Improving shop productivity

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – How do you boost shop productivity? Darry Stuart, owner of DWS Fleet Management suggests employing a management style he dubbed MBWA, or: Management By Wandering Around.

Flat rate vs hourly pay

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Is a truck repair facility better off paying its technicians hourly, or a flat rate per job? And what is the preference of technicians and customers?

Big gains, super trucks

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – At a time when a truck’s typical fuel economy floats around 6 mpg (39 litres/100 kms), the promise of 10 mpg (23.5 litres/100 kms) may seem like a pipe dream. But the dream may be closer to reality than you think.

Is trucking in your DNA?

I had the most interesting conversation the other day with an old friend of mine. He recently signed up for DNA testing and his results had just come in.

Like a lamb to slaughter: Part 3

THE STORY SO FAR...Mark has put the accident in Ontario behind him and delivered a load of snowmobile parts to Vancouver. Bud gives him a load of livestock from B.C. to Quebec, and a return load back to B.C., to be driven in a convoy with two...

TSQ: What are your thoughts on the newer generation of engines?

MISSISSAUGA, Ont. – Our cover story from last issue, ‘Dirty players,’ revealed that tampering of emissions controls for truck engines is both widespread and easily attainable. The so-called DPF Delete process is a booming...

Trailer Wizards celebrating half-century with customer appreciation events

MISSISSAUGA, Ont. -- Trailer Wizards will be celebrating it’s 50th anniversary with customer appreciation events across Canada this spring. The company started with a single Can-Car trailer purchased in British Columbia on April 30, 1963...

EXCLUSIVE: GTA truck dealer pleads guilty to rolling back odometers

BRAMPTON, Ont. -- A Brampton used truck dealership has pled guilty to fraud after rolling back the odometer readings on some 21 trucks sold within the Greater Toronto Area (GTA).

Canadian Freight Index volume surges 24% in March: TransCore

TORONTO, Ont. -- TransCore’s Link Logistics Canadian Freight Index has rebounded from February’s low levels with a 24% increase in month-over-month volume in March. Year-over-year volume remained behind March 2012 levels by 11%.

Navistar starts shipping ProStars with MaxxForce 13 engines early

LISLE, Ill. -- Navistar has started shipping its first International ProStar units powered by the company's SCR-based MaxxForce 13 engine. The first units began shipping April 26 – ahead of schedule, according to the company – from...

Detroit’s DT12 automated transmission now in full production

GAGGENAU, Germany -- The first production model Detroit DT12 automated manual transmissions are now rolling off an assembly line at Daimler’s Gagennau, Germany powertrain plant.

Flo components appoints two new Ontario sales managers

MISSISSAUGA, Ont. -- Flo Components has appointed Greg Pottruff as territory sales manager for Southwestern Ontario and Dave Secord as territory sales manager for Eastern Ontario. Company officials say the primary focus of Pottruff and...

Navistar’s Jack Allen sees big industry changes ahead

BANFF, Alta. – Jack Allen thinks there are some pretty heavy-duty changes coming to the trucking industry in the not too distant future – as if there haven’t been some already! But he also thinks that, rather than bemoan the...

Petro-Canada preparing to roll out new natural gas engine oil

TORONTO, Ont. -- Petro-Canada is developing a new oil formulated for natural gas engines, which will be available beginning in June.

Ontario in final stages of transitioning to NSC 11B for periodic mandatory commercial vehicle inspections

TORONTO, Ont. -- More than 20 years after Ontario first agreed to adopt the NSC 11B standard for periodic mandatory commercial vehicle inspections, the transition is almost complete.