Ontario Trucking News, Issue 114, January 2013

Turbocharger with variable turbine geometry (VTG) 

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January 2013 

Serving All of ontArio 

January’s Theme: 

Turbo 

Charging 

By Marek krasuski 

The turbocharger has come a long way since its 

invention by Dr. A.J. Buechi in 1905. There was 

little demand for several decades until pressure 

to economize engines and comply with a growing spate 

of fuel efficiency standards began in the 1970s. As fuel 

prices continued their long ascent, turbochargers have 

become a smart choice for improving mileage, increasing 

horsepower and torque, and optimizing capacity. 

Turbochargers achieve this by adding more air to the 

engine. Hot exhaust gases created by the exhaust stroke 

spin a turbine which in turn spins the compressor. Cold 

air is pulled in, compressed and then pushed into the 

engine. The difference between a turbo engine and a 

naturally aspirated engine – one which relies solely on 

atmospheric pressure – is that the latter has to pull air 

in through the intake stroke. In contrast, the exhaust 

driven turbocharger increases the mass of intake air. 

More compressed air is then pushed into the combustion 

chamber, thereby increasing oxygen and permitting the 

introduction of more fuel. 

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new Products & 

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section Françasie 

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Products & services 

Directory 

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Truck stop Directory 

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Theme: Turbo Charging 

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Tires & Wheels 

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Traction-TruckPro 

Directory 

29 

a Drive Back in Time 

30 

employment 

JanUary 2013 

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TheMe: TurBO CharGinG 

Advancements Improve Engine Performance, 

Durability & Reliability 

>> TheMe 

Turbochargers come 

with several components. 

A Compressor Housing 

unit collects compressed 

air and directs it to the 

engine. The Turbine Housing 

collects exhaust gases 

from the engine which 

is then directed to the 

turbine wheel. The Housing 

and Rotating Assembly 

supports the rotating 

group. A Compressor 

Wheel pumps air into the 

engine intake, and the Turbine 

Wheel Assembly converts 

exhaust energy into 

shaft power to drive the 

compressor. A backplate 

supports the compressor 

housing and a bearing 

system supports the rotating 

group. Oil inlets and 

outlets are provided. 

Like most other parts 

and components in the 

transportation industry, 

turbochargers have improved 

over the years. In 

earlier days straight shaft 

models did compress air 

and increase flow to the 

engine, but there was a 

hesitation period between 

throttle activation and 

engine acceleration, a socalled 

turbo lag resulting 

from the time needed for 

the exhaust and turbocharger 

to generate the 

required boost. Inertia, 

friction and compressor 

load are the principal reasons 

for the hesitation, but 

can be reduced in several 

ways, including changing 

the ratio of the turbine, 

increasing compressor 

discharge, reducing friction 

and incorporating an 

anti-lag system. 

Manufacturers have 

since improved upon the 

turbo’s shortcomings with 

the introduction of the 

4 January 2013 

Variable Geometry Turbo for the precise amount of 

(VGT). These VGTs allow air delivered to the engine 

for the effective aspect at variable speeds. Cum- 

ratio of the turbo to be mins cites the following 

changed according to vari- benefits of the VGT Turboable 

conditions. Because charger: excellent transi- 

the turbo’s aspect ratio ent response, improved 

can be optimized at higher fuel economy, increased 

and lower speeds, only useful engine operating 

minimal lag is produced. speed range, proven dur- 

Efforts at reducing lag inable design, reduced encluded 

fitting turbos with a gine swept volume and 

wastegate, a valve that di- package size for a given 

verted exhaust gases away rating, and control of Ex- 

from the turbine wheel. haust Gas Recirculation. 

This helps to regulate Development of electric- 

maximum boost pressure ally assisted turbochargers 

in turbocharger systems. at Cummins is underway. 

A principal supplier of More 

variable geometry turbochargers 

for large Compressor housing 

engines on 

both on 

and offhigh 

Compressor Wheel 

wayapplications 

is Cummins. 

The Cummins VGT 

turbocharger is used with 

an EGR control valve to 

gauge the cooled exhaust 

gas into the intake system 

which enhances performance 

and fuel economy. 

The product’s sliding nozzle, 

when fully closed, 

creates increased backpressure 

in the exhaust 

manifold to force some of 

the exhaust gas through 

the EGR valve when it 

opens, thereby creating 

maximum exhaust 

manifold pressure 

where shaft speed 

and boost pressure 

are at their 

highest. When 

the nozzle ring is 

fully open, shaft 

speed and boost are 

at their lowest. The 

sliding nozzle allows 

information is available 

at www.cummins. 

com. 

Another of the world’s 

primary suppliers of turbos 

and powertrain solutions 

is BorgWarner. The company’s 

product portfolio 

includes conventional 

turbochargers 

with 

and without waste gates, 

turbochargers with variable 

turbine technology 

and regulated multi stage 

turbocharging systems 

(R2S). 

Filled compressor 

wheels and advancements 

in turbine technology pave 

the way for optimal performance, 

durability and 

reliability. The company’s 

new B series, which accompanies 

the previous 

generation K and S series, 

offers a range of sizes 

and models of low to mid 

range commercial engines 

as well 

Back Plate 

Turbine housing 

Variable Geometry Turbo (VGT) 

as engines employed 

in the construction, 

agricultural, industrial 

and marine sectors. 

BorgWarner’s variable 

turbine geometry in its 

BV range applies to diesel 

engines with displacements 

from 4 to 16 

litres, or 

regulated Multi-stage Turbocharger (r2s) 

244 to 976 cubic inches. 

Computational Fluid 

Dynamics incorporated 

into vane design and specially 

developed turbine 

wheels account for the 

BV turbochargers’ high 

efficiency and reliability. 

Notes BorgWarner, “Our 

BV turbochargers can be 

combined with pneumatic 

actuators or with electrical 

actuators developed 

specifically for this application. 

This in-house development 

offers massive 

advantages for the entire 

system. For applications 

with severe thermal loads, 

we also offer water-cooled 

bearing castings as 

an option.” 

As for 

t h e 

Trubine Wheel 

manufacturer’s 

R2S turbocharging 

technology, a small 

high pressure turbo combined 

with a large low 

pressure one contribute 

to high power capabilities 

and, by extension 

engine downsizing which 

reduces fuel costs. Nitrous 

Oxide emissions, too, are 

reduced through high 

gas recirculation rates 

made possible by the R2S 

technology. BorgWarner 

is now selling replacement 

turbochargers for 

the Mack E6 and E7 engines 

which are available 

through select suppliers. 

Warranties extend 

to 100,000 

miles or one year. 

Refer to www. 

borgwarner.com 

for a full listing of the 

company’s product line. 

Another giant in the 

business is Honeywell 

Turbo Technologies which 

has an annual production 

rate of nine million 

units. Honeywell’s VNT 

DutyDrive turbocharger 

boasts increased fuel efficiency 

and power density. 

Variable sizes are suited 

to engines ranging from 

2.5 to 15 litres, accommodating 

small delivery 

trucks up through onhighway 

applications and 

off-highway equipment. 

Key benefits include more 

engine power and torque, 

and a reduction in engine 

backpressure and fuel 

economy. This technology 

allows boost to the 

engine during braking 

which helps reduce brake 

wear, lower operating 

costs and improve vehicle 

productivity. More information 

on this, as well 

as Honeywell’s TwoStage 

Serial Turbochargers, is 

available on the com- 

honeywell’s VnT DutyDrive 

Turbocharger 

pany website, www.turbo. 

honeywell.com. 

Though turbochargers 

have become a standard 

fixture in heavy duty diesel 

engines they have, until 

recently, been installed 

in just 10 percent of passenger 

vehicles in North 

America. Europe far surpasses 

North America; 

about 50 percent of diesel 

engines in passenger 

cars have turbochargers 

and 27 percent of gasoline 

engines are boosted 

by turbochargers. The 

quest for environmentally 

friendly technology on 

this continent is expected 

to account for a doubling 

of turbochargers in 

North American passenger 

cars over the next four 

years. V


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keePinG yOur VehiCles Clean 

Where to Wash Your Vehicles? 

By JaCk JaCksOn 

The general public 

is not aware of the 

issues with today’s 

sewage discharge. 

There are two main types 

of sewers: municipal and 

storm. Municipal sewers 

take the waste water from 

buildings and homes to a 

processing plant to clean 

and normally discharge 

the water to a lake, river 

or ocean. 

This is Wikipedia’s Definition: 

“Sewage treatment 

is the process of removing 

contaminants from wastewater 

and household sewage, 

both runoff (effluents), 


domestic, commercial and 

institutional. It includes 

physical, chemical, and 

biological processes to 

remove physical, chemical 

and biological contaminants. 

Its objective is to produce 

an environmentally 

safe fluid waste stream and 

a solid waste (or treated 

sludge) suitable for disposal 

or reuse (usually as farm 

fertilizer). Using advanced 

technology it is now possible 

to re-use sewage 

effluent for drinking water, 

although Singapore is the 

only country to implement 

such technology on 

a production scale in its 

production of NE Water.” 

Storm sewers are generally 

found on streets 

and parking lots that discharge 

directly into the 

local water source without 

any treatment. 

For almost every municipality 

in North America 

there is a major concern 

on the cost of maintenance 

and the amount of 

pollution entering these 

systems. Some municipalities 

have resorted to charging 

commercial properties 

a square footage cost 

of paved surface on their 

taxes. Most continue to 

double the cost of water by 

adding a sewer charge to 

the water invoice monthly. 

The real cost of water 

goes unrealized as politicians 

find it easier to 

increase taxes through 

this user fee while publicly 

claiming a small property 

tax increase. Since most of 

us don’t look at our water 

invoice each month, it becomes 

a hidden cost and 

is not paid much attention. 

Many customers ask us 

for the best location to 

wash. Our answer is always 

based on budget, 

image strategy, and preference. 

We know that 

eventually all washing 

in parking lots will be 

banned. Most municipalities 

already have this bylaw 

on the books, however 

it is just beginning to be 

enforced. Our numbers 

have increased ten-fold on 

inquiries from companies 

facing large fines and bans 

on sewer use for water 

discharge. 

The easiest way to address 

this issue is to drive 

to a public wash where 

they meet environmental 

standards by recycling 

wash water. However, 

when calculating the 

costs, driving to the public 

wash and waiting in line 

is usually more than the 

wash itself. General rule is 

twice the cost of the wash. 

If it costs $25 to wash, 

add another $50 in time 

and energy expense. Real 

cost, therefore, is $75.00 

per vehicle. 

In the business world 

the successful companies 

are the leaders in almost 

everything they do. 

So, how do they wash? 

These companies invest 

in proper buildings and 

equipment to ensure that 

their image, maintenance 

and washing costs are 

under control. 

Look at your methods today 

and decide on the best 

alternative before some 

inspector decides your 

timeline is up. Ignoring 

today’s costs will surely be 

more tomorrow. 

Jack Jackson is President 

of Awash Systems 

Corp. Email: jjackson@ 

awashystems.com or call 

800.265.7405. Visit the 

website at www.awashsystems.com. 

North America’s 

Leader in Fleet Washing 

Solutions. V

Preliminary Class 

8 Orders Slowed in 

November 

Nashville, IN - FTR 

Associates has released 

preliminary 

data showing November 

Class 8 truck net orders at 

19,683 units, 14% below 

October and down 3% 

year-over-year. However, 

November was still the 

second highest month for 

orders since March and 

annualize to 236,200 units. 

Preliminary order numbers 

are for all major North 

American OEMs. 

Jon Starks, FTR’s Director 

of Transportation Analysis, 

commented, “Order activity 

slowed in November, 

which is not normal for this 

time of the year. However, 

the current order levels reaffirm 

our forecast for next 

year, which has been at the 

low end of other industry 

forecasts. We have been 

forecasting a sub-240,000 

unit production year for 

2013 since June of this 

year and it appears that 

the market is confirming 

what we were seeing back 

then in late Spring. There 

is no big push to get yearend 

delivery prior to the 

depreciation expiration on 

December 31. We need to 

see stronger orders to finish 

the year and start 2013 

if we want to get more bullish 

on the market.” 

Final data for November 

became available from 

FTR later in the month as 

part of its North American 

Commercial Truck 

& Trailer Outlook service. 

Contact FTR Associates 

at ftr@ftrassociates. 

com or 888.988.1699 ext 

1 for more details. 

FTR Associates, located 

in Nashville, IN, has been 

a leader in transportation 

forecasting for over 20 

years. The company’s U.S. 

Freight Model collects and 

analyzes all data likely to 

impact freight movement 

and is based on specific 

characteristics for over 

200 commodity groups. 

FTR Associates’ forecast 

reports cover trucking and 

rail transportation and 

include demand analysis 

for commercial vehicle 

as well as railcar. Specially 

designed reports 

are offered to participants 

in both industries to 

cover specific needs. For 

more information about 

the work of FTR Associates, 

visit www.ftrassociates.com 

or call Helen 

Lile at 888.988.1699 Ext. 

45. V 

MaCk TruCks 

Mack Receives 

Greenhouse Gas 

Certificates 

Greensboro, North 

Carolina - Mack’s 

full lineup of model 

year 2014 trucks and 

tractors is now certified 

by the U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency (EPA) 

and National Highway 

Traffic Safety Administration 

(NHTSA) in accordance 

with 2014 fuel 

efficiency and greenhouse 

gas (GHG) regulations. 

“Certification of Mack’s 

entire vehicle portfolio reflects 

our continued commitment 

to fuel efficiency, 

environmental stewardship, 

and the country’s 

long-term energy security,” 

said John Walsh, Mack 

Vice President of Marketing. 

For more information 

about Mack, visit www. 

macktrucks.com. V 

CanaDian FleeT MainTenanCe seMinar [CFMs] 

CFMS is Alive & Well for 2013 

Canadian Fleet 

Maintenance 

Seminar [CFMS] 

will take place at the 

Paradise Banquet Hall 

on Wednesday, April 

24, 2013. 

The 2013 CFMS will 

be a one day event, run 

entirely by the Toronto 

ATSSA and our associated 

branches. In the past 

the CFMS was run by the 

branches of the ATSSA. 

Due to a much needed 

restructuring the CFMS 

was cancelled in 2012 in 

order to regroup. 

The 2013 Seminar 

promises to be more 

affordable to the fleet 

people in attendance, as 

well as the manufacturers 

and vendors. In this 

day and age, time and 

money is of the essence. 

All of the favorites will 

be back, the trade show, 

outdoor truck displays, 

panel sessions, coffee 

breaks, lunch, cocktail 

hour, banquet dinner, 

keynote speaker, and 

the Volvo “Fleet Manager 

of the Year” award. 

This will all be available 

for one low price and 

only one day out of your 

busy schedule. For more 

information check our 

web site at www.CFMS- 

ATSSA.CA. V 


healTh insuranCe MaTTers 

Trucking Benefit Incentives for 2013 

By lina DeMeDeirOs 

Every year we pub- 

lish an article on 

ways to help you 

lower your operational 

costs by reviewing the 

value of the programs 

you utilize to protect your 

most valuable asset – your 

income! This year, we 

deliver to the transportation 

market, programs to 

increase your profitability 

by addressing the very 

expense that reduces your 

income and destroys what 

you have built over the 

years. 

Inflated expenses that 


undermine profitability 

earned from your hard 

work revolve around risk 

protection against escalating 

health care costs 

in the event of illness, 

including legal expenses. 

In 2013 we are pleased 

to deliver health care and 

other protection solutions 

at pennies per day. 

leGal exPense 

insuranCe – 

aCCess TO JusTiCe 

Imagine the threat of 

criminal charges, licensing 

infractions, a tax audit, or 

investigation by the Compliance, 

Safety and Accountability 

Board. What 

would the cost of legal 

representation be? Could 

you afford the retainer or 

hourly rates of a lawyer 

to attend trial? Legal costs 

can wipe out retirement 

savings or force refinancing 

of your home. 

The average cost of 

a good lawyer today is 

$360.00 per hour. Our 

new program provides 

$100,000 of legal expense 

insurance to help you 

with total loss valuation 

disputes, legal defense 

against breach of highway 

traffic law or regulations, 

drivers license protection, 

contract disputes, and 

issues arising from driving 

vehicles owned by a 

third party, as well as unlimited 

telephone access 

to a lawyer. 

This program is available 

exclusively through our office 

which successfully negotiated 

an 82% savings on 

behalf of our customers. 

In addition, effective 

January 1st, 2013, if you 

are a member of the Mississauga 

Board of Trade, 

DAS Canada is offering 

one month of free unlimited 

telephone advice 

to members of the Mississauga 

Board of Trade. 

Emergency Medical 

Travel Policy, 45 Day Out of 

Province - Unlimited Trips 

Family Coverage: We 

provide travel insurance 

that also extends protection 

against excess medical 

costs at home, including 

drugs, hospital, physiotherapy, 

nursing care, etc. 

This can be combined 

with a Health Care Spending 

Account (below) for 

a complete health benefit 

plan. The cost of the plan 

is as little as .35 cents a 

day for single coverage, .70 

cents per day for couples, 

and .94 cents a day for 

families. 

Health Care Spending 

Account. This is totally 

flexible and covers 100% 

of health costs. Protect 

against routine day-today 

family health costs as 

a tax-deductible business 

expense with a tax-free 

reimbursement. This option 

can accrue savings of 

20% or more compared to 

traditional health insurance 

costs. There are no 

monthly premiums and 

no set-up fees. All eligible 

medical and dental 

costs are recognized by the 

Canada Revenue Agency. 

This an ideal incentive for 

transport companies to 

lower recruitment costs 

and increase retention. 

Do you have a low taxable 

income and wish you 

could cover your personal 

expenses as an alternative 

to the Workplace Safety 

and Insurance Board? 

We have the solution for 

these variable expenses, 

including mortgage, lines 

of credit, car loans, and 

business loans. 

Our program has been 

launched with the intention 

to deliver choice while 

adhering to minimum requirements 

for alternative 

coverage to the Workplace 

Safety Insurance Board. 

For information on these 

incentives and more, visit 

our website at www. 

lmdinsurance.ca or call 

800.236.5810. V

Business insuranCe MaTTers 

Driver Experience & the Application Process 

By linDa COlGan 

When canvassing 

the markets for 

insurance the 

needs of transportation 

carriers vary from non 

fleet to fleet. Many factors 

are brought into the 

underwriting process, but 

for this article we will focus 

on drivers and their experience. 

For fleet insurance safety, 

representatives are sent by 

the Insurers to meet with 

the owners and the safety 

managers. During these 

meetings drivers’ files, 

maintenance, and logs are 

examined to determine 

how the carrier is conducting 

hiring, controlling 

maintenance and providing 

continuing education 

for all owner-operators 

and drivers. Future directions 

will focus on regulation 

changes in the area of 

health and wellness, and 

the hiring and educating 

of employees. These are 

areas in which smaller 

companies have been 

known to “fly under the 

radar” with their Insurers, 

though not necessarily the 

governing bodies which 

enforce these issues. 

Typically, a company’s 

unit count must reach a 

specific number before 

the loss prevention repre- 

sentatives are sent out to 

assess a risk. Being able to 

“fly under the radar” is not 

always positive. Growth 

brings change and with 

it comes greater accountability 

for owner-operators 

and drivers hired at management 

level. This applies 

whether one truck or 100 

trucks are on the road for 

one company. 

For non fleet carriers 

the traditional markets 

require that all carriers 

provide reference checks 

before approval is granted 

for a driver to be insured 

on the carrier’s insurance 

programme. Some Insurers 

may apply a surcharge 

if a driver has less than 

the minimum required 

experience. Although difficult, 

the process is one of 

education and necessity. 

The initial stages of 

securing a full record 

of past experience can 

be grueling if the driver 

has had several employers 

within a short time 

frame. It is common practice 

among fleet and non 

fleet carriers that potential 

new drivers provide their 

past employment history. 

Having on hand dates of 

employment, previous employer 

contacts and phone 

numbers, reference letters, 

educational certificates, 

current abstract and CVDR, 

certainly expedite the application 

process. 

If any advice can be 

given, being prepared certainly 

conveys a favourable 

impression to an employer 

if the applicant is organized 

and professional. By 

doing things right from the 

start it is not only important, 

it may be critical. 

Linda Colgan is currently 

a Transportation Insurance 

Advisor with JDIMI. 

Please contact Linda by Tel: 

416.809.3103 or email lindac@jdimi.com. 

V 

shell rOTella 

Truck Industry Related Scholarship 

Applications Now Open 

Burlington, Ontario 

- Applications are 

now being accepted 

for scholarships 

to support students enrolled 

in trucking-related 

technical accreditation 

programs throughout Canada. 

Shell Rotella and the 

Heavy Duty Distributor 

Council of Canada (HDDC) 

are continuing their partnership 

in making these 

scholarships available and 

encouraging the next generation 

of skilled workers. 

Shell Canada Products, 

maker of Shell Rotella ® 

heavy duty motor oils, and 

the HDDC, a non-profit 

corporation serving the 

heavy-duty aftermarket, 

will provide six scholarships 

to students enrolled 

full-time in a program or 

an apprenticeship relating 

to the field of heavy 

duty equipment, focusing 

on road transport. 

Recipients of each of the 

$2,500 scholarships will 

be chosen based on academic 

merit, financial 

need and commitment to 

contributing to the future 

success of the trucking 

industry. 

“Shell avidly supports 

the trucking industry and 

those who have devoted 

their professional lives to 

its advancement. We’re 

thrilled to bring these 

scholarship opportunities 

to Canadian campuses 

again this year,” said Chris 

Guerrero, Shell Rotella ® 

Global Brand Manager. 

“HDDC and Shell Rotella 

® are strongly aligned 

in their commitment to 

industry advancement; 

communication and promoting 

careers in trucking.” 

said Ian Johnston, 

HDDC President. 

Full application details 

are available online at 

www.shell.ca/rotella, application 

deadline: February 

28, 2013. 

Students looking for 

additional scholarship 

information are encouraged 

to connect with their 

guidance advisor for more 

application submission 

details. V 


CrOss BOrDer serViCes 

Smuggling Never Sleeps, Even During Holidays 

By DaWn Truell 

Over 1,800 pounds 

of marijuana was 

discovered hidden 

in a shipment of cucumbers 

that originated 

from Mexico and entered 

the US via tractor-trailer 

on November 2012. A 

26-year-old man was arrested 

when during an 

X-ray of his truck CBP 

officers discovered 224 

bundles of marijuana comingled 

with the produce. 

The entire shipment was 

processed for drug seizure. 

Canada Border Services 

Agency seized over 54 

kilograms of suspected 

cocaine at Pearson International 

Airport during 

these past few weeks. 

On November 9, 2012 

officers identified a suspicious 

suitcase while monitoring 

a bag coming off a 

flight from the Dominican 

Republic. When the suitcase 

was opened the officers 

discovered 15 bricks 

of suspected cocaine. The 

total approximate weight 

exceeded 21 kilograms 

with an estimated value 

of over $2.6 million. 

On November 11, officers 

discovered 15 bricks, 15.2 

kilograms of suspected 

cocaine hidden in the 

aircraft originating from 

Jamaica. The estimated 

value was $1.9 million. 

The day after, on November 

12, a woman arriving 

from Trinidad was referred 

for a customs secondary 

examination. While 

inspecting her baggage 

CBSA officers said they 

noticed her bag had an 

unusual bulge underneath 

the interior lining. A CBSA 

officer said, “The bottom of 

the suit-case was probed 

and a white powdery substance 

was discovered. 

Subsequent examination 

of the traveler’s second 

bag also revealed suspected 

cocaine in a false 

bottom. An approximate 

total of 18 kilograms of 

suspected cocaine was 

seized with an estimated 

value exceeding $2.2 million”. 

At the Halifax port border 

agents intercepted a 

shipment of a date-rape 

drug known as Special K. 

This was found in a 20foot 

container with 1,000 

bags of rice. CBSA sifted 

through the bags of rice 

and recovered 188 kilograms 

of ketamine. This is 

the second time ketamine 

has been discovered in 

this port. This shipment 

of ketamine, or Special K, 

was mixed loosely among 

the grains of rice. It took 

CBSA officers two days 

to separate the drug from 

the rice. This drug is very 

powerful, leaving victims 

with a complete lack of 

body function ability; it 

Canada Border services agency seized over 54 kilos of 

suspected cocaine at Pearson international airport during 

these past few weeks. 


is very scary and has potential 

fatal effects. The 

container had come from 

India and was destined 

for Ontario. The investigation 

has been turned 

over to the RCMP. So far 

one arrest has been made 

in Ontario in connection 

with the case. 

At the Queenston-Lewiston 

Bridge en route into 

Canada, an 18-wheeler 

was stopped for inspection. 

The driver was asked 

if he had anything to declare, 

upon which he replied 

that he had nothing 

and was returning with an 

empty trailer. The driver 

appeared to be nervous, 

would not make eye contact, 

and so was asked to 

step out of his tractor. The 

truck was sent for secondary 

inspection where 

it was X-rayed. Nothing 

appeared on the scan, 

nor did a drug-sniffing dog 

brought in for inspection 

notice anything. Two officers, 

however, detected 

that screws on the floor 

boards had been tampered 

with. They removed the 

boards and found a hidden 

compartment stretching 

across the entire floor. 

Inside they found 97 bricks 

of cocaine, more than 100 

kilograms worth an estimated 

$4.4 million. The 

driver was a 31-year-old 

family man from Brampton, 

Ontario who pled 

guilty to the charge of conspiracy 

to export cocaine. 

Ecstasy, marijuana and 

cocaine are the three 

major drugs smuggled 

between the U.S. and 

Canada. Ecstasy and marijuana 

travel south, cocaine 

travels north. 

Until about a decade 

ago cross-border smuggling 

was almost always 

by sea and air. As Mexican 

drug cartels replaced 

Colombian drug lords, 

cocaine smugglers started 

using land routes, specifically 

tractor-trailers to 

ship drugs from Mexico 

to the U.S. and Canada. 

For a while Vancouver 

was where drugs were 

transported across Canada 

before hitting the Toronto 

area. About six years 

ago Canadian authorities 

determined that the Windsor-Detroit 

crossing was 

the preferred route of traffickers, 

although large 

drug seizures have also 

taken place at Ontario 

crossings such as Sarnia, 

Fort Erie and Niagara. 

Windsor-Detroit is the 

busiest border crossing 

where more than 7,000 

trucks cross daily. Homeland 

Security in the U.S. 

and the CBSA would not 

reveal how many trucks 

undergo extensive searches, 

but some sources say 

as few as 200 a day. The 

sheer volume of traffic, 

in the eyes of traffickers, 

makes it a risk worth 

taking, says Richard Pollock, 

federal prosecutor 

in Windsor. For every illegal 

shipment caught, he 

estimates 200 slip through 

undetected. One RCMP official 

referred to the drug 

trade as a continuous 

“cat and mouse game” 

as traffickers invent more 

sophisticated means of 

smuggling, and authorities 

develop better ways of 

detecting illicit cargo. 

For aiding in the fight 

against smuggling and 

terrorism, or more information 

on the above, as 

well as on C-TPAT, FAST 

and PIP, please contact 

Dawn Truell, President, 

Cross Border Services, 

at: www.c-tpat-certified. 

com or www.crossborderservices.org 

or call 

905.973.9136. 

I would like to conclude 

by wishing everyone a very 

Merry Christmas and a 

Happy New Year. God bless 

everyone out there and 

remember to keep close 

in our hearts those who 

are alone and in need of 

help during this holiday 

season. V

MakinG yOur Miles COunT 

The Disadvantages of Tax Savings 

By rOBerT D. sChePer 

In my last article I wrote 

about the tax savings 

gleaned from the per 

diem system, an estimated 

$8-10K per year. However, 

the super savings have 

significant drawbacks. I’ll 

try and overview the seven 

disadvantages in 800 

words or less. 

Setup and Maintenance 

Cost: There are incorporation 

costs, annual 

renewal fees, plus two to 

two and a half times more 

work for an accountant 

(therefore higher accounting 

fees). Many operators 

cut their setup costs by 

incorporating via the internet 

and maintaining it 

themselves, but it’s still a 

cost not borne by the selfemployed. 

Additionally, 

there may be tax implications 

of selling your truck 

into the corporation (fixed 

by a section 85 rollover, 

talk to your accountant for 

particulars). 

Source Deductions are 

Monies in Trust: 30-40% of 

operators are still paying 

last year’s taxes. Payments 

may not be popular with 

CRA but they do regularly 

allow it. However, when 

an operator uses the per 

diem system, taxes are 

remitted at source before 

the operator even 

receives anything. It’s not 

the usual operator way of 

managing personal cash 

flow. Changing your cash 

flow methods can be one 

of the most intimidating 

aspects of the system. The 

bottom line is, you have 

the same access to cash 

except it is transferred in 

various steps (actually 

more cash because 

of the tax savings). 

It takes anywhere 

from two to six 

months before the 

average person is comfortable 

with the changes. 

Bank Financing: Using 

the per diem system 

will cause an average 

$25K drop in T1 taxable 

income, which means 

a probable large drop in 

borrowing power. Results 

may vary, depending 

on the lender of 

choice and how aggressive 

a borrower the 

operator may be. 

CPP Under Contributed: 

According to national 

averages, CPP contributions 

will drop by something 

like 40%. For some 

this is an advantage, 

but for others it’s a disadvantage, 

depending on 

what you believe about 

CPP. I’ve had very interesting 

conversations 

with some drivers who 

are convinced that CPP 

is nothing more than a 

tax. They believe that by 

the time they retire there 

will be nothing. Their 

opinion is not shared by 

me. I think there will be 

something but I may not 

be able to collect it until 

I am 75. Regardless of 

personal opinions it’s an 

impact that should be 

discussed. Some really 

concerned operators voluntarily 

send in the “top 

up” to Revenue Canada. 

Disability Issues: A huge 

drop in income on line 150 

of your T1 causes a huge 

drop in disability benefits 

if the unfortunate 

situation arises 

without the appropriate 

coverage. Apparently, as 

I’ve been told, 95% of 

all disability policies are 

based on line 150 of your 

return. We strongly recommend 

all participants 

ensure using the 5%. Make 

sure your provider knows 

the system. 

Complex: The system 

is complicated. The income 

tax act is written 

by lawyers and accountants 

who designed it so 

those citizens who could 

afford the tax savings 

would be dependent on 

them. In my humble esti- 

mation only about 40% of 

operators will ever fully 

use the system due to its 

complexity, disadvantages, 

disinformation and 

unpopularity among some 

accountants. Training is 

absolutely essential for 

success. If you’re not 

satisfied with the level of 

training, either demand it 

or find someone who will 

meet the need. 

Possible CRA Reassessment 

Liability: In my opinion 

reassessment liability 

is the most critical 

factor in 

t h e 

per diem system. Operators 

regularly ask their 

accountants/bookkeepers 

about “defending 

against CRA” or “standing 

behind you”, concepts that 

usually mean one thing to 

one party and another 

thing to the other. The 

bottom line is, when it 

comes to defending the 

per diem non-taxable 

benefit, who pays for the 

possible court costs? This 

simple question separates 

the “dabblers” from the 

committed service providers. 

Choose carefully! 

The best bet is finding 

someone who specializes 

in it, maybe 

even exclusively 

in it. The accountant 

must have a vested long 

term interest in the success 

of the system and 

not just in the success 

of their firm. The per 

diem requires a much 

closer relationship between 

the operator and 

accountant and the lia- 

bility becomes much more 

of a joint venture than a 

professional burden - a 

statement of great debate 

in some circles. Not 

many accountants wish 

to accept additional work 

and potential long term 

liability. 

If you are more curious 

about this topic, which is 

loaded with controversy 

and disinformation, feel 

free to visit our website 

and download a free Seminar 

(2 1/2 hours). It is 

packed with loads of information 

and even a couple 

appropriate interviews. 

Robert D. Scheper operates 

a Truckers Accounting 

and consulting firm 

in Steinbach, Winnipeg 

and Winkler MB. He has 

a Masters Degree in Business 

Administration and 

is the author of the Book 

“Making Your Miles Count: 

taxes, taxes, taxes”. You 

can find and contact him at 

www.thrconsulting.ca or at 

877.987.9787. V 


MTO Revises Permit Conditions for 60’ Trailer Pilot 

Toronto, Ontario 

- The Ontario Ministry 

of Transportation 

issued its revised 

permit conditions for a 

limited, 18-month trial 

of a specific extended 

length (60’6’) drop-deck 

semi-trailer as initially 

proposed by Walmart 

Canada. 

The new permit conditions 

will apply to five 

qualified carriers, with 

four permits each. The 

trial will be limited to 

those shipping retail 

goods, destined for the 

retail industry. 

The Ontario Trucking 

Association, which felt the 

initial permit conditions 

fell well short of what was 

necessary to ensure public 

safety and fair treatment 

of the trucking industry, 

says the new conditions 

have addressed many of 

the association’s key concerns 

and reflect most of 

the recommendations put 

forward by OTA in recent 

weeks. 

“While for the most 

part the trucking industry 

would prefer to not have 

to deal with the whole 

question of extended 

length trailers, the association’s 

long-standing 

position is that it will not 

stand in the way of changes 

to Ontario’s truck 

weights and dimensions 

standards that would enhance 

the productivity of 

the industry, its customers 

or the provincial economy 

at large -- so long as the 

proposed vehicles maintain 

or enhance highway/ 

road safety; meet or exceed 

provincial dynamic 

performance standards; 

produce environmental 

benefits such as reduced 

GHG emissions; and allow 

for a sufficient return 

on investment,” says OTA 

president David Bradley. 

“In addition, OTA has also 

long held that only carriers 

with acceptable safety 

records – those who are 

prepared to ensure the 

safety of their fleets and 

their drivers -- should 

have access to such special 

permits.” 

OTA’s concerns were 

addressed in several key 

areas. For starters, OTA 

objected to the clauses in 

the proposed Memoran- 

dum of Understanding 

between the MTO and 

Walmart which clearly 

stated the permits would 

be held by the shipper. 

Under the revised permit 

conditions, the permits 

will be held by carriers. 

“This was non-negotiable 

for OTA,” said Bradley. 

OTA also felt that the 

proposed permit conditions 

themselves were 

too weak and should directionally 

be similar to 

those established for the 

Ontario LCV program. In 

other words, they should 

mandate a meaningful 

level of carrier qualification 

– certainly more than 

what was being proposed 

(i.e., that the carrier only 

had to have a satisfactory 

safety rating). Under the 

new conditions, carriers 

will also need to maintain 

a minimum of $5 million 

liability insurance and 

have at least five years of 

prior trucking experience. 

OTA also felt there needed 

to be driver qualifications 

(there were none in 

the original proposal), especially 

given the “swingout” 

characteristics of 

VOlVO TruCks 

Volvo Earns 2014 Greenhouse 

Gas Certification for Entire 

Class 8 Vehicle Lineup 

Volvo Trucks is 

pleased to announce 

that the 

U.S. Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) and 

National Highway Traffic 

Safety Administration 

(NHTSA) have awarded 

all model year 2014 Volvo 

vehicles certificates of conformance 

under the firstever 

greenhouse gas regulations 

for heavy trucks. 

“Volvo is committed 

to leadership in fuel efficiency, 

and to reducing 

the carbon footprint of 

our operations and products,” 

said Göran Nyberg, 

President, Volvo Trucks 


North American Sales and 

Marketing. “Environmental 

care is a longstanding 

Volvo core value, and we 

will continue to work with 

EPA and NHTSA to deliver 

on the important goals of 

these regulations.” 

As part of ongoing work 

to further improve fuel 

efficiency, Volvo Trucks 

introduced in early 2011 

advanced aerodynamic 

components for the Volvo 

VN model highway trucks. 

New exterior components 

included redesigned mirror 

heads with aerodynamic 

shrouds and arms, 

redesigned hood mirrors 

that also increase visibility, 

as well as additional 

ground effect features 

below the bumper and 

side fairings. A more aerodynamic 

roof fairing and 

sun visor were also added 

to the VN model daycabs. 

The EPA and NHTSA 

certifications apply to all 

configurations of Volvo 

VNL, VNM, VHD and Volvo 

Autohauler (VAH) models. 

For further information, 

please contact Brandon 

Borgna, Volvo Trucks, 

phone 336.393.2143, 

email brandon.borgna@ 

volvo.com or visit www. 

volvotrucks.us.com. V 

the proposed trailer and 

the fact a shorter tractor 

would be needed to fit 

within the current envelope. 

Under the revised 

conditions, carriers will be 

required to provide appropriate 

orientation to drivers 

and the driver must 

have a minimum of five 

years provable tractortrailer 

driving experience. 

As well, OTA felt that 

at least during the trial 

the permits needed to 

prescribe specific origins 

and destinations. Under 

the revised conditions, 

carriers must inform MTO 

in advance of the origindestination 

of locations at 

which they intend to operate 

the extended trailers 

and cannot simply load 

and operate the trailers 

spontaneously, without 

notifying MTO. 

From both from a safety 

perspective and in consideration 

that the in- 

Walmart SuperCube 

dustry is already heavily 

invested in 53 foot trailers, 

OTA had also argued 

the MTO should adhere 

to a multi-year gradual 

phase-in of the number 

of operators and permits 

available – again along 

the lines of the current 

Ontario LCV program. The 

revised permit conditions 

state, “based on the results 

of the (trial) evalua- 

tion, MTO will determine 

whether to and how to 

proceed with a measured 

roll-out of extended semitrailer 

operations.” 

According to Bradley, “it 

is clear that what we are 

now talking about is a very 

small, tightly controlled 

trial of a specific trailer 

design, not a wide open 

roll-out of a new, longer 

trailer standard.” V

leGal MaTTers 

MTO Inspections & Your Record 

By Mark reynOlDs 

When a comm 

e r c i a l 

vehicle driver 

is stopped for an inspection 

by an MTO officer or 

a CVSA certified police 

officer, the results of that 

inspection will appear 

on the driver’s record as 

well as the record of the 

CVOR holder. It will show 

what defects were noted 

on the vehicle, which of 

those defects were serious 

enough to place the 

vehicle out of service, if 

there were any driver defects 

(log book infractions 

etc), and whether or not 

the driver defects were 

serious enough to place 

the driver out of service. 

In many of these cases 

charges are laid against 

the driver or the operator. 

When these charges are 

contested in court and 

dismissed at trial or withdrawn 

by the prosecutor, 

a conviction for the 

charge(s) will not appear 

on the operator’s record 

or the driver’s record. The 

inspection details will, 

however, remain on both 

records. In some instances 

points are assigned 

to the operator’s record, 

thereby increasing the 

operator’s violation rate 

and possibly the insurance 

premiums. 

As for the driver, the 

record of a bad inspection 

could possibly result 

in the driver being unable 

to find employment 

elsewhere, should he or 

she decide to leave their 

present employer. 

What can be done about 

this? Well actually not 

much. There is a system 

in place to contest charges 

against the company 

or the driver (the courts), 

but there has never been 

a process implemented 

to contest inspections, 

or the defects noted in 

the inspection, or the fact 

that the vehicle or driver 

was placed out of service, 

or the points assigned to 

the operator’s record as a 

result of the inspection. 

This essentially means 

that when an officer inspects 

your vehicle and/ 

or documentation, any 

problems identified by 

that officer are taken at 

face value and no system 

exists to contest whether 

or not the officer was right 

or wrong. 

As previously noted this 

can have an impact on 

the operator’s insurance 

premiums as well as the 

driver’s employability. 

The only thing I can suggest 

is that it is essential 

to contest any charges 

that would adversely impact 

the driver or operator 

record, and if you are 

placed out of service and 

feel that the out of service 

is not justified, or that the 

officer noted a defect that 

was not serious enough 

to be registered, speak 

to that officer’s immediate 

supervisor before you 

leave the inspection station. 

That being said, it 

is very rare to have an 

officer’s inspection report 

revised. 

Given the impact of 

these inspections, MTO 

needs to consider some 

type of process to contest 

these arbitrary entries 

on driver and operator 

records. 

Mark Reynolds is a licensed 

paralegal, a former 

truck driver, MTO enforcement 

officer, provincial 

trainer and Enforcement 

coordinator and can be 

reached at 416.221.6888 or 

MarkReynolds@OTTLegal. 

com. V 

Research Assesses Link Between CSA & Safety 

Arlington, Virginia 

- The American 

Transportation 

Research Institute (ATRI) 

has released a report 

examining the relation- 

ship between motor carrier 

CSA scores and actual 

crash involvement. The 

research expands upon 

previous investigations 

by introducing a sophis- 

ticated statistical analysis 

that provides more accurate 

and direct results. 

ATRI assessed all five 

public BASICs, finding a 

strong safety relation- 

ship for the Unsafe Driving, 

Fatigued Driving 

and Vehicle Maintenance 

BASICs; partial support 

for the Controlled 

Substances and Alcohol 

BASIC; and no statistical 

support for the Driver 

Fitness BASIC. In fact, 

the data show that, as a 

carrier’s Driver Fitness 

record improves, that carrier’s 

crash rate goes up. 

“ATRI’s research identifies 

a key weakness in 

FMCSA’s Safety Measurement 

System,” said Scott 

Mugno, Vice President 

of Safety, FedEx Ground 

who testified on behalf 

of the ATA at a Congressional 

Subcommittee on 

CSA last month. 

“The conclusions in 

ATRI’s study support what 

many motor carriers have 

found to be true in their 

operations – namely, that 

scores in the CSA Driver 

Fitness BASIC do not bear 

a statistical correlation to 

crash risk.” 

Recognizing the flaws in 

current CSA profiles, ATRI 

proposes an alternative 

method for communicating 

fleet safety information 

to the public in a 

way that more accurately 

reflects carrier safety performance. 

A copy of this report 

is available from ATRI 

at www.atri-online. 

org. V 

Evaluating Industry Impact 

Arlington, Virginia 

- The American 

Transportation 

Research Institute (ATRI) 

released an analysis 

evaluating operational 

impacts on business and 

carrier supply chains that 

have occurred since the 

full rollout of the Federal 

Motor Carrier Safety 

Administration’s Compliance, 

Safety Accountability 

program in December 

2010. 

ATRI’s latest CSA report 

examines two year’s 

worth of data collection 

from motor carriers, commercial 

drivers, freight 

shippers and motor carrier 

safety enforcement 

personnel and provides 

the first comprehensive 

look at industry impacts 

including driver wages, 

freight pricing, changes 

in driver hiring, training 

and education, and safety 

improvements. The data 

also evaluates industry 

perceptions and knowledge 

of critical CSA program 

components. 

Previous research from 

ATRI released this past 

fall focused on the relationship 

between CSA 

scores and crash risk. 

This industry impact 

study provides further 

insight into the impact 

of CSA on industry operations. 

A copy of this report 

is available from ATRI 

at www.atri-online. 

org. 

VJanuary 

2013 15

neW PrODuCTs & serViCes 

It’s a New Year. Time to Review Your Hiring Practices 

Now is the perfect 

time to start with 

a review of your 

“hiring practice”. Do you 

really know who you are 

hiring into your company 

and exposing to staff, 

trucks, clients, cargo, and 

your company’s reputation? 

Some of these risks 

are being overlooked, as 

well as the tools necessary 

to reduce this exposure. 

Here are a few tips that 

aid in safe hiring practices: 

Section 217.1 of the Canadian 

Criminal Code (formerly 

Bill C-45) 

217.1 “Everyone who 

undertakes, or has the 

authority, to direct how 

another person does work 

or performs a task is under 

a legal duty to take reasonable 

steps to prevent bodily 

harm to that person, or 

any other person, arising 

from that work or task.” 

This means you need a 

criminal check for all employees 

in order to identify 

violent offenders and to 

check driver abstracts for 

those not authorized to 

drive. As the person in 

charge you are liable if 

that employee hurts another 

co-worker. If you had 

reasonable opportunity to 

know this, it could result in 

“Negligent Hiring” charges. 

The Ontario Commercial 

Impound Act came into effect 

Dec 1, 2010 regarding 

quarterly status checks. 

At the time of inspection 

MTO will check the driver 

to determine if the driver 

has lost his license within 

the previous three months. 

Ten percent of drivers have 

a suspended licence, and 

75% of suspended drivers 

still drive. This impound 

law under the HTA includes 

drivers from any 

province. Companies from 

all provinces entering Ontario 

are affected too. Failure 

to comply could result 

in a fine ranging from $400 

to $20,000. Impound storage 

and towing fees range 

from $1200 to $1500, loss 

of use of specialty equipment 

/ vehicles, cargo 

offloading, legal fees for 

tribunal costs, and risk to 

company reputation. 

Try the New Bulk Canada 

Wide Driver Abstract 

Verification services which 

are inexpensive and can 

dramatically reduce your 

exposure. 

Canadian Professional 

Employment Screening 

Firms, like People Tracks 

Inc., will take care of 

these issues and keep you 

informed of infractions 

committed by new hires, 

including drivers, warehouse 

personnel, yard 

workers and clerical staff. 

Establishing a relationship 

with Canadian Professional 

Screening firms 

provide legal access to 

CPIC criminal records at 

competitive fees. 

Services like Canada 

Wide Driver Verifications 

are inexpensive and effective, 

particularly during 

this period of increasing 

fraudulent activity on 

the part of prospective 

hires. Enabling employees 

to access employment 

documents, for example, 

increases the risk of tampering 

with CVOR records, 

driver abstracts, and deleting 

records indicating 

previous criminal activity. 

Research shows that 

resume and application 

fraud has escalated in 

response to increasing 

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Simple & Affordable Help for Pre-Trip Inspections 


There is an aphorism 

which says 

“truly elegant design 

incorporates topnotch 

functionality into a 

simple, uncluttered form.” 

This is a nostrum that the 

Calgary-based distributor, 

Ron Murphy, has embraced 

and applied to the 

transportation industry. 

Murphy is the exclusive 

distributor of a product 

both simple in design and 

practical in application. 

Enter The Extra Foot! 

Recently introduced to 

the Canadian Marketplace 

at Truxpo 2012, The 

Extra Foot has attracted 

attention from fleets and 

owner--operators alike for 

its use in performing pretrip 

inspections and reinforcing 

health and safety 

procedures. Unique to the 

industry, its primary function 

is to safely depress 

the brake pedal to allow 

drivers to inspect trucks 

and trailers for air leaks 

and lighting malfunction. 

This product, similar in 

basic design to a squeegee, 

comprises a handle 

with adjustable sleeve and 

a grooved-head, U-shaped 

adaptor. Before vehicle 

inspection, the base of the 

handle is pressed against 

the brake pedal. The handle 

is then adjusted to the 

optimal length to allow 

the driver to firmly lock 

the adapter on the other 

end of the shaft around 

the steering wheel. It’s a 

simple solution, Ron Murphy 

says, to 

ensuring 

that 

a pre-trip inspection is 

conducted efficiently and 

safely. “This device frees 

drivers from the risk of 

employing an improvised 

and potentially dangerous 

method of holding down 

the brake pedal while 

checking the vehicle. 

Drivers no longer have to 

resort to placing a cinder 

block on the brake, or 

gerry-rigging other unsafe 

procedures.” 

An era of heightened 

safety regulations and 

the attendant penalties 

for non compliance calls 

for additional equipment 

that reduces risk and Ron 

Murphy envisions The 

Extra Foot as another tool 

in meeting this objective. 

“This device, the first of its 

kind to be offered to the 

industry, enables drivers 

to efficiently perform what 

they are required to do. As 

an industry the trucking 

community across Canada 

is committed 

to the 

CCMTA 

Canadian Road Safety 

Strategy 2015 with the 

vision of making our Canadian 

roads the safest in 

the world. Incorporating 

devices like The Extra 

Foot into each company’s 

safety policies and putting 

one of these in every truck 

Branchburg, New 

Jersey - Continuing 

a long history 

of taking a proactive approach 

to product development, 

Kinedyne recently 

revised its chain/ 

load binder product offering 

in an effort to make 

them fully compliant with 

newly released indus- 

in Canada can hopefully 

achieve this goal.” 

Murphy’s convictions are 

supported by testimonials 

from transportation 

businesses in the United 

Kingdom where, 

since its 

introduction 

there three years ago, The 

Extra Foot has garnered a 

groundswell of support. 

“We use The Extra Foot 

in all our lorries at Sherling 

Steel. It’s a great job. 

No more fines for faulty 

brake lights or air lines,” 

confirms company representative 

Gary Sloan. 

Included with The Extra 

Foot adaptor is a window 

scraper and squeegee 

which, when used on the 

adjustable handle, easily 

reach all cab and trailer 

windows and lights. Constructed 

of plastic and 

aluminum, the device is 

rated for minus- 40 degree 

C temperatures, is 

lightweight, and easy to 

store by affixing to a cab 

panel or trailer wall when 

not in use. 

Adding to The Extra 

Foot’s functionality and 

simple design is yet another 

distinguishing feature: 

Price! A cost of just 

$50 includes the adaptor, 

adjustable handle, squeegee 

and scraper – an oper- 

ational expense easily 

absorbed by any owneroperator 

or fleet intending 

to include The Extra Foot 

as part of their health and 

safety program. 

Functional, affordable, 

and crucial to safety inspections, 

The Extra Foot, 

concludes Ron Murphy, “is 

another tool for getting 

the job done better.” 

Contact Ron Murphy, 

exclusive Canadian distributor, 

for purchasing 

and product information 

at: ron@shamrockagency.com. 

You can reach 

Ron at Tel: 403-293-7688, 

Cell: 403-585-9234, Fax, 

403-452-9288, or www. 

theextrafoot.com. V 

Load Binder Enhancements 

try standards. The Web 

Sling and Tie-Down Association 

(WSTDA) - for 

the first time in its history 

- recently published 

a set of recommended 

standards for load binders. 

In the spring of 2011, 

the association released 

the publication, “WST- 

DA T-6 Recommended 

Standard Specification for 

Load Binders Used with 

Chain Tie-Downs,” after a 

lengthy review of the matter. 

WSTDA is a technical 

association dedicated 

to the development and 

promotion of voluntary 

recommended standards. 

Members of the WSTDA 

include a wide variety of 

manufacturers and suppliers 

of synthetic lifting 

and tie-down products as 

well as transport chains 

and load 

binders. 

T h e 

new standard 

will 

help ensure a 

minimum level 

of quality and 

traceability for all 

load binders. The 

changes to Kinedyne 

load binders 

were made in anticipation 

of action by federal and 

local enforcement agencies 

to eventually adopt 

the new standard into 

existing cargo securement 

regulations. 

All new production of 

Kinedyne load binders will 

now offer the following 

features and benefits: 

• Manufactured & tested 

neW PrODuCTs & serViCes 

per the new WSTDA T-6 

Standards for Load Binders. 

• Stamped markings on 

the binder with the Kinedyne 

logo, a manufacturer 

code and reference to 

the date the binder was 

manufactured. 

• Tags attached to each 

binder with Warning & 

Operating Instructions in 

trilingual (English, French, 

Spanish) language formats. 

Kinedyne customers will 

eventually receive shipments 

of the improved 

binders – featuring 

all new marking 

and 

labelingenhancements 

– once current 

inventories are 

depleted from stock on a 

part number specific basis. 

Customers should 

contact one the company’s 

Customer Service 

centers by telephone 

at 800.848.6057 

in the United States or at 

800.268.3530 in Canada, 

or by visiting kinedyne. 

com for more details on 

all Kinedyne cargo control 

products. V 



Continental Dealers Add ContiLifeCycle Retreads 

Fort Mill, South Carolina 

- Three commercial 

locations 

from the former Tallmadge 

Tire dealer group in 

central New York have 

entered into a partnership 

and are selling ContiLife- 

Cycle retreads produced 

by G&G Tire, according 

to Continental Tire the 

Americas, LLC’s Commercial 

Vehicle Tire Business 

Unit. 

Principals at the independently 

owned Tallmadge 

Tire of Binghamton, 

N.Y. Inc., Tallmadge 

Tire Service of Geneva, 

N.Y. Inc. and Tallmadge 

Tire Service of Cortland, 

N.Y. Inc. said they are 

distributing ContiTread 

retreaded truck tires 

produced at G&G Tire 

in Plattsburgh, N.Y., an 

official licensee of Con- 

tinental’s ContiLifeCycle 

retreading process, as of 

summer 2012. 

Kevin Bruno, owner of 

G&G Tire, said his plant 

converted to the ContiLifeCycle 

process in June. 

G&G now combines their 

46 years of experience in 

retreading with excellent 

customer service from 

Continental in order to 

produce up to 20,000 ContiTreads 

annually. 

“The transition has been 

very smooth,” said Bruno. 

“Continental offered a 

dedicated team; it only 

took a few days to set 

up the new process and 

equipment. We definitely 

have an advantage with 

Continental and have received 

positive feedback 

as far as mileage, traction 

and wear on the Conti- 

Treads we produce.” 

Fleets in New York familiar 

with Continental truck 

tires are now enjoying 

the same tread designs 

and performance through 

ContiTread retread sales 

at the three Tallmadge 

locations in central New 

York. 

“We approached G&G 

Tire to be the manufacturer 

of the ContiTreads 

on our behalf, and we can 

now offer these retreads to 

our customers, along with 

Continental new truck 

tires,” explained Rich Damianos, 

Vice President of 

Tallmadge Tire Service of 

Cortland. 

The three dealers stated 

that Continental’s ContiLifeCycle 

products gave 

them distinct advantages 

in their market. 

“This will set us apart 

from the other commercial 

tire dealers in the area, to 

offer these retreads that 

emulate our flagship Continental 

new tire line. I see 

this as a great advantage 

for our future and I’m 

very confident it will be a 

benefit to us,” said James 

Scheffer, General Manager 

at Tallmadge Tire of 

Binghamton. 

As the second oldest 

General Tire dealer group 

in the U.S., formed in 

1932, the three independent 

Tallmadge Tire dealerships 

have a long history 

with Continental products 

and an extensive base of 

Continental truck tire customers, 

said Pete Ufholz, 

President of Tallmadge 

Tire Service of Geneva. 

This made for an easy 

transition to selling the 

ContiTreads, he explained. 

“We have a significant 

base in Continental brand 

customers, who represent 

a large share of our commercial 

tire business. They 

know they have the right 

product in their new tires, 

with the ContiTreads, it is 

easy to show them that we 

can give them the exact 

footprint of the tire they 

have been running – now 

as a retread,” said Ufholz. 

“The response has been 

great.” 

Market acceptance has 

been excellent and the 

product spoke for itself, 

Damianos added. “Our 

customers see the value in 

having the ContiLifeCycle 

products that match with 

the new tires. They’ve accepted 

them, tested them 

and are running them with 

performance equivalent 

to the new products, so 

it’s a great cost savings 

to them and a success for 

us,” he said. 

“We are very pleased 

that our customers at 

these Tallmadge Tire commercial 

dealerships have 

joined the ContiLifeCycle 

family,” said Paul Williams, 

Continental’s Executive 

Vice President for truck 

tires, the Americas. V 

Kenworth Now Offers Michelin X SmartWay Tire 

EPA SmartWay Verified 

Tire Provides Fuel Efficiency 

and Long Tread Life 

Kirkland, Washington 

- Kenworth now offers 

the new Michelin X(R) 

Line(TM) Energy D drive 

tire for Kenworth heavy 

and medium duty trucks 

involved in line haul applications. 

Designed for outstanding 

traction and wear, 

the new Michelin X Line 

Energy D tire breaks the 

paradigm of a traditional 

fuel-efficient drive tire in 

line haul by featuring an 

aggressive tread pattern 

that delivers Environmental 


SmartWay(R) verified fuel 

efficiency together with 

long tread life, according 

to Michelin. 

“Kenworth provides the 

latest fuel-efficient tires to 

help enhance customers’ 

fuel economy. Fleets and 

truck operators may especially 

benefit when these 

Michelin tires are paired 


with the EPA SmartWay 

designated, aerodynamic 

Kenworth T660, T680 and 

T700,” said Judy McTigue, 

Kenworth Director of Marketing 

Planning and Research. 

The Michelin X Line 

Energy D tire is also available 

for the Kenworth 

C500, T270, T370, T440, 

T470, T800 and W900. 

The Michelin X Line 

Energy D tire delivers 

fuel economy with wear 

resistance by utilizing 

Michelin’s Dual Energy 

Compound Tread. The top 

layer of tread rubber is precisely 

balanced to deliver 

fuel 

efficiency while exhibiting 

the needed wear properties 

to resist tread scrub. 

The bottom layer of tread 

rubber maintains cool 

casing temperatures for 

low rolling resistance and 

extended casing life. 

Kenworth is offering 

the tire’s 22.5-inch version 

for build in January 

with the 24.5-inch version 

expected to become 

available later in the first 

quarter of 2013. 

This past summer, Ken- 

worth began offering the 

Michelin X(R) Multi(TM) 

Energy D drive tire, which 

is designed for optimized 

traction and tread life 

in regional and superregional 

applications. The 

EPA SmartWay designated 

drive tire is available for 

the T440, T470, T660, 

T680, T700, T800 and 

W900. 

For more information, 

contact your Kenworth 

dealer or visit www. 

michelintruck.com. V 

Pressure sysTeMs inTernaTiOnal (P.s.i.) 

Complete Tire Digest Volume VI Now Available 

San Antonio, Texas 

- Pressure Systems 

International 

(P.S.I.) is now offering 

a full set of Volume VI 

(Jan-Nov/Dec 2012) Commercial 

Fleet Tire Digest 

issues, as a printed spiral 

bound book. The Commercial 


(www.psitiredigest.com) 

is an authoritative guide 

to reducing tire expenditures, 

launched in 2007 

and published eleven 

times a year. It’s become 

a must-have newsletter 

for those interested in the 

best practices required to 

maintain a successful tire 

program. Today, the Commercial 


is distributed electronically 

each month to more 

than eighteen hundred 

individuals. 

In each issue Al Cohn, 

Director of New Market 

Development and Engineering 

Support for P.S.I. 

discusses a subject of 

particular interest to fleet 

operators and others concerned 

with tire safety, 

wear and cost as well as 

how to enhance fuel econ- 

omy through tire technology 

and use. The printed 

books are an excellent 

way to have this valuable 

information ready to be 

included in your library or 

passed on to drivers, technicians 

and anyone else 

responsible for getting 

the most from tires, which 

are typically the highest 

cost item for commercial 

vehicle operators. 

Volume VI books can be 

ordered and past issues of 

the Commercial Fleet Tire 

Digest can be viewed and 

downloaded at http:// 

www.psitiredigest.com/ 

archive. As a green-initiative 

company, P.S.I. will 

limit the number of spiral 

bound books to the current 

volume (2012) only. 

For those wishing to print 

their own past volumes 

(Years 2007-2011), covers 

are also included on the 

archive page. 

If you wish to be added 

to the free monthly email 

distribution of future 

issues, please complete 

the subscription form at 

www.psitiredigest.com/ 

subscribe.html. V

Three Goodyear Truck Tire Retread Products Earn 

SmartWay Verification 

Akron, Ohio - The 

recent U.S. Environmental 


SmartWay verification of 

three Goodyear truck tire 

retreads – the G316 AT 

Fuel Max, the G572 LHD 

Fuel Max and the G305 

ATS Fuel Max – is another 

example of The Goodyear 

Tire & Rubber Company’s 

ongoing commitment to 

fuel efficiency. 

The EPA established low 

rolling resistance requirements 

for retreaded truck 

tires this year. Verified low 

rolling resistance retreaded 

tires must help reduce 

truck fuel consumption by 

at least 3%, according to 

the EPA. 

“Use of Goodyear’s 

SmartWay-verified G316 

AT Fuel Max, G572 LHD 

Fuel Max and G305 ATS 

Fuel Max retreaded tires 

will provide multiple benefits 

to fleets and owneroperators,” 

said Brian 

Buckham, Brand Manager, 

MiChelin 

Oliver Rubber Celebrates 100 th Anniversary 

Oliver Rubber, a 

leading provider 

of products and 

services in the tire retreading 

industry, is commemorating 

its centennial 

anniversary and its 

history of innovation and 

excellence. Founded in 

1912 in Oakland, California, 

by engineer Marion F. 

Oliver, the company was 

one of the first to retread 

tires with pre-cure rubber, 

organic accelerators, 

synthetic rubber and carbon 

black. For 100 years, 

Oliver has significantly 

contributed to the development 

of pre-cure 

and mold cure retreading. 

Oliver Rubber is a 

wholly-owned subsidiary 

of Michelin North America, 

which acquired the 

company in 2007. 

“Oliver Rubber’s ori- 

Line Haul and Mixed Service, 

Goodyear Commercial 

Tire Systems. (Currently, 

nine Goodyear brand 

new truck tires, as well as 

three Dunlop brand new 

truck tires, have received 

SmartWay verification.) 

“Our SmartWay-verified 

retread products will help 

fleets and owner-operators 

comply with California Air 

Resources Board regulations,” 

he said. “This is 

important for any fleet or 

owner-operator that runs 

trucks in California. 

“In addition, the energyefficient 

compounds found 

in these high-technology 

products will help all fleets 

– regardless of where they 

operate – reduce their fuel 

intake. The G316 AT Fuel 

Max, G572 LHD Fuel Max 

and the G305 ATS Fuel Max 

are great all-around products 

that offer a wide range 

of performance benefits 

beyond their outstanding 

fuel efficiency.” 

The G316 AT Fuel Max 

ginal goal was to provide 

its customers with 

quality tread rubber and 

value,” said Vic Koelsch, 

Chief Operating Officer for 

Michelin Americas Truck 

Tires. “Now, 100 year 

later, Oliver continues to 

execute the strategy that 

has made it successful 

from day one and we are 

proud that the company 

is part of the Michelin 

family.” 

Oliver meets the specific 

needs of both retreaders 

and commercial end users 

by offering a wide variety 

of pre-cure and mold cure 

tread rubber. Its broad 

product line of rubber 

compounds and tread 

patterns includes highway/rib, 

traction/lug, 

wide base, light truck, 

specialty, and ultra-low 

profile wide base, helping 

retread’s features include 

a cool-running compound 

designed to help deliver 

low rolling resistance; 

two wide circumferential 

grooves and lateral 

grooves to help deliver 

all-season performance 

on wet, snowy or dry roads 

G572 lhD Fuel Max Tire 

and a solid shoulder rib to 

help minimize shoulder 

wear for many miles to 

removal, and more. 

The G316 AT Fuel Max is 

available as a precure retread 

in eight-, 8.5-, 8.75-, 

and nine-inch tread widths. 

to cover virtually all onroad 

and off-road applications. 

Additionally, Oliver 

provides tire repairs and 

performance consulting, 

esCO 

Zafety Lug Lock Secures Lug Nuts 

ESCO has announced 

the 

introduction of 

the new Zafety Lug Lock. 

The Zafety Lug Lock, 

“The Safety Belt for Truck 

Wheel Nuts”, secures 

truck lug nuts to each 

other after they have 

been properly torqued, 

eliminating the chance 

for nuts to loosen under 

normal operating conditions 

which can result 

in possible dangerous 

It also is available as a 

Goodyear UniCircle product 

in the following sizes 

– 295/75R22.5, 11R22.5 

and 285/75R24.5 – in both 

8.5- and nine-inch widths. 

Features of the G572 LHD 

Fuel Max include fuelsaving 

compounds to help 

promote energy efficiency 

and deep 26/32-inch tread 

depth for enhanced wearable 

rubber to help promote 

more miles to removal. 

Goodyear’s Tredlock 

Technology, which contains 

interlocking microgrooves 

that help stabilize 

the tread for long wear 

and enhanced toughness; 

circumferential and lateral 

grooves to help provide 

all-season traction and 

an extra-wide tread that 

helps provide enhanced 

handling. 

The G572 LHD Fuel Max 

is available as a precure 

product in 8.5-, 8.875-, 

and 9.25-inch tread widths, 

(UniCircle fitments also will 

be available soon). 

emergency road service, 

and national account and 

warranty programs. 

Oliver’s innovations include 

pre-cure technology 

wheel offs. 

Zafety Lug Locks are 

easy to install/remove 

simply fitting over two 

In addition to an enhanced 

fuel-efficient compound, 

the G305 ATS Fuel 

Max boasts the following 

features; a staggered 

tread block design to help 

promote energy efficiency; 

a closed-shoulder design 

to help promote uniform 

wear throughout the retread’s 

life; large, stable 

blocks to help enhance 

fuel efficiency and even 

wear; and circumferential 

and lateral grooves to help 

deliver all-season traction. 

The G305 ATS Fuel Max 

is available as a precure 

retread in 8.5-, 8.75-, and 

nine-inch tread widths. 

(UniCircle fitments also will 

be available soon). 

The G316 AT Fuel Max, 

the G572 LHD Fuel Max 

and the G305 ATS Fuel 

Max are part of Goodyear’s 

complete line of fuel-efficient 

new truck tires and 

retreads, many of which 

feature the company’s Fuel 

Max Technology. 

Fuel Max tires feature 

patents in the 1960s, and 

new production facilities 

and state-of-the-art 

presses in the 1970s. By 

1990, more than 20 pat- 

adjacent nuts on the 

truck wheel/rim. Zafety 

Lug Locks have been 

field tested under the 


cool-running compounds 

and constructions that help 

improve miles per gallon 

for optimized fuel savings, 

according to Buckham. 

“The fuel-efficient properties 

of our Fuel Max tires 

help fleets and owneroperators 

optimize their 

fuel investment,” he explained. 

“Our retread products 

are designed and built 

to deliver great benefits,” 

said Buckham. “The G316 

AT Fuel Max, the G572 

LHD Fuel Max and G305 

ATS Fuel Max are prime 

examples of this.” 

Moving forward, he said 

that Goodyear plans to 

submit more truck tire retreads 

for SmartWay verification, 

calling SmartWay 

compliance “an important 

part of our long-term strategy 

and an example of our 

ceaseless focus on helping 

our customers lower their 

total cost of operation.” 

For more information, go 

to www.goodyeartrucktires.com. 

V 

ents had been awarded to 

Oliver for its development 

of pre-cure retreading 

equipment, compounds 

and tread designs. V 

most rigorous conditions. 

Made from design 

engineered plastic, Zafety 

Lug Locks are able to 

withstand extreme plus 

and minus temperatures 

-40F to +302 degrees F. 

Lug Locks are available 

in both standard and 

high temperature units. 

Zafety Lug Locks are inexpensive, 

reusable, and 

recyclable. 


visit www.esco.net. V 


seCTiOn Française 

les sysTèMes De susPensiOn 

Qu’est-Ce Qu’on Offre? 

Par Marek krasuski 

Les emplois multiples 

de camions et de 

remorques exigent 

un une grande variété de 

conceptions, et les manufacturiers 

de suspensions 

savent bien qu’il faut adapter 

la conception au type 

et à l’emploi du véhicule. 

Et même quand on prend 

ceci en considération, dans 

un nouvel atmosphèrs de 

contrôle règlementaire, il 

y a souvent de nouveaux 

règlements qui exigent 

d’autres innovations. En 

2011, la mise en ouevre des 

lois SPIF – Safe, Productive, 

Infrastructure Friendlyest 

un bon exemple dans 

l’Ontario. Depuis le 1er 

juillet 2011 toutes les roues 

attachées aux remorques 

approuvées par les lois SPIF 

doivent toucher la surface 

de la route pour distribuer 

le poids de la charge de 

façon égale afin d’épargner 

l’infrastructure des routes 

de l’Ontario des dommages 

causées par la concentration 

de poids excessif. En 

plus, toutes les remorques 

conformes aux règlements 

SPIF doivent être équipées 

de roues dirigées par la 

remorque elle-même, ce 

qui, selon beaucoup, aidera 

à éliminer le problème 

du déchirement des pneus 

aux angles de la route. Le 

s règlements exigent aussi 

que tous les camions soient 

pesés, chargés et sans 

charge à des intervalles 

différentes,avec chaque 

essieu calibré selon les 

nouvelles normes. 

La procédure de conformité 

pour chaque 

véhicule exigeait de nombreux 

réglages parce que 

les camions et les remorques 

commerciaux ont 

dù subir de multiples tests 

pour assurer que les charges 

soient bien distribuées 

entre les porteurs tandem 

et les essieux autodirigés. 

Les opérateurs 

aussi 

devaient 

hendrickson airTech 


comprendre quels règlements 

s’appliquaient 

à leurs véhicules spécifiques. 

Même les camions 

à gravier sont sujets à 

des règlememts différents 

dépendant de leur empattément, 

de leur application 

et d’autres facteurs. En 

fait, même des variations 

mineures d’applications de 

véhicule pouvaient changer 

les préconditions qualifiantes, 

les programmes 

et les normes auxquels les 

véhicules devaient se conformer. 

Par exemple, pas 

tous les camions à quatre 

essieux étaient sujets aux 

mêmes règlements. Un 

camion à trois essieux 

avec un essieux auxiliaire 

avait besoin d’un poids 

d’essieu d’avant- comme 

pourcentage du total de 

poids brut- ce qui est différent 

d’un camion à quatre 

essieux équipé d’un triessieux 

autodirigeant. 

Tout ceci à part, il y a de 

nombreux manufacturiers 

de suspensions de haute 

qualité dont les produits 

remplissent les besoins du 

marché mondial des poids 

lourds commerciaux. La 

stabilité, le comfort, le trajet 

amélioré et l’entretien 

réduit sont des avantages 

dont une compagnies fait 

la publicité pour s’assurer 

sa part du marché. Hendrickson, 

un manufacturier 

mondial, fournit un nombre 

important de suspensions 

pour des applications en 

route, aussi bien que des 

applications vocationnelles 

et pour des marchés spécialistes. 

Sa gamme de produits 

inclue les systèmes 

Integrated Monoleaf Suspension 

and Steer Axle, des 

conceptions qui utilisent 

les traits des suspensions 

mécaniques traditionnelles 

tout en réduisant le poids 

par jusqu’à 95 livres. Ce 

système d’essieu offre un 

trajet lisse grâce à 

une conception de 

res- sort 

amélioré et des amortisseurs 

de haute qualité. 

Des bagues en caoutchouc 

solides n’ont pas besoin de 

lubrifiant et aident à réduire 

l’entretien et le bruit. 

Un autre produit d’en 

route de Hendrickson est 

la série HAS de suspensions 

à air arrière à un seul 

essieu. Conçues en vue 

d’un comfort maximal, des 

ressorts volumineux et des 

amortisseurs de haute qualité, 

ceux-ci sont réputés de 

fournir un trajet plus lisse et 

une protection contre les 

effets du choc de route sur 

le chassis, l équipement, 

les conducteurs et le passagers. 

La qualité du trajet 

est aussi renforcée par des 

ressots à air qui se réglent 

selon les conditions de la 

charge. Toute la gamme 

des produits Hendrickson 

se trouve sur son website, 

www.hendrickson-intl. 

com. 

Le Ridewell Corporation 

fabriqué des systèmes 

mécaniques de suspensions 

à air et à 

caoutchouc depuis 

1967 et il continue 

à maintenir une 

présence considérable 

dans le marché à 

poids lourds des véhicules 

des classes 6, 7 et 8. Cette 

année, Ridewell a élargi sa 

série de suspensions à air 

pour remorques. On peut 

placer une commande pour 

des suspensions à montage 

accouplé conçues pour 

les es- 

ridewell rar-240 

sieux de marque Ridewell 

et les disques de frein à air 

Wabco PAN 22. En plus, 

une nouvelle suspension 

à air pour remorque est 

maintenant sur le marché 

qui s’utilise avec des essieux 

à voie étroite. 

Les systèmes de suspension 

de la compagnie vont 

des modèles du poids léger 

d’une capacité de 8.000 

livres, au poids lourds 

d’une capacité de 30.000 

livres, avec une hauteur de 

5,5 po à 22,4 po. Ridewell 

maintient sa réputation 

d’innovateur extraordinaire 

avec des développements 

de produits tel le lancement 

d’un système de direction 

forcée contrôllée hydrauliquement 

qui contrôle par 

télécommande jusqu’à trois 

essieux par moyen d’un 

manche à balai ergonomique 

qu’on tient à la main 

pour faciliter l’entrée et la 

sortie des espaces étroites. 

Les suspensions pour 

camion vont d’une capacité 

d’8K à 22,5K et les deux 

modèles sont conformes 

aux règlements SPIF. La 

compagnie dit que le système 

RD-2025 conçu 

pour les essieux de 

camion est le système 

de suspension 

le plus solide de l’industrie 

entière. On peut trouver de 

plus amples informations 

sur le siteweb de la compagnie, 

www.ridewellcorp. 

com. 

Cette année, Meritor 

a ajouté deux nouvelles 

Meritor MTa25 

suspensions à sa ligne de 

suspensions à monter en 

bas. Le MTA25 avec une 

capacité de 25,000 livres et 

le MTA30 avec une capacité 

de 30,000 livres complètent 

la gamme dont le MTA23 

était la première. Conçues 

pour des applications 

variées tel les citernes, les 

tombereaux et les camions 

à bois, ces nouvelles suspensions 

sont légères, 

solides et, selon la compagnie, 

« sont une bonne 

fondation pour un lien sûr 

et solide. C’est un protègeessieu 

dont le brevet est 

e n cours 

saF holland aDZ series 

d’homologation » Comme 

le MTA23, les additions 

récentes sont disponibles 

avec la nouvelle trousse 

d’élévation facultative de 

Meritor qui peut élever une 

sélection d’essieux afin de 

prolonger la vie des pneus. 

Meritor s’engage aussi à 

refabriquer des composants. 

Récemment, il a investi 

plus de $12 millions 

dans l’amélioration et les 

opérations 

Watson & Chalin sl2200 

partout dans le monde. Le 

président directeur général 

de Meritor, Chip McClure 

a noté « Il est difficile de 

ne pas voir le potentiel 

augmenté que la refabrication 

possède pour les 

fournisseurs de véhicules 

commerciaux. » il a dit à 

une conférence récente. 

Regardez le website de 

la compagnie www. 

meritor.com pour de 

plus amples informations. 

Un autre fournisseur 

pour le marché 

mondial est SAF Holland 

qui se spécialise en 

systèmes d’accouplage, 

d’élévation et de suspension 

pour camions, 

autobus, tracteurs et remorques. 

La compagnie dit 

que sa série ADZ dépasse 

les conceptions de ses 

modèles précédents. Une 

meilleure stabilité et maniement 

sont fournis par un 

Integral Lower Module et la 

stabilisation du roulement a 

augmenté de 27 pour cent. 

La série ADZ dépasse les 

modèles précédents de 54 

pourcent. Un poids installé 

plus léger de 250 livres par 

essieu promet une charge 

augmentée et une efficacité 

d’opération 

accrue. Au 

moins une douzaine des 

systèmes de suspension 

avec essieux des freins à 

air ou à tambour complétent 

la série Fusion pour 

toutes les applications de 

remorque. Beaucoup des 

applications sont connues 

pour leur conception solide 

leur force et leur capacité 

pour les tâches difficiles. 

La ligne entière de produits 

se trouve sur le website de 

la compagnie ww1. 

safholland.ca. 

Watson & Chalin 

Suspension Systems 

est une 

compagnie située 

aux États Uni qui 

a gegné une présence 

croissante dans le marché 

international. La ligne de 

suspensiou pour camions 

de la compagnie inclue 

l’élévation dirigée des 

camions avec des capacités 

de 8,000 livres à 25,000 

livres pour la suspension 

essieu autodrigible et le 

système d’élévation. Les 

suspensions d’essieu à air 

ont des capacités qui vont 

de 17,000 à 30,000 livres. 

La compagnie fournit aussi 

des suspensions mécaniques 

et à air pour remorques. 

La série mécanique 

Spring Beam de Watson a 

des modèles qui ont une 

capacité de 120,000 livres. 

Il y a cinq catégories différentes 

de produits qui 

complètent la gamme des 

suspensions de remorque. 

Pour de plus amples renseignements, 

veuillez consulter 

le website wwwwatsonsuspensions.com 

Malgré le confort et la facilité 

de maniement que ces 

avances technologiques 

nous offre, il y a ceux qui 

ne les apprécient pas. Certains 

représentants disent 

que les conducteurs ont 

peur de ne plus sentir la 

route à cause des systèmes 

trop sophistiqueés « Conduire 

un camion de nos 

jours ressemble à piloter 

un avion. Il y a trop d’air » 

a remarqué un observateur 

de l’industrie. En tout 

cas, les conceptions de ces 

systèmes avancés rendra le 

progrès actuel.rien qu’une 

note en bas de la page à 

l’avenir. V

Inauguration de l’Autoroute 30 

Beauharnois, Québec 

- L’honorable 

Denis Lebel, ministre 

des Transports, de 

l’Infrastructure et des Collectivités 

et ministre de 

l’Agence de développement 

économique du Canada 

pour les régions du 

Québec, M. Sylvain Gaudreault, 

ministre des 

Transports du Québec 

et ministre des Affaires 

municipales, des Régions 

et de l’Occupation du territoire, 

Mme Marie Malavoy, 

ministre responsable 

de la région de la Montérégie, 

et M. Denis Léonard, 

directeur général de 

Nouvelle Autoroute 30, 

s.e.n.c. (NA-30), ont inauguré 

la partie Ouest de 

l’autoroute 30 réalisée en 

partenariat public-privé. 

Fort attendu, ce tronçon 

de 42 km constitue le 

point final de ce grand 

projet routier. Cette nouvelle 

infrastructure vient 

relier les autoroutes 20 et 

40, à Vaudreuil-Dorion, 

à l’autoroute 30 actuelle, 

à Châteauguay. Depuis 

le 15 décembre, elle permet 

aux usagers de la 

route de circuler en con- 

tinu sur l’autoroute 30 

de Vaudreuil-Dorion à 

Sorel-Tracy. 

La partie Ouest comprend 

de nombreux 

ouvrages importants, dont 

le tunnel passant sous 

le canal de Soulanges, 

le pont Serge-Marcil enjambant 

le fleuve Saint- 

Laurent ainsi que le pont 

au-dessus du canal de 

Beauharnois. De plus, la 

rive nord du pont Serge- 

Marcil est munie d’un 

système de péage, y compris 

un péage électronique 

pour les détenteurs de 

transpondeur (vignette) 

et des points de perception 

avec arrêt pour les 

usagers ne détenant pas 

de transpondeur. 

Le parachèvement 

de la partie Ouest de 

l’autoroute 30, dont les 

travaux ont débuté au 

printemps 2009, a été réalisé 

en respectant le coût 

et l’échéancier établi. Le 

coût du projet s’élève à 

1,5 milliard de dollars 

(en dollars de 2008). Cela 

inclut le financement, 

la conception et la construction, 

de même que 

l’entretien et l’exploitation 

de l’autoroute 30 de Vaudreuil-Dorion 

au boulevard 

Matte, à Brossard, 

pour les 30 prochaines 

années. 

« Le gouvernement du 

Canada est fier d’avoir 

investi 704,5 millions de 

dollars pour le parachèvement 

de la partie Ouest de 

l’autoroute 30, a déclaré le 

ministre des Transports, 

de l’Infrastructure et des 

Collectivités, l’honorable 

Denis Lebel. Ce nouveau 

corridor réduira la congestion 

à Montréal même et 

dans les environs, favorisera 

l’accès aux marchés 

de l’Ontario, des Maritimes 

et des États-Unis, 

en plus d’être un atout de 

taille pour la croissance 

économique autant de la 

Montérégie, de Montréal 

et de l’ensemble du Québec. 

» 

« C’est avec beaucoup 

de fierté que nous 

procédons aujourd’hui à 

l’inauguration du dernier 

tronçon de l’autoroute 30. 

Cet axe routier est d’une 

importance incontestable 

pour les citoyens de la 

région, mais aussi pour 

l’ensemble de la grande 

région métropolitaine. 

En plus d’offrir un itinéraire 

facultatif à tous 

les usagers, cette nouvelle 

infrastructure routière permettra 

l’intégration des 

autoroutes actuelles au 

sein d’un réseau autoroutier 

plus performant 

que jamais », a déclaré le 

ministre des Transports du 

Québec, M. Sylvain Gaudreault. 

« Aujourd’hui, nous 

pouvons dire mission accomplie! 

Dans les délais 

prévus, soit en 4 ans et 

3 mois, Nouvelle Autoroute 

30 s.e.n.c., propriété 

d’Acciona et d’ACS infrastructures 

aujourd’hui 

appelée A30 Express, a 

conçu et construit 42 km 

d’autoroute ainsi que 

30 ponts, dont 2 majeurs. 

Cette grande réalisation 

a été possible grâce à la 

contribution exceptionnelle 

de gestionnaires et 

de travailleurs, ainsi que 

de gens passionnés et déterminés. 

Pour les 30 prochaines 

années, A30 Express 

aura la responsabilité 

d’exploiter, d’entretenir 

et de réhabiliter plus de 

73 km de l’autoroute 30. 

Prolongement de l’Autoroute 50 

Gatineau, Québec 

- L’honorable 

Denis Lebel, ministre 

des Transports, de 

l’Infrastructure et des Collectivités 

et ministre de 

l’Agence de développement 

économique du Canada 

pour les régions du 

Québec, le ministre des 

Transports et ministre des 

Affaires municipales, des 

Régions et de l’Occupation 

du territoire, monsieur 

Sylvain Gaudreault, et le 

ministre de la Sécurité 

publique et ministre responsable 

de la région 

de l’Outaouais, monsieur 

Stéphane Bergeron, ont 

procédé à l’inauguration 

d’un tronçon de l’autoroute 

50 situé entre la ville de 

Thurso et la municipalité 

de Notre-Dame-de-Bonsecours 

(Montebello), en 

Outaouais. 

Le tronçon comprend 

quatre ponts d’étagement 

(montée du Gore, montée 

Saint-François, montée 

Saint-Charles et chemin 

Saint-Hyacinthe), deux 

ponts (un au-dessus de la 

rivière de la Petite-Nation 

et un au-dessus du ruisseau 

de la Loutre) ainsi 

que deux échangeurs 

(montée Papineau et route 

321). 

« Le gouvernement du 

Canada est fier d’avoir 

investi dans le parachèvement 

de l’autoroute 50 

», a dit le ministre Lebel. 

« Cette nouvelle autoroute 

facilitera le déplacement 

des résidents de 

l’Outaouais vers Montréal 

et contribuera à la compétitivité 

de l’économie de la 

région. » 

Le coût des travaux de 

construction de ce tronçon 

de 24 kilomètres s’élève 

à 270 millions de dollars, 

dont 38 millions de dollars 

qui proviennent du 

gouvernement du Canada 

en vertu du Fonds canadien 

sur l’infrastructure 

stratégique (FCIS), et 232 

millions de dollars du gouvernement 

du Québec. 

« Ce projet, qui fait partie 

de l’actualité depuis plus 

d’une décennie, est maintenant 

devenu une réalité 

avec l’ouverture de 

ce dernier tronçon qui 

marque, par le fait même, 

l’ouverture du lien comp- 

let reliant définitivement 

la région de l’Outaouais 

et la grande région de 

Montréal. Le prolongement 


est au cœur des projets de 

développement économique 

de l’Outaouais. Il 

favorisera de façon déterminante 

l’essor industriel 

et touristique de la région, 

en plus d’améliorer 

la sécurité des usagers de 

la route », a mentionné le 

ministre Gaudreault. 

« Il est indéniable que 

ce projet constitue l’un 

de nos plus beaux actifs 

régionaux en matière 

de transport. C’est pourquoi 

je vous dirai en terminant 

qu’aujourd’hui 

est un grand jour pour 

l’Outaouais et les Lauren- 

Un nouveau défi que nous 

relèverons avec brio », a 

affirmé le directeur général 

de NA-30 et directeur de 

projet du parachèvement 

en PPP de l’autoroute 30, 

M. Denis Léonard. 

« L’autoroute 30 est 

davantage qu’une voie 

de contournement; elle 

est un véritable levier 

économique pour la Montérégie. 

Elle vient améliorer 

de façon notable 

l’accessibilité à cette région 

permettant ainsi la 

venue d’investissements 

importants au cours des 

prochaines années », a 

souligné la ministre responsable 

de la région de 

la Montérégie, Mme Marie 

Malavoy. 

tides », a conclu le ministre 

Bergeron. 

La cérémonie 

d’aujourd’hui souligne 

également la fin de tous 

les travaux de prolongement 


qui avaient été amorcés 

en 2000. Ce projet, réalisé 

au coût total de 800 

millions de dollars, con- 

seCTiOn Française 

Rappelons que le projet 

de parachèvement de 

l’autoroute 30 comprenait 

aussi la construction 

de la partie Est, entre 

Saint-Constant et Candiac 

(ouvert en novembre 

2010), et le tronçon 

Jean-Leman (ouvert en 

novembre 2011). Ces travaux 

ont été effectués en 

mode traditionnel par le 

ministère des Transports 

du Québec. 

Pour joindre A30 Express 

: www.a30express.com ou 

514.782.0800. V 

sistait en la construction 

d’une chaussée à deux 

voies d’une longueur de 

90 kilomètres, reliant 

l’Outaouais (Gatineau, 

secteur Masson-Angers) 

aux Laurentides (Lachute). 

Par extension, ce projet 

permet aussi de relier 

l’Outaouais à la grande 

région de Montréal. V 


albErTa 

BRooKs 

NAPA Auto PArts 

Box 1276, Brooks, AB T1R 1C1 

Tel: 403.501.5551 

Fax: 403.501.5665 

Contact: Brian Sieble 

Email: bnapa@telus.net 

CalgaRy 

trActioN 

329 - 72 nd Ave. S.E., Unit 82 

Calgary, AB T2C 4X6 

Tel: 403.279.2870 

Fax: 403.279.4372 

Contact: Peggy Deringer 

edMonton 

trActioN HeAd office 

18532 - 116 th Avenue 

Edmonton, AB T5S 2W8 

Tel: 780.489.7555 

Fax: 780.481.0148 

Contact: Ken O’Brien 

Email: kobrien@uapinc.com 

edMonton noRtH West 

trActioN 

18051 - 111 th Avenue 

Edmonton NW, AB T5S 2P2 

Tel: 780.444.4334 

Fax: 780.444.7204 

Contact: Rob Dodds 

Email: rdodds@uapinc.com 

edMonton soutH 

trActioN 

3404 - 78 th Avenue 

Edmonton South, AB T6B 2X9 

Tel: 780.465.8010 

Fax: 780.466.4627 

edson 

NAPA Auto PArts 4657A 

4833 - 2 nd Avenue 

Edson, AB T7E 1T8 

Tel: 780.712.4152 

Fax: 780.712.4212 

Contact: Kris Pero 

Email: kpero@napacanada.com 

foRt MCMuRRay 

PArAmouNt PArts iNc. 

36 Riedel Street 

Fort McMurray, AB T9H 3E1 

Tel: 780.791.3000 

Fax: 780.790.0365 

Contact: Brent Usick 

Email: busick@napacanada.com 

gRande pRaiRie 

trActioN 

#4 16101 - 101 st Street 

Grande Prairie, AB T8V 0P2 

Tel: 780.538.3038 

Fax: 780.538.3398 

Contact: Harold Harmsen 

Email: hharmsen@uapinc.com 

HigH pRaiRie 

HigH PrAirie truck 

& trAiler ltd. 

5309 - 53rd Avenue, 

Hwy 2 West, PO Box 1388 

High Prairie, AB T0G 1E0 

Tel: 780.523.4777 

Toll Free: 877.523.4754 

Fax: 780.523.4773 

Contact: Crosby Rich 

Hinton 

NAPA Auto PArts 4236A 

120 North Street 

Hinton, AB, T7V 1S8 

Tel: 780.865.8800 

Fax: 780.865.7628 

Email: gireland@napacanada.com 

lloydMinsteR 

truck ZoNe iNc. 

5205 - 65 th Street 

Lloydminster, AB T9V 2E8 

Tel: 780.875.7712 

Fax: 780.875.4039 

Contact: Peter Parkinson 

Email: peter@truck-zone.com 


albErTa 

MediCine Hat 

HydrAco iNdustries ltd. 

2111 - 9th Avenue S.W. 

Medicine Hat, AB T1A 7G8 

Tel: 403.526.2244 

Fax: 403.526.1074 

Contact: John Karamanos 

Email: jkaramanos@hydraco.com 

peaCe RiveR 

PeAce truck & trAiler ltd. 


P.O. Box 7647 

Peace River, AB T8S 1T2 

Tel: 780.624.8655 

Fax: 780.624.8592 

Contact: Dwayne Brulotte 

Email: dbrulotte@telus.net 

Red deeR 

trActioN 

8045 Edgar Industrial Cr. 

Red Deer, AB T4P 3R2 

Tel: 403.342.7884 

Fax: 403.342.7377 

Contact: Ron Cain 

Email: rcain@uapinc.com 

RoCKy Mountain House 

NAPA #6260 

4528F - 47 th Avenue 

Rocky Mtn House, AB T4T 0A9 

Tel: 403.845.2709 

Fax: 403.845.2786 

Contact: Dave Auld 

Email: dauld@napacanada.com 

WaBasCa 

PelicAN Automotive 

2330 Pelican Business Park 

Wabasca, AB T0G 2A0 

Tel: 780.891.3600 

Fax: 780.891.3615 

Contact: Shawn Molloy 

brITISh colUmbIa 

BuRns laKe 

PolAr PArk Automotive 

831 Hwy 16 West 

Burns Lake, BC V0J 1E0 

Tel: 250.692.7501 

Fax: 250.692.7985 

Contact: Keith Brown 

Email: kebrown@napacanada.com 

CHetWynd 

geAr-o-rAmA suPPly ltd. 

4876 North Access Road 

Chetwynd, BC V0C 1J0 

Tel: 250.788.2255 

Fax: 250.788.2780 

Contact: Dale Phillipps 

CHilliWaCK 

lickmAN truck & trAiler 

PArts & services ltd. 

Bay 26 - 43915 Industrial Way 

Chilliwack, BC V2R 3A4 

Toll Free: 877.772.6255 

Tel: 604.793.9660 

Fax: 604.793.9620 

Contact: Dave Easson or 

Wayne Cromarty 

lickmantruckandtrailer@shaw.ca 

CouRtenay 

tAurus HeAvy duty veNtures ltd 

2703A Kilpatrick Avenue, 

Courtenay, BC V9N 6P4 

Tel: 250.871.1191 

Fax: 250.871.8107 

Contact: Steve Dirnback 

taurus566@gmail.com 

foRt nelson 

cHr-Ack PArts & rePAirs 

4704 - 48 th Avenue 

Fort Nelson, BC V0C 1R0 

Tel: 250.774.3273 

Fax: 250.774.3274 

Contact: John & Colleen Reynolds 

Email: colleen@chr-ack.com 


KaMloops 

PiNeridge trAiler 

& equiPmeNt ltd. 

1875 Kryczka Place 

Kamloops, BC V1S 1S4 

Tel: 250.374.3100 

Fax: 250.374.0631 

Contact: Fred Daku 

KeloWna 

ceNtrAl vAlley truck 

service ltd. 

105 Adams Road 

Kelowna, BC V1X 7R1 

Tel: 250.765.7738 

Fax: 250.765.7705 

Contact: Rick Viens 

Email: kelownatraction@shawbiz.ca 

pRinCe geoRge 

NAPA - Pg 

564 - 2 nd Avenue 

Prince George, BC V2L 2Z9 

Tel: 250.563.7778 

Fax: 250.563.4994 

Contact: Kevin Carter 

Email: kcarter@napacanada.com 

quesnel 

NAPA trActioN 

1185 Hwy 97 North 

Quesnel, BC V2J 2Y3 

Tel: 250.991.0650 

Fax: 250.991.0620 

Contact: Nick Biller 

Email: nbiller@napacanada.com 

sMitHeRs 

smitHers PArts & service 

3465 Victoria Drive 

P.O. Box 3910 

Smithers, BC V0J 2N0 

Tel: 250.847.4287 

Fax: 250.847.5038 

Contact: Dan Groot 

Email: dansps@telus.net 

squaMisH 

tritoN Auto & iNd. ltd. 

1003 Industrial Way 

Squamish, BC V0N 3G0 

Tel: 604.892.5951 

Fax: 604.892.3986 

Contact: Roy Ramage 

Email: info@tritonindustries.ca 

suRRey 

trAiliNe trAiler PArts ltd. 

10304A - 120 th Street 

Surrey, BC V3V 4G1 

Tel: 604.582.4888 

Fax: 604.582.4880 

Contact: Steve Knowlan 

Email: trailine@telus.net 

teRRaCe 

Bow vAlley mAcHiNe 

5107 Keith Avenue 

Terrace, BC V8G 1K8 

Tel: 250.638.0099 

Contact: Steve Leal 

Email: terracetraction@citywest.ca 

WilliaMs laKe 

wl forestry suPPlies ltd. 

675 McKenzie Avenue 

Williams Lake, BC V2G 1N9 

Tel: 250.392.6699 

Fax: 250.392.6644 

Contact: Tom Good 

Email: tgood@napacanada.com 

manIToba 

BRandon 

trActioN 

1940 Queen Avenue 

Brandon, MB R7B 0T1 

Tel: 204.728.9573 

Contact: Rick Blaine 

Email: rcbt2@mts.net 

manIToba 

Winnipeg 

trActioN 

200 Oak Point Highway 

Winnipeg, MB R2R 1V1 

Tel: 204.956.9490 

Fax: 204.949.9493 

Contact: Louise Ross 

Email: lross@uapinc.com 

n. W. TErrITorIES 

yelloWKnife 

deltA mike HoldiNgs ltd. 

114 - 314 Old Airport Road 

Yellowknife, NT X1A 3T2 

Tel: 867.669.6272 

Fax: 867.669.6282 

Contact: Doug Moodie 

Email: yknapa@ssimicro.com 

onTarIo 

BanCRoft 

m&m gAs diesel & truck PArts 

27523 Highway 62 South 

Bancroft, ON K0L 1C0 

Tel: 613.332.5474 

Fax: 613.332.5998 

BaRRie 

trActioN BArrie (703) 

255 Saunders Road 

Barrie, ON L4N 9A3 

Tel: 705.792.1371 

Fax: 705.792.1591 

Contact: Kevin Nicholas 

Email: knicholas@uapinc.com 

Bolton 

visco iNdustriAl 

1 Simpson Road 

Bolton, ON L7E 1E4 

Tel: 905.857.2071 

Fax: 905.857.2070 

Contact: Mike Roome 

CaMBRidge 

trActioN cAmBridge (634) 

1090 Fountain St. N., Units 12 & 13 

Cambridge, ON N3E 1A3 

Tel: 519.653.3427 

Fax: 519.653.0608 

Contact: Jim Curley 

Email: jcurley@uapinc.com 

dRyden 

d & s Auto 

459 Government Street 

P.O. Box 697 

Dryden, ON P8N 2Z3 

Tel: 807.223.3227 

Fax: 807.223.4245 

Contact: Dale Green 

Email: dgreen@napacanada.com 

HaMilton 

trActioN 

30 Bancroft Street 

Hamilton, ON L8E 2W5 

Tel: 905.561.0932 

Fax: 905.561.3280 

Contact: Brian Kinzel 

Email: bkinzel@uapinc.com 

HanoveR 

Jd truck PArts 


Hanover, ON N4N 1S2 

Tel: 519.364.1848 

Fax: 519.364.7738 

Contact: Brad Wedow 

Email: jdtruck@wightman.ca 

KenoRa 

d & s Auto 

1051 Railway Street 

Kenora, ON P9N 3W8 

Tel: 807.468.9894 

Fax: 807.468.8436 

Contact: Dale Green 

Email: dgreen@napacanada.com 

onTarIo 

london 

trActioN 

2405 Scanlan Street 

London, ON N5W 6G9 

Tel: 519.455.3440 

Fax: 519.455.2812 

Contact: Derek Dutt 

Email: ddutt@uapinc.com 

Maidstone 

trActioN 

3725 Webster Dr., R.R. #3 

Maidstone, ON N0R 1K0 

Tel: 519.737.7995 

Fax: 519.737.7741 

Mississauga 

trActioN 

5915 Atlantic Drive, Units 6 & 7 

Mississauga, ON L4W 1S4 

Tel: 905.670.2868 

Fax: 905.670.9757 

Contact: Doug Paddock 

Email: dpaddock@uapinc.com 

neW lisKeaRd 

trActioN 

437136 Hawn Drive 

New Liskeard, ON P0J 1P0 

Tel: 705.647.8707 

Fax: 705.647.9362 

Contact: Dan Lachapelle 

noRtH Bay 

service 1 mufflers & more 

2621 Trout Lake Road 

North Bay, ON P1B 7S8 

Tel : 705.497.0404 

Fax: 705.497.9543 

ottaWa 

trActioN ottAwA (605) 

3020 Hawthorne Road, Unit 200E 

Ottawa, ON K1G 3J6 

Toll Free: 800.396.2664 

Tel: 613.742.1209 

Fax: 613.742.8639 

Contact: John Clark 

Email: jclark@uapinc.com 

RiCHMond Hill 

trActioN 

45 Mural Street, Unit # 4 

Richmond Hill, ON L4B 1J4 

Tel: 905.771.7331 

Fax: 905.771.7271 

sault ste. MaRie 

trActioN 

380 Industrial Park Crescent 

Sault Ste. Marie, ON P6B 5Y8 

Tel: 705.759.8042 

Fax: 705.759.2962 

Contact: Tee Jay Francella 

st. CatHaRines 

Nick’s truck PArts 

244 Dunkirk Road 

St. Catharines, ON L2R 7K6 

Tel: 905.687.7031 

Fax: 905.687.7129 

sudBuRy 

sudBury truck & trAiler iNc. 

510 Whissell Avenue 

Sudbury, ON P3B 2Z3 

Tel: 705.673.3613 

Fax: 705.673.4411 

Contact: Cheryl Schroeder 

tHundeR Bay 

trActor trAiler service 

64 Water Street South 

Thunder Bay, ON P7B 6T3 

Tel: 807.345.5882 

Fax: 807.345.1559 

Contact: Felice Meo 

onTarIo 

WHitBy 

trActioN 

1751 Wentworth St. W., Units 3-6 

Whitby, ON L1N 8R9 

Tel: 905.432.2785 

Fax: 905.571.5436 

Contact: Paul MacLean 

Email: pmaclean@uapinc.com 

SaSkaTchEWan 

MeadoW laKe 

uNified Auto PArts iNc. 

807 - 1st Avenue West 

Meadow Lake, SK S9X 1Y4 

Tel: 306.236.4800 

Fax: 306.763.7988 

Contact: Mark Krasicki 

Email: mark.napa@sasktel.net 

Moose jaW 

goldeN west trAiler & 

equiPmeNt ltd. 

1802 Stadacona West 

Moose Jaw, SK S6H 4N8 

Tel: 306.692.7402 

Fax: 306.694.0607 

Contact: Brent Campbell 

Email: brent@goldenwt.com 

pRinCe alBeRt 

uNified Auto PArts iNc. 

365 - 36 th Street West, Unit 7 

Prince Albert, SK S6V 7L4 

Tel: 306.764.4220 

Fax: 306.763.7988 

Contact: Mark Krasicki 

Email: mark.napa@sasktel.net 

Regina 

trActioN 

405 Park St., Regina, SK S4N 5B2 

Tel: 306.721.8333 

Fax: 306.721.4446 

Contact: Max Devers 

Email: mdevers@uapinc.com 

sasKatoon 

trActioN 

#2 - 2915 Faithfull Avenue 

Saskatoon, SK S7K 8E8 

Tel: 306.244.9877 

Fax: 306.244.9878 

Contact: Nathan Pound 

Email: nathanp@paramountparts.ca 

sWift CuRRent 

BrAke & drive ltd. 

1511 Cheadle Street West 

Swift Current, SK S9H 5G4 

Tel: 306.773.7293 

Fax: 306.773.5511 

Contact: Bruce Borden 

Email: brakeanddrive@sasktel.net 

WeyBuRn 

soutHerN iNdustriAl & truck ltd 

300 Hwy 13 South Service Road 

Crossroads Industrial Park 

Weyburn, SK S4H 2K7 

Tel: 306.842.2422 

Fax: 306.842.6264 

yUkon 

WHiteHoRse 

PAcesetter trAdiNg co. ltd. 

171 Industrial Road 

Whitehorse, Yukon Y1A 5M7 

Tel: 867.633.5908 

Fax: 867.456.2824 

Contact: Fred Musial 

fred@pacesettersproducts.ca

albErTa 

edMonton 


15816 - 111 th Avenue 

Edmonton, AB T5M 2R8 

Tel: 780.451.0225 

Fax: 780.452.3499 

Contact: Jason Shesky 

foRt sasKatCHeWan 

TruckPro ForT SaSkaTchewan 

(aPPlecarT logiSTicS) 

11401-85 Avenue Unit #13 

Fort Saskatchewan, AB T8L 0A9 

Owner: Rick McIntosh 

Gen Mgr: Don Lehman 

Tel: 780.998.5030 

Fax: 780.998.5025 


BrAdviN trAiler sAles ltd. 

10920 - 87 th Avenue 

Grande Prairie, AB T8V 8K4 

Toll Free: 800.665.0509 

Tel: 780.539.6260 

Fax: 780.539.4247 

Contact: Brad Willsey 

Email: bwillsey@bradvin.com 

HigH pRaiRie 

HigH PrAirie truck & 

trAiler ltd. 

5309 - 53rd Avenue, Hwy 2 West 

P.O. Box 1388 

High Prairie, AB T0G 1E0 

Toll Free: 877.523.4754 

Tel: 780.523.4777 

Fax: 780.523.4773 

Contact: Crosby Rich 

lloydMinsteR 




Toll Free: 800.707.9209 

Tel: 780.875.7712 

Fax: 780.875.4039 

Contact: Peter Parkinson 

Email: peter@truck-zone.com 

MediCine Hat 

HydrAco iNdustries ltd. 

2111 - 9 th Avenue S.W. 

Medicine Hat, AB T1A 7G8 

Tel: 403.526.2244 

Fax: 403.526.1074 

Contact: John Karamanos 

Email: jkaramanos@hydraco.com 

albErTa 

peaCe RiveR 

PeAce truck & trAiler ltd. 


P.O. Box 7647 

Peace River, AB T8S 1T2 

Tel: 780.624.8655 

Fax: 780.624.8592 

Contact: Rene Houle 

Email: pttrh@telus.net 

sundRe 

PArtco truck PArts & service 

20 West Road Industrial Park 

Box 1187 

Sundre, AB T0M 1X0 

Toll Free: 800.372.7826 

Tel: 403.638.3414 

Fax: 403.638.4232 

Contact: Daryl Peters or Scott 

Lausen 

Email: s.lausen@airenet.com 

CHilliWaCK 

lickmAN truck & trAiler 

PArts & services ltd. 

Bay 26 - 43915 Industrial Way 


Toll Free: 877.772.6255 

Tel: 604.793.9660 

Fax: 604.793.9620 

Contact: Dave Easson or Wayne 

Cromarty 

Email: lickmantruckandtrailer@ 

shaw.ca 


CReston 

crestoN truck service ltd. 

401 Helen Road 

Creston, BC V0B 1G0 

Owner: John Huscroft 

Tel: 250.428.5321 

Fax: 250.428.7055 

pRinCe geoRge 

totAl truck & equiPmeNt ltd. 

9122 Rock Island Road 

Prince George, BC V2N 5T4 

Tel: 250.564.6763 

Fax: 250.564.6761 

Contact: Mark Forbes 

Email: totaltruck@telus.net 

KeloWna 

ceNtrAl vAlley truck services 

105 Adam Road, 

Kelowna, BC V1X 7R1 

Tel: 250.765.7738 

Contact: Ric D. Viens 

Email: totaltruck@telus.net 


sMitHeRs 

smitHers PArts & service 

3465 Victoria Drive 

P.O. Box 3910 

Smithers, BC V0J 2N0 

Tel: 250.847.4287 

Fax: 250.847.5048 

Contact: Dan Groot 

manIToba 

Email: dansps@telus.net 

BRandon 

rcB truck & trAiler ltd. 

5600 Richmond Ave. E. 

Brandon, MB R7A 7L5 

Tel: 204.727.9172 

Fax: 204.725.4702 

Contact: Rick Blaine 

Email: rcbt2@mts.net 

onTarIo 

BaRRie 

simcoe truck & trAiler ltd. 

630 Welham Road 

Barrie, ON L4N 8Z8 

Toll Free: 888.738.1400 

Tel: 705.728.8222 

Fax: 705.728.9855 

Contact: R.K. (Ken) Bastien 

Bolton 

BoltoN truck & trAiler 

1 Simpson Road 

Bolton, ON L7E 1E4 

Tel: 905.951.9111 

Fax: 905.951.9113 

Contact: Angelo Visco 

BRaMpton 

westmArk truck ceNtre iNc. 

85 Devon Road 

Brampton, ON L6T 5A4 

Tel: 905.791.7655 

Fax: 905.791.1014 

Contact: Stephen To 

Caledonia 

oNeidA truck & trAiler 

634 Fourth Line 

Caledonia, ON N3W 2B3 

Toll Free: 800.654.6454 

Tel: 905.765.5011 

Contact: Tom Snyder Jr 

onTarIo 

doWnsvieW 

NortH keele Auto, truck & 

trAiler rePAir ceNtre ltd. 

3915 Keele Street 

Downsview, ON M3J 1N6 

Tel: 416.638.5963 

Fax: 416.638.5964 

Contact: Sam Schuster 

eden 

votH sAles & service iNc. 

10816 Plank Road 19 

Eden, ON N0J 1H0 

Tel: 519.866.3459 

Fax: 519.866.3572 

Contact: Frank Voth 

elMiRa 

w. tHur & soNs ltd. 

270 Arthur Street North 

Elmira, ON N3B 2Z5 

Tel: 519.669.3991 

Fax: 519.669.5934 

essex 

keN lAPAiN & soNs ltd 

2119 County Road 15, R.R. # 2 

Essex, ON N8M 2X6 

Tel: 519.776.6473 

Fax: 519.776.6475 

Contact: Tony Lapain 

etoBiCoKe 

ok tire truck rePAir 

39 Shorncliffe Road 

Etobicoke, ON M8Z 5K2 

Toll Free: 800.661.6681 

Tel: 416.236.1277 

Contact: Darryl Croft 

goulais RiveR 

goulAis river truck 

& trActor ltd. 

90 Highway 552 East 

Goulais River ON P0S 1E0 

Tel: 705.649.4788 

Fax: 705.649.4754 

Contact: Darcy Leveille 

HaMilton 

BArtoN truck ceNtre ltd. 

483-487 Rennie Street 

Hamilton, ON L8H 3P6 

Tel: 905.544.2626 

Fax: 905.544.0747 

Contact: Ralph Pagliuso 

HanoveR 

Hwy #4 truck service ltd. 

402143 Grey Road 4, R.R. #1 

Hanover, ON N4N 3B8 

Tel: 519.369.5052 

Fax: 519.369.5961 

Contact: Doug Hammond 

onTarIo 

HeaRst 

serge g & d rePAir iNc. 

214 Highway 11 East 

P.O. Box 1706 

Hearst, ON P0L 1N0 

Tel: 705.362.5633 

Fax: 705.362.7960 

Contact: Serge Roy 

KapusKasing 

PAreNt mecHANicAl services 

53 Brunelle Road North 

Kapuskasing, ON P5N 2M1 

Tel: 705.335.3617 

Fax: 705.337.6880 

Contact: Roger Parent 

longlaC 

rAy & doris truck PArts 

106 Hamel Avenue 

Longlac, ON P0T 2A0 

Tel: 807.876.2687 

Fax: 807.876.2570 

Contact: Ray Bolduc 

Mississauga 

B. ANdrews truck service 

ceNtre ltd. 

6755 Columbus Road, Unit #2 

Mississauga, ON L5T 2G9 

Tel: 905.670.3384 

Fax: 905.670.5794 

Contact: Boyd Andrews 

Email: bjandrews60@hotmail.com 

neW lisKeaRd 

PioNeer sPriNg & AligNmeNt 

437136 Hawn Drive, 

New Liskeard, ON P0J 1P0 

Tel: 705.647.8707 

Fax: 705.647.9362 

Contact: Dan Lachapelle 

oaKville 

k.i.d. truck & trAiler service 

1090 South Service Rd. E., Unit A, 

Oakville, ON L6J 2X8 

Toll Free: 800.265.6291 

Tel: 905.842.2942 

Fax: 905.338.5600 

Contact: Michael Dwhytie 

osHaWa 

quAlity truck rePAir iNc. 

840 Colonel Sam Drive, 

Oshawa, ON L1H 8A9 

Tel: 905.721.2788 

Fax: 905.721.0459 

onTarIo 

piCton 

d.m.d. truck equiPmeNt 

services iNc. 

5 McDonald Drive 

Picton, ON K0K 2T0 

Tel: 613. 471.2060 

Fax: 613.471.2059 

Contact: Jason Doxsee 

pResCott 

Brockville trActor-trAiler 

mAiNteNANce 

3524 County Road 26, R.R. # 2 

Prescott, ON K0E 1T0 

Tel: 613.925.2889 

Fax: 613.925.4933 

Contact: George Thorne 

siMCoe 

wilsoN truck & trAiler 

401 Queensway West 

Simcoe, Ontario N3Y 5B3 

Tel: 519.428.0501 

Fax: 519.428.4631 

Contact: Duane & Lori Wilson 

sudBuRy 

sudBury truck & trAiler 

ceNtre iNc. 

510 Whissell Avenue 

Sudbury, ON P3B 2Z3 

Toll Free: 800.461.4023 

Tel: 705.673.3613 

Fax: 705.673.4411 

Contact: Dennis Monticelli 

tHundeR Bay 

trActor trAiler service 

64 Water Street South 

Thunder Bay, ON P7B 6T3 

Tel: 807.345.5882 

Fax: 807.345.1559 

Contact: Felice Meo 

veRneR 

moBile mecHANicAl services 

11769 Hwy 64 

Verner, ON P0H 2M0 

Tel: 705.594.1319 

Fax: 705.594.1548 

Contact: Reg Rainville 

SaSkaTchEWan 

sasKatoon 

A-liNe frAme & AligNmeNt 

3246 Millar Avenue 

Saskatoon, SK S7K 5Y2 

Tel: 306.931.6612 

Fax: 306.931.6615 

Contact: Stan & Fred Neudorf 

Email: stan.aline@sasktel.net 


accounting, tax & 

bookkeeping 

accounT & recordS ManageMenT 

Bookkeeping For Your 

Business & Personal Finances 

Toll Free: 888.644.2333 

air brake training 

for Mechanics 

FreinMeiSTer grouP inc. 

6 Farnham Crescent 

London, ON N6K 1K1 

Tel: 519.641.6770 

ron@freinmeister.com 

www.freinmeister.com 

air conditioning & 

heating: sales & service 

Manwin enTerPriSeS inc. 

15 Wanless Court 

Ayr, ON N0B 1E0 

Toll Free: 888.823.7611 

Tel: 519.624.4003 

Fax: 519.624.5501 

manwin@bellnet.ca 

• • • 

niagara Service & SuPPly lTd. 

150 South Service Road 

Stoney Creek, ON L8E 3H6 

Toll Free: 800.268.5076 

Tel: 905.573.3101 

sales@niagarasevice.com 

• • • 

wilSon inSTruMenTS lTd. 

43 Crowe Bay Heights, R. R. 2 

Campbellford, ON K0L 1L0 

Toll Free: 877.467.4440 

Tel: 705.653.2403 

Fax: 705.653.5560 

WilsonInstruments@sympatico.ca 

www.wilsoninstrumentsltd.com 


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autoMated lubrication 

systeMs 

Beka luBe ProducTS inc. 

“Technology you can rely on.” 

2830 Argentia Road, Unit 9 

Mississauga, ON L5N 8G4 

Toll Free: 888.862.7461 

Tel: 905.821.1050 

Fax: 905.858.0597 

info@beka-lube.com 

www.beka-lube.com 

• • • 

Flo coMPonenTS lTd. 

“For Total Lube Solutions,Go With 

the FLO!” 

50 Admiral Blvd. 

Mississauga, ON L5T 2W1 

Tel: 905.671.2355 

Toll Free: 800.668.5458 

Fax: 905.671.2358 

sales@flocomponents.com 

www.flocomponents.com 

Components by: 

• • • 

S.e.T.i. iMPorTS inc. 

81 Tremaine Road 

Milton, ON L9T 2W8 

Tel: 905.878.7161 

Fax: 905.878.7730 

info@seti-imports.com 

www.autogreaser.com or 

www.seti-imports.com 

• • • 

SkF luBricaTion SoluTionS 

(A Division of SKF Canada Ltd.) 

“Greasing on the Go!” 

5777 Coopers Avenue 

Mississauga, ON L4Z 1R9 

Toll Free: 800.207. 5823 (LUBE) 

Tel: 905.631.1821 

Fax: 905.631.1787 

marketing@skf.ca 

www.skf.ca 

bankruptcies & debt 

consolidation 

ruManek & coMPany lTd. 

1280 Finch Ave. West, Suite 714 

North York, ON M3J 3K6 

Tel: 416.665.3328 

Fax: 416.665.7634 

Jordan@rumanek.com 

www.Rumanek.com 

buildings - all steel 

pre-engineered 

a-Z Technical Building 

SySTeMS inc. 

299 Mill Road, Unit 1510 

Etobicoke, ON M9C 4V9 

Toll Free: 877.743.5888 

Tel: 416.626.1794 

Fax: 416.626.5512 

a-ztech@sympatico.ca 

cargo control products 

Mover’S equiPMenT & SuPPlieS 

6176 Atlantic Drive, 

Mississauga, ON L4C 1W2 

Toll Free: 800.668.3773 

Tel: 905.670.4488 

Fax: 905.670.2748 

info@movers3.com 

www.movers3.com 

clutch products 

cluTch diSTriBuTion cenTre inc. 

Specializing in all types of new 

and reman clutches, clutch 

components, new and used 

flywheel exchanges and flywheel 

grinding. Pickup and delivery 

within the GTA available upon 

request. Fast and friendly service 

since 1986. Mention this ad for a 

discount. 

30 Baywood Road, Unit 7 

Toronto, ON M9V 3Z2 

Tel: 416.745.9220 

Tel [alt]: 416.742.0003 

Fax: 416.745.7829 

rvenneri@cdcparts.com 

www.cdcparts.com 

• • • 

Fil-Mor auToMoTive & cluTch 

ProducTS lTd. 

A proud Canadian remanufacturer 

of quality Heavy Duty & automotive 

clutches since 1980. Specializing 

in heavy duty & custom made 

clutches including our own. 

81 Northline Road 

Toronto, ON M4B 3E9 

Toll Free: 800.677.9038 

Tel: 416.759.2245 

Fax: 416.759.5890 

• • • 

Resurfacing all types of flywheels 

and repairing lugs. A good line 

of clutch related components 

including clutch brakes, clutch 

forks, drive lugs, release bearings, 

pilot bushings/bearings, master/ 

slave cylinders, flywheels and 

alignment tools. 

coMpliance services 

croSS Border ServiceS 

C-TPAT, FAST, PIP, CSA, SCAC, 

Bonded Carrier, NAFTA, Customs 

Brokerage and SAPP. 

4130 Foxwood Drive 

Burlington, ON L7M 4L3 

Tel: 905.973.9136 

Fax: 905.315.7427 

crossborderservices@cogeco.net 

www.crossborderservices.org 

• • • 

danaTec educaTional ServiceS lTd. 

“Changing the way you train 

since 1985. Canada’s leading TDG 

Training & Services.” 

201-11450 29 th Street SE 

Calgary, AB T2Z 3V5 

Toll Free: 800.465.3366 

Tel: 403.232.6950 

Fax: 403.232.6952 

info@danatec.com 

www.danatec.com 

• • • 

icc The coMPliance cenTer inc. 

Dangerous Goods Supplies & 

Services. 

205 Matheson Blvd. East, Unit 7 

Mississauga, ON L4Z 1X8 

Toll Free: 888.977.4834 

Tel: 905.890.7228 

Fax: 905.890.7070 

sales@thecompliancecenter.com 

www.thecompliancecenter.com 

• • • 

iTr canada inc. 

P. O. Box 402, 140 Market Drive, 

Milton, ON L9T 4Y9 

Toll Free: 888.812.0099 

Tel: 905.693.0660 

Fax: 905.693.0332 

clientservices@itrcanada.com 

www.itrcanada.com 

dpf cleaning 

dPF cleaning SPecialiSTS 

Clean and Care of your DPF is our 

only business with replacement of 

popular part numbers. 

5325 Outer Drive 

Windsor, ON N9A 6J3 

Toll Free: 877.373.2580 

Tel: 519.737.6005 

Fax: 519.737.0005 

info@dpfcleaningspecialists.com 

www.dpfcleaningspecialists.com 

driver services, 

recruitMent & eMployMent 

drakkar huMan reSourceS 

1131 Derry Road East 

Mississauga, ON L5T 1P3 

Toll Free: 877.372.5527 

Tel: 905.795.1397 

Fax: 905.795.1391 

MississaugaResumes@drakkar.ca 

www.drakkar.ca 

• • • 

kee huMan reSourceS 

6760 Davand Drive, Unit 9 

Mississauga, ON L5T 2L9 

Toll Free: 800.661.0377 

Tel: 905.670.3426 

Fax: 905.670.3436 

keeto@keehumanresources.com 

www. keehumanresources.com 

eMergency road services 

eMergency road ServiceS 

corPoraTion 

3413 Wolfedale Road, Suite 5 

Mississauga, ON L5C 1Z8 

Toll Free: 877.377.2262 

Tel: 905.277.2377 

Fax: 905.277.2378 

info@emergencyroadservices.com 

www.emergencyroadservices.com 

eMployMent screening 

PeoPle TrackS inc. 

“Your preferred Employment 

Screening Firm. Confirming the 

facts, one step at a time.” 

6102 - 6 th Line 

Orton, ON L0N 1N0 

Tel: 519.855.9405 

cheryl@peopletracks.com 

www.peopletracks.com 

factoring, finance & 

foreign exchange 

J d FacTorS 

315 Matheson Blvd. East 

Mississauga, ON L4Z 1X8 

Toll Free: 800.263.0664 

Tel: 905.501.5000 

Fax: 905.501.0395 

canadasales@jdfactors.com 

factoring, finance & 

foreign exchange 

liquid caPiTal MidweST corP. 

“Large Account Service” to small 

fleet & start-up companies.” 

176 Seacliff Drive West, 

Leamington, ON N8H 3Y5 

Toll Free: 877.653.9426 

Tel: 519.419.5044 

Fax: 519.326.4047 

riacobelli@liquidcapitalcorp.com 

www.liquidcapitalmidwest.com 

fasteners, fittings, hose 

& shop Maintenance 

F.B. Feeney hardware 

“Serving the industrial and trucking 

aftermarket since 1952.” 

32 Carnforth Road 

Toronto, ON M4A 2K7 

Toll Free: 800.363.0639 

Tel: 416.750.4610 

Fax: 416.750.4164 

tfeeney@feeneyhardware.com 

www.feeneyhardware.com 

• • • 

MulTi-line FaSTener 

SuPPly co. lTd. 

“Serving fastener needs 

for Industrial, Automotive & 

Maintenance Trades.” 

1100 Courtney Park Dr. E., Unit 5, 


Tel: 905.677.5088 

Fax: 905.677.4917 

brendachu@multilinefasteners.com 

www.multilinefasteners.com 

filters 

donaldSon coMPany 

P. O. Box 1299, 

Minneapolis, MN 55440-1299 USA 

Toll Free: 800.374.1374 

Tel: 952.887.3699 

Fax: 952.887.3716 

engineserviceparts@donaldson.com 

www.donaldson-filters.com 

fleet ManageMent & 

litigation support 

dwS FleeT ManageMenT 

ServiceS 

Fleet Management & Litigation 

Support for the Trucking Industry. 

21 Lake Street, Ste. 2101, 

Wrentham, MA 02093-1214 

Tel: 508.384.9021 

Cell: 508.397.7169 

Fax: 508.384.9010 

dws@darrystuart.com 

www.darrystuart.com or 

www.ecmteam.com

fuel additives & 

lubricants 

BenneTTS Power Service 

ProducTS 

P. O. Box 51016, RPO Tyndall Park 

Winnipeg, MB R2X 3C6 

Toll Free: 877.778.4440 

Tel: 204.694.1777 

Fax: 204.633.0133 

gbennett@powerservice.ca 

www.powerservice.ca 

fuel econoMy products 

g.a.P. Big rig Power inc. 

9768 – 170 th Street, Suite 556 

Edmonton, AB T5T 5L4 

Toll Free: 855-BIGRIG1 

855.244.7441) 

www.gapbigrigpower.com 

fuel additives & 

lubricants 

BeST MileS ahead 

9049 Finnerty Sideroad 

Caledon, ON L7E 0H8 

Tel: 905.880.4612 

bestmilesahead@gmail.com 

• • • 

ProlaB TechnoluB inc. 

4531 Rue Industrielle 

Thetford Mines, QC G6H 2J1 

Toll Free: 800.795.2777 

Tel: 416.423.2777 

Fax: 418.423.7619 

info@prolab-technologies.com 

www.prolab-technologies.com 

fuel & lubricants direct 

Blue waTer weST lTd. 

Suppliers of Esso Fuel and Mobil 

Lubricants to all sizes of businesses 

large or small, stationary or on the 

go, on land or at sea. 

3100 Underhill Avenue 

Burnaby, BC V5A 3C6 

Tel: 604.420.4331 

Fax: 604.420.4137 

rfeeney@BlueWaterAgencies.ca 

www.bluewatergroup.ca 

insurance brokers 

Baird Macgregor inSurance 

BrokerS lP 

825 Queen Street East 

Toronto, ON M4M 1H8 

Toll Free: 800.263.3030 

Tel: 416.778.8000 

Fax: 416.778.4492 

lgarofalo@bairdmacgregor.com 

www.bairdmacgregor.com 


BaiZana inSurance BrokerS 

806 Greenbank Road 

Ottawa, ON K2J 1A2 

Toll Free: 877.791.1682 

Tel: 613.825.5575 

Fax: 613.825.5624 

info@baizanainsurance.com 

www.baizanainsurance.com 

• • • 

BrySon & aSSociaTeS inSurance 

BrokerS lTd. 

Bryson Insurance & Financial 

Services Ltd. 

“For All Your Trucking Insurance 

Needs. Transportation Insurance, 

Fleet Safety Management Services, 

Bonds, Health, Drug, Dental, Life 

& Disability Insurance. Same Day 

Quotes up to 10 units.” 

Toll Free: 800.661.5196 

Fax: 905.426.4959 

dbundock@bryson-insurance.com 

www.bryson-insurance.com 

• • • 

canadian inSurance BrokerS inc. 

1 Eglinton Ave. East, Suite 415 

Toronto, ON M4P 3Z1 

Tel: 416.486.0951 

Fax: 416.489.5311 

jasonj@cibi.ca 

www.cibi.ca 

• • • 

dalTon TiMMiS inSurance grouP 

The Perfect Fit for your trucking 

insurance needs. 

35 Stone Church Road 

Ancaster, ON L9K 1S5 

Toll Free: 888.385.8466 

Tel: 905.648.3922 

Fax: 905.648.2640 

info@daltontimmis.com 

www.daltontimmis.com 

• • • 

dalTon TiMMiS inSurance grouP 

“The Perfect Fit for your trucking 

insurance needs.” 

14-600 Crowfoot Cres. NW 

Calgary, AB T3G 0B4 

Toll Free: 866.472.0721 

Tel: 403.241.2288 

Fax: 866.399.3177 

info@daltontimmis.com 

www.daltontimmis.com 


erB and erB 

inSurance BrokerS lTd. 

What you want to protect the most. 

We protect the best! 

30 Queen Street North 

Kitchener, ON N2H 6N2 

Toll Free: 800.265.2634 

Tel: 519.579.4270 

Fax: 519.741.1977 

cbunn@erb-erb.com or 

info@erb-erb.com 

www.erb-erb.com 

• • • 

hallMark inSurance BrokerS 

lTd. 

“The Transit Authority” 

10 Konrad Crescent 

Markham, ON, L3R 8T7 

Toll Free: 800.492.4070 

Tel: 905.475.4070 

Fax: 905.944.0273 

trucking@hallmarkins.com 

www.hallmarkins.com 

• • • 

huB inTernaTional onTario lTd. 

Transportation Insurance 

33 Princess Street, Suite 501 

Leamington, ON N8H 5C5 

Toll Free: 800.463.4700 

Tel: 519.326.9339 

Fax: 519.326.0128 

dan.mcguire@hubinternational.com 

www.hubinternational.com 

• • • 

JoneS deSlaurierS inSurance 

ManageMenT inc. 

Transportation Insurance 

Broker/Advisor 

2150 Islington Avenue 

Toronto, ON M9P 3V4 

Toll Free: 877.232.9996 

Tel: 416.521.6713 

Fax: 416.259.7178 

lindac@jdimi.com 

www.jdimi.com 

• • • 

rainBow inSurance BrokerS inc 

“In the Truck Insurance Business 

for 18 years.” 

40 Division Road North, R.R. 3, 

Cottam, ON N0R 1B0 

Tel: 519.839.6588 

Fax: 519.839.6087 

trishd@xplornet.com 

www.rainbowinsurancebrokers.com 


The cg & B grouP inc. 

Package policies for both local and 

long haul fleets. 

120 South Town Centre Blvd. 

Markham, ON L6G 1C3 

Toll Free: 800.267.6670 

Tel: 905.479.6670 

Fax: 905.479.9164 

cgb@cgbgroup.com 

www.cgbgroup.com 

lubricants 

huTchinSon FuelS 

8 Loyalist Drive, Unit # 2 

Brighton, ON K0K 1H0 

Toll Free: 800.465.0449 

Tel: 613.475.3334 

Fax: 613.475.4480 

• • • 

noco luBricanTS lP 

“Best Service, Best Value, 

Best Quality.” 

2 Bradpenn Road 

Toronto, ON M8Z 5S9 

Toll Free: 800.414.6626 

Tel: 416.232.6626 

Fax: 416.201.9880 

orderdesk@noco.ca 

www.noco.ca 

• • • 

rP oil liMiTed 

1111 Burns Street E. Unit 3 

Whitby, ON L1N 6A6 

Toll Free: 800.335.6623 

Tel: 905.666.2313 

Fax: 905.666.2761 

larryharris@rpoil.com 

lubricants (synthetic) 

Sinwal enTerPriSeS inc 

5656 Bell Harbour Drive 

Mississauga, ON L5M 5J3 

Toll Free: 866.326.7645 

Tel: 416.520.5527 

Fax: 905.814.1802 

lubedealer@rogers.com 

www.sinwal.com 

oil furnace sales 

& service 

v 

de-on SuPPly inc. 

1595 Lobsinger Line, R. R. # 1 

Waterloo, ON N2J 4G8 

Toll Free: 800.824.4115 

Fax: 888.626.7843 

info@deonsupply.com 

www.deonsupply.com 

on-board truck scales 

vulcan on-Board ScaleS 

#11-1642 Langan Avenue, 

Port Coquitlam BC V3C 1K5 

Toll Free: 800.663.0854 

Tel: 604.944.1481 

Fax: 604.944.1482 

www.vulcanscales.com 

perMits & services 

730 PerMiT ServiceS 

Box 755, 2085 Shanly Road 

Cardinal, ON K0E 1E0 

Toll Free: 800.410.4754 

Tel: 613.657.1244 

Fax: 613.657.1453 

info@730permitservices.com 

www.730permitservices.com 

• • • 

c.u.T.c. inc. 

1295 Carol Crescent 

Laval, QC H7W 1G3 

Toll Free: 866.927.8294 

Tel: 450.687.8294 

Fax: 450.687.6963 

pvoelker@sympatico.ca 

pressure Washers 

can-clean PreSSure waSherS 

6790 Davand Drive, Units 13 & 14 

Mississauga, ON L5T 2G5 

Toll Free: 888.568.8001 

Tel: 905.568.4868 

Fax: 905.565.8821 

info@can-clean.com 

www.can-clean.com 

rust control products 

krown corPoraTe 

35 Magnum Drive 

Schomberg, ON L0G 1T0 

Toll Free: 800.267.5744 

Tel: 905.939.8750 

Fax: 905.939.8710 

info@krown.com 

www.krown.com 

tarps & tarping systeMs 

craMaro TarPaulin SySTeMS 

Cramaro, for all your tarping needs. 

206 Arvin Avenue 

Stoney Creek, ON L8E 2L8 

Toll Free: 800.565.8277 

Tel: 905.662.2757 

Fax: 905.662.4811 

mail@cramarotarps.com 

www.cramarotarps.com 

tarps & tarping systeMs 

load covering SoluTionS lTd. 

“Keeping You Covered” 

5499 Harvester Road 

Burlington, ON L7L 5V4 

Toll Free: 800.465.8277 

Tel: 905.335.2012 

Fax: 905.335.8499 

www.loadcoveringsolutions.com 

tire & Wheel 

service & equipMent 

hoFMann Balancing 

TechniqueS lTd. 

6500 Millcreek Drive 

Mississauga, ON L5N 2W6 

Toll Free: 800.267.2185 

Tel: 905.821.0799 

Fax: 905.821.2073 

info@hofmann.ca or 

bill.lecomples@snapon.com 

www.hofmann.ca 

tire balancing 

counTeracT Balancing BeadS 

13029 – 8th Line 

Georgetown, ON L7G 4S4 

Toll Free: 800.572.8952 

Tel: 905.873.3339 

Fax: 905.873.3088 

info@counteractbalancing.com 

www.counteractbalancing.com 

tire pressure Monitoring 

systeMs (tpMs) 

hawkShead SySTeMS inc. 

Real-time pressure & temperature 

readings; wireless to the driver’s 

seat; for semi-trucks, trailers, RV’s 

& more. Alarms for deflation & 

temperatures. 

10381 Parkwood Drive 

Rosedale, BC V0X 1X0 

Toll Free: 888.321.TPMS 

Fax: 888.909.9857 

sales@HawksHeadSystems.com 

www.tpms.ca 


tools 

Tiger Tool inTernaTional inc. 

34434 McConnell Road, Unit 160 

Abbotsford, BC V2S 7P1 

Toll Free: 800.661.4661 

Tel: 604.855.1133 

Fax: 604.855.4424 

Info@tigertool.com 

www.tigertool.com 

Unique, specialized tools to service 

the needs of the Light & Heavy- 

Duty Equipment Industry. 

toWing services 

a Towing Service lTd. 

Servicing GTA, Ontario and USA 

A company you can count on! 

185 Bartley Drive 

Toronto, ON M4A 1E6 

Toll Free: 800.773.7952 

Tel: 416.656.4000 

Fax: 416.656.3065 

carol@atowing.ca 

www.atowing.ca 

• • • 

STellar roadSide aSSiSTance lTd. 

185 Bartley Drive 

Toronto, ON M4A 1E6 

We offer service to your light & 

medium duty vehicles in most 

areas of Ontario, 24/7. 

Simply dial... 

Toll Free: 855.424.2300 

Tel: 416.424.2300 

Fax: 416.424.2303 

john@stellarroadside.com 

www.stellarroadside.com 

• • • 

aBraMS Towing 

“Service Across Ontario” 

24 Hour Heavy Towing 

Toll Free: 888.667.5438 

Tel: 416.398.2500 

www.abrams.ca 

• • • 

acTion auToMoTive, 

Towing & recovery 

“Meeting Your Service Needs in 

Eastern Ontario” 

P. O. Box 126 

Trenton ON K8V 5R2 

Toll Free: 800.551.6151 

Tel: 613.394.4924 

Fax: 613.394.2428 

action@reach.net 

www.actiontowing.com 


toWing services 

gervaiS Towing & recovery 

1485 Startop Road 

Ottawa, ON K1B 3W5 

Toll Free: 888.689.2170 

Tel: 613.747.4666 

Fax: 613.747.8323 

info@gervaistowing.com 

www.gervaistowing.com 

• • • 

goBBo Towing & recovery lTd. 

85 Pondhollow Road 

Sudbury, ON P3E 6C1 

ShoP 

5238 Hwy. 69 South 

Sudbury, ON P3E 4N1 

Toll Free: 800.261.4252 

Tel: 705.523.2341 

Fax: 705.523.2817 

gobbotowing@bellnet.ca 

• • • 

J P Towing Service & STorage lTd 

11 Glen Scarlett Road 

Toronto, ON M6N 1P5 

Toll Free: 866.527.8225 

Tel: 416.203.9300 

Fax: 416.203.9303 

dispatch@jptowing.com 

www.jptowing.com 

• • • 

k.B.w. Towing 

KBW Truck Transfer Service 

Heavy & Medium Towing, 

Flatbed Specialists. 

1 Towns Road 

Etobicoke, ON M8Z 1A1 

Toll Free: 866.616.6379 

Tel: 416.255.4443 

Fax: 416.252.2558 

edkbw@hotmail.com 

• • • 

PaT rogerS Towing 

24 Hour Emergency Service 

Kingston, ON 

Toll Free: 888.221.3672 

Tel: 613.384.2572 

PatRogersTowing.com 

traffic offences 

Mg Paralegal ProFeSSionalS 

“Being off the road will cost you 

time & money. Fight your tickets 

and keep your driver’s abstract 

clean. For free consultation contact 

us by phone or visit our website.“ 

94 Indian Road 

Toronto, ON M6R 2V4 

Tel: 416.201.1195 

Fax: 416.907.1683 

jgangadin@mgparalegal.com 

www.torontoparalegalprofessionals. 

com 

trailer Manufacturers 

TiTan TrailerS 

1129 Hwy # 3, R. R. # 3 

Delhi, ON N4B 2W6 

Tel: 519.688.4826 

Fax: 519.688.6453 

info@titantrailers.com 

www.titantrailers.com 

trailer Manufacturers 

[ tankers ] 

Bedard TankerS inc. 

Leader in Dry Bulk, Liquid, Liquified 

Compressed Gas & Cryogenic Road 

Tanker Trailers. 

5785 Place Turcot 

Montreal, QC H4C 1V9 

Tel: 514.937.1670 

Fax: 514.937.2190 

btinc@aei.ca 

www.bedardtankers.com 

trailer sales, leasing, 

rentals & service 

ForT garry induSTrieS 

Proud distributors for Lode-King, 

Midland Manufacturing, Arctic 

Manufacturing, Landoll, CMIC 

Container Chassis and more. 

trailers@fgiltd.ca 

www.fgiltd.com/trailers 

• • • 

gTa Trailer renTalS inc. 

HeAD office – 36 Cardico Drive 

Gormley, ON L0H 1G0 

Toll Free: 866.482.5311 

Fax: 905.888.6061 

j.ciciretto@gtatrailer.com 

www.gtatrailer.com 

• • • 

SMarTway Trailer renTalS 

2891 Sideroad 10 

Bradford, ON L3Z 2A4 

Toll Free: 888.747.7667 

Tel: 905.775.6700 

Fax: 905.775.7250 

info@smartwaytrailers.ca 

www.smartwaytrailers.ca 

• • • 

TranSiT Trailer lTd. 

22217 Bloomfield Rd., R. R. #6 

Chatham, ON N7M 5J6 

Toll Free: 877.995.5999 

Tel: 519.354.9944 

Fax: 519.354.9782 

info@transittrailer.com 

www.transittrailer.com 

transport 

coMpanies 

aTlanTiS TranSPorTaTion 

ServiceS inc. 

P.O. Box 6001, 6500 Silver Dart 

Drive, 

Toronto AMF, ON L5P 1B2 

Toll Free: 800.387.7717 

Tel: 905.672.5171 

Fax: 905.672.7652 

Debby@atlantis-airlink.com 

www.atlantis-airlink.com 

• • • 

Brian kurTZ Trucking lTd. 

R. R. #2, 

Breslau, ON N0B 1M0 

Tel: 519.836.5821 

Fax: 519.836.9396 

carMen TranSPorTaTion grouP 

3700 Weston Road 

Toronto, ON M9L 2Z4 

Tel: 416.667.9700 

Fax: 416.667.8272 

vince@ 

carmentransportationgroup.com 

www.carmentransportationgroup. 

com 

• • • 

erB grouP oF coMPanieS 

Refrigerated Transportation 

Specialists 

290 Hamilton Road 

New Hamburg, ON N3A 1A2 

Toll Free: 800.665.2653 

Tel: 519.662.2710 

Fax: 519.662.3316 

info@erbgroup.com 

www.erbgroup.com 

• • • 

inTernaTional Truckload 

ServiceS inc. 

107 Bellevue Drive, Box 1450 

Belleville, ON K8N 5J1 

Toll Free: 800.267.1888 

Tel: 613.961.5144 

Fax: 613.961.1255 or 

888.485.6487 

ChrisMcMillan@itsinc.on.ca 

www.itstruck.ca 

• • • 

STar van SySTeMS 

10 Kerivan Court, 

Stoney Creek, ON L8E 5P6 

Toll Free: 800.263.4884 

Fax: 905.643.8700 

kens@starvansystems.com 

www.starvansystems.com 

transport 

coMpanies 

The roSdale grouP 

6845 Invader Crescent 

Mississauga, ON L5T 2B7 

Toll Free: 877.588.0057 

Tel: 905.670.0057 

Fax: 905.696.4630 

steveh@rosedale.ca 

www.rosedalegroup.ca 

transportation training 

cenTennial college 

Looking for a career? 

Apprenticeship Training: Truck, 

Coach & Heavy Equipment 

Technicians. 

P. O. Box 631, Station A 

Toronto, ON M1K 5E9 

Tel: 416.289.5000 Ext 7606 

dormiston@ 

centennialcollege.ca 

www.centennialcollege.ca 

• • • 

kee Training acadeMy 

6760 Davand Drive, Unit 9 


Toll Free: 800.661.0377 

Tel: 905.670.3426 

Toll Free Fax: 866.329.5331 

Fax: 905.670.3436 

keeto@keehumanresources.com 

• • • 

coMMercial heavy equiPMenT 

Training 

Contact: Gordon Brown 

2421 Cawthra Road,Mississauga, 

ON L5A 2W7 

Toll Free: 800.297.4322 

Tel: 416.456.2438 

Fax: 905.281.9637 

training@chet.ca 

www.chet.ca 

croSSroadS Training acadeMy 

Contact: Read Conley or 

Diane Austin 

49 Truman Road 

Barrie, ON L4N 8Y7 

Toll Free: 866.446.0057 

Tel: 705.719.2419 

Fax: 705.719.2438 

read@crossroadstrainingacademy.com 

diane@crossroadstrainingacademy. 

com or 

crossroadstruc1@bellnet.ca 

www.crossroadstrainingacademy.com 



Contact: Robert Barclay 

888 Wallbridge Loyalist Road 

C.R.S. Bldg, 

Belleville, ON K8N 4Z5 

Toll Free: 888.282.6605 

Tel: 613.771.1495 

Fax: 613.771.1495 


Contact: Robert Barclay 

1525 Centennial Drive 

Kingston, ON K7P 2Y7 

Toll Free: 888.282.6605 

Tel: 613.389.6000 

Fax: 613.389.1998 


Contact: Brian Adams or Erica Kelly 

2020 Bantree Street 

Ottawa, ON K1B 5A4 

Toll Free: 866.529.1113 

Tel: 613.742.7499 

Fax: 613.742.7899 

Brian@crossroadstrainingacademy.com 

www.crossroadstrainingacademy.com 

croSSroadS Truck Training 

acadeMy 

10 Maple Street, 

Smiths Falls, ON K7A 1Z5 

Toll Free: 866.529.1113 

Tel: 613.742.7499 

Fax: 613.742.7899 

erica@bellnet.ca 

www.crossroadstrainingacademy. 

com 

danBro Truck Training 

Contact: Brent Nantais 

505 Kenora Ave., Bldg. # 1, Unit # 1 

Hamilton, ON L8E 3P2 

Toll Free: 800.273.5867 

Tel: 905.575.7606 

Fax: 905.388.6699 

brent@danbro-training.com 

Friendly Truck driving School 

Contact: Thiru Mahalingam 

850 Tapscott Road, Unit 9 

Scarborough, ON M1Z 1N4 

Tel: 416.291.9075 

Fax: 416.291.1144 

friendlydriving@yahoo.com 

www.friendlydriving.com 

greaTer oTTawa Truck Training 

Contact: Shahram Dowlatshahi 

5 Caesar Avenue 

Ottawa, ON K2G 0A8 

Tel: 613.727.4688 

Fax: 613.727.5997 

gott@greaterottawatrucktraining.com 

www.greaterottawatrucktraining.com 

Jay’S ProFeSSional Truck 

Training cenTre 

Contact: Jay or Chandrika 

589 Middlefield Road, Unit 11 

Scarborough, ON M1V 4Y6 

Tel: 416.299.9638 

Fax: 416.609.9814 

jaystruck@bellnet.ca 

www.jaystrucktraining.ca 

kiM richardSon TranSPorTaTion 

SPecialiSTS inc. 

Heavy equipment & forklift also 

available. 

Contact: Roxanne Wilkieson 

172 Argyle Street N., Upper Level, 

Caledonia, ON N3W 2J7 

Toll Free: 800.771.8171 

Tel: 905.765.3445 

Fax: 905.765.1444 

rwilkieson@krway.com 

www.krway.com


kiM richardSon TranSPorTaTion 

SPecialiSTS inc. 

Heavy equipment & forklift also 

available. 

Contact: Roxanne Wilkieson 

634 Ireland Road, 

Simcoe, ON N3Y 4K8 

Toll Free: 800.771.8171 

Tel: 519.426.8260 ext. 232 

Fax: 519.428.3112 

rwilkieson@krway.com 

www.krway.com 

Modern Training onTario 

Contact: Kathy Korakas 

308 Kenora Avenue, 


Toll Free: 866.443.7483 

Tel: 905.573.9675 

Fax: 905.573.6425 

info@moderntraining.com 

www.moderntraining.com 

norThern acadeMy oF 

TranSPorTaTion Training 

Contact: Kevin Pattison 

25 Vagnini Court, 

Lively, ON P3Y 1K8 

Toll Free: 800.719.9334 

Tel: 705.692.9222 

Fax: 705.692.9256 

info@northernacademy.ca 

www.northernacademy.ca 

norThSTar Truck driving School 

Contact: Robert Labute 

5044 Walker Road, 

Windsor, ON, N9A 6J3 

Tel: 519.737.0444 

Fax: 519.737.0445 

northstartruck@bellnet.ca 

www.northstartruckdrivingschool.com 

onTario Truck driving School 

(chaThaM) 

Contact: Admissions Officer 

1005 Richmond Street, 

Chatham, ON N7M 5J5 

Toll Free: 800.263.4777 

Tel: 519.355.0077 

Fax: 866.800.6837 

training@otds.com 

www.otds.com 


(london) 


Forklift & Heavy Equipment 

Training Available 

427 Exeter Road, 

London, ON N6E 2Z3 

Toll Free: 800.263.4777 

Tel: 519.858.9338 

Fax: 519.858.0920 


www.otds.com 


(niagara-on-The-lake) 


(Truck and Bus Course Info) 


(Heavy Equipment Info) 

281 Queenston Road, 

Niagara-on-the-Lake, ON L0S 1J0 

Toll Free: 800.263.4777 

Tel: 905.685.1117 

Fax: 905.641.0533 


www.otds.com 



(oldcaSTle) 


2155 Fasan Drive, 

Oldcastle, ON, N0R 1L0 

Toll Free: 866.410.0333 

Tel: 519.258.0333 

Fax: 519.258.9065 


www.otds.com 


(owen Sound) 


1051 – 2 nd Avenue East, 

Owen Sound, ON N4K 2H8 

Toll Free: 800.263.4777 

Tel: 519.376.0444 

Fax: 866.800.6837 


www.otds.com 


(Sarnia) 


141 Mitton Street South, 

Sarnia, ON N7T 3C5 

Toll Free: 800.263.4777 

Tel: 519.332.8778 

Fax: 866.800.6837 


www.otds.com 

onTario Truck Training acadeMy 

(oShawa) 

Contact: Dennis Lagrois 

199 Wentworth Street East, 

Oshawa ON L1H 3V6 

Toll Free: 800.753.2284 

Tel: 905.723.1237 

Fax: 905.723.1245 

admin@otta.ca 

www.otta.ca 

onTario Truck Training acadeMy 

(PeTerBorough) 

Contact: Dennis Lagrois 

365 Lansdowne Street East, Unit 3 

Peterborough, ON K9L 2A3 

Toll Free: 800.939.1463 

Tel: 705.743.1888 

Fax: 705.743.1875 

admin@otta.ca 

www.otta.ca 

SaFeTy Truck Training School lTd 

Contact: Yogan Sockalingam 

4 Wilkinson Road, 2 nd Floor 

Brampton, ON L6T 4M3 

Tel: 905.793.9546 

Fax: 905.793.6426 

yogan@safetytruck.com 

www.safetytruck.com 

Tri-counTy Truck driver 

Training 

Contact: Richard Wynia 

480 Waydom Drive 

Ayr, ON N0B 1E0 

Toll Free: 800.265.0400 

Tel: 519.653.1700 

Fax: 519.622.4002 

info@tricountytruck.com 

www.tricountytruck.com 

valley driver Training 

Contact: Jamie Fitchett 

99 Cote Blvd. 

Hanmer, ON P3P 1L9 

Tel: 705.969.8848 

Fax: 705.969.0584 

jamie-vdt@live.ca 

www.valleydrivertraining.ca 

truck & trailer repairs 


Brake specialists, installations, 

safeties and a whole lot more. 

info@fgiltd.ca 

www.fgiltd.com/parts/ 

• • • 

MTT rePair ServiceS inc. 

1868 Drew Road 

Mississauga, ON L5S 1J6 

Tel: 905.677.2771 

Fax: 905.677.2774 

info@mttrepair.com 

• • • 

niagara Truck & Trailer inc. 

Specializing in walking floor 

repairs. 

Open weekdays 7am-midnight 

2170 Allanport Road 

Allanburg, ON L0S 1A0 

Tel: 905.227.8782 

Fax: 905.227.8789 

niagaratruck@talkwireless.ca 

truck custoMiZing 

qualiTy cuSToM 

12 Clarke Blvd. 

Brampton, ON L6W 1X3 

Tel: 905.451.8550 

Fax: 905.451.7627 

info@qualitycollision.ca 

www.qualitycustom.ca 

truck delivery 

acadian driveaway 

185 Carrier Drive 

Toronto, ON M9W 5N5 

Toll Free: 800.668.1879 

Tel: 416.679.1977 

Fax: 416.679.1988 

info@AcadianDriveaway.ca 

www.AcadianDriveaway.ca 

• • • 

drive STar ShuTTle SySTeMS lTd. 

23 Industrial Drive 

Caledonia, ON N3W 1H8 

Toll Free: 866.425.4440 

Tel: 289.285.3021 

Fax: 289.285.3026 

sales@drive-star.com 

www.drive-star.com 

truck delivery 

coMPaSS vehicle delivery inc. 

P.O. Box 265 Stn. Main 

16693 Old Hwy 2 

Trenton, ON K8V 5R5 

Toll Free: 888.992.9676 

Tel: 613.392.9676 

sales@compassvehicledelivery. 

com 

www.compassdelivery.com 

truck equipMent 


Sales and NSM certified installation 

of snow plows, sanders, mixers, 

dump bodies and more. 

truckequip@fgiltd.ca 

www.fgiltd.com/equipment 

truck exhaust systeMs 

TexiS Truck exhauST 

“Diesel Performance Specialists” 

1850 Gage Court 

Mississauga, ON L5S 1S2 

Toll Free: 800.267.4740 

Tel: 905.795.2838 

Fax: 905.678.3030 

texis@bellnet.ca 

www.texisexhaust.com 

truck lighting & 

accessories 

groTe induSTrieS co. 

230 Travail Road 

Markham, ON L3S 3J1 

Toll Free: 800.268.5612 

Tel: 905.209.9744 

Fax: 905.209.9757 or 

Toll Free: 800.267.9024 

mark.paul@grote.com 

www.grote.com 

truck parts & supplies 

diScounT Truck ParTS lTd. 

Quality truck parts at 

discount prices. 

11633 – 156 th Street 

Edmonton, AB T5M 3T8 

Toll Free: 800.661.5051 

Tel: 780.454.5050 

sales@gearcentregroup.com 

www.discountruckparts.com 


alberta 

CalgaRy 


5350-72 nd Avenue SE 

Calgary, AB T2C 4X5 

Toll Free: 800.661.3126 

Tel: 403.236.9712 

Fax: 403.236.7249 

calgary@fgiltd.ca 

www.fgiltd.com 

edMonton 


16230-118 th Avenue NW 

Edmonton, AB T5V 1C6 

Toll Free: 800.663.9366 

Tel: 780.447.4422 

Fax: 780.447.3289 

edmonton@fgiltd.ca 




10610-82 nd Avenue 

Clairmont, AB T0H 0W0 

Toll Free: 866.424.5479 

Tel: 780.402.9864 

Fax: 780.402.8659 

grandeprairie@fgiltd.ca 


lloydMinsteR 


5701-63 rd Avenue 

Lloydminster, AB T9V 3B8 

Toll Free: 800.661.9709 

Tel: 780.875.9115 

Fax: 780.875.1403 

lloydminster@fgiltd.ca 


Red deeR 


7947 Edgar Industrial Drive 

Red Deer, AB T4P 3R2 

Toll Free: 866.297.0022 

Tel: 403.343.1383 

Fax: 403.347.8275 

reddeer@fgiltd.ca 


BRandon 


1440 Highland Avenue 

Brandon, MB R7C 1A7 

Toll Free: 866.883.6120 

Tel: 204.571.5980 

Fax: 204.571.5982 

brandon@fgiltd.ca 


Winnipeg 


2525 Inkster Blvd. 

R. R. #2 Stn Main, 

Winnipeg, MB R3C 2E6 

Toll Free: 800.282.8044 

Tel: 204.632.8261 

Fax: 204.956.1786 

winnipeg@fgiltd.ca 


ontario 

Mississauga 


731 Gana Court 

Mississauga, ON L5S 1P2 

Toll Free: 888.456.6567 

Tel: 905.564.5404 

Fax: 905.564.8455 

mississauga@fgiltd.ca 



ontario 

tHundeR Bay 


915 Walsh Street West 

Thunder Bay, ON P7E 4X5 

Toll Free: 800.465.5044 

Tel: 807.577.5724 

Fax: 807.475.9033 

thunderbay@fgiltd.ca 


saskatcheWan 

Regina 


1523 Ross Avenue East 

Regina, SK S4N 7E5 

Toll Free: 800.552.8044 

Tel: 306.757.5606 

Fax: 306.781.7926 

regina@fgiltd.ca 


sasKatoon 


3455 Miners Avenue 

P. O. Box 1848, 

Saskatoon, SK S7K 7K9 

Toll Free: 800.772.4599 

Tel: 306.242.3465 

Fax: 306.933.4850 

saskatoon@fgiltd.ca 


• • • 

levy STeering cenTre lTd. 

1409 Shawson Drive 

Mississauga, ON L4W 1C4 

Toll Free: 800.565.5389 

Tel: 905.564.1899 

Fax: 905.564.1911 

orderdesk@levysteering.com 

www.levysteering.com 

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P. O. Box 281 

Aylmer, ON N5H 2R9 

Toll Free: 866.617.0201 

Tel: 519.765.2828 

Fax: 519.765.2821 

hans@shieldtruckaccessories.com 

www.shieldtruckaccessories.com 

truck sales, leasing, 

parts & service 

arrow Truck SaleS 

“Premium Used Truck Dealer”. 

1285 Shawson Drive 


Toll Free: 800.794.8627 

Tel: 905.564.3411 

Fax: 905.564.3419 

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gerry’S Truck cenTre 

“Your Complete Transportation 

Business Partner.” 

4049 Eastgate Cres. 

London, ON N6L 1B7 

Toll Free: 800.363.4380 

Tel: 519.652.2100 

Fax: 519.652.6593 

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Diesel Truck Parts Inc. 

Morgan’S dieSel Truck ParTS & 

Service inc. 

Toll Free: 800.267.0633 

1248 McAdoo’s Lane, R. R. #1 

Glenburnie, ON K0H 1S0 

Toll Free: 800.267.0633 

Tel: 613.546.0431 

Fax: 613.546.4206 



www.morgan-diesel.com 

Surgenor Truck cenTre 

261 Binnington Court 

Kingston, ON K7M 9H2 

Toll Free: 877.548.1101 

Tel: 613.548.1100 

Fax: 613.548.4990 

mgallant@surgenortruck.com 

www.surgenortruck.com 

truck tire sales & 

service 

Benson Tire 

700 Education Road 

Cornwall, ON K6H 2W8 

Toll Free: 866.623.6766 

Tel: 613.933.1700 

Fax: 905.689.3381 

info@bensontire.com 

www.bensontire.com 

The largest Goodyear dealer in 

Ontario, offering over 15 locations 

equipped with 24 hour emergency 

service vehicles to handle all of 

your tire needs. 


service 

onTario regional oFFice 

Over 100 Truck Tire Service Centres 

Across Canada 

520 Abilene Drive 

Mississauga, ON L5T 2H7 

Toll Free: 800.465.0618 

Tel: 905.564.5171 

Fax: 905.564.5175 

LHardy@oktire.com 

www.oktire.com 

truck transMissions, 

differentials & 

pto’s 

c & r TranSMiSSion Service lTd. 

We service clutches also. 

13 Anderson Blvd. 

Stouffville, ON L4A 7X4 

Toll Free: 888.297.0682 

Tel: 905.642.4556 

Fax: 905.642.2293 

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truck transMissions, 

differentials & 

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Canada’s leading supplier of 

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Toll Free: 877.564.3116 

Tel: 905.564.3116 

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service 

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VOlVO TruCks 

More Women Behind the Wheel in the U.S. 

The transport industry 

is still a maledominated 

sector 

despite the shortage of 

drivers and calls for increased 

equality. However, 

in different parts of the 

world there are crusaders 

who are working to bring 

about change, and Ellen 

Voie is one of them. Her 

organization, Women in 

Trucking, with the support 

of Volvo Trucks, has 

helped to ensure that there 

are more female truck 

drivers in the United States 

than in many other countries. 

About one per cent of 

truck drivers in Europe 

are women. This is a very 

small number but no fewer 

than in many other parts 

of the world. At the same 

time the transport industry 

is crying out for more drivers. 

In the U.S., the situation 

is somewhat better as 

women account for more 

than five per cent of the 

country’s 3.2 million truck 

drivers. In the U.S. the 


organization, Women in 

Trucking, has been working 

for a number of years 

to change attitudes and 

norms in the industry. 

Ellen Voie, the founder 

and president of the organization, 

says that the 

U.S.’s current driver shortage 

would be addressed 

by doubling the number of 

female truck drivers to just 

over 10 per cent. 

For this reason, Women 

in Trucking has, for example, 

put together a recruitment 

guide with tips 

on the ways haulage companies 

can attract more 

women to join them. 

Ellen Voie started Women 

in Trucking in 2007 after 

working as a recruiter for 

one of the U.S.’s largest 

transport companies and 

discovering that very few 

women even considered 

working in the industry - as 

drivers or in other areas. 

Haulage companies had 

not fully recognized that 

women could be a solution 

to both the shortage 

of drivers and poor profitability. 

Women in Trucking 

was faced with a difficult 

challenge but has now succeeded 

in bringing about a 

positive change in the 

U.S. As things stand, the 

organisation has around 

2,000 members and three 

employees, all of whom 

are working actively on 

dispatching information 

to schools, government 

agencies, politicians, haulage 

companies and other 

transport companies. 

In the U.S. it is not uncommon 

to find driving 

teams in which a married 

couple, father and 

daughter or boyfriend and 

girlfriend undertake longdistance 

transport assignments 

together. These 

teams live in their trucks, 

which are frequently extended 

trailers, otherwise 

known as “sleepers”, with 

a kitchen, bathroom and 

berths for two people. Ellen 

Voie believes that this 

culture could be one of the 

reasons why more women 

drive trucks in the U.S. 

compared with Europe. 

Volvo Trucks is a member 

of Women in Trucking 

and is actively supporting 

the organization’s work, 

including sponsorship of 

the organization’s Salute 

to Women Behind the 

Wheel. It is an annual 

event celebrating female 

professional truck drivers, 

many of whom have 

driven more than a million 

accident-free miles. 

In Europe, there are 

organizations similar to 

Women in Trucking in 

countries such as the UK, 

France and Sweden. In 

the largest EU project to 

date, the haulage industry 

in Sweden conducted 

the “Drivers on the road” 

project. It was designed 

to increase the number of 

young people, immigrants 

and women in the industry 

and was so successful that 

several of the networks 

that were created within 

the framework of the project 

are still active. 

Brigitta Paas is Vice 

Chairman of the ETF’s 

(European Transport Federation) 

women’s committee 

and every day she deals 

with the question of bringing 

more women into the 

industry. The ETF’s plan of 

action for 2009-2013 states 

that all the member organizations 

must implement 

the necessary measures 

before 2013 in order to 

increase the recruitment 

of women in the transport 

industry. However, the 

work is going slowly and 

laboriously, even if the projects 

are successful and the 

aims are ambitious. 

Since 1999, Volvo Trucks 

in Sweden has been organizing 

what are known 

as Ladies’ Days. The aim 

here is to arouse the interest 

of women in driving 

as a profession by telling 

them about the industry, 

organizing meetings with 

female drivers and giving 

them the opportunity to 

drive Volvo’s trucks. So 

far, Ladies’ Day has been a 

success and has attracted 

more than 100 participants 

on each occasion. 


visit our website www. 

WomenInTrucking. 

org. V

101 Reasons to say “WOW!” 

By WenDy MOrGan-MCBriDe 

Have you ever been 

walking in a parking 

lot, driving 

down the road, or just 

passing by somewhere and 

said, “Wow, that car is awesome?” 

Since I started writing 

this monthly article I 

have found I am doing that 

a lot. I just can’t let it go. I 

have to meet the owner or 

leave my business card, or 

I have to sit there and wait 

for the driver to come back. 

This month’s featured car 

was just like that. I was at 

the Rossmore Cruise night 

for the first time and could 

barely wait for 

the 

lady who was driving it 

to get parked. I needed to 

know everything about this 

car. It was more 

t h a n 

awesome because it reminded 

me of a movie 

about 101 puppies. 

Meet Marlena.Yes sir, 

that’s the name of this 

beautiful 1928 Mercedes- 

Benz SSK Replica. Laura 

Struthers was looking for a 

way to spend some inheritance 

money she received 

from her dad’s estate. He 

had told her to buy herself 

a nice little car. She wanted 

something to help carry 

his memories - and there 

were a lot of them. Laura’s 

husband, Burton, sent a 

text which read, “stop by 

Steven’s Auto Sales.” 

Laura 

w a s 

curio 

u s 

enough 

to check 

out the 

mystery 

that earlysummer 

day 

in 2006. 

She spotted 

the car 

immediately, 

took 

it for a test 

drive, and 

advised the 

salesperson 

to consider it sold 

after her husband 

checked it 

out. 

When Laura arrived home 

Burton asked if she had 

seen his new car. “Your 

car? Well, I just bought it,” 

she replied. 

This little cream white 

fibreglass bodied beauty 

sits in their Bloomfield 

garage lovingly covered 

with a fitted blanket and 

sporting Laura’s vanity 

plate, “Cruella D,” signifying 

her maiden name. 

The car was built in Point 

Anne, just east of Belleville, 

Ontario, by Ken Swallow. It 

was only driven to Toronto 

once from the date it was 

originally purchased. 

The odemeter read 638 

miles. 

The frame is a tube 

frame with a Ford Mustang 

front clip with a 

9” rear and sports a 

2.6 V6 Ford Mustang 3 

speed motor. The removable 

“one piece” 

burgundy top was 

re-fitted at a cost of 

$180/meter for the 

material imported 

from Germany. It 

took six months to 

complete. The interior 

matches the top and 

features a solid mahogany 

steering wheel, dash board 

and glove box with brass 

hinges. 

This car even comes with 

puppies - some stuffed, 

and two other live canines, 

Bentley and Rollie. Bentley 

believes the car is his and 

will run alongside the moving 

vehicle, hoping to get 

his ride in the passenger 

seat. The stuffed animals 

ride in the back during special 

shows or cruise nights. 

Children love to cautiously 

peer over the side for 

a better view. The 

only real work that 

has been done to this 

car since Laura purchased 

it was to 

in- 

stall new 15” white 

walls, new disc 

brakes and a water 

pump. It receives 

“rave” reviews, 

awards, and often 

has been requested 

to chauffeur 

at weddings 

and graduations. 

Laura’s granddaughter 

calls it 

the “Princess Car”. 

Laura says she absolutely 

loves to drive 

it and even has had 

thumbs-up acknowledgements 

from 

motorcycle riders! 

A company in North 

Dakota was given the 

rights to reproduce 500 

replica kits, but only 20 

were ever built to the 

specifications of the original 

car’s appearance. The 

SSK was the last car designed 

for Mercedes-Benz 

by one engineer before he 

left to found his own company. 

The SSK was based 

on the earlier S-series but 

the chassis was shortened 

by 19” to make the car 

lighter and more agile for 

racing, especially for short 

runs and hill climbs. The 

Mercedes-Benz SSK was 

a 2 door roadster built 

in Bermen, Germany between 

1928 and 1932. The 

SSK stands for Super Sport 

Kurz, German for Super 

Sport Short, indicating 

the 

shortened 

wheelbase. 

Fitted with a supercharged 

single overhead 

camshaft 7-litre straight 

6 engine, and producing 

200-300 HP and over 500 

lb torque, the SSK had a 

top speed of up to 120 mph, 

making it the fastest car of 

its day. The SSK was driven 

to victory in numerous 

races, including 500 miles 

through Argentina in the 

Cordoba Grand Prix, then 

on to the Irish Grand Prix, 

the German Grand Prix and 

the Mille Miglia. 

Fewer than 40 SSKs were 

built during its production 

span, of which about 

half were sold as 

Rennwagen racing 

cars. Many were 

crashed while racing 

and cannibalized 

for parts. As a 

result there 

are now 

almost 

1 0 0 

replicas 

using 

do- 

nated parts from original 

vehicles. Only four or five 

entirely original models 

remain, and their scarcity 

and rich heritage make 

them among the most 

sought after cars in the 

world. A 1929 streamlined 

model “Count Trossi” bodied 

version, owned and 

restored by Ralph Lauren, 

has won best show at both 

the Pebble Beach Concours 

d’Elegance and Concorso 

D’Elegance Villa d’Este. In 

September of 2004 it was 

auctioned off for $7.4 million 

U.S. 

The S/SSK line was one 

of the contenders chosen 

by a panel of journalists 

for the Car of the Century 

Award in 1999. 

Be sure to check out a 

future article on Burton 

Struthers, Laura’s husband, 

and his ’55 Chev BelAir, 

coming in the March issue 

of this magazine. 

Look forward to a new 

year of vintage cars and 

trucks. If you ever see one, 

or own one that you would 

like to be featured, drop 

me a line at cwmcbride@ 

cogeco.ca, or check out 

our facebook fan page, 

“A Drive Back in Time”, 

where you can view additional 

photos and previous 

articles. 

We would like to wish all 

of our readers a very Merry 

Christmas and a Safe & 

Happy New Year! V 


30 January 2013

healThy liVinG 

Here We Go Again with the Benefits of Whole Foods 

By BrenDa riCker 

No matter how 

busy you are or 

how long your 

to-do list is, you can still 

keep yourself in tip top 

shape. The secret? There 

is no secret, only good 

choices! 

Keep your heart happy 

by replacing white rice 

with brown. Enjoying 

three or more servings 

of whole grains daily can 

lower your risk of heart 

disease and stroke by up 

to 36%. Every time you 

choose a whole grain 

instead of a refined one, 

you get an extra dose of 

fiber and antioxidants 

that work together to 

lower blood pressure 

and eliminate cholesterol 

alPhabETIcal lIST of adVErTISErS 

adveRtiseR page puBliCation 

A Atlantis Transportation ....................40 Ontario Trucking News 

B Benson Tire .............................43 Ontario Trucking News 

Bennett’s Power Service Products ............8 

Bison Transport ..........................33 Ontario & Western Trucking News 

Brian Kurtz Trucking ......................39 Ontario Trucking News 

C C.U.T.C. Inc. .............................13 

Canadian Fleet Maintence Seminar ...........9 Ontario Trucking News 

Canada Wide Parts .......................40 Ontario & Western Trucking News 

Clutch Distribution Centre ..................15 Ontario Trucking News 

D Davy Truck Sales ..........................1 Ontario Trucking News 

Domar Transmissions ...................8,15 

E Emergency Road Services Corporation ........1 Eastern & Western Trucking News 

F Frasier Transport (FLI). ....................39 Ontario Trucking News 

G G.A.P. Big Rig Power ......................11 

Great Northern Battery Systems ..............6 

H Hutchinson Industries.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Eastern Trucking News 

I International Truckload Services Inc. .........42 Ontario Trucking News 

J J.D. Factors ..............................3 

K Kärcher Canada Inc. .......................7 

Kindersley Transportation ..................40 Ontario & Western Trucking News 

L Levy Steering. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 

Liquid Capital Midwest Corp. .................1 Ontario Trucking News 

P Prolab Technolub Inc ....................1, 12 

R R-N-T Trailer Repairs Inc ...................13 Ontario Trucking News 

Rumanek & Company Ltd. ..................41 Ontario Trucking News 

S Star Van Systems ........................42 Ontario Trucking News 

T Tiger Tool Inc. ...........................44 

The Extra Foot ...........................17 

The Fuel Lock ............................6 

The Road Today Truck Show ................14 Ontario Trucking News 

The Rosedale Group ......................38 

Traction Truck Parts & TruckPro ..............1 Ontario & Western Trucking News 

TransX ...........................23, 30, 43 Eastern & Western Trucking News 

Tremcar Inc. ..............................5 

Tunit & Bully Dog ..........................6 

V Vulcan On-Board Scales ....................1 Western & Eastern Trucking News 

W Wajax Power Systems (Webasto) .............2 

Wilson Instruments .......................10 Ontario Trucking News 

from the cardiovascular 

system. 

Baby your lungs with 

broccoli sprouts. Research 

reveals that as 

your intake of these 

greens increases, your 

risk of lung disease plunges. 

Turns out they are 

nature’s richest source 

of sulforaphane, an antioxidant 

that reduces in- 

flammation in the lungs. 

Keep joints pain free 

with oranges, kiwi and 

grapefruit. A small dose 

of vitamin C in the form 

of food cuts arthritis risk 

by 100%, plus it slows this 

disease’s progression. 

Vitamin C mops up free 

radicals before they can 

damage the joints. It also 

stimulates the enzymes 

that build healthy new 

joint cartilage. Simply 

eating an orange a day 

can help keep your body 

ache-free for life! 

The food that prevents 

urinary tract infections, 

colds and more is sweet 

potatoes! Eat three or 

more cups weekly, and 

you’ll get more than 

60,000 mcg of immunity- 

adVErTISErS by ProdUcT or SErVIcE 

adveRtiseR page puBliCations 

Bankruptcies & Debt Consolidation 

Rumanek & Company Ltd.. .................41 Ontario Trucking News 

Brake Measuring Device 

The Extra Foot ...........................17 

Clutch Products 

Clutch Distribution Centre ..................15 Ontario Trucking News 

Diesel Performance Products 

Tunit & Bully Dog ..........................6 

Emergency Road Services 

Emergency Road Services Corporation .........1 Eastern & Western Trucking News 

Employment Opportunities 

Atlantis Transportation ....................40 Ontario Trucking News 

Bison Transport ..........................33 Ontario & Western Trucking News 

Brian Kurtz Trucking ......................39 Ontario Trucking News 

FrasIer Transport (FLI). ....................39 Ontario Trucking News 

International Truckload Services Inc. .........42 Ontario Trucking News 

Kindersley Transportation ..................40 Ontario & Western Trucking News 

Star Van Systems ........................42 Ontario Trucking News 

The Rosedale Group ......................38 

TransX ...........................23, 30, 43 Eastern & Western Trucking News 

Factoring & Finance 

J.D. Factors ..............................3 

Liquid Capital Midwest Corp. .................1 Ontario Trucking News 

Fuel Saving Products 

G.A.P. Big Rig Power ......................11 

Fuel Treatment Products 

Bennett’s Power Service Products ............8 

Prolab Technolub Inc. ...................1, 12 

Heating Sales & Service 

Wajax Power Systems (Webasto) .............2 

Wilson Instruments .......................10 Ontario Trucking News 

Permits & Waivers 

C.U.T.C. Inc. .............................13 

Steering & Clutch Products 

Levy Steering. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 

Tanker Manufacturing, Sales & Service 

Hutchinson Industries ......................1 Eastern Trucking News 

Tremcar Inc. ..............................5 

Theft Prevention Products 

The Fuel Lock ............................6 

Tire Sales & Service 

Benson Tire .............................43 Ontario Trucking News 

Tools 

Tiger Tool Inc. ...........................44 

Trade Shows 

Canadian Fleet Maintence Seminar ...........9 Ontario Trucking News 

The Road Today Truck Show ................14 Ontario Trucking News 

Transmissions 

Domar Transmissions ................... 8,15 

Truck Parts & Accessories 

Canada Wide Parts .......................40 Ontario & Western Trucking News 

Traction Truck Parts ........................1 Ontario & Western Trucking News 

Truck Repairs 

TruckPro ................................1 Ontario & Western Trucking News 

Truck Sales (Used) 

Davy Truck Sales ..........................1 Ontario Trucking News 

Truck Washing Systems 

Kärcher Canada Inc. .......................7 

boosting beta-carotene 

– enough to cut your risk 

of infections by 33%. 

Real whole food is the 

answer to good health, 

not prepared nutrient 

dead food. 

Merry Christmas and 

Happy New Year to one 

and all! 

My email is health_you_ 

deserve@yahoo.ca. V 

Weigh Scales (On Board) 

Vulcan On-Board Scales ....................1 Western & Eastern Trucking News 


eMPlOyMenT 


The Sudbury Chapter 

of the Transportation 

Maintenance 

& Technology Association 

(TMTA) held its 4th annual 

Trade Expo at the Howard 

Johnson Plaza Hotel 

on December 13, 2012. 

Thirty four vendors representing 

sectors across the 

transportation spectrum 

displayed products and 

company information to 

about 100 visitors. Educational 

institutes, lubrication 

specialists, truck 

builders, suppliers, lift 

manufacturers, financial 

lenders, and specialists 

of various kinds filled the 

vendor roster. Vendors 

included: All North Truck, 

Ancra Canada, All Tool 

Canada, Alvan, Cambrian 

College, Cambrian Truck, 

College Boreal, CPL, Cummins, 

C.I.P. (Kleen Oil), 

C.F.T.S., Del Equipment, 

Donaldson, Drive Products, 

Gin-Cor, Grote Industries, 

Haldex, Kenworth Sud- 

By BarB WOODWarD 

The December 

Meeting was a 

fun night which 

included the annual Toys 

for Tots drive and the food 

donation of non-perishable 

items for the Food 

Bank. Representatives 

from the Peel Regional 

Police, Fire Department 

and Salvation Army were 

on hand to accept dona- 

PilOT FlyinG J 

Pilot Flying J Launches New Breakfast Bars 

After answering the 

question, “Where 

can I stop for fuel?” 

Pilot Flying J has developed 

a new answer to another 

important question drivers 

on the road ask on a long 

drive: “Where can I get a 

good meal?” 

In another enhancement 

to its already wide menu of 


suDBury TMTa 

TMTA Holds Fourth Annual Trade Expo 

bury, Lubecore, Money In 

Motion, Meritor, Nickel 

City INTL., Nickel City Ent., 

Ontario Trucking News, 

Ontario Youth Apprenticeship, 

Peterbilt Ontario, 

Royal Tire, Specialty Sales, 

Tracks & Wheels, Total 

Personal Solutions, Truck 

Lite, Wajax Power Systems, 

Webasto, and Road Safety. 

The TMTA’s Publicity 

Officer, Wes Govier, acknowledged 

the benefits 

the trade show provides 

for industry representatives. 

“Vendors are receptive 

to the exposure they 

get by being here, and 

visitors have a chance 

to explore opportunities. 

It’s important for people 

in the industry to meet, 

exchange information and 

share ideas.” 

One highlight of the event 

was the many prizes offered 

to the attending delegates. 

Each of the 34 vendors 

generously provided 

gifts to winners whose 

tickets were drawn from 

food options, Pilot Flying J 

is getting customers off to 

a “sunny head start” on the 

road with a new breakfast 

bar featuring home-style 

choices such as biscuits 

and sausage gravy and 

southwest egg scramble. 

A new hot soup bar is 

serving offerings such as 

chicken noodle soup and 

a raffle. 

Another highlight for this 

writer was an unexpected 

invitation from Marc 

Levesque, Sales Manager 

for the Sudbury-based All 

North Truck Centre, to ride 

in a 2013 Mack CHU613. 

This vehicle equipped with 

an MDRIVE 12 speed automated 

manual transmission 

(AMT) makes driving 

a big rig a new experience. 

Computer controls ensure 

that gears are shifted at 

the optimal sweet spot 

point, thereby providing 

better fuel economy. Noted 

Marc Levesque, “Accurate 

shifting that comes with 

the AMT yields enough 

fuel savings to pay for the 

manual transmission in 

a year.” It might surprise 

some to learn that the cost 

of this transmission runs 

about $3,000, much lower, 

Marc suggested, than most 

people think. 

About 90 percent of All 

North Truck Centre’s 2012 

sales were units sold with 

chili to satisfy customers’ 

growing need for wholesome 

choices on the road. 

“Our hot breakfast and 

soup bars offer a selection 

of delicious, hearty meals,” 

said Jimmy Haslam, Chairman 

for Pilot Flying J. 

Drivers can get a sunny 

head start by stopping by 

the Pilot Flying J break- 

either automated manual 

or fully automated Allison 

transmissions. Better 

mileage and the ease of 

drive account for their 

popularity. There are no 

gears to change so drivers 

are relieved of body pain 

than comes with shifting 

gears hundreds of times in 

a day. Cabs, too, are more 

spacious without intrusive 

gear sticks getting in the 

way. In addition, a hillassist 

function prevents 

aTssa TOrOnTO 

Charity Night at ATSSA 

tions and a plaque for 

their continuous effort in 

helping needy families in 

the area. 

The Canadian Fleet 

Maintenance Seminar 

will be a one day seminar 

and trade show. It will be 

held on Wednesday, April 

24, 2013 at the Paradise 

Banquet & Convention 

Center located at 7601 

Jane Street (Just N. of Hwy. 

407). There will be 3 seminar 

sessions with a trade 

show open exclusive of 

sessions. It will begin at 

9:00 a.m. and end with 

a banquet dinner from 

6:00p.m. - 7:30 p.m. 

The Ladies Night Dance 

will be held on February 

23rd at the Paradise Banquet 

Hall with entertainment 

provided by Arden 

and the Tourists (6 piece 

band). The cost is the 

same as last year ($130 

per couple). It will be a formal 

dinner and, of course, 

there will be lots of prizes 

to be won. Rooms at the 

Mariott Hotel will be $104 

plus tax, as well as the free 

limousine service to and 

from the Paradise Banquet 

Hall. Sponsors are needed 

to support this yearly 

event, so please contact 

fast bar, available from 

6-10 a.m. daily. The breakfast 

bar features steelcut 

whole grain oatmeal; 

cheesy hash brown casserole 

with sausage; a hearty 

southwest egg scramble; 

cinnamon apples; biscuits 

and gravy featuring freshly 

cooked ground sausage; 

and breakfast pizza. 

truck roll back once the 

brake has been pressed. 

The mechanism can be disengaged 

when backing up 

to loading docks or when 

circumstances warrant. 

In addition to the holding 

the annual Trade Expo, 

the Sudbury TMTA holds 

monthly meetings on the 

second Thursday of each 

month from September 

through June at the Howard 

Johnson hotel. Its objective 

is to encourage safety 

Brian Sibbald concerning 

sponsorship and to book 

your tickets for the dance. 

Sponsors for monthly 

meetings are always welcome 

and can be booked 

by contacting Brian Sibbald 

at 905.564.7278.This 

is your company’s opportunity 

for a captive 

audience to present your 

products! If you know 

a company that would 

The hot soup bar is available 

from 10 a.m.-10 p.m. 

daily and serves up chicken 

noodle soup with fresh 

herbs; hearty, zesty beef 

and bean chili; loaded potato 

soup; broccoli cheese 

soup; and velvety macaroni 

and cheese. 

“Our breakfast and 

soup bars deliver mouth- 

practices in the maintenance 

and operation of motor 

transport fleets and to 

promote ethical practices 

and constructive reform 

in Fleet Management and 

Transport Maintenance. 

These meetings provide a 

forum and opportunity to 

engage with fleet maintenance 

professionals in 

northeastern Ontario. 

Contact the TMTA Sudbury 

Chapter at: info@tmtasudbury.org. 

V 

like to become a sponsor 

and chooses to so, your 

membership dues will be 

reimbursed. 

Meetings are held at the 

Paradise Banquet Hall 

located on Jane Street just 

below the 407 at 6:00 p.m. 

every second Thursday of 

the month from October 

through to and including 

June. V 

watering, gratifying hot 

meals - with the quality and 

convenience customers expect 

from us,” Haslam said. 


about Pilot Flying J or to 

find a nearby location, 

visit www.pilotflyingj. 

com or download the Pilot 

Flying J app to your 

smartphone. V

CTA Pilot to Expand Use of the FAST Program 

Sarnia, Ontario 

- On December 

7th, 2012, Patricia 

Davidson, MP for Sarnia 

- Lambton, together with 

officials from the Canadian 

Border Services Agency 

(CBSA), the Blue Water 

Bridge, blueRover and the 

Canadian Trucking Alliance 

(CTA) jointly announced 

the launch of 

an important pilot project 

that aims to improve the 

Free and Secure Trade 

(FAST) program for Trusted 

Traders. The pilot was a 

key deliverable under the 

Beyond the Border Action 

Plan recently negotiated 

between Canada and the 

United States as part of 

the Perimeter Vision Action 

Plan. 

“CTA has long sought 

changes to Canada’s FAST 

program to offer more 

benefits to all trusted 

traders by aligning its requirements 

for eligibility 

more with those of the 

United States,” explained 

the CEO of the trucking 

alliance, David Bradley. 

“We were pleased to see 

this initiative included in 

the Beyond the Borders 

announcement and look 

forward to eventual expansion 

of the FAST pilot 

policies across Canada.” 

Currently, in order to 

use the FAST lanes for 

shipments into Canada 

requirements are placed 

on the drivers crossing the 

border, the carriers (trucking 

companies) responsible 

for moving the freight 

and the freight itself. Truck 

drivers must possess either 

a FAST card or a Commercial 

Driver Registration 

Program (CDRP) card. 

Carriers must be members 

of both the Canadian Part- 

ners in Protection (PIP) 

security program and the 

Customs Self-Assessment 

(CSA) program. All freight 

on the truck must be from 

shippers that are both PIP 

and CSA approved. In the 

United States, FAST participation 

requires that the 

drivers hold a FAST card, 

but carriers and shippers 

need only participate in 

one security program - 

Customs-Trade Partnership 

Against Terrorism 

(CTPAT). 

Under the FAST pilot 

which is being conducted 

at Blue Water Bridge with 

freight entering Canada 

from the United States, 

carriers and the shippers’ 

freight will need to be 

either PIP or CSA approved, 

but not both. This will bring 

requirements in line with 

that of the United States 

in the hopes of creating 

more traffic in the FAST 

lanes and therefore more 

efficient border crossings. 

Deanna Pagnan of CTA, 

who is working in partnership 

with the government 

agencies and coordinating 

the carrier participation 

says, “We fully expect the 

pilot will show that we 

can qualify more trucks for 

FAST usage. While the industry 

agrees greater participation 

in Trusted Trader 

programs by the importer 

community is necessary, 

this is an encouraging step 

to facilitate efficient movement 

of freight between 

Canada and the US,” she 

said. 

Carriers participating in 

the pilot met eligibility 

requirements including 

Trusted Trader status, sufficient 

freight at Blue Water 

Bridge and ability to ascertain 

Trusted Trader status 

of their importers. Carriers 

in the pilot are also 

submitting ACI eManifest 

allowing them to benefit 

from even faster clearance 

at the border. As part of the 

eMPlOyMenT 

pilot, CTA has collected 

pre-pilot traffic data at 

the border to measure the 

length of time it takes to 

cross the bridge and clear 

customs and will compare 

it to traffic conditions under 

the pilot. Collection and 

comparison of this traffic 

data is made possible by 

technology donated by 

OTA member blueRover, 

which provides real time 

tracking and monitoring 

technology for vehicles 

to improve transportation 

efficiency. V 


Welcome to our complimentary Truck STop DirecTory. We want to help truckers and travellers find the nearest truck stop on route to their destination. 

For details on how you can list your truck stop, call Barb Woodward at 877.225.2232 or email Barb at barb@woodwardpublishing.com. 

albErTa 

aiRdRie 

Flying J cardlock 

85 East Lake Cres., 

Airdrie, AB T4B 2B5 

Tel: 403.948.4193 

Parking for 10. 

BRooKs 

Flying J Travel PlaZa 

1260 Cassils Road East, 

Brooks, AB T1R 1B7 

Tel: 403.362.5594 

Parking for 20, Showers (2). 

Bonnyville 

cougar FuelS lTd. 

5602 – 54th Avenue 

Bonnyville, AB 

Tel: 780.826.3043 

Fax: 780.826.6353 

Email: 

brentm@cougarfuelsltd.ca 

www.cougarfuelsltd.ca 

Convenience store, cardlock & 

showers. 

CalgaRy 

calgary huSky Travel cenTre 

2525 – 32nd Avenue NE 

Calgary, AB T1Y 6B7 

Tel: 403.291.1233 

www.myhusky.ca 


11511 – 40th Street SE, 

Calgary, AB T2H 1L4 

Tel: 403.720.0904 

Fax: 403.720.4937 

8 Diesel Lanes, Parking for 128, 

Showers (9), CAT Scales, TripPak. 


4216 – 72nd Avenue SE, 

Calgary, AB T2C 2C1 

Tel: 403.236.2404 


Showers (2), TripPak. 

CalgaRy 


2525 – 23rd Street NE, 

Calgary, AB T2E 7M1 

Tel: 403.250.3835 


albErTa 

CalgaRy 

Flying J dealer 

4949 Barlow Trail SE, 

Calgary, AB T2B 3B5 

Tel: 403.569.6250 

Fax: 403.235.5095 


Showers (9). 

roadking Travel cenTre 

4949 Barlow Trail SE 

Calgary, AB T2B 3B5 

Tel: 403.569.6251 

Fax: 403.235.5095 

www.roadking.ca 

dRayton valley 


5505 Jubilee Avenue, 

Drayton Valley, AB T7A 1S3 

Tel: 801.725.1370 

edMonton 


15609 – 121A. Avenue, 

Edmonton, AB T5V 1B1 

Tel: 708.413.9116 


16806 – 118th Avenue, 

Edmonton, AB T5V 1M8 

Tel: 780.455.1111 

Fax: 780.482.4448 


Showers (8). 

edson 


2520 – 2nd Avenue, 

Edson, AB T7E 1N9 

Tel: 780.723.4744 

foRt MCMuRRay 


345 Sakitawaw Trail, 

Fort McMurray, AB T9H 4E4 

Tel: 780.743.3545 

albErTa 



9212 – 108th Street, 

Grande Prairie, AB T8V 4C9 

Tel: 780.532.2378 

gRassland 


1st Avenue, 1st Street, 

Grassland, AB T0A 1V0 

Tel: 780.525.2295 

Fax: 780.525.2297 


Showers (2). 

Hanna 


Hwy 9 & Hwy 36 South, 

Hanna, AB T0J 1P0 

Tel: 403.854.5000 


Showers (2). 

HigH level 


10529 – 96th Street, 

High Level, AB T0H 1Z0 

Tel: 780.926.2066 


Hinton 


294 Kelly Road, 

Hinton, AB T7V 1H2 

Tel: 801.725.1370 

leduC 

niSku Truck SToP 

Suite 201 – 8020 Sparrow Drive 

Leduc, AB T9E 7G3 

Tel: 780.986.7867 

Fax: 780.986.7898 

Web: www.myhusky.ca 

Open 24 hours, 7 days, restaurant, 

cardlock, ATM, convenience store, 

showers, scale. 

albErTa 

letHBRidge 


1005 – 43rd Street, 

Lethbridge, AB T1K 7B8 

Tel: 403.328.4735 

lloydMinsteR 


5109 – 63rd Avenue, 


Tel: 780.875.2990 


huSky Travel cenTre 

5721 – 44th Street 

Lloydminster, AB T9V 0B3 

Tel: 780.872.7089 


MediCine Hat 


561 – 15th Street SW 

Medicine Hat, AB T1A 4W2 

Tel: 403.527.5561 

PeTro canada card lock 

AgCom Petroleum Fuel Sales 

1802 – 10 Avenue, SW 

Medicine Hat, AB 

Tel: 403.527.6411 

Fax: 403.529.1660 

Showers. 

nanton 


2810 – 21st Avenue, 

Nanton, AB T0L 1R0 

Tel: 403.646.3181 

Fax: 403.646.6233 


Showers (3), Humpty’s Restaurant. 

albErTa 

nisKu 


302 – 20th Avenue, 

Nisku, AB T9E 7T8 

Tel: 780.955.3535 


Showers (2), Pizza, TripPak. 

Red deeR 


6607 – 67th Street, 

Red Deer, AB T4P 1A4 

Tel: 403.346.2842 

Fax: 403.346.2852 


Showers (4), Pizza. 

RedCliff 


115 Lockwood Street, 

Redcliff, AB T1A 7T9 

Tel: 403.526.2669 

RyCRoft 


Hwy #49 & 2, Box 73, 

Rycroft, AB T0H 3A0 

Tel: 780.765.3740 

Fax: 780.765.3748 

Parking for 8, Pizza. 

sHeRWood paRK 


50 Pembina Rd., 

Sherwood Park, AB T8H 2G9 

Tel: 780.416.2035 

Fax: 780.416.2084 


Showers (9), Denny’s/Pepperoni’s, 

CAT Scales, TripPak. 

stRatHMoRe 

roadking Travel cenTre 

STraThcona inc. 

26 Strathmoor Drive 

Sherwood Park, AB T8H 2B6 

Tel: 780.417.9400 

Fax: 780.417.9449 

albErTa 

stRatHMoRe 

STraThMore huSky Travel 

cenTre 

436 Ridge Road 

Strathmore, AB T1P 1B5 

Tel: 403.934.3522 

Fax: 403.934.3555 

Email: hk7969@popmail. 

huskyenergy.com 



cardlock, ATM, convenience store, 

showers. 

WHiteCouRt 


Hwy # 43 & West Mtn. Road, 

Whitecourt, AB T7N 1S9 

Tel: 780.778.3073 


aBBotsfoRd 


929 Coutts Way & Sumas Way, 

Abbotsford, BC V2S 4N2 

Tel: 604.850.1594 

Showers (1). 

annaCis island 


1291 Cliveden Avenue, 

Annacis Island, Delta, BC V5M 6G4 

Tel: 604.521.4445 

Parking for 4, Showers (1), TripPak. 

CHilliWaCK 


7970 Lickman Rd., 


Tel: 604.795.7265 


chilliwack huSky Travel cenTre 

7620A Vedder Road 

Chilliwack, BC V2R 4E8 

Tel: 604.858.5113 

www.myhusky.ca

ITISh colUmbIa 

CHilliWaCK 

chilliwack PeTro – PaSS 

45461 Yale Road West 

Chilliwack, BC 

Tel: 604.795.9421 

Fax: 604.792.8931 

chilliwack@southcoastpetro.ca 

Commercial cardlock open 24hrs, 7 

days, convenience store open Mon 

- Fri, 8am – 5pm (washrooms). 

cool creek agencieS 

7985 Lickman Road 

Chilliwack, BC V2R 3Z9 

Tel: 604.795.5335 

Fax: 604.794.5080 

sdufault@coolcreek.ca 

Full-service islands, drivers’ lounge 

& game room, convenience store, 

showers, laundry facilities, parking 

& CAT scale 

CRanBRooK 


2209 Theatre Road, 

Cranbrook, BC V1C 4H4 

Tel: 250.426.3763 

CReston 


1411 Northwest Blvd., 

Creston, BC V0B 1G6 

Tel: 250.428.7131 

daWson CReeK 


1725 Alaska Avenue, 

Dawson Creek, BC V1G 1P5 

Tel: 250.782.3111 

Showers (2). 

delta 

PeTro canada 

SouThcoaST PeTroleuM lTd. 

10178 Nordel Court 

Delta, BC 

Tel: 604.581.3835 

Fax: 604.581.3850 

nordel@southcoastpetro.ca 

Canopy, fax, photocopier, nearby 

gov’t scale, restaurant & ATM. 


foRt st. joHn 


9407 – 109 th Street, 

Fort St. John, BC V1J 6K6 

Tel: 250.785.3052 

golden 

JePSon PeTroleuM lTd. 

Box 1408 

Golden, BC V0A 1H0 

Tel: 250.344.6161 

Fax: 250.344.2232 

Email: ladine@jepsonpetro.com 

Open 8am – 5pm Mon – Fri, lubes 

& propane, 24hr cardlock, regular, 

diesel & diesel mark. 

Hope 

dogwood valley huSky ServiceS 

27051 Baker Road 

Hope, BC V0X 1L3 

Tel: 604.869.9443 


Flood hoPe huSky Travel 

cenTre 

61850 Flood – Hope Road 

R.R. #2, Hope, BC V0X 1L2 

Tel: 604.869.9214 


KaMloops 


175 Kokanee Way, 

Kamloops, BC V2C 6Z2 

Tel: 250.573.3027 

Fax: 250.573.7820 


Showers (5). 

MeRRitt 


2190 Douglas Street North, 

Merritt, BC V0K 2B0 

Tel: 250.280.1555 

Wagons West Travel Plaza 

3999 Airport Road 

Merritt, BC V1K 1R2 

Tel: 250.378.2100 

Fax: 250.378.6060 


convenience store, showers, TV 

with cable, Greyhound. 


neW WestMinsteR 


24 Braid St., 

New Westminster, BC V3L 3P3 

Tel: 604.522.6511 

osoyoos 


9206 – 97th Street 

R.R. #2, Osoyoos, BC V0H 1V2 

Tel: 250.495.6443 


pRinCe geoRge 


4869 Continental Way, 

Prince George, BC V2N 5S5 

Tel: 250.563.1677 

Showers (3). 

siCaMous 


1340 Trans Canada Hwy. 

Sicamous, BC V0G 2V0 

Tel: 250.836.4675 

Fax: 280.836.2230 

Contact: Shelley Arvandel 


Open 24 – 7, restaurant (6am 

– 10pm), convenience store, 

showers, laundry facilities, parking, 

photocopier, oil products, ATM & fax 

machine. 

vanCouveR 


8655 Boundary Road, 

Vancouver, BC V5S 4H3 

Tel: 604.454.9578 

manIToba 

BRandon 

Brandon huSky Travel cenTre 

1990 – 18th Street North 

Brandon, MB R7C 1B3 

Tel: 204.728.7387 


manIToba 

Headingley 


4100 Portage Avenue, 

Headingley, MB R4H 1C5 

Tel: 204.832.8952 

Fax: 204.832.9104 


Showers (9), Denny’s/Pizza, CAT 

Scales. 

MoRRis 

MorriS huSky 

Hwy 75 South, Box 989 

Morris, MB R0G 1K0 

Tel: 204.746.8999 

Fax: 204.746.2611 

Email: morrismohawk@yahoo.ca 


Open 24 hours, 7 days, restaurant 

Mon. – Fri. 6am – 11pm, Sat. & 

Sun. – 7am – 11pm, cardlock, ATM, 

convenience store with lottery, 

showers. 

poRtage la pRaiRie 


Highway 1 East, 

Portage La Prairie, MB R1N 3B2 

Tel: 204.857.9997 


Winnipeg 

Flying J Travel Plaza 

1747 Brookside Blvd., 

Winnipeg, MB R2C 2E8 

Tel: 204.633.0663 

Showers (2), TripPak.\ 

Winnipeg 


131 Warman Road & Hwy. #59, 

Winnipeg, MB R2J 3R3 

Tel: 204.231.5485 

PeTro canada – PeTro PaSS 

500 Oak Point Highway 

Winnipeg, MB 

Tel: 204.949.7292 

Fax: 204.949.7295 

Open 24 – 7, drivers’ lounge & 

game room, convenience store, 

laundry facilities, ATM, showers & 

parking. 

manIToba 


928 Marion Street, 

Winnipeg, MB 

Tel: 204.949.7280 

Fax: 204.949.7288 

Open 24 – 7, drivers’ lounge & 

game room, convenience store, 

laundry facilities, showers & 

parking 

nEW brUnSWIck 

aulaC 

aulac Big SToP circle k 

170 Aulac Road 

Aulac, NB E4L 2X2 

Tel: 506.536.1339 

Fax: 506.536.0579 

Email: aulac@eastlink.ca 

Open 24 – 7, full-service islands, 

drivers’ lounge, restaurant, 

convenience store, showers, 

laundry facilities, parking & CAT 

scale. 

gRand falls 

PeTro PaSS 

315 Ouellette Street 

Grand Falls, NB 

Tel: 506.473.5575 

Fax: 506.475.9816 

Toll Free: 800.361.8322 

guypass@nb.sympatico.ca 

Drivers’ lounge & game room, 


laundry facilities, internet services, 

showers, parking & CAT scale. 

MonCton 

PeTro canada 

Exit 450, 2600 Mountain Road 

Moncton, NB E1G 3T6 

Tel: 506.859.6000 

Fax: 506.859.6005 

Open 24 – 7, convenience store, 

fast food, ATM & washrooms. 

peRtH – andoveR 

ToBique one SToP 

Exit 115, Perth – Andover, NB 

Tel: 506.273.9682 

Fax: 506.273.9682 


drivers’ lounge with large screen, 

restaurant, satellite TV, convenience 

store, showers, laundry, parking & 

free high-speed internet. 

nEW brUnSWIck 

salisBuRy 

SaliSBury Big SToP 

2986 Fredericton Road 

Salisbury, NB E4J 2G1 

Tel: 506.372.3333 

Fax: 506.372.0083 

Open 24 – 7, drivers’ lounge 

& game room, restaurant, 


laundry facilities, parking & CAT 

scale 

Waasis 

lincoln Big SToP circle k 

415 Nevers Rd. 

Waasis, NB E3B 9E1 

Tel: 506.446.4444 

Driver Fax: 506.446.4455 

bigstop_bluecanoe@yahoo.ca 

Open 24 – 7, Irving FP Solution 

I – 24, drivers’ lounge, restaurant, 


laundry facilities, free overnight 

parking. 

WoodstoCK 

Murray’S Truck SToP 

Exit 191, 198 Beardsley Road 

Woodstock, NB 

Tel: 506.328.2994 

Driver’s Fax: 506.325.2148 

email: calving.murraystruckstop@ 

gmail.com 

www.murraystruckstop.ca 


drivers’ lounge & game room, 

restaurant, convenience store, 

showers, laundry facilities, parking 

& CAT scale & tire sales & service. 

noVa ScoTIa 

enfield 

enField Big SToP (circle k) 

6757 Hwy #2 

Enfield, NS S2T 1C8 

Tel: 902.882.2522 

Fax: 902.883.1769 


drivers’ lounge, restaurant (6 am – 

11pm), convenience store, showers 

& parking. 

tRuRo HeigHts 

Truro heighTS circle k 

86 Connector Rd., Hwy 102 Exit 13, 

Truro Heights, NS B2N 5B6 

Tel: 902.897.0333 

Fax: 902.897.0499 

Open 24 – 7, self service islands, 

drivers’ lounge, restaurant, 

convenience store, showers & 

parking. 

onTarIo, EaSTErn 

aRnpRioR 

anTriM Truck SToP 

580 White Lake Road, 

Arnprior, ON K7S 3G9 

Tel: 613.623.3003 

Fax: 613.623.1003 

Toll Free: 866.334.4775 

jack@antrimwesternstar.com 



showers, overnight parking, drivers’ 

lounge, CAT scale, garage service 

facilities, tire service, Western Star 

truck dealer. 



Belleville 

10 acre Truck SToP 

902 Wallbridge Loyalist Road 

Belleville, ON 

Tel: 613.966.7017 

Fax: 613.962.4495 or Office at 

613.966.4740 

Email: 10acrekmurphy@gmail.com 

Web: www.10acre.com 

Restaurant & Store - Mon-Fri 

6am-11pm, Sat & Sun 7am-8pm, 


parking, Esso Card Lock & Retail 

Diesel, Wifi & Fax, laundry facilities 

and CAT Scale. 

ulTraMar 

25 Bellevue Dr., Hwy 401 Exit 538 

(rear of Ultramar Service Station) 

Belleville, ON K8N 4Z5 

Tel: 613.771.1755 

Open 24 hrs, lunch counter, 

convenience store, washrooms, 

showers, short–time parking & 

drivers’ lounge 

CaRdinal 

730 Truck SToP 

2085 Shanly Road, 

Hwy 401 Exit 730, 

Cardinal, ON K0C 1E0 

Tel: 613.657.3019 

Open 24 hrs, restaurant, 


showers, overnight parking & 

drivers’ lounge. 

CoRnWall 

FiFTh wheel Truck SToP 

1901 McConnell Avenue, 

Hwy 401 Exit 792 

Cornwall, ON K6H 5R6 

Tel: 613.933.8363 

Fax: 613.932.3952 

Open 24 hrs, diesel fuel, fullservice 

fuel islands, convenience 

store fuel bar, take-out food, 

CAT scale, Blue Beacon truck 

wash, propane, Sunoco Cardlock, 

restaurant, 200+ truck parking, 

private showers, laundry facilities, 

drivers’ lounge & arcade room, Bell 

Canada internet kiosk, barber shop, 

ATM, drug testing centre, chapel, 

motel (smoking & non-smoking), 

tire shop, lube shop, mechanic 

shop, Irving cardlock. 

Flying J aSSociaTe 

3250 Brookdale Avenue, 

Cornwall, ON K6H 5T3 

Tel: 613.933.5668 

Fax: 613.933.8053 



deseRonto 

quick SToP 

215 Hwy #49 

Deseronto, ON K0K 1X0 

Tel: 613.396.3043 

Fax: 613.396.1449 

Open 6am – 10pm, 7 days, 

full-service islands, Subway, 

convenience store, parking & coffee 

drive-thru. 

dunvegan 

eSSo – dunvegan 

1515 County Road #20, 

(Hwy 417 Exit 51) 

Dunvegan, ON 

Tel: 613.527.1026 or 

613.627.2100 

Fax: 613.527.2726 


restaurant (Tim Horton’s), 


parking & ATM. 

joyCeville 

kingSTon huSky Truck SToP 

Joyceville Road, 

(Hwy 401 Exit 632) 

Joyceville, ON 

Tel: 613.542.3468 


Kingston 

eSSo – kingSTon 

Hwy 401 Exit 611 

Kingston, ON 

Tel: 613.384.8888 

Fax: 613.634.3162 

Open 24 – 7 

ulTraMar 

1993 Hwy 15, Exit 623 

Kingston, ON K7L 4V3 

Tel & Fax: 613.542.7971 

Email: AkashIndia@hotmail.com 

Open 24/7, fast-food, convenience 

store, ATM, overnight parking. 

ottaWa 

ulTraMar 

3199 Hawthorne Road, 

(Exit 110 off Hwy 417) 

Behind Ultramar Service Station 

Ottawa, ON K1G 3V8 

Tel: 613.248.9319 



drivers’ lounge, showers & shorttime 

parking 


spenCeRville 

angelo’S Truck SToP 

2025 County Road 44 

Spencerville, ON K0E 1X0 

Tel: 613.925.5158 

Fax: 613.925.5158 

Open 7 days, game room, 


showers, parking & CAT scale. 

vanKleeK Hill 

herB’S Travel PlaZa 

21160 Service Road, 

Exit 27 off Hwy 417 

Vankleek Hill, Ontario 

Toll Free: 800.593.4372 

Tel: 613.525.2120 

Fax: 613.525.1595 

Email: suzie_vink@yahoo.ca 

Open 24 – 7 drivers’ lounge, 


laundry facilities, ATM, internet 

services, showers & parking. 

onTarIo, norThErn 

BRadfoRd 

BradFord huSky Travel cenTre 

Hwy 400 & 88 

Bradford, ON 

Tel: 905.775.5794 


HWy 144 @ 560a 

waTerShed car & Truck SToP 

Hwy 144 & 560A 

Tel: 705.655.4911 or 

705.523.4917 

Fax: 705.523.4160 

jim_blackbearhunting@live.com 

KapusKasing 


410 Government Road East, 

Kapuskasing, ON P5N 2X7 

Tel: 705.337.1333 

Fax: 705.337.1208 


Showers (4). 

lanCasteR 


20382 Old Highway #2, 

Lancaster, ON K0C 1N0 

Tel: 613.347.2221 

Fax: 613.347.1970 


Showers (7), Denny’s, CAT Scales, 

Bulk Diesel. 

naiRn CentRe 

Jeremy’s truck stoP & 

Country Restaurant 

220 Highway 17 West 

Nairn Centre, ON P0M 2L0 

Tel: 705.869.4100 

Fax: 705.869.6796 


noRtH Bay 

BayTruck SToP 

3060 Hwy 11 North 

North Bay, ON 

Tel: 705.474.8410 

Fax: 705.495.4076 

Toll Free: 888.474.8410 

Email: baytruckstop@bellnet.ca 

Web: www.transportmall.com 



showers, parking & truck repairs 

within 2 km. 

sault ste. MaRie 


987 Great Northern Road, 

Sault Ste. Marie, ON P6A 5K7 

Tel: 705.759.8280 

sCHReiBeR 


Hwy #17, 

Schreiber, ON P0T 2S0 

Tel: 807.824.2383 

sudBuRy 


17 Duhamel Road, 

Sudbury, ON P3E 4N1 

Tel: 705.692.5447 

SudBury PeTro PaSS 

3070 Regent Street 

Sudbury, ON 

Tel: 705.522.8701 

Fax: 705.522.4280 

Open Mon – Fri. 6am – 11pm, Sat. 

8am – 8pm & sun. 10am – 9pm, 

drivers’ lounge & game room, 

convenience store (hot food, pizza, 

chilli & soup), laundry facilities, 

showers & parking. 

tilBuRy 

PiloT Travel cenTer 

19325 Essex County Road 42, 

Tilbury, ON N0P 2L0 

Tel: 519.682.1140 

Fax: 519.682.9221 


Showers (6), Subway, CAT Scales, 

Bulk Diesel. 


tiMMins 

eSSo Truck SToP 

2154 Riverside Drive 

Timmins, ON 

Tel: 705.268.3400 

Fax: 705.267.7231 

bgagnon@krebenterprises.ca 

Open 24 – 7, restaurant, 

convenience store, ATM & showers. 

WauBausHene 

wauBauShene Truck SToP 

21 Quarry Road, Box 419, 

Waubaushene, ON L0K 2L0 

Tel: 705.538.2900 

Fax: 705.538.0452 

Email: bramji@sympatico.ca 

onTarIo, WESTErn 

BeaMsville 

BeaMSville relay STaTion 

4673 Ontario Street, 

(Exit 64 off QEW) 

Beamsville, ON L0R 1B4 

Tel: 905.563.8816 

Fax: 905.563.4770 

Email: relaystation@bellnet.ca 


convenience store, laundry 

facilities, ATM, showers & parking 

BelMont 

london huSky Travel cenTre 

Hwy 401 & 74 (Exit 195 off 401) 

Belmont, ON 

Tel: 519.644.0200 


BoWManville 


2475 South Service Road, 

(Exit 431, Hwy 401, Waverly Road) 

Bowmanville, ON L1C 3L1 

Tel: 905.623.3604 

Fax: 905.623.7109 

Open 24 hrs., diesel fuel, 

convenience store, CAT scale, 

gasoline (self service), ATM, 

propane, convenience store at fuel 

bar, Sunoco fleet fuel cardlock, 

full-service fuel islands, restaurant, 


drivers’ lounge & arcade room, 

100+ truck parking capacity, 

motel (smoking & non-smoking), 

Bell Canada internet kiosk, Irving 

cardlock. 


doRCHesteR 


3305 Dorchester Road, 

(Exit 199, Hwy 401, East of London) 

Dorchester, ON N0L 1G0 

Tel: 519.268.7319 

Fax: 519.268.2967 

Open 24 hrs, diesel fuel, 

convenience store, CAT scale, 

blue beacon truck wash, drug 

testing centre, gasoline (self serve), 

ATM, take – out food, open roads 

chapel, Sunoco & Irving Cardlock, 



drivers’ lounge, 150+ parking 

capacity, motel (smoking & 

non-smoking), arcade room, 

convenience store. 

dRuMBo 

Trucker’S haven 

Hwy 401, Exit 250, 

806607 Oxford Road, 

Drumbo, ON N0J 1G0 

Tel: 519.463.5088 

Fax: 519.463.5628 

Email: amdroit1990@hotmail.com 

etoBiCoKe 


1765 Albion Rd. & Hwy #27, 

Etobicoke, ON M9W 5S7 

Tel: 416.674.8665 

foRt eRie 

ulTraMar 

1637 Pettit Road (Exit 5 off QEW) 

Fort Erie, ON L2A 5M4 

Tel: 905.994.8293 


washrooms, showers, overnight 

parking & drivers’ lounge 

gRiMsBy 


398 North Service Road, 

(Exit 74, off QEW, E. of Hamilton) 

(Casablanca Blvd. Exit) 

Grimsby, ON L3M 4E8 

Tel: 905.945.0300 

Fax: 905.945.1115 


convenience store, CAT scale, Blue 

Beacon truck wash, ATM, drug 

testing centre, gasoline, Sunoco 

& Irving cardlock, full-service 

fuel islands, restaurant, private 

showers, laundry facilities, drivers’ 

lounge & arcade room,100+ 

parking capacity, chapel, motel 

(smoking & non-smoking).


HaMilton 

MarShall Truck & Trailer 

rePair & Truck SToP 

336 Kenora Avenue 


Tel: 905.561.4712 

Fax: 905.561.7757 

Email: wayne@marshalltruck.com 

Web: www.marshalltruck.com 

Open 24 – 7 for cardlock, open 

7am – 12am Mon – Fri, 7am – 5pm 

Sat, closed Sunday, full-service 

islands, drivers’ lounge, restaurant, 

showers & parking 

KitCHeneR 

PeTro – PaSS kiTchener 

120 Conestoga College Blvd. 

Kitchener, ON N2P 2N6 

Tel: 519.748.5550 

Fax: 519.748.9656 

Drivers’ lounge & game room, 

convenience store, laundry 

facilities, showers & CAT scale. 

leaMington 

Johnny’S gaS Bar 

448 Talbot Street West 

Leamington, ON N8H 4H6 

Tel: 519.326.5231 

Fax: 519.322.0189 

Email: inbox@johnnysgasbar.com 

www.johnnysgasbar.ca 

Card lock open 24 hours, 7 days, 

convenience store, cash discount, 

diesel exhaust fluid and coloured 

fuel. 

london 


3700 Highbury Ave. South, 

London, ON N6N 1P3 

Tel: 519.681.6859 

Fax: 519.686.8629 



Scales, TripPak, Bulk Diesel. 

Flying M Truck SToP 

7340 Colonel Talbot Road 

London, ON 

Tel: 519.652.2728 

Fax: 519.652.6554 

Email: flyingmtruckstop.com 

Open 24 hrs, 6 days, full-service 

islands, drivers’ lounge, restaurant, 

convenience store, ATM, internet 

services, showers, garage on 

premises & parking 


Milton 


40 Chisolm Dr. (Hwy 401 Exit 320) 

Milton, ON L9T 3G9 

Tel: 905.878.8441 

Fax: 905.878.9376 


convenience store, CAT scale, Blue 

Beacon truck wash, ATM, lube 

shop, Sunoco & Irving Cardlock, 


showers, laundry facilities, drivers’ 

lounge & arcade room, 100+ 

parking, chapel, motel (smoking & 

non-smoking), & lottery tickets. 

Mississauga 


1400 Britannia Road East, 


Tel: 905.564.6216 


napanee 


628 County Road #41, RR 6, 

Napanee, ON K7R 3L1 

Tel: 613.354.7044 

Fax: 613.354.3796 



Scales, TripPak, Bulk Diesel. 

piCKeRing 


200 Clements Road 

Pickering, ON 

Tel: 905.428.9700 



poRt Hope 

ulTraMar 

2211 County Road 28 

(Hwy 401 Exit 464) 

Port Hope, ON L1A 3W4 

Tel: 905.885.4600 



showers, drivers’ lounge & shorttime 

parking 

stoney CReeK 

SToP 50 Truck SToP 

1310 South Service Road 

(Exit QEW at Fifty Road) 

Stoney Creek, ON L8E 5C5 

Tel: 905.643.1151 

Fax: 905.643.8068 



laundry facilities, ATM, showers & 

parking 

WindsoR 

windSor huSky Travel cenTre 

Hwy 401 Exit 14, Tecumseh, ON 

Tel: 519.737.6401 


WoodstoCK 

ulTraMar 

535 Mill Street 

(Hwy 401 Exit 230 on TA site) 

Woodstock, ON N4S 7V6 

Tel: 519.421.3144 



showers, drivers’ lounge & 

overnight parking. 

BeRnieRes 


1196 Chemin des Olivieres, 

Bernieres, QC G7A 2M6 

Tel: 418.831.3772 

QUébEc 

BeRtHieRville 


1181 Ave. Gilles Villeneuve, 

Berthierville, QC J0K 1A0 

Tel: 450.836.6581 

2 Diesel Lanes, Parking for 10. 

MontReal 

irving 24 

5918, Rue Notre Dame Est 

Montreal, QC H1N 2C5 

Tel: 514.257.8626 

Fax: 514.259.0910 


convenience store & laundry 

facilities. 

napieRville 


1 Rang St. Andre, 

Napierville, QC J0J 1L0 

Tel: 450.245.3539 


saint – liBoiRe 

Flying J aSSociaTe 

1145 Rang Saint Edouard, 

Saint-Liboire, QC J0H 1R0 

ste. Helene 


569 rue Principale, 

Ste. Helene, QC J0H 1M0 

Tel: 450.791.2232 

Fax: 450.791.2495 


QUébEc 

vaudReuil – doRion 


2900 Felix – Leclerc, 

Vaudreuil – Dorion, QC J7V 9J5 

Tel: 450.424.1610 

Fax: 450.424.0368 


Pepperoni’s, Bulk Diesel. 

SaSkaTchEWan 

estevan 

eSTevan huSky Travel cenTre 

201 – 4th Street, 

Estevan, SK S4A 0T5 

Tel: 306.634.3109 


Moose jaWv 


370 North Service Rd. Hwy #1, 

Moose Jaw, SK S6H 4N9 

Tel: 306.693.5858 


Regina 


1511 Ross Ave. East, 

Regina, SK S4R 1J2 

Tel: 306.721.0070 


Regina 

huSky Bulk SaleS 

210 North McDonald Street 

Regina, SK S4N 5W3 

Tel: 306.721.6880 


SaSkaTchEWan 

sasKatoon 

regina huSky Travel cenTre 

1755 Prince of Wales Drive 

Regina, SK S4Z 1A5 

Tel: 306.789.3477 



3850 Idylwyld Dr. N., 

Saskatoon, SK S7P 0A1 

Tel: 306.955.6840 

Fax: 306.955.6846 


Showers (4), Denny’s/Pepperoni’s. 


402 – 51st Street East 

Saskatoon, SK 

Tel: 306.934.6766 

Fax: 306.668.6110 

Email: rainbow@sasktel.net 

Drivers’ lounge, convenience store, 

laundry facilities, ATM, showers, 

scale & parking. 

sWift CuRRent 


1510 South Service Road West 

(Trans Canada Hwy 1 West) 

Swift Current, SK S9H 3T1 

Tel: 306.773.6444 


vyoRKton 


1910 York Road West, Box 794, 

Yorkton, SK S3N 2W8 

Tel: 801.726.8288 

Showers (2). 


eMPlOyMenT 

The saFeTy TiP aDViser 

Winter Driving Tips Refresher 

By alVis ViOlO 

I 

hope you did not get 

used to last year’s winter 

conditions as this 

year promises to be a much 

more normal season. Winter 

brings snow, sleet and 

ice that leads to slower 

traffic, hazardous road conditions, 

unforeseen dangers 

and hot temperatures. 

Since we can’t avoid the 

winter, it’s better to refresh 

our memories on how to 

correctly drive during these 

conditions. Here are a few 

tips to help you avoid slipping 

and sliding in the 

coming months. 

Listen to the weather 

report every night. If snow 

is predicted for the next 


morning you should plan to 

get an earlier start to your 

day as you can be sure of 

traffic jams and other delays. 

Giving yourself a little 

more time allows you to 

drive slower, the key to safe 

driving on slippery roads. 

Make sure you can see 

by clearing all your windows 

of snow and ice. You 

should also replace bad 

windshield wiper blades 

and clean the inside of your 

windows thoroughly. Your 

windshield washer system 

should also be working 

properly and the container 

always full of anti-icing 

fluid. 

Check your lights before 

driving. Make sure 

your head lights and tail 

lights are clear of snow 

and grime. Their presence 

on headlight lenses can 

reduce effectiveness by as 

much as ninety percent. 

Check your tires for air, 

sidewall wear and tread 

depth. The amount of traction 

that exists between 

the roadway surface and 

your tires will determine 

how well your vehicle accelerates, 

turns and stops. 

Make sure the tire valves 

are equipped with caps to 

keep snow and ice out. 

Drive slowly and pay 

attention. Driving too 

quickly is the number one 

cause of winter accidents. 

Be sure to drive slowly and 

carefully on snowy and icy 

roads as they are much less 

forgiving than dry pave- 

ment. Maneuvers are also 

more difficult to make on 

these slippery surfaces, so 

be sure to anticipate what 

your next move is going to 

be in order to give yourself 

lots of room for turns and 

stopping. 

Do not tailgate. It takes 

much longer to stop on 

snowy and icy roads than 

it does on dry pavement. 

Make sure you leave a lot 

of room between you and 

the vehicle in front. A good 

rule of thumb to follow is to 

position your vehicle four 

lengths behind the car in 

front for every 16 km/hr 

you are driving. 

Although there are many 

more winter driving tips, 

following these simple tips 

will hopefully aid you in 

becoming a safer and more 

efficient driver despite winter’s 

adverse weather conditions. 

Drive safe, think positive 

and be prosperous. 

Alvis Violo is the C.E.O. 

of Emergency Road Services 

Corporation, a coast 

to coast bilingual roadside 

assistance company 

dedicated to the trucking 

industry in Canada and 

the U.S. For more information, 

visit www.emergencyroadservices.com 

or call 

877.377.2262. Please send 

your questions, feedback 

or comments about this 

column to alvis@emergencyroadservices.com. 

V 

hinO MOTOrs CanaDa 

Hino Donates a Hino 195 Truck 

to Mohawk College 

Woodstock, Ontario 

- Hino 

Motors Canada 

donated a 2012 Hino 

195 truck to the Mohawk 

College Stoney Creek campus 

for educational pur- 

poses at the end of November. 

In attendance at the 

donation ceremony was 

the Honourable Mr. Pat 

Sobeski, Mayor of Woodstock, 

Mr. Shuichi Kaneko, 

President of Hino Motors 

Canada, Mr. Anthony Fazzari, 

Associate Dean of of 

Mohawk College and Mr. 

Bob Cook, Professor of 

Motive Power. The guest 

list also included staff and 

students of Mohawk College 

and Hino Motors Canada 

team members. 

Derek Holman, Senior 

Manager of the Woodstock 

plant stated: “This donation 

ceremony reminds 

me of the need we have 

in Ontario for specialized 

skills and skilled trades 

not only for those working 

in the auto industry but 

for all Ontarians working 

through apprentice programs 

toward journeyman 

status. It is refreshing to 

see such a young group of 

energized and enthusiastic 

people who all have this 

common goal in mind. We 

sincerely hope that this 

donation for education 

purposes may become the 

shuichi kaneko hands keys over to Bob Cook. 

norm and that Mohawk 

along with other colleges 

will receive similar donations 

from the automotive 

and trucking industries.” 

The Hino Woodstock 

plant will significantly 

increase production of 

trucks in January 2013. 

As a result of the planned 

production increase, Hino 

has increased the number 

of team members. This 

will be an exciting time for 

Hino Canada. Mr. Kaneko 

stated: “The future of Hino 

Canada is very bright and 

also for the students of 

Mohawk College and we 

are extremely happy to be 

a small part of each stu- 

hinO staff and Mohawk students pose with donated truck. 

dent’s success. The future 

is yours.” 

About Hino: Hino Motors 

Canada, Ltd., a Toyota 

Group Company, manufactures 

and distributes light 

and medium duty commercial 

trucks in Canada. 

Hino is headquartered in 

Mississauga, Ontario with 

assembly operations in 

Woodstock, Ontario. Service 

is provided through its 

extensive coast-to-coast 

dealership network and 

is backed by its industry 

leading Customer Care 

Protection Program. For 

more information, please 

visit us at www.hinocanada.com. 

V

By ChaPlain len reiMer 

Here we are at the 

beginning of a 

brand New Year. 

Many of us hope 2013 will 

be a gentle year. Friends 

I’m with you and the good 

Lord had some surprises 

for my wife and me as 

well. In II Corinthians 12:9 

we find these comforting 

words: “And He said unto 

me, My grace is sufficient 

for you, for My strength 

is made perfect in weakness.” 

Therefore, most 

gladly I will rather boast 

TransPOrT FOr ChrisT 

Plan Well for Your Future in the New Year 

in our infirmities, knowing 

that the power of Christ 

may rest upon me. They 

are encouraging words. 

We find a few verses 

of scripture recorded in 

the Bible that may be 

encouraging. The writer 

Paul says in Philippians 

3: 13, 14, “Brethren, I do 

not count myself to have 

apprehended; but one 

thing I do, forgetting those 

things which are behind 

and reaching forward to 

those things which are 

ahead. I press (or push) 

toward the goal for the 

prize of the upward call of 

God in Christ Jesus.” Even 

Paul says that he fails to 

completely understand 

the meaning of everything 

that’s going on. He goes 

on to say, I am going to 

put what’s past behind. 

He wants to forget what 

happened. 

There are times when 

the only way we can forget 

is to speak to someone 

ATA Likes Bill Requiring 

DOT Use Hair Testing to 

Detect Drugs 

U.S. Rep. Reid Ribble 

(R-Wisconsin) 

has introduced a 

bill requiring the Department 

of Transportation to 

conduct a pilot program 

to evaluate the use of hair 

samples to test commercial 

drivers for drug use. 

The American Trucking 

Associations applauded 

the proposal. 

“Hair testing, which research 

and experience 

shows can be much more 

effective than current, 

conventional sampling 

and testing methods, is 

the next logical step in 

this process,” said ATA 

President and CEO Bill 

Graves. 

While urine testing is 

inexpensive, there are 

certain ways in which 

the results can be manipulated. 

Hair testing has 

recently become a popular 

method in drug testing. It 

is thought to be a more 

accurate, less intrusive 

method and can detect 

drugs that have been taken 

as long as six months in 

the past, mapping out patterns 

of drug usage. 

“No fleet wants to put 

the safety of the public at 

risk by putting an impaired 

driver behind the wheel 

of one of its trucks,” said 

ATA Chairman Mike Card, 

President of Combined 

Transport, Central Point, 

Oregon. “More effective 

drug testing procedures 

can help us make sure 

that doesn’t happen. ATA 

invites the U.S. Department 

of Transportation 

to join it in supporting 

this approach to improving 

the regulated testing 

program.” V 

and officially say I’m sorry. 

I can almost hear you say, 

but he/she was wrong. It 

takes a big person to call 

the other and say, “you 

know the last time we 

spoke, our conversation 

did not finish well, I’m 

sorry.” 

It is difficult to move 

forward when there is 

unfinished business. In 

too many homes spouses 

have become less than 

respectful and wonder 

why the relationship is 

experiencing stress. There 

are times when I have had 

to put my arms around my 

wife and sincerely say, 

“I’m sorry” so we could 

move on. 

Whether at home or 

on the road we need to 

move forward! We learn 

from our experiences to 

do things better, more 

efficiently, and be more 

cost conscious. To move 

forward is to get ready for 

the future and by making 

wise choices in the way 

we purchase equipment 

and generally conduct our 

business affairs. 

So friends, please plan 

eMPlOyMenT 

well for your future because 

it isn’t over just because 

our time is finished 

here on earth. We must 

decide while on this side 

of eternity how and where 

we want to spend endless 

time. Please allow Jesus 

to become a part of your 

life to help make the difference 

and have a Happy 

New Year. V 


eMPlOyMenT 

Inauguration of Extension of Highway 50 

Gatineau, Québec 

- The Honourable 

Denis Lebel, 

Minister of Transport, 

Infrastructure and Communities 

and Minister of 

the Economic Development 

Agency of Canada 

for the Regions of Quebec, 

Mr. Sylvain Gaudreault, 

Quebec Minister of Transport 

and Minister of Mu- 


nicipal Affairs, Regions 

and Land Occupancy, and 

Mr. Stéphane Bergeron, 

Minister of Public Security 

and Minister responsible 

for the Outaouais region, 

inaugurated the stretch of 

Highway 50 situated between 

the town of Thurso 

and the municipality of 

Notre-Dame-de-Bonsecours 

(Montebello) in the 

Outaouais. 

This stretch includes 

four overpasses (montée 

du Gore, montée Saint- 

François, montée Saint- 

Charles and Saint-Hyacinthe 

Road), two bridges 

(one over the Petite-Nation 

River and one over 

the de la Loutre brook) as 

well as two interchanges 

(montée Papineau and 

Route 321). 

“The Government of 

Canada is proud to have 

invested in the completion 

of Highway 50,” said 

Minister Lebel. “This new 

highway will make it easier 

for Outaouais residents 

to drive to Montreal, and 

will contribute to the economic 

competitiveness of 

the region.” 

The cost of building this 

24-kilometre stretch of 

the highway was $270 

million, of which $38 

million came from the 

Government of Canada 

under the Canada Strategic 

Infrastructure Fund 

(CSIF) and $232 million 

came from the Government 

of Quebec. 

“This project, which has 

been in the news for more 

than a decade, has now 

become a reality with 

the opening of the final 

stretch. The road connecting 

the Outaouais 

region to the Greater 

Montreal Area is now 

complete. The extension 

of Highway 50 was the 

centerpiece of economic 

development projects for 

the Outaouais region. It 

will be a key determinant 

of industrial and tourism 

development in the region 

and it will improve safety 

for road users,” said Minister 

Gaudreault. 

“It is undeniable that this 

project is one of our best 

transportation assets in 

the region. That is why 

I am pleased to say that 

today is a great day for 

the Outaouais and for the 

Laurentides,” said Minister 

Bergeron. 

The ceremony also 

marks the end of all the 

work to extend Highway 

50, which began in 2000. 

The project, which cost a 

total of $800 million, consisted 

in building a twolane 

carriageway 90 kilometres 

long connecting 

the Outaouais region 

(Masson-Angers sector of 

Gatineau) and the Laurentides 

region (Lachute). By 

extending the project, it 

links the Outaouais region 

to the Greater Montreal 

Area. V

The COMPlaCenCy COaCh 

There’s Nothing Like the Beginning of the 

Year for a Fresh Start 

By BruCe OuTriDGe 

Whether you had 

a good or bad 

year in business 

it’s important to remember 

things can always 

be improved. If things have 

gone well this year you 

may want to build on that 

success and look at how 

you can increase profits 

next year. If you have 

struggled with a bad year 

then you need to look at 

what you can do to improve 

the next and gain an 

upper hand. 

Business is hard and I 

don’t think any of us get 

into it to face struggle and 

failure. In fact, I bet that 

every one of us has the 

dream of creating something 

exciting and making 

big money while we live a 

great life. Once in business, 

however, we will realize 

that dream may be just that 

- a dream. Without the hard 

work, the dedication, the 

research and management 

skills, it is hard to realize 

the business dream. 

As a business consultant 

I have seen some business 

owners who just don’t 

get it. They say they’re 

investigating getting into 

business and spend time 

going to events, looking 

for free information and 

asking questions, but in 

the end turn around and do 

the exact opposite of what 

they learned. I believe this 

is because they are taking 

in the information, but lack 

the knowledge base to 

make sensible decisions. 

When you act in opposition 

to the information given 

from people who know the 

industry, then you are not 

listening very well. 

So if you have been in this 

situation and realize the 

need for improvement then 

the beginning of the year 

is a great time to start. Just 

wipe the slate clean, collect 

all your data from this year 

and lock yourself in a room 

for a couple of days and 

evaluate your numbers. 

People laugh when I tell 

them that our business has 

an Annual General Meeting 

each December when 

they know it is just the 

two of us in the company. 

The meeting is in depth, 

lasts about five hours and 

covers every aspect of our 

business, from marketing 

to finance. We schedule it 

every year around the end 

of December because that 

is a quiet time for us, and 

since our year end is in 

October it gives me time to 

gather numbers and complete 

reports. It may sound 

foolish to some but our 

business has been growing 

every year out of the gate 

and continues to do so. 

We know where we need 

to improve and each year 

we focus on improving one 

part of the business. 

This is where many business 

owners go wrong. 

They try to fix everything 

at once as if multiple problems 

can be solved like they 

are in television shows. 

Focus instead on one area 

like improving sales in the 

coming year, then improving 

cash in the following 

one, and maybe in the third 

reducing interest charges, 

and so on. One year our 

whole focus was streamlining 

our bookkeeping to 

make sure we were up to 

date at all times. It vastly 

improved our business 

just by improving that one 

item. So if you have been 

struggling, or are looking 

to improve your business 

as a whole, use the beginning 

of the year wisely, use 

it as a fresh start. 

aBOuT The auThOr 

Bruce Outridge is a business 

and leadership consultant 

with over 30 years 

experience in the trans- 

portation industry. He is 

the author of the book 

“Running By The Mile” and 

“How to Start an Artistic 

Business in 12 Easy Steps.” 

For more information on 

eMPlOyMenT 

Bruce’s work please visit 

his website at www.outridge.ca. 

V 


eMPlOyMenT 

From the 

Driver’s 

Seat 

By: Carl MCBriDe 

carl@ 

woodwardpublishing.com 

CB 

Radios 


. 

The CB Radio has 

for many decades 

been the trucking 

industry’s workhorse for 

communication between 

vehicles. Now it seems 

that it might be regulated 

away by certain governments. 

My first CB was a TRC- 

450. She was a 40-channel 

sweetheart equipped with 

40 extra upper and lower 

sideband channels. On a 

good day I had a 30-mile 

range, so I was always 

aware of what was going 

on in front of me and behind. 

I always knew where 

traffic tie-ups were and the 

locations of any county 

Mounties. 

In emergency situations 

such as a first-on-thescene 

at a highway accident, 

the CB was used to 

get help – this long before 

cell phones were around. 

I took a little road trip to 

the 10 Acres Fuel Stop in 

Belleville, Ontario by the 

401 highway to ask the 

question: 

“Does the CB Radio still 

have a place in the trucking 

industry?” 

Tim Herweyer drives 

for Laidlaw Transport in 

Woodstock, Ontario. “Yes, 

a CB Radio is always going 

to be in my truck wherever 

I am. It is used every day 

on the highway. In urban 

areas it’s great if you need 

local information such 

as the location of a new 

customer. On the highway 

it comes in handy 

knowing about slow traffic, 

construction or accidents 

ahead. In areas where cell 

phones don’t work the CB 

will always be there for 

you. It would be nice to 

see the CB get hands free. 

I am sure one could be 

developed. A hands free 

operation would have to 

prove itself before I would 

buy one. Develop one and 

let’s see if it has a place in 

my truck.” 

Andre Houle owns and 

operates Transport Andre 

Houle based in Mount 

Laurier, Quebec: “Yes! The 

CB radio is a very important 

tool in the kind of 

trucking I do. When I travel 

to Ontario or New 

Brunswick it is always 

good to know what is going 

on around you. In 

Quebec I do a lot of logging 

in the mountains and 

my radio is a work tool. In 

the spring when you are 

off the main roads the 

radio can save your life if 

you get in trouble. The CB 

Radio will always be my 

partner in the truck. No 

regulations will ever 

change that.” 

J. wiles drives for the 

Orillia Ontario based James 

Wiles Trucking: “Running 

the type of flatbed loads I 

get to work with, my CB 

is a working tool in the 

truck. Loads like the limestone 

I am carrying are hard 

enough to pick-up. Rock 

quarries are hard enough to 

get in and out of. Without a 

radio in the truck it would 

be an all day job. So yes, the 

CB Radio will never leave 

my truck, hands free or not. 

They are not a toy but a 

working tool of the industry. 

In emergency situations the 

CB Radio has saved many 

lives since it first arrived on 

the scene decades ago. To 

try and regulate it away isn’t 

going to happen.” V

Ontario Trucking News, Issue 114, January 2013

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