Transportation Taxes are killing the industry October 1, 2000 Dear Editor,In the past year, the cost of fuel has taken a turn for the worse. We have seen truckers demonstrate their disgust with prices, while others sit back and take these fuel prices, lamenting ...
Transportation Kill your deadheads October 1, 2000 If there is one thing that cuts into a fleet's profitability or an owner/operator's business it is deadhead miles. Finding freight for a backhaul is essential to the success of every trucking business...
Transportation O/Os twice as likely to measure brake stroke October 1, 2000 TORONTO, Ont. - When it comes time to crawling under a truck to mark and measure brake stroke, owner/operators are two times more likely than drivers to do the job, according to results from a survey ...
Transportation NTA doesn’t represent me October 1, 2000 Dear Editor,Who is the National Truckers Association? Is this the group of people trying to have owner/operators classed as "employees"? If it is, they certainly do not represent me or anyone I know i...
Transportation It’s a buyer’s market September 1, 2000 DON MILLS, Ont. - If you want to silence a crowd of heavy-duty truck dealers, just ask them how the used truck market is these days. After a communal groan, you might get a series of one-word answers ...
Transportation E-drivers September 1, 2000 Say what you will about E-commerce, but the stuff listed on Internet sites isn't delivered through a computer modem. It has to move by truck.Still, the new approach to orders does present a new type o...
Transportation A day at the races September 1, 2000 NOTRE-DAME-DU-NORD, Que. - It normally isn't thought of as a city, this spot on the map that sits near the border of Ontario and Quebec. Barely 1,500 people call it their permanent home.But every summ...
Transportation Truck trivia September 1, 2000 Pamela Wallin, eat your heart out.The host of Canada's version of the Who Wants to be a Millionaire game show may be ready to stump Canadian contestants with general trivia knowledge this year, but we...
Transportation It’s time to stop being a sweatshop on wheels September 1, 2000 David Bradley's recent Truck News column in which he played the role of a Canadian truck driver has received much attention.Well, I am here to tell you that my name is Dave too, and I AM a Canadian tr...
Transportation Staying insulated September 1, 2000 February's record spike in fuel prices is half a year in the past, but Canada's truckers aren't as insulated from high fuel prices as they might want to be.At press time (in August), the retail price ...
Transportation Operating for less September 1, 2000 CHARLOTTETOWN, P.E.I. - A research paper presented during this summer's Canadian Transportation Research Forum in Charlottetown, P.E.I. has concluded that many truckers are not finding the life they'r...
Transportation ‘Dead angles’ September 1, 2000 MONTREAL, Que. - Quebec truckers frustrated with cars driving in their blind spots may see some relief this year thanks to a new "Watch the Blind Spots" campaign.Highway signs, radio and newspaper ads...
Transportation The glide of the ride August 1, 2000 When it comes to spec'ing a suspension system for a heavy-duty truck, two obvious questions come to mind: what am I going to do, and where am I going to go? Although there are other things to consider...
Transportation Attack stress August 1, 2000 You're on a clogged artery, your own arteries clogging as a four-wheeler cuts you off. Your lunch is in your throat as you halt your beast of burden before it crushes the little red Toyota that has sl...
Transportation Fergus features include wedding August 1, 2000 FERGUS, Ont.- Thousands of truckers converged on this rural community from July 22 to 23 during the 15th annual Fergus Truck Show. And more than 475 trucks competed for numerous awards (and bragging r...
