Truck News

Hyster Company launches new line of AC-powered order pickers

GREENVILLE, N.C.  -- Hyster Company has launched a new series of AC-powered OrderPickers.

Canadian Kenworth dealers earn Parts and Service Dealers of the Year awards

KIRKLAND, Wash. -- Kenworth has named its Regional, Gold and Silver Parts and Service Dealers of the Year, including Canadian winners in each category. The awards, which recognize superior excellent and achievement in parts and service...

Wakefield opens Canada’s first DEF solutionizing facility for H2Blu

TORONTO, Ont. -- Wakefield Canada has opened its H2Blu diesel exhaust fluid (DEF) solutionizing facility in Toronto. The ribbon cutting ceremony, held on Friday, took place well ahead of the original business timetable, officials said. The...

Canadian cancer convoys set to roll

TORONTO, Ont. - If you're scratching your head at the countless gangs of trucks populating the roads this fall, not to worry, you're not seeing double (or more): it's just convoy season in Canada. Convoys from across the country are gearing up...

War paint

FERGUS, Ont. - "Art is long, and time is fleeting/And our hearts, though stout and brave/Still like muffled drums are beating/Funeral marches to the grave." American poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow wrote these words in his work, A Psalm of...

Five reasons to turf the Liberals

I'm not one to force my political leanings on anyone. I just think it's important everyone gets out and votes. I'll even insist my wife accompany me to the polls when I know her ballot will cancel out my own. More than ever, I think it's...

Look in the mirror

For owner/operators and fleet executives finally starting to raise their heads above water, the latest news that we could be heading right back into recession, or at least a period of very slow growth, is hard to stomach.

Montreal traffic troubles far from temporary

MONTREAL, Que. - "The following lanes will be closed for major roadwork from eleven o'clock Tuesday till five o'clock Wednesday: Two of the three lanes on the Champlain Bridge in the Montreal direction; two of the three northbound lanes on the...

PIT’s hybrid study bears fruit

MONTREAL, Que. - Diesel-electric hybrid trucks use about 25% less fuel than a diesel truck of the same size in urban driving. And drivers' road habits can be monitored and analyzed to develop a manual of best practices for getting the best...

Recruiting from abroad

OTTAWA, Ont. - There's much ballyhoo over whether Canadian carriers should be recruiting drivers from overseas.Some call the provincial nominee programs, created by some provincial governments to allow Canadian companies to hire foreign...

Three decisions to make when you shop for a truck

Shopping for a truck involves three separate decisions. There's the vehicle itself, the money to pay for it, and the taxes. Like legs on a stool, all three need to bear weight if that truck is going to help you make a good living.

Technology doesn’t have to spell the end of our independence

Over the past three or four months I've been focusing a lot on the health challenges we face as we go about our business of trucking.

Professional truck drivers need better representation

The trucking industry is unique; every day brings new challenges to everyone involved and there are many things that influence our day.

Here come the middleweights

TORONTO, Ont. - Classes 4 and 5 trucks are medium-duty vehicles ranging from GVW 14,500 to 19,500 lbs. No special licence is required to drive one and the applications can vary from a flatdeck to tilt box, cargo van, snowplow or mini-dump. PTOs...

What’s in a name?

EOBRs. Like death and taxes, they're inevitable. Or are they? When the US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit tossed out the US government's proposed rule mandating the use of electronic on-board recorders (EOBRs) last month, it raised a...