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Freightliner Showcases SET Vehicle

SONOMA, Ca. - Freightliner LLC demonstrated a host of advanced heavy-duty truck technologies at the 2003 Challenge Bibendum.The Safety-Environment-Technology (SET) Demonstration Vehicle included numer...

Sterling Introduces New Chassis Platform for Heavy-Duty Trucks

ST. THOMAS, Ont. - The Oct. 8 event to celebrate the production of Sterling's 100,000th truck at its St. Thomas, Ont. assembly plant wasn't all fun and games.Sterling and Freightliner officials (Freig...

Style Meets Function

PORTLAND, Ore. - Freightliner Truck has unveiled several changes to its 2004 line-up, including two EGR engines for medium and heavy-duty trucks, an AGS transmission for its Business Class M2 vehicles...

Painting Chrome, Painting Dreams

TORONTO, Ont. - Lance Lowther never painted a truck until 1987. A sign writer by trade, he was detailing the side of a Southwestern Express tractor when company owner Ray Haight challenged him to "pai...

Experts Address Recruitment and Retention Issues

TORONTO, Ont. - Over 160 people gathered at the International Plaza Hotel for the first Canadian Driver Recruiting and Retention Conference Sept. 30 through Oct. 1, where eight high-profile speakers d...

Private Links: Ontario Private Fleets Face Labour Law Discrimination

Discrimination is, almost without exception, not only frowned upon by the general public but also banned by law. Regulators have been careful to protect the right to equal treatment, even when it may ...

Reefer Madness Part Two

The story so far ...Mark takes a reefer load of frozen beef from a company called BETTER BEEF in Regina Saskatchewan. As he heads for the docks in Vancouver, he notices he's being following by a truck...

What’s New… (November 01, 2003)

BluDot Incorporated of North America along with MasterBrake Systems Incorporated have launched the actuation and control of hydraulic braking systems for livestock, commercial and towable recreational...

People (November 01, 2003)

Kristin Persson has joined Ridewell Suspensions as Advertising Director. She will be responsible for marketing Ridewell's full line of truck, trailer, bus and motorcoach suspensions. Her responsibilit...

Clean Diesel or Costly Diesel?

SONOMA, Calif. - "Clean" diesel was everywhere at this year's Michelin Bibendum Challenge, an annual rally and exposition of alternate and environmentally friendly vehicle technologies ranging from hy...

Sterling St. Thomas Plant Rolls Off 100,000th Truck

ST. THOMAS, Ont. - Sterling Truck Corporation on Oct. 8 celebrated the production of its 100,000th truck at its St. Thomas, Ont. assembly plant.The plant, which produces Sterling heavy and medium-duty...

Let’s Talk Insurance: Common Sense on Cargo Theft Prevention

You've probably heard about the fancy new ultra-deluxe anti-theft device that goes "ping!" Or the latest mega-high-tech cargo protection wonder that traps thieves in an invisible shield with laser bea...

Executive View: Michelin’s Ralph Beaveridge Delivers Goods on Tires

TN: What would you consider are the main challenges facing truck-tire manufacturers today and how is Michelin responding to those challenges?Beaveridge: The bottom line in today's economic environment...

Cummins Westport Shows LNG-Powered Working Pete

SONOMA, Ca. - Cummins Westport Inc. demonstrated its CWI ISX G engine in a Peterbilt 385 tractor at the 2003 Bibendum Challenge.The engine is a hybrid propulsion system powered by liquefied natural ga...

Travels With An Old Bedbug (November 01, 2003)

The following is the third of a four part series on Harry Rudolfs' highway adventures with living Canadian trucking legend Ross Mackie.Thursday May 8I startle myself awake as the lights of Winnipeg c...