Creating A Culture Of Safety preview image Transportation Creating A Culture Of Safety January 1, 2010 For many carriers, every dollar spent on safety programs has resulted in a return-on-investment (ROI) of $3, achieved through the reduction of losses, maintenance costs, downtime and driver turnover. ...
Transportation Are Your Tires Tired? January 1, 2010 TORONTO, Ont. - Winter tire maintenance is like tire maintenance all year round. But the consequences of not maintaining your tires correctly during the year's worst driving months can be much more de...
DPFs Unplugged preview image Transportation DPFs Unplugged January 1, 2010 TORONTO, Ont. - As the calendar flips to 2010, you could be forgiven if you find yourself thinking more about DEF than DPFs.
Pass The Pickles, Please preview image Transportation Pass The Pickles, Please January 1, 2010 Pickles are a popular food -especially as a companion to many finger foods during the holiday season. Because we North Americans love pickles, we eat an average of 106 every year. That's about nine po...
British Invasion preview image Transportation British Invasion January 1, 2010 MONTREAL, Que. - Forget about the Beatles or the Rolling Stones. The British invasion in the trucking industry takes the form of a brand new generation of automatic transmissions coming from the UK.
Transportation Eaton’s Been Down That Road Before January 1, 2010 MONTREAL, Que. - While Allison is the first major transmission company to commercialize IVTs, it's certainly not the first one to have contemplated this option. As early as 1989, manual transmission m...
If You Aren’t At The Table, You’re On The Menu preview image Transportation If You Aren’t At The Table, You’re On The Menu January 1, 2010 When it comes to making regulations for trucking -or any other aspect of life in a modern democracy, frankly -the title of this column really says it all. It's not always about who has the right ideas...
Open The Mail -And Other Resolutions For Taxpayers preview image Transportation Open The Mail -And Other Resolutions For Taxpayers January 1, 2010 Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) has a special place on its Web site where it makes examples of cheats and lawbreakers -a perp-walk of sorts. (You'll find the link -and maybe your neighbour -here: www.cra-...
Do Your Joints Ache? It Could Be Bursitis preview image Transportation Do Your Joints Ache? It Could Be Bursitis January 1, 2010 This month I have decide to talk about a common condition called bursitis. In order to understand bursitis, we must first discuss a little bit of anatomy.
Transportation Tires & Wheels (January 01, 2010) January 1, 2010 SKF Automotive Division has developed a wheel-end monitor designed to detect early stage wheel bearing damage in heavy-duty trucks and trailers. The device is mounted on the outboard side of the wheel...
Transportation Tiwi Provides In-Cab Mentoring January 1, 2010 TORONTO, Ont. - Inthinc Technology Solutions, a company best known for its development of crash data recorder technologies, has introduced a new driver safety and fleet management system that uses ver...
Valvoline, Tiwi Launch Guaranteed Fuel Savings Program preview image Transportation Valvoline, Tiwi Launch Guaranteed Fuel Savings Program January 1, 2010 DALLAS, Texas - Engine oil manufacturer Valvoline has teamed up with tiwi, a provider of telematics and driver-mentoring systems, to launch a program officials say has been proven to deliver up to 4% ...
The Realignment Of Stars preview image Transportation The Realignment Of Stars January 1, 2010 LAS VEGAS, Nev. - The simple, overarching message Western Star officials delivered at the company's recent dealer meeting in Las Vegas, Nev., could be summed up as a paraphrase of Mark Twain's famous ...
Volvo, Mack Receive EPA, CARB Engine Certification preview image Transportation Volvo, Mack Receive EPA, CARB Engine Certification January 1, 2010 GREENSBORO, N.C. - Volvo and Mack's 2010 heavy-duty engines have received the green light from the EPA and CARB.
Glasvan Great Dane Practices What It Preaches preview image Transportation Glasvan Great Dane Practices What It Preaches January 1, 2010 MISSISSAUGA, Ont. - Glasvan Great Dane is not only a dealer for Capacity's new PHETT hybrid-electric shunt truck, it's also a customer.
