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Smarter Shifting

Efficient operation requires a thorough understanding of what makes your truck go.

Spend now, save later.

You can limit trailer operating costs by spec'ing for value, not price.

Free Energy

Eaton's parallel hydraulic hybrid drive system charges on braking, and releases on launch.

What’s the Fuss?

A day spent driving a Mack Granite with an EPA 2010-ready, SCR-equipped MP7 engine suggests SCR will be just like Y2K-much ado about next to nothing.

Mack Titan

Titan and MP10 deliver tons of power and driver comfort

A Ride In Style

International's flashy LoneStar will catch everyone's eye, but not the wind.

Big Shoes to Fill

New stopping-distance regs can be handled by bigger s-cams in many cases, but what if you run heavy? Like it or not, it's time to say hello to disc brakes.

Something’s Gotta Give

How confident are you that your cargo-securement straps are as good as new?

Simple Gains

When it comes to maintaining your trucks, the object is reliability and durability. You want your iron to give you uptime for a long time. But good maintenance also has a benefit on the fuel front.

From Don’s Desk

Note on a homecoming, spiffing up the trailers, federal enforcement and when to do your happy dance.

Maybe if we indulge in a little information sharing, we can all be a bit more prosperous and therefore have a really happy 2011

Of course, I have to start off this month with HAPPY NEW YEAR!! I really hope everyone had a great holiday season and I am sure we're all looking forward to a prosperous year in 2011.

Succession Planning!?

There is always the struggle, particularly in small and medium-sized businesses, to find the right person/people to take over the business that the current owner/senior management has worked so hard to develop.

See Ya!

I've got some good news and some bad news for you.

Summer’s Over

I know that summer is not really "officially" over, but the first week after Labour Day certainly makes me feel like it is. 

Highway Hero saved teenage girl

TORONTO -- There's a teenage girl alive today, somewhere in the Toronto area, because a truck driver named Tim Ferguson, who drives for Guelph, Ont.,-based Mackinnon Transport, saved her life.