Transportation

We need to keep trucking “on agenda”

A constant challenge for Canada's trucking associations is to keep transportation issues, particularly trucking issues "on agenda". It's difficult enough to get trucking issues high enough on the poli...

A view of the goo

ACTON, Ont. - It doesn't take a chemical engineer to pull a dipstick and determine if the oil needs changing. And with today's computer generated preventative maintenance schedules (PMs), it has actua...

The burnishing issue

DON MILLS, Ont. - It's easy to assume that a truck's brakes are never safer or more in compliance than when the truck is brand new, or immediately after a brake job. Ironically, brand new trucks and t...

MTO auditors play a key role in truck safety

The Ontario Ministry of Transportation's Mike McKay recently asked me if I'd be interested in speaking to a group of newly hired auditors, and I jumped at the chance.Mike now shares the responsibility...

Five-year waivers temporarily suspended

I was glad to report two months ago that the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) had finally begun to issue five-year waivers, allowing waiver holders to save the time and expense of ann...

How many truckers are there in Canada?

Dear Editor,I've been trying to do some research on trucking companies that are in Canada and the U.S.I was wondering if you would know how many Canadian truckers are on the road.George PapadakisBy E-...

Loyal reader captured on film

Dear Editor,The enclosed picture was taken of my husband when he wasn't expecting it. It shows him doing his favorite thing: reading. Look at what he's reading!My husband, Paul Blackwood, drives for a...

These pin locks are stronger

Dear Editor,I have read with a lot of interest Julia Kuzeljevich's "Crime Stoppers" article (TN: May 2000).But I would like to emphasize your section about "pin locks". As a manufacturer of king pin l...

News – 01-JUN-00

Trailer maintenance can be cost-effective

DON MILLS, Ont. - Trailer maintenance programs need to begin before new equipment even arrives at a fleet, according to speakers at the Canadian Fleet Maintenance Seminar. But the work doesn't end the...

Regular checks key to climate control

DON MILLS, Ont. - If you want to maintain climate control systems, the most important tool is common sense, according to speakers at the 37th annual Canadian Fleet Maintenance Seminar."Communicate wit...

Meritor execs, engineers, displaying brake expectations

TROY, Mich. - Forget the stopping power of S-cam brakes controlled by air. Meritor Automotive has seen the future of braking systems - and that future is lightweight, electronic and fully integrated i...

U.S. wants to cut sulfur from diesel

WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has announced that it wants the sulfur content of diesel fuel slashed by 97 per cent in six years, in the environmental regulator's la...

TST manager is dynamite

TORONTO, Ont. - The only award most fleet maintenance managers ever receive is the warm feeling they get when they hear the low hum of a finely tuned engine. Frank Haselden knows that feeling, but now...

Kingsway acquires AXA fleet business

TORONTO, Ont. - Kingsway Financial Services' Kingsway General Insurance Co. subsidiary has acquired renewal rights for AXA Canada's portfolio of long-haul fleet insurance.Terms of the agreement weren'...