Transportation Is there a need for speed? September 1, 2005 The Ontario Trucking Association wants to eliminate speeding trucks in North America. And they think speed limiters - a built-in electronic microchip that allows an engine's top speed to be preset - i...
Transportation Telematics for the massess September 1, 2005 Telematics pundits point out that electrical engineering has by far outstripped mechanical engineering as the most important source of innovation in private and dedicated trucking in recent years. Unt...
Transportation Guessing Game September 1, 2005 What we do know about the new "proposed category 10" (PC-10) heavy duty oils currently in development to protect 2007 truck engines, is that they will be backwards compatible. So says Jim McGeehan, gl...
Transportation Take it outside September 1, 2005 Equipment maintenance is more complicated than it used to be. Remember the days when engines didn't rely on electronic fuel injection or Electronic Control Modules? When there was a ready supply of di...
Transportation Manac is expanding Mississauga service center September 1, 2005 Manac has announced it is expanding the surface area of its Mississauga service center....
Transportation Bullets fly as port strike ends September 1, 2005 VANCOUVER, B.C. - A truck driver sleeping in the cab of his truck is awakened by the sounds of gunfire. He emerges from his truck to find that it along with several other nearby trucks have been spray...
Transportation Could the U.S. plan to extend daylight savings leave Canadian carriers in the Dark? September 1, 2005 Ottawa, Ont. - The U.S. has given the nod to an energy bill that will extend daylight savings time by one month, but that has Canadian carriers wondering if they'll be left in the dark....
Transportation A black box affair September 1, 2005 WASHINGTON, D.C. - More than a year after a U.S. court vacated the new hours of service rules proposed by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Association, industry insiders could be looking forward to ye...
Transportation New beginnings September 1, 2005 Welcome to the new Truck West! As Canada's leading trucking publication, we take great pride in being the best we can be and we're consistently looking for ways to maintain and improve our service to...
Transportation Big toys for big boys (and girls) hit road with International September 1, 2005 TORONTO, Ont. - International Truck and Engine Corporation made a stop in Toronto in July during its North American tour to showcase what the company has touted as the "world's largest pick-up," and s...
Transportation Vancouver port buys cranes September 1, 2005 VANCOUVER, B.C. - The Port of Vancouver may have recently been crippled by a container trucker strike, but that hasn't deterred it from bringing in two of the world's largest cranes to help expedite t...
Transportation Truck West crowns top owner/op! September 1, 2005 FERGUS, Ont. - Drizzling grey skies hung over a muddy field the morning Herbie Walker was about to take centre stage at the Fergus Truck Show July 24....
Transportation Truxpo returning to Edmonton September 1, 2005 EDMONTON, Alta. - Truxpo is returning to Edmonton this fall and organizers say it will be back with a bang....
Regulations Speed trap August 1, 2005 TORONTO, Ont. - The Ontario Trucking Association has launched what may be its most controversial lobby yet - a bid to put mandatory speed limiters in North American trucks....