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In Gear - Today's Trucking

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37<br />

Truckers<br />

tapping into<br />

liquid gold<br />

NEWS & NOTES<br />

10 DISPATCHES<br />

SPEED LIMITER BATTLE<br />

Why the ATA has joined<br />

the speed-limiter campaign<br />

12 Dates to pencil in<br />

13 Hebe’s back<br />

13 Trucks vs cities<br />

15 Brakes make news<br />

16 Railway re-birth?<br />

18 Moroun speaks<br />

19 Truck sales stats<br />

FEATURES<br />

37 COVER<br />

WESTWARD YO!<br />

What’s driving Canadian trucking.<br />

BY PETER CARTER<br />

39 COVER<br />

TOP 100<br />

Our annual exclusive survey.<br />

52<br />

THE BIG THREE<br />

BACKUP ON THE 401<br />

What beleagured automakers mean for<br />

the truckers.<br />

BY MARCO BEGHETTO AND DUFF MCCUTCHEON<br />

57 BRAKES<br />

DISC DISC<br />

Prepping your fleet for new stopping rules.<br />

BY STEPHEN PETIT<br />

65 TIRES<br />

MAGIC AIR<br />

Why nitrogen’s an alternative to air.<br />

BY JIM PARK<br />

VOLUME 20, NO.2<br />

March 2006<br />

52<br />

57<br />

401 Backup<br />

Prepare to brake<br />

OPINIONS<br />

7 LETTERS<br />

9 ROLF LOCKWOOD<br />

21 JIM PARK<br />

33 RAYMOND MERCURI<br />

35 SCOTT TAYLOR<br />

86 PETER CARTER<br />

SERVICE DEPT<br />

25 SIM-DRIVING<br />

29 DELIVERING BAD NEWS<br />

69 AUTO-GREASERS<br />

73 TRUCK WORLD AND YOU<br />

77 LOCKWOOD’S<br />

PRODUCT WATCH<br />

MARCH 2006 5

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