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Protect your tires from the harsh realities of city streets

Trucks are taking to city streets like never before, as rising e-commerce demand sees growth in everything from courier fleets to white glove delivery services. It’s enough to make a…

Seat, posture help improve driver wellbeing

Truckers spend many hours on the road, sitting in the cab while being jostled around on bumpy roads, steering a big rig that hauls heavy loads. So, it’s little wonder…

Living healthy on the road isn’t easy, but it’s not impossible

Long hours, sedentary job requirements, and limited food options on the road all conspire to make it especially difficult for professional drivers to maintain a healthy lifestyle. But it’s not…

First Aid for truck drivers: Driver’s Education

Few of us head for work thinking, “Geez, what if something nasty happened to me today? Would I know how to handle it?” The truth is most of us live…

13 essentials for your truck’s First Aid kit

While there are no American or Canadian trucking regulations that require drivers to carry a First Aid kit on the truck, it’s hard to argue against the idea. They are…

Truckers face heightened risk of musculoskeletal disorders

Truck drivers are two to three times more likely than the average worker to have at least one musculoskeletal disorder (MSD) in a working year. This was found in a…

Carriers recognizing importance of driver health and wellness

If drivers are the lifeblood of the trucking industry, then it’s important (some would say, essential) to look after them, and it all starts with their physical and mental health.

Driver finds peace in a trucking niche

On the night of Sept. 4, 2014, Jean-Claude Richard was returning from a long run in the Maritimes and was going to make a delivery to Plattsburgh. At 11 p.m.

Medium-duty provides fertile ground for proving up electrification

When Purolator put out a Request for Proposals in search of its first fully-electric truck, one of the key elements it was looking for was support. Of course, there were…

Cleaning a truck is all in the details

Maintaining a tractor-trailer is more than just routine maintenance to keep the truck running. Especially in a Covid world, sanitation and cleanliness are a big priority. There are many techniques…

The art of upfitting vocational trucks

Vocational trucks cover a very wide spectrum of uses. They are all designed to perform very specific tasks, and the combination of equipment is virtually endless. Many parties are involved…

Canadian fleets face growing truck parts shortage

Sutco Transportation Specialists could be described as one of the lucky ones. The B.C.-headquartered fleet has managed to secure three new trucks for its expanding operations in the U.S., at…

How Canada’s heavy truck weights and dimensions evolved

Canada has some of the most varied weights and dimensions rules in the world. Each province and territory has its own set of rules for truck configurations. In 1999, researchers…

Triage processes keep truck maintenance on the move

Military medicine introduced the world to the idea of triage. The process of sorting the wounded — and identifying those needing urgent care – actually dates back to the days…

How to load trailers and distribute weight: Driver’s Education

Putting a heavy load on a trailer may require a bit of math and imagination to get the axle weight right. But running with too much weight at one end…