Transportation N.A. Class 8 truck building boom beginning to soften February 1, 2000 CHATHAM, Ont. - Anyone doubting that Class 8 truck sales are beginning to soften needs to look no further than the factory floor.About 500 of the 2,200 workers at Navistar International's plant in Cha...
Transportation Truckers of a different color February 1, 2000 After I was assigned to study racism in the trucking industry, I spent a few hours listening to Channel 19. My ears perked for any racist inference. The first session left me wondering where the racis...
Transportation Fight the gators February 1, 2000 Next to fuel, tires represent the highest operating expense for an owner/operator. A set of 10 tires for an on-highway tractor can easily cost $3,000, so the shredded casings that line the shoulder of...
Transportation New committee to address Quebec driver shortage February 1, 2000 MONTREAL, Que. - A government committee involving several ministries is expected to meet for the first time in February to address what's seen as an increasing shortage of truck drivers in the provinc...
Transportation Tech treads February 1, 2000 The link between rubber and silicone may be closer than you think.Tire manufacturers have been struggling for several years to incorporate computer chips into their rubber - developing a new generatio...
Transportation Grace gone February 1, 2000 MARKHAM, Ont. - It coughed and sputtered out of the starting gate, but Ontario's Drive Clean emissions program is now a fact of life for heavy trucks that are at least three years old.A transition per...
Transportation Looking overhead February 1, 2000 It's a natural step to believe that you'll make more money by spending more time behind the wheel. That's true when you consider gross profits that come from payments based on a mileage or a percentag...
Transportation Dumped regulation February 1, 2000 MONTREAL, Que. - Canada's last bastions of regulated trucking may have fallen Jan. 1, with the deregulation of bulk haulers in Quebec and B.C., but experiences in the two provinces are a world apart.Q...
Transportation Shift to fitness gear February 1, 2000 Our health-crazed society demands summer-ripe vine tomatoes in the dead of winter, but the drivers bringing them to market are probably relying on a diet of snack foods and caffeine to get through the...
Transportation Trailer promotes the gift of life January 1, 2000 KITCHENER, Ont. - Tony Hopp was counting the days until his wife Janice received the liver transplant she needed to save her life.All 982 days."I was really frustrated," the Kitchener, Ont. trucker ad...
Transportation Alberta fatigue pilot to start by April January 1, 2000 CALGARY, Alta. - The Alberta Trucking Industry Safety Association (ATISA) says its fatigue management pilot project is almost ready to begin, looking for a way to manage driver fatigue beyond traditio...
Transportation The 80s were profitable, dangerous: Lacasse January 1, 2000 BOMANVILLE, Ont. - Yvan Lacasse realizes the trucking industry of the 1980s made a lot of people good money, but he thinks trading some of the profits for safety awareness has probably saved his life....
Transportation Thinking bigger January 1, 2000 Is there a copy of the Financial Post in your sleeper? Do you wear a three-piece suit when changing the oil? Have you crammed a desk and wood paneling into your sleeper?Even if you aren't related to t...
Transportation Meyers honored for OTA service January 1, 2000 TORONTO, Ont. - Meyers Transport president Evan Meyers has been honored by his peers with Ontario's Trailmobile Service to Industry Award for his contribution to the trucking industry.Meyers, who chai...
Transportation Trial and tribulation at a modern keyboard January 1, 2000 So who was the Einstein who invented this marvelous piece of technology called the computer? This "tech-no" piece of machinery that makes our lives easier. This space-age wizard of wonderment. This, t...
