tRuck tRAining centRe

Contact: Jay Pootha or Chandrika Fernando

589 Middlefield Road, Unit 11Scarborough, ON M1V 4Y6

Toll Free: 877.611.1511Tel: 416.299.9638Fax: 416.609.9814

jaystruck@bellnet.cawww.jaystrucktraining.ca

kiM RichARdson tRAnspoRtAtion speciAlists inc.

Contact: Roxanne Wilkieson172 Argyle Street N., Upper Level

Caledonia, ON N3W 2J7Toll Free: 800.771.8171

Tel: 905.765.3445Fax: 905.765.1444krts@krway.comwww.krway.com

kiM RichARdson tRAnspoRtAtion speciAlists inc.

Contact: Roxanne Wilkieson634 Ireland Road

Simcoe, ON N3Y 4K8Toll Free: 800.771.8171

Tel: 519.426.8260 ext. 232Fax: 519.428.3112krts@krway.comwww.krway.com

ModeRn tRAining ontARioContact: Kathy Korakas

308 Kenora AvenueHamilton, ON L8E 2W2Toll Free: 866.443.7483

Tel: 905.573.9675Fax: 905.573.6425

info@moderntraining.comwww.moderntraining.com

noRtheRn AcAdeMy oF tRAnspoRtAtion tRAining

Contact: Brian Pattison25 Vagnini Court

Lively, ON P3Y 1K8Toll Free: 800.719.9334

Tel: 705.692.9222Fax: 705.692.9256

bpattison@tpsgroup.cawww.northernacademy.ca

traNsportatioN traiNiNg

noRthstAR tRuck dRiving schoolContact: Robert Labute

5044 Walker RoadWindsor, ON N9A 6J3

Toll Free: 877.967.0444Tel: 519.737.0444Fax: 519.737.0445

northstartruck@bellnet.cawww.northstartruckdrivingschool.comontARio tRuck dRiving school

– chAthAMContact: Gus Rahim

1005 Richmond StreetChatham, ON N7M 5J5Toll Free: 866.985.0077

Tel: 519.355.0077Fax: 519.355.0066chatham@otds.com

www.otds.comontARio tRuck dRiving school

– londonContact: Gus Rahim

427 Exeter RoadLondon, ON N6E 2Z3

Toll Free: 800.799.5627Tel: 519.858.9338Fax: 519.858.0920

gusrahim@otds.comwww.otds.com

ontARio tRuck dRiving school – niAgARA-on-the-lAkeContact: Jim Campbell281 Queenston Road

Niagara-on-the-Lake, ON L0S 1J0Toll Free: 855.265.5627

Tel: 905.685.1117Fax: 905.641.0533niagara@otds.com

www.otds.comontARio tRuck dRiving school –

oldcAstleContact: Gus Rahim2155 Fasan Drive

Oldcastle, ON N0R 1L0Toll Free: 866.410.0333

Tel: 519.737.7890Fax: 519.737.1733windsor@otds.com

www.otds.comontARio tRuck dRiving school –

oWen soundContact: Gus Rahim

1051 – 2nd Avenue EastOwen Sound, ON N4K 1S3Toll Free: 877.378.0444

Tel: 519.376.0444Fax: 866.800.6837

owensound@otds.comwww.otds.com

ontARio tRuck dRiving school – sARniA

Contact: Gus Rahim141 Mitton Street South

Sarnia, ON N7T 3C5Toll Free: 800.799.5627

Tel: 519.332.8778Fax: 519.337.5911sarnia@otds.comwww.otds.com

ontARio tRuck tRAining AcAdeMy – BRAMpton

Contact: Yvette Lagrois76 SunPac Blvd.

Brampton, ON L6S 5Z8Toll Free: 800.753.2284

Tel: 905.367.0066Fax: 905.792.0985

yvette.lagrois@otta.cawww.otta.ca

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traNsportatioN traiNiNg

ontARio tRuck tRAining AcAdeMy – oshAWA

Contact: Yvette Lagrois199 Wentworth Street East

Oshawa, ON L1H 3V6Toll Free: 800.753.2284

Tel: 905.723.1237Fax: 905.723.1245

yvette.lagrois@otta.cawww.otta.ca

ontARio tRuck tRAining AcAdeMy – peteRBoRough

Contact: Yvette Lagrois365 Lansdowne Street East, Unit 3

Peterborough, ON K9L 2A3Toll Free: 800.939.1463

Tel: 705.743.1888Fax: 705.743.1875

yvette.lagrois@otta.cawww.otta.ca

tARAnis tRAining ltd.Contact: Mike Hummel & Kathy

Buttars1485 Rosslyn Road

Thunder Bay, ON P7E 6W1Toll Free: 855.247.4213

Tel: 807.476.1746Fax: 807.476.1875

mhummel@taranis.cawww.taranistraining.ca

tRi-county voc. dRiveR tRAining schools inc.

Contact: Richard Wynia480 Waydom DriveAyr, ON N0B 1E0

Toll Free: 800.265.0400Tel: 519.653.1700Fax: 519.622.4002

info@tri-countytruck.comwww.tri-countytruck.comtRios college – BRAMptonContact: Martha Jansenberger

252 Queen Street EastBrampton, ON L6V 1C1Toll Free: 888.282.3893

Tel: 905.450.2230 x. 1610Fax: 905.450.3041

martha.jansenberger@trios.comwww.trios.com

tRios college – oshAWAContact: Deborah Jollymore200 John Street, Suite C5

Oshawa, ON L1J 2B4Toll Free: 888.718.7467

Tel: 905.435.9911 x. 2010Fax: 905.435.9985

deborah.jollymore@trios.comwww.trios.com

tRuck tRAining AcAdeMy oF stoney cReek

Contact: Tanya Smajlagic298 Grays Road, Unit 1

Stoney Creek, ON P3P 1L9Tel: 905.573.3635Fax: 905.573.8911

tta@cogeco.netwww.trucktrainingacademy.ca

vAlley dRiveR tRAiningContact: Jamie Fitchett

99 Cote Blvd.Hanmer, ON P3P 1L9Tel: 705.969.8848Fax: 705.969.0584jamie-vdt@live.com

www.valleydrivertraining.ca

truck & trailEr rEpairs

gReig tRuck & tRAileR

Let 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

Brian.Greig@bellnet.ca orDerrick.Greig@bellnet.ca

• • •

FoRt gARRy industRies

Brake specialists, installations, safeties and a whole lot more.

info@fgiltd.cawww.fgiltd.com/parts/

• • •Mtt RepAiR seRvices inc.

1868 Drew RoadMississauga, ON L5S 1J6

Tel: 905.677.2771Fax: 905.677.2774info@mttrepair.com

• • •

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

chris@sousatrucktrailer.comwww.sousatrucktrailer.com

NoW opEN

sousA tRuck tRAileR cAMBRidge

1075 Industrial RoadAyr, ON N0B 1E0

Toll Free: 800.560.1050Tel: 519.624.8090

chris@sousatrucktrailer.comwww.sousatrucktrailer.com

truck customiZiNg

quAlity custoM

12 Clarke Blvd.Brampton, ON L6W 1X3

Tel: 905.451.8550Fax: 905.451.7627

info@qualitycollision.cawww.qualitycustom.ca

truck DElivEry

AcAdiAn dRiveAWAy

185 Carrier DriveToronto, ON M9W 5N5

Toll Free: 800.668.1879Tel: 416.679.1977Fax: 416.679.1988

info@AcadianDriveaway.cawww.AcadianDriveaway.ca

• • •

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

sales@compassvehicledelivery.com

www.compassvehicledelivery.com

• • •

dRive stAR shuttle systeMs ltd.23 Industrial Drive

Caledonia, ON N3W 1H8Toll Free: 866.425.4440

Tel: 289.285.3021Fax: 289.285.3026

sales@drive-star.comwww.drive-star.com

truck EquipmENt

FoRt gARRy industRies

Sales and NSM certified installation of snow plows, sanders, mixers,

dump bodies and more.truckequip@fgiltd.ca

www.fgiltd.com/equipment

truck ExHaust salEs & sErvicE

texis tRuck exhAust

“Diesel Performance Specialists”1850 Gage Court

Mississauga, ON L5S 1S2Toll Free: 800.267.4740

Tel: 905.795.2838Fax: 905.678.3030texis@bellnet.ca

www.texisexhaust.com

truck ExHaust salEs & sErvicE

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

james@totalexhaust.comwww.totalexhaust.com

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: 800.267.9024mark.paul@grote.com

www.grote.com

truck parts & suppliEs

discount tRuck pARts ltd.Quality truck parts at

discount prices.11633 – 156th Street

Edmonton, AB T5M 3T8Toll Free: 800.661.5051

Tel: 780.454.5050sales@gearcentregroup.comwww.discounttruckparts.ca

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albErta

CalgaRyFoRt gARRy industRies

5350-72nd Avenue SECalgary, AB T2C 4X5

Toll Free: 800.661.3126Tel: 403.236.9712Fax: 403.236.7249calgary@fgiltd.cawww.fgiltd.comedMonton

FoRt gARRy industRies16230-118th Avenue NWEdmonton, AB T5V 1C6Toll Free: 800.663.9366

Tel: 780.447.4422Fax: 780.447.3289edmonton@fgiltd.ca

www.fgiltd.com

truck parts & suppliEs

albErta

gRande pRaiRieFoRt gARRy industRies

10610-82nd AvenueClairmont, AB T0H 0W0Toll Free: 866.424.5479

Tel: 780.402.9864Fax: 780.402.8659

grandeprairie@fgiltd.cawww.fgiltd.com

lloydMinsteRFoRt gARRy industRies

5701-63rd AvenueLloydminster, AB T9V 3B8Toll Free: 800.661.9709

Tel: 780.875.9115Fax: 780.875.1403

lloydminster@fgiltd.cawww.fgiltd.com

Red deeRFoRt gARRy industRies

7947 Edgar Industrial DriveRed Deer, AB T4P 3R2

Toll Free: 866.297.0022Tel: 403.343.1383Fax: 403.347.8275reddeer@fgiltd.cawww.fgiltd.com

maNitoba

BRandonFoRt gARRy industRies1440 Highland AvenueBrandon, MB R7C 1A7

Toll Free: 866.883.6120Tel: 204.571.5980Fax: 204.571.5982brandon@fgiltd.ca

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: 204.956.1786winnipeg@fgiltd.ca

www.fgiltd.com

oNtario

MississaugaFoRt gARRy industRies

731 Gana CourtMississauga, ON L5S 1P2Toll Free: 888.456.6567

Tel: 905.564.5404Fax: 905.564.8455

mississauga@fgiltd.cawww.fgiltd.com

tHundeR BayFoRt gARRy industRies915 Walsh Street West

Thunder Bay, ON P7E 4X5Toll Free: 800.465.5044

Tel: 807.577.5724Fax: 807.475.9033

thunderbay@fgiltd.cawww.fgiltd.com

saskatcHEWaN

ReginaFoRt gARRy industRies1523 Ross Avenue East

Regina, SK S4N 7E5Toll Free: 800.552.8044

Tel: 306.757.5606Fax: 306.781.7926regina@fgiltd.cawww.fgiltd.com

truck parts & suppliEs

saskatcHEWaN

sasKatoonFoRt gARRy industRies

3455 Miners Avenue, P.O. Box 1848Saskatoon, SK S7K 7K9Toll Free: 800.772.4599

Tel: 306.242.3465Fax: 306.933.4850

saskatoon@fgiltd.cawww.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

info@gerrystrucks.comwww.gerrystrucks.com

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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

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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

(Brockville, 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

Mike.Gallant@SurgenorTruck.comwww.surgenortruck.com

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 East

Stoney Creek, ONTel: 416.801.3142Fax: 905.643.8256

psims0307@yahoo.ca

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truck tirE salEs & sErvicE

Benson tiRe

The 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 RoadCornwall, ON K6H 2W8Toll Free: 866.623.6766

Tel: 613.933.1700Fax: 905.689.3381

info@bensontire.comwww.bensontire.com

truck tirE salEs & sErvicE

ontARio RegionAl oFFice

Over 100 Truck Tire Service

Centres Across Canada.

520 Abilene Drive

Mississauga, ON L5T 2H7

Toll Free: 800.465.0618

Tel: 905.564.5171

Fax: 905.564.5175

LHardy@oktire.com

www.oktire.com

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

manager@crtransmission.comwww.crtransmission.com

truck traNsmissioNs, DiFFErENtials &

pto’s

cAnAdA-Wide pARts distRiButoRs ltd.

Canada’s Leading Supplier of Powertrain Components.1261A Shawson Drive

Mississauga, ON L4W 1C4Toll Free: 877.564.3116

Tel: 905.564.3116Fax: 905.564.3119

sales@gearcentregroup.comwww.canadawideparts.com

truck WasH systEms

AWAsh systeMs coRp.Automatic Wash Systems & Water

Treatment Recycling Systems

customized to your requirements.

2211 Brant Street, P.O. Box 20070

Burlington, ON L7P 0A4

Toll Free: 800.265.7405

Tel: 905.662.2662

Fax: 888.407.9498

info@awashsystems.com

www.awashsystems.com

turbocHargErs

Bd diesel peRFoRMAnce

“Consistent, Quick, Quality”

33541 MacLure Road

Abbotsford, BC V2S 7W2

Toll Free: 800.887.5030

Tel: 604.853.6096

Fax: 604.853.8749

sales@bd-power.com

www.dieselperformance.com

cON-Way Freight

Freightliner Natural Gas-Powered Fleet Expanded

Portland, Oregon – Con-way Freight (NYSE:CNW), one

of the top transportation providers in the country, has added Freightliner Cascadia 113 natural gas-powered tractors to its fleet.

Freightliner began pro-duction of the Freight-liner Cascadia 113 natural gas-powered tractors in August 2013, and these Con-way Freight units are the first Cascadia day cabs with factory-installed compressed natural gas (CNG) tanks to hit the road.

Con-way Freight has de-ployed the new Cascadia 113 tractors, equipped with the Cummins West-port ISX 12 G engine, in the Texas market where

the company will evalu-ate their performance in real-world fleet oper-ations. It is the second de-ployment of Freightliner CNG-powered units for Con-way Freight, which since 2011 has operated Freightliner medium-duty tractors, powered by the Cummins Westport ISL G 8.9 liter engine, on a test basis in the Chicago market.

“Freightliner has been an excellent partner as we have explored how natural gas-powered trucks fare in our operat-ing environment,” said Randy Mullett, Con-way’s Vice President of Govern-ment Relations and Public Affairs. “These new units will allow us to expand our knowledge base,

particularly with respect to how the larger CNG-powered engines perform in our line-haul network.”

“We believe natural gas has a viable future for heavy-duty commercial freight operations like ours,” Mullett continued. “As the infrastructure matures and the units be-come more cost competi-tive, we expect the op-portunities for expanded use will increase.”

“We’re proud to see our first Cascadia CNG trac-tors with factory-installed fuel tanks join the ranks of one of the most rep-utable, top fleets in the nation,” said Steve Mig-nardi, Freightliner Trucks Director of National Ac-counts. “Con-way Freight has been a longtime part-

ner and we look forward to working together as sustainable fuel technol-ogy continues to evolve.”

For more information about Freightliner Trucks, g o t o w w w. f r e i g h t -linertrucks.com.

For more information about Con-way Freight visit www.con-way.com/en/freight.V

a new Freightliner cascadia 113 day cab leaves a natural gas fueling station in rock hill,

s.c. after taking on its first fill-up of compressed natural gas (cNg). con-way Freight,

one of the nation’s leading commercial trucking firms, took delivery of the unit recently

and is putting it into service in the texas market. Featuring the cummins Westport isX 12

g natural gas-powered engine, it’s Freightliner’s first cascadia 113 day cab with factory

installed tanks to go into service.

Ftr

Class 8 Orders for January Exceed 30,000

Bloomington, In-diana – FTR has released prelimin-

ary data showing January Class 8 truck net orders at 34,403, the second con-secutive month with or-ders above 30K; and the first time back to back months have exceeded this mark since 2006. The combined order activity for December-January should

allow OEM’s to hit Q1 tar-gets with possible increas-es in production in Q2 as forecasted by FTR. January orders improved 56% Y/Y with an annualized rate of 347,500 units over the past three months. Preliminary order numbers are for all major North American OEMs.

Don Ake, FTR Vice President of Commercial

Vehicles, commented, “Or-ders were way beyond expectations.  This is an-other great order month to kick-start 2014.  Order strength was broad-based among manufactures and countries. This is a very positive signal for the in-dustry. The strong orders are consistent with the tightening of capacity in the marketplace. Fleets

and dealers continue to display confidence in the freight market.”

Final data for January will be available from FTR later in the month as part of its North American Com-mercial Truck & Trailer Outlook service. To con-tact FTR, send an email to sales@ftrintel.com or call 888.988.1699 Ext. 1.

For more than two dec-

ades, FTR has been the thought leader in freight transportation forecast-ing in North America. The company’s national award-winning forecast-ers collect and analyze all data likely to impact freight movement, issu-ing consistently reliable reports for trucking, rail, and intermodal transpor-tation as well as providing

demand analysis for com-mercial vehicle and rail-car. FTR’s forecasting and specially designed reports have resulted in advanced planning and cost-savings for companies throughout the transportation sector.

For more information about the work of FTR, visit www.FTRintel.com or call Helen Lile at 888.988.1699 Ext. 45.V

32 March 2014

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Factoring & FinanceAccutrac Capital Solutions Inc . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Ontario & Western Trucking NewsJ D Factors Corporation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1, 3Liquid Capital Midwest Corp . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Ontario Trucking News

Fuel Saving ProductsAirtab, LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Ontario Trucking News

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Insurance BrokersHallmark Insurance Brokers Ltd . . . . . . . . . 20 Ontario Trucking News

Insurance – CargoSGI Cargo Insurance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Ontario & Western Trucking News

LubricantsShell Lubricants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Permits & WaiversC .U .T .C . Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Pressure WashersHotsy Pressure Washers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Western Trucking NewsKärcher Canada . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2, 19

Satellite RadioSirius XM Canda Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

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Theft Prevention ProductsThe Fuel Lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Tire Sales & ServiceBenson Tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Ontario Trucking NewsManley Tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Ontario & Eastern Trucking News

Trade ShowsRoad Today Truck Show . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14Truck World . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Truck ExhaustA & A Truck Exhaust Systems . . . . . . . . . . . 51 Ontario Trucking NewsTexis Truck Exhaust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1, 16 Ontario Trucking News

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Truck RepairsTruckPro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Ontario & Western Trucking News

TurbochargersBD Diesel Performance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

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BBD Diesel Performance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22Bedard Tankers Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Eastern & Western Trucking NewsBenson Tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Ontario Trucking News

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DDawson Truck Parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Ontario & Western Trucking NewsDay & Ross Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Diesel Spec Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,17DMR Truck Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Ontario Trucking News

EEdge Transportation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Western Trucking News

HHallmark Insurance Brokers Ltd . . . . . . . . . 20 Ontario Trucking NewsHanM Transportation Management Ser . . . 47 Ontario Trucking NewsHotsy Pressure Washers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Western Trucking News

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KKärcher Canada . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2, 19Kindersley Transport Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . 46, 51 Ontario & Western Trucking News

LLaidlaw Carriers Van GP Inc . . . . . . . . . 45, 51 Eastern Trucking NewsLandstar System Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 Ontario Trucking NewsLiquid Capital Midwest Corp . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Ontario Trucking News

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March 2014 33

alberta

aiRdRieFlying J cARdlock

85 East Lake Cres.,Airdrie, AB T4B 2B5Tel: 403.948.4193

Parking for 10.

BRooKsFlying J tRAvel plAzA

1260 Cassils Road East,Brooks, AB T1R 1B7Tel: 403.362.5594

Parking for 20, Showers (2).Cinnabon location.

CalgaRyFlying J tRAvel plAzA

11511 – 40th Street SE,Calgary, AB T2H 1L4Tel: 403.720.0904Fax: 403.720.4937

8 Diesel Lanes, Parking for 130, Showers (9), CAT Scales, TripPak.

Hot food available. Denny’s.

Flying J tRAvel plAzA

4216 – 72nd Avenue SE,Calgary, AB T2C 2C1Tel: 403.236.2404

5 Diesel Lanes, Parking for 15, Showers (2), TripPak.

Hot food avalable.

Flying J cARdlock

2525 – 23rd Street NE,Calgary, AB T2E 7M1Tel: 403.250.3835

Flying J deAleR

4949 Barlow Trail SE,Calgary, AB T2B 3B5Tel: 403.569.6250Fax: 403.235.5095

7 Diesel Lanes, Parking for 80, Showers (9), CATScales.

dRayton valleyFlying J cARdlock

5505 Jubilee Avenue,Drayton Valley, AB T7A 1S3

Tel: 801.725.1370

edMontonFlying J cARdlock

15609 – 121A. Avenue,Edmonton, AB T5V 1B1

Tel: 708.413.9116

Flying J deAleR

16806 – 118th Avenue,Edmonton, AB T5V 1M8

Tel: 780.455.1111Fax: 780.482.4448

6 Diesel Lanes, Parking for 100, Showers (8), CAT Scale.

edsonFlying J cARdlock

2520 – 2nd Avenue,Edson, AB T7E 1N9Tel: 780.723.4744

FoRt MCMuRRayFlying J cARdlock

345 Sakitawaw Trail,Fort McMurray, AB T9H 4E4

Tel: 780.743.3545

gRande pRaiRieFlying J cARdlock

9212 – 108th Street,Grande Prairie, AB T8V 4C9

Tel: 780.532.2378

alberta

gRasslandFlying J deAleR

1st Avenue, 1st Street,Grassland, AB T0A 1V0

Tel: 780.525.2295Fax: 780.525.2297

10 Diesel Lanes, Parking for 75, Showers (2).

HannaFlying J deAleR

Hwy 9 & Hwy 36 South,Hanna, AB T0J 1P0Tel: 403.854.5000

3 Diesel Lanes, Parking for 100, Showers (2).

HigH levelFlying J tRAvel plAzA

10529 – 96th Street,High Level, AB T0H 1Z0

Tel: 780.926.2066Parking for 25.

Hot food available.

HintonFlying J cARdlock

294 Kelly Road,Hinton, AB T7V 1H2Tel: 801.725.1370

letHBRidgeFlying J cARdlock

1005 – 43rd Street,Lethbridge, AB T1K 7B8

Tel: 403.328.4735

lloydMinsteRFlying J cARdlock

5109 – 63rd Avenue,Lloydminster, AB T9V 2E7

Tel: 780.875.2990Parking for 12, Showers (2).

nantonFlying J deAleR

2810 – 21st Avenue,Nanton, AB T0L 1R0Tel: 403.646.3181Fax: 403.646.2872

3 Diesel Lanes, Parking for 130, Showers (3), Humpty’s Restaurant

and Papa Johns, CAT Scale.

nisKu

Flying J tRAvel plAzA

302 – 20th Avenue,Nisku, AB T9E 7T8Tel: 780.955.3535

5 Diesel Lanes, Parking for 8, Showers (2), Pizza, TripPak,

Hot Food available.

xRed deeR

Flying J tRAvel plAzA

6607 – 67th Street,Red Deer, AB T4P 1A4

Tel: 403.346.2842Fax: 403.346.2852

5 Diesel Lanes, Parking for 26, Showers (4), Pizza and other hot

food available.

RedCliFFFlying J cARdlock

115 Lockwood Street,Redcliff, AB T1A 7T9Tel: 403.526.2669

alberta

RyCRoFtFlying J tRAvel plAzA

Hwy #49 & 2, Box 73,Rycroft, AB T0H 3A0Tel: 780.765.3740Fax: 780.765.3748

Parking for 8, Pizza and other hot food available.

sHeRWood paRKFlying J tRAvel plAzA

50 Pembina Road,Sherwood Park, AB T8H 2G9

Tel: 780.416.2035Fax: 780.416.2084

8 Diesel Lanes, Parking for 140, Showers (9), Denny’s/Pepperoni’s, CAT Scales, TripPak & Bulk Diesel.

WHiteCouRtFlying J cARdlock

Hwy # 43 & West Mtn. Road,Whitecourt, AB T7N 1S9

Tel: 780.778.3073

british columbia

aBBotsFoRdFlying J cARdlock

929 Coutts Way & Sumas Way,Abbotsford, BC V2S 4N2

Tel: 604.850.1594Showers (1).

annaCis islandFlying J tRAvel plAzA

1291 Cliveden Avenue,Annacis Island, Delta, BC V5M 6G4

Tel: 604.521.4445Parking for 4, Showers (1), TripPak

and hot food available.

CHilliWaCKFlying J tRAvel plAzA

7970 Lickman Rd.,Chilliwack, BC V2R 1A9

Tel: 604.795.7265Parking for 20, Showers (4) and hot

food available.

CRanBRooKFlying J cARdlock

2209 Theatre Road,Cranbrook, BC V1C 4H4

Tel: 250.426.3763

CRestonFlying J cARdlock

1411 Northwest Blvd.,Creston, BC V0B 1G6Tel: 250.428.7131

daWson CReeKFlying J cARdlock

1725 Alaska Avenue,Dawson Creek, BC V1G 1P5

Tel: 250.782.3111Showers (2).

FoRt st. JoHnFlying J cARdlock

9407 – 109th Street,Fort St. John, BC V1J 6K6

Tel: 250.785.3052

british columbia

HopeFlying J deAleR

63100 Flood Hope RoadHope, BC V0X 1L2Tel: 604.886.6815Fax: 604.886.6821

8 Diesel Lanes, Parking for 50 Showers (4), CAT Scales, Subway

and other hot food available. KaMloops

Flying J deAleR175 Kokanee Way,

Kamloops, BC V2C 6Z2Tel: 250.573.3027Fax: 250.573.7820

8 Diesel Lanes, Parking for 125, Showers (5).MeRRitt

Flying J cARdlock2190 Douglas Street North,

Merritt, BC V0K 2B0Tel: 250.280.1555

neW WestMinsteRFlying J cARdlock

24 Braid St.,New Westminster, BC V3L 3P3

Tel: 604.522.6511pRinCe geoRge

Flying J tRAvel plAzA4869 Continental Way,

Prince George, BC V2N 5S5Tel: 250.563.1677

Showers (3).vanCouveR

Flying J cARdlock8655 Boundary Road,

Vancouver, BC V5S 4H3Tel: 604.454.9578

manitoba

HeadingleyFlying J tRAvel plAzA4100 Portage Avenue,

Headingley, MB R4H 1C5Tel: 204.832.8952Fax: 204.832.9104

8 Diesel Lanes, Parking for 150, Showers (9), Denny’s/Pizza, CAT

Scales & Bulk Diesel.poRtage la pRaiRieFlying J tRAvel plAzA

Highway 1 East,Portage La Prairie, MB R1N 3B2

Tel: 204.857.9997Parking for 40.Winnipeg

Flying J tRAvel plAzA1747 Brookside Blvd.,Winnipeg, MB R2C 2E8

Tel: 204.633.0663Showers (2), TripPak.Flying J cARdlock

131 Warman Road & Hwy. #59,Winnipeg, MB R2J 3R3

Tel: 204.231.5485

ontario, eastern

lanCasteRFlying J tRAvel plAzA20382 Old Highway #2,Lancaster, ON K0C 1N0

Tel: 613.347.2221Fax: 613.347.1970

11 Diesel Lanes, Parking for 110, Showers (9), Denny’s, CAT Scales,

Bulk Diesel.

ontario, eastern

napanee

Flying J tRAvel plAzA628 County Road #41, RR 6,

Napanee, ON K7R 3L1Tel: 613.354.7044Fax: 613.354.3796

12 Diesel Lanes, Parking for 165, Showers (15), Denny’s/Pizza, CAT

Scales, TripPak, Bulk Diesel.

ontario, northern

KapusKasingFlying J tRAvel plAzA

410 Government Road East,Kapuskasing, ON P5N 2X7

Tel: 705.337.1333Fax: 705.337.1208

5 Diesel Lanes, Parking for 40, Showers (4) and hot food available.

sault ste. MaRie

Flying J cARdlock987 Great Northern Road,

Sault Ste. Marie, ON P6A 5K7Tel: 705.759.8280

sCHReiBeR

Flying J cARdlockHwy #17,

Schreiber, ON P0T 2S0Tel: 807.824.2383

sudBuRyFlying J cARdlock17 Duhamel Road,

Sudbury, ON P3E 4N1Tel: 705.692.5447

ontario, Western

ayRFlying J tRAvel plAzA2492 Cedar Creek Road

Ayr, ON N0B 1E0Tel: 519.624.9578Fax: 519.624.2587

Parking for 30, showers (4), Papa Joe’s & Hot Kettle, CAT Scales.

etoBiCoKeFlying J tRAvel plAzA

1765 Albion Rd. & Hwy #27,Etobicoke, ON M9W 5S7

Tel: 416.674.8665

londonFlying J tRAvel plAzA

3700 Highbury Ave. South,London, ON N6N 1P3

Tel: 519.681.6859Fax: 519.686.8629

12 Diesel Lanes, Parking for 230, Showers (15), Denny’s/Pizza, CAT

Scales, TripPak, Bulk Diesel.

MississaugaFlying J tRAvel plAzA

1400 Britannia Road East,Mississauga, ON L4W 1C8

Tel: 905.564.6216Parking for 80, Showers (3).

piCKeRingFlying J cARdlock2000 Clements Road,

Pickering, ON L1W 4A1Tel: 905.428.9700Fax: 905.428.9633

5 Diesel Lanes, Parking for 50, Showers (7).

ontario, Western

tilBuRy

pilot tRAvel centeR

19325 Essex County Road 42,Tilbury, ON N0P 2L0Tel: 519.682.1140Fax: 519.682.9221

6 Diesel Lanes, Parking for 150, Showers (6), Subway, CAT Scales,

Bulk Diesel.

Québec

BeRnieResFlying J tRAvel plAzA

1196 Chemin des Olivieres,Bernieres, QC G7A 2M6

Tel: 418.831.3772

BeRtHieRvilleFlying J tRAvel plAzA

1181 Ave. Gilles Villeneuve,Berthierville, QC J0K 1A0

Tel: 450.836.65812 Diesel Lanes, Parking for 10.

napieRvilleFlying J tRAvel plAzA

1 Rang St. Andre,Napierville, QC J0J 1L0

Tel: 450.245.35395 Diesel Lanes, Parking for 10,

Showers (1) & hot food available.

ste. HeleneFlying J tRAvel plAzA

569 rue Principale,Ste. Helene, QC J0H 1M0

Tel: 450.791.2232Fax: 450.791.2495

6 Diesel Lanes, Parking for 10Showers (4) and hot food available.

saskatcheWan

Moose JaWFlying J tRAvel plAzA

370 North Service Rd. Hwy #1,Moose Jaw, SK S6H 4N9

Tel: 306.693.58586 Diesel Lanes, Parking for 20,

Showers (4), Bulk Diesel & hot food available.

ReginaFlying cARdlock

1511 Ross Avenue EastRegina, SK S4R 1J2Tel: 306.721.0070

Parking for 12, Showers (3).

sasKatoonFlying J tRAvel plAzA

3850 Idylwyld Dr. N.,Saskatoon, SK S7P 0A1

Tel: 306.955.6840Fax: 306.955.6846

6 Diesel Lanes, Parking for 85, Showers (4), Denny’s, other hot

food available & bulk food.

yoRKtonFlying J cARdlock

1910 York Road West, Box 794,Yorkton, SK S3N 2W8

Tel: 801.726.8288Showers (2).

34 March 2014

alberta

BonnyvillecougAR Fuels ltd.5602 – 54th Avenue

Bonnyville, ABTel: 780.826.3043Fax: 780.826.6353

brentm@cougarfuelsltd.cawww.cougarfuelsltd.ca

Convenience store, cardlock & showers.

CalgaRy

cAlgARy husky tRAvel centRe2525 – 32nd Avenue NE

Calgary, AB T1Y 6B7Tel: 403.291.1233www.myhusky.ca

RoAdking tRAvel centRe4949 Barlow Trail SECalgary, AB T2B 3B5Tel: 403.569.6251Fax: 403.235.5095www.roadking.ca

leduC

nisku tRuck stopSuite 201 – 8020 Sparrow Drive

Leduc, 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 centRe5721 – 44th Street

Lloydminster, AB T9V 0B3Tel: 780.872.7089www.myhusky.caMediCine Hat

husky tRAvel centRe561 – 15th Street SW

Medicine Hat, AB T1A 4W2Tel: 403.527.5561

petRo cAnAdA cARd lockAgCom Petroleum Fuel Sales

1802 – 10 Avenue, SWMedicine Hat, AB

Tel: 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: hk7969@popmail.huskyenergy.com

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

chilliwack@southcoastpetro.caCommercial 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

sdufault@coolcreek.caFull-service 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

nordel@southcoastpetro.caCanopy, 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

ladine@jepsonpetro.comOpen 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 huskyHwy 75 South, Box 989

Morris, MB R0G 1K0Tel: 204.746.8999Fax: 204.746.2611

morrismohawk@yahoo.caWeb: 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 pAss500 Oak Point Highway

Winnipeg, MBTel: 204.949.7292Fax: 204.949.7295

Open 24-7, drivers’ lounge & game room, convenience store, laundry facilities, ATM, showers & parking.

petRo cAnAdA – petRo pAss928 Marion Street,

Winnipeg, MBTel: 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: 506.536.0579aulac@eastlink.ca

Open 24-7, full-service islands, drivers’ lounge, restaurant,

convenience store, showers, laundry facilities, parking & CAT

scale.

xedMundston

edMundston tRuck stopExit 19, 100 Grey Rock Road

Edmundston, NB E7C 0B6Tel: 506.737.2010Fax: 506.737.2015

georges@etruckstop.cawww.edmundstontruckstop.comOpen 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 StreetGrand Falls, NB

Tel: 506.473.5575Fax: 506.475.9816

Toll Free: 800.361.8322guypass@nb.sympatico.ca

Drivers’ lounge & game room, convenience store, showers,

laundry facilities, internet services, showers, parking & CAT scale.

MonCton

petRo cAnAdA

Exit 450, 2600 Mountain RoadMoncton, NB E1G 3T6

Tel: 506.859.6000Fax: 506.859.6005

Open 24-7, convenience store, fast food, ATM & washrooms.

peRtH – andoveR

toBique one stop

Exit 115, Perth – Andover, NBTel: 506.273.9682Fax: 506.273.9682

Open 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 RoadSalisbury, NB E4J 2G1

Tel: 506.372.3333Fax: 506.372.0083

Open 24-7, drivers’ lounge & game room, restaurant, convenience

store, showers, laundry facilities, parking & CAT scale

Waasislincoln Big stop ciRcle k

415 Nevers Rd.Waasis, NB E3B 9E1Tel: 506.446.4444

Driver Fax: 506.446.4455bigstop_bluecanoe@yahoo.caOpen 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 stop580 White Lake Road,Arnprior, ON K7S 3G9

Tel: 613.623.3003Fax: 613.623.1003

Toll Free: 866.334.4775jack@antrimwesternstar.com

Open 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 stop902 Wallbridge Loyalist Road

Belleville, ON K8N 5A2Tel: 613.966.7017

Fax: 613.962.4495 or Office at 613.966.4740

jtombs@gmail.comwww.10acre.com

Restaurant & 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.

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 barb@woodwardpublishing.com.

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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.

xdeseRonto

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

ultRAMAR3199 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 stop2025 County Road 44

Spencerville, ON K0E 1X0Tel: 613.925.5158Fax: 613.925.5158

Open 7 days, game room, restaurant, convenience store, showers, parking & CAT scale.

vanKleeK Hill

heRB’s tRAvel plAzA21160 Service Road,Exit 27 off Hwy 417

Vankleek Hill, OntarioToll Free: 800.593.4372

Tel: 613.525.2120Fax: 613.525.1595

suzie_vink@yahoo.caOpen 24-7 drivers’ lounge,

restaurant, convenience store, laundry facilities, ATM, internet services, showers & parking.

ontario, northern

BRadFoRd

BRAdFoRd husky tRAvel centReHwy 400 & 88Bradford, ON

Tel: 905.775.5794www.myhusky.ca

naiRn CentReJeReMy’s tRuck stop &countRy RestAuRAnt220 Highway 17 West

Nairn Centre, ON P0M 2L0Tel: 705.869.4100Fax: 705.869.6796

noRtH BayBAytRuck stop

3060 Hwy 11 NorthNorth Bay, ON

Tel: 705.474.8410Fax: 705.495.4076

Toll Free: 888.474.8410baytruckstop@bellnet.ca

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

bgagnon@krebenterprises.caOpen 24-7, restaurant, convenience

store, ATM & showers.WauBausHene

WAuBAushene tRuck stop21 Quarry Road, Box 419,

Waubaushene, ON L0K 2L0Tel: 705.538.2900Fax: 705.538.0452

bramji@sympatico.ca

ontario, Western

BeaMsville

BeAMsville RelAy stAtion4673 Ontario Street,

(Exit 64 off QEW)Beamsville, ON L0R 1B4

Tel: 905.563.8816Fax: 905.563.4770

relaystation@bellnet.caOpen 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

dRuMBo

tRuckeR’s hAven

Hwy 401, Exit 250,806607 Oxford Road,Drumbo, ON N0J 1G0

Tel: 519.463.5088Fax: 519.463.5628

amdroit1990@hotmail.com

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

wayne@marshalltruck.comWeb: www.marshalltruck.comOpen 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

inbox@johnnysgasbar.comwww.johnnysgasbar.ca

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

ultRAMAR535 Mill Street

(Hwy 401 Exit 230 on TA site)Woodstock, ON N4S 7V6

Tel: 519.421.3144Open 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 centRe201 – 4th Street,

Estevan, SK S4A 0T5Tel: 306.634.3109www.myhusky.ca

Regina

husky Bulk sAles210 North McDonald Street

Regina, SK S4N 5W3Tel: 306.721.6880www.myhusky.ca

ReginA husky tRAvel centRe1755 Prince of Wales Drive

Regina, SK S4Z 1A5Tel: 306.789.3477www.myhusky.casasKatoon

petRo cAnAdA – petRo pAss402 – 51st Street East

Saskatoon, SKTel: 306.934.6766Fax: 306.668.6110

rainbow@sasktel.netDrivers’ lounge, convenience store,

laundry facilities, ATM, showers, scale & parking.

sWiFt CuRRent

husky tRAvel centRe1510 South Service Road West

(Trans Canada Hwy 1 West)Swift Current, SK S9H 3T1

Tel: 306.773.6444www.myhusky.ca

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Spring – Time to CruiseBy Wendy Morgan-McBride

Classic car enthusi-asts love showing off their lovingly

restored and pampered automobiles. Attending and participating in car shows is one way to get your ride a little attention. Another fun way is to organize a cruise night, which can be a small, informal affair held on a weekly basis or a huge, impromptu car show/cruise that includes music, food, fun, and, of course, lots of classic cars. How you organize a cruise night will vary some, de-pending on the size of your venue and the amount of time you have to plan the event.

ShoW car definition

“A show car, sometimes called a dream car, is a custom-made automobile created specifically for public display, rather than sale. They are shown at auto shows and other exhibitions. Show cars can be featured either by automobile companies or private individuals.

Privately owned show cars are extensively cared for by their owners pri-marily for the purpose of e n te r ing

car shows and can be production models or cus-tom-made.What MakeS a claSSic

an antique?

“A classic car is an older car, though the exact def-inition varies around the world. The Classic Car Club of America maintains that a car must be between 30 and 49 years old to be a classic, while cars be-tween 50 and 99 fall into a pre-antique class. Cars 100 years and older fall into the Antique Class. In the UK, ‘classic cars’ range from Veteran (pre–First World War) to vintage (1919–1930) to post-vin-tage (1930s). Post–Second World War classic cars are not so precisely defined.”definition of cruiSing

“There are two main types of cruise: regu-lar cruises, also known as meets, and one-off cruises. The events that take place are similar; cars meet, park or cruise around while people so-cialize, often meeting people through online contact, while showing off their cars and admiring others’ vehicles. The cre-ation of show cars dates back to at least

the 1920s, but truly busted out in the 1950s when most of the major U.S. automakers began to ex-hibit wild, fanciful dream cars, sparking a trend for collectors and hobbyists to start cruising with their hot rods and meeting at com-mon places such as A&W.”

car cluB WeBSiteS

Vintage Car Club of Can-ada assists in the acquisi-tion, restoration, preserva-tion, salvage and mainten-ance of and to promote interest in motor vehicles of ancient age (25 years old or older), their acces-sories, historic lore and as-sociated items. Visit their website at www.vccc.com.

Classic Car Database offers specifications, parts and service, museum and clubs for antique, classic, vintage and muscle cars with information on over 150 clubs in Canada and the U.S. Visit their website at www.classiccardata-base.com.

The MG Car Club of To-ronto is the oldest single auto club in Canada out-side of the U.K, dedicat-ed to ‘Maintaining The Breed”. Visit their website at www.mgtoronto.com.

MegaSpeed is open from March 21-23. The show will host celebs from res-toration shows as well as hot rods, muscle cars and demos. I will be at-tending so I hope to see you there. Be sure to say hi! Visit their website at www.megaspeedcar-show.com.

Dragstrip Memories is held at the Canadian Warplane Museum, April 13th, this year. The Museum hosts

the Wills Family GM Heritage Car show on July 13th and the Vin-tage Wheels and Wings Show on August 10th. Visit their website at www.warplane.com/upcoming-events.aspx.

“The Fabulous Fifties” opens May 18th at the Reynolds Alberta Museum in Edmonton and prom-

ises to offer any traveler that visits a fun and ex-citing time. This feature exhibition explores the car culture of the 1950s. Visit their website at www.his-tory.alberta.ca/reynolds/specialevents/fabulousfif-ties.aspx.

Father’s Day in BC prom-ises fun for dad with the Old Car Sunday show and shine. Visit their website at www.oldcarsunday.ca. If you are on the east coast check out the Nova Scotia Father’s day event at the Memory Lane Herit-age Village in Lake Char-lotte. Visit their website at www.novascotia.com/en/home/thingstosee-anddo/.

The Atlantic Nationals has been mentioned to me many times as the place to be with lots of fun and unique cars, as well as some very unusual re-stores. Dates are July 10th – 13th. Visit their website at www.atlanticnationals.com.

Krown presents the Merrickville Car Cruise & Shop, July 13th. Visit their website at www.merrickvillecarshow.com.

For all the Mopar fans here the one not to miss is the MOPAR Fest. Save the dates of August 16 and 17 for all your drooling and awing. Visit their website at www.moparfest.com.

The website, www.on-tarioclassiccruise.com, is the place to find informa-tion on a number of events and shows throughout the year, not just in Ontario, but in the United States as well as across Canada.

Old Rides offers infor-mation on events hap-pening all over Ontario. It is a great way to find those unique shows and check out new and in-teresting remodels and restores. They also offer a marketplace and other interesting information for classic vehicle en-thusiasts. Visit their web-site at www.oldride.com/events/ontario_carshow.

html.W e s t e r n

Drivers pro-v i d e s i n -format ion and news on upcom-ing events such as the Vancouver All British Classic, as well as infor-mation on others interests for all drivers. Visit their website at www.western-driver.com.

The PEI Street Rod Asso-ciation lists events, helpful links and club information for those looking to get into the classic car hobby. Visit their website at visit www.peistreetrod.com.

My Star Collection offers information for all prov-inces. Visit their website at www.mystarcollectorcar.com.

Another great website for event listings, clubs, marketplace adverts and other cool stuff is the Maritime Classic Cars. Visit their website at www.maritimeclassiccars.com.

If all else fails and you still need some classic rides to tie you over, there is always a cruise night

at the local A&Ws across Canada. They are always for a good cause. Visit their website at www.aw.ca/cruisin-the-dub.nsf/About-cruisenights.

The search for cruise nights, meets and shows is endless. This is just a sampling of what you can find, but if you still can’t find what you are look-ing for just Google search the town and see what pops up.

I will be sure to post all these and more on my Fa-ceBook fan page for easy access. The cars here are some I have had the pleas-ure of viewing just to show you what you might see at these shows. So enjoy the spring warmth and dream of the cruising you can do, and who knows, maybe we will meet. Enjoy!V

March 2014 39

rick chesebrough, who serves as chief for the south

Frontenac Fire Department

T370’s Help Protect Township of South Frontenac

South Frontenac, On-tario – It is a town-ship that consists

of 440 square miles and 18,000 full-time residents, ballooning to 30,000 in the summer months. Smack dab in the middle is Fron-tenac Provincial Park – an area dotted with lakes and canoe routes through 22 of those lakes. Hiking, fish-ing, wildlife viewing, and camping abound. For the thousands of visitors and those who have summer cottages joining the full-timers in South Frontenac, it’s paradise.

It really is a special place,” said Rick Chesebrough, who serves as chief for the South Frontenac Fire Department. “It’s nature at its best and a throwback in time. People come here to relax and get back to nature.”

For Chief Chesebrough and his crew of 150 volun-teer firefighters, it’s also a place they proudly protect with a fleet of predomin-ately Kenworth medium duty trucks configured as pumpers, tankers and rescue vehicles.

While nature and time may seem to stand still, the fire department is any-thing but. It’s progres-sive and leading edge. So much so that other departments have tend-ed to follow its lead in equipment purchases and practices. “That tells us we’re doing things right,” said Chesebrough, who became the department’s lone paid employee back in 2003. “It’s very gratifying to see other departments emulate what we’ve ac-complished here.”

Operating nine fire halls with five rescue vehicles, eight tankers and nine pumpers in total, the de-partment has upgraded its equipment and received Superior Water Shuttle ac-creditation in 2006 by the Fire Underwriter’s Survey.

“We’re running most-ly Kenworth medium duty trucks – the T370 as our latest purchases,”

Chesebrough said. “By upgrading and having the right pieces of equipment, we’re able to continuously pump 700 gallons of water a minute to combat struc-tural fires. That’s equiva-lent to using fire hydrants, but we do it with pumpers and tankers. We can draw from lakes and feed the pumpers, or send the tank-ers out and return with water. By being able to do this, and being certified, we’re saving homeowners up to 40 percent on their homeowners insurance. That’s huge. To pay for all this, we instituted a $35 surcharge for each $150,000 in home value, but that cost is minimal compared to their sav-ings.”

The volunteer fire depart-ment stays busy, accord-ing to Chief Chesebrough. “We’ll get about 500 calls a year on average with about a third of those for medical emergencies from broken legs to cardiac arrests,” he said. “We’ll also have three or four ice water rescues per season, plus we’ll respond to wild-fires that are in our area. Fortunately, wildfires are down significantly since we implemented burning restrictions in the area.”

As for equipment, the five fire rescue vehicles in-clude two Kenworth T370s with another recently pur-chased and awaiting a cus-tom body. The single-axle rescue vehicles are built with 18-foot van bodies with rear walk-in. Heavy hydraulics power a ‘jaws of life’ life-saving cutter, and tower lighting extends 10 feet above the rescue unit. “Those are our go-to vehicles for accident re-sponse and any water res-cues,” said Chesebrough.

Each unit in the tanker fleet, which features three Kenworth tandem-axle T370’s, carries 2,500 gal-lons of water. They’re de-signed for multi-use – be-ing a water supply for the pumpers, as well as a self-contained fire apparatus,

shooting water at a rate of 840 gallons a minute – emptying their tanks in a mere 21⁄2 minutes. The latest Kenworth T370, configured as a tanker, is powered with a PACCAR PX-9 engine rated at 380-hp, while the new T370 rescue chassis features the PACCAR PX-9 engine rated at 350 hp. Each Kenworth is driven through Allison automatics.

Rounding out the depart-ment’s equipment are the nine pumpers, including two 2006 Kenworth single-axle T300’s with 800-gal-lon tanks, coupled with 30-gallon foam tanks for

fire suppression.Chesebrough’s prior ex-

perience working for the ministry of transporta-tion and as a truck driver strongly influenced his equipment choices as the township’s fire chief. “I know the importance of being able to spec a truck for the specific job at hand,” he said. “My experience taught me the importance of reliability, durability and workman-ship in a vehicle. Since we keep our equipment for 25 years and the investment in the chassis and body can range from $350,000 on up, it’s critical to make

the right choice and have the right specs.

“We’ve found that the Kenworths we’ve run to be just fantastic,” continued Chesebrough. “They have great visibility and a sharp turning radius and a cab that can be configured for the work we do. When we worked with our Kenworth dealer (Kenworth Ontario in nearby Kingston), we went into great detail on what we needed. We didn’t have to compromise – Kenworth understands the needs of fire chiefs and how the equipment will be used. That goes from building the truck all the way to dealer support. Kenworth Ontario – Kings-ton supports us 24 hours a day. We never have to

worry about downtime – it’s been an exceptional relationship we’ve forged with our dealer.”

Since the fire trucks don’t put on many miles, they’re maintained on a time schedule and they’re cleaned after every emer-gency use. “You’d be hard pressed to tell what year any of our trucks are,” said Chief Chesebrough. “They look great, but bet-ter than that, they perform great. It’s why we show-case our Kenworths at the annual Ontario Fire Chiefs Conference. Other chiefs walk around those trucks and walk away understanding what we’ve come to appreciate over the years. That’s a gratify-ing feeling.”V

Dedication personifiedWhat’s it take to become a volunteer fireman? How about four months of training entailing weekly three-hour sessions, coupled with every other weekend training regimens.

“It’s intense and the obligations and sacrifices our volunteers make is something to behold,” said Chief Chesebrough. “Before any volunteer can respond to a call, they need to know proper procedures and life-saving techniques. We never know what can be encountered up here, from structural and wildfires to water rescues over ice, and severe auto accidents. It takes a special individual to serve. Residents here have put their trust in our volunteers, and they don’t disappoint – their dedication to the township is unbelievable.”

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Hazmat Loads Denied on Ambassador Bridge

The Michigan De-partment of Trans-p o r t a t i o n h a s

denied the Detroit Inter-national Bridge Company request to increase the amount of dangerous goods that can cross the Ambassador Bridge.

The bridge company had been seeking  that trans-port of hazmat such as gases, flammable liquid, peroxides, poisonous and corrosive materials be al-lowed to cross the span while being escorted.

CBC News reported that

after eight months of re-viewing comments from the public and interest groups on both sides of the border, MDOT opted not to allow more dangerous goods loads on the bridge.

Hazmat truck loads are banned from the privately-

owned bridge as well as the Detroit-Windsor Tun-nel. They are currently per-mitted to cross the border via the Detroit-Windsor Truck Ferry or on desig-nated lanes at the Blue Water Bridge between Port Huron and Sarnia.V

heaLth & FitNess

Preventing Text NeckBy Dr. geOrge traitses

Americans sent 110 billion text messa-ges in December

2008, according to the Census Bureau. As tech-nology advances, allowing us to do more tasks on smaller equipment, our bodies often pay the price. With a growing potential for injuries from technolo-gies that we rely on, it’s important to minimize the risks. One problem that is

becoming more prevalent is neck strain from the over-use of mobile de-vices, or “text neck.”

What Causes Text Neck?Text neck is caused by

poor posture when using a mobile device. It’s all too common to become hunched over with your head drooping forward and your shoulders round-ed as you become en-grossed in your messaging or games.

hOW tO avOiD teXt

Neck

Sit up straight with your chest out and your shoul-ders back.

Bring your arms up in front of your eyes so that you don’t need to look down to see the screen.

Tuck your chin into your chest to look down rather than dropping your head forward.

If you must use your mobile device for lengthy typing, invest in an exter-nal keyboard.

Rest your forearms on a pillow while typing to help minimize neck tension.

Avoid using mobile de-vices while in bright sun-light. Straining to see the screen leads to jutting the chin for ward, shifting work from the spine to the muscles that hold up the head.

The best way to avoid text neck is to limit the use of your mobile device. If you need to send a longer e-mail, wait until you have access to a computer or

consider calling the person rather than texting.

stretches FOr

FrequeNt teXters

Hand stretch. Start with your hands in a fist and stretch your fingers out as wide as they’ll go and then return to a first. Shoot for about ten stretches with each hand. For added re-sistance you can stretch a rubber band around your fingers.

Squeeze a stress ball. Do this for approximately 30 seconds for each hand.

C h e s t s t r e t c h . To counteract the hunched posture of texting, stand up straight with your arms down at your sides. Turn your forearms until your thumbs are pointing at the wall behind you.

For more information on health and safety visit the Ontario Chiropractic As-sociation Web site at www.chiropractic.on.ca or call 877.327.2273. Dr. George Traitses can be reached at 416.499.5656, www.infinite-health.com.V

Sit up to avoid Text Neck.

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heaLthy LiviNg

The Pear Truth: 7 Reasons to Eat More Pears

By BreNDa ricker

When it comes to health foods y o u h a r d l y

ever hear about pears. They do offer amazing health benefits like de-

creasing your chance of heart disease and stroke and, along with many other benefits, increase your immune system.

Decreased risk of heart disease: A 2007 research study found that these fruits could decrease the risk of cardiovascular disease mortality, espe-cially in postmenopausal women.

Decreased risk of stroke: In 2011 researchers dem-onstrated that eating pears could dramatically decrease an individual’s

risk of stroke due to the rich amount of fiber.

Weight reduction: Pears pack a big punch for such a small size when it comes to fiber. For instance, you can get almost 20 percent of your daily al-lotment of fiber by eating one medium-sized pear. Along with proper diet and exercise, eating pears can give you the fiber you need to help lose weight.

I n c r e a s e y o u r i m -mune system: Pears

a r e loaded

with antioxidant content which helps bolster the immune system.

Colon health: The large fiber content is very helpful for maintaining

colon health. The pec-tin content of pears can also act as a mild laxative.

Source of energy: P e a r s m a k e a great source of energy and are so convenient in

lunches.Reduction in in-

flammation: Pears

have also been found to be a natural way to re-duce inflammation.

Conclusion: Pears can have many amazing health benefits thanks to the high fiber and fla-vonoid content which can provide you with a natural way to achieve better overall health. Next time you are looking for a way to increase your health in a natural way, grab a pear.

I can be reached at health_you_deserve@ya-hoo.ca.V

iMt

IMT Acquires Standen’s

Cambridge, Ontario – Two Canadian companies with

extremely impressive leg-acies have come together under one umbrella. IMT has recently acquired Standen’s based in Cal-gary, Alberta.

With a story that began in the 1920’s, Standen’s has become the formidable supplier of leaf springs, tillage tools, light trailer suspensions and suspen-sion hardware. With over 500 employees, 3 manu-facturing facilities across the globe, and 5 distribu-tion facilities, Standen’s is a world-renowned sup-plier to the Transportation, Defence and Agriculture industries.

The synergies between IMT and Standen’s are staggering. Both com-panies have strong con-nections to the trans-portation industry, IMT through Ingersoll Axles and their line of air sus-pensions and heavy duty trailer axles, and Standen’s through their light duty axles and spring suspen-sions. Together the two companies are able to offer their customers a complete solution for all of their transportation needs.

IMT’s existing capabil-ities include forging, heat treating, nitriding, machin-ing and assembly. IMT will be celebrating its 100-year

Centennial in 2014 and is looking forward to includ-ing Standen’s in the story of their growth and creat-ing more opportunities together moving forward.

Standen’s will fall into the Transportation Group of IMT’s corporate struc-ture, and will be run by Dean Davenport, President of the Transportation Group. For more informa-tion on Standen’s visit www.standens.com or for more information on IMT visit www.imtcorporation.com.

For more information contact Cheryl Hacking of IMT at 519.650.6932 or email chacking@imtcor-poration.com.V

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alberta

BRooKsNAPA Auto PArts99 – 7th Street EastBrooks, AB T1R 1C1Tel: 403.501.5551

CalgaRytrActioN

5329 – 72nd Ave. S.E., Unit 82Calgary, AB T2C 4X6Tel: 403.279.2870

edMontontrActioN HeAd office18532 – 116th Avenue

Edmonton, AB T5S 2W8Tel: 780.489.7555

edMonton noRtH WesttrActioN

18051 – 111th AvenueEdmonton NW, AB T5S 2P2

Tel: 780.444.4334

edMonton soutHtrActioN

3404 – 78th AvenueEdmonton South, AB T6B 2X9

Tel: 780.465.8010

edsonNAPA Auto PArts 4657A

4833 – 2nd AvenueEdson, AB T7E 1T8Tel: 780.712.4152

FoRt MCMuRRayPArAmouNt PArts iNc.

36 Riedel StreetFort McMurray, AB T9H 3E1

Tel: 780.791.3000

gRande pRaiRietrActioN

#4 16101 – 101st StreetGrande Prairie, AB T8V 0P2

Tel: 780.538.3038

HigH pRaiRieHigH PrAirie truck

& trAiler ltd.5309 – 53rd Avenue,

Hwy 2 WestHigh Prairie, AB T0G 1E0

Tel: 780.523.4777Toll Free: 877.523.4754

HintonNAPA Auto PArts 4236A

120 North StreetHinton, AB, T7V 1S8Tel: 780.865.8800

lloydMinsteRtruck ZoNe iNc.5205 – 65th Street

Lloydminster, AB T9V 2E8Tel: 780.875.7712

alberta

MediCine HatHydrAco iNdustries ltd.2111 – 9th Avenue S.W.

Medicine Hat, AB T1A 7G8Tel: 403.526.2244

peaCe RiveRPeAce truck & trAiler ltd.

9103 – 75th StreetPeace River, AB T8S 1T2

Tel: 780.624.8655

Red deeRtrActioN

8045 Edgar Industrial Cr.Red Deer, AB T4P 3R2

Tel: 403.342.7884

RoCKy Mountain HouseNAPA #6260

4528F – 47th AvenueRocky Mtn House, AB T4T 0A9

Tel: 403.845.2709

sundResAFARi MAnuFActuRing inc.

(pARtco tRuck pARts)20 West Road Industrial Park

Sundre, Alberta T0M 1X0Toll Free: 800.372.7826

Tel : 403.638.3414

WaBasCaPelicAN Automotive

2330 Pelican Business ParkWabasca, AB T0G 2A0

Tel: 780.891.3600

british columbia

BuRns laKePolAr PArk Automotive

831 Hwy 16 WestBurns Lake, BC V0J 1E0

Tel: 250.692.7501

CHetWyndgeAr-o-rAmA suPPly ltd.

4876 North Access RoadChetwynd, BC V0C 1J0

Tel: 250.788.2255

CHilliWaCKlickmAN truck & trAilerPArts & services ltd.

Bay 31B – 43915 Industrial WayChilliwack, BC V2R 3A4Toll Free: 877.772.6255

Tel: 604.793.9660

CouRtenaytAurus HeAvy duty veNtures ltd

2703A Kilpatrick AvenueCourtenay, BC V9N 6P4

Tel: 250.871.1191

british columbia

FoRt nelsoncHr-Ack PArts & rePAirs

4704 – 48th AvenueFort Nelson, BC V0C 1R0

Tel: 250.774.3273

KaMloopsPiNeridge trAiler

& equiPmeNt ltd.1875 Kryczka Place

Kamloops, BC V1S 1S4Tel: 250.374.3100

KeloWnaceNtrAl vAlley truck

service ltd.105 Adams Road

Kelowna, BC V1X 7R1Tel: 250.765.7738

pRinCe geoRgeNAPA – Pg

564 – 2nd AvenuePrince George, BC V2L 2Z9

Tel: 250.563.7778

quesnelNAPA trActioN

1185 Hwy 97 NorthQuesnel, BC V2J 2Y3Tel: 250.991.0650

csMitHeRs

smitHers PArts & service3465 Victoria Drive

Smithers, BC V0J 2N0Tel: 250.847.4287

squaMisHtritoN Auto & iNd. ltd.

1003 Industrial WaySquamish, BC V0N 3G0

Tel: 604.892.5951

suRReytrAiliNe trAiler PArts ltd.

10304A – 120th StreetSurrey, BC V3V 4G1Tel: 604.582.4888

teRRaCeBow vAlley mAcHiNe

5107 Keith AvenueTerrace, BC V8G 1K8Tel: 250.638.0099

WilliaMs laKewl forestry suPPlies ltd.

675 McKenzie AvenueWilliams Lake, BC V2G 1N9

Tel: 250.392.6699

manitoba

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 PArts

27523 Highway 62 SouthBancroft, ON K0L 1C0

Tel: 613.332.5474

BaRRievisco iNdustriAl (BArrie iNc.)

255 Saunders RoadBarrie, ON L4N 9A3Tel: 705.792.1371

Boltonvisco iNdustriAl

1 Simpson RoadBolton, ON L7E 1E4Tel: 905.857.2071

CaMBRidgetrActioN cAmBridge

1090 Fountain St. N., Units 12 & 13Cambridge, ON N3E 1A3

Tel: 519.653.3427

xdRyden

d & s Auto

459 Government StreetDryden, ON P8N 2Z3Tel: 807.223.3227

HaMiltontrActioN

30 Bancroft StreetHamilton, ON L8E 2W5

Tel: 905.561.0932

HanoveRJd truck PArts

790 – 10th StreetHanover, ON N4N 1S2

Tel: 519.364.1848

KenoRad & s Auto

1051 Railway StreetKenora, ON P9N 3W8

Tel: 807.468.9894

ontario

londontrActioN

2405 Scanlan StreetLondon, ON N5W 6G9

Tel: 519.455.3440

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

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 ltd

300 Hwy 13 South Service RoadCrossroads Industrial Park

Weyburn, SK S4H 2K7Tel: 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: 780.451.0225FoRt sasKatCHeWan

truckPro 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

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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: 604.793.9660CReston

crestoN truck service ltd.400 Helen Road

Creston, BC V0B 1B0Tel: 250.428.5321

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

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: 905.791.7655BuRgessvilleAl’s tiRecRAFt

593771 Hwy 59, R.R. #1Burgessville, ON N0J 1C0

Tel: 519.424.9865

CaledoniaoNeidA truck & trAiler

634 Fourth LineCaledonia, ON N3W 2B3Toll Free: 800.654.6454

Tel: 905.765.5011

ontario

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

HaMiltonBArtoN truck ceNtre ltd.

483-487 Rennie StreetHamilton, ON L8H 3P6

Tel: 905.544.2626

ontario

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: 705.362.5633KapusKasing

PAreNt mecHANicAl services53 Brunelle Road North

Kapuskasing, ON P5N 2M1Tel: 705.335.3617Mississauga

quickfix truck trAiler rePAirs6191 Atlantic Drive

Mississauga, ON L5T 1N7Tel: 905.696.6888neW lisKeaRd

PioNeer sPriNg & AligNmeNt437136 Hawn Drive

New Liskeard, ON P0J 1P0Tel: 705.647.8707

oaKvillek.i.d. truck & trAiler service1090 South Service Rd. E., Unit A

Oakville, ON L6J 2X8Toll Free: 800.265.6291

Tel: 905.842.2942osHaWa

quAlity truck rePAir iNc.840 Colonel Sam Drive,Oshawa, ON L1H 8A9

Tel: 905.721.2788piCton

d.m.d. truck equiPmeNt services iNc.

5 McDonald DrivePicton, ON K0K 2T0Tel: 613. 471.2060

ontario

siMCoewilsoN truck & trAiler

401 Queensway WestSimcoe, Ontario N3Y 5B3

Tel: 519.428.0501

sudBuRysudBury 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

veRneRmoBile mecHANicAl services

11769 Hwy 64Verner, ON P0H 2M0Tel: 705.594.1319

WaWaJ. Provost coNtrActiNg ltd.

683A Hwy 17NWawa, ON P0S 1K0Tel: 705.856.4513

saskatcheWan

sasKatoonA-liNe frAme & AligNmeNt

3246 Millar AvenueSaskatoon, SK S7K 5Y2

Tel: 306.931.6612

yoRKtontruck ProZ iNc.

Hwy 10 EastYorkton, SK S3N 2X3Tel: 306.782.4313

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Next Steps for New St. Lawrence Bridge Project

Montreal, Que-bec – The Hon-ourable Denis

Lebel, Minister of Infra-structure, Communities and Intergovernmental Affairs and Minister of the Economic Develop-ment Agency of Canada for the Regions of Que-bec, was in Montreal to announce the next steps for the new bridge for the St. Lawrence pro-ject following the recent completion of the busi-ness case.

The business case in-cludes a rigorous financial and technical analysis of the project and exam-ines different procurement

models to determine if cost and other benefits could be achieved using a public-private partnership. The business case con-firms that a public-private partnership is the most cost-effective method to deliver the project within an accelerated timeline.

The procurement pro-cess will begin with a request for qualifications in spring 2014 which will allow the new bridge for the St. Lawrence to be in service by 2018.

While the final design for the new bridge will only be determined once the procurement process is finished, it will meet

high quality standards and have six lanes for traffic, a dedicated corridor for light rail, as well as a multi-use path.

quick Facts

On October 5, 2011, the Government of Canada announced that it would be building a new bridge to replace the Champlain Bridge.

This bridge is one of the busiest in Canada, with $20 billion worth of inter-national trade crossing it every year. The Cham-plain Bridge is a crucial corridor for the regional economy and for Canada as a whole.

Construction for the new

bridge for the St.  Law-rence will start in 2015. The new bridge will be open by 2018 and the rest of the corridor project will be completed by 2020.

quOtes

“I am pleased to reach this significant milestone for the new bridge for the St. Lawrence.”

The Honourable Denis

LebelMinister of Infrastruc-

ture, Communities and Intergovernmental Af-fairs and Minister of the Economic Development Agency of Canada for the Regions of Quebec

“We will deliver a safe, reliable, long-lasting bridge, constructed in a timely, cost effective,

responsible manner that meets the expectations of Montrealers.”

The Honourable Denis Lebel

Minister of Infrastruc-ture, Communities and Intergovernmental Af-fairs and Minister of the Economic Development Agency of Canada for the Regions of Quebec.V

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Expanded Line of Trailers for EU Growth

Ontario, Canada: With the latest genera t ion o f

their aluminium moving-floor trailer designed for aggregate and road build-ing applications, Titan Trailers Inc. is well pos-itioned to become a sig-nificant player in the EU transportation industry.

Developed specifically for hauling stone and tarmac, this Titan aggre-gate trailer builds on the range of Titan’s EU trailer line-up. Initially launched in 2004, the highly suc-cessful THINWALL® trail-ers have been in service with waste hauliers and construction fleets for 10 years. The 10m tridem THINWALL® trailer will be assembled at a pro-duction and service facil-ity in Middlesborough, England.

a NeW DesigN FOr

eFFicieNt cLeaN-Out

The Titan aggregate trailer features a 9 Slat

V-Floor® self-unloading system from KEITH® Mfg., equipped with Titan’s new clean-out plow. Ac-cording to Mike Kloepfer, President of Titan Trail-ers, the clean-out plow was developed exclu-sively for use with the horizontal panel design of THINWALL® bodies. “We’ve invested several years of R&D looking into the problems of off-loading aggregate with a moving-floor system,” he explained. “This new plow allows highly ef-ficient unloading while minimizing wear and tear on the trailer. It’s the ul-timate clean-out weapon for heavy-duty hauliers.”

Level Unloading for Safety and Productivity

Mike reports that he has already received his first order for 5 of the newly introduced aggregate units from a customer who is replacing some of their older tippers, while

complementing their fleet with the newest genera-tion of Titans to increase their capacity. “Level un-loading offers a great improvement in jobsite safety for hauliers and contractors,” says Mike. “A Titan adds reliability and durability for hauling all types of gravel, stone, soil and tarmac.”

Titan also demonstrated how the moving floor concept is especial ly suited to paving applica-tions. As the unloader system walks the load off the trailer, the hot mat is dispensed evenly and avoids segregation of the material without remixing.

the OrigiNaL

thiNWaLL®

Titan Trailers are distin-guished by their innova-tive THINWALL® body construction, developed in the mid-1990s. The horizontal hollow-core smoothwall panels of

extruded aluminium have been widely adopted in North America for haul-ing a wide range of bulk commodities, from farm goods to “extreme duty” scrap metals. Being the lightest and the most ro-bust trailer in the heavy duty marketplace, only THINWALL® trailers fea-ture sidewalls that are assembled longitudinally and double machine-welded, inside and out, in a patented Titan process.

The new aggregate trailer introduces a re-designed top panel which integrates the trailer’s top rail. Its sloped tailgate is operated by a hydraulic lift. The V-Floor® system is hot tarmac compatible and is resistant to high temperatures. It utilizes flat-top slats for easier clean-outs as well as in-creased versatility to ac-commodate additional types of cargo. Standard models are equipped with

SAF axles and suspen-sions.

The UK production and service facility now sup-ports a fleet numbering over 300 trailers in ser-vice and now claims its position as the UK’s pre-ferred trailer for heavy-duty payloads. Brian Yuill, Managing Director of Yuill & Dodds Ltd., was among the first to bring Titan into a large fleet operation. “I had some reservations at first,” he said, “because the construction was rad-ically different from any other waste trailer. But I learned quickly that it was a far better design than any other traditional type of trailer that is avail-able in the marketplace.”

Titan has been refining its production system to maintain the integrity of its patents and quality standards while incor-porating local sources for many components. By doing final assembly

in Middlesborough, it keeps the trailers cost-competitive.

THINWALL® compon-ents and body fittings are produced in Canada and then packaged for shipment to the UK. The Middlesborough facility completes assembly with locally sourced running gear, tyres and compon-ents. This puts Titan in position to serve a global market, able to export its unique product anywhere while providing employ-ment, investment and strong customer service in the local markets.

“Our corporate state-ment is Strength Through Innovation”, Mike notes. “I’m very proud that we are able to be innovative in our business processes as well as our product design.”

For more information about Titan Trailers, visit www.titantrailers.com/UK.V

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the saFety tip aDviser

The Glare of the Sun is Coming

By aLvis viOLO

As one of the worst winters in history comes to an end,

it’s time to refresh our memories on how to drive in sunny conditions. Be-yond having to prepare against other distractions on the road, drivers must also be aware of nat-ural distractions such as the sun. Driving in the sun can obstruct your vision and cause limited sight. Without adequate protection the sun not only endangers a driver’s safety, it also creates a vision-health hazard that we need to be aware of.

The suspected cause of many motor vehicle acci-dents is poor visibility due to sun glare. Necessary precautions should be taken by drivers to ensure their safety and the safety of others on the road. The following tips will help re-duce the dangers of driv-ing on bright sunny days.

Drive cautiously. This includes leaving a proper distance from the vehicle ahead to ensure ample reaction time, and making

it a habit to lower your sun visors. Make sure all the windows are clean as this will cut down on the sun’s glare. Be sure that wiper blades are in good condition and that the windshield washer fluid reservoir is full and extra stock is on hand for easy top-ups.

Take an alternate route when possible, preferably one lined with trees or tall buildings instead of a route with extreme glare.

Do not look directly at the sun. Direct eye con-tact with the sun can bleach the eye’s retina and affect vision from five seconds to as long as thirty seconds. Most importantly, wear sun-glasses at all times. If you wear prescription eye glasses, have a set of prescription sun glasses made for you.

Not only is it import-ant to wear sunglasses at all times, it is even more important to wear a good pair of sun glasses. A good pair will have lenses that are polar-ized to reduce the suns glare. Polarized lenses utilize polarized filtering technology to diffuse and deflect concentrated light waves. Polarized lenses also provide excellent protection by blocking the glare that can cause eyestrain and fatigue.

A good pair of sun glass-es will also have lenses with UV protection to shield the eyes from dam-

age. Reflected UV rays are believed to contribute to various eye diseases such as cataracts, macu-lar degeneration and pho-tokeratitis (sunburn of the eyes). A driver may also experience blurred vi-sion, change in colour, or difficulty seeing at night. Proper sun glasses are especially critical today

as scientists point out the rapid deterioration of the Earth’s ozone layer and elevated amounts of harmful UV rays.

As you can see, taking safety precautions while driving in the sun will not only help us to avoid unwanted accidents, they will also help us to protect one of our most valuable

assets, our eyes. I don’t know about you, but the first thing I am going to do Monday morning is to dig out my best pair of sun glasses.

Drive safe, think posi-tive and be prosperous.

Alvis Violo is the C.E.O. of Emergency Road Servi-ces Corporation., a coast to coast 24 hour bilingual

roadside assistance com-pany dedicated to the trucking industry in Can-ada and the U.S. For more information visit www.emergencyroadservices.com or call 877.377.2262. Please send your ques-tions, feedback or com-ments about this column to alvis@emergencyroad-services.com.V

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Selective Attitude

By Bruce OutriDge

Fred was training a new driver. Like many new drivers

coming into the indus-try this novice was eager to get started and make money. Jack, the new driver had a bit of an at-titude. He was not a blank canvass in terms of the industry. His Grandfather had driven a truck, his Uncle had tractors on his farm that Jack had driven many times on family va-cations, so he didn’t think he needed all this training. In fact, the only reason he was there was because a career counselor had signed him up due to a lack of money.

Jack figured he could have gotten a job on his own, but the career counselor convinced him he needed training to get good work. Jack felt he was pushed into the training and his attitude reflected his inner resist-ance.

Fred was in the last week of training with Jack. He was fine with Jack’s skills but had trouble with Jack’s attitude. Jack seemed to be fighting every turn of the training and after five weeks both parties were starting to feel very drained. Fred felt Jack would be a good driver if he would just listen and

treat others with some respect. Like many other people that come from a family of older drivers, Jack had learned the stor-ies of the old days, the way drivers would fight with Dispatchers and how they had to chase load brokers for loads, and so on.

T h o s e d a y s h a v e changed, but Fred noticed that many new drivers feel they know the industry based on these outdated memories. Fred often wondered why many new people fall into this trap and discovered it’s from trying to fit in and to show they have experience. What Fred has actually found is that it demon-strates inexperience, even more so because those days have changed and the industry is trying hard to live up to new stan-dards. He often wished that if new drivers would just keep an open mind and listen to the things that are being taught, they would be much better off.

One of the areas that Jack had trouble with was time management. Jack just did not move fast and declared he would refuse to do particular duties. These were sentiments borne from the “old days,” but this unhelpful attitude was really holding back his training.

Fred was now con-ducting the final assess-ment on Jack. Jack had the skills, but Fred was nervous about cutting him loose with his attitude still not in check. As he marked off his checklist, the evaluation came to an end. The two sat in the truck talking about what went right and what went wrong during the evalua-

tion. Most of the items checked indicating Jack’s performance was good. The one exception was attitude, a rating which Fred had left unchecked. Fred sat in the truck and tried once again to explain to Jack that his attitude would make or break his future career. Attitude was

the key to making money, the key to being hired by good companies, and it was the key to a long and satisfying career. If he couldn’t get that under check it would make for a troubled future. Jack sat for a minute talking about what he had been told. He reflected and then prom-

ised he would do his best to work on that. However, only time will tell.

Driving skills are only one part of the equation when beginning a career in the transportation in-dustry. More often than not there are the soft skills that help you build a good solid career, skills that

should be constantly de-veloped.

Bruce Outridge is a trans-portation consultant with 30 years of experience and author of the books Driven to Drive and Running by the Mile. To learn more or to purchase books please visit his website at www.out-ridgeenterprises.ca.V

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SWIFT Committee to Tackle Shortage of Women in Trucking

Female managers a n d e x e c u t i v e s from across Can-

ada’s trucking industry are joining together to help more women pursue traditionally male-domin-ated career opportunities in trucking.

Supporting Women in Freight Transportation (SWIFT), a new nation-al advisory committee spearheaded by Truck-ing HR Canada, includes a cross section of sen-ior managers, directors, presidents and C-level executives. Together, they are committed to educating other women about careers in trucking, identifying challenges and barriers to their ca-reer paths, and promot-ing the recruiting and retention practices which support women in the workforce.

“While many gains have been made, women are still largely underrepre-sented in trucking-related careers,” says Angela Splinter, Chief Executive Officer of Trucking HR Canada. “This challenge needs to be addressed as the trucking industry looks to ease an intensi-fying shortage of skilled workers.”

Women represent a mere 3% of Canada’s

truck drivers, mechanics, transport trailer techni-cians, and cargo workers. They also account for just 11% of managers, 13% of parts technicians, 18% of dispatchers, and 25% of freight claims/safety and loss prevention spe-cialists.

A long-term, chronic shortage of qualified truck drivers has been recog-nized in recent reports by groups including the Can-adian Trucking Alliance (CTA) and the Conference Board of Canada.

SWIFT Advisory Com-mittee Members:

Caro l ine B la is , Re-cruiting Manager – Kriska Holdings Ltd.

Julie Burgess, Manager of HR & Communications – Triton Transportation

Lorraine Crawford, Fleet and Compliance Co-or-dinator – TDL Group

Brenda Cuthbert,  Vice-President, Human Re-sources – Siemens Trans-portation Group Inc.

Jane Douziech,  Vice President – Grimshaw Trucking

Nora Hillyer, Senior Vice President, Customer Ex-cellence – Northbridge Insurance

P a t r i c i a H a r k n e t t , CHRP, Vice President, Hu-man Resources – Midland Transport Limited

Margaret Hogg – Gener-al Manager, J.G. Drapeau Limited

Linda MacKinnon – MacKinnon Transport

Lou i sa McA lp ine – Snowbird Transportation

Claudia Milicevic,  Sen-ior Director and Gen-eral Manager – TransCore Link Logistics

Natalie Meyers,  Chair-person – Meyers Trans-portation Services

S h e r r y O r r ,   V i c e -President, Client Execu-tive, National Transporta-tion Leader – BFL Canada

Kathy Penner, Associate Publisher – Truck News/Truck West/Motortruck Fleet Executive

Joanne Ritchie,  Execu-tive Director – OBAC

Les Rozander, Director, Retention and Recruiting, Canada – Trimac Trans-portation Services

K e l l i S a u n -ders,  President – Morai Logistics Inc.

Vicki Stafford – Vice-President of Resource Development, Cavalier Transportation Services

Linda Young,   Vice-President, HR/People Development – Bison Transport

S W I F T ’s i n a u g u r a l meeting will be held April 11 during  Truck World, the largest truck trade show in Canada.V

traNspOrt FOr christ

God’s Guardian Grace

By chapLaiN LeN reiMer

Th e Lor d i s my shepherd; I shall n o t w a n t . “ H e

leads me.” Lead is the verb that in Psalm 23 car-ries the promise that our God will give us the dis-cernment of decision and direction we need in or-der to keep moving with Him along the path of life. God’s guardian grace and covenant of care should always undergird our quest for guidance. The ethic of guidance ap-pears in the parameters that qualify the promise. God leads “in paths of righteousness,” (verse 3), and nowhere else.

God’s guidance never violates the principles of uprightness and integrity, nor will He ever prompt us to irresponsible deci-sions. He guides us, rather, to obey His Word and to choose between op-tions by the exercise of the Christ like, God-honoring, farseeing wisdom that is modeled for us in the Bible. This is the wisdom that always aims at what will please God best. The spirituality of guidance appears as purpose and policy, not simply keeping

in touch with our Shep-herd in an incidental way as we review the range of possible decisions, but of pursuing our personal relationship with Him as closely as we can when we have decisions to make. The Shepherd “leads me in paths of righteousness for His name’s sake,” (verse

3), that is, to show His faithfulness and to be hon-ored for it by our thanks and praise. Praising and thanking God in advance because He has promised to lead us is often a means of coming to a clear dis-cernment of the scope of His leading in present decision and action.

Friends, I agree His paths are not always easy, often because they may seem different from what we want or thought they should be. However, the bottom line is, God’s lead-ing is the only perfect way. Negative or sinful lead-ing does not come from God.V

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Truck engine manu-facturers in North A m e r i c a h a v e

agreed on a few major goals. Lowering their car-bon footprint is number one on the list, better mile-age is number two, and horsepower is number three.

Measured success has been achieved with tech-nically improved engines in Class 8 trucks. So now is a good time to find out what drivers think of all the advancements. Are they old school or new tech?

The question this month is: “What in your opinion is the best engine to have in your truck?”

TeD PaTTerson drives for Orlando Puga En-terprises Inc. in Niagara Falls, Ontario: “The Detroit DD15 is one top notch engine that I enjoy work-ing with. It is very fuel efficient, has minimum downtime and parts are available and don’t cost a fortune.”

roberT PicHeTTe is a TRP Broker from Marie-ville, Quebec: “For my needs the Caterpillar mo-tor (Cat) is the better en-gine by far. You never worry about horsepower. They are easy to maintain, have little downtime and are cost effective.”

Maurice HouLe drives for Celadon Transport based in K i t chener , Ontario: “There is only one motor that I like. The Cummins ISX has all the horsepower I need with an incredible engine brake and top fuel mileage. It is easy to maintain and has little downtime.”

Moses McFarLane drives for J.E. Munds Trucking (broker) based in Fairfield, NB: “The Cum-mins ISX 485-500 is my choice for a great motor. The fuel mileage is always there. Power is there when you need it and repairs are cost efficient with little downtime.

If you have any ques-tions or subjects to dis-cuss, please feel free to contact me at carl@woodwardpublishing.com or call Carl McBride @ 613.902.5324.V

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Driver’s SeatBy: carL McBriDecarl@woodwardpublishing .com

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