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July 1, 2010 – 60 per cent of all accidents in which a truck col-
lides with a pedestrian or cyclist can be blamed on the driver’s blind spot. Many of the people injured are children. In Denmark, Volvo Trucks and several other organisations have therefore joined forces in a project designed to teach children how to be-have when there are trucks around.
It is the middle of the morning rush-hour in the little town of Svendborg on the Danish island of Fyn. At the Byskolen village school, curious children are crowding around a large truck parked in the school playground. The third-graders are having a traffic education lesson.
“Many of my pupils cycle through the village to school, and it’s important that they learn more about the traffic they encounter,” says class teacher Lise Jakobsen.
Denmark ’s la rges t -ever traffic safety cam-paign, “Traffic Safety at Eye Level”, has arrived in Svendborg. The campaign was launched in 2003 by Volvo Trucks and other organisations. The back-ground was that there had been many accidents in-volving cyclists and trucks,
caused by the blind spot that becomes particularly hazardous when the driver turns right in a left-hand drive truck. In 2003 alone, more than ten people died in Denmark, several of them children.
In 2007 the International Road Transport Union car-ried out an analysis of more than 600 accidents involv-ing trucks in seven Euro-pean countries (France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, the Netherlands, Slovenia and Spain). The study re-vealed that 60 per cent of accidents in which a truck drives into a pedestrian or cyclist are attributable to the truck driver’s blind spot. In half the cases, the accidents took place when turning right. Two-thirds of blind spot-related ac-cidents resulted in fatal-ities.
“These accidents are very difficult to prevent. That is why we joined forces with several partners to start the campaign and highlight the risks,” says Peter Ander-sen, PR manager at Volvo Trucks in Denmark.
In the beginning the train-ing sessions were held on Saturdays at Volvo Trucks dealerships. However, it was difficult to attract fam-ilies with young children at weekends. It was only when the campaign started
coming to schools that it picked up speed. So far, more than 60,000 children throughout Denmark have done the course.
“As a manufacturer, we want to help ensure that this type of accident never happens again. For in-stance, we have developed a safety system featuring cameras that monitor the blind spot. However, not everything can be solved with technology and driver training. That’s why we must actively teach cyclists about the risks. That is our responsibility as a truck manufacturer,” says Peter Andersen.
Place: Byskolen village school. Inside one of the classrooms, the pupils in class 3A are sitting in a circle. Their attention is focused on a model road junction on which there is a Volvo truck, scale 1:32. Instructor Jens Hesselvig shows how the truck’s trailer cuts the corner as the vehicle turns right. The aim is to show the children how easy it is to be run over in such a manoeuvre when they are on their bikes.
“I’m a lot more careful about trucks now. These things can actually kill someone,” says third grad-er Vera Meyer after the lesson.
The biggest danger oc-curs as the truck slows down and is about to start its right turn. This man-oeuvre creates blind spots where the driver cannot see everything that is hap-pening on the vehicle’s right side. Several acci-dents have happened when cyclists have continued straight ahead at the same time as a truck is negotiat-ing a right-hand turn.
“The cyclists believe the truck driver can see every-thing. However, there’s a huge difference between a passenger car and a truck when it comes to the blind spot. That is why it is vital for children to come up into the truck’s cab and see the view from the vehicle’s right-hand mirror,” explains instructor Jens Hesselvig.
There is no difficulty get-ting the children out into the school playground for the next exercise. After a bit of pushing and shov-ing on the staircase, a couple of boys are the first in the line to climb up into the truck cab. Meanwhile, instructor Jens places the rest of the class along the truck’s right side.
“OK, how many of your classmates do you see in the right-hand mirror? Sit in the driver’s seat and count them,” shouts Jens.
The boys in the cab can-not see more than half the class. It is particularly diffi-cult to see their classmates standing right beside the first pair of wheels, even though they are waving their arms and doing their utmost to be seen.
“It was fun sitting in the cab. But now I understand how difficult it is to see cyclists down there on the road. I’ll probably jump off my bike and get onto the pavement from now on whenever I have a truck beside me,” says Jens Ern-gard, class 3A.
“When we were told about the course it felt perfectly natural to ac-cept the offer. It’s a good opportunity to learn more about this now that my pupils are at the age that they are beginning to cycle to school on their own. They are more receptive to information about the dan-gers involved,” says class
teacher Lise Jakobsen.In Denmark the num-
ber of accidents involving cyclists and trucks in right-hand turns has dropped since the campaign got under way in 2003. From about ten fatalities a year to just one in 2009. It is of course difficult to quantify precisely how much the campaign has contributed to this result, but today there is immense demand for the course among Dan-ish schools.
“When we started visit-ing schools in 2005, there were many people who doubted whether this was the right method. After just one year, however, we saw that the project was highly appreciated by the schools. That’s reason enough for us to continue,” says Peter Andersen, PR manager at Volvo Trucks in Denmark.
For further informa-tion, visit www.volvo.comV
Warrenville, IL (July 1, 2010) – Navistar, Inc.’s
International® brand com-mercial trucks rank high-est in customer satisfac-tion among Class 8 truck owners in the Vocational Truck and Dealer Service segments - the only two categories recognizing the Class 8 truck industry this year - according to the J.D. Power and As-sociates 2010 Heavy-Duty Truck Customer Satisfac-tion Study (SM) released today.
“We are proud to be rec-ognized by J.D. Power and Associates with awards that signify Navistar’s commitment to providing the best possible experi-ence for International truck customers,” said Jack Allen, president of Navistar’s North American truck group. “It’s gratifying to be acknowledged for our work to continuously improve our products and service to better meet the needs of our customers’ demanding businesses.”
In the vocational truck
segment, International® brand Class 8 commer-cial trucks rank highest, performing particularly well in the engine, cab and body and transmis-sion factors.
In the service segment, International also ranks highest in Class 8 cus-tomer satisfaction and performs particularly well in all factors driving satis-faction: service delivery; service advisor; price; dealer facility; service quality; and service in-itiation.
According to J.D. Power and Associates, with sales shrinking during the past few years, dealers have placed heavy emphasis on improving the service experience to retain cur-rent customers and to help attract new ones. The average number of days to complete a repair has improved from 2.3 days in 2009 to 2.0 days in 2010. Getting a truck back on the road nearly a half day earlier may save the truck owner thousands of dollars in potential
lost revenue and greatly improve overall service satisfaction.
When it comes to meet-ing the needs of its cus-tomers and providing top-level customer ser-vice, Navistar prides itself on going “beyond the truck.” This past March, the company introduced OnCommand™ by Navis-tar - a bundled approach to service and after-sales support offerings.
As one of the largest and most comprehen-sive packages of support
services in the industry, OnCommand by Navistar helps customers achieve more efficient repairs and maintenance, better life-cycle value and an overall lower total cost of owner-ship - a combination that gives customers increased visibility and better con-trol of their business.
For more information about the study, visit the J.D. Power and Associates press release at: http://businesscenter.jdpower.com/news/pressrelease.aspx?ID=2010102.V
VOlVO tRuCKs
Children Taught the Importance Of Being Seen In Traffic
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International® Trucks Rank Highest in Vocational Truck & Dealer Service Among Class 8 Customers
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By mAREK KRAsusKI
At the top of the sca le, fu l l - t i l t m a k e ov e r s o f
Class 8 trucks are known to cost in excess of $100,000 with rigs sporting every-thing from gleaming ex-haust systems to stainless steel tank wraps. The costs may seem excessive, but not surprising considering the amount of work, ex-pertise, time and creativity invested in transforming a regular rig into an eye-catching work of art.
Truck shows and the larger custom specialists are the standard bearers measuring what’s hot in the industry. In recent years efforts have focused on creating impressions reminiscent of a previous era. “The biggest trend I have seen in the last couple of years is with paint. There has been a move toward a retro, 1980’s style of paint on trucks,” says Hans Gies-brecht, owner of Shield Truck Accessories based in Aylmer, Ontario. Gies-brecht has to be an astute observer of trends, his livelihood depends on it. Practically everything Shield Truck Accessor-ies produces is custom made, from visors to bat-tery boxes to tank wraps and an assorted array of accessories.
Customization costs average much less than the stratospheric peaks of $100,000, but rates can still reach into the tens of thousands of dollars. “We recently customized one truck that cost in excess of $30,000,” Giesbrecht noted of the stainless steel products mounted to the rig. The company’s
products are reportedly superior to what is found in chrome shops. All of Shield’s parts are made of premium 304 #8 heavy gauge steel noted for its strength and gleaming mirror finish and popular among drivers are Shield’s visors.
“Our visors are in high demand, especially among owners whose trucks are outfitted with manufac-tured visors that are not much more than accent pieces,” he continues. Dis-criminating drivers are apt to replace factory-made pieces with quality visors that eliminate glare and minimize reflection and as well function as a centre-piece for building identity. “Personalized visors can alter the look of a truck. Customers will ask for specific lighting shapes and sizes and load their visors with a lot of lights to
distinguish themselves.”Standing alongside the
demand for visors are fuel skin wraps. Conventional aluminum tanks are prone to discoloration by road salt and other environ-mental threats. Stainless steel covers do not fade like aluminum and require only a quick wipe to pre-serve a high finish polish that lasts years.
Giesbrecht admits that during recessionary times, such as the one experts tell us we are emerging from, the accessories industry is the first to suffer. He has seen competitors close their doors and if recent employment trends in
trucking are anything to go by, the predicted short-age of drivers over the next two years may further compromise investments in the customization mar-ket.
South of the border a shortfall of 200,000 drivers is predicted by the end of 2010 followed by a similar shortfall in 2011, accord-ing to the state of logistics report by the Council of Supply Chain Manage-ment Professionals. Re-tirements, tougher safety regulations designed to get bad drivers off the road and the need to replace drivers who were laid off during the recession, account for much of the shortage. Another princi-pal factor is the spate of challenges associated w i t h t h e profession;
the average salary for a U.S. truck driver was $37,730 in mid-2009. This, coupled with the demand for a quality-of-life career in which workers want to be home with their fam-ilies at the end of the day, underscores the Report’s claims that the industry will experience a short-age of one million drivers over the next 15 years just to replace retirees and meet the normal growth of freight.
Giesbrecht, meanwhile, hopes to continue re-sisting market pressures thanks in part to a solid reputation and an unfail-ing desire by many who
see the need to customize as an important business practice. Indeed, custom-ization sculpts a corporate identity. “People want to make themselves unique. They want to be noticed on the road and gain more attention. This prompts conversation which helps create an identity. Many drivers want to be recog-nized by the rig they are driving rather than by who
they are,” Giesbrecht says of the impressions he gleans from cus-
tomers who patronize his shop. Customization, he continues, is also driv-en by design changes by truck companies. Battery boxes, for example, which fit a particular rig one year, may not fit the same truck a year later due to minor changes in cab configura-tion.
Others agree with Gies-brecht’s assessment of developing a unique im-age. “People want to be identified by their brand. They want people to look at their truck and notice the lights and decals and paint jobs. All of these things create an impres-sion and establish a mar-ket position,” says Mark Paul, Business Develop-ment Marketing Manager for Grote Industries’ Can-adian operations based in Markham, Ontario. Grote Industries’ core business is
providing electrical light-ing and harness systems for a range of trailer sizes and applications. Paul, like Giesbrecht, agrees that it is primarily Owner/Oper-ators that opt for customiz-ing rigs. Larger fleets with dozens or even hundreds of units prefer a more cost effective approach in which all vehicles are marked the same way with few added features.
But Grote’s unique lighting systems also attract other segments of the industry. Police and fire depart-ments, emergency servi-ces and municipalities all customize vehicles with specific lighting configura-tions and other signature features in order to estab-lish a specific brand.
In addition to custom-izing lighting on vehicles, Grote Industries also has a reputation for advan-cements into white light technology. The company is known for its function-al LED Worklamps. The LEDs, while providing a low amperage draw that uses less battery power than conventional in-candescent lighting, are known for their powerful illumination and even distribution of light across the visibility spectrum. LEDs have no filaments which builds resistance against damage caused by vibrations. These resilient units have been especially useful in withstanding the rigours of harsh working
environments. Reduced power consumption, a cleaner brighter white, and more useable light are features which have made the LED Worklamp popular for the inside of trailers as well as for emergency vehicles and machinery for the farming, mining and construction industries. Whitelight (R) products are available in a variety of sizes and LED configurations for many applications.
Customized products not only enhance image, but provide comfort. Air con-ditioning systems are also undergoing modifications that conform to changing rig designs and driver comfort with non-invasive installations. The Concord, Ontario based company, Cool Moves, sports the Ren Cool Combination Kit, an air conditioning unit with components which can be configured in dif-ferent ways according to the specs of the truck and availability of space. Company president, Gary Wilson, says Cool Moves offers the widest range of mounting options in North America. Units can be mounted on the back wall of a cab, on the roof or using a so-called split system whereby operating components are placed wherever space provides. Cool Moves imports many of its products which can be packaged in multiple ways to suit customers’ needs. The company draws on its extensive experi-ence installing systems in limited spaces. It services military hardware heat-ing and AC units placed in tanks and armoured vehicles where unused space is at a premium.
Though not a necessity for Class 8 trucks and trailers, industry watchers predict the market will as-cend a continuing trajec-tory, spurred by the need for some degree of brand recognition.V
6 August 2010
thIs mONth’s thEmE: tRuCK CustOmIzINg
Customization Market Segment Continues to be Strong Despite Industry Highs & Lows
By AlVIs VIOlO
If you ever plan to in-volve yourself in activ-ities such as camping,
boating or some sort of automotive pastime, such as auto racing, then chan-ces are you will need to do some towing. While it may seem hard to believe, towing an average-sized trailer is really easier than it looks. Before you at-tempt to tow a trailer however, make sure you learn to do it safely.
Two of the most import-ant things to remem-ber when you tow are basic common sense and the ability to adjust your driving. When towing,
remember that every-thing you do while driving needs to be done at about half the speed when com-pared to driving without a trailer. When turning, you need to go much slower. When you are accelerat-ing, do it much easier. If you need to brake, al-low yourself a great deal more space to stop and when you change lanes, allow more room for your vehicle and the trailer.
Follow these tips when attaching your trailer to the tow vehicle
Know your vehicle’s towing capacity and the weight of what you are towing. You can find your vehicle’s capacity in the owner’s manual. To deter-mine the weight of what you are towing, include the weight of the trailer itself and the object(s) on the trailer. Take into account any extras, like the contents inside the camper or fuel in the tank
of the boat.Choose a hitch with the
proper rating. Hitches are ranked from Class I to Class V, and their towing capacity increases in each class. A Class I trailer can tow 907 kg while a Class V is rated to tow 4,536 kg.
Connect the wiring for lights and brakes. Trail-ers have their own brake and turn signals, so make sure you have the proper wiring harness to con-nect the lights to your vehicle. If you are towing more than 680 kg, your province likely requires the trailer to have its own brakes, so be sure to con-nect those to your vehicle as well.
Register your trailer; trailers need their own license plates. Before you take it on the road, obtain the proper registration and plates, the latter of which should be securely affixed and visible from
the back end.Know the width and
length limits of cargo in your province. There are restrictions on how wide and long your cargo can be before you need to use flags or extra lights. For example, if you are tow-ing long planks of wood, there will be a length at which your province re-quires you to affix a flag or red light to the end.
Make sure the cargo is strapped down properly. Bumps in the road, hills and turns can cause cargo to shift. If the cargo gets off balance, it could rip the trailer off the hitch. Make sure everything is tightly packed and secured.
Hook up your trailer and now that you have the equipment you need, securely attach the trailer to your vehicle by follow-ing these three steps.
Attach the coupler to the ball mount, they should fit securely. If they do not,
you cannot tow the trailer until you get the proper equipment. Make sure the ball is not worn out; grease the ball regularly to prevent wearing.
Attach the safety chains between the trailers and tow vehicle. Cross the chains underneath the trailer tongue, making sure they are a little slack but do not drag on the ground. Then, attach the chains to the tow vehicle itself, not the hitch. The chains are a backup safety device designed to keep the trailer and tow vehicle connected should the hitch fail.
Hook up all the elec-trical, and then test your lights.
Take the time to learn how to properly connect and tow a trailer so you can reach your destina-tion as smoothly as pos-sible. Since recreational activities like boating and camping require towing,
you do not want your weekend of fun ruined by a trailer mishap.
The last safety tip I have is one we hardly think about. Make sure your insurance policy allows for the towing of trail-ers. Find out if you have liability insurance in case something happens while towing and make sure the trailer and its contents will be covered in case they are damaged.
Drive safe, think positive and be prosperous.
Alvis Violo is the C.E.O. of Emergency Road Ser-vices Of Canada Inc., a coast to coast national roadside assistance com-pany dedicated to the trucking industry in Can-ada and the U.S. For more information, visit www.ersofcanada.com or call 1-877-377-2262. Please send your questions, feed-back or comments about this column to [email protected]
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Calgary, Alberta – On the racetrack, “Smokin’ Gord”
Cooper faces many chal-lenges when racing with Canada’s first and fastest diesel drag semi, The Smokin’ Gun. With his personal best ¼ mile speed clock-ing
in at 1 1 9 . 8 8 mph, Cooper turns to Shell Rotella T® Triple Protection® to help keep his engine in top form.
Cooper had been using Shell Rotella T for years when Shell Rotella be-came an official sponsor in 2005.
“I’ve been using Rote-lla T for 20 years, and would never think about using anything else,” says Cooper. “No matter how hot I run my engine, I know that
Rotella T will keep my engine protected and continuously adapt to the needs of my engine for protection in these tough off-highway ap-plications.”
Ranked Top Five Fastest Diesel Drag Racing As-sociation Pro Rig in North America, The Smokin’ Gun takes 3,100 hp to
move 9,500 lbs down the 1/4 mile in less than 12.5 seconds, and gets to speeds over 120 mph, putting the rig’s twin-turbo engine
through some of the harshest racing condi-tions.
In the summert ime Cooper continues to tour
Canada with the Smokin’ Gun and his Crew, wowing race fans with spectacular burn-outs and fast 1/4 mile runs. When the racing season
ends Gord goes back to work full time hauling oversize and delicate oilfield equipment with his commercial truck-ing company, O.C.E.A.N.
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Hotshot Ltd.Cooper grew up in Ay-
ers Cliff, a small town in Eastern Canada. He at-tended Dawson College before joining the Armed Forces as a Military En-
gineer. After seven years, Cooper resigned from the Canadian Military and soon he began a career in trucking. Cooper now resides with his family in Calgary, Alberta.
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Smokin’ Gord Cooper Faces Many Challenges
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Shell Canada Adapts to Your Fleet Needs
By JACK lEE
Do you like shop-ping around for a good deal? I re-
member hearing about a guy who got a good deal on a new paint job for his truck…his brother-in-law was going to do it. No need to write any more because you can finish the rest of that story.
I like a good deal and as a business owner I always try to get the best price from our suppliers, while taking into con-sideration all of the facts looking beyond just price. Take fuel for example. If you are driving a few blocks to save a couple of cents per litre to fill up your car, it makes sense. But is price-per-litre the best way to shop for your fleet?
Let me ask you another question: Is fuel a com-modity or an investment? If you view fuel as a com-modity chances are you shop for fuel based on price alone. If you view fuel as an investment you are concerned about maximizing the return on your fuel investment and the resulting productiv-ity. Sound complicated? Really it’s not. Let me explain.
If you refuel your fleet with a supplier that gives you a “low price guaran-tee” you don’t get much else, just the fuel. There usually is not a written service guarantee that ensures you get the fuel you need, anytime, day or night; not to mention emergencies. And what about fuel shortages? Will you be lined up with every-body else waiting for the big oil companies? Cheap fuel suppliers can leave you in the
l u r c h too, stop-
ping your work. Now
that’s expen-sive.If the cost of fuel
is your only concern then are you 100% sure that you are getting every drop you pay for? Unless there is 100% transparency you could be getting less. If your fuel delivery com-pany does not monitor each refuelling occasion digitally and can show you how much fuel was deliv-ered, to the exact drop, you have no real proof. Low cost price leaders typically do not invest in technology and as a result you do not get more than a simple invoice with each fill… that’s it.
Total Fuel Management delivers more for your money!
When you use a Total Fuel Management Com-pany, like 4Refuel, you will get a competitive price
and they will deliver a whole lot more. A big part of that is informa-tion that you can use to calculate the return on your fuel investment. With each fill up, you know, to the drop, how much fuel each truck or piece of equipment got and when it was refuelled. You can get that data delivered to you in real time via email in addition to data that shows how much time
that particular unit was productive, how much downtime and
key operating information like time spent idling, hard acceleration etc. All this is important stuff if you care about your bottom line productivity.
Total Fuel Management minimizes the risks as-sociated with refuelling too because drivers are certified, trained profes-sionals, so you won’t have to pay for costly clean-ups. If there is a regional fuel shortage the top TFM companies will guaran-tee delivery because they work with a number of suppliers in and outside of your territory. You’ll be working while others are waiting. And that is priceless!
Jack Lee is CEO of 4Re-
fuel Inc. the largest on-site fuel management com-pany in Canada and a global leader in technol-
ogy designed to help busi-nesses reduce their fuel expenses.
Got a question about
fuel? Ask the fuel expert by emailing Jack at ask-thefuelexpert @ 4refuel.com.V
12 August 2010
AsK thE FuEl ExPERt
When Cheap Fuel Costs You More…
By mARK REyNOlDs
MTO has the au-thority to con-duct a Facility
Audit at an operator’s place of business, which includes a review of books and records pertaining to the operator’s truck-ing business. When MTO decides to audit a particu-lar operator, the auditor will contact the operator, usually by fax, informing them of the intention to conduct the audit, usually about a week in advance of the intended audit. The letter that is faxed to the
operator outlines the types of records the auditor will expect to see during the audit and the time and date that the audit will commence. The auditor will then attend at the operator’s place of busi-ness to review documents such as Hours of Work records, Maintenance files and so forth.
At the outset of the audit, the auditor traditionally cautions the operator that any statements made by the operator can be used in any prosecutions against the operator that may re-sult from the audit. If the operator wishes to have a representative at the audit, the operator usually con-tacts the representative to attend from the start of the audit. The purpose of having a representative at the audit is to sit with the auditor and contest anything that the auditor may wish to use during the
audit that may reduce the operator’s score at the end of the audit, and also to ensure that the auditor is following proper proced-ures. The representative is usually a former MTO auditor and representation at a Facility Audit is highly recommended.
When an audit is con-ducted, the auditor will review documents such as log books going back as far as 6 months. Any issues found in the log books can result in the operator or the driver, or both being charged with an offence. It’s easy to see how a great many charges could result given that each driver will have about 180 days of logs and if the operator is operating 10 trucks there would be 1800 logs to choose from and charges laid for any discrepancies.
A common discrepancy would be receipts that
don’t match logs. For ex-ample, the log shows that the driver is in a certain location and the receipt for the same date and time shows a different location, this would be considered a false log. Other issues may include drivers being over their allowable hours, or failing to submit logs to the operator.
The auditor may also review documents such as Trip Inspection Reports. A common problem with inspection reports would be if the auditor looks at 50 inspection reports for a specific driver and truck and notices that no defects are ever detected, this would appear to be somewhat suspicious. Al-though it may be some-what inconvenient to note every minor defect, it is important to do so. If an inspection report indicates no defects on a given day and the operator produces
a work order showing that there were repairs performed on the vehicle that day, that should have shown up on the inspec-tion report, the driver and or operator is liable to be charged.
It’s easy to think that a minor paperwork issue can be ignored but if the operator is audited there
is a very good chance that your paperwork issue may result in charges.
Mark Reynolds is a li-cenced paralegal, a former truck driver, MTO Enforce-ment Officer, Provincial Trainer and Enforcement Coordinator and can be reached at 416.221.6888 or [email protected]
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lEgAl mAttERs
Facility Audits
By ROBERt D. sChEPER
A low cost producer is not interested in hiring the most
professional of drivers. They hunt for low cost bodies that simultaneously fog a mirror and not at-tract higher insurance pre-miums.
Using this business model the company has to con-sider their equipment and fuel costs, so they voluntar-ily speed limit their trucks. They have chosen to be a low cost producer, more interested in increasing volume and cutting costs than in servicing qual-ity customers with good paying freight. Their busi-ness model primarily at-tracts customers by cutting freight rates.
A service oriented produ-cer is not focused so much on cost but on value. They charge a premium rate for their premium service and hire quality drivers who operate equipment professionally and deliver exceptional service. In this model, value is brought to the customer by quality carriers who meet or ex-ceed service expectations and the customer pays accordingly.
Now let’s say a low cost producer wanted to bid on a time sensitive higher ser-vice oriented contract (an example of this would be Purolator). It would mean higher margins for the company because they’re quoting on high service rates while positioning themselves as a low cost provider, a bold short sight-ed (but not uncommon) business move. They try to cheat their business model. This strategy is attempted as often as possible but it is rarely sustainable.
Now let’s say two com-
panies pick up their trailers from the same time sensi-tive shipper in Toronto on their way to Vancouver. One is the low cost com-pany (voluntarily speed limiting their trucks) and the other a quality truck-ing company (focused on servicing the time sensi-tive customer and not governing their drivers). The low cost producer will periodically be at a disadvantage all along the trip because their restricted speed ranges anywhere from 0-15 km/h below posted limits. Therefore, it becomes mathemat-ically improbable for this low cost producer to meet
customer expectations consistently on this time sensitive higher margin freight.
Unless, what if that low cost producer refuses to ac-knowledge their business model limitations? What if they have OTA connec-tions to legislate quality service providers DOWN to low cost service standards (through universal speed limiters)? They can “level the playing field” by remov-ing the quality from the free market system.
So who suffers? Every-one! After the service expectations have been reduced to a “level play-ing field”, time sensitive
freight becomes little more than cost conscious freight. Thanks to the Ontario Trucking Association, uni-versal speed limiters mean a continuation of universal price gouging across Can-ada. There is less service for the customer, less margins for trucking companies and less ability to provide bonuses to employees and shareholders.
This mentality is greedy, short sighted and origin-ates from people who don’t understand or don’t want to understand their in-dustry. Who cares how many years they’ve been in the industry; age does not guarantee wisdom and
understanding! The solution is simple;
get special interest groups such as the OTA out of the supply and demand system. Stop legislating a quality profit oriented industry into a mediocre regulatory abyss.
Robert D. Scheper oper-ates an accounting and consulting firm in Steinbach,
Manitoba. He has a Masters Degree in Business Admin-istration and is the author of the Book “Making Your Miles Count: taxes, taxes, taxes” (now available on CD).
You can find him at www.thrconsulting.ca and thrcon-sulting.blogspot.com or at 1-877-987-9787. You can e-mail him at [email protected]
14 August 2010
Low Cost Producer, the Origins of Speed Limiters
Brenntag is the world’s largest dis-tributor of Diesel
Exhaust Fluid. Brenntag’s experience with Diesel Ex-haust Fluid begins in Eur-ope where we currently supply DEF (or in Europe referred to as Adblue®), to truck stops, fleets, and fuel/oil distributors. Brenntag established our leadership position by leveraging our existing structure of facili-ties and equipment which is compatible with Diesel Exhaust Fluid. Brenntag continues to provide Eur-ope with quality Adblue® delivered when and where you need it.
In North America Brenn-tag has a similar infra-structure to Europe that is comprised of over 100 ter-minals in most major cities that can bring in bulk urea and supply customers from coast to coast. Brenntag also maintains the high-
est quality standards in handling and transporting DEF. Quality is a key dif-ferentiator for Brenntag; we promote TerraCair® Ultrapure Diesel Exhaust Fluid. TerraCair® is sourced from one Company, CF Industries who recently acquired Terra Industries. TerraCair® maintains sup-ply chain integrity from start to finish. So when you use TerraCair® you receive a Certificate of Analysis which traces the product from Brenntag back to the production facility. In each step of the supply chain Brenntag tests and retests to ensure the product is on spec when you receive it. This supply chain integrity is why most truck manufac-turers choose TerraCair® for their factory fill and dealer aftermarket.
Brenntag supplies DEF in 2.5 US gallon (9.46 L) bottles, 55 US gallon (208
L) drums, 330 US gallon (1,249 L) totes and in bulk and can provide dispens-ing equipment as well. Equipment options range to include electric tote pumps, up to 1,000 and 2,000 US gallon or greater,
mini-bulk above ground storage tanks. Because DEF is a chemical, special equipment is required for dispensing. Brenntag en-gineering evaluates equip-ment solutions to ensure performance and compat-
ibility.Brenntag prides itself on
having the best service and support network for DEF as well. Brenntag offers strategically located DEF terminals for customer pick up or we can deliver as well.
Brenntag delivers over 70% of our orders next day. We also offer single point order entry and remit to as well.
DEF demand is growing as new trucks roll off the assembly lines. Compan-ies and individuals who purchase these new trucks need assurances that high quality supply will be reli-able and affordable. One call to Brenntag puts our national network of re-sources to work for you. With well-placed Canadian warehousing and pack-aging facilities located in key business centers coast to coast, DEF product is never far away.
Contact our Diesel Ex-haust Fluid Sales Team at 877.363.5843 or email [email protected] or visit our website at www.brenntag-def.com.
Quality Products, Su-perior Service… Coast to Coast.V
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BRENNtAg NORth AmERICA, INC.
Diesel Exhaust Fluid When & Where You Need It
NEW PRODuCts & sERVICEs
With consumers across Ontario continuing to
pay the price for the on-going problem of vehicle theft, Boomerang Track-ing, Canada’s leader in stolen vehicle recovery, launched the third annual Vehicle Theft Awareness Month in July to provide valuable theft protection information to vehicle owners.tODAy’s PROFEssIONAl
thIEVEs
Recent figures released by Stat is t ics Canada showed that 125,000 vehicles disappeared in Canada in 2008 – one every four minutes - con-firming that vehicle theft remains an expensive crime for every driver on the road.
Even more alarming, the Insurance Bureau of Canada reported that 67% of vehicles stolen in the Toronto area are not recovered. This is due in large part to the fact that the majority of vehicle theft is the work of profes-sional thieves.
In the trucking industry, thieves were in the past only interested in the cargo itself but one of the latest trends that Boom-erang is seeing is the seizure of the transport equipment along with the load it is carrying.
REAlIty OF thEFt
Mireille Alvo recently had her brand new Toyota
Matrix stolen only three months after purchasing it. After parking in her workplace lot as usual, she returned to find her parking space empty and her car nowhere to be found. “It was horrible. You feel violated. It is just a car, and that’s the real-ity, but it’s not just losing the car, it’s losing a sense of trust. I have to continue parking in that lot every day so I had to regain trust in the environment.” she commented.
CONsEquENCEs OF
thEFt
While it is true that most insurance policies will cover a vehicle loss, drivers could expect to pay at least $2,500 in out of pocket expens-es from a theft in lost vehicle contents, loss of use of vehicle, loss of down payment, potential rental car costs and in-creases in insurance pre-miums on a replacement vehicle. The prevalence of vehicle theft and its consequences are real for every driver. “While many drivers might feel like vehicle theft is a problem that will never happen to them, that is unfortu-nately not always the case,” commented Scott Nilson, General Manager of Boomerang Tracking. “Every driver has a part to play in stopping vehicle theft: it is essential that consumers take a pro-
active role in protecting themselves. We believe that the more layers of protection a driver uses, the safer their vehicle will be.”
FREE tOOls tO lEARN
mORE
To educate consum-ers about vehicle theft,
Boomerang Tracking has published the Keeping Track booklet, a guide to protect vehicles from theft. It includes a review of vehicle theft in Canada and the four methods of protection against theft. A free electronic ver-sion is available at www.
BoomerangTrack ing .com/knowledge.
In addition, throughout July Boomerang Track-ing updated its YouTube channel with the three part testimonial of the victim who experienced vehicle theft first hand and is viewable at www.
youtube.com/boomer-angtracking.
To date, the Boomerang Tracking devices have aided in the recovery of close to 7,000 vehicles and other assets with an approximate value of $350 million, including incidentals.V
16 August 2010
BOOmERANg tRACKINg
Third Annual Vehicle Theft Awareness MonthEducating the Public on Proactively Protecting Their Vehicles From Theft
NEW PRODuCts & sERVICEs
Doctor P re load bearing adjust-ment tool, manu-
factured by Temper Axle Products Corporation, is a breakthrough in wheel end bearing adjustment. Designed to adjust tapered roller bearings to light pre-load position with a high degree of accuracy, the tool enables technicians to complete the bearing
adjustment process in less than one minute.
A single nut Temper-Loc nut rounds out the bearing adjustment system and the procedure is straight-forward. The wheel-end is assembled in place on the spindle. The technician ensures that the assembly is up in the proper position on the spindle, and not sag-ging out of position. Next,
the Temper-Loc Nut is hand tightened against the outer bearing. Doctor Preload is applied to the spindle end, adjusted to the Roll-In Zone and the wheel is turned three revolutions. Then, the tool is adjusted to the Set point for the axle (Drive/Trailer or Front), and the nut is again hand tight-ened to secure the preload. The tool is removed, and
the single-nut Temper-Loc is locked in place with a fingertip controlled retain-ing key.
The Truck and Bus Wheel Subcommittee of the So-ciety of Automotive En-gineers (SAE), established target preload settings. Entitled “Setting Preload in Heavy Duty Wheel Bear-ings”, SAE J2535 is the basis for the final setting
preloads established using Doctor Preload. SAE pub-lished a paper presented by the company at the 2009 Commercial Vehicle Conference in Chicago: “Technology Breakthrough Achieves Objectives for SAE Preload Targets in Heavy Duty Wheel Ends”, paper number 2009-01-2887.
Doctor Preload and Tem-per-Loc Nuts are receiv-ing a warm reception in the US trucking industry. Fleet owners appreciate the operating benefits of optimally adjusted wheel ends, and fleets are adopt-ing the products as their standard. A major food products importer is work-
ing to specify the Doctor Preload technology on their new equipment purchases. Heavy-duty truck and trail-er service organizations like the time savings they get, and the ability to de-liver a consistently higher quality service to their fleet customers.
Temper Technology Prod-ucts Corporation, located in Niagara-on-the-Lake in Southern Ontario, is Tem-per’s Canadian distribution company.
Doctor Preload and Tem-per are registered trade-marks of Temper Corpora-tion. For more information call 518.853.3467 or visit our website at www.best-wheellife.com.V
American Falls, ID – Are you look-ing for the best
exhaust manifolds in the market? Bully Dog is pleased to announce the availability of ceramic coated exhaust systems for Class 8 engines. The first manifold developed is the E Model Exhaust Manifold. This new mani-fold will replace stock
exhaust mani-folds
o n E Model 3406E engines ’94-‘00 as well as C-15 engines ’99-’04.
The E Model Manifold is guaranteed to provide 0.3 to 0.4 mpg improvement in fuel economy gains, as well as add 30 additional hp to the rear wheels. The entire manifold is finished
with a high performance ceramic coating; which improves air flow, as well as it lowers exhaust tem-peratures radiating off of the manifold by 300 de-grees. Independent test-ing on a Saenz flow bench confirms air flow improve-ments of 18% over a stock manifold.
For more information about the Bully Dog E Model Manifold, to find a dealer near you, read
testimonials of other drivers using
t h e product and to calculate your yearly savings after installing the manifold, visit www.bullydogbigrig.com or cal l Peter Fr iesen at 902.331.1372.V
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tEmPER AxlE PRODuCts CORPORAtION
New Doctor Preload Bearing Adjustment Tool
Bully DOg tEChNOlOgIEs
Ceramic Coated Exhaust Manifolds
WhEEls & tIREs
Innovative, dependable, money saving describe what our product is all
about. TAABS is an auto-matic wheel balancing system for commercial trucks and trailers. By dy-namically balancing tires, TABB Wheel Balancers give owners and operators the competitive advan-tages they want.
TAABS’ innovative de-sign ensures top perform-ance. The outer casing is built from marine grade aluminum. Inside, 32 oz of steel chromed ball bear-ings rest in a non-toxic, environmentally friendly dimethicone silicone. As the wheels rotate, the ball bearings work to counter-act imbalances the tire assembly experiences. The advantages are obvious: cabin vibration is reduced; the product contains no harmful lead, mercury or PCB’s; and, the silicone is extremely resistant to extreme temperatures (-162°F). For a complete demonstration of how TABBS work, watch our video at www.taabs-int.com
TAABS Wheel Balan-cers are dependable and easy to install. We have Five Series of Balancers. They will fit 22.5” and 24.5” steers, drives, and trailers with both steel and alum-inum wheels. Installation is as easy as changing your tires. TAABS mount easily behind the steer and between drive and trailer wheels.
Money Saving? Abso-lutely! Trials with fleet companies across Canada have demonstrated that in only 8 months, tires show at least 10% and up to 30% less wear. Trailers have shown up to 20% less wear. The savings on ten tires – average cost $500 - could be as much as $1500. Over a five-year period, a truck and trailer savings could be as much as $10,300! We are so sure of our prod-uct that we offer a 5 year unlimited Mile Warranty and a 90 day Money Back Guarantee.
Increasing costs and uncertain markets are a difficult challenge for re-sponsible owner/oper-ators and fleet managers. TABBS offers a reliable solution in an uncertain economy. Increase truck and tire mileage, ensure a smoother ride, and save
money with TABBS. We are a Canadian owned and operated company and we would be proud to serve you. We can bal-ance your tires AND your pocketbook.
For more information, call 403.827.4044 or visit m.V
Fort Mill, South Caro-lina (July 20th, 2010) The entire regional
steer tire family of prod-ucts from Continental Tire the Americas, LLC (“Continental”) has now been added to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) SmartWay® Transport Partnership’s list of verified fuel savings technologies.
Continental’s HSR2® (Heavy Steer Regional), HSR1 and HSR truck tires were recently veri-fied by SmartWay as low rolling resist-ance truck tires. The HSR2 is the latest genera-tion of regional steer and all-position truck tires, featuring a 23/32” deep improved cut and chip resist-ant tread com-pound for opti-mal perform-ance; patented groove geometry for better resist-ance to cracking and tearing; a protective curb rib for high scrub applications; and the VAI® + system of visual align-ment and tread depth indicators. HSR1, also in the regional tire family, features reduced noise and excellent wet trac-tion through an optimized tread pattern. The HSR is a previous generation tire which is still in use by
many regional fleets today, and its tough casing lasts multiple lifetimes as a re-treaded tire across North America.
Continental offers a wide selection of truck tires that have been verified by the EPA for low rolling resist-ance when used for Class 8, line haul trucks. The complete list of Smart-Way verified tire products which
are cur- rently available from Continental includes the following. Steer consists of HSL2, HSL2 Eco Plus, HSR2, HSR2 Eco Plus, HSR1, HSR, Drive has HDL Eco Plus, HDL2 Eco Plus, HDL2 DL Eco Plus and Trailer has HTL Eco Plus and
HTL1.Tires verified by the EPA
for lower rolling resistance can provide a reduction in NOx emissions and an estimated fuel savings of 3% or greater, rela-tive to the “best selling” new tires for line haul trucks, when used on all five axles on long haul class 8 trucks. Accord-ing to the EPA SmartWay Transport Partnership Web site, its projected sav-
ings of between 3.3 and 6.6 billion gallons of
diesel fuel per year represents a sav-ings of as much as 150 million barrels of oil per year. This is the equivalent of taking 12 mil-lion cars off the road, lead-ing SmartWay p a r t n e r s t o save nearly $10 billion in oper-ating costs.Continental also
participates in the SmartWay Trans-
port Partnership as a shipper partner,
committing to reduce its environmental impacts from ground freight trans-portation. The majority of Continental tire products are shipped within Smart-Way’s environmentally sensitive guidelines.
To locate a dealer for Continental truck tires, visit www.continental-truck.com.V
18 August 2010
tAABs WhEEl BAlANCERs
Increase Tire Life, Fuel Mileage, & Save Money
Regional Steer Tire Family Now Verified by SmartWay
Leamington Ontario, – Shining Glory Ro-botic Polishing of-
fers aluminum rim polish-ing for heavy trucks, trail-ers, buses & RV’s with our robotic polishing machine and bead cleaning. We also offer polishing, by hand, for your tanks, steps, battery boxes etc.
In our machine we’re able to do 19.5, EU19.5, 22.5, 24.5, super singles
and extra wide steers and the tires can stay on!
For owner/operators, we honour truckers’ hours and understand that your down-time is crucial; we own two VIS polishing ma-chines and are able to get you and your truck in and out in less than four hours when you drive in! Need to book an appointment within 24 hours or you can drop your rims off.
Attention fleet owners, enhance your safety pro-gram by removing unsafe wheels from your inven-tory, and lighten your load by replacing your steel rims with reconditioned, pol-ished and inspected rims or brand new aluminum rims; we’re the official distributor for “Alexrims” in Eastern Canada.
We offer other services such as timely pick-up
and delivery of your rims at no charge if on our cur-rent route. Please call for details!
We also offer interior “de-tailing”. While your truck is getting the rims clean and shiny why not the inside?
For more information or to book an appointment call Shining Glory Robotic Polishing, 538 Highway 77, Leamington, Ohio, USA at 877.221.8228.V
By hARVEy BRODsKy
Nothing is more important than maintaining prop-
er tire inflation if you want your tires to last longer and be trouble free.
Why aren’t more truck tires maintained with the proper amount of air for
the load being carried?Part of the answer is
that it isn’t easy to check 18 tires with a calibrated tire gauge at least once weekly.
It’s easy to tell you how important it is to check your tires with a gauge in-stead of by thumping. But
it’s a lot less trouble than to be down with a dam-aged tire –caused because of under inflation, or over inflation – in the middle of nowhere in the middle of the night on some dark, scary two lane road.
The Tire Retread & Re-pair Information Bureau
has a wealth of import-ant information about how to properly maintain your tires, with a special emphasis on proper tire inflation.
Let us send you a FREE package of useful informa-tion. You’ll have enough good material to keep you
reading for a week, and the best part is you’ll learn more about how to prop-erly maintain your tires, which in the long run will keep more of your money in your pocket, where it belongs.
Our packet contains a great CD and DVD, loaded
with useful information, and the DVD features a retread plant tour which is fun to watch.
To get an information package call 888.473.8732, our toll free number from the U.S. or Canada, or send an email to [email protected]
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Robotic Polishing for Heavy Trucks, Trailers, Buses & RV’s
tIRE REtREAD & REPAIR INFORmAtION BuREAu [tRIB]
The Importance of Tire Inflation
sECtION FRANçAIsE
PAR mAREK KRAsusKI
tRADuIt PAR KAy REDhEAD
Mettre le moteur au ralenti ne sert à rien, mais
les conducteurs de poids lourds diesel ont jusqu’ici uti l isé cette méthode pour garder au chaud le moteur et le carburant, pour masquer les bruits et les odeurs, pour assurer la sécurité et pour garder la température de la cabine soit chaude ou froide pen-dant les périodes de repos. Les conséquences de cette pratique sont accompa-gnées de chiffres ahuris-sants qui nous donnent une image très inquiétante de la perte de l’énergie, du gaspillage de coûts finan-ciers et des dommages infligés à l’environnement. Il existe des études qui in-diquent que l’industrie de transport consomme plus d’un milliard de gallons de carburant diesel par an quand les moteurs sont au ralenti. Si cette pratique est éliminée, il sera pos-sible d’économiser plus de 2,000 $ par camion par année.
A la suite de l’introduction de loi contre le ralenti du moteur, initiés comme toujours en Californie, les systèmes de chauffage et de refroidissement sont en train de subir des change-ments considérables. Des technologies nouvelles permettent aux conduc-teurs de fermer le moteur principal pendant un arrêt, pour se fier à une batterie à bord ou à une unité de puissance auxiliaire (AUP, auxiliary power unit) qui, dans certains cas, utilise une source alimentaire externe. La série Sleep-ing Well est une marque de conditionnement de
l’air connu comme très éfficace avec un systéme climatisant sans ralenti à 12 volts qui ne consomme aucun carburant, ne dé-charge aucune émission, marche sans bruit, n’a besoin que de très peu d’entretien et offre un re-tour d’investissement très rapide. La compagnie Wil-son Instruments de Camp-bellford, Ontario, Canada, est un des distributeurs de Sleeping Well. C’est cette compagnie qui a établi un réseau de distribution pour ce produit d’origine italienne qui a gagné le marché européen et plus tard a été modifié pour se faire accepter par le mar-ché nord-américain.
« On avait besoin d’un produit plutôt orienté vers un système de composants qu’on pouvait installer et retirer facilement » nous a expliqué Gary Wilson, président de la compagnie. Les systèmes Sleeping Well utilisent des APU alimentés de batteries qui sont capables de fournir dix heures de puissance avant d’être rechargées. C’est un système à trois composants, un évapora-teur monté en haut dans la cabine oû se trouve la plus grande concentration de chaleur, un compres-seur placé dans la boite de rangement sous le lit et un condensateur monté à l’extérieur de la cabine. Les deux unités, la plus petite et la plus grande, ont 3200 et 6000 BTU, comparés à des unités de climatisation plus grandes qui utilisent jusqu’à 10,000 BTU. Les unités Sleeping Well sont relativement petites mais Wilson nous met en garde contre l’idée que ce qui est plus grand est meilleur.
Ces unités sont placées stratégiquement afin de maximiser la conversion d’air chaud et d’humidité en air froid.
« Nous avons la pos-sibilité d’utiliser un BTU de puissance plus petite parce que notre évapora-teur est monté plus haut à l’intérieur du véhicule, ce qui lui permet de marcher avec une éfficacité accrue. Nos systémes marchent dans la chaleur oû ils ré-ussissent le mieux, » Wil-son nous a expliqué que souvent les unités de ses concurrents sont mon-tées au fond de la cabine et poussent l’air froid de dessous. Sleeping Well, au contraire, extrait la chaleur et l’humidité de la partie supérieure de l’unité, ne laissant effectivement que l’air plus froid.
L’éfficacité du systéme de climatisation est donc basée sur la source de puissance. « Tout dépend des batteries » a continué Wilson, » Du moment oû on améliore la puissance des batteries, elles durent plus longtemps, » Wilson Instruments choisit celles-ci selon la demande indivi-duelle du conducteur. Les camionneurs qui voyagent plus fréquemment aux ré-gions chaudes et humides, comme le Texas et le Nou-veau Méxique, ont besoin des plus grandes unités et des batteries plus puis-santes, capables de faire marcher le climatiseur plus longtemps pour contrebal-ancer des conditions cli-matiques plus extrèmes.
Innovative Transporta-tion Solutions (ITS) Distrib-uting, un autre fournisseur de la série Sleeping Well, a récemment annoncé qu’il va equiper ses unités avec des Battery Isolaters 48530 qui promettent une solution plus flexible que les isolateurs traditionnels. La batterie est plus petite et plus légère et engendre moins de chaleur que ses concurrents. Elle épargne le système de chargement, en évitant la connexion avec la batterie auxiliaire.
La batterie principale est chargée jusqu’à 13.2V, ce qui utilise une moindre force sur les composants couteux du système de chargement et ainsi pro-longe la vie du produit, selon les informations sur le site web ITS.
Les unités de puissance auxiliaires qui approvi-sionnent les climatiseurs, les chauffeurs et d’autres apparei ls prolongent aussi la vie du moteur, économisent le carburant, réduisent la pollution de l’air et du bruit et évitent le danger de contravenir aux règlements toujours plus punitifs sur la marche au ralenti.
Il faut ajouter, pourtant, que tout le monde n’est pas d’accord sur les APU. Certains intéressés trou-vent que le système d’APU (auxiliary power units) manque d’efficacité en général. « Il n’existe pas une seule APU qui n’est pas problématique, » nous a dit un certain repré-sentant. Les unités APU coûtent jusqu’à 12,000 $ et ont besoin d’un entre-tien supplémentaire, ce qui entraine des dépenses supplémentaires pour des vidanges plus fréquentes et un temps mort plus long pour le véhicule.
Parmi les prétentions qui garantissent les unités de haute efficacité se trouve le système Bergstrom NITE fourni par Espar Heat-ing Systems. La dernière version du No-Idle Ther-mal Environment, connu sous le nom de NITE Plus, présente une capacité de refroidissement engendrée avec moins de puissance de batterie qui promet un cycle plus long et une am-biance plus froide. Il pré-sente aussi de nouveaux échangeurs de chaleur et un écoulement d’air de conception nouvelle qui assurent un refroid-issement efficace d’une capacité de 4,680 BTU à l’heure.
Une autre marque d’AC qui ne se fie pas aux unités de puissance auxiliaire
(APU) est le Arctic Breeze Truck AC par Hammond Air Conditioning. Ce sys-tème de climatisation à 12V/DC ne fait pas de bruit ni de vibration et utilise des ressources d’énergie renouvelables. Avec un retour potentiel de seule-ment 12 mois, le Arctic Breeze n’utilise que 45 ampères et fournit 8000 BTU de refroidissement. « Basé sur un cycle de 50 à 60%, le système ne con-somme que un moyen de 650 watts à l’ heure » ainsi dit le site web de la com-pagnie. Le Arctic Breeze prend sa puissance de 6 batteries de camion qui maintiennent un niveau de confort optimale de 12 à 16 heures, dépendant de l’heure du jour, de la couleur du camion et du nombre d’accessoires.
Cool Moves, une com-pagnie basée à Concord, Ontario, offre une série de solutions de refroid-issement écologiques. Ses deux produits, By-cool et Minicool, sont des systèmes légers et de puissance basse qui se conforment à toutes les normes écologiques. Les modèles Mochila, Revolu-tion, Dynamic et Compact se montent facilement sur
le mur oû sur le toit de la cabine. Le système de refroidissement évapora-teur se composent de l’unité elle-même et d’un réservoir d’eau. Un tab-leau de bord permet au conducteur de modérer le débit de l’eau, la vitesse du ventilateur et les ar-rêts éventuels. La pompe montée sur le réservoir qui contrôle le débit de l’eau marche sans bruit et en accord avec le réglage prévu sur le tableau de bord. Ce processus élim-ine la chaleur et ne laisse qu’un air frais légèrement humidifié. Le réservoir n’a besoin que de l’eau du rob-inet chaque deux ou trois jours. Des démonstrations à des expositions commer-ciales ont confirmé que ces unités utilisent de l’énergie de façon efficace; chaque unité a marché pendant trois jours, à raison d’une batterie du groupe 31 chacune. Le Mochila et Revolution ont été vérifiés par Smartway.
Les systèmes de cli-matisation démontrent encore une fois la flexibi-lité de l’industrie de trans-port qui se montre à la hauteur d’accepter le défi des normes plus strictes écologiques.V
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thEmE Du mOIs: lEs systèmEs DE CONDItIONNEmENt DE l’AIR
Des Systèmes de Conditionnement de l’Air Conforment aux Normes Écologiques, et Aussi aux Exigences du Client
Les consommateurs à travers le Qué-bec con t inuen t
toujours de payer le prix pour le problème du vol de véhicules. Voilà pourquoi Repérage Boomerang, chef de file au Canada en repérage de véhicules volés, a lancé pour la troisième fois en juillet le mois de la sensibilisation au vol de véhicules afin de fournir aux conducteurs de précieux renseigne-ments sur comment bien se protéger.
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De récentes statistiques publiées par Statistiques Canada démontrent que
125,000 véhicules ont dis-paru au Canada en 2008, un toutes les quatre min-utes, confirmant que le vol de véhicules demeure un crime coûteux pour chaque conducteur sur la route.
Le taux de vols de véhicules à Montréal est de 30% supérieur à la moy-enne canadienne et 50 véhicules par jour sont volés dans les rues de Montréal. Plus alarmant encore, le BAC rapporte que 2 sur 3 véhicules volés dans la région de Montréal ne sont pas récupérés. Cela est dû en grande partie au fait que la ma-jorité des vols de véhicules est l’œuvre de voleurs professionnels.
Peter Lambrinakos,
Commandant du SPVM (Service de police de la Ville de Montréal), note que les voleurs utilisent de nouveaux moyens pour voler des véhicules. «Cer-taines organisations re-tirent la serrure de la porte du véhicule, branchent un ordinateur au module de commande du moteur, extraient les informations du véhicule, remettent la serrure et sortent du véhicule. Avec cette in-formation en main, les vo-leurs peuvent facilement faire une copie de la clé et peuvent ainsi voler le véhicule lorsque bon leur semblera. D’autres voleurs partent à la recherche de voitures de luxe à travers les annonces classées sur Internet. Ils appellent
alors le propriétaire pour un rendez-vous, font un essaie routier avec la voi-ture et la vole, » conclut le Commandant Lambrina-kos.lEs CONséquENCEs Du
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Bien qu’il est vrai que la plupart des polices d’assurance couvre la perte d’un véhicule, les conduc-teurs doivent s’attendre à payer au moins 2,500 $ de leur poche en dépenses reliées au vol tel que les items volatilisés dans le véhicule, la perte d’usage du véhicule, la perte de l’acompte initial, les éven-tuels frais de location de voiture et l’augmentation de la prime d’assurance sur un véhicule de rem-placement. « Chaque con-
ducteur a une part à jouer afin d’arrêter le vol de véhicules: il est essentiel que les consommateurs jouent un rôle proactif afin de se protéger eux-mêmes. Nous croyons que plus le conducteur utilise de couches de protection, plus son véhicule sera en sécurité, » affirme Scott Nilson, Directeur général de Repérage Boomerang.
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Pour éduquer la popu-lation face au vol de véhicules, Repérage Boomerang a publié le guide de protection contre le vol de véhicules Sur les traces. On y retrouve un survol de l’état du vol de véhicules au Canada ainsi
que des quatre moyens de prévention contre le vol. Une version électronique est disponible sur le www.reperageboomerang.com/connaissance.
Repérage Boomerang à mis à jour sa chaîne sur YouTube avec le témoign-age en trois parties d’une résidente de Montréal qui a expérimenté le vol de son véhicule trois mois seulement après qu’elle l’ait acheté et peut être vi-sionné sur le http://www.youtube.com/boomer-angtracking.
Depuis sa création en 1995, Repérage Boomer-ang a repéré près de 7,000 véhicules représentant une valeur de plus de 350 millions $, incluant les repérages fortuits.V
Santa Fe Springs, CA (July 16, 2010) – MAXON Lift Corp.
is pleased to announce Arnold Kowal’s newly ap-pointed role as Product Manager. Arnold brings well over 25 years of in-dustry experience to this position. His knowledge of
the liftgate industry makes him the ideal candidate to fulfill this demanding role. As Product Manager, Ar-nold will manage, coordin-ate, and provide strategic planning of activities con-cerned with the research and development of new or improved concepts, ideas, basic product data and applications for all of Maxon’s products. “Arnold is a seasoned professional with extensive technical experience and liftgate product knowledge. His expertise contributes to Maxon’s leadership role in the industry”, says Anton Griessner, Vice President of Business Development & Marketing. Join us in congratulating Arnold to
this newly appointed role. Arnold can be reached at 1-800-227-4116 or [email protected].
Maxon Lift Corp. was founded in 1957. That same year, owner Max Lugash invented the TUK-A-WAY® liftgate, which remains the largest selling style of liftgate in North America. For more than fifty years, Maxon Lift Corp. has initiated and de-veloped a variety of innov-ative products that have become truck equipment industry benchmarks.
More company informa-tion can be obtained from Maxon and local Maxon sales representatives at 1-800-227-4116 or www.maxonlift.com.V
Santa Fe Springs, California, July 2, 2010 – MAXON Lift
Corp. and Purkeys Fleet Electric have formalized their decade-long informal relationship with a stra-tegic partnership agree-ment. Both companies are the leaders in their respective areas: MAXON is the largest single brand manufacturer of lift gates in the world and Purkeys Fleet Electric is the indus-try expert when it comes to the electrical needs of national fleets. The ultim-ate goal of this partnership is to combine our industry experience resulting in the best product available to-day: the correct lift gate for our customer’s application AND the best electrical system to keep the lift gate (along with other truck/trailer attachments) run-ning and on the road.
Battery charging issues have always been a hot topic for fleets. Lately, these issues have escal-ated due to new idling laws that put additional constraints on recharging times for batteries. Addi-
tionally, more and more attachments and tools on trucks and trailers are in need of electric power. This partnership will aid in resolving the issues arising at the point of sales regarding what is needed in terms of the lift gate and total battery charging capacity. This cooperation will result in a greater body of knowledge that will get incorporated into MAXON’s future lift gate designs.
Purkeys Fleet Electric owner, Bruce Purkey, is a well known expert in the transport industry. With well over 32 years of combined experience, Bruce is known as TMC’s “Doctor Electricity” and a Silver Spark Plug recipient. Bruce’s other achieve-ments include: developing and running the electrical skills station for TMC’s Super Tech competition since it started back in 2005; he’s served as a member on the board of ASE for mechanic certifi-cation; he’s assisted with writing electrical test ma-terial for ASE; he’s worked
with fleets on electrical issues and has been de-veloping solutions for the past 3 decades; with the aid of his team, Bruce has conducted electrical training for both large and small fleets and he’s developed testing tools, procedures and products to make working on elec-trical systems an easier and more exact science for fleets, tractors and trailers.
Purkeys Fleet Electric has been serving heavy-duty fleets’ electrical needs for over twenty years. Based in Northwest Arkansas, Purkeys Fleet Electric serves many regional and national fleets across North America. They pride themselves on providing the highest level of elec-trical expertise to every customer.
Purkeys Fleet Electric’s goal is to help their cus-tomers reduce their elec-trical maintenance costs and equipment usage so they get the most out of their electrical equipment. Their approach is to look at the electrical system as
a whole, not just the com-ponent parts. They work hard so that their cus-tomers get the maximum return on investment with their electrical systems.
Purkeys Fleet Electric’s
customers range from small operations to the largest trucking compan-ies in the nation. They provide the highest level of service to all customers regardless of how many
trucks in their fleet. They work with heavy-duty vehicles of all types.
More company infor-mation can be obtained at 800.219.1269 or www.purkeys.net.V
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Repérage Boomerang A Lancé Pour La Troisième Fois Le Mois De La Sensibilisation Au Vol De Véhicules
mAxON lIFt CORP
Maxon Lift & Purkeys Electric Announce Partnership
mAxON lIFt CORP
Arnold Kowal New Product Manager
manitoba
BRandonRCB TRuCk & TRaileR lTd.
5600 Richmond Ave. E.Brandon, MB, R7A 7L5
Tel: 204.727.4850Fax: 204.727.2068
Email: [email protected]: Rick Blaine
WinnipegTRaCTion
200 Oak Point HighwayWinnipeg, MB, R2R 1V1
Tel: 204.956.9490Fax: 204.949.9493
Email: [email protected]: Louise Ross
saskatchewan
MeadoW lakeunified auTo PaRTs inC.
807-1st Avenue WestMeadow Lake, SK, S9X 1N2
Tel: 306.764.4220Fax: 306.236.3200
Email: [email protected]: Mark Krasicki
Moose jaWGolden WesT TRaileR &
equiPmenT lTd.1802 Stadacona West
Moose Jaw, SK, S6H 4N8Tel: 306.692.7402Fax: 306.694.0607
Email: [email protected]
Contact: Tim Trafford
pRinCe alBeRtunified auTo PaRTs inC.
365-36th Street WestPrince Albert, SK S6V 7L4
Tel: 306.764.4220Fax: 306.763.7988
Email: [email protected]: Mark Krasicki
ReginaTRaCTion
405 Park St.Regina, SK, S4N 5B2Tel: 306.721.8333Fax: 306.721.4446
Email: [email protected]: Max Devers
saskatoonTRaCTion
#2, 2915 Faithfull AvenueSaskatoon, SK, S7K 8E8
Tel: 306.244.9877Fax: 306.244.9878
Email: [email protected]: Jeff Stinson
sWiFt CuRRentBRake & dRive lTd.1511 Cheadle St. W.
Swift Current, SK S9H 5G4Tel: 306.773.7293Fax: 306.773.5511
Email: [email protected]: Bruce Borden
alberta
BRooksnaPa auTo PaRTs
Box 1276Brooks, AB T1R 1C1Tel: 403.501.5551Fax: 403.501.5665
Email: [email protected]: Brian Sieble
CalgaRyTRaCTion
Unit #82-5329-72nd Ave. S.E.Calgary, AB, T2C 4X6Tel: 403.279.2870Fax: 403.279.4372
Email: [email protected]: Pat Joseph
edMontonTRaCTion Head offiCe
18532-116th AvenueEdmonton, AB T5S 2W8
Tel: 780.489.7555Fax: 780.481.0148
Email: [email protected]: Richard O’Brien
edMonton noRtH WestTRaCTion
18051-111th AvenueEdmonton NW, AB T5S 2P2
Tel: 780.444.4334Fax: 780.444.7204
Email: [email protected]: Rob Dodds
edMonton soutHTRaCTion
3404-78th AvenueEdmonton South, AB, T6B 2X9
Tel: 780.465.8010Fax: 780.466.4627
edsonnaPa auTo PaRTs 4657a
4833-2nd AvenueEdson, AB, T7E 1T8Tel: 780.712.4152Fax: 780.712.4212
Email: [email protected]: Kris Pero
FoRt MCMuRRayPaRamounT PaRTs inC.10012 Centennial Drive
Fort McMurray, AB T9H 4A2Tel: 780.791.3000Fax: 780.790.0365
Email: [email protected]: Brent Usick
gRande pRaiRieTRaCTion
#4 16101-101 Street,Grande Prairie, AB T8V 0P2
Tel: 780.538.3038Fax: 780.538.3398
Email: [email protected]: Harold Harmsen
HintonnaPa auTo PaRTs 4236a
120 North StreetHinton, AB, T7V 1S8Tel: 780.865.8800Fax: 780.865.7628
Email: [email protected]: Gord Ireland
alberta
lloydMinsteRTRuCk Zone
5205-65th StreetLloydminster, AB, T9V 2E8
Tel: 780.875.7712Fax: 780.875.4039
Email: [email protected]: Peter Parkinson
MediCine HatHydRaCo indusTRies lTd.
2110-9th Avenue S.W.Medicine Hat, AB T1A 7G8
Tel: 403.526.2244Fax: 403.526.1074
Email: [email protected]: John Karamanos
peaCe RiveRPeaCe TRuCk & TRaileR lTd.
9103-75th StreetPeace River, AB, T8S 1T2
Tel: 780.624.8566Fax: 780.624.8592
Email: [email protected]: Rene Houle
Red deeRTRaCTion
8045 Edgar Industrial Cr.Red Deer, AB, T4P 3R2
Tel: 403.342.7884Fax: 403.342.7377
Email: [email protected]: Ron Cain
RoCky Mountain HousenaPa #6260
4528F-47th AvenueRocky Mtn House, AB, T4T 0A9
Tel: 403.845.2709Fax: 403.845.2786
Email: [email protected]: Dave Auld
british columbia
BuRns lakePolaR PaRk auTomoTive
831 Hwy 16 WestBurns Lake, BC, V0J 1E0
Tel: 250.692.7501Fax: 250.692.7985
Email: [email protected]: Keith Brown
FoRt nelsonTRaCTion
CHR-aCk PaRTs & RePaiRs
4704-48th Avenue,Fort Nelson, BC V0C 1R0
Tel: 250.774.3273Fax: 250.774.3274
Email: [email protected]: John & Colleen Reynolds
kaMloopsPineRidGe TRaileR
& equiPmenT lTd.1875 Kryczka Place,
Kamloops, BC, V1S 1S4Tel: 250.374.3100Fax: 250.374.0631Contact: Fred Daku
british columbia
keloWnaCenTRal valley TRuCk seRviCe
lTd
105 Adams RoadKelowna, BC, V1X 7R1
Tel: 250.765.7738Fax: 250.765.7705
Email: [email protected]: Rick VienspRinCe geoRge
naPa – PG564-2nd Avenue
Prince George, BC, V2L 2Z9Tel: 250.563.7778Fax: 250.563.4994
Email: [email protected]: Kevin Carter
quesnelG & n HoldinGs lTd.
1185 Hwy 97 NorthQuesnel, BC, V2J 2Y3
Tel: 250.991.0650Fax: 250.991.0620
Email: [email protected]: Nick Biller
RosedaleRidGeline Hd PaRTs lTd.
9880 McGrath RoadRosedale, BC V0X 1X0
Tel: 604.794.7078Fax: 604.794.0099
Email: [email protected]: Joel Fast
sMitHeRssmiTHeRs PaRTs & seRviCe
3465 Victoria DriveSmithers, BC V0J 2N0
Tel: 250.847.4287Fax: 250.847.5038
Email: [email protected]: Dan Groot
squaMisHTRiTon auTo & ind. lTd.
1003 Industrial WaySquamish, BC, V0N 3G0
Tel: 604.892.5951Fax: 604.892.3986
Email: [email protected]: Mike Bothroyd
suRReyTRailine TRaileR PaRTs lTd.
10304A - 120th Street,Surrey, BC V3V 4G1Tel: 604.582.4888Fax: 604.582.4880
Email: [email protected]: Steve Knowlan
teRRaCeBoW valley maCHine
5107 Keith AvenueTerrace, BC, V8G 1K8
Tel: 250.641.8885Email: [email protected]
Contact: Steve LealWilliaMs lake
Wl foResTRy suPPlies lTd.675 McKenzie Avenue
Williams Lake, BC, V2G 1N9Tel: 250.392.6699Fax: 250.392.6644
Email: [email protected]: Tom Good
nw territories
yelloWkniFedelTa mike HoldinGs lTd.114-314 Old Airport RoadYellowknife, NT, X1A 3T2
Tel: 867.669.6272Fax: 867.669.6282
Email: [email protected]: Doug Moodie
ontario
MississaugaTRaCTion onTaRio Head offiCe
6895 Menway Court,Mississauga, ON L5S 1W2
Tel: 905.612.0032or 905.672.3288
Fax: 905.612.8572 Email: [email protected]
Web: www.uapinc.com
BanCRoFtm&m Gas diesel & TRuCk PaRTs
27523 Highway 62 South,Bancroft, ON K0L 1C0
Tel: 613.332.5474Fax: 613.332.5998
BaRRie255 Saunders Road,Barrie, ON L4N 9A3Tel: 705.792.1371Fax: 705.792.1591
Contact: Jason NelsonEmail: [email protected]
BellevillequinTe TRuCk & TRaileR PaRTs
280 Jamison Bone Road, Belleville ON K8N 5B5
Tel: 613.966.6070Fax: 613.966.0720
BoltonvisCo indusTRial
1 Simpson Road,Bolton, ON L7E 1E4Tel: 905.857.2071Fax: 905.857.2070
CaMBRidge1090 Fountain Street North,
Units 12 & 13,Cambridge, ON N3E 1A3
Tel: 519.653.3427Fax: 519.653.0608Contact: Jim Curley
Email: [email protected]
dRydend & s auTo
495 Government St.P.O. Box 697
Dryden, ON P8N 2Z3Tel: 807.223.3227Fax: 807.223.4245Contact: Dale Green
HaMilton30 Bancroft Street
Hamilton, ON L8E 2W5Tel: 905.561.0932Fax: 905.561.3280
Contact: Brian KinzelEmail: [email protected]
ontario
HanoveRJd TRuCk PaRTs790 – 10th Street,
Hanover, ON N4N 1S2Tel: 519.364.1848Fax: 519.364.7738
Contact: Brad WedowEmail: [email protected]
kenoRad & s auTo
1051 Railway Street,Kenora, ON P9N 3W8
Tel: 807.468.9894Fax: 807.468.8436Contact: Dale Green
Email: [email protected]
2405 Scanlan Street,London, ON N5W 6G9
Tel: 519.455.3440Fax: 519.455.2812Contact: Derek Dutt
Email: [email protected]
3725 Webster Dr. RR #3Maidstone, ON N0R 1K0
Tel: 519.737.7995Fax: 519.737.7741Mississauga
5915 Atlantic Drive, Units 6 & 7Mississauga, ON L4W 1S4
Tel: 905.670.2868Fax: 905.670.9757
Contact: Doug PaddockEmail: [email protected]
noRtH BayseRviCe 1 muffleRs & moRe
2621 Trout Lake RdNorth Bay, ON P1B 7S8Tel : (705) 497-0404Fax: (705) 497-9543
sault ste. MaRie380 Industrial Park Crescent,Sault Ste. Marie, ON P6B 5Y8
Tel: 705.759.8042Fax: 705.759.2962
Contact: Maurice SaindonEmail: [email protected]
st. CatHaRinesniCk’s TRuCk PaRTs244 Dunkirk Road,
St. Catharines, ON L2R 7K6Tel: 905.687.7031Fax: 905.687.7129
sudBuRysudBuRy TRuCk & TRaileR inC
510 Whissell Avenue,Sudbury, ON P3B 2Z3
Tel: 705.673.3613Fax: 705.673.4411
Contact: Cheryl SchroedertHundeR Bay
64 Water Street SouthThunder Bay, ON P7B 6T3
Tel: 807.345.5882Fax:807.345.1559Contact: Felice Meo
WHitBy1751 Wentworth St. W., Units 3-6,
Whitby, ON L1N 8R9Tel: 905.432.2785Fax: 905.571.5436
Contact: Paul MacLeanEmail: [email protected]
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manitoba
BRandonRCB TRuCk & TRaileR lTd.
5600 Richmond Ave. E.Brandon, MB, R7A 7L5
Tel: 204.727.9172Fax: 204.725.4702
Email: [email protected]: Rick Blaine
WinnipegZiRino’s auTo TRuCk & TRaileR
seRviCe lTd.3165 McGillivray Blvd.Winnipeg MB, R3Y 1G5
Tel: 204.275.8038Fax: 204-275-7759
Email: [email protected]: Joe Zirino
saskatchewan
saskatoona-line fRame & aliGnmenT
3246 Millar AvenueSaskatoon, SK, S7K 5Y2
Tel: 306.931.6612Fax: 306.931.6615
Email: [email protected]: Stan & Fred Neudorf
alberta
CalgaRysouTH side fRame &
aliGnmenT ComPany lTd.433 – 58th Avenue SE,Calgary, AB T2H 0P5Tel: 403.253.2337
edMontonmCCoy seRviCe CenTRe WesT
17303-114th AvenueEdmonton, AB T5S 2R9
Tel: 780.453.8706Fax: 780.453.8758
Email: [email protected]: Darnell Jabs
mCCoy seRviCe CenTRe souTH3904-78th Avenue
Edmonton, AB T6B 2W4Tel: 780.468.1471
Fax: [email protected]
Contact: Ken Mitchell
alberta
gRande pRaiRieBRadvin TRaileR sales lTd.
10920-87th AvenueGrande Prairie, AB T8V 8K4
Tel: 780.539.6260Fax: 780.539.4247
Email: [email protected]: Brad Willsey
HigH pRaiRieHiGH PRaiRie TRuCk & TRaileR
Box 1388, High Prairie, AB, T0G 1E0Tel: 780.523.4777Fax: 780.523.4773
Email: [email protected]: Crosby Rich
lloydMinsteRTRuCk Zone
5205-65th StreetLloydminster, AB, T9V 2E8
Tel: 780.875.7712Fax: 780.875.4039
Email: [email protected]: Peter Parkinson
MediCine HatHydRaCo indusTRies lTd.
2110-9th Avenue S.W.Medicine Hat, AB T1A 7G8
Tel: 403.526.2244Fax: 403.526.1074
Email: [email protected]: John Karamanos
peaCe RiveRPeaCe TRuCk & TRaileR
9103-75th StreetPeace River, AB T8S 1T2
Tel: 780.624.8566Fax: 780.624.8592
Email: [email protected]: Rene Houle
Red deeRmCCoy seRviCe CenTRe
4841-78th StreetRed Deer, AB, T4P 1N5
Tel: 403.343.8771Fax: 403.340.0888
[email protected]: Larry Ackerman
alberta
sundRePaRTCo TRuCk PaRTs & seRviCe
Box 1187West Road Industrial Park
Sundre, AB T0M 1X0Tel: 403.638.3414Fax: 403.638.4232
Email: [email protected]: Daryl Peters or Scott Lausen
british columbia
CHilliWaCkliCkman TRuCk & TRaileR25, 43915 Industrial WayChilliwack, BC V2R 3A9
Tel: 604.793.9660Fax: 604.793.9620
[email protected]: Dave Easson or
Wayne CromartyFoRt nelson
CHR-aCk PaRTs & RePaiRs 4704-49th Avenue
Fort Nelson, BC, V0C 1R0Tel: 250.774.3273Fax: 250.774.3274
Email: [email protected]:John & Colleen Reynolds
pRinCe geoRgeToTal TRuCk & equiPmenT lTd.
9122 Rock Island Road, Prince George, BC V2N 5T4
Tel: 250.564.6763Email: [email protected]
Contact: Mark ForbessMitHeRs
smiTHeRs PaRTs & seRviCe3465 Victoria Drive
Smithers, BC V0J 2N0Tel: 250.847.4287Fax: 250.847.5038
Email: [email protected]: Dan Groot
suRReya-1 Paul’s TRaileR RePaiR
19415-94th AvenueSurrey, BC V4N 4E6Tel: 604.882.8627
Email: [email protected]: Brent Cross
ontario
BaRRiesimCoe TRuCk & TRaileR lTd
630 Welham Road,Barrie, ON L4N 8Z8Tel: 705.728.8222Fax: 705.728.9855
BoltonBolTon TRuCk & TRaileR
1 Simpson Road ,Bolton, ON L7E 1E4Tel: 905.951.9111Fax: 905.951.9113
BReslaudelTa sPRinG & CHassis
232 Woolwich Street,Breslau, ON N0B 1M0
Tel: 519.648.2119
CaistoR CenteRPyeTT sPRinG & aliGnmenT
9381 Silver Street, R.R. 2,Caistor Center, ON L0R 1E0
Tel: 905.957.7033Fax: 905.957.0808
Caledoniaoneida TRuCk & TRaileR
634 Fourth Line,Caledonia, ON N3W 2B3
Tel: 905.765.5011
doWnsvieWnoRTH keele auTo,
TRuCk & TRaileR RePaiR
3915 Keele Street,Downsview, ON M3J 1N6
Tel: 416.638.5963Fax: 416.638.5964
edenvoTH sales & seRviCe
10816 Plank Road 19,Eden, ON N0J 1H0Tel: 519.866.3459Fax: 519.866.3572Contact: Frank Voth
ontario
essexken laPain & son lTd
2119 County Road 15,Essex, ON N8M 2X6Tel: 519.776.6473Fax: 519.776.6475
goulais RiveRGoulais RiveR TRuCk & TRaCToR
90 Highway 552 East,Goulais River ON P0S 1E0
Tel: 705.649.4788Fax: 705.649.4754
HaMiltonBaRTon TRuCk CenTRe lTd.
483-487 Rennie Street,Hamilton, ON L8H 3P6
Tel: 905.544.2626Fax: 905.544.0747
HanoveRHWy #4 TRuCk seRviCe
R R #1, Hanover, ON N4N 3B8Tel: 519.369.5052Fax: 519.369.5961
HeaRstseRGe G & d RePaiR inC.
P O Box 1706, Hearst, ON P0L 1N0Tel: 705.362.5633Fax: 705.362.7960
Huntsvillemuskoka TRuCk CenTRe
88 Madill Church Road,Huntsville, ON P1H 2J2
Tel: 705.789.8600Fax: 705.789.9584Toll: 866.353.3009
kapuskasingPaRenT meCHaniCal seRviCes
53 Brunell Road North,Kapuskasing, ON P5N 2M1
Tel: 705.335.3617Fax: 705.337.6880
longlaCRay & doRis TRuCk PaRTs
106 Hamel Avenue,Longlac, ON P0T 2A0
Tel: 807.876.2687Fax: 807.876.2570
ontario
MississaugaB. andReWs TRuCk seRviCe
CenTRe lTd.6755 Columbus Road, Unit #2
Mississauga, ON L5T 2G9Tel: 905.670.3384Fax: 905.670.5794
Contact: Boyd AndrewsEmail: [email protected]
neW liskeaRdPioneeR sPRinG & aliGnmenT
260 Hawn Rd., P O Box 1088,New Liskeard, ON P0J 1P0
Tel: 705.647.8707Fax: 705.647.9362
oakvillek.i.d. TRuCk & TRaileR seRviCe
1090 South Service Rd., Unit A,Oakville, ON L6J 2X8
Tel: 905.842.2942Fax: 905.338.5600
ottaWaoTTaWa TRaileR RePaiR inC.
2020 Bantree Street,Ottawa, ON K1B 5A4
Tel: 613.741.0878Fax: 613.741.0245
siMCoeWilson TRuCk & TRaileR
401 Queensway WestSimcoe, Ontario N3Y 5B3
Tel: 519.428.0501Fax: 519.428.4631
Contact: Duane or Lisa WilsonsudBuRy
sudBuRy TRuCk & TRaileR
510 Whissell AvenueSudbury, ON P3B 2Z3
Tel: 705.673.3613Fax: 705.673.4411
Contact: Dennis Monticelli
veRneRmoBile meCHaniCal seRviCes
11769 Hwy 364, P O Box 309,Verner, ON P0H 2M0Tel: 705.594.1319Fax: 705.594.1548
By BRENDA RICKER
In the last few months we have talked a lot about “emptying your
bucket”, cleansing the body, nutrients the body needs to be heal thy, good digestion, water and many other topics. Chemicals and toxins are factors we must get rid of out of our bodies to experience optimal health. People are be-coming aware that being tired, lacking energy and
vitality is not the way to live.
As you know chemicals and toxins are all around us and are creating many diseases and the body is losing its ability to deal with them and we are feeling the effects.
We know that chem-icals and toxins are the primary cause of illness,
d isease and obesi ty! They accumulate over time and cause the liver and kidneys to become overworked and weak and they accumulate in fat tissue. The more chemicals and toxins, the more fat the body manufactures. Weight loss diets or cleansers containing Ma Hung,
ephedra and caffeine is primarily water and lean muscle loss. Minimal fat is lost because cleansing of body systems is not addressed. Chemicals and toxins are bound within fat t issue and need specific nutrients to release them safely and effectively.
Have you wanted to
take charge o f your health and feel the posi-tive effects? If so, I have written articles I would like to send you to help you regain your health.
Email me at health_you_deserve@yahoo .ca and I will send this information to you. I wish everyone GREAT HEALTH!V
August 2010 23
hEAlthy lIVINg
It’s Time to Take Charge of Your Health!
accounting, tax & bookkeePing
aCCounTs & ReCoRds manaGemenT
Bookkeeping For YourBusiness & Personal Finances
Toll Free Tel: 888.644.2333
• • •iT’s all aBouT numBeRs
1017 Jordan Road,Cardinal, ON K0E 1E0
Diagonally across from the730 Truck Stop
Tel: 613.340.8409Fax: 888.818.4964
Summer hours by appointment only
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TRansPoRT finanCial seRviCes
Specializing in the trucking industry since 1974
Toll Free: 800.461.5970Email: [email protected]: www.tfsgroup.com
“We Make Trucking Less Taxing”
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TRuCkTax™
4261-A14 Hwy 7 East. Suite 885Markham, ON L3R 9W6Toll Free: 888.456.6504
Tel: 905.477.7773Fax: 866.323.8250
Web: www.trucktax.ca“Bookkeeping, Tax Preparation and
Tax Planning for Truckers”
advocates & lobbyists
THe TRuCkeR’s voiCe
2 Cripple Creek Crescent,Stittsville, ON K2S 1T3
Tel: 613.831.1332Email: Peter_Turner@ thetruckersvoice.ca
Web: www.thetruckersvoice.ca
air brake trainingfor mechanics
fReinmeisTeR GRouP inC.6 Farnham Crescent,London, ON N6K 1K1
Tel: 519.641.6770Fax: 519.641.6046
Email: [email protected]: www.freinmeister.com
air conditioning & heating: sales &
service
Wilson insTRumenTs lTd.43 Crowe Bay Heights,
Campbellford, ON K0L 1L0Tel: 705.653.2403Fax: 705.653-5560
Toll Free: 877.467.4440Email:
automated lubrication systems
Beka luBe PRoduCTs inC.2830 Argentia Road, Unit 9Mississauga, ON L5N 8G4
Toll Free Tel: 888.862.7461Tel: 905.821.1050Fax: 905.858.0597
Email: [email protected]: www.beka-lube.com
“Technology you can rely on.”
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CPl sysTems Canada inC.Corporate Office
8450 Lawson Road, Unit #5,Milton, ON L9T 0J8Tel: 905.875.1017Fax: 905.875.2125
Toll Free Tel: 800.263.1760Email: [email protected]: www.cplsystems.com orwww.groeneveld-group.com
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flo ComPonenTs lTd.50 Admiral Blvd.,
Mississauga, ON L5T 2W1Tel: 905.671.2355Fax: 905.671.2358
Toll Free: 800.668.5458Email: [email protected]: www.flocomponents.com
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s.e.T.i. imPoRTs inC.81 Tremaine Road
Milton, ON L9T 2W8Tel: 905.878.7161Fax: 905.878.7730
Email: [email protected]: www.autogreaser.com or
www.seti-imports.com
automated lubrication systems
skf luBRiCaTion soluTions
(A Division of SKF Canada Ltd.)5777 Coopers Avenue
Mississauga, ON L4Z 1R9Tel: 905.631.1821Fax; 905.631.1787
Toll Free: 800.207. 5823 (LUBE)Email: [email protected]
Web: www.skf.ca“Greasing on the Go!”
buildings - all steel Pre-engineered
a-Z TeCHniCal BuildinG
sysTems inC
299 Mill Road, Unit 1510Etobicoke, ON M9C 4V9
Tel: 416.626.1794Toll Free Tel: 877.743.5888
Fax: 416.626.5512Email: [email protected]
Web: www.a-ztech.on.ca
cargo control Products
moveR’s equiPmenT & suPPlies
6176 Atlantic Drive,Mississauga, ON L4C 1W2
Tel: 905.670.4488Toll Free Tel: 800.668.3773
Fax: 905.670.2748Email: [email protected]
www.movers3.com
clutch Products
fil-moR auTomoTive & CluTCH PRoduCTs lTd.
81 Northline Road,Toronto, ON M4B 3E9
Tel: 416.759.2245Fax: 416.759-5890
Toll Free Tel: 1.800.677.9038Fil-Mor Automotive is a proud
Canadian remanufacturer of qualityHeavy Duty & automotive clutches
since 1980.Fil-Mor Automotive specialize in
heavy duty & custom made clutches including our own
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
4130 Foxwood DriveBurlington, ON L7M 4L3
Tel: 905.973.9136Fax: 905.315.7427
Email:[email protected]
Web: www.crossborderservices.orgC-TPAT, FAST, PIP, CSA, SCAC,
Bonded Carrier, NAFTA, Customs Brokerage and SAPP.
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e&B safeTy ConsulTinG
Travel Centre of America,535 Mill Street, Unit 104,Woodstock, ON N4S 7V6
Tel: 519.537.2002Fax: 519.537.7499
Email:[email protected]
Web: www.ebsafetyconsulting.comTaking the guesswork out of
compliance
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iCC THe ComPlianCe CenTeR inC.205 Matheson Blvd. East, Unit 7,
Mississauga, ON L4Z 1X8Tel: 905.890.7228Fax: 905.890.7070
Toll Free: 888.977.4834sales@thecompliancecenter.comwww.thecompliancecenter.com
Dangerous Goods Supplies & Services
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inTeGRaTed TRaininG ResouRCes
P.O. Box 402, 140 Market Drive,Milton, ON L9T 4Y9Tel: 905.693.0660Fax: 905.693.0332
Toll Free Tel: 888.812.0099info@integratedtrainingresources.cawww.integratedtrainingresources.ca
• • •consultants:
transPortation
sTaTeside TRansPoRTaTion ConsulTanTs inC.
6705 Tomken Road, Suite 219,Mississauga, ON L5T 2J6
Toll Free Tel: 800.401.9138 Ext. 1Toll Free Fax: 888.795.2258
With over 30 years experience in the Transportation & Insurance Industry!
driver services, recruitment &
emPloyment
dRakkaR Human ResouRCes1131 Derry Road East,
Mississauga, ON L5T 1P3Tel: 905.795.1397
Toll Free Tel: 877.372.5527Fax: 905.795.1391
Email:[email protected]
Web: www.drakkar.ca
driver training
e & B safeTy ConsulTinG inC.Travel Centre of America,535 Mill Street, Unit 104,Woodstock, ON N4S 7V6
Tel: 519.537.2002Fax: 519.537.7499
[email protected]: www.ebsafetyconsulting.com
Taking the guesswork out of compliance
truck & trailer rePairs
drug & alcohol testing
dRiveRCHeCk inC.1 Manley Street,
Ayr, Ontario N0B 1E0Tel: 519.632.9371
Toll Free Tel: 800.463.4310Fax: 519.632.9534
Email: [email protected]: www.drivercheck.ca
Worried about substance misuse & abuse in your workplace?
emergency road services
emeRGenCy Road seRviCes of Canada inC.
3413 Wolfedale Road, Suite 5,Mississauga, ON L5C 1Z8
Tel: 905.277.2377Fax: 905.277.2378
Email: [email protected]: www.ersofcanada.com
factoring, finance & foreign exchange
J d faCToRs315 Matheson Blvd. East,Mississauga, ON L4Z 1X8
Tel: 905.501.5000Toll Free Tel: 800.263.0664
Fax: 905.501.0395Email: [email protected]
factoring, finance & foreign exchange
liquid CaPiTal
liquid CaPiTal midWesT CoRP.176 Seacliff Drive West,Leamington, ON N8H3Y5
Tel: 519. 419.5044Toll Free Tel: 877.653.9426
Fax: 519.326.4047riacobelli@liquidcapitalcorp.comwww.liquidcapitalmidwest.com
“Large Account Service” to small fleet & start-up companies.
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liquid CaPiTal
420 Bronte St. S., Ste. 211Milton, ON L9T 0H9
Tel: Stan Peirson: 416.994.3389Tel: Frank Galati: 416.970.7600
Fax: 905.878.6570speirson@liquidcapitalcorp.comwww.ont.liquidcapitalcorp.com
“Funding in 24 hours.”
fasteners
mulTi-line fasTeneR suPPly Co. lTd.
1100 Courtneypark Drive East,Unit 5,
Mississauga, ON L5T 1L7Tel: 905.677.5088Fax: 905.677.4917
Web: www.multilinefasteners.com
Serving Fastener Needs for Industrial, Automotive & Maintenance Trades
filters
donaldson ComPany
P O Box 1299Minneapolis, MN55440-1299 USATel: 952.887.3699Fax: 952.887.3716
Toll Free Tel: 800.374.1374Email: engineserviceparts@
donaldson.comWeb: www.donaldson-filters.com
financial adviser
BakkaR finanCial limiTed
132 Franciscus StreetR.R.#1 Waterloo,ON N2J 4G8
Tel: 519.885.1449Cell: 519.497.8073
Email: [email protected]“The Financial Help for Truckers”
24 August 2010
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 613.476.5959, email at
[email protected] or mail at 259 Salmon Point Road, R.R. #1, Cherry Valley ON K0K 1P0. Visit us online at www.woodwardpublishing.com.
fleet management & litigation suPPort
dWs fleeT manaGemenT seRviCes
21 Lake Street, Ste. 2101
Wrentham, MA 02093-1214
Tel: 508.384.9021
Cell: 508.397.7169
Fax: 508.384.9010
Email: [email protected]
Web: www.darrystuart.com
Web: www.ecmteam.com
Fleet Management & Litigation
Support for the Trucking Industry.
fuel additives & lubricants
BenneTTs PoWeR seRviCe
PRoduCTs
P.O. Box 51016, RPO Tyndall Park
Winnipeg, MB R2X 3C6
Tel: 204.694.1777
Toll Free Tel: 877.778.4440
Fax: 204.633.0133
Email: [email protected]
Web: www.powerservice.ca
fuel imProvement Products
Green TiTan HydroGenH.o.d. 4 trucking inc.Toll Free Tel: 877.898.1733
Email: bskakie1661@rogerscom
Web: www.trucking4green.com
“The Green Titan Generator”
fuel solutions Provider
4Refuel Canada lTd.231 Oak Park Blvd.,
Oakville, ON L6H 7S8
Tel: 905.501.0922
Toll Free Tel: 888.473.3835
Fax: 905.257.2580
Web: www.4refuel.com
insurance brokers
allen insuRanCe GRouP
P O Box 189, 45 Dominion Street,
Warkworth, ON K0K 3K0
Toll Free Tel: 877.924.2632
Fax: 705.924.3385
Email: [email protected]
Web: www.alleninsurance.ca
insurance brokers
BaiRd maCGReGoR insuRanCe BRokeRs lP
825 Queen Street East,Toronto, ON M4M 1H8
Tel: 416.778.8000Toll Free Tel: 800.263.3030
Fax: 416.778.4492Email:
[email protected]: www.bairdmacgregor.com
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BaiZana insuRanCe BRokeRs
806 Greenbank RoadOttawa, ON K2J 1A2Tel: 613.825.5575Fax: 613.825.5624
Toll Free: 877.791.1682Email: [email protected]: www.baizanainsurance.com
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BRyson & assoCiaTes insuRanCe BRokeRs lTd.
Bryson Insurance & Financial Services Ltd.
Tol Free: 800.661.5196Fax: 905.426.4959
Email:[email protected]
www.bryson-insurance.com“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”
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CoWan insuRanCe GRouP
705 Fountain St. N., P.O. Box 1510Cambridge, ON N1R 5T2
Tel: 519.578.6030Toll Free Tel: 877.578.6030
Ext. 41378Email: [email protected]
www.cowangroup.ca/transport
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dalTon Timmis insuRanCe GRouP
35 Stone Church Road,Ancaster, ON L9K 1S5
Tel: 905.648.3922Tol Free Tel: 888.385.8466
Fax: 905.648.2640Email [email protected]: www.daltontimmis.comThe Perfect Fit for your trucking
insurance needs.
insurance brokers
dalTon Timmis insuRanCe GRouP
14-600 Crowfoot Cres., NWCalgary, AB T3G 0B4Tel: 403.241.2288
Tol Free Tel: 866.472.0721Fax: 866.399.3177
Email [email protected]: www.daltontimmis.com
The Perfect Fit for your trucking insurance needs.
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eRB & eRB
insuRanCe BRokeRs lTd.30 Queen Street North,Kitchener, ON N2H 6N2
Tel: 519.579.4270Fax: 519.741.1977
Toll Free: 800.265.2634Email: [email protected] or
[email protected]: www.erb-erb.com
What you want to protect the most..We protect the best!
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HuB inTeRnaTional onTaRio lTd
33 Princess Street, Suite 501Leamington, ON N8H 5C5
Tel: 519.326.9339Fax: 519.326.0128
Toll Free Tel: 800.463.4700Email: [email protected]
Web: www.hubinternational.com
Transportation Insurance
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RainBoW insuRanCe BRokeRs inC
958 Road 2 EastKingsville, ON N9Y 2E4
Tel: 519.733.3268Fax: 519.733.3282
Email: [email protected]
kingsway general insurance
authorized brokers
Canadian insuRanCe BRokeRs inC.1 Eglinton Ave. East, Suite 415,
Toronto, ON M4P 3Z1Tel: 416.486.0951Fax: 416.489.5311
Email: [email protected]: www.cibi.ca
lifting equiPment & jacks
Canada PoWeRTRain
3833 Nashua Drive,Mississauga, ON L4V 1R3
Tel: 905.677.3522Toll Free Tel: 800.268.4809
Fax: 905.677.4618Email: [email protected]: www.cptparts.com
lubricants
Wakefield Canada inC.3620 Lakeshore Blvd. West,
Toronto, ON M8W 1P2Tel: 416.252.5511 ext 4449Toll Free Tel: 800.268.5339
Fax: 416 252.7315Email:
[email protected]: www.castrol.ca
Castrol HD creates products that deliver superior performance and greater reliability with the goal of
reducing customer operating costs.
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HuTCHinson fuels
8 Loyalist Drive, Unit #2,Brighton, ON K0K 1H0
Tel: 613 475 3334Tol Free Tel: 800.465.0449
Fax: 613.475.4480
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luCas oil PRoduCTs
4060B Sladeview CrescentMississauga, ON L5L 5Y5
Toll Free Tel: 888.878.6973Fax: 905.814.9836
Email: [email protected]: www.lucasoil.ca
“Keep that Engine Alive!”
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RP oil limiTed
1111 Burns Street East, Unit 3,Whitby, ON L1N 6A6Tel: 905.666.2313
Toll Free Tel: 800.335.6623Fax: 905.666.2761
Email: [email protected]
lubricants (synthetic)
sinWal enTeRPRises inC
5656 Bell Harbour Drive,Mississauga, ON L5M 5J3
Tel: 416.520.5527Toll Free Tel: 866.326.7645
Fax: 905.814.1802Email: [email protected]
Web: www.sinwal.com
mirrors (convex)
CHeCkeRBoaRd ConsulTanTs inC.Brampton, ON L6R 2E8
Tel: 905.494.0255Fax: 905.494.0655
Email:[email protected]:www.blindspots.ca
“Driver’s Dream” Safety Convex Mirrors wipe out blind spots on
vehicles & equipment.”
mortgages
THe moRTGaGe CenTRe
9 Holland Street West,Bradford, ON L3Z 2B9
Tel: 905.669.9864Fax: 905.669.0054
idirect mortgAgeS inc. lic.#10584 An Independent Agent for The
Mortgage Centre Network
“The mortgage agent to the transportation industry.”
oil furnace sales & service
de-on suPPly inC.R.R. #1, 1595 Lobsinger Road
St. Jacobs, ON N2J 4G8Toll Free Tel: 800.824.4115Toll Free Fax: 888.626.7843Email:[email protected]:www.deonsupply.com
on-board truck scales
vulCan on-BoaRd sCales
#11-1642 Langan Ave.Port Coquitlam BC V3C 1K5
Ph: 604.944.1481Fax: 604.944.1482
Toll Free Tel: 800.663.0854Web: www.vulcanscales.com
Permits & services
730 PeRmiT seRviCes
Box 755, 2085 Shanly Road,Cardinal, ON K0E 1E0
Tel: 613.657.1244Toll Free Tel: 800.410.4754
Fax: 613.657.1453Email:
[email protected]: www.730permitservices.com
• • •C.u.T.C. inC.
1295 Carol Crescent,Laval, QC H7W 1G3Tel: 450.687.8294
Toll Free Tel: 866.927.8294Fax: 450.687.6963
Email: [email protected]
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Preventative maintenance
Products
PRo-ma PeRfoRmanCe PRoduCTs
6370 Concession #6 SouthAmherstburg, ON N9V 2Y8
Tel: 519.796.5919Toll Free Tel: 866.284.7851
Fax: 519.736.9436Email: [email protected]
www.promaperformanceproducts.com
Pressure washers
Can-Clean PRessuRe WasHeRs
6790 Davand Drive, Units 13 & 14Mississauga, ON L5T 2G5
Tel: 905.568.4868Fax: 905.565.8821
Toll free: 888.568.8001Email: [email protected]
Website: www.can-clean.com
recovery systems
BoomeRanG TRaCkinG/loJaCk
8010 Chemin DevonshireMont-Royal, QC H4P 2K3
Toll Free Tel: 877.777.8722Toll Free Fax: 888.234.8641
[email protected]“Global Leader in Vehicle Theft
Recovery.”
rust control Products
CoRRosion ConTRol CoaTinGs lTd
106 Colborne Street,P.O. Box 1088,
Waterloo, ON N0G 2V0Toll Free Tel: 800.937.7771Toll Free Fax: 800.563.8078
Email: [email protected]: www.cc-coatings.com
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rust control Products
kRoWn CoRPoRaTe245 Creditstone RoadConcord, ON L4K 1N6
Tel: 905.738.6191Fax: 905.738.6190
Toll Free Tel: 1.800.267.5744Email: [email protected]: www.krown.com
staffing
maiZis & milleR109-5405 Eglinton Ave. W.Etobicoke, ON M9C 5K6
Tel: 416.620.5111Toll Free Tel: 888.620.5111
Fax: [email protected] or
www.mechanicshub.com“North America’s largest recruiter for the Heavy Truck & Equipment
Industries”.
tarPs & tarPing systems
aeRo-kiT indusTRies5499 Harvester Road,
Burlington, ON L7L 5V4Tel: 905.335.2012
Toll Free Tel: 800.465.8277Fax: 905.335.8499
Web: www.aero-kit.com“Keeping You Covered”
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CRamaRo TaRPaulin sysTems206 Arvin Avenue,
Stoney Creek, ON L8E 2L8Tel: 905.662.2757
Toll Free Tel: 800.565.8277Fax: 905.662.4811
Email: [email protected]: www.cramarotarps.com
Cramaro, for all your tarping needs.
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TRison TaRPs130 Copernicus Blvd.,Brantford, ON N3P 1L9
Tel: 519.720.9464Toll Free Tel: 866.948.2777
Fax: 519.720.9468Email: [email protected]: www.trisontarps.ca
test equiPment-brakes, abs, lights
liTe-CHeCk, llC3102 East Trent Avenue
Spokane, WA, 92202Tel: 509.535.7512
Toll Free Tel: 800.343.8579Fax: 509.535.7680
Email: [email protected]
tire balancing
CounTeRaCT BalanCinG Beads13029 8th Line
Georgetown, ON L7G 4S4Tel: 905.873.3339Fax: 905.873.3088
Toll Free Tel: 800.572.8952Email:
tire & wheelservice & equiPment
duReT eT landRy inC.2250 boul, Industriel,Laval, QC H7S 1P9Tel: 514.337.7777
Toll Free Tel: 800.663.0814Fax: 450.663.2688
Email: [email protected] offiCe
Corghi, ONTel: 416.902.4663
Contact: Thierry LefebvreWeb: www.duretlandry.com
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Hofmann BalanCinGTeCHniques lTd
6500 Millcreek Drive,Mississauga, ON L5N 2W6
Tel: 905.821.0799Fax: 905.821.2073
Toll Free Tel: 800.267.2185Email: [email protected] or
[email protected]: www.hofmann.ca
towing services
a ToWinG seRviCe lTd.185 Bartley Drive
Toronto, ON M4A 1E6Service GTA, Ontario and USA
Tel: 416.656.4000Fax: 416.656.3065
Toll Free Tel: 800.773.7952Email: [email protected]
Web: www.atowing.caA TOWING SERVICE, TORONTO.A company you can count on!
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aBC ToWinG & sToRaGe4421 Harvester Road
Burlington, ON L7L 4X1Tel: 905.631.8248Fax: 905.631.8175
Toll Free: [email protected]
Web: www.abctowing.caHeavy Towing, Recovery & Spill
Clean-ups.Your Absolute Best Choice!
towing services
aBRam’s ToWinG
“Service Across Ontario”Tel: 416.398.2500
Toll Free Tel: 888.667.543824 Hour Heavy TowingWeb: www.abrams.ca
• • •
aCTion auTomoTive,ToWinG & ReCoveRy
P O Box 126,Trenton ON K8V 5R2Tel: 613.394.4924
Toll Free Tel: 800.551.6151Fax: 613.394.2428
Email: [email protected]: www.actiontowing.com
“Meeting Your Service Needs in Eastern Ontario”
• • •aCTive Heavy ToWinG & ReCoveRy
1764 Victoria Street North,Kitchener, ON N2B 3E5
Tel: 519.742.8080Toll Free Tel: 800.433.3858
Fax: 519.745.5512Email: [email protected]: www.activetowing.caSince 1967 24 Hour ServiceKitchener, Cambridge, Guelph
• • •C.a. ToWinG
R.R. #2, 2485 Campbellville Road,Campbellville, ON L0P 1B0
Tel: 905.854.0169Toll Free Tel: 800.363.2209
Fax: 905.854.1282Email: [email protected]
• • •
GeRvais ToWinG & ReCoveRy1485 Startop Road,
Ottawa, ON K1B 3W5Tel: 613.747.4666
Toll Free Tel: 888.689.2170Fax: 613.747.8323
Email: [email protected]: www.gervaistowing.com
• • •
GoBBo ToWinG & ReCoveRy lTd.85 Pondhollow Drive,Sudbury, ON P3E 6C1
sHoP5238 Hwy. 69 South,Sudbury, ON P3E 4N1
Tel: 705.523.2341Fax: 705.523.2817
Toll Free: 800.261.4252Email: [email protected]
• • •Hansen ToWinG & ReCoveRy236 Rutherford Road South,
Brampton, ON L6W 3J6Tel: 905.459.1011Fax: 905.451.1534
Toll Free Tel: 800.876.7097Email: [email protected]
Web: www.hansentowing.com
towing services
k.B.W. ToWinG
1 Towns Road,Etobicoke, ON M8Z 1A1
Tel: 416.255.4443Toll Free Tel: 866.616.6379
Fax: 416.252.2558Email: [email protected]
Flatbed Specialists, Heavy & Medium Towing
• • •
J P ToWinG seRviCe & sToRaGe lTd
11 Glen Scarlett Road,Toronto, ON M6N 1P5
Tel: 416.203.9300Toll Free Tel: 866.527.8225
Fax: 416.203.9303Email: [email protected]
Web: www.jptowing.com
• • •
PaT RoGeRs ToWinG
Kingston, Ontario24 Hour Emergency ServiceToll Free Tel: 888.221.3672
Tel: 613.384.2572Web: www.truckdown.com
trailer & container sales & service
sToRsTaC
90 North Queen Street,Etobicoke, ON M8Z 2C9
Tel: 416.231.9100Fax: 416.231.7517
Email:[email protected]: www.storstac.com
trailer manufacturers
TiTan TRaileRs
1129 Hwy #3, R R #3,Delhi, ON N4B 2W6Tel: 519.688.4826Fax: 519.688.6453
Email: [email protected]: www.titantrailers.com
trailer manufacturers
[ tankers ]
BedaRd TankeRs inC.5785 Place Turcot
Montreal, QC H4C 1V9Tel: 514.937.1670Fax: 514.937.2190Email: [email protected]
Web: www.bedardtankers.comLeader in Dry Bulk, Liquid, Liquified Compressed Gas & Cryogenic Road
Tanker Trailers
trailer manufacturers
[ tankers ]
TRemCaR inC.790 Montrichard Ave.
St-Jean-sur-Richelieu, QC J2X 5G4Tel: 450.347.7822Fax: 450.347.8372
Toll Free Tel: 800.363.2158Email: [email protected]
trailer sales, leasing, rentals &
service
foRT GaRRy indusTRies
Email: [email protected]: www.fgiltd.com/trailers
Proud distributors for Lode-King, Midland Manufacturing, Arctic Manufacturing, Landoll, CMIC Container Chassis and more.
• • •
GTa TRaileR RenTals inC.Head Office – 36 Cardico Drive,
Gormley, ON L0H 1G0Toll Free Tel; 866.482.5311
Fax: 905.888.6061Email: [email protected]
Web: www.gtatrailer.com
• • •
smaRTWay TRaileR RenTals
2891 Sideroad 10,Bradford, ON L3Z 2A4
Tel: 905.775.6700Toll Free Tel: 888.747.7667
Fax: 905.775.7250Email: [email protected]: www.smartwaytrailers.ca
• • •
TRansiT TRaileR lTd.22217 Bloomfield Rd.,
R R #6, Chatham, ON N7M 5J6Tel: 519.354.9944
Toll Free Tel: 877.995.5999Fax: 519.354.9782
Email: [email protected]: www.transittrailer.com
transPortcomPanies
BRian kuRTZ TRuCkinG lTd.R R #2 , Breslau, ON N0B 1M0
Tel: 519.836.5821Fax: 519.836.9396
transPortcomPanies
CaRmen TRansPoRTaTion GRouP
3700 Weston Road,Toronto, ON M9L 2Z4
Tel: 416.667.9700Fax: 416.667.8272
Email: [email protected]
Web: www.carmentransportationgroup.com
• • •
eRB GRouP of ComPanies
290 Hamilton Road,New Hamburg, ON N3A 1A2
Tel: 519.662.2710Fax: 519.662.3316
Toll Free Tel: 800.665.2653Email: [email protected]: www.erbgroup.com
• • •
inTeRnaTional TRuCkload seRviCes inC.
107 Bellevue Drive, Box 1450Belleville, ON K8N 5J1
Tel: 613.961.5144Toll Free Tel: 800.267.1888
Fax: 613.961.1255Toll Free Fax: 888.485.6487
Email: [email protected]: www.itstruck.ca
• • •
yanke GRouP of ComPanies
27 Automatic Road,Brampton, ON L6S 5N8
Tel: 905.791.1369 ext 3747Toll Free Tel: 800.373.6678
Fax: 905.791.1278Email: [email protected]
Web: www.yanke.ca
transPortation training
CenTennial ColleGe
P.O. Box 631, Station A,Toronto, ON M1K 5E9
Tel: 416.289.5000 Ext 7606Email: dormiston@
centennialcollege.caWeb: www.centennialcollege.ca
Looking for a career? Apprenticeship Training:
Truck,Coach & Heavy Equipment Technicians.
26 August 2010
transPortation training
adanaC TRuCk dRiveR TRaininG595 Middlefield Road, Unit 10,
Scarborough, ON M1V 3S2Tel: 416.754.2222
Toll Free Tel: 877.317.4222Contact: Wayne Campbell
Email: [email protected] Heavy equiPmenT
TRaininG2421 Cawthra Road,
Mississauga, ON L5A 2W7Tel: 416.456.2438
Toll Free Tel: 800.297.4322Fax: 905.281.9637
Contact: Gordon BrownEmail: [email protected]
Web: www.chet.caCRossRoads TRaininG aCademy
49 Truman Rd., Barrie, ON L4N 8Y7Tel: 705.719.2419
Toll Free Tel: 866.446.0057Fax: 705.719.2438
Contact: Read [email protected]
or Diane Austindiane@crossroadstrainingacademy.
comor [email protected]
www.crossroadstrainingacademy.comCRossRoads TRaininG aCademy
888 Walbridge Loyalist Road,C.R.S. Bldg, Belleville, ON K8N 4Z5
Tel: 613.389.6000Toll Free Tel: 888.282.6605
Contact: Robert BarclayCRossRoads TRaininG aCademy
1525 Centennial Drive,Kingston, ON K7P 2Y7
Tel: 613.389.6000Toll Free Tel: 888.282.6605
Contact: Robert BarclayCRossRoads TRaininG aCademy
2020 Bantree Street,Ottawa, ON K1B 5A4Tel: 613.742.7499
Toll Free Tel: 866.529.1113Contact: Brian Adams or Erica Kelly
Email: Brian@ crossroadstrainingacademy.com
www.crossroadstrainingacademy.comCRossRoads TRuCk TRaininG
aCademy10 Maple Street,
Smiths Falls, ON K7A 1Z5Tel: 613.742.7499Fax: 613.742.7899
Toll Free Tel: 866-529-1113Email: [email protected]
www.crossroadstrainingacademy.comdanBRo TRuCk TRaininG
505 Kenora Ave., Bldg. #1, Unit #1,Hamilton, ON L8E 3P2Contact: Brent Nantais
Tel: 905.575.7606Toll Free Tel: 800.273.5867
Fax: [email protected]
equiTRain sysTems lTd.714976 Oxford Road 4, Box 22082
Woodstock, ON N4S 8Y4Contact: Adrian
Tel: 519.537.3300Toll Free Tel: 866.718.3993
Fax: 519.421.7135Email: [email protected]
Web: www.equitrain.ca
transPortation training
GReaTeR oTTaWa TRuCk TRaininG
5 Caesar Avenue,Ottawa, ON K2G 0A8Tel: 613.727.4688Fax: 613.727.5997
Contact: Shahram DowlatshahiEmail: gott@
greaterottawatrucktraining.comWeb: www.
greaterottawatrucktraining.comJay’s PRofessional TRuCk
TRaininG CenTRe
589 Middlefield Road, Unit 11,Scarborough, ON M1V 4Y6Contact: Jay or Chandrika
Tel: 416.299.9638Fax: 416.609.9814
Email: [email protected]: www.jaystrucktraining.ca
modeRn TRaininG onTaRio
308 Kenora Avenue,Hamilton, ON L8E 2W2Contact: Nick Korakas
Tel: 905.573.9675Toll Free Tel: 866.443.7483
Fax: 905.573.6425Email: [email protected]: www.moderntraining.com
noRTHeRn aCademy of
TRansPoRTaTion TRaininG
25 Vagnini Court,Lively, ON P3Y 1K8
Contact: Kevin PattisonTel: 705.692.9222
Toll Free Tel: 800.719.9334Fax: 705.692.9256
Email: [email protected]: www.northernacademy.ca
noRTHsTaR TRuCk dRivinG sCHool
1540 Matthew Brady Blvd.,Windsor ON N8S 3K6
Contact: Robert LabuteTel: 519.967.0444Fax: 519.967.0445
Email: [email protected]
onTaRio TRuCk dRivinG sCHool (CHaTHam)
1005 Richmond Street,Chatham, ON N7M 5J5
Contact: Bill KentTel: 519.355.0077
Toll Free Tel: 800.263.4777Toll Free Fax: 866.800.6837Email: [email protected]
Web: www.otds.com
onTaRio TRuCk dRivinG sCHool
(london)427 Exeter Road,
London, ON N6E 2Z3Contact: Bill KentTel: 519.858.9338
Toll Free Tel: 800.263.4777Fax: 519.858.0920
Email: [email protected]: www.otds.com
Forklift & Heavy EquipmentTraining Available
transPortation training
onTaRio TRuCk dRivinG sCHool (niaGaRa-on-THe-lake)
281 Queenston RoadNiagara-on-the-Lake, ON L0S 1J0
Contact: Bill Kent(Truck and Bus Course Info)Contact: Wayne Saunders(Heavy Equipment Info)
Tel: 905.685.1117Toll Free Tel: 800.263.4777
Fax: 905.641.0533Email: [email protected]
Web: www.otds.comonTaRio TRuCk dRivinG sCHool
(saRnia)141 Mitton Street South,
Sarnia, ON N7T 3C5Contact: Bill KentTel: 519.332.8778
Toll Free Tel: 800.263.4777Toll Free Fax: 866.800.6837Email: [email protected]
Web: www.otds.comonTaRio TRuCk dRivinG sCHool
(WindsoR)1333 College Avenue,Windsor, ON N9B 1M8
Contact: Bill KentTel: 519.258.0333
Toll Free Tel: 866.410.0333Fax: 519.258.9056
Email: [email protected]: www.otds.com
Forklift & Heavy EquipmentTraining Available
onTaRio TRuCk TRaininG aCademy (osHaWa)
199 Wentworth Street East,Oshawa ON L1H 3V6
Contact: Dennis LagroisTel: 905.723.1237
Toll Free Tel: 800.753.2284Fax: 905.723.1245
Email: [email protected]: www.otta.ca
onTaRio TRuCk TRaininG aCademy (PeTeRBoRouGH)
365 Lansdowne Street East, Unit 3,Peterborough, ON K9L 2A3
Tel: 705.743.1888Toll Free Tel: 800.939.1463
Fax: 705.743.1875Email: [email protected]: www.otta.ca
RoBaR TRaininG sPeCialisTs
701 Powerline Road,Brantford, ON N3R 7X3
Contact: Don RossTel: 519.770.3576
Toll Free Tel: 866.231.5885Fax: 519.770 4559
Email: [email protected]: www.robartraining.com
safeTy TRuCk TRaininG
sCHool lTd.4 Wilkinson Road, 2nd Floor
Brampton, ON L6T 4M3Contact: Yogan Sockalingam
Tel: 905.793.9546Fax: 905.793.6426
Email: [email protected]: www.safetytruck.com
transPortation training
sHaun-david TRuCk TRaininG sCHool
111 Sherwood Drive, Unit 14,Brantford, ON N3S 6J9Contact: David Nicholas
Tel: 519.720.9349Toll Free Tel: 866.550.5589
Fax: 519.720.9351Email: [email protected]: www.shaundavidtts.com
TRi-CounTy TRuCk dRiveR TRaininG
480 Waydom DriveAyr, ON N0B 1E0
Contact: Richard WyniaTel: 519.653.1700
Toll Free Tel: 800.265.0400Fax: 519.653.2442
Email: [email protected]: www.tricountytruck.com
TRuCk TRaininG sCHools
assoCiaTion of onTaRio
27 William StreetSt. Catharines, ON L2R 5H9
Toll Free: 866.475.9436Fax: 905.704.1329
Web: www.ttsao.com
valley dRiveR TRaininG
99 Cote Blvd.Hammer, ON P3P 1L9
Contact: Jamie FitchettTel: 705.897.8849Fax: 705.524.7067
truck & trailer rePairs
foRT GaRRy indusTRies
Email: [email protected]: www.fgiltd.com/parts/
Brake specialists, installations, safeties and a whole lot more.
• • •2130062 onTaRio inC.
o/a G9 TRuCk & TRaileR RePaiR
492 Mountainash Road,Brampton, ON L6R 0K9
Tel: 416.454.5592Fax: 905.216.1636
• • •neW TeCH moBile seRviCes inC.
6749 Second Line, R.R. #4,Tottenham, ON L0G 1W0
Tel: 705.333.2411Fax: 905.936.2411
“Your one stop mobile shop”
• • •mTT RePaiR seRviCes inC.
1868 Drew Road,Mississauga, ON L5S 1J6
Tel: 905.677.2771Fax: 905.677.2774
Email: [email protected]
truck & trailer rePairs
oRillia PRemieR TRuCk & TRaileR RePaiR inC.
300 Matchedash St. S.Orillia,ON L4V 4X3Tel:705.327.9998Fax: 705.327.9709
Email: [email protected]“We specialize in all makes & models
of trucks & trailers.”
truck customizing
qualiTy CusTom
12 Clarke Blvd.Brampton, ON L6W 1X3
Tel: 905.451.8550Fax: 905.451.7627
Email: [email protected]: www.qualitycustom.ca
truck delivery
aCadian dRiveaWay
8131 Yonge Street, Ste 207,Thornhill, ON L3T 2C6
Tel: 905.709.8131Toll Free Tel: 800.668.1879
Fax: 905.709.2527Email: [email protected]: www.adctoronto.com
truck equiPment
foRT GaRRy indusTRies
Email: [email protected]: www.fgiltd.com/equipment
Sales and NSM certified installations of snow plows, sanders, mixers,
dump bodies and more.
truck lighting & accessories
aldo’s dRiveline
475 Admiral Blvd., Unit #1,Mississauga, ON L5T 2N1
Tel: 905.670.9105Fax: 905.670.0618
Toll Free Tel: 800.899.0427Email: [email protected]
• • •
GRoTe indusTRies Co.230 Travail Road,
Markham, ON L3S 3J1Tel: 905.209.9744
Toll Free Tel: 800.268.5612Fax: 905.209.9757
Toll Free Fax: 800.267.9024Email: [email protected]
Web: www.grote.com
truck lighting & accessories
TeCHsPan3131Pepper Mill Court,
Mississauga, ON L5L 4X6Tel: 905.820.6150
Toll Free Tel: 800.363.1588Fax: 905.820.6142
Email: [email protected] [email protected]
Web: www.techspan.biz/ta
truck Parts & suPPlies
manitoba
BRandonfoRT GaRRy indusTRies1440 Highland AvenueBrandon MB R7C 1A7
Tel: 204.571.5980Toll Free: 866.883.6120
Fax: 204.571.5982Email: [email protected]
Web: www.fgiltd.comWinnipeg
foRT GaRRy indusTRies2525 Inskster Blvd.R.R. #2 Stn Main
Winnipeg MB R3C 2E6Tel: 204.632.8261
Toll Free: 800.282.8044Fax: 204.956.1786
Email: [email protected]: www.fgiltd.com
saskatchewan
ReginafoRT GaRRy indusTRies1523 Ross Avenue East
Regina, SK S4N 7E5Tel: 306.757.5606
Toll Free: 800.552.8044Fax: 306.781.7926
Email: [email protected]: www.fgiltd.com
saskatoonfoRT GaRRy indusTRies
3455 Miners AvenueP.O. Box 1848
Saskatoon, SK S7K 7K9Tel: 306.242.3465
Toll Free: 800.772.4599Fax: 306.933.4850
Email:[email protected]: www.fgiltd.com
alberta
CalgaRyfoRT GaRRy indusTRies5350-72nd Avenue SECalgary, AB T2C 4X5Tel: 403.236.9712
Toll Free: 800.661.3126Fax: 403.236.7249
Email: [email protected]: www.fgiltd.com
edMontonfoRT GaRRy indusTRies16230-118th Avenue NW
Edmonton AB T5V 1C6Tel: 780.447.4422
Toll Free: 800.663.9366Fax: 780.447.3289
Email: [email protected]: www.fgiltd.com
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truck Parts & suPPlies
alberta
gRande pRaiRiefoRT GaRRy indusTRies
10610-82nd AvenueClairmont AB T0H 0W0
Tel: 780.402.9864Toll Free: 866.424.5479
Fax: 780.402.8659Email: [email protected]
Web: www.fgiltd.comlloydMinsteR
foRT GaRRy indusTRies5701-63rd Avenue
Lloydminster AB T9V 3B8Tel: 780.875.9115
Toll Free: 800.661.9709Fax:780.875.1403
Email: [email protected]: www.fgiltd.com
Red deeRfoRT GaRRy indusTRies
7947 Edgar Industrial DriveRed Deer, AB T4P 3R2
Tel: 403.343.1383Toll Free: 866.297.0022
Fax: 403.347.8275Email: [email protected]
Web: www.fgiltd.com
ontario
MississaugafoRT GaRRy indusTRies
731 Gana CourtMississauga, ON L5S 1P2
Tel: 905.564.5404Toll Free: 888.456.6567
Fax: 905.564.8455Email: [email protected]
Web: www.fgiltd.com
truck Parts & suPPlies
ontario
tHundeR BayfoRT GaRRy indusTRies
915 Walsh Street West
Thunder Bay, ON P7E 4X5
Tel: 807.577.5724
Toll Free: 800.465.5044
Fax: 807.475.9033
Email: [email protected]
Web: www.fgiltd.com
• • • levy sTeeRinG CenTRe lTd.
1409 Shawson Drive
Mississauga, ON L4W 1C4
Tel: 905.564.1899
Fax: 905.564.1911
Toll Free: 800.565.5389
Web: www.levysteering.com
• • •
sHield TRuCk aCCessoRies
P.O. Box 281,
Aylmer, ON N5H 2R9
Tel: 519.765.2828
Toll Free Tel: 866.617.0201
Fax: 519.765.2821
www.shieldtruckaccessories.com
truck sales, leasing, Parts & service
GeRRy’s TRuCk CenTRe
4049 Eastgate Cres.,
London, ON N6L 1B7
Tel: 519.652.2100
Toll Free Tel: 800.363.4380
Fax: 519.652.6593
Email: [email protected]
Web: www.gerrystrucks.com
“Your Complete Transportation Business Partner”
• • •
iRvine TRuCk CenTRe
7537 Woodbine Avenue
Markham, ON L3R 2W1
Tel: 905.513.1500
Toll Free Tel: 877.468.7897
Fax: 905.752.0967
Email: [email protected]
Web: www.irvinetrucks.ca
• • •Morgan’sDiesel Truck Parts Inc.
moRGan’s diesel TRuCk PaRTs & seRviCe inC.
1248 McAdoo’s Lane, R.R. #1
Glenburnie, ON K0H 1S0
Tel: 613.546.0431
Toll Free Tel: 800.267.0633
Fax: 613.546.4206
Web: www.morgan-diesel.com
truck sales, leasing, Parts & service
suRGenoR TRuCk CenTRe
261 Binnington Court,
Kingston, ON K7M 9H2
Tel: 613.548.1100
Toll Free Tel: 877.548.1101
Fax: 613.548.4990
Email:[email protected]
Web: www.surgenortruck.com
truck tire sales & service
onTaRio ReGional offiCe
520 Abilene Drive,
Mississauga, ON L5T 2H7
Toll Free Tel: 800.465.0618
Tel: 905.564.5171
Fax: 905.564.5175
Email: [email protected]
Web: www.oktire.com
Over 100 Truck Tire Service Centres
Across Canada
truck transmissions, differentials &
Pto’s
C&R TRansmission seRviCe lTd.13 Anderson Blvd.
Stouffville, ON L4A 7X4Tel: 905.642.4556Fax: 905.642.2293
Toll Free: 888.297.0682Email:
[email protected] service clutches also.
• • •
Canada PoWeRTRain
3833 Nashua Drive,Mississauga, ON L4V 1R3
Tel: 905.677.3522Toll Free Tel: 800.268.4809
Fax: 905.677.4618Email: [email protected]: www.cptparts.com
• • •
domaR TRansmission lTd.130 Skyway Avenue,Toronto, ON M9W 4Y9
Tel: 416.675.2268Toll Free Tel: 800.387.4883
Email: [email protected] it comes to transmissions…
think DOMAR
truck transmissions, differentials &
Pto’s
masCoT TRuCk PaRTs
475 Admiral Blvd., Unit #1
Mississauga, ON L5T 2N1
Tel: 905.670.9100
Fax: 905.670.0618
Toll Free Tel: 800.668.5560
truck wire, cable & electrical accessories
TeCHsPan
3131Pepper Mill Court,
Mississauga, ON L5L 4X6
Tel: 905.820.6150
Toll Free Tel: 800.363.1588
Fax: 905.820.6142
Email: [email protected]
Web: www.techspan.biz/ta
Renton, WA (July 9th, 2010) - TRP(TM) Aftermarket Parts
recently introduced pre-mium high-density foam and innerspring mattress-es for sleeper bunks in a variety of sizes.
TRP innerspring mat-tresses feature a high thread count and a three-layer quilted design that resists tearing according to tests conducted under rigorous Cornell Industry test standards for dur-ability.
The innerspring mat-tress is 7-inches thick and features a design that limits horizontal motion which minimizes friction in the springs and reduces motion and noise, and is
ideal for team drivers. The quality of the innerspring construction means long-er wear and a straight cut foam topper over the top and bottom of the mat-tress provides an added layer of comfort.
The 5-inch thick foam mattress features pre-mium high-density foam that of-fers full body support. “By adding either a q u a l i t y innerspring or foam mattress to their trucks, owner/oper-ators and fleets can make their work environments more comfortable and productive,” said Everett Seymoure, Global Man-
ager for TRP.“TRP mattresses are
compet i t ive ly -pr iced aftermarket products that meet or exceed ori-ginal equipment specifica-
t ions,” Sey-moure said. Manufac-tured in North America, TRP mattresses also meet or exceed U.S. Depart-
ment of Transportation regulations for flammabil-
ity resist-
ance.TRP’s
p r e - mium inner-spring mattresses are available in 25-inch by
79-inch or 31-inch by 79-inch sizes. For larger re-quirements the mattress
is available in 26-inch by 80-inch, 31-
inch by 80-inch, 38-inch
by 80-inch, 39-inch by 80-inch or
42-inch by 80-inch sizes.TRP’s comfortable
5-inch thick foam mat-tress is available in a 31-inch by 79-inch or 35-inch by 79-inch size and also 36-inch by 80-inch, 38-inch by 80-inch, 39-inch by 80-inch or 42-inch by 80-inch.
Both the foam and inner-spring mattresses come delivered in “tight roll”
packages, which enable them to be easily trans-ported and installed.
TRP Aftermarket Parts for commercial vehicles are available through a network of authorized retailers that include Ken-worth, Peterbilt, and DAF dealerships around the world. From dump trucks to cement mixers, deliv-ery vans to tractor trailers, school buses to transit buses, TRP offers reliable aftermarket products that are designed and tested to exceed customers’ ex-pectations regardless of the vehicle make, model or age.
For more in fo rma-tion, visit www.trpparts.com.V
28 August 2010
tRP AFtERmARKEt PARts
TRP Launches Premium Mattress Line
By BRENDAN FINNERty
In today’s fast paced world of technology, thieves are becom-
ing smarter and faster so systems are changed to adapt. With large in-vestments in equipment for transport companies and other sectors that have commercial vehicles this is becoming a major problem. Because of this, insurance costs go up, new equipment must be obtained and loss of time and money are felt.
The theft problem the trucking industry faces is significant. Canadian companies shipping goods
lose up to 8.5 billion dol-lars per year to cargo theft. Fortunately prevention technology is keeping up.
Big things do come in small packages, the Smart Antenna is easy to install and hard to defeat, it is an industrial strength solu-tion for GPS fleet track-ing. The engine’s 160dBm acquisition sensitivity
enables acquisition and tracking performance in the harshest signal en-vironment, including but not limited to weak sig-nal environment such as urban canyons and/or remote locations.
If you are looking for se-curity for your loads, this system can do that and more. It can locate your vehicles 24/7, 365 days a year in real time. Better dispatch and supervision allowing more service calls to be completed and it also verifies employee activity and reduces over-time.
Save on fuel costs by
eliminating personal usage of company vehicles and reducing excessive idling. Generate comprehensive reports detailing start/stop activity, route replay, beginning and end of day, trips to saved locations and mileage totals, etc. It can even send directions to your drivers if they are lost.
Verify employee, on the job site data or arrival time for improved customer service and billing. Track maintenance service points and receive alerts for vehicles that are due for service/inspection, resulting in less wear and
tear which extends vehicle life. Receive e-mail alerts for speeding and off hours or weekend use resulting in decreased insurance and liability costs.
We also offer the abil-ity to track trailers at specific intervals at any time. Updates are typically provided 1 - 2 times per day. See trailers on the Teluware console along with other vehicles in the account using different Teluware applications. Alerts may be triggered for un-authorized movement or door open events.
Refrigerated temper-ature monitoring inside
both trailers and dedi-cated refrigerated com-partments for the purpose of reducing loss of perish-ables due to non-working refrigeration units. Set temperatures at 2 minute update readings; set alerts for temperature readings that go above or below user settings.
With so many more ser-vices we have to offer, I am sure we are able to meet your needs and get you going. For more infor-mation, call 514-601-2650 or send an email to [email protected] or visit our website at www.reltima.com.V
Bergstrom Inc. is the leading designer and manufacturer
of cab climate systems for heavy duty commer-cial trucks, off-highway machines and specialty vehicles. By combining progressive engineering talent, lean manufactur-ing principals and a global footprint, Bergstrom offers a unique blend of commer-cial vehicle marketplace focus and customer value. With facilities in four con-tinents, they are poised to service any market including but not limited to truck, bus, m i l -i tary, c o n -struc-t i o n , a g r i -c u l -t u r e , a n d other u n -c o n -v e n -tional c o m -m e r -c i a l vehicles.
In addi-
tion to cab climate systems Bergstrom provides after-market air conditioning systems and parts as well as heating replacement parts for heavy-duty cli-mate systems.
Bergstrom’s NITE (No-Idle Thermal Environment) products are designed to keep drivers comfortable in any condition.
NITE Plus is an energy ef-ficient and environmental-ly-friendly no-idling sleep-er solution that complies with all idle restriction
laws. Running 8-10 hours on 4 AGM deep cycle batteries, it fea-
tures 4,600 BTU/h cool-ing capacity.
NITE Phoe-n i x u s e s
comparable levels of battery
power as other no-idle solutions, but as a result of its larger compressor it keeps drivers cooler. The system has the highest and longest cooling capacity of any battery-powered, no-idle solution on the market. Featuring 7,500 BTU/h cooling capacity, the NITE Phoenix delivers the powerful system that drivers need to stay cool and comfortable in areas of the country that are extremely hot.
In addition to enhance-ments made to the electric-al system, the NITE Phoe-nix also includes a new LCD digital user interface and battery monitoring system that make it easier for drivers to control the unit. Features include on-board service diagnostics,
automatic tem-p e r -a t u r e c o n -t r o l and a check f i l t e r func-tion.N I T E
Day Cab was developed in response to a growing demand for solu-
t i o n s to re-d u c e idling in the day cab industry. The sys-tem uses the same technology as Berg-s t r o m ’ s p o p u l a r NITE Plus unit, but i s i n -s t a l l e d as a split system. T h e c o m -pressor and evapor-ator are installed between the truck’s seats, and the condenser is mounted re-motely to the exterior of the cab and features a 7,200 BTU/h cooling cap-acity.
“The goal in developing our line of battery-powered NITE systems is to provide drivers with an effective solution to maintaining comfort while adhering to no-idling restrictions,” said Bill Gordon, National Dir-ector of Aftermarket and
Director of Global Marketing for Bergstrom. As battery-powered, no-idling systems, the CARB-approved NITE systems are able to generate a high BTU cooling capacity without sending damag-ing emissions into the environment. This helps drivers reduce emissions and comply with increas-ingly stringent anti-idling laws. It also helps save money, reducing the aver-age truck’s fuel usage,
some by 3,790 gallons a year, and saving the owner more than $12,000 a year in reduced fuel costs and maintenance, based on the national average of idling 8 hours a day, 300 days a year and current fuel prices.
“Battery-powered auxiliary units
s u c h a s ours are a v e r y effective way for trucking f l e e t s to save money
o n f u e l
during t h e s e
challenging times. We are very pleased to provide trucking fleets with this more efficient system, ” said Bill Gordon. Berg-strom’s NITE Plus system is currently available as factory installed options on Freightliner Cascadia trucks and International® ProStar® and LoneStar® trucks.
For more information call 815.874.7821 or visit their website at www.berg-strominc.com.V
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BRENNAlEx INC.
New GPS Tracking System Called Smart Antenna
BERgstROm INC.
Leading Designer & Manufacturer of Cab Climate Systems
manitoba
aRBoRg
PeTRo Canada-PeTRo PassHighway #7 & #68, Arborg, MB
Tel: 204.376.5593Fax: 204.376.5587
Open 24-7, drivers’ lounge & game room, convenience store & parking
BeausejouRPeTRo Canada-PeTRo Pass
400 Park Avenue,Beausejour, MB
Tel: 204.268.2223Fax: 204.268.4749
Open 24-7, convenience store & parking
BRandonBRandon Husky TRavel CenTRe
1990-18th Street North,Brandon, MB R7C 1B3
Tel: 204.728.7387www.myhusky.ca
MoRRisPeTRo Canada-PeTRo Pass
217 Main Street,Morris, MB
Tel: 204.746.8967Fax: 204.746.6008
Open 24-7, full service islands, drivers’ lounge & game room,
convenience store, ATM & parkingpine Falls
PeTRo Canada-PeTRo PassHighway #11 & #304
Pine Falls, MBTel: 204.367.8800Fax: 204.367.4037Open 24-7, Parking
teulonPeTRo Canada-PeTRo Pass
Highway #7 & 5th Street,Teulon, MB
Tel: 204.886.2732Fax: 204.886.3612
Open 24-7, convenience store & parking
WinnipegPeTRo Canada-PeTRo Pass
500 Oak Point Highway,Winnipeg, MB
Tel: 204.949.7292Fax: 204.949.7295
Open 24-7, drivers’ lounge & game room, convenience store, laundry facilities, ATM, showers & parking
PeTRo Canada-PeTRo Pass928 Marion Street,
Winnipeg, MBTel: 204.949.7280Fax: 204.949.7288
Open 24-7, drivers’ lounge & game room, convenience store, laundry
facilities, showers & parkingestevan
esTevan Husky TRavel CenTRe201- 4th Street,
Estevan, SK S4A 0T5Tel: 306.634.3109www.myhusky.ca
saskatchewan
Regina
Husky Bulk sales
210 North McDonald Street,Regina, SK S4Z 1A5Tel: 306.721.6880www.myhusky.ca
ReGina Husky TRavel CenTRe
1755 Prince of Wales DriveRegina, SK S4Z 1A5Tel: 306.789.3477www.myhusky.ca
saskatoon
PeTRo Canada-PeTRo Pass
402-51st Street East,Saskatoon, SK
Tel: 306.934.6766Fax: 306.668.6110
Email: [email protected]’ lounge, convenience store,
laundry facilities, ATM, showers, scale & parking
sWiFt CuRRentHusky TRavel CenTRe
1510 South Service Road West,(Trans Canada Hwy 1 West)Swift Current, SK S9H 3T1
Tel: 306.773.6444www.myhusky.ca
alberta
BonnyvilleCouGaR fuels lTd.5602-54th AvenueBonnyville, AB
Tel: 780.826.3043Fax: 780.826.6353
Email: [email protected]
www.cougarfuelsltd.caConvenience store, cardlock and
showers.
CalgaRyCalGaRy Husky TRavel CenTRe
2525-32nd Avenue N.E.Calgary, AB T1Y 6B7Tel: 403.291.1233www.myhusky.ca
RoadkinG TRavel CenTRe
4949 Barlow Trail SE,Calgary, AB T2B 3B5Tel: 403.569.6251Fax: 403.235.5095www.roadking.ca
edMontonRoadkinG TRavel CenTRe
sTRaTHCona inC.26 Strathmoor Drive
Sherwood Park, AB T8H 2B6Tel 780-417-9400Fax 780-417-9449
alberta
lloydMinisteRHanCoCk PeTRoleum
5904-44th Street,Lloydminster, AB T9V 1V6
Tel: 888.875.2495Fax: 780.875.2095
Convenience Store, Showers & Laundry Facilities
Husky TRavel CenTRe
5721-44th Street,Lloydminster, AB T9V 0B3
Tel: 780.872.7089www.myhusky.ca
MediCine HatHusky TRavel CenTRe
561-15th Street SW,Medicine Hat, AB T1A 4W2
Tel: 403.527.5561
PeTRo Canada CaRd loCk
aGCom PeTRoleum fuel sales
1802-10 Avenue, S.W.Medicine Hat, AB
Tel: 403.527.6411Fax: 403.529.1660
Showers.
british columbia
CHilliWaCk
CHilliWaCk Husky TRavel CenTRe
7620A Vedder Road,Chilliwack, BC V2R 4E8
Tel: 604.858.5113www.myhusky.ca
CHilliWaCk PeTRo-Pass
45461 Yale Road WestChilliwack, BC
Tel: 604.795.9421Fax: 604.792.8931
Email: [email protected]
Commercial Cardlock Open 24 hrs, 7 days, Convenience Store
open Monday to Friday, 8am-5pm (washrooms).
Cool CReek aGenCies
7985 Lickman Road,Chilliwack, BC V2R 3Z9
Tel: 604.795.5335Fax: 604.794.5080
[email protected] Full service islands, driver’s lounge & game room, convenience store,
showers, laundry facilities, parking & CAT scale
british columbia
CRaigellaCHieskyline TRuCk sToP
5507 Trans Canada Hwy,Craigellachie, BC
Tel: 250.836.4949Fax: 250.836.4950
Email: [email protected]
Open 24-7, full service islands, driver’s lounge & game room,
restaurant, convenience store, laundry facilities, ATM, showers & parking
delta
Husky TRavel CenTRe
10128 Nordel Court,Delta, BC V4G 1J7Tel: 604.582.1433www.myhusky.ca
delta
PeTRo Canada
souTHCoasT PeTRoleum lTd. 10178 Nordel Court,
Delta, BCTel: 604.581.3835Fax: 604.581.3850
Canopy, fax, photocopier, nearby Gov’t Scale, Restaurants & ATM
golden
JePson PeTRoleum lTd.Box 1408
Golden, BC V0A 1H0Tel: 250.344.6161Fax: 250.344.2232
Email: [email protected]
Open 8am-5pm mon-fri, lubes & propane, 24hr Cardlock, regular,
diesel & diesel mark.
Hope
doGWood valley
Husky TRavel CenTRe
27052 Baker Road,Hope, 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
osoyoosHusky TRavel CenTRe
9206-97th Street,R.R. #2, Osoyoos, BC V0H 1V2
Tel: 250.495.6443www.myhusky.ca
british columbia
siCaMousHusky 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 (6am-10pm), convenience store, showers, laundry
facilities, parking, photocopier, oil products, ATM and fax machine.
western ontario
BeaMsville
Beamsville Relay sTaTion
4673 Ontario Street,(Exit 64 off QEW)
Beamsville, ON L0R 1B4Tel: 905.563.8816Fax: 905.563.4770
Email: [email protected] 24-7, restaurant, convenience
store, laundry facilities, ATM, showers & parking
BoWManville
fifTH WHeel TRuCk sToP
2475 South Service Road,(Exit 431, Hwy 401, Waverly Road)
Bowmanville, ON L1C 3L1Tel: 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
fleetfuel 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.
doRCHesteRfifTH WHeel TRuCk sToP
3305 Dorchester Road,(Exit 199, Hwy 401, East of London)
Dorchester, ON N0L 1G0Tel: 519.268.7319Fax: 519.268.2967
Open 24 hrs, diesel fuel, convenience store, CAT scale, blue beacon truck wash, drug testing centre, gasoline
(self serve), ATM, take-out food, open roads chapel, Sunoco & Irving Cardlock, full service fuel islands,
restaurant, private showers, laundry facilities, drivers’ lounge, 150+
parking capacity, motel (smoking & non-smoking), arcade room,
convenience store.
dRuMBoTRuCkeR’s Haven
Hwy 401, Exit 250,806607 Oxford Road,Drumbo, ON N0J 1G0
Tel: 519.463.5088Fax: 519.463.5628
Email: [email protected]
western ontario
FoRt eRie
ulTRamaR
1637 Pettit Road (Exit 5 off QEW)Fort Erie, ON L2A 5M4
Tel: 905.994.8293Open 24 hrs, Restaurant, Toilet, Showers, Overnight Parking &
Truckers’ 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
Cardlock, full service fuel islands, restaurant, private showers, laundry facilities, drivers’ lounge & arcade
room,100+ parking capacity, chapel, motel (smoking & non- smoking) &
Irving Cardlock.
HaMilton
maRsHall TRuCk & TRaileR RePaiR & TRuCk sToP
336 Kenora Avenue,Hamilton, ON L8E 2W2
Tel: 905.561.4712Fax: 905.561.7757
Email: [email protected]: www.marshalltruck.comOpen 24-7 for Cardlock fuelling,
open 7am-12am mon-fri, 7am-5pm 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.
london
flyinG m TRuCk sToP
7340 Colonel Talbot Road,London, ON
Tel: 519.652.2728Fax: 519.652.6554
Email: flyingmtruckstop.comOpen 24 hrs, 6 days, full service
islands, drivers’ lounge, restaurant, convenience store, ATM, internet
services, showers, garage on premises & parking
30 August 2010
Welcome to our NEW, complimentary Truck STop DirecTory. We want to help truckers and travellers find the nearest truck stop on route to their destination. For details on how you can list your truck stop, call Barb Woodward at 877-225-2232 or email Barb at [email protected].
western ontario
london
london Husky TRavel CenTRe
Hwy 401 & 74 (Exit 195 off 401)
Belmont, ON
Tel: 519.644.0200
www.myhusky.ca
Milton
fifTH WHeel TRuCk sToP
40 Chisolm Dr. (Hwy 401 Exit 320)
Milton, ON L9T 3G9
Tel: 905.878.8441
Fax: 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+ parkin, chapel, motel
(smoking & non- smoking), & lottery tickets.
piCkeRing
Husky TRavel CenTRe
200 Clements Road, Pickering, ON
Tel: 905.428.9700
www.myhusky.ca
poRt Hope
ulTRamaR
2211 County Road 28,
(Hwy 401 Exit 464)
Port Hope, ON L1A 3W4
Tel: 905.885.4600
Open 24 hrs, lunch counter, convenience store,toilet, showers,
truckers’ lounge & short-time parking
stoney CReeksToP 50 TRuCk sToP
1310 South Service Road,
(Exit QEW at Fifty Road)
Stoney Creek, ON L8E 5C5
Tel: 905.643.1151
Fax: 905.643.8068
Open 24-7, full service islands, restaurant, convenience store, laundry
facilities, ATM, showers & parking
WoodstoCkulTRamaR
535 Mill Street,
(Hwy 401 Exit 230 on TA site)
Woodstock, ON N4S 7V6
Tel: 519.421.3144
Open 24 hrs, restaurant, convenience store, toilet, showers, truckers’ lounge
& overnight parking
western ontario
tilBuRyPiloT TRavel CenTRe
19325 County Road 42,Exit 56 off Hwy 401
Tilbury, OntarioTel: 519.682.1140Fax: 519.682.9221
Email:[email protected]
www.pilottravelcenters.comOpen 24-7, six pilot diesel lanes, six gasoline lanes & six ESSO Cardlock
lanes, subway restaurant, large convenience store, drivers’ lounge & game room, CAT scale, coin laundry,
ATM, six showers & 70+ parking available.
WindsoRWindsoR Husky TRavel CenTRe
Tecumseh, ON(off Hwy 401 at Exit 14)
Tel: 519.737.6401www.myhusky.ca
eastern ontario
aRnpRioR
anTRim TRuCk sToP580 White Lake Road,Arnprior, ON K7S 3G9
Tel: 613.623.3003Fax: 613.623.1003
Toll Free: [email protected] 24-7, full service islands, restaurant, convenience store,
showers, overnight parking, truckers’ lounge, CAT scale, garage service facilities, tire service, western star
truck dealer.BellevilleulTRamaR
25 Bellevue Drive,(Hwy 401 Exit 538, rear of Ultramar
Service Station)Belleville, ON K8N 4Z5
Tel: 613.771.1755Open 24 hrs, lunch counter,
convenience store, toilets, showers, short-time parking & truckers’ lounge
CaRdinal
2085 Shanly Road,Exit 730 off Hwy 401Cardinal, ON K0C 1E0
Tel: 613.657.3019Open 24 hrs, restaurant,
convenience store, toilet, showers, overnight parking & truckers’ lounge
deseRonto
quiCk sToP215 Hwy #49,
Deseronto, ON K0K 1X0Tel: 613.396.3043Fax: 613.396.1449
Open 6am-10pm, 7 days, full service islands, subway, convenience store,
parking & coffee drive-thru.
eastern ontario
CoRnWall
fifTH WHeel TRuCk sToP1901 McConnell Avenue,(Exit 792 off Hwy 401)Cornwall, ON K6H 5R6
Tel: 613.933.8363Fax: 613.932.3952
Open 24 hrs, diesel fuel, convenience store, CAT scale, blue beacon truck
wash, barber shop, ATM, drug testing centre, gasoline (full service), mechanic shop, propane, take-out food, Sunoco Cardlock, full service
fuel islands, restaurant, private showers, laundry facilities, drivers’ lounge & arcade room, 200+ truck
parking capacity, chapel, motel (smoking & non-smoking), tire shop,
lube shop, Bell Canada Internet Kiosk, convenience store at fuel bar,
Irving Cardlock.dunvegan
esso-dunveGan1515 County Road #20,
(Hwy 417 Exit 51)Dunvegan, ON
Tel: 613.527.1026 or613.627.2100
Fax: 613.527.2726Open 24-7, full service islands,
restaurant (Tim Horton’s), convenience store, showers, parking & ATM.
joyCevillekinGsTon Husky TRuCk sToP
Joyceville Road, (Hwy 401 Exit 632)Joyceville, ON
Tel: 613.542.3468www.myhusky.ca
kingstonesso-kinGsTon
Hwy 401 Exit 611, Kingston, ONTel: 613.384.8888Fax: 613.634.3162
Open 24-7
ottaWaulTRamaR
3199 Hawthorne Road,(Exit 110 off Hwy 417)
Behind Ultramar Service StationOttawa, ON K1G 3V8Tel: 613.248.9319
Open 24 hrs, lunch counter, convenience store, toilet,
Truckers’ lounge, showers& short- ime parking
spenCeRvilleanGelo’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.
eastern ontario
vankleek HillHeRB’s TRavel PlaZa
21160 Service Road,
Exit 27 off Hwy 417
Vankleek Hill, Ontario
Toll Free: 800.593.4372
Tel: 613.525.2120
Fax: 613.525.1595
Email: [email protected]
Open 24-7 drivers’ lounge, restaurant, convenience store, laundry facilities, ATM, internet services, showers & parking.
northern ontario
BRadFoRd
BRadfoRd Husky TRavel CenTRe
Hwy 400 & 88,
Bradford, ON
Tel: 905.775.5794
www.myhusky.ca
HWy 144 @ 560aWaTeRsHed CaR & TRuCk sToP
Hwy 144 & 560a,
Tel: 705.655.4911 or
705.523.4917
Fax: 705.523.4160
Email:
neW liskeaRdGilli’s TRuCk sToP
Hwy #11 North,
New Liskeard, ON
Tel: 705.647.1919
Fax: 705.647.5610
Full service islands, restaurant, convenience store, showers &
parking.
neW liskeaRd Husky
TRavel CenTRe
Hwy 11 North,
New Liskeard, ON
Tel: 705.647.6300
www.myhusky.ca
noRtH BayBayTRuCk sToP
3060 Hwy 11 North, North Bay, ON
Tel: 705.474.8410
Fax: 705.495.4076
Toll Free: 888.474.8410
Email: [email protected]
Web: www.transportmall.com
Open 24-7, full service islands, restaurant, convenience store,
showers, parking & truck repairs within 2 km.
northern ontario
sudBuRy
sudBuRy PeTRo Pass3070 Regent Street
Sudbury, ONTel: 705.522.8701Fax: 705.522.4280
Open Mon-Fri. 6am-11pm,Sat. 8am-8pm & sun. 10am-9pm,
drivers’ lounge & game room, convenience store (hot food, pizza,
chilli & soup), laundry facilities, showers & parking.
tiMMins
esso TRuCk sToP2154 Riverside Drive,
Timmins, ONTel: 705.268.3400Fax: 705.267.7231
[email protected] 24-7, restaurant, convenience
store, ATM & showers.WauBasHene
WauBasHene TRuCk sToP21 Quarry Road, Box 419,Waubashene, ON L0K 2L0
Tel: 705.538.2400Fax: 705.538.0452
Email: [email protected]
québec
MontReal iRvinG 24
5918, Rue Notre Dame Est,Montreal, QC H1N 2C5
Tel: 514.257.8626Fax: 514.259.0910
Open 24-7, restaurant, convenience store & laundry facilities.
new brunswick
aulaCaulaC BiG sToP CiRCle k
170 Aulac Road,Aulac, NB E4L 2X2Tel: 506.536.1339Fax: 506.536.0579
Email: [email protected] 24-7, full service islands,
drivers’ lounge, restaurant, convenience store, showers, laundry
facilities, parking & CAT scale.FouR Falls
sPRinGWaTeR TRuCk sToP2539 Route 130,
Four Falls, NB E3Z 2H3Tel: 506.273.3682
Open 12 hrs, 6 days, full service islands, restaurant, convenience
store, laundry facilities, ATM, showers & parking.
gRand FallsPeTRo Pass
315 Ouellette Street,Grand Falls, NB
Tel: 506.473.5575Fax: 506.475.9816
Toll Free: [email protected]
Drivers’ lounge & game room, convenience store, showers, laundry facilities, internet services, showers,
parking & CAT scale.
new brunswick
MonCtonPeTRo-Canada
Exit 450, 2600 Mountain Road,Moncton, NB E1G 3T6
Tel: 506.859.6000Fax: 506.859.6005
Open 24-7, convenience store, fast food, ATM’s & restroomspeRtH-andoveR
ToBique one sToPExit 115, Perth-Anover, NB
Tel: 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 sToP2986 Fredericton Road,Salisbury, 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 scaleWaasis
linColn BiG sToP (iRvinG)415 Nevers Road,
Waasis, NB E3B 9E1Tel: 506.446.4444Fax: 506.446.4440
Open 24-7, full service & self service islands, drivers’ lounge & game
room, restaurant, convenience store, showers, laundry facilities, parking
WoodstoCk
muRRay’s TRuCk sToPExit 191, 198 Beardsley Road,
Woodstock, NBTel: 506.328.2994
Driver’s Fax: [email protected]
www.murraystruckstop.caOpen 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 #2, Enfield, NS S2T 1C8Tel: 902.882.2522Fax: 902.883.1769
Open 24-7, full service islands, drivers’ lounge, restaurant (6am-
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.
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Air Conditioning ProductsWilson Instruments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Ontario Trucking News
Automated Lubrication SystemsSKF Canada . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Ontario Trucking News
Commercial Truck Door ManufacturersWhiting Door Mfg. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Container SalesAlrange Containers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Diesel Performance ProductsPerformance Products (Bully Dog) . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Emergency Road ServicesEmergency Road Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1, 4, 40 Western & Eastern Trucking News
Employment OpportunitiesFleet Safety Council . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Ontario Trucking NewsHighland Transport . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Ontario Trucking NewsKindersley Transport . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Western Trucking NewsTransX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Ontario Trucking NewsYour Advantage Staffing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Ontario Trucking News
Factoring & FinanceJ.D. Factors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3Liquid Capital Midwest Corp. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,10 Ontario Trucking News
Fuel Economy ProductsAirtabs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Ontario Trucking News
Fuel Security ProductsThe Fuel Lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Heating Sales & ServiceWilson Instruments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Ontario Trucking News
InsuranceAllen Insurance Brokers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Ontario Trucking NewsHallmark Insurance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Ontario Trucking News
LubricantsCastrol/Wakefield . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15,42 Ontario Trucking NewsShell Canada . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Permits & WaiversC.U.T.C. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Ontario Trucking News
Steering & Clutch ProductsLevy Steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Tarp Sales & ServiceTrison Tarps Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,14
Tracking SoftwareBoomerang Tracking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,10
Trailer SalesAlutrec Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1, 7 Ontario & Eastern Trucking News
Transportation ConsultantsStateside Transportation Consultants Inc.. . . . . . 34
Transportation CompaniesHWT Transport . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Western Trucking News
Truck ExhaustA & A Truck Exhaust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Ontario Trucking News
Truck Parts & AccessoriesTraction Truck Parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Ontario Trucking & Western Trucking News
Truck TiresBenson Truck & Tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Ontario Trucking NewsNew Millenium Truck Centres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Truck SalesHarper Truck Centres Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Truck RepairsTruckPro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Ontario Trucking & Western Trucking News
Truck Washing EquipmentACC International . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Ontario Trucking News
Video Recording EquipmentWindshield Cam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Weigh Scales (On Board)Vulcan On-Board Scales . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Western & Eastern Trucking News
Wheel Balancing ProductsTAABS Wheel Balancers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Western Trucking News
Wheel-End Adjustment ProductsTemper Axle Products Corportation . . . . . . . . . . 17
alPhabetical list of advertisers
advertiser Page Publication
AA & A Truck Exhaust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Ontario Trucking NewsACC International . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Ontario Trucking NewsAirtabs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Ontario Trucking NewsAllen Insurance Brokers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Ontario Trucking NewsAlrange Containers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8Alutrec Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1, 7 Ontario & Eastern Trucking News
BBenson Truck & Tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Ontario Trucking NewsBoomerang Tracking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,10Brighton Speedway . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
CC.U.T.C. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Ontario Trucking NewsCastrol/Wakefield . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,34 Ontario Trucking News
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EEmergency Road Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1, 4, 40 Western & Eastern Trucking News
FFleet Safety Council . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Ontario Trucking News
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HHallmark Insurance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Ontario Trucking NewsHarper Truck Centres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9Higland Transport . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Ontario Trucking NewsHWT Transport . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Western Trucking News
IInternational Truckload Services. . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Ontario Trucking News
JJ.D. Factors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
K
LLevy Steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12Liquid Capital Midwest Corp. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,10 Ontario Trucking News
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NNew Millenium Truck Centre . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Ontario Trucking News
O
PPerformance Diesel (Bully Dog) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
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SShell Canada . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2SKF Canada . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Ontario Trucking News Stateside Transportation Consultants Inc.. . . . . . 34
TTAABS Wheel Balancers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Western Trucking NewsTemper Axle Products Corportation . . . . . . . . . . 17The Fuel Lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16Traction Truck Parts & TruckPro . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Ontario & Western Trucking NewsTransX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Ontario Trucking NewsTrison Tarps Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,14
VVulcan On-Board Scales . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Western & Eastern Trucking News
WWhiting Door Mfg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39Wilson Instruments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Ontario Trucking NewsWindshield Cam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
YYour Advantage Staffing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Ontario Trucking News
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a.t.s.s.a. meetingstoronto chapter, est. 1938 – no september 2010 meetingRegular Monthly meetings are held at:Paradise banquet hall, 7601 jane street, vaughanWeb: www.torontoats.com, E-mail: [email protected]
A.T.S.S.A. Belleville BrAnch, 2010 eST 1999Meetings: 1st Thursday of the Month, 7pmramada inn on the bay, bellevilleE-mail: [email protected]: (613) 968-3411
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SepTemBer 12, 2010WArkWorTh Truck ShoW & Driver’S AppreciATion DAy
WArkWorTh FAirgrounDS (onTArio)telephone: 705.924.3399Contact: Bill NewmanEmail: [email protected]: www.warkworthtruckshow.com
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Les Promotions RogerTél.: (418) 877-1919 / (866) 858-1919Fax: (418) 877-9292Roger Paradis, [email protected] Jack, [email protected] Paradis, [email protected]: (416) 614-8861
By ChAPlAIN lEN REImER
Psa lm 119:5 “Oh that my ways were steadfast in obeying
your decrees (statutes).”Christians are people
w h o a c k n o w -ledge and live by the Word of God (Bible) . The Chr is-tians’ eyes are on the G o d o f
the Bible, as their Father and Christ as their Sav-iour. Their consciences are captive to the Word of God, and they aspire, like the psalmist, to have their whole lives brought into line with it.
A Christian that lives by the precepts of Scrip-ture enjoys the peace of Christ and totally trusts God for the future. The promises of Scripture are before
them as they pray, and the precepts are before them as they go about their daily tasks. Chris-tians know that the Bible has gone forth to create and control and order things around them, and this thought brings them only joy. Christians are independent folks for they use the Word of God (Bible) as a touchstone by which to test the various views that are put to them, and they will
not touch any-thing they are not sure that S c r i p t u r e sanctions.
We fur -ther find recorded in I Peter
2:9 (NIV), “But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people belonging to God, that you may declare the praises of Him who called you out of darkness into His wonderful light.” Please note, God chose
us. We did not wake up one morning and decide to go find God, no God chose us. He also made us part of royal priesthood, a special people, and His very special people. Why? Because, He loved us and Jesus Christ gave Himself
for us so we could be pre-sented blameless, perfect, and sinless before our Heavenly Father. We may hear words something like this, “Father, (Dad), my death on the cross paid for his/her sins in full.” Praise God.V
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tRANsPORt FOR ChRIst
What is a Christian?
By lINA DEmEDEIROs
In November, 2009 an amendment to Bill 119 mandating WSIB
coverage for independent contractors and/or sole proprietors came into ef-fect. The objective of Bill 119 is taking all reason-able steps to minimize the company’s risk exposures to its drivers and owner/operators in the event of an injury.
The fleet owner must take all reasonable steps to minimize the company’s risk exposure relative to its owner/operators, contract drivers and employees. In the absence of this, most
commercial insurance policies may not recognize a claim against it.
When a company uses contractor workers such as owner/operators and contract drivers they should establish a basic program to help the busi-ness minimize the liability issues arising from worker injuries. These programs fall under two categories; Supplemental Plans for individuals who must have WSIB by law, and Alterna-tive Plans for individuals who are NOT required by law to be covered by WSIB.
Supplemental plans cov-er situations where WSIB does not pay a benefit; alternative offers 24 Hour coverage and covers both occupational and non-occupational injuries. The company responsibility is to implement, enroll and collect premiums.
The Plan design con-siderations for trucking
have been in place for years. The following are some guidelines for “Prop-er” alternatives to WSIB; 24 Hour Loss of Income to age 65 or 70, illness income benefits from 30th day of illness maximum of 5 years not necessarily as high as income benefits, and $300,000 of accidental and dismemberment or co-ordination of benefits. Also, Out of Country of up to 30 days, catered to the individual owner/oper-ator’s needs, Overhead Expense Reimbursement for owner/operators in-cluding illness coverage.
Health, Drugs and Dental Benefits
Bill 119 does not sug-gest that a fleet owner or owner/operator become an insurance expert since a financial advisor fulfills this role. The key is to limit overall potential liability back to the company and its respective contractors or employees.
Many businesses are unaware that they may be exposing themselves to a significant financial liabil-ity that may arise if they do not take reasonable steps to ensure there is adequate protection.
Some key concerns amongst fleet owners are; the possibility of a suit for negligence and contest-able rehabilitation and re-training allowances. The company may be held liable for the differences amounting to thousands of dollars for a long term permanent disability.
Allow the independent to make independent de-cisions and to find their own coverage. This could leave the company open to costly litigation and compensation if there is a workplace injury.
These key concerns have been addressed by many fleet owners to their dis-advantage by focusing on costing. Some solutions
such as tradition group in-surance may impact their status with Canada Rev-enue Agency as well as the nature of the relationship employer or employee relationship.
The best solution is to create standardized man-datory programs for all owner/operators, tailor plans to meet their specific
needs and ensure that you have taken reasonable steps to reduce your com-pany’s risk exposure.
For more information on Bill 119 and new pro-grams to meet these needs please contact me, Lina Demedeiros at 1-800-236-5810 or visit our web-site at www.lmdfinancial.com.V
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The Impact of Bill 119 on Trucking?
By KElly lIEsE POtVIN
First it started with the phone cal ls coming in on June
10th. Clients had received the NEW HST rebate cheques and wanted to
know what they were. Did they have to pay it back? Will it affect their taxes at the end of the year? Some clients called to complain they had not received a cheque. Their friend/family even spouse had received one and they were still waiting. Did I apply for it when I had prepared their 2009 Taxes? Finally, why did some taxpayers receive $100.00 while others re-ceived $330.00?
I had to explain the same answers over and over
to many clients. For all the propaganda the gov-ernment had put out re-garding the HST, many people still did not have a clue what to expect when they received their cheques. Some wondered HOW it affected them per-sonally and which spouse received it, or why there was a monetary difference in the cheques.
The HST cheque that has arrived is one of three non-taxable cheques expected for taxpayers who are 18 and over and who filed or
will file a 2009 tax return. Cheques were disbursed June 10th to the taxpay-ers that were eligible [less than $160,000 family in-come or $80,000 single] and had their taxes AS-SESSED by May 10th. For taxes assessed after May 10th, cheques or deposits were issued 4-8 weeks later. If the taxpayers were married or living together, then the cheques were issued to the first one who filed. If a taxpayer turns 18 prior to December 1st, 2010 they may be eligible
to the December 2010 and June 2011 cheques.
The following 2nd and 3rd cheque is expected to be released in December 2010 and June 2011.
You must f i le your taxes to receive the HST cheque.
Well, there is another look into the HST from the taxpayer rebate side of it. If you have any further questions or want to learn more, you can access the HST link from my website at www.itsallaboutnum-bers.com. Kelly Potvin is
an accredited Bookkeep-er/Tax Preparer who has been in the accounting business for 20 years.
As a side note, I will be visiting Halifax the first two weeks of August and available to meet with any Owner/Operators to discuss what services, It’s All About Numbers has to offer. Please feel free to call or text me on my cell at 613-340-8409 if you have any questions or would like to make ar-rangements to meet with me.V
By DAWN tRuEll
As much as we all know that it is a pain every
time we want to cross the borders in and out of Canada/U.S.A., we have good reasons for height-ened security initiatives. The following are some recent border incidents.
July 2nd, 300 pounds of high-grade marijuana were seized at the Cas-cade, BC & Laurier, WA border; it was concealed within a commercial load of woodchips destined for the Avista Utilities gen-erating station in Kettle Falls, WA. Matthew Tutt, 31 of North Vancouver,
B.C. a commercial truck driver, was arrested.
The tractor-trailer com-bination was escorted to the utilities station and its cargo offloaded under CBP supervision when wooden crates were ob-served sliding out of the rear of the trailer into the station’s hopper. Five crates were retrieved and a CBP narcotic detector dog named Diesel gave a positive alert to the pres-ence of a narcotic odour. The crates contained 255 plastic bags, 300 pounds of marijuana suspected to be “BC Bud,” a highly potent form of marijuana cultivated in British Col-umbia, Canada, and can sell for $3,500 to $6,000 a pound. Tutt was taken into custody on site by CBP officers and turned over to agents with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Homeland Security Investigations
for his initial appearance in U.S. District Court in Spokane, WA.
July 10th, 5 PM, CBP offi-cers were screening trav-elers when they became suspicious of a man and the documents he was presenting in order to gain entry into the U.S. CBP officers examined the documents closer and found that the Visa was a counterfeit document. The man was a repeat offender and was pro-cessed for removal from the U.S.
July 13th, Canada’s Pub-lic Safety Minister, Vic Toews and U.S. Depart-ment of Homeland Se-curity Secretary, Janet Napolitano, met to ad-vance a strategic dia-logue on developing a shared vision for border security for Canada and the United States. “Our mutual security extends beyond our borders and we must work together to mitigate threats before they reach either Canada or the U.S. while facilitat-ing the legitimate mobil-ity of people and goods between us” said Minis-ter Toews. Joint Border Threat and Risk Assess-ment, releasing later this summer, outlines areas of concern along U.S./Can-ada borders where there is the potential of terror-
ism and transnational organized crime. Issues addressed are; drug traf-ficking, illegal immigra-tion, illicit movement of prohibited or controlled
goods, agricultural haz-ards, and the spread of infectious disease.
D a w n Tr u e l l i s t h e President of Cross Bor-der Services. For further
information on any cross border issues please con-tact [email protected], www.cross-borderservices or cal l 905.973.9136.V
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It’s All ABOut NumBERs
The HST Has Arrived!
CROss BORDER sERVICEs
Heightened Security is For a Reason
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By lINDA COlgAN
Many articles have been wri t ten about the forth-
coming changes to the accident benefits coverage which will be implemented September 1st, 2010. For most reading these docu-ments it is far more com-plex than reading a War and Peace novel. For many they will be looking for reduction in premiums to coincide with the reduction
of benefits – well it just isn’t going to happen.
A couple changes have been implemented already. For example a capped limit now applies to minor injur-ies and the extraction of entitlement to attendant care benefits for injuries qualifying within the minor injury category.
Within the Province of Ontario, the accident benefits coverage has been abused and statistically
is ranked highest across Canada for loss payments. Modifications have taken place through the years however with the new reform coverage will be re-stricted. Some benefit pay-ments will now fall within the limits provided for the injuries, income replace-ment will be based on a reduced percentage and as noted above, some cover-age removed altogether. All insurers will provide
options in most categor-ies to “buy back” coverage if possible within each category.
When thinking of the current system versus the new regime, the thought process is much different on a personal basis than it is on a transportation or business level. For those working within the insur-ance industry we are spear-heading how to incorporate the forthcoming changes
into the renewal process and providing as much documentation as possible to our clients regarding the changes September 1st, 2010. As mandated, all Insurers have sent out notices of the impending changes of the Insurance Act to each one of their policyholders. Between this correspondence and the material sent from your Broker, we encourage you to contact your Insurance
Broker along with your Broker providing benefits and discuss. Going forward your Broker will (or should) ensure that the auto re-newal discussions will in-volve dialogue of the new changes to the insurance act and how it impacts your business.
Linda Colgan is a Trans-portation Insurance Advisor with JDIMI. Contact Linda at 416-809-3103 or email [email protected]
Toronto, ON – Tran-sCore’s Canadian F r e i g h t I n d e x
climbs for fifth straight month, shows significant improvement year over year with a 73 percent increase in spot market freight availability. The May 2010 index rose by 22 points over the previous
month. Combined cross-border postings have in-creased 82 percent year over year. Truck post-ings have decreased by 14 percent for the same period indicating a reduc-tion in capacity to meet demand.
Intermediaries and car-riers across Canada list
more than 12 million loads and trucks per year on Loadlink®, Canada’s largest logistics freight matching database and network. As a result of this high volume, TransCore’s Canadian Freight Index is representative of the ups and downs in spot market freight movement as well
as provides a historical ac-count of the domestic and cross border spot market freight movement.
The Loadlink freight matching database con-stitutes the largest Can-adian network of freight carriers, freight brokers and intermediaries and has been available to Can-
adian subscribers since its inception in 1990.
The Loadlink network provides Canadian based companies with the lar-gest online database of available loads and trucks, unlimited access and guar-anteed payment.
TransCore’s Commer-cial Technology Group
is a leading provider of transportation solutions in the United States and Canada.
TransCore’s trailer track-ing and in-cab communi-cations solutions fea-ture the industry’s fast-est response times and state-of-the-art satellite networking.V
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SABS Reform
tRANsCORE lINK lOgIstICs
Freight Index Records Highest Volume Since Mid 2008
Yanke Group of Companies has al-ways fully valued
and promoted safety, both in the workplace, and on our nation’s highways. More recently Yanke took this focus to a new level through a newly created safety incentive program called “Be the One”. The goal of this initiative was to increase everyone’s awareness with respect to safety, and make safety a personal mission state-ment, challenging each staff member to “Be the One”.
This was accomplished through safety breakfasts, seminars, and on line video presentations to EVERY staff member at the Yanke Group of Compan-ies. Our staff and Profes-sional Transport Oper-ators worked together to bring safety to a personal level, resulting not only in a very positive change to
corporate safety culture, but ultimately a signifi-cant overall savings in the physical, emotional and financial impact accidents have on the organization and the public at large.
Since incorporating the program in 2009, Yanke had an impressive 48.50% reduction in accident costs compared to the previous fiscal year. The majority of incidents occur in 7 different categories, and Yanke realized significant reductions in 6 of these categories, including an astounding 94.32% reduc-tion in “leaving road way” accidents alone.
The “Be The One” safety program began with gen-eral awareness sessions across Canada, and it in-cluded a “Be the One” re-minder decal affixed prom-inently on each power unit and featured incentive draws for all operators that met the qualifying
criteria between Nov-ember 1st, 2009 through to April 30th, 2010. The draws included 6 monthly home furnishing packages worth $5,000 each, and a Grand Prize draw for a NEW 2010 pickup truck of their choosing worth up to $50,000. To be included in the draws, certain qualify-ing conditions had to be met including attendance at an awareness session, achieving a minimum amount of miles driven and remaining accident/incident free.
Yanke is proud and pleased with the over-whelming commitment to “Be the One”, which resulted in a total of 468 drivers entered into the draws!! Yanke is also pleased to announce that one of its long serving Professional Operators, Brian “Huggy” Halabura, was drawn from all the entries and became the
winner of a brand new FORD F-150 pickup this past week. Yanke wishes to congratulate all of its Operators and staff for their commitment to “Be the One”, and helping to make the roads a safer place for us all.
Yanke Group of Compan-ies provides transportation solutions in partnership
with its customers across North America and around the globe. Yanke operates 5 different business units that provide a “one stop” source of transportation services, they include: Yanke Specialized Road Services, Yanke Multi-modal Services, Yanke Supply Chain Services, Yanke Global Logistics
Services, and Aero De-livery.
Yanke offers a wide range of service options includ-ing freight forwarding, air cargo, international steam-ship line containers, inland rail, domestic double stack rail, full truckload dry van services, temperature con-trolled services, and local warehousing.V
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“Be the One” Safety Incentive – Wins A Truck!
Th e W H I T I N G ® Group of Canada recently introduced
an automatic, remote con-trolled; roll-up door open-er called CommandLIFT™. The revolutionary Com-mandLIFT™ door opener is designed to be used with the extensive line of
quality r o l l - u p doors that are manufac-tured in Can-ada by WHITING® Door in Burlington, Ontario.
After conducting ex-tensive surveys of fleet owners and operators of
local delivery vehicles and long-haul trucks and trail-ers, WHITING® was able to identify five major industry concerns.
Safety of the Drivers: The truck driving population is aging, and after a long day on the road, many drivers find it difficult to climb up to the door sill to open and close the roll-up door of their trailer. With the push of a button on the vehicle’s key fob, the driver or warehouse person can open and close the roll-up door without even touch-ing it. The Command-LIFT™ door opener works 24-hours a day and never takes a holiday. Claims for worker’s compensation due to shoulder, back and knee injuries are always
a major concern. Using the CommandLIFT™ door opener to open and close roll-up doors will help keep drivers on the job and not at home recover-ing from injury.
Security of Cargo: The CommandLIFT™ door opener ensures that the roll-up doors are closed securely and will stay closed even if the driver
forgets to engage the latch on the door.
Fleet owners can feel more comfortable
that their cargo is secure while
on route to its destina-
tion.R e -duced
Door Maintenance: The CommandLIFT™ door opener opens and closes the roll-up door with a smooth controlled motion that will help reduce door maintenance, downtime and help increase the expected service life of the door components. The CommandLIFT™ door opener can be used on all WHITING®, double-torsion, spring balancer equipped roll-up doors.
Driver Retention: Having a perk like the Command-LIFT™ door opener will help fleets retain the best drivers available. Why would drivers look for em-ployment with companies where they will have to manually open and close roll-up doors all day?
Anything new, must be easy to Install and Maintain: Depending on the complexity of the vehicle’s wiring require-ments, The Command-LIFT™ door opener can usually be installed in a couple of hours. The unit
is installed on the existing roof bows and connects to the vehicle’s 12 or 24 volt battery.
The CommandLIFT™ door opener is a European designed product that is now being built in CAN-ADA by WHITING® Door.
Driver retention, secure cargo, reduced worker’s compensation claims, re-duced door maintenance and European technology all enhance the efficiency or your fleet.
Contact WHITING® Door at 877.845.3816 for more
information on how the CommandLIFT™ door opener can increase your fleet’s efficiency or go to www.commandlift.ca to see the features video of the revolutionary, new CommandLIFT™ door opener.V
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