Health & Safety Cost cuts are not always the answer June 18, 2015 Trucking will always be a competitive industry. The difference between a profit and loss is often dictated by the pennies shaved from a cost per kilometre. The final figure…
Equipment Automation has its limits June 18, 2015 Is automation levelling the playing field between drivers when it comes to performance? The notion that advanced engines and automated drivetrains can nullify a driver’s lack of experience…
Health & Safety Sleep apnea: The monster under the bed June 18, 2015 Northbridge Insurance hosts day-long seminar examining the issue of sleep apnea in trucking
Health & Safety Spotlight on blind spots June 18, 2015 MONTREAL, Que. — Aptly called “Angles Morts” (dead angles) in French, blind spots around trucks have been fingered as the cause of some truck accidents. To increase awareness…
Business Management See you at the Summit in October June 18, 2015 For several years now we, along with our sister publication Canadian Shipper and Dan Goodwill and Associates, have taken a proactive approach to improving shipper-carrier relations, by bringing…
Health & Safety This event merits more support June 18, 2015 As you’ll see on this month’s cover, I spent May 30 covering the Toronto Regional Truck Driving Championships. At the event, nearly 50 of the Greater Toronto Area’s…
Transportation HELP KATHY HELP MAKE-A-WISH May 26, 2015 Our own Kathy Penner, associate publisher, is raising money for Make-A-Wish by participating in the Rope for Hope campaign. This will see her rappel 30 storeys (gulp!!) down Toronto City…
MACK’S mDRIVE HD NOW READY FOR HEAVY-HAUL PRIME TIME preview image Equipment MACK’S mDRIVE HD NOW READY FOR HEAVY-HAUL PRIME TIME May 26, 2015 Mack has enjoyed great success with its mDrive automated manual transmission, standardizing it in the Pinnacle on-highway truck and enjoying about a 50% take rate on that product. Customers who…
CRUISING THE DESERT IN THE CAT CT680 preview image Equipment CRUISING THE DESERT IN THE CAT CT680 May 26, 2015 Cat has rounded out its line of vocational trucks with the addition of the new CT680. It boasts the longest hood of the three available – the CT680, CT681 and…
MYTHS AND REALITIES ABOUT AUTONOMOUS TRUCKS preview image Equipment MYTHS AND REALITIES ABOUT AUTONOMOUS TRUCKS May 26, 2015 The big, big news this month was the unveiling by Daimler Trucks North America of an autonomous Freightliner dubbed the Inspiration Truck. This truck is road-legal in Nevada, the first…
Business Management WHAT NEXT? TRAILERS THAT CAN DRIVE THEMSELVES? VOLVO THINKS SO. May 26, 2015 Editorial director Lou Smyrlis attended a Volvo event in Newport, Rhode Island earlier this month, where technology was the theme. Among the futuristic concepts broached by Volvo executives was the…
Business Management PC-11 IS COMING, MAYBE EVEN SOONER THAN YOU THINK May 26, 2015 As I put the finishing touches on a feature in the June issues of Truck News and Truck West about the impending PC-11 heavy-duty engine oil category, I received word…
TRISON TARPS TURNS 10 preview image Transportation TRISON TARPS TURNS 10 May 26, 2015 The aptly named Trison Tarps (named so to represent the three sons of company founder Paul Vandenberg) turned 10 last week and to celebrate, held a pig roast at its…
Business Management BEST FLEETS’ SECRETS TO BE REVEALED, BEGINNING TODAY May 26, 2015 If you act fast – really fast – you may still be able to dial in for today’s free Best Fleets to Drive For webinar. It runs from 1-3. But…
Transportation Orlick’s success comes from great service, communication May 15, 2015 Gene Orlick was frustrated when Truck West sat down with him for an interview. The long-time Calgary carrier owner was faced with finding a quick replacement for a…
