Transportation Western Star officially opens new U.S. plant May 1, 2000 NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. - Western Star Trucks officially opened its first U.S. plant in late March, launching a new life for the 285,000-square-foot facility that started production in November 1999."B...
Transportation First approaches to fifth wheel problems May 1, 2000 As simple as a fifth wheel can appear to be, problems experienced as you couple or uncouple to a trailer can be linked to an array of issues.One source of trouble can be a jaw pin that has over-adjust...
Transportation Leclerc elected to second term as QTA president May 1, 2000 MONTREAL, Que. - The Quebec Trucking Association has re-elected Serge Leclerc as its president, bringing the Clarke Transport Quebec executive into a second term.Marc Brouillette and Jacques Dulude wi...
Transportation In for ‘Ripair’, Part 4 May 1, 2000 Although he has a load of wind machines bound for the Collingwood, Ont. set of the new Shannon Tweed movie, Snowflakes, Mark can't pick up his load because of an owner/operators strike at the port of ...
Transportation Moving Downtown May 1, 2000 REGINA, Sask. - Barry Marchand has been dogged by a shortage of heavy-duty mechanics at Frontier Peterbilt in Regina, but you could say he answered some of his problems by moving Downton.Bert Downton ...
Transportation Learning curves May 1, 2000 EDMONTON, Alta. - Mike Morigeau is probably the only trainer in Canada who's happy when his students roll a truck. It's specially equipped equipment, mind you, but he feels his company's Rollover Dyna...
Transportation Columnist, former student, remembers Art Joosse May 1, 2000 Maybe it's a product of age or the fact I was born and raised in Hamilton, Ont. and that I attended school there. But I went straight to the obituaries in the Hamilton Spectator that Friday night.It j...
Transportation In for ‘ripair’, Part 3 April 1, 2000 After eating breakfast in the hotel coffee shop, Mark spent the morning doing a load of laundry at the laundromat near the hotel. When all his clothes were dry, neatly folded and back into his overnig...
Transportation Together for the long haul April 1, 2000 Two years ago, Susan and Juan Groening were stuck in dead-end jobs. The young Leamington, Ont. couple (she's 25 and he's 26) were making house payments on credit cards and the future looked bleak."He ...
Transportation Freightliner brings Mercedes power to heavy-duty trucks April 1, 2000 LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Freightliner has unveiled a proprietary heavy-duty engine line in the MBE 4000, flexing the muscle of its parent that is Daimler Chrysler.The 12.8-litre in-line, six-cylinder Mercede...
Transportation The right time for grease? April 1, 2000 NASHVILLE, Tenn. - A new Recommended Practice for using semi-fluid grease in wheel ends is now the rule presented by the Maintenance Council of the American Trucking Associations. But the maintenance ...
Transportation Trucker’s vigil comes to an end April 1, 2000 SUDBURY, Ont. - Dennis Cleary's 1999 Century Class became a fixture on the shoulder of Hwy. 69 as he protested the high fuel costs that were putting him out of business. Now they have.His truck is bei...
Transportation Are you ready to team up with your mate? April 1, 2000 1. Are you compatible?This is the key question. You have to enjoy spending time together - a lot of time. And you have to both like driving- a lot of driving.There's no use imagining that life on the ...
Transportation Crude economics April 1, 2000 TORONTO, Ont. - Over the past few months, there's been quite a furor over the price of fuel. There's also been a lot of rhetoric. Depending on what camp you're in, and how the rising price of fuel has...
Transportation Your lifelines April 1, 2000 HAMILTON, Ont. - I first met Ross in the late '70s, trucking the endless Montreal turns that were our lives along Hwy. 401. From his first words on the CB it was evident that he had a dry, yet keen se...