Transportation Help your engine breathe easier July 1, 2000 In these days of environmental awareness, your engine's turbocharger is facing more attention than every before. After all, it's where emission controls live and breathe.How it worksBasically, a turbo...
Transportation Pride, polish & Paris July 1, 2000 PARIS, Ont. - For Kevin Clarke, the Truckfest competition held here was a matter of pride."It's to show off what we do. We take real pride in our trucks," says the Hill Transport Driver from Cambridge...
Transportation Protesters continue to organize July 1, 2000 TORONTO, Ont. - Probably nobody pays more attention to the price of fuel at the pump than truck drivers. They hardly need to be told, then, that the price of diesel fuel has been inching up lately, to...
Transportation “Whose logbook should I use?” and other questions July 1, 2000 Once again, I've dug into the files for a few new questions and answers that have come across my desk. Consider the following:Q. I drive for two companies - one on a full-time basis, and the other par...
Transportation Mullen looks north July 1, 2000 ALDERSYDE, Alta. - Mullen Transportation has struck a deal on yet another bargaining table, with Mullen Logistics now signing a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the Inuvialuit Development Corpor...
Transportation Ontario to expand IRP licensing office July 1, 2000 TORONTO, Ont. - Ontario's Transportation Ministry has confirmed that it will expand its network of International Registra-tion Plan (IRP) licensing offices for handling licence applications and renewa...
Transportation Three trucks to drive to the peak July 1, 2000 PIKE'S PEAK, Co. - Kenworth, Sterling and Freightliner trucks will all take to the Adelphia Pikes Peak International Hill Climb on July 4, in one of the greatest tests of endurance in North American r...
Transportation Terion in Canada thanks to CBC July 1, 2000 MELBOURNE, Fla. - Terion, a two-way FM-based communication system designed for trucks, is now available throughout Canada thanks to a deal with the CBC.The Terion system transmits text messages betwee...
Transportation Driver dies in QEW crash July 1, 2000 "It looks like driver error," said Const. Betty Anne Martin of the OPP's Niagara Falls detachment. "Visibility was good, and it had nothing to do with road conditions."The accident occurred at about 4...
Transportation Canadian truck plants gear down for slowdown July 1, 2000 CHATHAM, Ont. - Canada may not yet be feeling the drop in retail truck sales that are affecting the U.S., but truck plants located here are beginning to feel the affect of lagging Class 8 truck orders...
Transportation Spec-ing – Medium-Duty Trucks: Medium-Duty Basics July 1, 2000 You run a handful of medium-duty trucks to get your product to market but trucking is far from being your first order of business. Speaking of business, it's booming and your trucks are starting to sh...
Transportation OTA unveils fund for children of distressed drivers July 1, 2000 TORONTO, Ont. - The Ontario Trucking Association has established an annual scholarship fund to aid the university or college-bound child of a truck driver having a tough time making ends meet as the r...
Transportation Where do we fit in? Comparing values July 1, 2000 The first measure that can be used to gauge a mode's importance is the value it adds -- wages and profits made to labor and capital -- in each province. A number of factors beyond shipper preference f...
Transportation Jacobs to focus on integrated brakes July 1, 2000 BLOOMFIELD, Conn. - Jacobs Vehicle Systems, the company that made a name for itself by making the famous Jake brake, has reorganized to include teams focusing on integrated engine brake designs and a ...
Transportation Alberta to get 24,000-lb. tridems, announcement coming within 90 days July 1, 2000 WHISTLER, B.C. - After 18 months of lobbying, the Alberta government appears ready to approve 24,000-lb., medium-spread tridems, increasing allowable weights by 1,000 lb., says Jurgen Mantei, chairman...
