David Benjatschek Author Gravatar Image You tell me what makes a Great Truck Photo – Congrats to Alain LaCharite for making it into the 2012® Wowtrucks Calendar! by David Benjatschek Alain Lacharité and his 2006 Kenworth earned their way into the 2012 Wowtrucks® Calendar while attending the Fergus Truck Show. I had the pleasure of spending a couple hours getting…
David Benjatschek Author Gravatar Image Get off the Bench and into the Game! by David Benjatschek In High School, I had to read the "classic" existentialist piece by Samuel Beckett entitled: Waiting for Godot. The read was as dry as a scorcher on the Arizona Desert. The storyline, in case you haven't read it is simple: Two guys on a park bench waiting for someone who never shows up.
Ray Haight Author Gravatar Image Freedom 55, who needs it! by Ray Haight Hello all. I hope you are all enjoying a great summer and the trucking is good. I myself have recently experienced a milestone of time; my 55th birthday. I was…
Lou Smyrlis Author Gravatar Image Cargo fraud is on the rise. Here’s how to fight back by Lou Smyrlis Cargo crime is an issue that deserves prime time attention. It could be costing our industry up to $5 billion annually, although that’s just an estimate because until recently disjointed…
Harry Rudolfs Author Gravatar Image Those Crazy Latvians by Harry Rudolfs While I was going to university in the early 90s, I snagged this job covering North America (read Toronto) for an English language weekly newspaper, the Baltic Independent, out of…
James Menzies Author Gravatar Image Want to run nice trucks? Treat your people right, the nice trucks will follow. by James Menzies I visit a lot of fleets and I’ve noticed an interesting trend. The companies that run the nicest, most modern equipment are the same companies that have the longest serving…
David Benjatschek Author Gravatar Image 2 Success Tools for Everyday Life: If you want to be an A-Lister, these B Lists will get you there! by David Benjatschek A-listers is a term commonly used for those elite Hollywood stars that make over $15 million per film. While I want each one of you to be an A-lister, I don't share the Hollywood definition of what it means. I think that the Hollywood definition is dangerous to us all because it defines success by monetary income/wealth or the "Stuff" we've accumulated. For me an A-Lister is someone who is simply happy with their life because they are meeting the goals they set for themselves no matter what they are.
Ray Haight Author Gravatar Image Driver Trainers by Ray Haight I wonder sometimes how difficult it is for the person who is just about to make the leap into this industry to get a good start. When I think back…
Harry Rudolfs Author Gravatar Image In Praise of Skid Schools by Harry Rudolfs Sharing a couple of wobbly pops with my friend Hartley Nagy the other evening and I was surprised to learn that he’d recently taken a course at a skid school…
David Benjatschek Author Gravatar Image The Incredible Power of Authenticity for Business & How Social Media can help you find it by David Benjatschek Authenticity. Freedom to be yourself. YOURSELF .... complete with all your glorious strengths and weaknesses. To place yourself in your authenticity is a powerful place for both corporations and individuals. I'd like to spend a bit on why it is so important for companies and how Social Media can be an important tool in finding it. As an example, let me brag on a favorite restaurant of mine in Calgary called Marathon.
Lou Smyrlis Author Gravatar Image ready for the surge by Lou Smyrlis I recently spoke with Greg Laurin on how Conestoga Cold Storage is helping customers meet the challenge of cost containment while preparing for growth. Greg had some very interesting insights…
David Benjatschek Author Gravatar Image Heading to Fergus & Rodeo du Camion: The 2012 Wowtrucks® Calendar by David Benjatschek My tickets to Ontariio are booked! The government is making sure I can actually take the Air Canada flight booked .. All is good with this photographer:O) Now its just taking in Fergus and Rodeo du Camion, meeting some great people, picking out some winning trucks for the Wowtrucks® Calendar and having a blast! I can't wait to meet the men/women behind the trucks that win their way into the calendar and tell their story ... that is the bigggest honor behind doing the calendar.
Harry Rudolfs Author Gravatar Image Dan Pautler–on the road again by Harry Rudolfs Dan Pautler Live I started reading about the Beat writers in 1967, probably when I was 14 or 15. When I read On the Road, what amazed me was…
Ray Haight Author Gravatar Image It’s time that I made time for that! by Ray Haight In preparing for this month’s blog for Truck News I decided to do some homework, so I cataloged every month’s writings by date and subject matter that I have written…
Harry Rudolfs Author Gravatar Image Teamsters Truck Museum to be Reborn in Merritt? and MVSA soldiers on by Harry Rudolfs Teamsters and Freight Carriers Truck Museum in Port Coquitlam has fallen on tough times, but it may flourish again in Merritt, BC. I was in Vancouver last week and dropped…
