Transportation Build it to last July 1, 2000 Jack Neuman of Maynooth, Ont. is looking for a good heavy truck. "We're going to draw gravel and we're going to use it to draw logs," he says. It's the kind of work that requires robust equipment; som...
Transportation Lethargy is not an option July 1, 2000 Dear Editor,The vacuum that is lethargy seems already to be sucking the life out of the protesters who rose to the surface during what is an ongoing fuel price crisis. Sadly, it is this seeming indiff...
Transportation Maybe we need black boxes July 1, 2000 Dear Editor,Regarding the fuss about black boxes, I think the vast majority of truckers are missing the biggest opportunity for a pay increase that has ever landed at their feet. Why? The only reason ...
Transportation B.C. names Jim Muraro top trucker July 1, 2000 WHISTLER, B.C. - The Volvo B.C. Driver of the Year has been trucking all his life, first jockeying ice cream trucks around a yard when he was 13. And until recently he never had a ticket or an acciden...
Transportation Teamsters balk at 14-hour proposal July 1, 2000 TORONTO, Ont. - Canada's Teamsters have launched a national campaign against a proposal that would allow truckers to work 14 hours per day, and are looking to the general public to help them in the fi...
Transportation The strength of a lightweight June 1, 2000 You can be forgiven if you automatically assume that bigger and heavier equates to stronger and tougher. It's drilled into us from the time we're children, when we first see the comic strip with a bul...
Transportation AADCO, Volvo Toronto to salvage trucks June 1, 2000 TORONTO, Ont. - It appears there is life after death for heavy trucks. A new strategic alliance between AADCO Industries and Volvo Trucks of Toronto will see old or written-off trucks pulled apart, an...
Transportation Rolling in the dough June 1, 2000 DON MILLS, Ont. - Tires represent one of the largest costs for truckers, but that also means they offer one of the greatest opportunities for saving costs.The challenge is to work smarter - not harder...
Transportation Driving in red ink June 1, 2000 Jim saw his financial life spiraling out of control.While he had made a decent living in the trucking industry for 10 years, the owner/operator found himself staring at a rent bill that he couldn't pa...
Transportation Five-year waivers temporarily suspended June 1, 2000 I was glad to report two months ago that the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) had finally begun to issue five-year waivers, allowing waiver holders to save the time and expense of ann...
Transportation Author writes by the seat of his pants June 1, 2000 Michael Perry is not a trucker. But you'd never know it by the way he writes."It's interesting what you feel up there," he writes, "with those 475 horses chooglin' along at your feet, the turbo holdin...
Transportation The ways to the roadway June 1, 2000 Time is money, especially when you're delivering a load. And many truckers say it's high time something was done about our roads. Canada is one of a very few countries in the world without a national ...
Transportation Spring into action June 1, 2000 Air suspensions continue to grow in popularity and already account for about 80 to 85 per cent of Class 8 tractor suspensions and 55 to 60 per cent of trailer systems. It's easy to see why they're so ...
Transportation Trailer maintenance can be cost-effective June 1, 2000 DON MILLS, Ont. - Trailer maintenance programs need to begin before new equipment even arrives at a fleet, according to speakers at the Canadian Fleet Maintenance Seminar. But the work doesn't end the...
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 ...