Transportation Keep your cool July 1, 2002 KIRKLAND, Wash. - Kenworth customers can prepare for the summer heat with the Kenworth PremierCare Express Air Conditioning Service.The service features a 27-point inspection and includes a complete e...
Transportation Longer is better: fleet boss (July 01, 2002) July 1, 2002 WASHINGTON, D.C. - Speaking for the American Trucking Associations (ATA) at a house subcommittee hearing on highway congestion, one fleet executive recommended allowing longer, heavier trucks.Michael ...
Transportation Trailmobile taps Quebec outlet July 1, 2002 MISSISSAUGA, Ont. - Trailmobile Canada says Quebec's Remorques Performance Inc. is its newest dealer.Serving fleets in Eastern Ontario and Quebec, Remorques Performance president Phil Carrick says, "E...
Transportation Rig Review: GM releases pricing for TopKick models July 1, 2002 OSHAWA, Ont.- It will cost a little more than $40,000 to purchase the GMC TopKick C4500 or C5500, according to the company, which released the manufacturer suggested retail prices on May 29.The C4500 ...
Transportation Highland Logistics set to hit the streets (July 01, 2002) July 1, 2002 MARKHAM, Ont. - Highland Transport, one of Canada's largest truckload carriers, has joined the increasing number of fleets to launch an in-house logistics company."Highland has always been a customer ...
Transportation TransForce continues binge buying July 1, 2002 MONTREAL, Que. - TransForce Inc. says it is prepared to gobble-up Canpar Transport Ltd., one of Canada's largest parcel delivery companies with a focus on non-expedited business-to-business parcels.Ca...
Transportation Ontario dealer now International’s best July 1, 2002 BARRIE, Ont. - For the first time, a Canadian dealership has been recognized as the International Dealer of the Year.Dale Lewis of Lewis Motor Sales Inc., recently accepted International's highest dea...
Transportation Products (July 01, 2002) July 1, 2002 Grote has announced another addition to its line of Accessory products its new red, single wall heat shrink tubing. This product is a replacement for aftermarket and original equipment manufacturers. ...
Transportation Turcotte KW revamps, opens July 1, 2002 CHICOUTIMI, Que. - Turcotte Kenworth recently joined the Kenworth Truck Company's dealer network with the opening of its remodeled facility here.The new location, a 16,320-sq.ft. facility, is strategi...
Transportation Municipalities consider buying Coquihalla Hwy. July 1, 2002 MERRITT, B.C. - A group of Southern Interior municipalities are considering purchasing B.C.'s only toll highway to prevent the price gauging that may result from privatization.Merritt Mayor, Bob Baird...
Transportation Looking Back: It takes a steady hand to shift this vehicle July 1, 2002 The Truck News family would be justified in thinking that this is the year their baby comes of age. Twenty-one, after all, is an important year ... it's when we all become adults in the eyes of those ...
Transportation Rig Review: A date with a hellcat July 1, 2002 TORONTO, Ont. - Even from a distance the 8500 is a sexy truck.Sitting off to the side of Toronto's Metro International Dealership, it instantly catches your eye from Hwy. 27.The combed-back chrome gri...
Transportation Rig Review: Truck maker scores with TopKick models July 1, 2002 BOBCAYGEON, Ont. - With soccer's World Cup ready to shift into high gear there will be many kicks of note over the next month, but certainly none will beat GMC's redesigned line of TopKick trucks.With...
Transportation Autocar taps first Canadian dealer (July 01, 2002) July 1, 2002 EDMONTON, Alta. - Autocar, LLC, maker of Xpeditor low-cab-over-engine (LCOE) refuse trucks, has added 16 full-line dealers including its first dealer in Canada.Calmont Truck Center in Edmonton, Alta.,...
Transportation Fueling change July 1, 2002 WINDSOR, Ont. - Although most of us would like to believe that we are as earth-friendly as possible, if you work in trucking this may not be the case.It's a long and winding road to cut this industry'...