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Alutrec’s New State-of-the-Art Capacity Aluminum Flatbed TrailerBy pETEr DUDlEy
Thanks to Alutrec, the trucking in-dustry is about to
get a lot more efficient, productive and environ-mentally friendly.
The Québec-based, pri-vately owned company is about to launch its new state-of-the-art Capacity aluminum flatbed trailer, which will allow carriers to ship more goods at less cost, thanks to an innova-tive design that incorpor-ates a monocoque structure instead of beams.
Alutrec has spent five years and $1.3 mi l l ion Canadian dollars researching and developing their revolutionary new Capacity trailer, in collaboration with Laval University, Uni-versité du Québec à Chicoutimi, two Québec aluminum research centres – CNRC-NRC, CQRDA and the Alcoa research centre in Pittsburg, Pasa-dena. Alutrec has built a new production line and the trailer is scheduled to start rolling out in July 2011.
“This is one of the big-gest inventions in truck-ing in the last 10 years,” said Alutrec co-owner Stéphane Labillois, in a telephone interview. The company already has many buyers lined
up to purchase the new trailer. The trailer will be available in both two-axle and three-axle configura-tions. The two-axle trailer will weigh 6,950 pounds (3,152 kilograms), which is at least 2,000 pounds (907 kilograms) less than other trailers. The three-axle model will weigh 9,000 pounds (4,082 kilo-grams).
“For a carr ier, th is weight savings makes a huge difference,” Sté-
phane said.T h e n e w
aerodynamic design deliv-ers 7% better fuel economy and makes these trailers much more torsion resist-ant, hence more stable on the road, than previous models.
Alutrec is also pleased to announce that it now has a dedicated sales-man – Richard Casault
– to serve east coast cus-tomers. Later this year, Alutrec plans to either open an office or enter into a partnership with an existing trailer dealership in the Maritimes.
Alutrec is on the move, since its humble begin-nings in St. Agathe, Qué-bec, 15 years ago. The company has expanded to include a new office on Highway 20 in Saint-Nicolas, near Québec City, where Alutrec’s engineer-ing and sales teams are now located. Stéphane Labillois says the location is ideal, as it will give the company greater visibility and allow truckers to drop in to discuss their needs.
Alutrec was the first Canadian company to design and manufacture aluminum trailers and
they remain the industry leader.
Aluminum offers many benefits. It is long last-ing, low maintenance and very strong. But per-haps the biggest advan-tage of aluminum is its weight. An aluminum
trailer weighs thousands of pounds less than a steel trailer, uses less fuel, yet can handle a larger payload. This maximizes
profits.Alutrec con-
tinues to make a v a r i e t y o f traditional flat-b e d t r a i l e r s and is one of the few manu-facturers using full-length ex-trusions. This means that the
beams under the trailer are one piece.
From research and de-velopment, to manufac-turing, to quality control, the company’s 40 em-ployees do all the work in-house.
Alutrec sources most
of its aluminum supply from Canada, although the company deals with special suppliers in the United States to procure some of the larger extru-sions.
T h e a d v a n t a g e o f Alutrec’s aluminum flat-bed trailer design is that it can be custom built to meet a client’s specific demands. For example, Alutrec can fit carriers that haul very heavy steel coil with a special re-inforcement kit in the centre of the trailer. Each carrier has specific needs and Alutrec can engineer a solution. No job is too small or too difficult.
Innovation is key at Alutrec. One of the com-pany’s most challenging but successful designs
was coming up with a transportation platform that could move both sol-id and liquid materials at the same time. Alutrec’s engineering team de-veloped the aluminum Hybrid B-Train model. It remains the only one of its kind in North America.
Alutrec has manufac-tured and sold thou-sands of flatbed trail-ers in the last 15 years, from two-axle models to B-Train. The very first trailer Alutrec made is still in service, transporting wood from Québec to Ontario twice per week.
Let Alutrec’s expertise and know-how work for you. Contact them at 418.599.2415 or at their Toll Free number at 877.631.2600.V
pictured on the left is richard Casault, new east coast salesman and on the right is Stéphane
labillois, co-owner of Alutrec.
4 April 2011
TAllMAN TrUCK CENTrE liMiTED (FOrMErly KEMpTVillE TrUCK CENTrE liMiTED)
New Name, New Location, Same Great Service Since 1973
Kemptville Truck Centre Limited has been selling
and servicing the complete International line since 1973. We have trucks ran-ging from small delivery trucks, like the all new TerraStar to the rugged WorkStar and the flag-ship of severe service, the PayStar. Highway models feature the aerodynamic TransStar and ProStar models, both of which achieve “the best in class fuel economy”.
It has been an exciting year for Kemptville Truck Centre Limited. Last Janu-ary, Kemptville Truck Cen-tre Limited was a winner of the Canada’s 50 Best Managed Companies pro-gram in 2009 and requali-fied in 2010 to maintain their status as a Best Man-aged Company.
On January 14,2011
Kemptville Truck Cen-tre Limited was awarded Navistar’s prestigious “Cir-cle of Excellence Award”. This was the 18th con-secutive year KTC has earned this award. KTC was one of only three dealers in Canada, and 33 in the world to receive this award.
Only a few weeks ago Kemptville Truck Centre Limited announced the opening of a new loca-tion in western Ottawa, located at 101 Alti Place, Ottawa, Ontario. This site is strategically located off highway 416 and Fal-lowfield Drive, alongside Moodie Drive. This new location will give KTC a total of seven dealerships in Eastern Ontario which include Ottawa, Kempt-ville, Cornwall, Brockville, Kingston, and Belleville, along with four associate
dealers in Pembroke, Arn-prior, Alfred, and Napanee.
The new west Ottawa location enhances our cus-tomer service commitment and the desire to expand our operations and grow our business in the Ottawa region, especially the west end. This growth strength-ens our commitment to the Navistar/International family and the local com-munities we serve. Our “company wide” focus on business excellence, con-tinuous improvement and the desire to be the best in class, will lend well to this growth opportunity.
To top it all off Kemptville Truck Centre Limited is changing its name to “Tall-man Truck Centre Lim-ited”. KTC has always been and still is a family owned and operated business originating in Kemptville since 1973. Now with sev-
en locations with its head office in Kingston, Tallman Truck Centre Limited (TTC) decided it would be best to consolidate the name. We want to let our customers know that whether you bring your truck to Ottawa
or Belleville, or anywhere in between you can expect the same great service at all of our locations. If we don’t have the part in stock at your nearest location, it is comforting to know that we can contact any of our
six locations to locate the part have it delivered to the dealership where you are. To learn more about Tall-man Truck Centre Limited and its new West Ottawa location visit www.ttc-truck.ca.V
April 2011 5
ThiS MONTh’S ThEME: BrAKiNG SySTEMS & prODUCTS
Industry Prepares for New Brake Rules
By MArEK KrASUSKi
In 2007 and 2010 the trucking industry had to adapt to stringent
reductions in diesel par-ticulate matter and ni-trous oxides emissions. Later this year, new SPIF regulations – Safe, Pro-ductive, Infrastructure Friendly – come into ef-fect, requiring new trailers to have all wheels on the road surface in order to distribute cargo evenly on each axle and thereby re-duce damage to Ontario’s roadways. But there’s still more! In 2012, new brake stopping regulations for commercial vehicles go into effect. The initiative mandated by the U.S. National Highway Traf-fic Safety Administration (NHTSA) will be followed by Canadian transporta-tion authorities.
When the new rules are implemented, a typical tractor and trailer travel-ling at 100 kph must come to a complete stop within a 250 foot range. Current regulations call for a stop-ping distance of 355 feet. The changes represent an approximate 30 per-cent reduction in stopping distance. The following parameters are included in the new regulations:
1. A tractor and trailer with two or three axles and a maximum allow-able weight of 70,000 pounds or less must stop within 250 feet.
2. A tractor and trail-er with three axles and a maximum allowable weight of more than 70,000 pounds must stop within 310 feet.
3. A tractor with four or more axles and a max-imum weight of 85,000 pounds or less must stop within 250 feet.
4. A tractor with four or
more axles and a max-imum weight of 85,000 pounds or more must stop within 310 feet.
The changes are hoped to reduce col l is ions. Consider that nearly 30 percent of all accidents involving commercial trucks are attributed to brake failures. Stricter braking laws and pro-active law enforcement are anticipated by the American NHTSA to save 227 lives annually, pre-vent 300 serious injuries, and reduce property dam-age costs by nearly $170 million dollars.
Brake manufacturers are preparing to meet these updated standards, applicable to new trucks only, with innovations in design and engineer-ing. There are countless numbers of suppliers that come and go with the tides of economic change, but among the dozen or so primary manufactur-ers, most are prepared to comply with the new rules. It’s not yet known how much the price of new trucks will rise to underwrite the costs of enhanced drum brakes or the installation of addi-tional air disc brakes.
One of the oldest brake manufacturers, Bendix Spicer Foundation Brake, recently a n -nounced its Ever-s u r e s p r i n g b r a k e with No Touch technology, which the com-pany hails as the next generation double diaphragm f o r d r u m brakes. The new design is lauded by the com-pany as the lightest weight brake among industry competitors and promises to deliver top durability and per-formance. Each brake is over two pounds lighter than previous models,
reducing a tractor trail-er combination weight to between 16 and 24 pounds. Bendix says the lighter weight translates into the ability to carry increase payload and improve fuel efficiency, as well as improve cor-rosion resistance, thanks to the application of a protective coating. All of Bendix’s configurations – drum brakes and disc brakes – meet or exceed the imminent 30 percent reduction requirement, the company says.
Among industry innov-ators is Express Brake International (EBI), a Florida-based company now setting its sights on establishing a Canadian warehouse distribution centre in Ontario. EBI has developed and patented a new air brake shoe and lining system which is viewed as an attractive alternative for the heavy duty truck brake shoe industry. According to the company’s Regional Sales Manager, Scott Deslippe, increased braking surface is achieved through the elimination of rivet holes and tapers, resulting in a 30 to 50 p e r c e n t improve- ment in l i n i n g w e a r . “ O u r products p r o v i d e 100 per-
cent in-
itial sur- f a c e contac t w h i c h r e p r e - s e n t s
a departure from most competitors whose riv-eted shoes contribute to corrosion and the crack-ing of linings,” he says. The absence of rivet holes across the face of the brake shoe prevents un-even wear and tear on the shoe and drum. EBI’s website claims that the stainless steel ma-terial and seam weld brake shoe con-s t r u c -t i o n p r o -v i d e a s t r o n g e r and more d u r a b l e product.
The market has seen a r i s e i n t h e instal-l a t i o n o f d i s c brakes - a superior prod-uct, most concur, to conventional drum brakes, but more ex-pensive to purchase and maintain. Disc brakes are predicted to gain a larger market share, not only because of their shorter stopping- distance ca-pabilities, but also for their contribution to im-proved power regener-ation for hybrid-drive trucks, and a general trend toward harmon-
izing global truck plat-forms.
Preferences for drum or disc brakes not-
wi ths tand ing , a common refrain among industry specialists is the widespread lack of
due diligence g o v e r n i n g the care and
maintenance of brak-ing systems. Experts
claim that at the very least, improper brake maintenance causes un-even wear and tear and accelerates repair costs. In worst case scenarios, poor braking systems
cause collisions.Bob Blair of the Wash-
ington based firm, Lite-Check Inspection Solu-tions, draws attention to common industry prac-tices that stress braking systems. Among them is the lack of regulated air applied to brake hoses.
E v e n
when two people are checking brakes - one to apply pressure to the brake pedal, another to check each brake - the amount of pressure is generally unknown. A driver may apply 60 pounds of pressure in one application, and 90 pounds in another. In-consistent pressure leads to uneven wear of brake shoes and tires.
Drawing on his long ex-perience in brake main-tenance, Bob Blair notes that shop technicians will “commonly grab an airline which may be rated, for example, for 180 pounds of pressure and apply it to a braking system that normally re-quires 90-110 psi. The re-sult is excessive stress on every component, con-nection and valve.” An-other practice, he notes, is the tendency to check each brake chamber by trying to listen for air leaks in typically noisy shops and garages. In
the absence of a reliable air leak test tool, this method fails to accurately measure air loss and can lead to brake failure and inconsistent braking.
Blair also warns against compounding air pres-sure to the spring/emer-gency brake. Another common practice is to apply service air be-
fore releasing the spring brake.
A s s u m -i n g t h e s p r i n g
b r a k e i s set at 120
pounds, t h e a d d i -t ion of a n -o t h e r 8 0
p o u n d s of service air com-p o u n d s
the spring brake with 200
pounds of pressure. The consequence is ex-cessive strain on all brake system components.
Transportation author-ities in Canada and the U.S. will be ramping up their brake inspections in light of the new regu-lations, and industry rep-resentative like Bob Blair urge drivers and fleet operators to take pro-active steps to be com-plaint. The alternative is to suffer punitive financial costs.
“If brake systems have not been corrected, there is not only the high cost of brake repair and poor tire performance to ad-dress, but also the added penalties for infractions, the sidelining of a truck, and the cost of a mobile certified technician to get to the truck and repair it.” Blair encourages main-tenance directors to con-sult guidelines outlined in organizations like the Canadian Transportation Equipment Association in order to ensure compli-ance and avoid unneces-sary expenses.V
6 April 2011
SpOTliGhT ON… SilVEr EAGlE MANUFACTUriNG COMpANy
Leader In Converter Dolly TechnologiesBy MArEK KrASUSKi
Recent legislation in the province of Ontario will allow
more trucking compan-ies to run double and triple trailer configura-tions across the coun-try, effectively moving more freight with fewer tractors. The new rules promise to reap economic benefits for transporta-tion companies and for the environment. The Ministry of Transportation (MTO) predicts that mov-ing goods more efficiently with dual trailers has the potential of saving ship-pers and consumers up to $320 million per year, and reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 190,000 tonnes per year.
The United States has been running Long Com-bination Vehicles for decades and the critical couplings between many of those trailers are converter dollies made by Silver Eagle Manufac-turing. Silver Eag le ce le -brates its 75th anniversary in 2011, and to mark the mile-stone the com-pany is finishing a complete expan-sion of its converter dolly line. Converter dollies are equipped with one or two axles and a fifth wheel by which trailers can be at-tached to a tractor trailer combination to form a double trailer rig. Today the Portland, Oregon-based company offers five completely customizable dolly configurations - the most of any converter dolly manufacturer in the world.
The company’s diversi-fied product line reflects its corporate mission to maintain a leadership role in the industry. “We are the one-stop location for all converter dolly needs and provide features and services that no one else in the industry offers,” said Mark Jurman, Vice
President of Sales for Sil-ver Eagle. “Whether you need conventional dollies, I-beam dollies, multiple-sized tongues, heavy-duty or tandem dollies, Silver Eagle has them all and all models can be designed and constructed accord-ing to customer specifica-tions.”
The principals of in-novation and craftsman-ship, along with a history of client satisfaction, lead to what was to become the first in a series of ‘birds of prey’ dollies – the aptly named Eagle. Its smooth ride, easy hand-ling, and proven durabil-ity are among the many advantages that distin-guish the Eagle from its competitors, says Jurman. “The Eagle’s transverse leaf spring sus-pension
is mounted right up under the fifth wheel and runs perpen-dicular to the dolly. This design feature raises the center of gravity which results in better protec-tion against rollovers and ensures the smoothest ride on the road, whether loaded or empty.”
A loyal customer base has been secured by pub-lic attraction to the Eagle’s additional features and benefits – among them the guarantee of dur-ability, cost savings, and innovative design char-acteristics that translate into easy handling and maintenance. The Eagle utilizes 1/4 inch steel that
doubles the strength of the drawbar and is pro-tected with electro dispos-ition coating (E-coating). This application electron-ically impregnates the steel frame with a primer which inhibits rust. Mark Jurman explains: “If a rock chip or any other damage causes the metal to be exposed, the rust will not migrate any more than 3 millimetres from the ex-posed surface. The E-coat locks down the spread and keeps it from pro-gressing.” This durable anti-corrosion method re-sists rust spread and lasts four times longer than competitive coatings.
Common among con-verter dollies are solid weld construction de-
signs. In contrast, Silver Eagle’s design capabilities are dis-tinguished by the Eagle’s bo l t - toge the r f rame construction. Damages caused to any part of the frame are easily repaired by simply detaching the compromised piece and replacing it with a new part. Welded frames found in most dolly construction require a skilled, certified and high-priced welder to replace an entire part, a procedure which, if not perfectly executed, can result in improper align-ment and squaring of the frame.
Driven by an emphasis on innovation and quality design and manufactur-ing, Silver Eagle continues to expand its range of dollies, each of which is built according to the exacting standards and cost-saving features of the Eagle. The company later introduced the next generation single-axle converter dolly – the Fal-con. Hailed as strong, muscular and lean, this model is the heavy-duty alternative to conven-tional style competitors, and was intended to fill a market niche, says Mark Jurman, “for people who wanted a heavy duty dolly equipped with all the bells and whistles, including a lightweight, air-ride
s y s t e m and is easy to move and configure.”
Among the Falcon’s benefits is a lightweight construction, an ergo-nomic design with easy access to components so as to reduce strain and injury, faster hook-ups, and a reinforced drawbar that’s resistant to abuse. Following in the tradition of its predecessor, the Fal-con’s Huck-bolted frame allows for the easy re-placement of the drawbar and other parts without cutting or welding.
In October 2010, the Hawk was added to the
converter dolly family. Weighing in at only 2,680 pounds, each component is E-coated before assem-bly in order to maximize protection by minimizing the rate of corrosion on the Huck-bolted frame. Constructed with 1/4 inch steel, a resilient drawbar and frame, and a Hutch 9700 suspension system, the Hawk delivers in-creased payload capacity thanks to its light weight, ease of repair, and low maintenance costs.
The latest addition to Silver Eagle’s product line is the Osprey, also popular for its features of flexibility and ease of repair. The Osprey is the only dolly on the market with an I-beam bolt-together frame - another testament to
the company’s leader-
s h i p i n r e -
sponding to market demand. The Osprey, like the Eagle, Falcon and Hawk models, is also resistant to corrosion thanks to the application of E-coating technology on all frame parts.
Standing a longside these companion dollies is the Condor tandem. With a gross allowable weight loading capacity of 40,000 pounds, the Condor is an excellent choice for food service distributors, water companies, and other transportation compan-ies that haul dense and heavy loads. In a business climate characterized by cost saving efficiencies es-
sential to sustaining profit margins, the Condor is a proven forerunner in tan-dem dollies. Double trailer configurations translate into fewer tractors, fewer drivers and lower operat-ing costs.
Indeed, the Condor is becoming increasingly popular. Sales for the dual-axle dolly have risen by 300 percent in the last year alone. A guaranteed smooth ride supported by the Hutch 9700 series suspension, as well as in-creased corrosion resist-ance, typical of all Silver Eagle dollies; continue to attract attention in the North American transpor-tation market.
Superior performance, durability, reduction in tire wear, corrosion resist-ance, and low mainten-ance costs account for Silver Eagle’s reputation as the largest manufac-
turer of on-highway converter dollies.
This stellar rec-ord, moreover, is reinforced by innovation ex-cellence in the development of all its other
truck and trailer product lines. For
example, the Silver Eagle AeroSaber skirt
fairings are SmartWay verified to save truckers nearly 6 percent on fuel consumption. Meanwhile, the company’s RapidWall mobile barrier offers ef-fective protection and crowd control capabil-ities, and its light tactical trailers have become pre-ferred products for the U.S. military operating in severe-duty environ-ments.
A leading manufac-turer with a history for past innovations that have become standard practice in the industry, the Silver Eagle Manu-facturing Company will continue delivering en-gineering-driven prod-ucts to its client base in North America and points beyond.V
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ASK ThE FUEl EXpErT
Year’s End Indicates 2011 Trend… Higher Fuel Prices!
By JACK lEE
So what do you think you will be doing this t ime
next year? Every January I like to take a minute and put myself ahead 12 months and think what I will be doing and where my business will be in conjunction with my per-sonal life. I don’t write any of these ideas down. It’s not like planning a budget.
Now that you have spent a second on personal forecasting, let’s get back to business. Where will your business be, this time, next year? For most, 2011 will be a better year than 2010. It seems we are slowing starting to grow out of the recession. We have shed a lot of un-necessary expenses. We have tightened our belts; shed the fat…enough al-ready! To look forward and try to look at the big picture, doesn’t take a crystal ball. But if you are like me, I choose to focus on the details affecting the bottom line, and the price of fuel hits us all hard.
Fuel is your number one expense, next to the cost of labour. So where will your fuel costs be over the next 12 months? Our Fuel Guy, Bob van der Valk sheds some light. He writes, “There’s a clue to this year’s gaso-line prices in last year’s pricing anomaly. At the end of December 2010 the average price of gasoline in the U.S. was $3 per gallon, forty cents higher than the $2.60 per gallon price posted on the first day of 2010.”
Let’s do some math, calculating price per gal-lon relative to price per
barrel…He adds, “By compari-
son, crude oil prices were $66 at end of December 2009 versus $92 per bar-rel on December 31, 2010. This should have made the price of gasoline $3.25 per gallon, That calcula-tion is based on dividing the difference of $26 in the per barrel price by 42, the number of US gallons in each barrel of crude oil, which equates to 65 cents per gallon. When 65 cents is added to the $2.60, the price of gasoline at be-ginning of the year 2010 should have been $3.25 per gallon. That is the price gasoline could have been if all the increases in crude oil prices would have been passed along to the consumer.”
As always, pricing south of the border affects us here in Canada. He adds his prediction, saying, “Canada will follow suit and see both gasoline and diesel prices run up. Some oil company executives are suggesting prices of $1.40 to $1.50 per litre this year.”
The Gas Guy says the next 60 days will see in-creases at the pump, “My forecast is that the addi-tional 25 cents per gallon will not disappear and in-stead be passed along to the consumer at the pump in the next two months. This is in view of the oil refineries going into their spring turn-around by March 1, 2011 in order to start producing the low-er Reid Vapour Pressure summer type gasoline. Fuel supplies will tighten up with subsequent price increases to follow.”
You can’t control the price of fuel but you can control your fuel costs.
Even if fuel prices stay the same there is a way to protect yourself against run away fuel costs. It’s called Total Fuel Manage-ment and the tool that is available to help you is 4Refuel’s Fuel Manage-ment Online (FMO). With FMO you get the informa-tion you need quickly at
the click of a mouse. It gathers data from each piece of equipment and fuelling source. It is the best web-based software available today. There are others out there but FMO was the first and it is the leading software tool to help you cut fuel costs, guaranteed. It is being used by more than 6,000 public and private com-
panies in most industries including rail, construc-tion, transport, logistics and marine. FMO man-ages millions of litres of fuel each week for these companies. FMO delivers reports on Fuel Economy, Fuel Budgeting, Monthly Consumption, by vehicle or piece of equipment, Fuel Reports by location and a whole lot more.
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I hope 2011 is a prosper-ous year for you all. Plan to grow and protect your-self against escalating fuel prices. For more on FMO and how it can help you check it out on line at: www.truecostoffuel.com
Jack Lee is the Executive Chairman and Founder of 4Refuel – the largest onsite fuel management company in Canada and a global leader in tech-nology designed to help businesses reduce their fuel expenses. Got a ques-tion about fuel? Ask the fuel expert by emailing Jack at AskTheFuelExpert @4Refuel.com.V
12 April 2011
lEGAl MATTErS
The Technical Defence
By MArK rEyNOlDS
Often I am con-tacted by defend-ants that are un-
sure of whether or not they should contest their char-ges because they feel that they are guilty of the of-fence for which they have been charged. Whether a person is guilty or not guilty is something that is really determined by the evidence the prosecutor intends to use in order to obtain a conviction. This evidence is, for the most part, supplied by the police officer that lays the charge.
When a defendant does not have evidence to con-tradict the evidence of the officer, all is not neces-sarily lost. In this case, if the matter proceeds to trial, the defendant, or the defendant’s representa-tive would employ what is referred to as a technical defence. This is a defence that in essence challenges the prosecution’s evidence in a manner that raises a reasonable doubt in the mind of the Justice re-garding the guilt of the defendant. This may be as simple as conducting a trial where that officer and prosecutor fail to prove an essential element of an offence.
An example of this would be a trial conducted some time ago by a colleague of mine regarding a charge where a truck had lost a wheel on the highway. The prosecution was not of mind to come to a resolu-tion that was satisfactory to the defendant. There was no evidence that the defendant could provide to prove that the wheel did not become detached, so the trial was based on a technical defence. Dur-ing this trial the officer giving evidence on the
stand consistently referred to the wheel as a tire. As the charge section of the Highway Traffic Act in this case specifically speaks to a wheel, and also specif-ically exempts a tire, my colleague was able to point out that the offence with which the defendant had been charged had not been made out and the Justice dismissed the charge. This was a simple error on the part of both the officer and the prosecutor. Whether the defendant had lost a wheel or not is irrelevant in this case because regard-less of whether the Justice believed that a wheel had become detached or not, the decision must be based on the evidence provided
at trial.You may have heard of
someone winning a case on a technicality. The case referred to above is a prime example of this. There are many technicalities that can result in a defendant being found not guilty. Not all are successful, however one never knows until you try.
As always my advice to persons charged with an offence is to always seek legal advice prior to making any decisions as to whether or not to con-test the offence. In almost every case there is a free consultation provided prior to hiring a paralegal to rep-resent you. The impacts on your insurance and your
licence are too great to simply plead guilty to an alleged offence.
Mark Reynolds is a li-
censed paralegal, former truck driver, MTO enforce-ment officer, and provincial trainer and Enforcement
coordinator. He can be reached at 416.221.6888 or by email at [email protected]
ANNOUNCEMENT
Canada Cartage Appoints New Senior VP
Mississauga, On-tario - March 4, 2011 - Can-
ada Cartage System has hired Lori McCreight as its Senior Vice-President of Solutions. Officials say Mc-Creight’s role will encom-pass the carrier’s solutions engineering and national account management
functions.“As one of Canada’s high-
ly recognized and foremost experts in transportation, Lori brings executive level experience in sales, solu-tions, operations and cus-tomer support to CCS,” said Jeff Lindsay, President and CEO of Canada Cart-age. “Her well-rounded tal-
ent will make an immedi-ate impact on our business and ensuring we are well positioned for the future.”
McCreight’s most recent position was President of National Fast Freight. She is a Chartered Account-ant by trade and has an Honours BA from Brock University.V
14 April 2011
OUr MiSTAKE…
Attribution Regarding “Choosing a Trucking Company” March Article
In the March issue of this magazine I wrote an article called
“Choosing a trucking com-pany that you can trust” in which I wrote “…January 19th…Nolan Transporta-tion was featured in a press release…” (And re-ferred to the release again in a later sentence).
Apparently, this was not a press release (I have been graciously educated on what is and what is NOT a press release… sometimes interchange-able with “news story”). When I first read the story on January 19th I posted a very appreciative reply on the reporter’s blog and proceeded to interview Is-rael Ludwig (acting attor-ney) and communicated with Kelly
Nolan of Nolan Transpor-tation directly. I then wrote my article. However, I still referred to the initial article without attributing the initial source. This was my oversight based on my ignorance of what is, and what is not a press release. I apologize. My only de-fense is I have an MBA in Financial Management not in journalism (which isn’t much of a defense). It won’t happen again.
The article referred to a news story written by James Menzies and was published January 19th on Trucknews.com.V
MAKiNG yOUr MilES COUNT
OTA/MTO, FMCSA & Now CBC… Another Example Of Supermarket Tabloid Trash
By rOBErT D. SChEpEr
When the CBC a i red “Can-adian truckers
violate U.S. safety rules” on February 23rd, 2011 it painted a picture of the trucking industry as if it was a wild mob of rebels tearing up the rules and the roads. However, when CBC was confronted with the ACTUAL data and a request for clarification by Marco Beghetto of Today’s Trucking it arrogantly re-fused to respond. Noth-ing like another random drive-by shooting to both the trucking industry and “journalism”.
It seems the fabrication and manipulation of data is the new millennium’s soup de jour. Similar to the FMCSA “reasoning’s” for the proposed new changes to the HOS or the OTA/MTO method of passing the speed limiter law. Choose a direction then fabricate “evidence” to support the proposal. Then, keep yelling and trumpeting the spin until you drown out the facts!
Did the MTO/OTA’s speed limiter spin and FMCSA data manipulation give media outlets (such as CBC) a blank check to creatively trash the trucking industry? Isn’t it the responsibility of pro-fessional journalists to hold bureaucratic freak shows accountable for their statistical data, as opposed to running with the lemmings for the sake of ratings?
CBC placed a baited
hook of imaginary fear in the minds of innocent Canadian citizens. Given CBC’s slant, you’d think the ditches would have been full of fatigue truck wrecks but they actually had to dig up a six year old accident in order to support their fabrications. In other words CBC embel-lished a non-news item for the sake of Ratings! So, when real news ever does come along, who will we be able to trust for accuracy? Certainly not the CBC!
Oh what tangled web of Baitings.
When first we practice the Zeal for Ratings. (My apologies to Sir Walter Scott)
What kind of twisted logic thinks that the fab-rication of statistical data will add to their journalis-tic integrity as a Canadian icon? It only shows CBC’s desperation to elevate
their perceived status, or maybe they’re just looking for more federal funding?
Which brings me to the next logical thought, why are hard working Can-adian taxpayers funding this type of tabloid trash? The 2010 estimate was $930 million.
Personally, I ’m now looking forward to the day when Wendy Mesley interviews the scale clad alligator boy growing up in the Toronto Sewer system or that all important world exclusive with the Mars Aliens who are advising the Obama administration
on climate control.Do these people who
have influence actual-ly think we’re all idiots? Mindless thoughtless blobs of amino acids? Kind of looks like it.
If CBC does not rescind their own refuse maybe Ottawa can rescind a few million of our tax dollars in compensation.
Thanks to:Oh what a tangled web
we weave. When first we practice to deceive! Sir Walter Scott, Marmion, Canto vi. Stanza 17. Scot-tish author & novelist (1771 - 1832).
Right Turn Blog - Marco Beghetto, www.today-strucking.com/blog/blog-post. cfm? threadid=1303 &catid=29.
Robert D. Scheper oper-ates an accounting and consulting firm in Stein-bach, Manitoba. He has a Masters Degree in Business Administration and is the author of the Book “Mak-ing Your Miles Count: taxes, taxes, taxes” (now available on CD). You can find him at www.thrconsulting.ca and thrconsulting.blogspot.com or at 877.987.9787. You can e-mail him at [email protected]
16 April 2011
hEAlTh iNSUrANCE MATTErS
Travel Insurance, Don’t Leave Home Without It!By liNA DEMEDEirOS
Leaving your home whether for work or a vacation without
travel insurance can cost you hundreds or several thousand dollars as soon as you cross the border.
Today, many hospitals will not bill you for the treatment you receive while traveling but demand to be paid on the spot. A Mississauga man who needed emer-gency treatment this year with a purchased individual plan for travel insurance suddenly was told to pay $20,000 as the insurance company denied the claim. They refused to release him until the bill was paid.
Situations like this arise only when you decide to purchase insurance without fully disclosing your med-ical health or purchasing insurance coverage with-out the help of a financial advisor or living benefits specialist.
The importance of dis-
closing your medical health at the time of application could make or break your claim for medical expenses being covered by an insur-ance company. Over the years, insurance companies have increased their aware-ness to losses by increasing the cost of travel insurance in order to offset increases they fully underwrite at time of claim if not done prior to departure.
The key to receiving a paid claim is “stability” of your health prior to departure. Stability as it refers to in an insurance contract means, whether or not your health has changed in the past 6 months and with some insurance companies, in the last 12 months. This means that if you have a current condition where your doc-tor has not changed medi-cations, there is no threat to your health because of the diagnosis of your condition.
Another key point is that your advisor should ensure
that your policy is medically underwritten prior to depar-ture to avoid any surprises while on vacation. The situation with this Missis-sauga man on a recovery vacation is that his recent change of medication was NOT reported. The advisor, travel agent or financial in-stitution did not complete a medical questionnaire prior to departure and assumed the man’s health was stable.
When buying travel insur-ance there are some points to be aware of. First of all, be sure to complete the med-ical questionnaire with your advisor. Fully disclose any pre-existing medical condi-tions, changes in medica-tions. Don’t take anything for granted. Be sure to pur-chase travel insurance from an advisor who specializes in travel insurance or living benefits. Contact your ad-visor if your claim is denied by the insurer or hospital. Your advisor will be able to assist you with the claims
process and will assist you to receive payment.
The exception to this rule is an employer sponsored group plan for a large com-pany. The claims being paid are shared by the employer and members of the plan. Individual plans have rates
that cover the general pub-lic protecting the cost of the plan itself.
If you apply for this cover-age through an association, financial institution, or by credit card, be sure you read the small print. The large print entices you to
purchase but you should be aware of what is written in small print.
For more information on this article please feel free to visit our website at www.lmdfinancial.com or contact us directly at 1.800.236.5810.V
ANNOUNCEMENT
Garry Drouin ERS New National Sales Manager
Mississauga, On-tario - March 2, 2011 - Emer-
gency Road Services (ERS) is pleased to announce the hiring of Garry Drouin as their new National Sales Manager.
Garry brings twenty plus years of automotive, trucking and fleet main-tenance experience in a wide variety of roles to the Emergency Road Services’ Team. He has held pos-
itions with Mazda Canada, PHH, Mercedes-Benz and Transport Action Lease Systems among others.
Garry will focus on grow-ing sales throughout Can-ada and the U.S.A. In addi-tion, his dedication to cus-tomer service excellence and call centre experience will be a valuable addi-tion considering our ever increasing business needs.
Please contact Alvis Violo, CEO of Emer-
gency Road Services Corporation, directly at 905.277.2377 or toll free at 1.877.377.2262. He can also be reached via email at [email protected].
Emergency Road Ser-vices is Canada’s only 24 hour coast to coast emer-gency roadside assistance company dedicated to the trucking industry.
Welcome aboard, Dawn and Alvis Violo.V
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BUSiNESS iNSUrANCE MATTErS
Citizen Band DevicesBy liNDA COlGAN
In 1958 citizen band devices were intro-duced for the purpose
of one’s personal or busi-ness needs. As time pro-gressed the appropriate acronym used, or as we commonly refer to it is CB. For decades this de-vice has been used by a large population and if a CB could be symbolized as a “tool of the trade,” it would unanimously be linked to the transporta-tion industry.
As a young girl my fath-er often told me that if trouble looms on the high-way, flag down a transport driver because they would be one of the first to help or radio for assistance. My father lectured us on the perils of driving in the winter. Very clear were his instructions to follow a transport truck on the highway. If the weather changed drastically the
transport drivers would communicate by CB and were well aware of any inclement road conditions and highway closures.
Now with the intro-duction of cell phones, blackberry’s and other technological advances my father’s advice may be dated but still advice I heed and respect.
With the regular use of cell phones, new laws have had to be introduced to avoid distractions that cause accidents. A high percentage of accidents are directly related to the distraction caused by cell phone use or texting. Some accidents caused by cell phone use have resulted in fatalities. CB’s also fall within this cat-egory of hand held devices and thus have placed the CB within the realms of the “no hands law.” A direct threat looms regarding the use of handheld CB radios.
There are always pros and cons to every life scenario but I tend to agree with the “no hands law” when it applies to the cell phones but I rebel against banning CB use when it is used properly. I personally believe that concessions should be made for the transporta-tion industry to have ac-cess to the CB radios for
the purpose of business. Not for the purpose of vocal abuse or mindless chatter amongst the air-waves but for the purpose of assistance, to avert dis-aster, alert others of traf-fic congestion, stranded motorists or assist police with criminal action or lost children. There are count-less remarkable events when a transport driver
has assisted the police or community with the use of their CB radio.
I gravitate to thinking of the benefits of a truck driver who has assisted the law in finding a lost person or child, immeas-urable. Then I think of another scenario and the lack of humour within the police community when warnings blare over the
airwaves of Smokey’s in Tijuana taxi’s or brown wrappers! One cannot help but just smile.
Linda Colgan has been an Insurance Broker in the transportation indus-try since 1986 and cur-rently is a Transportation Insurance Advisor with JDIMI. To contact Linda call 416.809.3103 or email [email protected]
ANNOUNCEMENT
OK Tire, Emergency Road Services Partnership
T rucking Operations Will Keep Rolling With Around The
Clock ServiceTrucking customers can
drive easy with OK Tire’s announcement of its part-nership with Emergency Road Services Corpora-tion (ERS), providing 24-hour emergency roadside assistance for the com-mercial trucking industry in both Canada and con-tinental USA.
The partnership will help alleviate the stress of costly breakdowns, not only making it easier to connect to help faster, but also saving money by reducing administrative and equipment down-time.
“We value our commer-cial trucking customers and we want them to feel protected if they should
break down. Partnering with ERS is the best way we can get them back on the road as quickly and cost effectively as pos-sible,” says Larry Hardy, National Manager Truck and Specialty Tires, for OK Tire Stores.
ERS is Canada’s lead-ing bilingual emergency roadside assistance pro-vider and will help OK Tire customers locate the nearest dealer wherever they are - saving them time, money and san-ity. With over 100 OK Tire commercial locations across Canada, custom-ers will quickly get back on the road, minimizing downtime and increasing productivity.
For more information, visit oktire.com/commer-cial or emergencyroad-services.com.V
18 April 2011
CrOSS BOrDEr SErViCES
Compliance, Safety, Accountability (CSA)
By DAWN TrUEll
CSA 2010 Facts - On December 13, 2010, The Feder-
al Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) officially launched their CSA 2010 enforcement program. This program is designed to analyze safety violations from roadside inspections and crashes measuring commercial motor carrier’s safety per-formances.
The FMCSA is working diligently with partners to reduce CMV crashes, injuries and fatalities. Warning letters are being sent out to Motor Carriers
whose safety perform-ance data indicates they are not complying with applicable FMCSA safety regulations. These warn-ing letters identify Behav-iour Analysis & Safety Improvement Categories that are assigned an “alert” and outline possible con-sequences of continued safety problems. The warning letter provides instructions for accessing motor carrier safety data in the Safety Measurement System (SMS).
Preliminary reports show
carriers are improving their overall safety per-formance. If a Motor car-rier has received an un-satisfactory safety rating pursuant to 49 CFR Part 385 or is ordered to stop operations they will no longer be authorized to operate on U.S.A. national roadways. Safety ratings are available at www.safer.fmcsa.dot.gov and licensing and insurance status at www.li-public.fmcsa.dot.gov. What this means for Canadian Car-riers is that in order to
continue conducting ship-ments in and out of the U.S.A. we must comply with the FMCSA regula-tions.
Carriers do not inherit any of a newly hired driv-er’s past violations. Only those inspections that a driver receives while driv-ing under a carrier’s au-thority can be applied to a carrier’s Safety Measure-ment System record. All inspections and crashes
that a commercial motor vehicle driver receives while under the authority of a carrier will remain part of the carrier’s SMS data for two years, even if the carrier terminates the driver. Tickets or warn-ings that CMV drivers re-ceive while operating their personal vehicles do not count in the SMS. While research data indicate that a driver’s body mass index (BMI) is a risk factor
for identifying drivers that may have sleep apnea, neither FMCSA nor the CSA program currently has any rules that restrict who can be a commercial mo-tor vehicle driver based on BMI or weight or neck size.
For further information on any of the above and any government programs contact www.crossborder-services.org, [email protected], or call 905.973.9136.V
22 April 2011
ANCrA’S liFT-A-DECK ii
Load Maximizing System Boosts Load Averages
Tampa, Florida - During a recent press conference
at the 2011 Technology & Maintenance Council (TMC) Annual Meeting, Ancra International, the leader in load securement innovation, announced that its Lift-A-Deck II Load Maximizing System is gen-erating an estimated 10 to 30 percent increase in load averages while reducing freight damage claim ex-perience as much as 50 percent.
The company developed the estimates from propri-etary studies and analysis of companies that have installed the Lift-A-Deck II Load Maximizing System, Ancra’s patented, inte-grated, adjustable decking system that was developed by the company’s Cargo Systems Division. The advanced system makes any standard trailer more productive by enabling it to carry 10 to 30 percent
more cargo in a safer, more secure and more stable manner.
Ancra provides the Lift-A-Deck product both as a new equipment OEM installation and as a trailer up-fit or retrofit installation for existing trailing fleets. The system is applicable to all manner of trucking industry trailer models, including the typical 28-foot “pup” trailers used by national LTL carriers, as well as 45- and 48-foot city vans, and 53-foot trailers typically used in the long-haul truckload market.
As it completes current installation of Lift-A-Deck with several major car-riers, Ancra expects to have more than 55,000 Lift-A-Deck systems on the road by 2013, making it North America’s largest adjustable decking system supplier.
The No. 1 customer con-cern with LTL service is cargo damage. The Lift-A-
Deck II Load Maximizing System features a high-strength design that is easy to configure and delivers exceptional performance, creating multiple decking platforms for palletized freight.
The system starts with a solid foundation of nar-row, low-profile, alum-inum aircraft-style cargo tracks. The tracks’ slop-ing shoulders reduce the chance of forklift damage and attach to the trailer’s vertical structural posts every 16 or 24 inches, becoming an integral part of the sidewall structure.
Hor izonta l shor ing beams clamp securely into the vertical tracks and the ends of the metal beams are each independ-ently height-adjustable at one-inch increments. The system provides unparal-leled adjustment flexibility, allowing loaders to ac-commodate freight pal-lets of varying shapes and
sizes by precisely setting the right second-tier deck height. When not in use, the shoring beams can be retracted to the trailer ceiling, remaining out of the way but ready for rapid deployment during the next loading sequence.
The physical and design advantages of the Lift-A-Deck II Load Maximiz-ing System include the stronger head assemblies and redundant safety lugs on its shoring beams. The Ancra system is designed for use with integrated logistics straps that con-nect directly to the vertical tracks via one- or two-lug connecting options. The system’s standard shoring beams have a working load limit of 2,200 pounds. Heavy-duty beams are also available and are rated for a working load limit of 3,000 pounds.
Nationwide long-haul and regional full-truckload carrier Con-way Truckload
has installed the Ancra Lift-A-Deck system in 100 of its 53-foot trailers, mar-keting the system to its customers as an enhanced capacity utilization benefit under the private label brand “DoubleStack.”
“The Lift-A-Deck II Load Maximizing System pro-motes and enhances the stability of cargo through-out the trailer and ensures optimum use of the trail-er’s innate capacity,” Paul Wolford, Ancra’s Director of National Accounts, said. “The system is adaptable for a wide variety of goods, including fragile products that need to be isolated or stabilized. The system eas-ily accommodates freight i tems that otherwise cannot have other cargo stacked upon it, or pallets with products of varying dimensions and stability. “It can help greatly reduce a fleet’s exposure to cargo-related CSA infractions.”
The Lift-A-Deck II Load
Maximizing System can be ordered as an option from all major trailer OEMs, and retrofitting existing trailers is simple and convenient. Ancra has developed a nationwide network of certified, professional in-stallers, capable of ac-commodating significant installation volumes.
A training video has also been produced, allowing fleets to bring their staffs up to speed on the new system quickly and effort-lessly. One individual can easily operate the equip-ment and Ancra estimates that initial training can be accomplished in as little as 30 minutes.
View further information and images of The Lift-A-Deck II Load Maximizing System at www.ancra-llc.com/lad or view a You-Tube demonstration of The Lift-A-Deck II Load Maxi-mizing System at www.youtube.com / watch? v=DobgIDOFGVk.V
NEW prODUCTS & SErViCES
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NEW prODUCTS & SErViCES
WESTErN STAr TrUCKS iNC.
Introducing the All-New Class 8 Western Star 4700
Indianapo l i s , IN - March, 2011 - West-ern Star Truck Sales,
Inc. introduced its all-new Class 8 vocational truck - the Western Star 4700. The 4700, combined with the Western Star 4900 and 6900 truck models, provides customers with a full range of premium truck options to suit any need. The new truck is on display for the first time at the 2011 Work Truck Show in booth #933.
Available in a set-for-ward and set-back con-figuration, the 4700 fea-tures a 110-inch BBC - the shortest BBC in its class - and is the ideal solution to meet the needs of the dump, mixer, crane, roll-off, sewer vac and plow applications.
“The Western Star 4700 broadens our product line-up to meet the growing needs of value-minded vocational customers who still demand the attributes found in a traditional West-ern Star truck,” said Mike Jackson, general manager, Western Star. “Hand-built with unmatched attention to detail, the 4700 features the same durability, rug-gedness and reliability our customers expect from Western Star.pOWEr & pErFOrMANCE
The Western Star 4700 is ready to take on the most demanding of ap-plications, and is available with the broadest range of powertrain options in a single truck model, in-cluding the Detroit Diesel DD13® engine and the Cummins ISC and ISL en-gines.
The DD13 features a six-cylinder, in-line config-uration, 350 to 450 hp and 1,250 to 1,650 lb/ft of torque. Combined with Daimler’s proven BlueTec® Selective Catalytic Reduc-tion emissions technology and Amplified Common Rail System (ACRS), the DD13 can save vocational customers up to five per-cent in fuel economy.
For vocational customers who do not require 13-liter power, the Cummins ISC
and ISL are ideal for ap-plications that include the light plow and mixer mar-ket. Also utilizing proven SCR technology, the ISC features 260 to 350 hp and 1,000 lb/ft of torque, and the ISL features 345 to 380 hp, and 1,100 to 1,300 lb/ft of torque.
A broad range of trans-missions is also available for the 4700, including the latest Eaton Ultrashift PLUS transmission, and Allison 3000 and 4000-ser-ies transmissions.
priOriTiziNG ON
OpErATOr SAFETy
The Western Star 4700 is equipped with a galvan-nealed steel cab specially designed to withstand the rigors of vocational appli-cations. The cab is preci-sion welded, then dipped and protected with a pro-prietary 17-stage e-coat process for long-lasting corrosion resistance and superior paint finish. Its newly designed, sloped hood offers outstanding site lines for optimal visi-bility. Plus, the short BBC, combined with a 55-de-gree wheel cut, provides better maneuverability on tight job sites.
MAXiMUM STylE &
COMFOrT
Driver comfort is still king, and no one knows that better than Western Star. The 4700 features a new interior that will make working on the job site more comfortable than ever.
This includes updated materials that are easier to clean, as well as lighter headliner colors that make the 72-inch wide cab a lit-tle brighter. Customizable, marine-grade switches and a hinged dash with exposed fasteners for easy serviceability and access-ibility are also included.
And the 4700’s large cab also provides ample stor-age space. The all-new, re-designed door maximizes storage and improves fit, finish and durability, all while maintaining excel-lent entry and egress.BODy BUilDEr FriENDly
Body builder friendly
features are key in the vocational market - not only for ease of upfit, but for reducing body instal-lation time. And while the 4700 features standard specs such as clean back of cab, in-cab batteries for clear frame rails, and front frame extensions, the 4700’s attention to details puts it in a league of its own.
The truck’s body builder interface connectors and transmission control unit is located in-cab, providing greater protection against harsh or corrosive en-vironments, ultimately preventing the possibil-ity of wiring shorts and downtime.
Also included is a bolt-in pass through plate in the cab floor that eliminates unnecessary drilling; and an industry-first, dedicated Body Builder Wiring Race-way. An easily accessible routing path through the cab floor, the Raceway provides plenty of room for body builders to route wiring more efficiently.
The truck also features point-to-point wiring - ideal for field serviceability in remote locations. An add-on multiplex option is also available.STrENGTh & DUrABiliTy
Vocational applications demand strong, yet light-weight frames, and the 4700 meets this need with a new, half-inch, 3.2 mil-lion RBM single channel frame rail option - ideal for customers operating in corrosive environments - that reduces weight and maximizes payload in a single frame. Plus, the single channel rail is cus-tom punched to eliminate unnecessary holes that can reduce frame strength.
In addition to the frame, the 4700 features multiple mid-chassis packaging solutions to help body builders achieve the clean back-of-cab they need for optimal body installation.
For example, in-cab bat-teries free 17 to 34 inch-es of rail space for body equipment installation, and the 4700’s DEF and air tanks can be placed under the cab to free up additional rail space.
The routing and clip-ping of air and electrical lines down the chassis are suspended away from the frame rails to reduce the chance that the lines will rub against the rail - creat-ing issues that can result in downtime. By suspending these away from the rail, road debris can pass be-hind, rather than build up on the bundle, ultimately decreasing abrasion.
DESiGNED WiTh
SErViCEABiliTy iN MiND
The 4700 was built to maximize profitability by keeping customers on the road longer. For example, the standard stationary grille and optional hood engine access, as well as the Rear Engine PTO ac-cess panels, all enhance serviceability when bodies are installed.
The Western Star 4700 will be available to order in the third quarter of 2011, with targeted delivery in early 2012.
For more information about Western Star, and to find a local dealer, visit www.WesternStar.com or call 866-850-STAR (7827).V
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NEW prODUCTS & SErViCES
NAViSTAr
Comprehensive Line-Up of Alternative Energy Vehicles
Indianapolis, Indiana - March, 2011 - At the Green Truck Summit at
the National Truck Equip-ment Association (NTEA) Work Truck Show, Navis-tar showcased a number alternative fueled vehicles for the work truck market.
On display at the event were the Class 2-3c all-electric eStar™ truck, an International® Dur-aStar®™ Hybrid, and an International® WorkStar® equipped with a com-pressed natural gas (CNG) powertrain.
“Work truck customers have diverse business needs and are looking for a wide range of truck features to help perform their jobs,” said Jim Hebe, Senior Vice President, North American sales operations, Navistar. “We’re proud to offer the broadest, most energy-ef-ficient line of trucks in the industry, helping deliver real-world savings to the bottom line.”
ESTAr All-ElECTriC
COMMErCiAl TrUCK
The latest in Navistar’s commercial truck line-up is the all-electric eStar truck, the first purpose-built medium-duty com-
mercial vehicle to receive U.S. Environmental Pro-tection Agency (EPA) cer-tification as a clean fuel fleet vehicle as well as California Air Resources Board (CARB) certifica-tion as a zero emissions vehicle.
This Class 2c-3 eStar all-electric truck - the first in its category - has a range of 100 miles per charge, making it ideal for many urban applications. When it returns to its home base at the end of the day, it can be plugged in and fully re-charged in approximately 6-8 hours.
Unlike other electric trucks that are reconfig-ured models of fossil-fuel trucks, the eStar truck has been purpose-built for electric power, allowing for a distinct competitive advantage with a low cen-ter of gravity (the battery is between the frame rails, not mounted on top) and a 36-foot turning circle. The eStar is engineered with superior aerodynamics, a walk-through cab and a quick-change cassette-type battery that can be swapped out in 20 min-utes, enabling around-the-clock operation. It is
capable of carrying pay-loads up to two tons.
With zero tailpipe emis-sions, each eStar truck can reduce greenhouse gas emissions by as much as 10 tons annually. Drivers will be able to experience the ultimate in ergonomic design as the windshield provides nearly 180-de-gree visibility, the low-floor design provides easy loading/unloading and the noise level is near zero, which makes this nimble vehicle ideal for urban areas facing noise challenges.
The eStar all-electric truck transitioned from concept to reality in Au-gust 2009, when President Barack Obama visited Navistar’s manufactur-ing plant in Indiana to announce $39.2 million in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funds from the Trans-portation Electrification Initiative administered by the U.S. Department of Energy. A year later, Navistar completed testing and validation, developed and delivered prototype vehicles, and received EPA and CARB certifications. The eStar meets all Fed-
eral Motor Vehicles Safety Standards (FMVSS) and Navistar is currently taking orders and building these all-electric trucks.
iNTErNATiONAl
DUrASTAr hyBriD
While the International DuraStar Hybrid truck looks like an ordinary work truck, it can deliver dramatic fuel savings of up to 60 percent in utility-type applications, when the MaxxForce® engine often can be turned off and electric power still operates the vehicle.
Beyond the fuel savings potential, the DuraStar Hybrid produces zero emissions when auxiliary equipment (like an over-head utility bucket) oper-ates solely on the truck’s battery power.
The International Dur-aStar Hybrid diesel-elec-tric hybrid utility truck is powered by the Maxx-Force® DT diesel engine in conjunction with a mild parallel-type, diesel-elec-tric hybrid architecture, developed by Eaton Cor-poration, which leads to less diesel fuel use and fewer emissions.
The hybrid-electric sys-tem utilizes a regenerative
braking system to recover energy normally lost dur-ing braking, stores the energy in batteries and adds power back into the driveline during starts and acceleration. This capability makes the truck more efficient in stan-dard driving, particularly in city and stop-and-go driving. When the truck reaches a work site, the hybrid system can power booms, aerial devices and other tools needed at the location for up to 90 min-utes without the engine running, significantly re-ducing noise, emissions and fuel costs.
NATUrAl GAS
iNTErNATiONAl
WOrKSTAr
During the Green Truck
Summit, Navistar dem-onstrated a natural gas powered International WorkStar vehicle. The WorkStar features a DT-466 based natural gas engine developed in con-junction with Emissions Solutions Incorporated (ESI) of McKinney, Texas. ESI offers engine ratings from 175-300 horsepower with 460-860 lb.-ft. torque. The engines are capable of supporting both li-quefied and compressed natural gas. The natural gas powered WorkStar model with either frame mounted or back-of-cab mounted natural gas tanks is available for customer ordering through Inter-national truck dealers and will be built at Navistar’s Garland Assembly Plant and Truck Specialty Center in Garland, Texas.
Like the other vehicles in Navistar’s portfolio, the natural gas-powered WorkStar will be fully cer-tified to meet 2010 emis-sions.
For decades, Navistar has demonstrated a com-mitment to technologies that benefit the environ-ment and its customers. In 1989, Navistar was the first original equipment manu-facturer to release the smokeless diesel engine and, in 2001, Navistar was the first engine manufac-turer to gain certification from the EPA for meeting particulate and hydro-carbon emissions stan-dards—six years ahead of schedule. The company was also the first to enter line production of hybrid commercial trucks and hybrid school buses.V
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fleetHQ Solution Center & Servicing Dealer Network
Akron, Ohio, March 1, 2011 - When it comes to a def-
inition of success in the world of over-the-road support for truck oper-ators, the statistics don’t lie.
“In 2010, the Goodyear fleetHQ Solution Center helped more than 164,000 customers get their trucks back on the road, that’s nearly a 60 percent in-crease over 2009,” said Tony Starling, General Manager of f leetHQ. Fleets call the Solution Center for tire-related emergency road assist-ance and receive service through the 1,800 plus locations in the fleetHQ Servicing Dealer Network.
“We get them back on the road fast. We track each and every call in real time, and that informa-tion is easily available to fleet managers through fleetHQ.com,” Starling added. “Time is money, and we reduced the aver-age roll time (from initial call to the truck being back on the road) by nearly 30 minutes in 2010.”
The average length of time was just two hours and seven minutes. Get-ting their equipment back on the road faster offers fleets and owner-oper-
ators real value. (Results may vary, based on rea-sons for downtime, travel conditions, and nearest location of a participating service facility.)
Starling said fleetHQ emergency road service has no enrollment fees, no incidence fees for call-ing its toll free number (866-fleetHQ), and the price customers pay for tires on the road is the same as they pay at home. Other emergency tire ser-vice programs have inci-dence fees that can range from $25 to more than $75.
Because customers can establish complete port-folios listing all tires in-stalled on each of their trucks, a fleet driver or owner-operator can sim-ply tell the fleetHQ agent what vehicle is being driven, and the agent im-mediately knows what type, brand and size of tire is needed for replacement.
“Truck operators, fleet owners, managers and dispatchers f ind that fleetHQ can save them the hassle of making sev-eral calls to find a loca-tion that’s open, or a tire dealer with the right tires in stock,” Starling said. “With fleetHQ, one call is all it takes.”
Fast response time with
its emergency roadside service, multiple business tools and ease of use are major reasons why the program has more than 20,000 customers en-rolled, he added.
“fleetHQ is much more than an emergency call center,” Starling said. “We offer a portfolio of business solutions that
include online informa-tion systems providing 24/7 access to services in progress, retread his-tory, repair data and tire purchase histories. That can save fleet managers and truck operators time in reviewing invoices and service reports.”
Since Goodyear unveiled fleetHQ three years ago,
Starling said customer service representatives and participating tire deal-ers have worked hard in achieving program suc-cess. “We’ve worked as if our business depended on a faster roll time, be-cause for our customers it certainly does,” he added.
Because customers pay the same price for replace-
ment tires on the road as they pay at ‘home,’ with the local dealer provid-ing the invoice, there are fewer surprises for fleets,” according to Starling.
“Truck operators and fleets are finding that fleetHQ offers outstand-ing service, regardless of the number of trucks they operate,” he added. V
Need fleetHQ information?Goodyear has an ‘app’ for that
Accessing tire services on the road is easier now that fleetHQ offers a new free app for cellular “smart” phones .
The cell phone application or “app” can be downloaded and saved to a smart phone, such as the iPhone, Android, Palm and Blackberry (http://m.fleethq.net). The app shows the user the closest service location, and help is only a phone call away.
“For truck drivers who want to have access to the latest technology to help them improve their efficiency while on the road, the new fleetHQ mobile app offers them a way to do it,” said Tony Starling, General Manager of fleetHQ.
Goodyear Commercial Tire Systems offer complete products and services to the trucking and bus indus-tries, including a full range of original equipment and replacement tires. This includes the 24/7 fleetHQ Solu-tion Center, national programs, tire management tools, online information access and business problem-solving for tomorrow’s trucking and bus fleets. For more infor-mation on the fleetHQ program, go to www.fleetHQ.com.V26 April 2011
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Continental Truck Tires Smartphone App
Fort Mill, South Caro-lina - Whether in their city or over the
road, commercial truck operators anywhere in the United States and Canada can now get instant access to emergency road and tire service from Continental, using their Apple iPhone
or Wi-Fi enabled iPad.Continental Tire the
Americas, LLC (“Contin-ental”) has introduced its first mobile truck tire dealer locator application. The “Continental Truck Tires Dealer Locator” can be downloaded from the iTunes App Store starting
today, and makes it easy for drivers of commercial vehicles to find the near-est authorized service provider when they need
tire or emergency road service.
“Using your iPhone, the Conti Truck Tires Dealer Locator lets you find and call the dealers closest to your phone’s current GPS location or based on a location that you specify. National account
customers and ContiFleet members can also dial our TrukFix hotline for service, with just a touch on their screen,” said Clif Arm-strong, Director of Market-ing for commercial vehicle tires – the Americas.
Recognizing that today’s business environment de-
pends on real-time ac-cess to information, Con-tinental developed this Smartphone application to ensure that customers can get quick access to service providers and locations when they need it most, Armstrong said.
The application can be
found on the iTunes App Store by searching for “Continental Truck Tires Dealer Locator.” Contin-ental has also published a QR code to instantly download the applica-tion from its Web site at www.continental-truck.com.V
DUNlOp TrUCK TirES
New Drive Tire OffersEnhanced Traction
Ak r o n , O h i o - Dunlop has an-n o u n c e d t h e
availability of its new SP 464 long-haul drive tire. Featuring a 28/32-inch tread depth in an aggressive tread pattern for optimum traction and mileage, the SP 464 of-fers three deep “hydro”
grooves, which help evacuate water. Penetra-tion protectors help resist cuts and punctures, while solid shoulder ribs en-hance long and even wear.
“The SP 464 is a cost-conscious tire with excel-lent performance in its class,” said Larry Tucker, Marketing Manager for
line-haul tires. “With its four-belt construction, the tire can be a proven per-former in its original life, as well as in future lives as a retread. It comes with the heritage of Goodyear, which is renowned for its tire engineering and cas-ing quality.”
The new drive tire is available in sizes 11R22.5 LR G, 11R24.5 LR G, 295/75R22.5 LR G and 285/75R24.5 LR G.
Goodyear Commer-cial Tire Systems offer complete products and services to the trucking and bus industries, in-cluding a full range of original equipment and replacement tires. This includes the 24/7 fleetHQ Solution Center, national programs, tire manage-ment tools, online infor-mation access and busi-ness problem-solving for tomorrow’s trucking and bus fleets. For more infor-mation on Dunlop’s com-mercial tire capabilities, go to www.dunloptires.com/truck.V
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alberta
BRooksNAPA Auto PArts
Box 1276,Brooks, AB T1R 1C1Tel: 403.501.5551Fax: 403.501.5665
Email: [email protected]: Brian Sieble
CalgaRytrActioN
329 – 72nd Ave. S.E., Unit 82,Calgary, AB, T2C 4X6Tel: 403.279.2870Fax: 403.279.4372
Email: [email protected]: Pat Joseph
edMoNtoNtrActioN HeAd office18532 – 116th Avenue
Edmonton, AB T5S 2W8Tel: 780.489.7555Fax: 780.481.0148
Email: [email protected]: Richard O’Brien
edMoNtoN NoRtH WesttrActioN
18051 – 111th AvenueEdmonton NW, AB T5S 2P2
Tel: 780.444.4334Fax: 780.444.7204
Email: [email protected]: Rob Dodds
edMoNtoN soutHtrActioN
3404 – 78th AvenueEdmonton South, AB, T6B 2X9
Tel: 780.465.8010Fax: 780.466.4627
edsoNNAPA Auto PArts 4657A
4833 – 2nd AvenueEdson, AB, T7E 1T8Tel: 780.712.4152Fax: 780.712.4212
Email: [email protected]: Kris Pero
foRt MCMuRRayPArAmouNt PArts iNc.
36 Riedel Street,Fort McMurray, AB T9H 3E1
Tel: 780.791.3000Fax: 780.790.0365
Email: [email protected]: Brent Usick
gRaNde PRaiRietrActioN
#4 16101 – 101 Street,Grande Prairie, AB T8V 0P2
Tel: 780.538.3038Fax: 780.538.3398
Email: [email protected]: Harold Harmsen
HigH PRaiRieHigH PrAirie truck & trAiler ltd
5309 – 53rd Avenue,High Prairie, AB T0G 1E0
Tel: 780.523.4777Fax: 780.523.4773
Contact: Crosby RichHiNtoN
NAPA Auto PArts 4236A120 North Street
Hinton, AB, T7V 1S8Tel: 780.865.8800Fax: 780.865.7628
Email: [email protected]
alberta
lloydMiNsteRtruck ZoNe
5205 – 65th StreetLloydminster, AB, T9V 2E8
Tel: 780.875.7712Fax: 780.875.4039
Email: [email protected]: Peter Parkinson
MediCiNe HatHydrAco iNdustries ltd.
2110 – 9th Avenue S.W.Medicine Hat, AB T1A 7G8
Tel: 403.526.2244Fax: 403.526.1074
Email: [email protected]: John Karamanos
PeaCe RiVeRPeAce truck & trAiler ltd.
9103 – 75th StreetPeace River, AB, T8S 1T2
Tel: 780.624.8655Fax: 780.624.8592
Email: [email protected]: Rene Houle
Red deeRtrActioN
8045 Edgar Industrial Cr.Red Deer, AB, T4P 3R2
Tel: 403.342.7884Fax: 403.342.7377
Email: [email protected]: Ron Cain
RoCky MouNtaiN HouseNAPA #6260
4528F – 47th AvenueRocky Mtn House, AB, T4T 0A9
Tel: 403.845.2709Fax: 403.845.2786
Email: [email protected]: Dave Auld
WaBasCaPelicAN Automotive
2330 Pelican Business Park,Wabasca, AB T0G 2A0
Tel: 780.891.3600Fax: 780.891.3615
Contact: Shawn Molloy
british columbia
BuRNs lakePolAr PArk Automotive
831 Hwy 16 WestBurns Lake, BC, V0J 1E0
Tel: 250.692.7501Fax: 250.692.7985
Email: [email protected]: Keith Brown
CHilliWaCktrActioN truck PArts
25 – 43915 Industrial Way,Chilliwack, BC V2R 3A4
Tel: 604.793.9611Fax: 604.793.9669
Contact: Dave Easson or Wayne Cromarty
foRt NelsoNtrActioN
cHr-Ack PArts & rePAirs4704 – 48th Avenue,
Fort Nelson, BC V0C 1R0Tel: 250.774.3273Fax: 250.774.3274
Email: [email protected]: John & Colleen Reynolds
british columbia
kaMlooPsPiNeridge trAiler
& equiPmeNt ltd.1875 Kryczka Place,
Kamloops, BC, V1S 1S4Tel: 250.374.3100Fax: 250.374.0631Contact: Fred Daku
keloWNaceNtrAl vAlley truck service
ltd105 Adams Road
Kelowna, BC, V1X 7R1Tel: 250.765.7738Fax: 250.765.7705
Email: [email protected]: Rick Viens
PRiNCe geoRgeNAPA – Pg
564 – 2nd AvenuePrince George, BC, V2L 2Z9
Tel: 250.563.7778Fax: 250.563.4994
Email: [email protected]: Kevin Carter
quesNelNAPA trActioN
1185 Hwy 97 NorthQuesnel, BC, V2J 2Y3
Tel: 250.991.0650Fax: 250.991.0620
Email: [email protected]: Nick Biller
sMitHeRssmitHers PArts & service
3465 Victoria DriveSmithers, BC V0J 2N0
Tel: 250.847.4287Fax: 250.847.5038
Email: [email protected]: Dan Groot
squaMisHtritoN Auto & iNd. ltd.
1003 Industrial WaySquamish, BC, V0N 3G0
Tel: 604.892.5951Fax: 604.892.3986
Email: [email protected]: Mike Bothroyd
suRReytrAiliNe trAiler PArts ltd.
10304A – 120th Street,Surrey, BC V3V 4G1Tel: 604.582.4888Fax: 604.582.4880
Email: [email protected]: Steve Knowlan
teRRaCeBow vAlley mAcHiNe
5107 Keith AvenueTerrace, BC, V8G 1K8
Tel: 250.638.0099Email: [email protected]
Contact: Steve Leal
WilliaMs lakewl forestry suPPlies ltd.
675 McKenzie AvenueWilliams Lake, BC, V2G 1N9
Tel: 250.392.6699Fax: 250.392.6644
Email: [email protected]: Tom Good
manitoba
BRaNdoNrcB truck & trAiler ltd.
5600 Richmond Ave. E.
Brandon, MB, R7A 7L5
Tel: 204.727.4850
Fax: 204.727.2068
Email: [email protected]
Contact: Rick Blaine
WiNNiPegtrActioN
200 Oak Point Highway
Winnipeg, MB, R2R 1V1
Tel: 204.956.9490
Fax: 204.949.9493
Email: [email protected]
Contact: Louise Ross
n. W. territories
yelloWkNifedeltA mike HoldiNgs ltd.114 – 314 Old Airport Road
Yellowknife, NT, X1A 3T2
Tel: 867.669.6272
Fax: 867.669.6282
Email: [email protected]
Contact: Doug Moodie
ontario
trActioN oNtArio HeAd office
6895 Menway Court,
Mississauga, ON L5S 1W2
Tel: 905.612.0032
or 905.672.3288
Fax: 905.612.8572
Email: [email protected]
Web: www.uapinc.com
BaNCRoftm&m gAs diesel & truck
PArts
27523 Highway 62 South,
Bancroft, ON K0L 1C0
Tel: 613.332.5474
Fax: 613.332.5998
BaRRie255 Saunders Road,
Barrie, ON L4N 9A3
Tel: 705.792.1371
Fax: 705.792.1591
Contact: Jason Nelson
Email: [email protected]
BoltoNvisco iNdustriAl
1 Simpson Road,
Bolton, ON L7E 1E4
Tel: 905.857.2071
Fax: 905.857.2070
CaMBRidge1090 Fountain Street North,
Units 12 & 13,
Cambridge, ON N3E 1A3
Tel: 519.653.3427
Fax: 519.653.0608
Contact: Jim Curley
Email: [email protected]
ontario
dRydeNd & s Auto
495 Government StreetP.O. Box 697
Dryden, ON P8N 2Z3Tel: 807.223.3227Fax: 807.223.4245Contact: Dale Green
HaMiltoN30 Bancroft Street
Hamilton, ON L8E 2W5Tel: 905.561.0932Fax: 905.561.3280
Contact: Brian KinzelEmail: [email protected]
HaNoVeRJd truck PArts790 – 10th Street,
Hanover, ON N4N 1S2Tel: 519.364.1848Fax: 519.364.7738
Contact: Brad WedowEmail: [email protected]
keNoRad & s Auto
1051 Railway Street,Kenora, ON P9N 3W8
Tel: 807.468.9894Fax: 807.468.8436Contact: Dale Green
Email: [email protected]
loNdoN2405 Scanlan Street,London, ON N5W 6G9
Tel: 519.455.3440Fax: 519.455.2812Contact: Derek Dutt
Email: [email protected]
MaidstoNe3725 Webster Dr. RR #3Maidstone, ON N0R 1K0
Tel: 519.737.7995Fax: 519.737.7741
Mississauga5915 Atlantic Drive, Units 6 & 7
Mississauga, ON L4W 1S4Tel: 905.670.2868Fax: 905.670.9757
Contact: Doug PaddockEmail: [email protected]
NeW liskeaRdTracTion new Liskeard
437136 Hawn Drive,New Liskeard, ON P0J 1P0
Tel: 705.647.8707 Fax: 705.647.9362
NoRtH Bayservice 1 mufflers & more
2621 Trout Lake RoadNorth Bay, ON P1B 7S8
Tel : 705.497.0404Fax: 705.497.9543
sault ste. MaRie380 Industrial Park Crescent,Sault Ste. Marie, ON P6B 5Y8
Tel: 705.759.8042Fax: 705.759.2962
Contact: Maurice SaindonEmail: [email protected]
st. CatHaRiNesNick’s truck PArts
244 Dunkirk Road,St. Catharines, ON L2R 7K6
Tel: 905.687.7031Fax: 905.687.7129
ontario
sudBuRysudBury truck & trAiler iNc
510 Whissell Avenue,Sudbury, ON P3B 2Z3
Tel: 705.673.3613Fax: 705.673.4411
Contact: Cheryl Schroeder
tHuNdeR BaytrActor trAiler service
64 Water Street South,Thunder Bay, ON P7B 6T3
Tel: 807.345.5882Fax: 807.345.1559Contact: Felice Meo
WHitBy1751 Wentworth St. W., Units 3-6,
Whitby, ON L1N 8R9Tel: 905.432.2785Fax: 905.571.5436
Contact: Paul MacLeanEmail: [email protected]
saskatcheWan
MeadoW lakeuNified Auto PArts iNc.
807-1st Avenue WestMeadow Lake, SK, S9X 1N2
Tel: 306.764.4220Fax: 306.236.3200
Email: [email protected]: Mark Krasicki
Moose jaWgoldeN west trAiler &
equiPmeNt ltd.1802 Stadacona West
Moose Jaw, SK, S6H 4N8Tel: 306.692.7402Fax: 306.694.0607
Email: [email protected]
Contact: Tim Trafford
PRiNCe alBeRtuNified Auto PArts iNc.
365-36th Street WestPrince Albert, SK S6V 7L4
Tel: 306.764.4220Fax: 306.763.7988
Email: [email protected]: Mark Krasicki
RegiNatrActioN
405 Park StreetRegina, SK, S4N 5B2Tel: 306.721.8333Fax: 306.721.4446
Email: [email protected]: Max Devers
saskatooNtrActioN
#2, 2915 Faithfull AvenueSaskatoon, SK, S7K 8E8
Tel: 306.244.9877Fax: 306.244.9878
Email: [email protected]: Jeff Stinson
sWift CuRReNtBrAke & drive ltd.
1511 Cheadle Street WestSwift Current, SK S9H 5G4
Tel: 306.773.7293Fax: 306.773.5511
Email: [email protected]: Bruce Borden
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alberta
edMoNtoNmccoy service ceNtre west
17303 – 114th Avenue,Edmonton, AB T5S 2R9
Tel: 780.453.8706Fax: 780.453.8758
Email: [email protected]: Darnell Jabs
mccoy service ceNtre soutH3904 – 78th Avenue,
Edmonton, AB T6B 2W4Tel: 780.468.1471Fax: 780.440.1394
[email protected]: Ken Mitchell
gRaNde PRaiRieBrAdviN trAiler sAles ltd.
10920 – 87th Avenue,Grande Prairie, AB T8V 8K4
Tel: 780.539.6260Fax: 780.539.4247
Email: [email protected]: Brad Willsey
HigH PRaiRieHigH PrAirie truck & trAiler
Box 1388,High Prairie, AB, T0G 1E0
Tel: 780.523.4777Fax: 780.523.4773
Contact: Crosby Rich
lloydMiNsteRtruck ZoNe
5205 – 65th Street,Lloydminster, AB, T9V 2E8
Tel: 780.875.7712Fax: 780.875.4039
Email: [email protected]: Peter Parkinson
MediCiNe HatHydrAco iNdustries ltd.2110 – 9th Avenue S.W.,
Medicine Hat, AB T1A 7G8Tel: 403.526.2244Fax: 403.526.1074
Email: [email protected]: John Karamanos
alberta
PeaCe RiVeRPeAce truck & trAiler
9103 – 75th Street,Peace River, AB T8S 1T2
Tel: 780.624.8655Fax: 780.624.8592
Email: [email protected]: Rene Houle
Red deeRmccoy service ceNtre
4841 – 78th Street,Red Deer, AB, T4P 1N5
Tel: 403.343.8771Fax: 403.340.0888
[email protected]: Larry Ackerman
suNdRePArtco truck PArts & service
Box 1187,West Road Industrial Park,
Sundre, AB T0M 1X0Tel: 403.638.3414Fax: 403.638.4232
Email: [email protected]: Daryl Peters or Scott
Lausen
british columbia
CHilliWaCklickmAN truck & trAiler
25, 43915 Industrial Way,Chilliwack, BC V2R 3A9
Tel: 604.793.9660Fax: 604.793.9620
[email protected]: Dave Easson or
Wayne Cromarty
foRt NelsoNcHr-Ack PArts & rePAirs
4704 – 49th Avenue,Fort Nelson, BC, V0C 1R0
Tel: 250.774.3273Fax: 250.774.3274
Email: [email protected]:John & Colleen Reynolds
british columbia
PRiNCe geoRgetotAl truck & equiPmeNt ltd.
9122 Rock Island Road,Prince George, BC V2N 5T4
Tel: 250.564.6763Email: [email protected]
Contact: Mark Forbes
sMitHeRssmitHers PArts & service
3465 Victoria Drive,Smithers, BC V0J 2N0
Tel: 250.847.4287Fax: 250.847.5048
Email: [email protected]: Dan Groot
manitoba
BRaNdoNrcB truck & trAiler ltd.
5600 Richmond Ave. E.,Brandon, MB, R7A 7L5
Tel: 204.727.9172Fax: 204.725.4702
Email: [email protected]: Rick Blaine
WiNNiPegZiriNo’s Auto truck & trAiler
service ltd.3165 McGillivray Blvd.,Winnipeg MB, R3Y 1G5
Tel: 204.275.8038Fax: 204.275.7759
Email: [email protected]: Joe Zirino
ontario
BaRRiesimcoe truck & trAiler ltd
630 Welham Road,Barrie, ON L4N 8Z8Tel: 705.728.8222Fax: 705.728.9855
BoltoNBoltoN truck & trAiler
1 Simpson Road,Bolton, ON L7E 1E4Tel: 905.951.9111Fax: 905.951.9113
ontario
CaistoR CeNteRPyett sPriNg & AligNmeNt
9381 Silver Street, R.R. 2,Caistor Center, ON L0R 1E0
Tel: 905.957.7033Fax: 905.957.0808
CaledoNiaoNeidA truck & trAiler
634 Fourth Line,Caledonia, ON N3W 2B3
Tel: 905.765.5011
doWNsVieWNortH keele Auto,
truck & trAiler rePAir
3915 Keele Street,Downsview, ON M3J 1N6
Tel: 416.638.5963Fax: 416.638.5964
edeNvotH sAles & service
10816 Plank Road 19,Eden, ON N0J 1H0Tel: 519.866.3459Fax: 519.866.3572Contact: Frank Voth
essexkeN lAPAiN & soN ltd
2119 County Road 15,Essex, ON N8M 2X6Tel: 519.776.6473Fax: 519.776.6475
etoBiCokeok tire truck rePAir
39 Shorncliffe Road,Etobicoke, ON M8Z 5K2
Tel: 416.236.1277Contact: Darryl Croft
goulais RiVeRgoulAis river truck & trActor
90 Highway 552 East,Goulais River ON P0S 1E0
Tel: 705.649.4788Fax: 705.649.4754
ontario
HaMiltoNBArtoN truck ceNtre ltd.
483-487 Rennie Street,Hamilton, ON L8H 3P6
Tel: 905.544.2626Fax: 905.544.0747
HaNoVeRHwy #4 truck service
R R #1, Hanover, ON N4N 3B8Tel: 519.369.5052Fax: 519.369.5961
HeaRstserge g & d rePAir iNc.
P O Box 1706, Hearst, ON P0L 1N0Tel: 705.362.5633Fax: 705.362.7960
HuNtsVillemuskokA truck ceNtre
88 Madill Church Road,Huntsville, ON P1H 2J2
Tel: 705.789.8600Toll Free Tel: 866.353.3009
Fax: 705.789.9584
kaPuskasiNgPAreNt mecHANicAl services
53 Brunelle Road North,Kapuskasing, ON P5N 2M1
Tel: 705.335.3617Fax: 705.337.6880
loNglaCrAy & doris truck PArts
106 Hamel Avenue,Longlac, ON P0T 2A0
Tel: 807.876.2687Fax: 807.876.2570
MississaugaB. ANdrews truck service
ceNtre ltd.6755 Columbus Road, Unit #2,
Mississauga, ON L5T 2G9Tel: 905.670.3384Fax: 905.670.5794
Contact: Boyd AndrewsEmail: [email protected]
ontario
NeW liskeaRdPioNeer sPriNg & AligNmeNt
260 Hawn Road., Box 1088,New Liskeard, ON P0J 1P0
Tel: 705.647.8707Fax: 705.647.9362
oakVillek.i.d. truck & trAiler service
1090 South Service Rd., Unit A,Oakville, ON L6J 2X8
Tel: 905.842.2942Fax: 905.338.5600
ottaWaottAwA trAiler rePAir iNc.
2020 Bantree Street,Ottawa, ON K1B 5A4Tel: 613.741.0878Fax: 613.741.0245
siMCoewilsoN truck & trAiler
401 Queensway West,Simcoe, Ontario N3Y 5B3
Tel: 519.428.0501Fax: 519.428.4631
Contact: Duane or Lisa Wilson
sudBuRysudBury truck & trAiler
510 Whissell Avenue,Sudbury, ON P3B 2Z3
Tel: 705.673.3613Fax: 705.673.4411
Contact: Dennis Monticelli
VeRNeRmoBile mecHANicAl services
11769 Hwy 364, Box 309,Verner, ON P0H 2M0Tel: 705.594.1319Fax: 705.594.1548
saskatcheWan
saskatooNA-liNe frAme & AligNmeNt
3246 Millar Avenue,Saskatoon, SK, S7K 5Y2
Tel: 306.931.6612Fax: 306.931.6615
Email: [email protected]: Stan & Fred Neudorf
hEAlThy liViNG
Short History of Salt
By BrENDA riCKEr
Salt has influenced human existence virtually from the
beginning. Settlements
were at salt springs. Cara-vans trekked deserts trad-ing salt ounce-for-ounce for gold.
Most cultures have folk-lore and art forms based on salt. Many cultures share traditions such as offering bread and salt to welcome visitors.
hEAlTh BENEFiTS
Salt is not only critical to your life, but it is one of the basic elements of which your body is made.
Like true lovers, the rela-tionship between salt and your health is so intricately involved as to make them impossible to be disen-tangled or untied. Without salt, you could not exist for a moment.
Did you know that salt stabilizes irregular heart-beats, regulates your blood pressure in conjunc-tion with water, extracts excess acidity from your body’s cells, particularly
the brain cells, bal-ances the sug-ar levels in the blood, and many other benefits?
It is water and salt that regu-lates all meta-bolic functions of the body, in-cluding func-tions of the sol-id matter itself. Without water and salt, this
solid matter of our body is abso-lutely useless. It is water and salt that ener-gizes and acti-
vates our bod-ies, period!
There are 8 2 t r a c e minerals in real unpro-cessed sal t and if these 82 nutritive
substances were left in as they occur, table salt would again be a whole health food and would fulfill its vital role, which is to enhance life and to maintain optimum health.
The daily use of these natural salts along with a whole-grain-based diet could greatly reduce tox-ins and prevent ill health.
For the rest of the story email me at [email protected]
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accounting, tax & bookkeePing
accounTs & records ManageMenT
Bookkeeping For YourBusiness & Personal Finances
Toll Free Tel: 888.644.2333
• • •iT’s aLL abouT nuMbers
1017 Jordan Road,Cardinal, ON K0E 1E0
Diagonally across from the730 Truck Stop
Tel: 613.340.8409Fax: 888.818.4964
Summer hours by appointment only
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souThwesT Tax consuLTing inc.In-Home Service Truckers Tax Saver
Tel: 800.642.2716Email: [email protected]: www.SouthwestTax.ca
“Call for an In-Home Quote in Ontario”
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TransporT FinanciaL services
Specializing in the trucking industry since 1974
Toll Free: 800.461.5970Email: [email protected]: www.tfsgroup.com
“We Make Trucking Less Taxing”
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TruckTax™
4261-A14 Hwy 7 East. Suite 885Markham, ON L3R 9W6Toll Free: 888.456.6504
Tel: 905.477.7773Fax: 866.323.8250
Web: www.trucktax.ca
“Bookkeeping, Tax Preparation and Tax Planning for Truckers”
advocates & lobbyists
The Trucker’s voice
2 Cripple Creek Crescent,Stittsville, ON K2S 1T3
Tel: 613.831.1332Email: Peter_Turner@ thetruckersvoice.ca
Web: www.thetruckersvoice.ca
air brake trainingfor mechanics
FreinMeisTer group inc.6 Farnham Crescent,
London, ON N6K 1K1
Tel: 519.641.6770
Email: [email protected]
Web: www.freinmeister.com
air conditioning & heating: sales &
service
aarden indusTries inc.26 Napier Court,
Utopia, ON L0M 1T0
Tel: 705.797.0041
Fax: 705.797.2469
• • •Manwin enTerprises inc.
15 Wanless Court,
Ayr, ON N0B 1E0
Toll Free: 888-823-7611
Tel: 519-624.4003
Fax: 519.624.5501
Email: [email protected]
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wiLson insTruMenTs LTd.43 Crowe Bay Heights, R.R. 2
Campbellford, ON K0L 1L0
Tel: 705.653.2403
Fax: 705.653-5560
Toll Free: 877.467.4440
www.wilsoninstrumentsltd.com
automated lubrication systems
beka Lube producTs inc.2830 Argentia Road, Unit 9
Mississauga, ON L5N 8G4
Toll Free Tel: 888.862.7461
Tel: 905.821.1050
Fax: 905.858.0597
Email: [email protected]
Web: www.beka-lube.com
“Technology you can rely on.”
automated lubrication systems
cpL sysTeMs canada inc.Corporate Office
8450 Lawson Road, Unit #5,Milton, ON L9T 0J8Tel: 905.875.1017Fax: 905.875.2125
Toll Free Tel: 800.263.1760Email: [email protected]: www.cplsystems.com orwww.groeneveld-group.com
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FLo coMponenTs LTd.50 Admiral Blvd.,
Mississauga, ON L5T 2W1Tel: 905.671.2355Fax: 905.671.2358
Toll Free: 800.668.5458Email: [email protected]: www.flocomponents.com
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s.e.T.i. iMporTs inc.81 Tremaine Road
Milton, ON L9T 2W8Tel: 905.878.7161Fax: 905.878.7730
Email: [email protected]: www.autogreaser.com or
www.seti-imports.com
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Lubecore inTernaTionaL inc.7065 Twiss Road
Campbellville, ON L0P 1B0Tel: (905) 864-3110Fax: (905) 878-6935
Email: [email protected]: www.lubecore.com
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skF LubricaTion soLuTions
(A Division of SKF Canada Ltd.)5777 Coopers Avenue
Mississauga, ON L4Z 1R9Tel: 905.631.1821Fax; 905.631.1787
Toll Free: 800.207. 5823 (LUBE)Email: [email protected]
Web: www.skf.ca“Greasing on the Go!”
buildings - all steel Pre-engineered
a-Z TechnicaL buiLding
sysTeMs inc
299 Mill Road, Unit 1510,Etobicoke, ON M9C 4V9
Tel: 416.626.1794Toll Free Tel: 877.743.5888
Fax: 416.626.5512Email: [email protected]
Web: www.a-ztech.on.ca
cargo control Products
Mover’s equipMenT & suppLies
6176 Atlantic Drive,Mississauga, ON L4C 1W2
Tel: 905.670.4488Toll Free Tel: 800.668.3773
Fax: 905.670.2748Email: [email protected]
www.movers3.com
clutch Products
FiL-Mor auToMoTive & cLuTch producTs LTd.
81 Northline Road,Toronto, ON M4B 3E9
Tel: 416.759.2245Fax: 416.759-5890
Toll Free Tel: 1.800.677.9038A proud Canadian remanufacturer of quality Heavy Duty & automotive
clutches since 1980.Specializing in heavy duty & custom made clutches including our own.
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Resurfacing all types of flywheels and repairing lugs. A good line of clutch related components including clutch brakes, clutch
forks, drive lugs, release bearings, pilot bushings/bearings, master/slave cylinders, flywheels and
alignment tools.
comPliance services
cross border services
4130 Foxwood DriveBurlington, ON L7M 4L3
Tel: 905.973.9136Fax: 905.315.7427
[email protected], FAST, PIP, CSA, SCAC,
Bonded Carrier, NAFTA, Customs Brokerage and SAPP.
comPliance services
danaTec educaTionaL services LTd.
201-11450 29th Street SE,Calgary, AB T2Z 3V5
Toll Free: 800.465.3366Tel: 403.232.6950
Email: [email protected]: www.danatec.com
Changing the way you train since 1985. Canada’s leading TDG Training
& Services.
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e&b saFeTy consuLTing
Travel Centre of America,535 Mill Street, Unit 104,Woodstock, ON N4S 7V6
Tel: 519.537.2002Fax: 519.537.7499
Email:[email protected]
Web: www.ebsafetyconsulting.comTaking the guesswork out of
compliance
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icc The coMpLiance cenTer inc.205 Matheson Blvd. East, Unit 7,
Mississauga, ON L4Z 1X8Tel: 905.890.7228Fax: 905.890.7070
Toll Free: 888.977.4834sales@thecompliancecenter.comwww.thecompliancecenter.com
Dangerous Goods Supplies & Services
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inTegraTed Training resources
P.O. Box 402, 140 Market Drive,Milton, ON L9T 4Y9Tel: 905.693.0660Fax: 905.693.0332
Toll Free Tel: 888.812.0099info@integratedtrainingresources.cawww.integratedtrainingresources.ca
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Maggie’s essenTiaL services
Cell: 416.994.3588Fax: 905.846.1625
Email: [email protected]: www.TruckAdmin.com
IFTA, Road Taxes, Administration, Permits/Renewals
driver services, recruitment &
emPloyment
drakkar huMan resources
1131 Derry Road East,Mississauga, ON L5T 1P3
Tel: 905.795.1397Toll Free Tel: 877.372.5527
Fax: [email protected]
Web: www.drakkar.ca
driver training
e & b saFeTy consuLTing inc.Travel Centre of America,535 Mill Street, Unit 104,Woodstock, ON N4S 7V6
Tel: 519.537.2002Fax: 519.537.7499
[email protected]: www.ebsafetyconsulting.com
Taking the guesswork out of compliance
truck & trailer rePairs
drug & alcohol testing
drivercheck inc.1 Manley Street,
Ayr, Ontario N0B 1E0Tel: 519.632.9371
Toll Free Tel: 800.463.4310Fax: 519.632.9534
Email: [email protected]: www.drivercheck.ca
drivercheck inc.4888,72nd Avenue SE, 2nd Floor,
Calgary, AB T2C 3Z2Tel: 403.720.5848
Toll Free: 800.463.4310Email: [email protected]
Web: www.drivercheck.ca
Worried about substance misuse & abuse in your workplace?
emergency road services
eMergency road services oF canada inc.
3413 Wolfedale Road, Suite 5,Mississauga, ON L5C 1Z8
Tel: 905.277.2377Fax: 905.277.2378
Email: [email protected]: www.ersofcanada.com
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The Products & services directory is your direct route to professional companies serving your local trucking market across Canada.Include your company in the directory by contacting Barb Woodward by phone at 877.225.2232, fax at 613.476.5959, email at
[email protected] or mail at 259 Salmon Point Road, R.R. #1, Cherry Valley ON K0K 1P0. Visit us online at www.woodwardpublishing.com.
factoring, finance & foreign exchange
J d FacTors
315 Matheson Blvd. East,Mississauga, ON L4Z 1X8
Tel: 905.501.5000Toll Free Tel: 800.263.0664
Fax: 905.501.0395Email: [email protected]
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Liquid capiTaL
Liquid capiTaL MidwesT corp.176 Seacliff Drive West,Leamington, ON N8H3Y5
Tel: 519. 419.5044Toll Free Tel: 877.653.9426
Fax: 519.326.4047riacobelli@liquidcapitalcorp.comwww.liquidcapitalmidwest.com“Large Account Service” to small
fleet & start-up companies.
fasteners
MuLTi-Line FasTener suppLy co. LTd.
1100 Courtneypark Drive East,Unit 5,
Mississauga, ON L5T 1L7Tel: 905.677.5088Fax: 905.677.4917
Web: www.multilinefasteners.comServing Fastener Needs for Industrial,
Automotive & Maintenance Trades
filters
donaLdson coMpany
P O Box 1299Minneapolis, MN55440-1299 USATel: 952.887.3699Fax: 952.887.3716
Toll Free Tel: 800.374.1374Email: engineserviceparts@
donaldson.comWeb: www.donaldson-filters.com
fleet management & litigation suPPort
dws FLeeT ManageMenT services
21 Lake Street, Ste. 2101Wrentham, MA 02093-1214
Tel: 508.384.9021Cell: 508.397.7169Fax: 508.384.9010
Email: [email protected]: www.darrystuart.comWeb: www.ecmteam.com
Fleet Management & Litigation Support for the Trucking Industry.
fuel additives & lubricants
benneTTs power service
producTs
P.O. Box 51016, RPO Tyndall ParkWinnipeg, MB R2X 3C6
Tel: 204.694.1777Toll Free Tel: 877.778.4440
Fax: 204.633.0133Email: [email protected]
Web: www.powerservice.ca
insurance brokers
aLLen insurance group
P O Box 189, 45 Dominion Street,Warkworth, ON K0K 3K0
Toll Free Tel: 877.924.2632Fax: 705.924.3385
Email: [email protected]: www.alleninsurance.ca
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baird Macgregor insurance brokers Lp
825 Queen Street East,Toronto, ON M4M 1H8
Tel: 416.778.8000Toll Free Tel: 800.263.3030
Fax: [email protected]
www.bairdmacgregor.com
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baiZana insurance brokers
806 Greenbank RoadOttawa, ON K2J 1A2Tel: 613.825.5575Fax: 613.825.5624
Toll Free: 877.791.1682Email: [email protected]: www.baizanainsurance.com
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bryson & associaTes insurance brokers LTd.
Bryson Insurance & Financial Services Ltd.
Tol Free: 800.661.5196Fax: 905.426.4959
Email:[email protected]
www.bryson-insurance.com“For All Your Trucking Insurance
Needs”Transportation Insurance, Fleet
Safety Management Services, Bonds, Health, Drug, Dental, Life & Disability
Insurance.“Same Day Quotes up to 10 units”
insurance brokers
canadian insurance brokers inc.1 Eglinton Ave. East, Suite 415,
Toronto, ON M4P 3Z1Tel: 416.486.0951Fax: 416.489.5311
Email: [email protected]: www.cibi.ca
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daLTon TiMMis insurance group
35 Stone Church Road,Ancaster, ON L9K 1S5
Tel: 905.648.3922Tol Free Tel: 888.385.8466
Fax: 905.648.2640Email [email protected]: www.daltontimmis.com
The Perfect Fit for your trucking insurance needs.
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daLTon TiMMis insurance group
14-600 Crowfoot Cres., NWCalgary, AB T3G 0B4Tel: 403.241.2288
Tol Free Tel: 866.472.0721Fax: 866.399.3177
Email [email protected]: www.daltontimmis.com
The Perfect Fit for your trucking insurance needs.
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erb and erb
insurance brokers LTd.30 Queen Street North,Kitchener, ON N2H 6N2
Tel: 519.579.4270Fax: 519.741.1977
Toll Free: 800.265.2634Email: [email protected] or
[email protected]: www.erb-erb.com
What you want to protect the most..We protect the best!
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hub inTernaTionaL onTario LTd
33 Princess Street, Suite 501Leamington, ON N8H 5C5
Tel: 519.326.9339Fax: 519.326.0128
Toll Free Tel: 800.463.4700Email: [email protected]
Web: www.hubinternational.com
Transportation Insurance
insurance brokers
rainbow insurance brokers inc
958 Road 2 East
Kingsville, ON N9Y 2E4
Tel: 519.733.3268
Fax: 519.733.3282
Email: [email protected]
www.rainbowinsurancebrokers.
In Business since 1995
lifting equiPment & jacks
canada powerTrain
3833 Nashua Drive,
Mississauga, ON L4V 1R3
Tel: 905.677.3522
Toll Free Tel: 800.268.4809
Fax: 905.677.4618
Email: [email protected]
Web: www.cptparts.com
lubricants
wakeFieLd canada inc.3620 Lakeshore Blvd. West,
Toronto, ON M8W 1P2
Tel: 416.252.5511 ext 4449
Toll Free Tel: 800.268.5339
Fax: 416 252.7315
Web: www.castrol.ca
Castrol HD creates products that deliver superior performance and greater reliability with the goal of
reducing customer operating costs.
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huTchinson FueLs
8 Loyalist Drive, Unit #2,
Brighton, ON K0K 1H0
Tel: 613 475 3334
Tol Free Tel: 800.465.0449
Fax: 613.475.4480
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Lucas oiL producTs
4060B Sladeview Crescent
Mississauga, ON L5L 5Y5
Toll Free Tel: 888.878.6973
Fax: 905.814.9836
Email: [email protected]
Web: www.lucasoil.ca
“Keep that Engine Alive!”
lubricants
noco LubricanTs coMpany
2 Bradpenn Road,Toronto, ON M8Z 5S9
Tel: 416.232.6626Toll Free Tel: 800.414.6626
Fax: 416.201.9880Email: [email protected]
Web: www.noco.ca
Best Service, Best Value, Best Quality
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rp oiL LiMiTed
1111 Burns Street East, Unit 3,Whitby, ON L1N 6A6Tel: 905.666.2313
Toll Free Tel: 800.335.6623Fax: 905.666.2761
Email: [email protected]
lubricants (synthetic)
sinwaL enTerprises inc
5656 Bell Harbour Drive,Mississauga, ON L5M 5J3
Tel: 416.520.5527Toll Free Tel: 866.326.7645
Fax: 905.814.1802Email: [email protected]
Web: www.sinwal.com
oil furnace sales & service
de-on suppLy inc.R.R. #1, 1595 Lobsinger Road
St. Jacobs, ON N2J 4G8Toll Free Tel: 800.824.4115Toll Free Fax: 888.626.7843Email:[email protected]:www.deonsupply.com
on-board truck scales
vuLcan on-board scaLes
#11-1642 Langan Ave.Port Coquitlam BC V3C 1K5
Ph: 604.944.1481Fax: 604.944.1482
Toll Free Tel: 800.663.0854Web: www.vulcanscales.com
Permits & services
730 perMiT services
Box 755, 2085 Shanly Road,Cardinal, ON K0E 1E0
Tel: 613.657.1244Toll Free Tel: 800.410.4754
Fax: 613.657.1453Email:
[email protected]: www.730permitservices.com
• • •c.u.T.c. inc.
1295 Carol Crescent,Laval, QC H7W 1G3Tel: 450.687.8294
Toll Free Tel: 866.927.8294Fax: 450.687.6963
Email: [email protected]
Pressure Washers
can-cLean pressure washers
6790 Davand Drive, Units 13 & 14Mississauga, ON L5T 2G5
Tel: 905.568.4868Fax: 905.565.8821
Toll free: 888.568.8001Email: [email protected]
Website: www.can-clean.com
rust control Products
corrosion conTroL coaTings LTd
106 Colborne Street,P.O. Box 1088
Walkerton, ON N0G 2V0Toll Free Tel: 800.934.7771Toll Free Fax: 800.563.8078
Email: [email protected]: www.cc-coatings.com
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krown corporaTe
35 Magnum Drive,Schomberg, ON L0G 1T0
Tel: 905.939.8750Fax: 905.939.8710
Toll Free Tel: 1.800.267.5744Email: [email protected]: www.krown.com
satellite tracking
peTro-viron inc.2 Taggart St., Unit 10Guelph, ON N1H 6H8Tel: (519) 837-2281Fax: (519) 763-9371
Email: [email protected]/pivot/
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tarPs & tarPing systems
aero-kiT indusTries
5499 Harvester Road,Burlington, ON L7L 5V4
Tel: 905.335.2012Toll Free Tel: 800.465.8277
Fax: 905.335.8499Web: www.aero-kit.com“Keeping You Covered”
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craMaro TarpauLin sysTeMs
206 Arvin Avenue,Stoney Creek, ON L8E 2L8
Tel: 905.662.2757Toll Free Tel: 800.565.8277
Fax: 905.662.4811Email: [email protected]: www.cramarotarps.com
Cramaro, for all your tarping needs.
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Trison Tarps
130 Copernicus Blvd.,Brantford, ON N3P 1L9
Tel: 519.720.9464Toll Free Tel: 866.948.2777
Fax: 519.720.9468Email: [email protected]: www.trisontarps.ca
test equiPment-brakes, abs, lights
LiTe-check, LLc3102 East Trent Avenue
Spokane, WA, 92202Tel: 509.535.7512
Toll Free Tel: 800.343.8579Fax: 509.535.7680
Email: [email protected]
tire balancing
counTeracT baLancing beads
13029 8th Line,Georgetown, ON L7G 4S4
Tel: 905.873.3339Fax: 905.873.3088
Toll Free Tel: 800.572.8952Email:
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Taabs inc.2801 2nd Avenue North, Unit #2
Lethbridge, AB T1H 6S2Toll Free: 888.553.3005
Fax: 403.394.9911Email: [email protected]
Website: www.taabs-int.com
tire & Wheelservice & equiPment
dureT eT Landry inc.2250 boul, Industriel,
Laval, QC H7S 1P9
Tel: 514.337.7777
Toll Free Tel: 800.663.0814
Fax: 450.663.2688
Email: [email protected]
onTario oFFice
Corghi, ON
Tel: 416.902.4663
Contact: Thierry Lefebvre
Web: www.duretlandry.com
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hoFMann baLancing
Techniques LTd
6500 Millcreek Drive,
Mississauga, ON L5N 2W6
Tel: 905.821.0799
Fax: 905.821.2073
Toll Free Tel: 800.267.2185
Email: [email protected] or
Web: www.hofmann.ca
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hunTer engineering coMpany
112 York Street,
Eden Mills, ON N0B 1P0
Tel: (905) 699-7991
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.hunter.com
toWing services
a Towing service LTd.185 Bartley Drive
Toronto, ON M4A 1E6
Service GTA, Ontario and USA
Tel: 416.656.4000
Fax: 416.656.3065
Toll Free Tel: 800.773.7952
Email: [email protected]
Web: www.atowing.ca
A company you can count on!
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abraM’s Towing
“Service Across Ontario”Tel: 416.398.2500
Toll Free Tel: 888.667.5438
24 Hour Heavy Towing
Web: www.abrams.ca
toWing services
acTion auToMoTive,Towing & recovery
P O Box 126,Trenton ON K8V 5R2Tel: 613.394.4924
Toll Free Tel: 800.551.6151Fax: 613.394.2428
Email: [email protected]: www.actiontowing.com“Meeting Your Service Needs in
Eastern Ontario”
• • •c.a. Towing
R.R. #2, 2485 Campbellville Road,Campbellville, ON L0P 1B0
Tel: 905.854.0169Toll Free Tel: 800.363.2209
Fax: 905.854.1282Email: [email protected]
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gervais Towing & recovery
1485 Startop Road,Ottawa, ON K1B 3W5
Tel: 613.747.4666Toll Free Tel: 888.689.2170
Fax: 613.747.8323Email: [email protected]: www.gervaistowing.com
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gobbo Towing & recovery LTd.85 Pondhollow Drive,Sudbury, ON P3E 6C1
shop
5238 Hwy. 69 South,Sudbury, ON P3E 4N1
Tel: 705.523.2341Fax: 705.523.2817
Toll Free: 800.261.4252Email: [email protected]
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hansen Towing & recovery
236 Rutherford Road South,Brampton, ON L6W 3J6
Tel: 905.453.7319Fax: 905.451.1534
Toll Free Tel: 800.876.7097Email: [email protected]
Web: www.hansentowing.com
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k.b.w. Towing
KBW Truck Transfer Service1 Towns Road,
Etobicoke, ON M8Z 1A1Tel: 416.255.4443
Toll Free Tel: 866.616.6379Fax: 416.252.2558
Email: [email protected] Heavy & Medium Towing, Flatbed
Specialists.
toWing services
J p Towing service & sTorage LTd11 Glen Scarlett Road,Toronto, ON M6N 1P5
Tel: 416.203.9300Toll Free Tel: 866.527.8225
Fax: 416.203.9303Email: [email protected]
Web: www.jptowing.com
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paT rogers TowingKingston, Ontario
24 Hour Emergency Service
Toll Free Tel: 888.221.3672Tel: 613.384.2572
Web: www.truckdown.com
trailer & container sales & service
sTorsTac90 North Queen Street,Etobicoke, ON M8Z 2C9
Tel: 416.231.9100Fax: 416.231.7517
Email:[email protected]: www.storstac.com
trailer manufacturers
TiTan TraiLers1129 Hwy #3, R R #3,Delhi, ON N4B 2W6Tel: 519.688.4826Fax: 519.688.6453
Email: [email protected]: www.titantrailers.com
trailer manufacturers
[ tankers ]
bedard Tankers inc.5785 Place Turcot
Montreal, QC H4C 1V9Tel: 514.937.1670Fax: 514.937.2190Email: [email protected]
Web: www.bedardtankers.comLeader in Dry Bulk, Liquid, Liquified Compressed Gas & Cryogenic Road
Tanker Trailers
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TreMcar inc.790 Montrichard Ave.
St-Jean-sur-Richelieu, QC J2X 5G4Tel: 450.347.7822Fax: 450.347.8372
Toll Free Tel: 800.363.2158Email: [email protected]
trailer sales, leasing, rentals &
service
ForT garry indusTriesEmail: [email protected]
Web: www.fgiltd.com/trailersProud distributors for Lode-King, Midland Manufacturing, Arctic Manufacturing, Landoll, CMIC Container Chassis and more.
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gTa TraiLer renTaLs inc.Head Office – 36 Cardico Drive,
Gormley, ON L0H 1G0Toll Free Tel; 866.482.5311
Fax: 905.888.6061Email: [email protected]
Web: www.gtatrailer.com• • •
sMarTway TraiLer renTaLs2891 Sideroad 10,
Bradford, ON L3Z 2A4Tel: 905.775.6700
Toll Free Tel: 888.747.7667Fax: 905.775.7250
Email: [email protected]: www.smartwaytrailers.ca
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TransiT TraiLer LTd.22217 Bloomfield Rd.,
R R #6, Chatham, ON N7M 5J6Tel: 519.354.9944
Toll Free Tel: 877.995.5999Fax: 519.354.9782
Email: [email protected]: www.transittrailer.com
transPortcomPanies
brian kurTZ Trucking LTd.R R #2 , Breslau, ON N0B 1M0
Tel: 519.836.5821Fax: 519.836.9396
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carMen TransporTaTion group3700 Weston Road,
Toronto, ON M9L 2Z4Tel: 416.667.9700Fax: 416.667.8272
Email: [email protected]
Web: www.carmentransportationgroup.com
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erb group oF coMpanies290 Hamilton Road,
New Hamburg, ON N3A 1A2Tel: 519.662.2710Fax: 519.662.3316
Toll Free Tel: 800.665.2653Email: [email protected]: www.erbgroup.com
transPortcomPanies
inTernaTionaL TruckLoad services inc.
107 Bellevue Drive, Box 1450Belleville, ON K8N 5J1
Tel: 613.961.5144Toll Free Tel: 800.267.1888
Fax: 613.961.1255Toll Free Fax: 888.485.6487
Email: [email protected]: www.itstruck.ca
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sTar van sysTeMs
10 Kerivan Court,Stoney Creek, ON L8E 5P6
Toll Free: 800.263.4884Fax: 905.643.8700
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yanke group oF coMpanies
27 Automatic Road,Brampton, ON L6S 5N8
Tel: 905.791.1369 ext 3747Toll Free Tel: 800.373.6678
Fax: 905.791.1278Email: [email protected]
Web: www.yanke.ca
transPortation training
cenTenniaL coLLege
P.O. Box 631, Station A,Toronto, ON M1K 5E9
Tel: 416.289.5000 Ext 7606Email: dormiston@
centennialcollege.caWeb: www.centennialcollege.ca
Looking for a career?Apprenticeship Training: Truck,Coach
& Heavy Equipment Technicians.
• • •
adanac Truck driver Training595 Middlefield Road, Unit 10,
Scarborough, ON M1V 3S2Tel: 416.754.2222
Toll Free Tel: 877.317.4222Contact: Wayne Campbell
Email: [email protected]
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coMMerciaL heavy equipMenTTraining
2421 Cawthra Road,Mississauga, ON L5A 2W7
Tel: 416.456.2438Toll Free Tel: 800.297.4322
Fax: 905.281.9637Contact: Gordon BrownEmail: [email protected]
Web: www.chet.ca
crossroads Training acadeMy49 Truman Rd., Barrie, ON L4N 8Y7
Tel: 705.719.2419Toll Free Tel: 866.446.0057
Fax: 705.719.2438Contact: Read Conley
[email protected] Diane Austin
crossroads Training acadeMy888 Walbridge Loyalist Road,
C.R.S. Bldg, Belleville, ON K8N 4Z5Tel: 613.389.6000
Toll Free Tel: 888.282.6605Contact: Robert Barclay
crossroads Training acadeMy1525 Centennial Drive,Kingston, ON K7P 2Y7
Tel: 613.389.6000Toll Free Tel: 888.282.6605
Contact: Robert Barclay
crossroads Training acadeMy2020 Bantree Street,Ottawa, ON K1B 5A4Tel: 613.742.7499
Toll Free Tel: 866.529.1113Contact: Brian Adams or Erica KellyBrian@crossroadstrainingacademy.comwww.crossroadstrainingacademy.com
crossroads Truck Training acadeMy
10 Maple Street, Smiths Falls, ON K7A 1Z5
Tel: 613.742.7499Fax: 613.742.7899
Toll Free Tel: 866-529-1113Email: [email protected]
www.crossroadstrainingacademy.com
danbro Truck Training505 Kenora Ave., Bldg. #1, Unit #1,
Hamilton, ON L8E 3P2Contact: Brent Nantais
Tel: 905.575.7606Toll Free Tel: 800.273.5867
Fax: [email protected]
equiTrain sysTeMs LTd.7384 Beards Lane, P.O. Box 1741,
Woodstock, ON N4S 0B1Tel: 519.537.7722
Toll Free Tel: 866.718.3993Fax: 519.537.3672 Contact: Melissa
Email: [email protected]: www.equitrain.ca
greaTer oTTawa Truck Training5 Caesar Avenue,
Ottawa, ON K2G 0A8Tel: 613.727.4688Fax: 613.727.5997
Contact: Shahram Dowlatshahigott@greaterottawatrucktraining.comwww.greaterottawatrucktraining.com
transPortation training
Jay’s proFessionaL Truck Training cenTre
589 Middlefield Road, Unit 11,Scarborough, ON M1V 4Y6Contact: Jay or Chandrika
Tel: 416.299.9638Fax: 416.609.9814
Email: [email protected]: www.jaystrucktraining.ca
kiM richardson TransporTaTion speciaLisTs inc.
23 Industrial Drive,Caledonia, Ontario N3W 1H8
Tel: 905.765.3445Toll Free Tel: 800.771.8171
Fax: 905.765.1444Contact: Roxanne Wilkieson
Email: [email protected]: www.krway.com
Heavy equipment & forklift also available.
kiM richardson TransporTaTion speciaLisTs inc.634 Ireland Road,
Simcoe, Ontario N3Y 4K8Tel: 519.426.8260 ext. 232Toll Free Tel: 800.771.8171
Fax: 519.428.3112Contact: Roxanne Wilkieson
Email: [email protected]: www.krway.com
Heavy equipment & forklift also available.
kiM richardson TransporTaTion speciaLisTs inc.
120 Bill Martyn Parkway Street,Thomas, Ontario N5R 6A7
Tel: 905.765.3445Toll Free Tel: 800.771.8171
Fax: 905.765.1444Contact: Roxanne Wilkieson
Email: [email protected]: www.krway.com
Heavy equipment & forklift also available.
Modern Training onTario
308 Kenora Avenue,Hamilton, ON L8E 2W2Contact: Nick Korakas
Tel: 905.573.9675Toll Free Tel: 866.443.7483
Fax: 905.573.6425Email: [email protected]: www.moderntraining.com
norThern acadeMy oF
TransporTaTion Training
25 Vagnini Court,Lively, ON P3Y 1K8
Contact: Kevin PattisonTel: 705.692.9222
Toll Free Tel: 800.719.9334Fax: 705.692.9256
Email: [email protected]: www.northernacademy.ca
norThsTar Truck driving schooL
1540 Matthew Brady Blvd.,Windsor ON N8S 3K6
Contact: Robert LabuteTel: 519.967.0444Fax: 519.967.0445
Email: [email protected]
transPortation training
onTario Truck driving schooL (chaThaM)
1005 Richmond Street,Chatham, ON N7M 5J5
Contact: Bill KentTel: 519.355.0077
Toll Free Tel: 800.263.4777Toll Free Fax: 866.800.6837Email: [email protected]
Web: www.otds.com
onTario Truck driving schooL (London)
427 Exeter Road,London, ON N6E 2Z3
Contact: Bill KentTel: 519.858.9338
Toll Free Tel: 800.263.4777Fax: 519.858.0920
Email: [email protected]: www.otds.com
Forklift & Heavy EquipmentTraining Available
onTario Truck driving schooL (niagara-on-The-Lake)
281 Queenston RoadNiagara-on-the-Lake, ON L0S 1J0
Contact: Bill Kent(Truck and Bus Course Info)Contact: Wayne Saunders(Heavy Equipment Info)
Tel: 905.685.1117Toll Free Tel: 800.263.4777
Fax: 905.641.0533Email: [email protected]
Web: www.otds.com
onTario Truck driving schooL (sarnia)
141 Mitton Street South,Sarnia, ON N7T 3C5
Contact: Bill KentTel: 519.332.8778
Toll Free Tel: 800.263.4777Toll Free Fax: 866.800.6837Email: [email protected]
Web: www.otds.com
onTario Truck driving schooL (windsor)
1333 College Avenue,Windsor, ON N9B 1M8
Contact: Bill KentTel: 519.258.0333
Toll Free Tel: 866.410.0333Fax: 519.258.9056
Email: [email protected]: www.otds.com
Forklift & Heavy EquipmentTraining Available
onTario Truck Training acadeMy (oshawa)
199 Wentworth Street East,Oshawa ON L1H 3V6
Contact: Dennis LagroisTel: 905.723.1237
Toll Free Tel: 800.753.2284Fax: 905.723.1245
Email: [email protected]: www.otta.ca
onTario Truck Training acadeMy (peTerborough)
365 Lansdowne Street East, Unit 3,Peterborough, ON K9L 2A3
Tel: 705.743.1888Toll Free Tel: 800.939.1463
Fax: 705.743.1875Email: [email protected]: www.otta.ca
transPortation training
robar Training speciaLisTs
701 Powerline Road,Brantford, ON N3R 7X3
Contact: Don RossTel: 519.770.3576
Toll Free Tel: 866.231.5885Fax: 519.770 4559
Email: [email protected]: www.robartraining.com
saFeTy Truck Training schooL LTd
4 Wilkinson Road, 2nd FloorBrampton, ON L6T 4M3
Contact: Yogan SockalingamTel: 905.793.9546Fax: 905.793.6426
Email: [email protected]: www.safetytruck.com
shaun-david Truck Training schooL
111 Sherwood Drive, Unit 14,Brantford, ON N3S 6J9Contact: David Nicholas
Tel: 519.720.9349Toll Free Tel: 866.550.5589
Fax: 519.720.9351Email: [email protected]: www.shaundavidtts.com
Tri-counTy Truck driver Training
480 Waydom Drive,Ayr, ON N0B 1E0
Contact: Richard WyniaTel: 519.653.1700
Toll Free Tel: 800.265.0400Fax: 519.653.2442
Email: [email protected]: www.tricountytruck.com
Truck Training schooLs associaTion oF onTario
27 William StreetSt. Catharines, ON L2R 5H9
Toll Free: 866.475.9436Fax: 905.704.1329
Web: www.ttsao.com
vaLLey driver Training
99 Cote Blvd.Hammer, ON P3P 1L9
Contact: Jamie FitchettTel: 705.897.8849Fax: 705.524.7067
truck & trailer rePairs
ForT garry indusTries
Email: [email protected]: www.fgiltd.com/parts/Brake specialists, installations, safeties and a whole lot more.
• • •MTT repair services inc.
1868 Drew Road,Mississauga, ON L5S 1J6
Tel: 905.677.2771Fax: 905.677.2774
Email: [email protected]
truck customiZing
quaLiTy cusToM
12 Clarke Blvd.Brampton, ON L6W 1X3
Tel: 905.451.8550Fax: 905.451.7627
Email: [email protected]: www.qualitycustom.ca
truck delivery
acadian driveaway
11 Dansk Court,Toronto, ON M9W 5N6
Tel: 905.709.8131Toll Free Tel: 800.668.1879
Fax: 905.709.2527Email: [email protected]: www.adctoronto.com
truck equiPment
ForT garry indusTries
Email: [email protected]: www.fgiltd.com/equipment
Sales and NSM certified installations of snow plows, sanders, mixers,
dump bodies and more.
truck lighting & accessories
aLdo’s driveLine
475 Admiral Blvd., Unit #1,Mississauga, ON L5T 2N1
Tel: 905.670.9105Fax: 905.670.0618
Toll Free Tel: 800.899.0427Email: [email protected]
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groTe indusTries co.230 Travail Road,
Markham, ON L3S 3J1Tel: 905.209.9744
Toll Free Tel: 800.268.5612Fax: 905.209.9757
Toll Free Fax: 800.267.9024Email: [email protected]
Web: www.grote.com
• • •
Techspan
3131Pepper Mill Court,Mississauga, ON L5L 4X6
Tel: 905.820.6150Toll Free Tel: 800.363.1588
Fax: 905.820.6142Email: [email protected]
Web: www.techspan.ca
truck Parts & suPPlies
discounT Truck parTs LTd.11633-156 Street,
Edmonton, AB T5M 3T8Tel: 780.454.5050
Toll Free: 800.661.5051Email: [email protected]: www.discountruckparts.comQuality truck parts at discount prices.
• • •
manitoba
BRaNdoNForT garry indusTries
1440 Highland AvenueBrandon MB R7C 1A7
Tel: 204.571.5980Toll Free: 866.883.6120
Fax: 204.571.5982Email: [email protected]
Web: www.fgiltd.com
WiNNiPegForT garry indusTries
2525 Inskster Blvd.R.R. #2 Stn Main
Winnipeg MB R3C 2E6Tel: 204.632.8261
Toll Free: 800.282.8044Fax: 204.956.1786
Email: [email protected]: www.fgiltd.com
saskatcheWan
RegiNaForT garry indusTries
1523 Ross Avenue EastRegina, SK S4N 7E5Tel: 306.757.5606
Toll Free: 800.552.8044Fax: 306.781.7926
Email: [email protected]: www.fgiltd.com
saskatooNForT garry indusTries
3455 Miners AvenueP.O. Box 1848
Saskatoon, SK S7K 7K9Tel: 306.242.3465
Toll Free: 800.772.4599Fax: 306.933.4850
Email:[email protected]: www.fgiltd.com
alberta
CalgaRyForT garry indusTries
5350-72nd Avenue SECalgary, AB T2C 4X5Tel: 403.236.9712
Toll Free: 800.661.3126Fax: 403.236.7249
Email: [email protected]: www.fgiltd.com
edMoNtoNForT garry indusTries
16230-118th Avenue NWEdmonton AB T5V 1C6
Tel: 780.447.4422Toll Free: 800.663.9366
Fax: 780.447.3289Email: [email protected]
Web: www.fgiltd.com
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alberta
gRaNde PRaiRieForT garry indusTries
10610-82nd Avenue
Clairmont AB T0H 0W0
Tel: 780.402.9864
Toll Free: 866.424.5479
Fax: 780.402.8659
Email: [email protected]
Web: www.fgiltd.com
gRaNde PRaiRieForT garry indusTries
10610-82nd Avenue
Clairmont AB T0H 0W0
Tel: 780.402.9864
Toll Free: 866.424.5479
Fax: 780.402.8659
Email: [email protected]
Web: www.fgiltd.com
lloydMiNsteRForT garry indusTries
5701-63rd Avenue
Lloydminster AB T9V 3B8
Tel: 780.875.9115
Toll Free: 800.661.9709
Fax:780.875.1403
Email: [email protected]
Web: www.fgiltd.com
Red deeRForT garry indusTries
7947 Edgar Industrial Drive
Red Deer, AB T4P 3R2
Tel: 403.343.1383
Toll Free: 866.297.0022
Fax: 403.347.8275
Email: [email protected]
Web: www.fgiltd.com
truck Parts & suPPlies
albertaontario
MississaugaForT garry indusTries
731 Gana CourtMississauga, ON L5S 1P2
Tel: 905.564.5404Toll Free: 888.456.6567
Fax: 905.564.8455Email: [email protected]
Web: www.fgiltd.com
tHuNdeR BayForT garry indusTries
915 Walsh Street WestThunder Bay, ON P7E 4X5
Tel: 807.577.5724Toll Free: 800.465.5044
Fax: 807.475.9033Email: [email protected]
Web: www.fgiltd.com
• • • Levy sTeering cenTre LTd.
1409 Shawson DriveMississauga, ON L4W 1C4
Tel: 905.564.1899Fax: 905.564.1911
Toll Free: [email protected]: www.levysteering.com
• • •
shieLd Truck accessories
P.O. Box 281,Aylmer, ON N5H 2R9Tel: 519.765.2828
Toll Free Tel: 866.617.0201Fax: 519.765.2821
truck sales, leasing, Parts & service
gerry’s Truck cenTre
4049 Eastgate Cres.,
London, ON N6L 1B7
Tel: 519.652.2100
Toll Free Tel: 800.363.4380
Fax: 519.652.6593
Email: [email protected]
Web: www.gerrystrucks.com
“Your Complete Transportation Business Partner”
truck sales, leasing, Parts & service
irvine Truck cenTre
7537 Woodbine Avenue
Markham, ON L3R 2W1
Tel: 905.513.1500
Toll Free Tel: 877.468.7897
Fax: 905.752.0967
Email: [email protected]
Web: www.irvinetrucks.ca
• • •
Diesel Truck Parts Inc.
Morgan’s dieseL Truck parTs & service inc.
1248 McAdoo’s Lane, R.R. #1
Glenburnie, ON K0H 1S0
Tel: 613.546.0431
Toll Free Tel: 800.267.0633
Fax: 613.546.4206
Web: www.morgan-diesel.com
truck tire sales & service
surgenor Truck cenTre261 Binnington Court,Kingston, ON K7M 9H2
Tel: 613.548.1100Toll Free Tel: 877.548.1101
Fax: 613.548.4990Email:[email protected]
Web: www.surgenortruck.com
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onTario regionaL oFFice520 Abilene Drive,
Mississauga, ON L5T 2H7Toll Free Tel: 800.465.0618
Tel: 905.564.5171Fax: 905.564.5175
Email: [email protected]: www.oktire.com
Over 100 Truck Tire Service Centres Across Canada
truck transmissions, differentials &
Pto’s
c & r TransMission service LTd13 Anderson Blvd.
Stouffville, ON L4A 7X4Tel: 905.642.4556Fax: 905.642.2293
Toll Free: [email protected]
We service clutchs also.
truck transmissions, differentials &
Pto’s
canada powerTrain
3833 Nashua Drive,Mississauga, ON L4V 1R3
Tel: 905.677.3522Toll Free Tel: 800.268.4809
Fax: 905.677.4618Email: [email protected]: www.cptparts.com
• • •
canada-wide parTs disTribuTors LTd
1261A Shawson Drive, Mississauga, ON L4W 1C4
Tel: 905.564.3116Toll Free: 877.564.3116
Fax: 905.564.3119Email: customerservice@
canadawideparts.comWeb: www.canadawideparts.com
Canada’s leading supplier of Powertrain Components.
• • •
doMar TransMission LTd.130 Skyway Avenue,Toronto, ON M9W 4Y9
Tel: 416.675.2268Toll Free Tel: 800.387.4883
Email: [email protected] it comes to transmissions…
think DOMAR
truck transmissions, differentials &
Pto’s
MascoT Truck parTs
475 Admiral Blvd., Unit #1Mississauga, ON L5T 2N1
Tel: 905.670.9100Fax: 905.670.0618
Toll Free Tel: 800.668.5560
truck Wash
Trans canada
auToMaTic Truck wash
Yellowhead Highway 16 WestSouth at Range Road 14
Lloydminster, AB T9V 3C2Tel: 780.874.9274Fax: 780.874.9275
Email: [email protected]: www.tctw.ca
Home of the 8 Minute Semi Wash and the Clean Ride Car Wash
truck Wire, cable & electrical accessories
Techspan
3131 Pepper Mill Court,Mississauga, ON L5L 4X6
Tel: 905.820.6150Toll Free Tel: 800.363.1588
Fax: 905.820.6142Email: [email protected]
Web: www.techspan.ca
ViNFrASTrUCTUrE hEAlTh AND SAFETy ASSOCiATiON [ihSA]
Drivers Drive Your Business
The Infrastructure Health and Safety Association Fleet
Safety Council’s Annual Educational Conference will be held at the Four Points Sheraton in London, Ontario, October 21st to 23rd, 2011.
This event brings togeth-er fleet safety professionals from the truck, bus and courier industries as well as insurance and many other related businesses to discuss the latest in driver training, staff de-velopment and risk man-agement techniques. Our Theme this year is “Drivers
Drive Your Business”.Supporting our theme
this year, we have a power-ful group of people hosting a series of seminars and workshops that address recruiting strategies to attract, evaluate, select and hire qualified drivers; retention strategies to keep experienced drivers longer; and the employee turnover issues that can mean the difference between a profit and loss. Each delegate will receive the complete CTHRC Human Resource Manual as part of their full registration. In addition, we will have a timely ses-
sion on Sleep Apnea and to close our conference, we are hosting a panel discus-sion on Social Media, with industry leading experts. Our action packed agen-da includes an influential group of individuals that will leave our delegates full of ideas to take home and implement within their own organizations.
We are happy to present PC Mike Akpata from Windsor Police who served in the Canadian Military in Afghanistan, speaking on Personal Responsibility, El-aine Charal with a session on Handwriting Analysis,
Dr. Barry Kurtzer from Driver Check on Sleep Apnea, Linda Gaultier from the CTHRC on the state of Human Resources in the Transportation Industry, a 3 hour Human Resource Management Workshop presented by the staff of the CTHRC and finally, an intriguing Panel discussion on Social Media, Moder-ated by Lou Smyrlis of Truck News with Diana Degan, Social Media Ex-pert and Consultant to the Transportation Industry, Al Goodhall, 2010 Winner of Driver of the Year for the Central Chapter and Social
Media Junkie with a regular column in Truck News, and Lorne Honickman, Part-ner in the firm McCague Borlack and a specialist in the area of the legal im-plications of social media use in the Transportation workplace. Lorne is the popular host of CourtTV and the weekly talk show Legal Briefs.
Our delegates will leave this year’s conference with a comprehensive set of skills and material that they can immediately use. Our information packed agenda and growing list of major sponsors including
Dalton Timmis, Markel and Marsh Insurance, will pro-vide our delegates with an exceptional opportunity to build contacts, gain know-ledge and have fun! That is why the delegate list con-tinues to grow every year.
The Council’s goal is to achieve knowledge through training.
For more information on attending or spon-soring this event, please contact Betty Taylor at 800.263.5024 ext. 7936 or Lori Van Opstal at 1.888.213.3375 ext. 206 or visit our website at www.ihsa.ca.V
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TrainingDanatec . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Ontario Trucking News
Transport Refrigeration Sales, Service & PartsJonjo Transport Refrigeration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Truck Parts & AccessoriesDiscount Truck Parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11Traction Truck Parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Ontario & Western Trucking News
Truck Sales Arrow Truck Sales . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Ontario Trucking NewsKingston Truck Centre . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Ontario Trucking News
Truck TransmissionsCanada Wide Parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Western Trucking NewsDomar Transmission Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17,22
Truck RepairsTruckPro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Ontario & Western Trucking News
Truck Tires & RepairsNew Millenium Tire Centre . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Video Surveillance ProductsWindshield Cam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Weigh Scales (On Board)Vulcan On-Board Scales . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Western & Eastern Trucking News
Wheel Balancing ProductsHunter Engineering Company . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Ontario Trucking NewsTAABS International . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
AlPhABETICAl lIST Of ADVERTISERSadvertiser Page Publication
AA & A Truck Exahust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Ontario Trucking NewsAirtabs Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Ontario Trucking NewsAlutrec Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Eastern Trucking NewsArrow Truck Sales . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Ontario Trucking NewsAtlantic Trucking Show . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
BBennett’s Power Service Products . . . . . . . . . 7,48Brighton Speedway . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Ontario Trucking NewsBritannia Fleet Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
CC .U .T .C . Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16Canada Wide Parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Western Trucking NewsCanadian Fleet Maintenance Seminar . . . . . . . . . 12Castrol/Wakefield . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13,22 Ontario & Eastern Trucking NewsChallenger Motor Freight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44,47Checker Flag Leasing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
DDanatec . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Ontario Trucking NewsDiscount Truck Parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11Domar Transmission Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17,22
EEmergency Road Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Eastern & Western Trucking NewsExpocam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19,20
GGreat Canadian Holidays & Coaches . . . . . . . . . . 10
HHunter Engineering Company . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Ontario Trucking NewsHWT Transport . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Western Trucking News
IInternational Truckload Services Inc . . . . . . . . . . 43 Ontario Trucking News
JJ .D . Factors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3Jonjo Transport Refrigeration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
KKindersley Transport Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Ontario Trucking NewsKingston Truck Centre . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Ontario Trucking NewsKleysen Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Western Trucking News
LLaidlaw Carriers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Ontario Trucking NewsLevy Steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16Liquid Capital Midwest Corp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Ontario Trucking NewsLubecore International . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,7, 17Lucas Oil Products . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
MMackie Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Ontario Trucking News
NNew Millenium Tire Centre . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
PPerformance Diesel (Bully Dog) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10Petro-Viron Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Ontario Trucking News
RRoad Today Truck Show . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22Rosedale Transport . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Ontario Trucking News
SShell Canada . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7Silver Eagle Mfg . Company . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8SKF Canada Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Ontario Trucking NewsSpring Creek Carriers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Ontario & Western Trucking NewsStar Van Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Ontario Trucking News
TTAABS International . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27The Fuel Lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10Tiger Tool International . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9Traction Truck Parts & TruckPro . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Ontario & Western Trucking NewsTransX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44,48Tremcar Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Eastern Trucking NewsTrison Tarps Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,14TVM Limited . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Ontario Trucking News
VVulcan On-Board Scales . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Western & Eastern Trucking News
WWilson Instruments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Ontario Trucking NewsWindshield Cam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
YYour Advantage Staffing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Ontario Trucking News
April 2011 35
manitoba
aRBoRg
Petro cANAdA-Petro PAssHighway #7 & #68, Arborg, MB
Tel: 204.376.5593Fax: 204.376.5587
Open 24-7, drivers’ lounge & game room, convenience store & parking
BeausejouRPetro cANAdA-Petro PAss
400 Park Avenue,Beausejour, MB
Tel: 204.268.2223Fax: 204.268.4749
Open 24-7, convenience store & parking
BRaNdoNBrANdoN Husky trAvel ceNtre
1990-18th Street North,Brandon, MB R7C 1B3
Tel: 204.728.7387www.myhusky.ca
MoRRisPetro cANAdA-Petro PAss
217 Main Street,Morris, MB
Tel: 204.746.8967Fax: 204.746.6008
Open 24-7, full service islands, drivers’ lounge & game room,
convenience store, ATM & parking
PiNe fallsPetro cANAdA-Petro PAss
Highway #11 & #304Pine Falls, MB
Tel: 204.367.8800Fax: 204.367.4037Open 24-7, Parking
teuloNPetro cANAdA-Petro PAss
Highway #7 & 5th Street,Teulon, MB
Tel: 204.886.2732Fax: 204.886.3612
Open 24-7, convenience store & parking
WiNNiPegPetro cANAdA-Petro PAss
500 Oak Point Highway,Winnipeg, MB
Tel: 204.949.7292Fax: 204.949.7295
Open 24-7, drivers’ lounge & game room, convenience store, laundry facilities, ATM, showers & parking
Petro cANAdA-Petro PAss928 Marion Street,
Winnipeg, MBTel: 204.949.7280Fax: 204.949.7288
Open 24-7, drivers’ lounge & game room, convenience store, laundry
facilities, showers & parking
esteVaNestevAN Husky trAvel ceNtre
201- 4th Street,Estevan, SK S4A 0T5Tel: 306.634.3109www.myhusky.ca
saskatcheWan
RegiNa
Husky Bulk sAles210 North McDonald Street,
Regina, SK S4Z 1A5Tel: 306.721.6880www.myhusky.ca
regiNA Husky trAvel ceNtre1755 Prince of Wales Drive
Regina, SK S4Z 1A5Tel: 306.789.3477www.myhusky.ca
saskatooN
Petro cANAdA-Petro PAss402-51st Street East,
Saskatoon, SKTel: 306.934.6766Fax: 306.668.6110
Email: [email protected]’ lounge, convenience store,
laundry facilities, ATM, showers, scale & parking
sWift CuRReNtHusky trAvel ceNtre
1510 South Service Road West,(Trans Canada Hwy 1 West)Swift Current, SK S9H 3T1
Tel: 306.773.6444www.myhusky.ca
alberta
BoNNyVillecougAr fuels ltd.5602-54th AvenueBonnyville, AB
Tel: 780.826.3043Fax: 780.826.6353
Email: [email protected]
www.cougarfuelsltd.caConvenience store, cardlock and
showers.CalgaRy
caLgary husky TraveL cenTre
2525-32nd Avenue N.E.Calgary, AB T1Y 6B7Tel: 403.291.1233www.myhusky.ca
roAdkiNg trAvel ceNtre4949 Barlow Trail SE,Calgary, AB T2B 3B5Tel: 403.569.6251Fax: 403.235.5095www.roadking.ca
edMoNtoNroAdkiNg trAvel ceNtre
strAtHcoNA iNc.26 Strathmoor Drive
Sherwood Park, AB T8H 2B6Tel 780-417-9400Fax 780-417-9449
alberta
lloydMiNisteRHANcock Petroleum
5904-44th Street,Lloydminster, AB T9V 1V6
Tel: 888.875.2495Fax: 780.875.2095
Convenience Store, Showers & Laundry Facilities
Husky trAvel ceNtre
5721-44th Street,Lloydminster, AB T9V 0B3
Tel: 780.872.7089www.myhusky.ca
MediCiNe HatHusky trAvel ceNtre
561-15th Street SW,Medicine Hat, AB T1A 4W2
Tel: 403.527.5561
Petro cANAdA cArd lock
Agcom Petroleum fuel sAles
1802-10 Avenue, S.W.Medicine Hat, AB
Tel: 403.527.6411Fax: 403.529.1660
Showers.
british columbia
CHilliWaCk
cHilliwAck Husky trAvel ceNtre
7620A Vedder Road,Chilliwack, BC V2R 4E8
Tel: 604.858.5113www.myhusky.ca
chiLLiwack peTro-pass
45461 Yale Road WestChilliwack, BC
Tel: 604.795.9421Fax: 604.792.8931
[email protected] Cardlock Open 24 hrs, 7 days, Convenience Store
open Monday to Friday, 8am-5pm (washrooms).
cool creek AgeNcies
7985 Lickman Road,Chilliwack, BC V2R 3Z9
Tel: 604.795.5335Fax: 604.794.5080
[email protected] Full service islands, driver’s lounge & game room, convenience store,
showers, laundry facilities, parking & CAT scale
british columbia
CRaigellaCHieskyliNe truck stoP
5507 Trans Canada Hwy,Craigellachie, BC
Tel: 250.836.4949Fax: 250.836.4950
Email: [email protected] 24-7, full service islands, driver’s lounge & game room, restaurant, convenience store,
laundry facilities, ATM, showers & parking
delta
husky TraveL cenTre
10128 Nordel Court,Delta, BC V4G 1J7Tel: 604.582.1433www.myhusky.ca
delta
peTro canada
souThcoasT peTroLeuM LTd. 10178 Nordel Court,
Delta, BCTel: 604.581.3835Fax: 604.581.3850
[email protected], fax, photocopier, nearby Gov’t Scale, Restaurants & ATM
goldeN
JePsoN Petroleum ltd.Box 1408
Golden, BC V0A 1H0Tel: 250.344.6161Fax: 250.344.2232
Email: [email protected] 8am-5pm mon-fri, lubes & propane, 24hr Cardlock, regular,
diesel & diesel mark.
HoPe
dogwood vAlley
Husky trAvel ceNtre
27052 Baker Road,Hope, BC V0X 1L3Tel: 604.869.9443www.myhusky.ca
flood HoPe Husky trAvel ceNtre
61850 Flood-Hope RoadR.R. #2, Hope, BC V0X 1L2
Tel: 604.869.9214www.myhusky.ca
osoyoosHusky trAvel ceNtre
9206-97th Street,R.R. #2, Osoyoos, BC V0H 1V2
Tel: 250.495.6443www.myhusky.ca
british columbia
siCaMousHusky trAvel ceNtre
1340 Trans Canada Hwy.,Sicamous, BC V0G 2V0
Tel: 250.836.4675Fax: 280.836.2230
Contact: Shelley Arvandelwww.myhusky.ca
Open 24-7, restaurant (6am-10pm), convenience store, showers, laundry
facilities, parking, photocopier, oil products, ATM and fax machine.
Western ontario
BeaMsVille
BeAmsville relAy stAtioN4673 Ontario Street,
(Exit 64 off QEW)Beamsville, ON L0R 1B4
Tel: 905.563.8816Fax: 905.563.4770
Email: [email protected] 24-7, restaurant, convenience
store, laundry facilities, ATM, showers & parking
BoWMaNVille
fiftH wHeel truck stoP2475 South Service Road,
(Exit 431, Hwy 401, Waverly Road) Bowmanville, ON L1C 3L1
Tel: 905.623.3604Fax: 905.623.7109
Open 24 hrs., Diesel fuel, convenience store, CAT scale,
gasoline (self service), ATM, propane, convenience store at fuel bar, Sunoco
fleetfuel Cardlock ,full service fuel islands, restaurant, private showers, laundry facilities, drivers’ lounge & arcade room, 100+ truck parking capacity, motel (smoking & non-
smoking),Bell Canada Internet Kiosk, Irving Cardlock.
doRCHesteR
fiftH wHeel truck stoP3305 Dorchester Road,
(Exit 199, Hwy 401, East of London)Dorchester, ON N0L 1G0
Tel: 519.268.7319Fax: 519.268.2967
Open 24 hrs, diesel fuel, convenience store, CAT scale, blue beacon truck wash, drug testing
centre, gasoline (self serve), ATM, take-out food, open roads chapel,
Sunoco & Irving Cardlock, full service fuel islands, restaurant, private
showers, laundry facilities, drivers’ lounge, 150+ parking capacity, motel
(smoking & non-smoking), arcade room, convenience store.
dRuMBotrucker’s HAveNHwy 401, Exit 250,
806607 Oxford Road,Drumbo, ON N0J 1G0
Tel: 519.463.5088Fax: 519.463.5628
Email: [email protected]
Western ontario
foRt eRie
ultrAmAr1637 Pettit Road (Exit 5 off QEW)
Fort Erie, ON L2A 5M4Tel: 905.994.8293
Open 24 hrs, Restaurant, Toilet, Showers, Overnight Parking &
Truckers’ Lounge
gRiMsBy
fiftH wHeel truck stoP398 North Service Road,
(Exit 74, off QEW, E. of Hamilton)(Casablanca Blvd. Exit)Grimsby, ON L3M 4E8
Tel: 905.945.0300Fax: 905.945.1115
Open 24 hrs, diesel fuel, convenience store, CAT scale, blue
beacon truck wash, ATM, drug testing centre, gasoline, Sunoco
Cardlock, full service fuel islands, restaurant, private showers, laundry facilities, drivers’ lounge & arcade
room,100+ parking capacity, chapel, motel (smoking & non- smoking) &
Irving Cardlock.
HaMiltoN
mArsHAll truck & trAiler rePAir & truck stoP
336 Kenora Avenue,Hamilton, ON L8E 2W2
Tel: 905.561.4712Fax: 905.561.7757
Email: [email protected]: www.marshalltruck.comOpen 24-7 for Cardlock fuelling,
open 7am-12am mon-fri, 7am-5pm Sat, closed Sunday, full service
islands, drivers’ lounge, restaurant, showers & parking
kitCHeNeR
Petro-PAss kitcHeNer120 Conestoga College Blvd.,
Kitchener, ON N2P 2N6Tel: 519.748.5550Fax: 519.748.9656
Drivers’ lounge & game room, convenience store, laundry facilities,
showers & CAT scale.
loNdoN
flyiNg m truck stoP7340 Colonel Talbot Road,
London, ONTel: 519.652.2728Fax: 519.652.6554
Email: flyingmtruckstop.comOpen 24 hrs, 6 days, full service
islands, drivers’ lounge, restaurant, convenience store, ATM, internet
services, showers, garage on premises & parking
36 April 2011
Welcome to our complimentary Truck STop DirecTory. We want to help truckers and travellers find the nearest truck stop on route to their destination. For details on how you can list your truck stop, call Barb Woodward at 877.225.2232 or email Barb at [email protected].
Western ontario
loNdoN
loNdoN Husky trAvel ceNtreHwy 401 & 74 (Exit 195 off 401)
Belmont, ONTel: 519.644.0200www.myhusky.ca
MiltoN
fiftH wHeel truck stoP40 Chisolm Dr. (Hwy 401 Exit 320)
Milton, ON L9T 3G9Tel: 905.878.8441Fax: 905.878.9376
Open 24 hrs, diesel fuel, convenience store, CAT scale, Blue Beacon truck wash, ATM, lube shop, Sunoco & Irving Cardlock, full service
fuel islands, restaurant, showers, laundry facilities, drivers’ lounge & arcade room, 100+ parkin, chapel, motel (smoking & non- smoking), &
lottery tickets.
PiCkeRiNg
Husky trAvel ceNtre200 Clements Road, Pickering, ON
Tel: 905.428.9700www.myhusky.ca
PoRt HoPe
ultrAmAr2211 County Road 28,
(Hwy 401 Exit 464)Port Hope, ON L1A 3W4
Tel: 905.885.4600Open 24 hrs, lunch counter,
convenience store,toilet, showers, truckers’ lounge & short-time parking
stoNey CReekstoP 50 truck stoP
1310 South Service Road,(Exit QEW at Fifty Road)
Stoney Creek, ON L8E 5C5Tel: 905.643.1151Fax: 905.643.8068
Open 24-7, full service islands, restaurant, convenience store,
laundry facilities, ATM, showers & parking
tilBuRyPilot trAvel ceNtre
19325 County Road 42,Exit 56 off Hwy 401
Tilbury, OntarioTel: 519.682.1140Fax: 519.682.9221
Email:[email protected]
www.pilottravelcenters.comOpen 24-7, six pilot diesel lanes, six gasoline lanes & six ESSO Cardlock
lanes, subway restaurant, large convenience store, drivers’ lounge & game room, CAT scale, coin laundry,
ATM, six showers & 70+ parking available.
Western ontario
WiNdsoRwiNdsor Husky trAvel ceNtre
Tecumseh, ON (off Hwy 401 at Exit 14)
Tel: 519.737.6401www.myhusky.ca
WoodstoCk
ultrAmAr535 Mill Street,
(Hwy 401 Exit 230 on TA site)Woodstock, ON N4S 7V6
Tel: 519.421.3144Open 24 hrs, restaurant,
convenience store, toilet, showers, truckers’ lounge & overnight parking
eastern ontario
aRNPRioR
ANtrim truck stoP580 White Lake Road,Arnprior, ON K7S 3G9
Tel: 613.623.3003Fax: 613.623.1003
Toll Free: [email protected] 24-7, full service islands, restaurant, convenience store,
showers, overnight parking, truckers’ lounge, CAT scale, garage service facilities, tire service, western star
truck dealer.
BelleVilleultrAmAr
25 Bellevue Drive,(Hwy 401 Exit 538, rear of Ultramar
Service Station)Belleville, ON K8N 4Z5
Tel: 613.771.1755Open 24 hrs, lunch counter,
convenience store, toilets, showers, short-time parking & truckers’ lounge
CaRdiNal
2085 Shanly Road,Exit 730 off Hwy 401Cardinal, ON K0C 1E0
Tel: 613.657.3019Open 24 hrs, restaurant,
convenience store, toilet, showers, overnight parking & truckers’ lounge
CoRNWall
fiftH wHeel truck stoP1901 McConnell Avenue,(Exit 792 off Hwy 401)Cornwall, ON K6H 5R6
Tel: 613.933.8363Fax: 613.932.3952
Open 24 hrs, diesel fuel, full-service fuel islands, convenience store at fuel bar, take-out food, CAT scale, Blue Beacon Truck Wash, propane, Sunoco Cardlock, restaurant, 200+
truck parking capacity, private showers, laundry facilities, drivers’ lounge & arcade room, Bell Canada Internet Kiosk, barber shop, ATM, drug testing centre, chapel, motel
(smoking & non-smoking), tire shop, lube shop, mechanic shop, Irving
Cardlock.
eastern ontario
deseRoNto
quick stoP
215 Hwy #49,Deseronto, ON K0K 1X0
Tel: 613.396.3043Fax: 613.396.1449
Open 6am-10pm, 7 days, full service islands, subway, convenience store,
parking & coffee drive-thru.
duNVegaN
esso-duNvegAN
1515 County Road #20,(Hwy 417 Exit 51)
Dunvegan, ONTel: 613.527.1026 or
613.627.2100Fax: 613.527.2726
Open 24-7, full service islands, restaurant (Tim Horton’s),
convenience store, showers, parking & ATM.
joyCeVillekiNgstoN Husky truck stoP
Joyceville Road,(Hwy 401 Exit 632)
Joyceville, ONTel: 613.542.3468www.myhusky.ca
kiNgstoNesso-kiNgstoN
Hwy 401 Exit 611, Kingston, ONTel: 613.384.8888Fax: 613.634.3162
Open 24-7
uLTraMar
1993 Hwy 15, Exit 623Kingston, ON K7L 4V3
Tel & Fax: 613.542.7971 Email: [email protected]
Open 24/7, Fast-Food, Convenience Store, ATM, Overnight Parking.
ottaWa
ultrAmAr
3199 Hawthorne Road,(Exit 110 off Hwy 417)
Behind Ultramar Service StationOttawa, ON K1G 3V8Tel: 613.248.9319
Open 24 hrs, lunch counter, convenience store, toilet,
Truckers’ lounge, showers& short- ime parking
eastern ontario
sPeNCeRVilleANgelo’s truck stoP2025 County Road 44,
Spencerville, ON K0E 1X0Tel: 613.925.5158Fax: 613.925.5158
Open 7 days, game room, restaurant, convenience store, showers, parking
& CAT scale.
VaNkleek Hill
HerB’s trAvel PlAZA21160 Service Road,
Exit 27 off Hwy 417Vankleek Hill, Ontario
Toll Free: 800.593.4372Tel: 613.525.2120Fax: 613.525.1595
Email: [email protected] 24-7 drivers’ lounge,
restaurant, convenience store, laundry facilities, ATM, internet services, showers & parking.
northern ontario
BRadfoRd
BrAdford Husky trAvel ceNtreHwy 400 & 88, Bradford, ON
Tel: 905.775.5794www.myhusky.ca
HWy 144 @ 560awAtersHed cAr & truck stoP
Hwy 144 & 560a,Tel: 705.655.4911 or
705.523.4917Fax: 705.523.4160
NeW liskeaRdgilli’s truck stoP
Hwy #11 North, New Liskeard, ONTel: 705.647.1919Fax: 705.647.5610
Full service islands, restaurant, convenience store, showers &
parking.
NoRtH BayBAytruck stoP
3060 Hwy 11 North, North Bay, ONTel: 705.474.8410Fax: 705.495.4076
Toll Free: 888.474.8410Email: [email protected]: www.transportmall.comOpen 24-7, full service islands, restaurant, convenience store,
showers, parking & truck repairs within 2 km.
sudBuRy
sudBury Petro PAss3070 Regent Street, Sudbury, ON
Tel: 705.522.8701Fax: 705.522.4280
Open Mon-Fri. 6am-11pm,Sat. 8am-8pm & sun. 10am-9pm,
drivers’ lounge & game room, convenience store (hot food, pizza,
chilli & soup), laundry facilities, showers & parking.
northern ontario
tiMMiNs
esso truck stoP
2154 Riverside Drive,
Timmins, ON
Tel: 705.268.3400
Fax: 705.267.7231
Open 24-7, restaurant, convenience store, ATM & showers.
WauBausHeNewAuBAusHeNe truck stoP
21 Quarry Road, Box 419,
Waubaushene, ON L0K 2L0
Tel: 705.538.2900
Fax: 705.538.0452
Email: [email protected]
québec
MoNtRealirviNg 24
5918, Rue Notre Dame Est,
Montreal, QC H1N 2C5
Tel: 514.257.8626
Fax: 514.259.0910
Open 24-7, restaurant, convenience store & laundry facilities.
neW brunsWick
aulaCAulAc Big stoP circle k
170 Aulac Road,
Aulac, NB E4L 2X2
Tel: 506.536.1339
Fax: 506.536.0579
Email: [email protected]
Open 24-7, full service islands, drivers’ lounge, restaurant,
convenience store, showers, laundry facilities, parking & CAT scale.
gRaNd fallsPetro PAss
315 Ouellette Street,
Grand Falls, NB
Tel: 506.473.5575
Fax: 506.475.9816
Toll Free: 800.361.8322
Drivers’ lounge & game room, convenience store, showers, laundry facilities, internet services, showers,
parking & CAT scale.
MoNCtoN
Petro-cANAdA
Exit 450, 2600 Mountain Road,
Moncton, NB E1G 3T6
Tel: 506.859.6000
Fax: 506.859.6005
Open 24-7, convenience store, fast food, ATM’s & restrooms
neW brunsWick
PeRtH-aNdoVeR
toBique oNe stoP
Exit 115, Perth-Anover, NBTel: 506.273.9682Fax: 506.273.9682
Open 24-7, full service islands, drivers’ lounge with large screen,
restaurant, satellite TV, convenience store, showers, laundry, parking &
free high-speed internet.
salisBuRy
sAlisBury Big stoP
2986 Fredericton Road,Salisbury, NB E4J 2G1
Tel: 506.372.3333Fax: 506.372.0083
Open 24-7, drivers’ lounge & game room, restaurant, convenience store, showers, laundry facilities, parking &
CAT scale
WaasisliNcolN Big stoP (irviNg)
415 Nevers Rd., Waasis, NB E3B 9E1Tel: 506.446.4444Fax: 506.446.4440
Open 24-7, full service & self service islands, drivers’ lounge & game
room, restaurant, convenience store, showers, laundry facilities, parking
WoodstoCk
murrAy’s truck stoP
Exit 191, 198 Beardsley Road,Woodstock, NB
Tel: 506.328.2994Driver’s Fax: 506.325.2148
email: [email protected]
www.murraystruckstop.caOpen 24-7, full service islands, drivers’ lounge & game room, restaurant, convenience store,
showers, laundry facilities, parking & CAT scale & tire sales & service.
nova scotia
eNfieldeNfield Big stoP (circle k)
6757 Hwy #2, Enfield, NS S2T 1C8Tel: 902.882.2522Fax: 902.883.1769
Open 24-7, full-service islands, drivers’ lounge, restaurant (6 am-
11pm), convenience store, showers & parking.
tRuRo HeigHtstruro HeigHts circle k
86 Connector Rd., Hwy 102 Exit 13,Truro Heights, NS B2N 5B6
Tel: 902.897.0333Fax: 902.897.0499
Open 24-7, self service islands, drivers’ lounge, restaurant,
convenience store, showers & parking.
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EGr CONTrE SCr:
Le Choix d’OEM Pour les Moteurs Conformes aux Règlements De 2010pAr MArEK KrASUSKi
Les manufacturiers majeurs ont main-tenant fabriqué des
moteurs qui conformes aux normes strictes de réduction de pollution imposées par EPA (the Environmental Protec-tion Agency). La dernière décennie a été marquée par un immense progrès dans l’évolution des spé-cifications de l’industrie p o u r p r o d u i r e d e s camions respectueux de l’environnement. D’abord on avait les réductions d’échappements de 2002 suivies des contrôles de suie en 2007. Mainten-ant l’industrie respecte les normes exigantes des specifications d’oxyde d’azote (NOx) de 2010. Les émissions NOx ont subi une réduction con-tinue depuis des années. Aujourd’hui les poids lourds émettent une frac-tion des niveaux antér-ieurs. Les règlements de l’EPA étaient le catalyseur derrière la réduction de 83 pourcent des émissions de NOx de 2007 à 2010.
Les manufacturiers de camions ont adopté une de deux technologies pour arriver à ces réductions - SCR ( Selective Cata-lytic Reductions) ou EGR (Exhaust Gas Recircula-tion). Navistar est la seule compagnie qui ait adopté la solution EGR pour les émissions. La technolo-gie Maxxforce Advanced EGR refroidit les échappe-ments diesels qui recircu-lent encore à l’intérieur du moteur où les émissions sont éliminées à l’intérieur du cylindre. Navistar pré-tend que les avantages du Advanced EGR sont le fait qu’il n’y a pas de coûts supplémentaires pour l’achat de l’Urée liquide que la méthode SCR exige, une capacité de charge augmentée, une efficacité améliorée associée à une approche de chassis et moteur integrés.
Les moteurs avec une capacité EGR diminuent
la quantité d’oxygène dans le gaz d’échappement, ce qui donne une com-bustion à une tempéra-ture moins élevée qui, selon les experts, résulte en une réduction de 50% en NOx. Les échappe-ments recyclés sont re-froidis, ce qui cause de plus grandes réductions d’échappements, en bais-sant la température de la combustion. Quand on utilise un DPF (diesel particulate filter), on peut réduire les émissions jusqu’à 90%.
D’autres avantages de l’application sont cen-sés être le manque de risque d’une baisse de puissance résul tant du contrôle de l’oxyde d’azote, l’élimination de risques technologiques associés au catalyseur exigé par le système SCR, des exigences de carbur-ant plus simples et une augmentation potentielle en réfrigeration. Pourtant ce qui a empèché la plu-part des manufacturiers d’adopter ce système est plutôt le besoin de plus grands radiateurs et venti-lateurs pour le maniement des augmentations pour le rejet de chaleur aussi bien que les coûts du car-burant qui peuvent être plus élevés que le coût de carburant plus l’Urée exigé par le système SCR.
Plus côté par la majorité des manufacturiers est le système SCR (Selective Catalytic Système) qui est caractérisé par le traite-ment de NOx à l’extérieur du moteur au contraire du traitement à l’intérieur du moteur utilisé dans le sys-tème EGR. SCR requiert un équipement supplémen-taire. Quatre composants majeurs constituent le système SCR : un réservoir de DEF(diesel exhaust fluide), un doseur de DEF, un catalyseur de SCR et un catalyseur d’ammoniac ou d’oxydation qui sont tous intégrés au système d’échappement. SCR fonc-tionne par l’injection d’une
petite quantité d’urée ou de DEF dans le système d ’échappement d ’un moteur diesel. La solu-tion d’urée combine avec l’oxyde d’azote pour pro-duire des s o u s -
produits re- spec-tueux de l’environnement, qui sont déchargés par le pot d’échappement.
Comme le modèle EGR, SCR réduit les émissions NOx jusqu’à 90% et cara-ctérisé par des avantages et des désavantages. Du coté avantages, SCR aug-mente efficacité thermale et l’économie du carbur-ant. Des moteurs plus petits et plus légers que le système SCR permet, augmentent la charge utile et la réduction du rejet de chaleur et des problèmes de système de réfrigeration permettent l’utilisation des radiateurs plus petits et périodes pro-longées entre les change-ments d’huile.
En tout cas, certains spé-cialistes dans l’industrie avertissent contre des problèmes qui puissent arriver avec l’Urée. Des ré-servoirs de DEF ou d’Urée sont en général placés à coté du réservoir du car-burant, ont une capacité de 3 à 30 gallons et pro-mettent un long kilomé-trage avant le besoin de faire le plein. « Un camion peut faire jusqu’à 2000 kilomè tres avec un réser-voir d’Urée de 30 gallons » a dit un représentant. D’autres promettent en-core plus de performance. Detroit Diesel réclame que
sa technologie Blue Tec permet aux camions de faire 7.000 milles entre les pleins. La durée de conservation de DEF est environ un an dépendant de la température, et les
c o n d u c -
teurs n ’ o n t
pas besoin de s’inquiéter d’être en panne de DEF. Les indi-cateurs qui avertissent d’une panne imminente sont multiples.
Encore d’autres ont des soucis concernant la dis-ponibilié limitée de l’urée qui peut éloigner des con-ducteurs de leur route principale à la recher-che d’un fournisseur. La consommation de l’urée est imprévisible aussi puisque le mélange cor-rect peut varier selon les conditions de la route. Par exemple certains posent des questions selon la réaction de l’urée dans des conditions de froid extrème. En plus, quand le reservoir de l’urée n’est pas entretenu comme il faut la performance du moteur est réduit de 40%. D’autres variables qui ternissent la réputa-tion du SCR incluent les coûts inconnus de l’urée à l’avenir et le souci que le SCR est moins effi-cace dans des conditions d’arrets fréquents quand les accélerations creént une quantité excessive de NOx.
Volvo Mack a pris le devant dans l’adoption de la technologie SCR, étant le premier d’avoir ses moteurs 2010 certifiés par l’ Environmental Pro-tection Agency et par un programme de grande en-
vergure de validation qui a inclu plus de deux millions de milles d’épreuves. La technologie du moteur se distingue par un turbo-compresseur qui fournit les taux de découlement plus élevés nécéssaires. Comme un représent-ant a noté « Quand le conducteur met le pied au plancher, ça roule. Ni décalage, ni hésita-tion. » La compagnie a un programme pour appuyer sa technologie SCR, il s’appelle Fuelwatch et il incorpore des straté-gies pour la conserva-tion du carburant. Ces stratégies récommandent aux conducteurs des con-seils aérodynamiques qui aident le déroulement de l’air, l’optimisation de l’espace entre la remorque et le camion et la hau-teur de la remorque, pour réduire la consommation du carburant, des mesures contre le gaspillage du carburant au ralenti et le bon choix de moteurs pour les applications courantes en matières de transmis-sion et des pneus pour assurer de la conservation de carburant.
Cummins, qui avait pro-duit et expédié plus de 20.000 moteurs lourds et moyens depuis le mois d’août 2011 dit que ses moteurs équipés de SCR livrent une conservation jusqu’à 6 % meilleure en conservation de carburant et produisent le niveau de près de zero exigé par les normes de l’EPA. La technologie SCR n’est pas nouveau chez Cummins. En 2006, la compagnie a lancé ses moteurs Mid-range, certifiés aux nor-mes de l’Euro 4, utilisant pour les applications de véhicules commerciaux en Europe. La compagnie est la seule qui fait tout chez elle, la conception et la construction et fournit des systèmes d’échappement et des turbo-compresseurs à certains de ses concur-rents.
Le manufacturier est
connu pour des amélior-ations du ‘sweet spot’, une ligne qui permet aux camions d’opérer aux niveaux optimaux. Cet es-pace typique des modèles antérieurs donnait moins de place aux rapports de changements de vitesse, ce qui donnait une période restreinte de répit des rpm. Un changement de vitesse fautif pourrait compromet-tre la manoevrabilite et la conservation de carbur-ant. La compagnie a main-tenant élargi le ‘sweet spot’ d’à peu près 250 rpm, ce qui a fourni plus de place aux rapports de changements de vitesse ainsi élarigissant la zone de confort.
Finalement, PACCAR qui vend partout dans le monde sous les marques de Kenworth, Peterbilt, et DAF a reçu des com-mendations de l’EPA pour des applications dans de la conception aéro-dynamque de ses pro-duits. Plus de 100.000 de moteurs PACCAR utili-sent avec succès la tech-nologie SCR qui, selon la compagnie, apporte une amélioration de cinq pourcent en comparai-son aux moteurs d’avant 2010. Les moteurs qui se chauffent moins pro-mettent un fiabilité meil-leure et la chaleur ainsi générée assure une con-formité opérationelle dans des conditions de froid sévere. PACCAR collabore avec les distributeurs de DEF pour assurer une large disponibilité à des stations de service et aux concessionaires d’OEM.
Les prévisions du mar-ché indiquent de bonnes ventes pour la production de la classe 8 en 2011. Au moment que les nouvelles unités sont presentées pour combler aux de-mandes de l’augmentation prévue, beaucoup regar-deront avec intêret pour voir si les technologies EGR et SCR seront au niveau de leurs perform-ances anticipées.V
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lE GOUVErNEMENT DU CANADA
Le Gouvernement du Canada Investit Dansles Ponts de Montréal
Br o s s a r d , Q u é -bec - le 18 mars 2011 - Le sénateur
Larry Smith, au nom de l’honorable Chuck Strahl, ministre des Transports, de l’Infrastructure et des Collectivités, a annoncé aujourd’hui un financement de 228 millions de dollars accordé à la société Les ponts Jacques Cartier et Champlain Incorporée (PJ-CCI), afin qu’elle garde ses ponts et autres ressources de Montréal sécuritaires.
Au cours des trois pro-chaines années, le gou-vernement du Canada versera 158 millions de dollars pour le corridor
du pont Champlain et 70 millions de dollars pour d’autres ouvrages de la société PJCCI, tels que le pont Jacques-Cartier, le pont Honoré-Mercier, le tunnel de Melocheville et l’estacade du pont Cham-plain. Le financement sera utilisé pour effectuer les réparations requises afin d’assurer la sécurité et la préservation des res-sources.
« La sécurité et la sûreté du pont Champlain et des personnes qui le traversent chaque jour sont haute-ment prioritaires pour notre gouvernement », a déclaré le sénateur Smith. « Nous
investissons dans le cor-ridor du pont Champlain afin qu’il demeure sécuri-taire pour les 60 millions de déplacements et les 20 milliards de dollars estimés en commerce international, pour lesquels le pont est utilisé annuellement. »
En 2009, la société PJCCI et le ministère des Trans-ports du Québec ont mené une étude de préfaisabilité afin d’évaluer l’avenir du pont Champlain. Lorsque le gouvernement du Canada recevra le rapport final, il examinera les résultats et tiendra compte de toutes les options, y compris le rem-placement du pont Cham-
plain. D’ici là, des travaux de réparation addition-nels seront requis afin de s’assurer que le pont actuel peut continuer d’absorber le débit de circulation prévu au cours des prochaines années.
« L’économie demeure une priorité pour notre gou-vernement. Le pont Cham-plain fait partie intégrante de la Porte continentale et du Corridor de commerce Ontario-Québec, un parten-ariat fédéral-provincial qui a pour objectif de maintenir et de renforcer le réseau de transport de renom-mée mondiale, afin qu’il demeure un moteur clé du
commerce international et de la croissance économ-ique », a mentionné le séna-teur Smith.
Le gouvernement du Can-ada est déterminé à assurer la sécurité et l’efficacité des activités liées à la Porte continentale et au Corri-dor de commerce Ontario-Québec, étant donné que le pont Champlain est l’un des ponts les plus acha-landés au Canada et une route importante pour les camionneurs qui voya-gent à destination ou en provenance des États-Unis. Cet investissement majeur contribuera à accroître la compétitivité économique
à long terme du Québec.La société Les Ponts
Jacques Cartier et Cham-plain Incorporée est une filiale en propriété exclu-sive de La Société des ponts fédéraux Limitée, société d’État relevant du ministère des Transports, de l’Infrastructure et des Collectivités. Elle possède, exploite et entretient le pont Jacques-Cartier, le pont Champlain, les parties du pont Honoré-Mercier, de l’autoroute Bonaven-ture et de l’autoroute 15 qui appartiennent au fé-déral, ainsi que le tunnel de Melocheville et l’estacade du pont Champlain.V
lE MiNiSTèrE DES TrANSpOrTS
Programme d’Aide Visant la Réduction ou l’Évitement des Émissions de Gaz
Québec, Québec - Le ministère des Transports lance
un appel de propositions pour la réalisation de projets dans le cadre du volet B du Programme d’aide visant la réduction ou l’évitement des émissions de gaz à effet de serre par l’implantation de projets intermodaux dans le transport des mar-chandises (PAREGES). Les demandes d’aide finan-cière pour cet appel de propositions doivent être déposées au plus tard le 31
mars 2011.Le volet B du programme
permet aux demandeurs, généralement des expédi-teurs qui recourent à une solution de transport per-mettant de réduire les émis-sions de gaz à effet de serre (GES), d’obtenir une aide maximale de 250 $ par tonne d’émissions de GES réduites ou évitées. Le mon-tant s’applique à l’ensemble du projet, et la contribution financière ne peut pas dé-passer 3 millions de dollars.
Pour l’exercice financier
2011-2012, les demandes de subventions pour les projets du volet B, soit les projets ne nécessitant pas de dépens-es d’infrastructures, doivent être déposées au plus tard le 31 mars 2011 et le 30 sep-tembre 2011. Cependant, les projets du volet A, soit les projets avec dépenses d’infrastructures, sont rece-vables en tout temps.
Rappelons que le min-istère des Transports a annoncé le 27 mai 2008 la mise en place du Pro-gramme d’aide visant la
réduction ou l’évitement des émissions de gaz à effet de serre par l’implantation de projets intermodaux dans le transport des mar-chandises. Ce programme découle de l’action 8 du Plan d’action 2006-2012 sur les changements cli-matiques du gouvernement du Québec, Le Québec et les changements climatiques, un défi pour l’avenir, et il est doté d’un budget de 60 millions de dollars d’ici le 31 mars 2013.
Les entreprises, les or-
ganismes municipaux et les organismes légalement constitués ayant un ét-ablissement au Québec sont admissibles à ce pro-gramme.
La demande d’aide finan-cière doit être présentée en fonction des paramètres établis dans le Programme d’aide visant la réduction ou l’évitement des émissions de gaz à effet de serre dans le transport des marchan-dises et le Guide de de-mande d’aide financière. On peut se procurer ces docu-
ments dans le site Internet du ministère des Transports du Québec au www.mtq.gouv.qc.ca, à la Direction du transport maritime, aérien et ferroviaire, ainsi que dans tous les bureaux régionaux du Ministère.
Le nombre de projets ac-cepté dépendra des budgets disponibles. Le ministère des Transports se réserve le droit d’accorder une atten-tion particulière aux projets ayant le plus d’impact sur les réductions des émis-sions de GES.V
TrANSpOrTS CANADA
Le Gouvernement du Canada Dévoile la Stratégie Sur la Porte et le Corridor du Commerce de l’Atlantique
Ottawa, Ontario - le 23 mars 2011 - L’honorab le
Keith Ashfield, ministre d’État de la porte d’entrée d e l ’ A t l a n t i q u e , e t l’honorable Chuck Strahl, ministre des Transports, de l’Infrastructure et des Collectivités, ont dévoilé aujourd’hui la Stratégie sur la Porte et le Cor-ridor de commerce de
l’Atlantique. La Straté-gie, de même que des investissements dans des projets précis au Canada atlantique, contribuera à libérer le potentiel de la région.
À la suite des récen-tes annonces sur un financement relative-ment au transport en Nouve l le -Écosse, au Nouveau-Brunswick, à
l’Île-du-Prince-Édouard et à Terre-Neuve-et-Lab-rador, le gouvernement du Canada annonce un financement supplémen-taire de 2,5 millions de dollars pour la commer-cialisation de la Porte de l’Atlantique, une priorité clé destinée à accroître le commerce international dans la région. Avec le nouvel investissement
annoncé aujourd’hui, c’est plus de 200 mil-lions de dollars proven-ant du Fonds pour les portes d’entrée et les pas-sages frontaliers qui ont été prévus pour appuyer le réseau de transport stratégique de la région lié au commerce.
U n e i n f r a s t r u c t u r e ferroviaire de c lasse 1 qui s’étend jusqu’au
cœur de l’Amérique du Nord, 64 000 kilomètres de routes et trois grands corridors pour le camion-nage, un qui fait la liaison avec les principaux mar-chés de l’Ontario et du Québec, et deux qui vont vers le nord-est des États-Unis.
La Porte de l’Atlantique est reliée et intégrée har-monieusement aux au-
tres portes d’entrée du Canada et aux réseaux de transport qui traversent l’Amérique du Nord.
Pour en savoir plus au sujet de la Stratégie sur la Porte et le Cor-ridor de commerce de l’Atlantique et le finance-ment des projets qui y sont associés, visitez le www.portedelatlantique.gc.ca.V
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lE GOUVErNEMENT DU MANiTOBA
Le Gouvernement du Canada et la Province du Manitoba Vont de l’Avant Avec le Projet d’Amélioration de la Route 10
Brandon, Man i -toba – le 16 mars 2011 - L’honorable
Greg Selinger, premier ministre du Manitoba, et M. Merv Tweed, député de Brandon-Souris, ont annoncé aujourd’hui les améliorations qu’on propose d’apporter à la route 10, entre la route transcanadienne (route 1) et la route 25, près de Brandon. Le projet vise à améliorer un tronçon de 15 kilomètres afin de rendre la chaussée con-forme aux normes ac-tuelles de l’industrie, à accroître la sécurité et à réduire la congestion grâce à la construction de voies de dépassement.
« L’amél iorat ion et l’entretien de nos im-portantes routes de com-merce international sont essentiels afin que les exportateurs du Mani-toba puissent bénéficier d’occasions d’affaires aux États-Unis et ailleurs. Les producteurs et les fabri-cants du Manitoba compt-ent sur de telles occasions », a déclaré le premier ministre Selinger.
« L’économie demeure une priorité de notre gou-vernement. C’est pour cela qu’il est fier d’appuyer des projets d’infrastructure qui stimuleront l’économie et créeront des emplois pour les Canadiens », a mentionné M. Tweed,
au nom de l’honorable C h u c k S t r a h l , m i n -istre des Transports, de l’Infrastructure et des Col-lectivités. « Nous sommes heureux de collaborer avec la province du Mani-toba en vue de réaliser ce projet d’amélioration et d’offrir aux gens de cette province des occa-sions qui contribueront à favoriser la croissance économique à long terme. »
Le projet proposé com-prend la reconstruction de la chaussée vieillie pour améliorer la capacité de chargement de la route et la sécurité. De plus, les accotements de la route seront élargis. Leur
surface en gravier sera remplacée par une surface pavée avec des bandes rugueuses. Des voies de dépassement en direction du nord et du sud seront construites sur une dis-tance de 1,5 kilomètre.
Les travaux de construc-tion devraient être termi-nés à l’automne 2012.
L e g o u v e r n e m e n t d u C a n a d a p r e n d d’importantes mesures pour favoriser la crois-sance économique. Dans le cadre du Fonds pour les portes d’entrée et les passages frontaliers, ainsi que d’autres fonds, le gouvernement du Canada s’est déjà engagé à verser plus de 165 millions de
dollars pour financer dif-férents projets le long d’importants corridors de commerce nord-sud et est-ouest du Manitoba. Le projet d’amélioration de la route 10 complétera ces projets d’infrastructure. Par a i l leurs , le P lan d’action économique du Canada prévoit de nou-veaux fonds, soit près de 12 milliards de dol-lars, pour favoriser des projets d’infrastructure sur deux ans. De plus, la progression accélérée du Plan Chantiers Canada de 33 milliards de dollars permet de satisfaire aux besoins des collectivités du pays et contribue à la croissance économique
à long terme au moyen d’investissements dans l’infrastructure publique, comme les routes, les usines de traitement des eaux, l’énergie verte et le transport en commun.
L e g o u v e r n e m e n t du Manitoba s’est en-gagé à invest ir dans l ’ infrastructure de sa province. Grâce à divers programmes de finance-ment, la province s’est engagée à investir plus de 353 millions de dollars dans l’amélioration des routes du Manitoba.
Pour en apprendre davantage au sujet du Plan d’action économique du Canada, visitez le www.actionplan.gc.ca.V
l’AUTOrOUTE 407
Prolongement de l’Autoroute 407 en Direction est, de Brock Road (à Pickering) à l’Autoroute 35/115
L’ autorou te 407 sera pro longée de 45 km en dir-
ection est, à partir de Brock Road, à Picker-ing, jusqu’à l’autoroute 35/115. En outre, deux tronçons nord-sud relier-ont l’autoroute 401 à ce qui
sera l’autoroute 407 Est (tronçon de 10 km pour la voie de raccordement Dur-ham Ouest et tronçon de 10 km pour la voie de rac-cordement Durham Est).
AVANTAGES pOUr lA
COllECTiViTé
Le prolongement de
l’autoroute 407 en direc-tion est, jusqu’à l’autoroute 35/115, va aider à relier les collectivités, les résidants et les entreprises. Des milliers d’emplois seront créés localement dans le secteur de la construction et les avantages économ-
iques vont aider les régio-ns à prospérer et à donner une meilleure qualité de vie à leur population.
L’autoroute 407 Est va desservir les popu-lations établies le long de l’autoroute, désen-gorger des t ronçons
de l ’autoroute 401 - l’autoroute la plus fré-quentée du Canada - et améliorer le mouvement de biens et de services en Ontario. La construction de la 407 Est se traduira par de nombreux emplois - environ 13 000 durant la première tranche des travaux à elle seule - et aura d’importantes retom-bées économiques pour les entreprises locales.
Une fois les travaux ter-minés, l’autoroute 407 Est maximisera aussi les pos-sibilités d’aménagement de terrains pour Durham, assurera la continuité du réseau autoroutier à l’est de l’agglomération toront-oise et rendra possibles deux routes de déviation en cas d’urgence pour deux centrales nucléaires dans la région de Durham.
Le prolongement vers l’est de l’autoroute 407 est important pour la ré-gion de Durham et les collectivités de Peterbor-ough et de Kawartha. Une fois les travaux terminés, l’autoroute 407 va créer
des possibilités pour les entreprises et la popula-tion, en plus de favoriser la croissance de l’emploi. Tout cela s’inscrit dans le plan Ontario ouvert sur le monde que le gouverne-ment provincial met en œuvre pour créer des em-plois et bâtir une meilleure infrastructure.
CAlENDriEr DES
TrAVAUX
D’ici la fin de 2015 - Nou-veau tronçon est-ouest d’environ 22 km, de Brock Road à Harmony Road, et nouveau tronçon nord-sud de 10 km (la voie de rac-cordement Durham Ouest) qui reliera l’autoroute 407 Est à l’autoroute 401.
D’ici 2017 - Tronçon tem-poraire de Harmony Road à la voie de raccordement Taunton/Durham Est.
En 2020 - Nouveau tron-çon est-ouest d’environ 23 km, de Harmony Road à l’autoroute 35/115, et nou-veau tronçon nord-sud de 10 km (la voie de raccor-dement Durham Est) qui reliera l’autoroute 407 Est à l’autoroute 401.V
l’ANNOUNCEMENT
OK Pneus Annonce un Partenariat avec ERS
Les clients camion-neurs peuvent con-duire en toute tran-
quillité grâce à l’annonce du par tenar ia t d ’OK Pneus avec Emergency Road Services (ERS), qui fournit un service routier d’urgence 24 heures sur 24 pour l’industrie du camionnage commercial au Canada et aux États-Unis continentaux.
Le partenariat aide à réduire le stress causé par les pannes dispendieuses,
non seulement en four-nissant de l’aide plus rapidement, mais aussi en économisant de l’argent par la réduction des frais administratifs et du temps d’immobilisation.
« Nos clients camion-neurs nous sont précieux et nous voulons qu’ils se sentent protégés en cas de panne. La création d’un partenariat avec ERS représente la meilleure façon de leur permettre d’être de retour sur la
route le plus rapidement et le plus efficacement possible au niveau des coûts », a souligné Larry Hardy, Directeur Nation-al, Pneus de camion et spécialisés chez OK Tire Stores Inc.
ERS est le chef de file parmi les fournisseurs bilingues de services rout-iers d’urgence au Canada et aidera les clients OK Pneus à trouver le dé-taillant le plus près, peu importe où ils se trouvent
- en leur économisant temps et argent sans per-dre la tête. Grâce à plus de 100 emplacements com-merciaux OK Pneus d’un océan à l’autre, les clients sont de retour sur la route rapidement, réduisant le temps perdu et améliorant la productivité.
Pour obtenir de plus amples renseignements, veuillez visiter okpneus.com/commerc ia l ou emergencyroadservices.com.V
40 April 2011
VOlVO TrUCKS
World’s Largest Test Rig
The profit margin for many haulage firms is just two percent.
This means that every ex-tra kilogram that a truck rig can carry may make a big difference. That is why Volvo’s engineers are in-vesting heavily in weight-optimising their truck from the wheels up. They are helped in this process by the world’s largest test rig.
Efforts to optimise the t ruck’s weight focus largely on testing new, lighter materials and de-signs without comprom-ising on quality. This is where Volvo Trucks’ test rig comes into the pic-ture. In it, all new axles and suspension systems undergo rigorous tests to analyse their strength and durability.
Volvo has the world’s largest test rig for axles and suspension systems. No other rig can deal with much massive forces as our rig can,” reveals Göran Johansson.
Cutting weight from the chassis itself is a challen-ging task for Volvo’s en-gineers. The fact is that the proportion of a truck rig’s weight represented by the actual cargo has dropped over the past few decades. There are several reasons for this: drivers opt for ac-cessories that increase the vehicle’s weight, high fuel prices mean that custom-ers want larger fuel tanks so they can fill up where it is cheap, and finally there is emissions legislation – Euro 3, 4, 5 and the forth-coming Euro 6 – whose flip side is heavier exhaust clean-up technology.
Carrying a higher propor-tion of cargo has the great-est impact on long-haul routes, where maximising the truck’s cargo-carrying capacity is immensely important.
Volvo Trucks’ calcula-tions reveal that if the cargo weight of a typical European long-haul rig* is increased by one kilogram, this raises the truck’s an-nual income by SEK 20-30 per year (EUR 2-3 per year). In an industry where
the average profit mar-gin is about 2 percent, this additional revenue makes a difference. In-creasing cargo capacity by 200 kg for a haulage firm with 50 trucks in long-haul operations means that revenue increases by SEK 200,000-300,000 a year (EUR 20,000-30,000 a year). For a transport firm in weight-sensitive operations such as tanker or bulk-goods haulage, the corresponding figure is 10 to 15 times higher.
When Volvo tests new weight-optimised materi-als and designs, it is vital that they are subjected to the stresses encountered during real-life operation. This process starts on Volvo Trucks’ proving ground in Hällered.
“We put the t rucks through as many different operating environments as possible on our prov-ing ground to replicate our customers’ everyday operations around the world,” explains test en-gineer Magnus Larsson. “There are potholes, hills, washboard sur faces , sharp bends, acceleration and braking sequences – in fact, everything that a truck might encounter in operation. While all this is going on, we record the vehicle’s progress in the form of digital signals, which we later copy and convert into a program that we replicate in the test rig.”
The engineers cut out all non-essential informa-
tion such as all stretches on smooth straight roads with low loads and long-distance cruising, retain-ing all situations that put the truck under consider-able stress.
The rig is operated from a control room with a sig-nal amplifier and control electronics where pro-gramming of the various driving environment pro-files is dialled in. Once all the installations and con-trol programs are ready, what remains is monitor-ing and adjustments dur-ing the course of the test.
The time savings com-pared with the lengthy testing of axles and sus-pension systems out on the test track are invalu-able. The shorter test dur-ation in the rig also makes it possible to release new features and products much sooner, and to meet customer needs or new legislative requirements
The rig also gives Volvo’s engineers greater free-dom: an idea can be re-jected or prioritised much sooner, which prevents time being wasted on ideas that do not work.
Without test rigs and test tracks, it might take five to ten years to test a new lighter axle design in a customer’s fleet. On the proving ground, the test process would take between six and twelve months, whereas the test rig can complete the same test in two months. More-over, the rig offers greater precision.V
The rig has been dimensioned to handle full-scale tests
with axle installations up to a 32-tonne bogie. Volvo is the
only truck manufacturer in the world to have such a high-
capacity facility.
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CANADiAN TrUCKiNG AlliANCE (CTA)
HOS Changes Would Have Negative Impact On Canada-US Supply Chain
Ottawa, Ontario - In its official sub-mission to the
US Federal Motor Car-rier Safety Administra-tion (FMCSA) Notice of Proposed Rule-Making (NPRM) on changes to that country’s hours of service regulations, the Canadian Trucking Alliance (CTA) said the proposed chan-ges will have a significant negative impact on the efficiency and productiv-ity of the North American supply chain and would be particularly disruptive to the shipment of US ex-ports with no appreciable benefit to driver safety.
“The systems, routes and schedules carriers deploy in shipping US exports to Canada have been de-signed around the current hours of service rules,” said CTA CEO David Brad-ley. “Any reduction in the current rules will have detrimental effect on the ability of trucking to ser-vice the delivery of US exports which will have a negative impact on the US manufacturing sector at a time when the economy is still very fragile”
A reduction of driv-ing and on-duty time, as proposed in the NPRM, would add complexities and costs to the supply chain and could add from one to three days to the transit time for US goods destined for Canada.
“Canada is the number one export destination
for the United States as a whole and for about 70 per cent of the individ-ual US states,” explained Bradley. “President Obama has set a goal to increase US exports and Canada is the United States’ major customer. During the re-cession, exports to Canada were a key to survival for many US businesses. The proposed changes to the hours of service rules will negatively impact that trade.”
Bradley says that CTA agrees with the Amer-ican Trucking Associa-tions (ATA) position that truck safety is improving and the current rules are working. “The same is true in Canada,” he says.” Our rules are somewhat more flexible than the current US rules.”
In its submission, CTA says the Canadian experi-ence (where allowable on-duty and driving times are longer and where flex-ibility is provided through more flexible sleeper berth and re-start provisions) indicates that there has been no safety downside to more flexible hours of service regulation. Says Bradley: “We don’t need new rules; we need better enforcement. We support an EOBR mandate for drivers currently required to use logbooks.”
For more information on CTA’s submission, please contact [email protected]
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The three mos t important parts of any truck and
trailer are the tires, the steering and the brakes. This issue of our maga-zine is devoted to braking systems on trucks and trailers. These systems are subject to a lot of wear and tear and must put up with Canada’s four different weather seasons. A trip to the 10 Acres Truck Stop was in order to answer our question of the month.
“Should improvements be made to brake equip-ment on trucks and trail-ers or should they be left as is?”
JIm meaDe drives for Liquid Cargo Lines out of Mississauga, Ontario. “Im-prove the brake lights and wiring harnesses on truck and trailers. The lights burn out too quickly and the light covers crack and break too fast. They must last longer and should be easier to change on the road by the driver when necessary. The wire har-ness becomes brittle in bad weather and breaks too easily. That whole part of the system should be more driver friendly.”
STeve JameS drives for TKTL Transport out of Stittsville, Ontario. “As far as the braking equipment is concerned, I feel you should leave everything as is. Nothing really needs to be improved. On the other hand drivers need better training on how to brake correctly. Training schools and fleet safety trainers do not spend enough time on brake training. The load size and weight must be considered at all times. Better training means few-er accidents.”
Serge rheaulT drives for Couture Transport out of St. Ephrem, Quebec. “There are two things that must be improved on our braking systems. The air lines in bad weather be-come weak and brittle. They leak and break too easily. Going down a large hill with no trailer brakes is not fun and you better hope no one gets in your way. Gauges are made of poor quality material. They give incorrect read-ings and must be checked and replaced too often. These two improvements will make for a safer truck to drive.”
PeTe macgraTh drives for Laidlaw Trans-port out of Woodstock, Ontario. “Right now the braking systems on trucks and trailers are fine, if they can be improved all the better for the industry. The biggest problem out on the highways is the lack of training drivers are getting. Fleet man-agers need to do more brake training with all of their drivers. Load training must increase and learn-ing to brake a trailer that is empty on an icy road is a must. Better training results in fewer accidents on the highway.”V
From the
Driver’s SeatBy: CArl MCBriDE
Brake Systems
CANADiAN FlEET MAiNTENANCE SEMiNAr
CFMS Set for May 9th to 11th
Grimsby, Ontario - With renewed in-terest from Manu-
facturers, Sponsors and Delegates the Canadian Fleet Maintenance Sem-inar (CFMS) is hoping to build on their conference success of May 2010. Set for May 9-10-11, 2011, this year’s conference will again be held at the Hilton Suites Toronto/Markham and features an array of panels, events and dis-plays designed to inform, involve, and educate.
New for 2011 is a hands on training session con-sisting of 4 sessions that will be focusing on Wheel Ends, Disc Brakes, Hy-draulics, and DPF/SCR Maintenance. Designed for managers and techni-cians alike, it is hoped that fleets will consider them as an optional event for their technicians, lead-hands and other shop person-nel. While this is included in everyone’s registration a special event rate has
been established to allow the participation of these non-Seminar registrants.
Rounding out the 2011 panel selections will be sessions on New Products, Tire Maintenance, Smart way Technology, Hybrid/Electrical vehicles, Brakes, Computer Technology, and a Medical panel on Prostrate Cancer. The seminar will once again close out with its Open Forum panel moderated by Jim Riddle, 2010 Can-adian Fleet Manager of the Year.
Other highlights for 2011
include an expanded Trade Show, Outside Truck Dis-play and the Volvo Can-adian Fleet Manager of the Year Award. Planned evening events include dinner speakers for both Tuesday (Allison Graham - “Build Your Ultimate Network”) and Wednesday (Terry Evanshen - “The Man Who Lost Himself”) as well as supplier infor-mation suites.
For more information and details on the CFMS and registration go to www.cfmsonline.com or call 905.957.7265.V
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TrANSpOrT FOr ChriST
Your Spiritual Brakes
By ChAplAiN lEN rEiMEr
Part of a circle check or inspection is to make sure the
brakes are in good work-ing condition. Not only because we might be in-structed to pull around back for an inspection at the first check point. We want to make sure we have lots of lining and drums left that we can count on.
In some ways our lives are like that, our health is important, so we need to eat right and exercise. Right! We also need to be alert and sharp, to avoid trouble when we see it coming. We need to stay away from places where trouble awaits us.
We find some very good advice in the Bible, I Tim-othy 6:11,12a says, But you, O man of God flee these things and pursue righteousness, godli-ness, faith, love, patience, gentleness. Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life. Scripture in I Corinthians 6:18a goes on to say, “Flee sexual immorality,” and in Ephe-sians 6:10, 11 Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord and in the power of His might. Put on the whole armour of God that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.
None of us, at the first thought of a drink or go-ing to a “see but don’t touch show” would get us into trouble. You see sin has a price. That is why scripture warns us to flee places where that kind of entertainment is offered.
Scripture instructs us to spend time thinking about matters that will enrich our lives and keep us in touch with God. We
are to chase after positive things like godliness, faith, patience and gentleness. We are to be clothed with the whole armour of God. It will protect us from the evil that Satan would have us get involved in. We need to be sure our spiritual brakes are in top working order. Never let them get out of adjustment
and apply them at the first thought of trouble.V
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EmploymEnt
In mEmorIum
Kenneth “Richard” NoilesJuly 12, 1945 – February 27, 2011
Sa c k v i l l e , N e w Brunswick - It is with sadness that
the family of Kenneth R. Noiles, announce his pass-ing on Sunday, February 27, 2011 at his home. Ri-chard was 65 years of age.
Born on July 12, 1945 in Sackville, N.B., he was the son of the late Ken-neth and Mary (Patterson) Noiles.
Richard was an employ-ee at the Aulac Irving Big
Stop on the truckers’ fuel desk for over 25 years and was well known by every trucker who travelled the Maritimes.
Richard enjoyed fishing, hunting, trapping, and bowling and in his younger years was an avid hockey and ball player. He was a member of the Royal Canadian Legion, Branch #26 Sackville, N.B. Richard was a loving son, husband, father, brother, uncle and
friend and he will be sadly missed by all who knew him.
Richard is survived by his wife of 43 years, Linda (Brown) Noiles of Sack-ville; son Derrick Noiles of Sackville; daughter Dei-dre Noiles (Ricky Beal) of Midgic, N.B.; brother Joe (Janet) Noiles of Kingston, Ontario; niece Belinda MacLean of Sackville, N.B. and several other nieces, nephews, aunts, uncles
and cousins.Arrangements are en-
trusted to Campbell’s Fu-neral Home, 89 Bridge Street, Sackville, N.B. (364-8188). In keeping with Ri-chard’s wishes, cremation has taken place and there will be no visitation or me-morial service. Burial will take place in the spring in the Sackville Cemetery.
In lieu of flowers, dona-tions in memory of Richard may be made to the charity
of one’s choice.The first picture is at
a Staff Christmas Party where he received an award for Employee of the Year (out of approxi-mately 100 employees); he won a trip to Las Vegas. The second picture is him cleaning the bathroom at the Big Stop; something he prided himself on was making sure the drivers always had a spotless shower to use.V
GovErnmEnt of Canada
Investment In Montreal Bridges
Brossard, Quebec - March 18, 2011 - Senator Larry
Smith, on behalf of the Honourable Chuck Strahl, Minister of Transport, Infrastructure and Com-muni t i es , today an-nounced funding of $228 million to the Jacques Car-tier and Champlain Bridg-es Incorporated (JCCBI) to keep its bridges and other assets in Montreal safe.
Over the next three years, the Government of Canada will contribute $158 million for the Cham-plain Bridge Corridor and
$70 million for other JCCBI structures, such as the Jacques Cartier Bridge, the Honoré Mercier Bridge, the Melocheville Tunnel and the Champlain Bridge Ice Control Structure. The funds will be used for safety repairs and asset preservation.
“The safety and security of the Champlain Bridge and of the people cross-ing it every day are a top priority for our govern-ment,” said Senator Smith. “We are investing in the Champlain Bridge Corridor so that it remains safe for
the 60 million trips and estimated $20 billion of international trade that cross the bridge annually.”
In 2009, JCCBI and the Quebec Ministry of Trans-portation undertook a pre-feasibility study to examine the future of the Champlain Bridge. When the Government of Canada receives the final report, it will review its findings and consider all options, including replacing the Champlain Bridge. Until then, additional repair work will be required to ensure that the existing
Champlain Bridge can continue to safely carry the volume of traffic fore-cast in the coming years.
“Our government re-mains focused on the economy. The Champlain Bridge is an integral com-ponent of the Ontario-Quebec Continental Gate-way and Trade Corridor, a federal-provincial part-nership to maintain and build upon our world-class transportation system so that it remains a key driv-er of international trade and economic growth for the future,” said Sen-
ator Smith.The Government of Can-
ada is committed to the safe and efficient oper-ation of the Ontario-Que-bec Continental Gateway and Trade Corridor, as the Champlain Bridge is one of the busiest bridges in Canada and an im-portant route for truckers travelling to and from the United States. This important investment will fuel the long-term com-petitiveness of Quebec’s economy.
The Jacques-Cartier and Champlain Bridges In-
corporated is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Federal Bridge Corpora-tion Limited, a Crown corporation under the portfolio of the Minister of Transport, Infrastructure and Communities. It owns, operates and maintains the Jacques-Cartier Bridge; Champlain Bridge; the federally owned portions of the Honoré-Mercier Bridge, the Bonaventure Expressway and High-way 15; the Melocheville Tunnel; and the Cham-plain Bridge Ice Control Structure.V
nEw BrunswICk
Cell Phone Driving Ban Starts on April 1st, 2011
March 14, 2011 – New Brunswick drivers will be
prohibited from using their cell phones or other hand-held devices such as GPS units, or risk being fined, starting on April 1.
The Progressive Con-servative government passed a new law cracking down on distracted driving in December, but it has not yet been enforced.
Public Safety Minister Robert Trevors said the provincial government
wanted to make sure there was enough public aware-ness around the law be-fore it was enacted.
“We should be very close to getting our education material together and our advertisements out and getting the public aware it’s coming into effect,” Trevors said.
Trevors says there will be no grace period for drivers who break the law after April 1.
The fine for using a cell phone while driving will
be $172.50.New Brunswick drivers
will be allowed to talk on their cell phones if they are being used in a hands-free manner and to use cell phones while driving to report an emergency or to call 911.
The new legislation also exempts cell phone use by police, fire and ambulance staff while on duty.
New Brunswick was one of the last provinces to im-pose rules on cell phones while driving.V
nEw BrunswICk
Mackay Highway Project Amended
Fredericton, New Brunswick - March 18, 2011 - Trans-
portation and Infrastruc-ture Minister Claude Wil-liams stated: After serious consideration, our gov-ernment has determined that the Mackay Highway expansion project will be amended. It is part of this government’s mandate to review all capital pro-jects to reduce costs. As a result of this review, we have concluded that the proposed widening of the
Mackay Highway is not necessary at this time.
We anticipate that chan-ges to this project will save taxpayers a significant amount of money. Depart-ment staffs are working with Dexter Developer General Partnership and Dexter-Transfield Gateway Services, the compan-ies responsible for the Route 1 Gateway Project, to finalize details of these changes.
Meanwhile, we will con-tinue with measures that
will reduce traffic con-gestion in this area. Up-grades will be made to the Route 111 interchange and selected ramps along the highway to improve access and safety for motorists.V
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ThE SAFETy Tip ADViSEr
Troubleshooting Brake Problems
By AlViS ViOlO
Over time, we have all experienced problems with
our brakes. Like most people, we begin to panic because the brakes are the most important part of our vehicle. Although some problems are more serious than others, we should all know the basics when it comes to trouble-shooting problems with our braking systems.
Below you will find some of the most common
questions and answers regarding brake problems. As you read through them, make a mental note of how many you have per-sonally experienced.
Why does the brake pedal feel softer or harder than normal?
A softer or harder pedal may be caused by a faulty master cylinder or power booster. It could also be
a system leak or wrong adjustments.
Why am I losing brake fluid?
Since the hydraulic sys-tem should be sealed, a loss of fluid indicates a leak or wear of the brake pads and/or shoes.
Why is there a pulsation or vibration when I apply my brakes?
The rotors or drums may
be cracked or distorted, as well as, the discs are out of true.
Why do my brakes pull to one side?
It can be caused by un-even tire pressures, de-fects in the steering or suspension systems, the front end may be out of alignment, brake fluid leak on one of the linings, the linings may be excessively worn or unmatched, the brakes are not adjusted properly or unevenly on one or more of the drums, discs or shoes are warped, the brake hose or line is either clogged or kinked, or it could be a broken rear spring.
Why does my brake pedal feel spongy?
There could be a i r bubbles in the hydraulic system, the brake shoes could be defective or not worn in (if brand new), drums may have exces-sively wear, the brake fluid is either contaminated or incorrect, or the master cylinder may be loose on the mounting.
Why do my brakes squeal or chirp?
Possible causes may be worn-out brake pads or linings, a warped rotor or the drum brake linings are glazed, brake shoe retain-ing/return spring may be defective, or it could be deformed brake shoes.
Why does my brake pedal drop to the floor?
There may be air in the hydraulic system, a fluid leak in the master cylinder (past primary cup), hose or a line leak in the system or the rear brakes are mis-adjusted.
Why are my brakes “pul-sating”?
If the pedal pulsates u n d e r y o u r f o o t a s you come to a normal stop, such as at a traf-fic light, you’ve probably got warped front rotors and need to have them repaired. On vehicles equipped with ABS, you may notice a rapidly pul-sating pedal under hard braking. This is normal and is the vehicles way of telling you that the ABS
system is activated. But if you feel the pulsating during normal slow speed stops, get the brake sys-tem checked by a profes-sional as soon as possible.
Why is my vehicle pull-ing to one side when I press the brake?
If the vehicle pulls to one side when the brakes are applied, you may have a sticking front caliper. This can be extremely dangerous driving dur-ing inclement weather conditions and should be fixed immediately. Some-times, though, the pulling is caused by uneven tire pressure, so check the air pressure before deciding the brakes are bad.
Why are my brakes squealing and grinding?
Brakes aren’t supposed to make noise as they operate. If you hear a grinding or squealing sound when the pedal is applied, it is time for new brake shoes or pads. Get it done right away. Post-poning service is not only unsafe but it could raise the cost of repairs.
How many of these problems have you experi-enced? My guess would be at least five out of ten.
By understanding the probable causes of the brake problem, the goal of this article is to hopefully reduce the panic you may encounter while driving. Just to be on the safe side however, you should al-ways have a professional inspect your brakes as soon as the problem oc-curs.
Drive safe, think positive and be prosperous.
Alvis Violo is the C.E.O. of Emergency Road Servi-ces Corporation., a coast to coast bilingual roadside assistance company dedi-cated to the trucking in-dustry in Canada and the United States. For more information visit www.emergencyroadservices.com or call 877.377.2262. Please send your ques-tions, feedback or com-ments about this column to [email protected]
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