KÄRCHER PAGE 4 >> KÄRCHER CANADA The World Leader in Pressure Washers BY MAREK KRASUSKI A n industry as competitive as commercial transportation requires stakeholders to pro- vide premium service and presentation to satisfy the demands of their shippers and other cus- tomers. Appearance of vehicles is primarily essential to a good corporate image, but also to the retention of good drivers and the extension of vehicle life cycles as parts and components require the removal of dirt, grime and other corrosive materials. Kärcher has long recognized this importance; first by inventing the first European hot water pressure washers in 1950 and introducing them to the North American market in 1984, and second by becoming the world’s largest pressure washer manufacturer. Its heralded position as the first among many competitors developed through assiduous efforts to achieve optimal product development. Today, Kärcher pressure washers are available in a wide range of innovative product designs for multiple applications, and are highly prized for high efficiencies and feature-rich designs. In addition, a full range of commercial cleaning equipment, accessories PUBLICATION AGREEMENT # 40806005 — SERVING ALL OF ONTARIO — November 2014 ISSUE 136
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KÄrcher canada
The World Leader in Pressure Washers
By MareK KrasusKi
An industry as competitive as commercial transportation requires stakeholders to pro-vide premium service and presentation to
satisfy the demands of their shippers and other cus-tomers. Appearance of vehicles is primarily essential to a good corporate image, but also to the retention of good drivers and the extension of vehicle life cycles as parts and components require the removal of dirt, grime and other corrosive materials.
Kärcher has long recognized this importance; first by inventing the first European hot water pressure washers in 1950 and introducing them to the North American market in 1984, and second by becoming the world’s largest pressure washer manufacturer. Its heralded position as the first among many competitors developed through assiduous efforts to achieve optimal product development. Today, Kärcher pressure washers are available in a wide range of innovative product designs for multiple applications, and are highly prized for high efficiencies and feature-rich designs. In addition, a full range of commercial cleaning equipment, accessories
Kärcher offers an ex-tensive line of more than 100 commercial- and in-dustrial-grade pressure washers and is the only brand in North America with a full complement of high-pressure cleaning equipment that boasts European technology and North American rugged-ness.
M a r c e l L a b r o s s e , Regional Sales Manager for Kärcher Canada, ex-plained some of the dis-tinguishing characteristics of the company’s product line. “Our washers come with many features which our competitors do not have. In addition, we have a 92 percent efficiency rating on our diesel fired units compared to an ef-ficiency rating of between 60 and 70 percent for our competitors. We create the same amount of heat but burn two litres of less fuel per hour to achieve the same result,” he said. Indeed, fuel savings is also accompanied by labour saving innovations thanks to Kärcher’s patented de-signs.
Kärcher invented the condensation-free down-draft burner which is key to the 92 percent efficiency rating on diesel fired units. These units are equipped with a dual coil design where the heated water flows up and down for double pass exposure within the heating cham-ber. This means the water is heated four times as it circulates through the chamber. A firebrick floor also absorbs heat so that it is retained in the heating chamber while deflecting the heat back, up and around the heating coil pipes. Air is also preheated so that when it is injected into the flame it enhances the combustion process. Customers report that fuel
savings alone enable a return on investment in less than three years. High pressure cleaning equip-ment also yields savings in labour costs and water.
Customers can also ex-pect durability from Kär-cher pressure washers thanks in large part to a water cooled motor where the inlet warm stream flows around the motor, drawing away heat that warms the water before it enters the heating coil for additional fuel efficiency. The motor, even after hours of use, remains cool, resulting in a longer lasting motor.
The commercial truck-ing industry has come to rely on the Kärcher Clas-sic series of hot water, electric powered diesel heated models. Ideal for use in smaller fleets, these units are noted for clean-ing performance, mobil-ity, operational reliability and service friendliness, among other benefits. Chief among these is Kär-cher’s patented nozzle and spray gun technol-ogy. Unlike competitive brands Kärcher Classic electric pressure washers shut down when the trig-ger on the spray gun is released. Reactivation of the motor resumes only after the trigger is pulled again. This saves on both electricity and on the wear and tear of the machine’s moving components. For added savings, an op-tional ‘Servo Controller’ allows the user to adjust flow rate and operat-ing pressure directly from the trigger gun. The patented nozzle, too, saves money by delivering up to 40 percent more impact pressure with deeper and more precise spray patterns and larger droplets of water, resulting in a faster wash. Classic hot water pressure
washers also feature an ‘eco! Efficiency mode’ which enables the ma-chine to operate at the most economical tem-perature range and water flow rate, thereby reducing fuel consumption by up to 25 percent. Environ-mental benefits include an absence of fuel emis-sion or fumes, variable water pressure, temper-ature control and soap metering, and a clean, quiet and user friendly operation.
Suitable for the trucking industry, Kärcher’s Classic series deliver 2000 to 3000 psi and 3.5 to 5 GPM. In contrast, the company’s larger Liberty NG (natural gas) units deliver 4 to 10 GPM with 2000 to 3500 psi. Ideal for larger fleets, the Liberty natural gas or LP-heated
pressure washers deliver more output while accru-ing overall savings. Marcel Labrosse explains: “This machine allows two or three operators to run the unit at the same time, par-ticularly on larger trucks running through a wash bay, where each operator is able to use a separate hose.” Furthermore, a single larger machine is more economically feas-ible than purchasing two or more washers to per-form the same task. Larger units with more water volume and pressure de-liver more force capable of removing dirt, mud, and other impurities, particu-larly on and in trucks that
t rans-
port food and livestock. A higher psi rating increases cutting action while large water volume delivers the weight behind the enhanced force.
Of the more than 100 commercial and industrial grade pressure washers available through many of its dealerships nation-wide, Kärcher offers over 60 natural gas models. Pri-marily stationary units, NG and LP heated pressure washers are available in a wide range of voltages for an equally wide range of applications. With forceful delivery of larger water volumes, these are capable of tackling the toughest commercial and industrial cleaning jobs.
Each model is con-structed with ano-
dized structural riv-ets, Baldor indus-
trial motors and Kärcher pumps that are backed
by a 7-year war-ranty. Key features include an easy press trigger gun with ergonomic design and power nozzle with 40 p e r c e n t m o r e cleaning power,
diaphragm float valve, stay-in-place ignition
pilot light, spring loaded bel t ten-
sioning system, and cool
wall cabinet construction.Established in Germany
in 1935, Kärcher (still a pri-vately held family owned business), boasts a long and rich tradition in the design and manufactur-ing of quality, innovative products. Following the introduction of pressure washers in 1950, the com-pany later introduced a variety of innovative and cost saving cleaning solu-tions and accessories. These include automatic floor scrubbers, sweepers, vacuums, floor polishers and buffers, burnishing machines, carpet extract-ors, steam cleaners and multi surface cleaners. Kärcher also invented the home use pressure washer in 1984. This same level of innovation is demon-strated, more recently, in the acquisition of major competitors which has ex-panded Kärcher’s market reach, thereby providing even more customers with product lines supported by a company with an 80-year tradition in innova-tion, customer service and efficiency.
More information on how Kärcher Canada proudly serves the trans-portation, construction, agricultural, manufactur-ing, janitorial and food service industries is avail-able at www.karcher.ca.V
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Prescott Ontario Welcomes 1st Trucking for a Cure ConvoyBy WeNDy-MorgaN McBriDe &
carl McBriDe
It started off a rainy miserable day, but as the convoy time got
closer the clouds slowly moved on and by the time the 2 hour route from South Glenville District High School down Hwy 401 to Brockville and back along Hwy 2 was complete it had warmed up and the sun was making for a clear and awesome celebration.
Even in the pouring rain the drivers were out decorating their trucks to be judged for the best Pinked Out Competition
as well as their chance to show off on the convoy route.
Trucks arrived anywhere from 8 AM right up to the departure of the convoy, which was a bit delayed due to the rain. A total of over 20 trucks showed up for the first Trucking for a Cure event in Prescott, making the organizer, Joanne Millen-MacKenzie, stoked as this is the first event her mom and broth-er could attend.
“The event was able to raise just over $16,000 for the cause, which is impressive,” said Cheryl
Lewis-Thurab, Commun-ity Events Specialist at Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation, who was there to make awards and presentations.
The Mayor of Prescott and the President of the Business Association both made it clear the city of Prescott is proud to wel-come this convoy and are excited to see it grow and continue on a yearly basis in their city.
Congratulations to all those involved on all levels in making this first year a success for Prescott and the Foundation.V
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Mack Helps Raise Breast Cancer Awareness with Pink Pinnacle™
Greensboro, North Carolina – Mack Trucks is helping
increase breast cancer awareness by showcas-ing a pink Mack® Pin-nacle™ Axle Back model
at its Greensboro, North Carolina headquarters. The truck, which is on display throughout Oc-tober, is part of sev-eral activities planned in support of National
Breast Cancer Aware-ness Month. Other events include Pink Fridays, dur-ing which employees are encouraged to wear pink, and a 5K celebration run/walk.V
simulated example of a credit search result from accutraccapital.com
Show Me The Money!By Bruce sayer
A good day in truck-ing is when your trucks are full,
you have no breakdowns and your customer pays quickly. So how do you ensure that you only move freight for quick paying customers? One way is to know who you are hauling for, what their credit score is, and what their payment trend is.
Too often you have out-bound freight heading south or west but need good paying back haul. Thanks to the internet there are many load boards that provide ample opportunity to find the freight you need. How-ever, this ability to secure a load online has its po-tential risks; most notably the danger of not being paid. As with all poten-tial risks, due diligence is the best defense. Make it standard practice to never accept a load from an un-known source without first checking the customer’s credit score and average number of days to pay. With this information, you can make an informed de-cision as to which loads to accept and which to turn away.
Unfortunately, there’s usually a cost involved to run a credit check on potential customers. The more you check, the more it costs. These services typically range in pricing structure from $35.00 to $40.00 a search, diverting money away from your bottom line. Wouldn’t it be great if somehow you could perform your due diligence on demand and without cost for unlimited searches? Wouldn’t that be a great resource!
Accutrac Capital knows trucking. We understand your business and the pain points you face every day. Our mandate as a ser-vice provider of financial solutions to the trucking industry is to make the lives of our customers eas-ier. Foremost in our daily operations is to protect our trucking clients from the hazards of poor credit risk. To this end, Accutrac Capital provides an online “Credit Search” tool, FREE to each of our clients.
Show me the Money! Before bringing on a new customer, perform a credit check to make sure that they have the capacity to pay. It’s better to find it out upfront rather than once
you’ve invested time, dol-lars and resources into de-livering the load. We have over 7,000 businesses in our database and grow-ing! Search for a business to view their payment history, average number of days to pay, and the Credit Rating. Access-ing our database is easy, convenient and highly ef-fective for identifying good customers and weeding out the bad ones most likely to delay payment, or worse, not pay at all.
Accutrac Capital has quickly gained recogni-
tion as a premier provider of alternative financial solutions to the trucking industry. We provide in-dustry specific advice and cash flow solutions for your trucking business. In addition to providing you with options for factoring your accounts receivable invoices, Accutrac Capital offers advice and tools for: managing invoicing and accounts receivable, tracking and predicting cash flow, and providing information on how much credit to extend to a new customer.
Further, Accutrac provides value-added cost saving services designed specific-ally for trucking to help save you money. These include fuel cards with significant discounts at major truck stops, and U.S. currency exchange with better than bank exchange rates.
Our team will work re-lentlessly to assist you, help reduce your credit risk and improve your accounts receivable management to benefit your company’s bot-tom line. Accutrac Capital takes a personal approach to addressing your com-
pany’s financial objectives. Our innovative, cost effect-ive financial products pro-vide a selection of services designed to improve your cash flow cheaply, effect-ively and without hassle. Accutrac’s professional team of Account Managers is dedicated to providing industry leading customer service tailored to your specific needs.
For more information about assessing credit and invoice factoring to improve your cash flow situation, visit us online at www.ac-cutraccapital.com.V
Washing Systems Play Key Role in Presentation Value
By MareK KrasusKi
Of all the sectors within the truck-ing industry least
likely to get the attention it deserves there’s a good chance that truck cleaning would top the list. Many admit it is low on the list of priorities when stacked against more pressing de-mands like brakes, engine repair and maintenance, labour costs and the like. Furthermore, profit mar-gins diminish even more in a highly competitive industry, like trucking, where newcomers with lower overhead and the need to establish a market presence undercut com-petitors. The pie is only so big and clean trucks are dedicated only a small slice of operating budgets. To illustrate, one operator ruefully noted that trucks which were once cleaned on a regular basis are lucky to be cleaned once a month.
Yet cleanliness should not be underestimated, s a y s J a c k J a c k s o n , President of Awash Sys-tems. “Clean vehicles have a major effect on company image, driver satisfaction, the environ-ment and the bottom line of every company, city and municipality.” In-deed, even shippers, fed up with a steady stream of dirty trucks puling into their docks, have been known to demand cleaner vehicles from their car-riers or risk losing their contracts.
While company image is enhanced and employee
morale increases, main-tenance costs too are low-er and a positive image is projected further afield by demonstrating that a carrier also cares about its customers. In addition, vehicles washed regularly last longer, particularly those in northern climes subject to the ravages of inclement weather, sand, and road salt. According to information provided by Jack Jackson, some regularly washed vehicles exposed to road salt have an extended life span of up to 25 percent. A variety of methods are available for salt removal; chief among them are mobile spray washes, touchless washes, removal by hand and brush or automated wash systems installed in a wash bay.
Several washing sys-tems are available. The Edmonton-based dealer, Hotsy Water Blast Indus-trial Pressure Washers, is a well known supplier of conventional and custom built pressure washer sys-tems. Pressure washers are popular in the truck-ing industry, providing users with efficient, mo-bile units capable of elim-inating caked-on grit and grime. Hand-based pres-sure washers are by far economical alternatives to automatic washers, for example, which can cost $300,000; this in addition to extra land and addi-tional bays required for permanent installation.
The decision to pur-chase a pressure washer system versus an auto-matic comes down to costs, according to Roxsel Watts, Special Projects Manager for Hotsy Water Blast Manufacturing. “It’s a matter of front-end ver-sus back-end costs. Drive-Throughs require mas-sive dollar amounts and significant costs to keep them running,” she said. Alternatively, mobile pres-sure washers are much
cheaper and even station-ary natural gas systems with wands, reels and hoses are more econom-ical. In Hotsy’s case they generally run between $30,000 and $40,000, considerably less than a fully automated sub-stitute costing ten times that amount. Nonethe-less, every system has its benefits depending on customer use. Hand con-trolled pressure washers come with labour costs. Someone has to be ap-plying the wash to trucks. Conversely, automatic systems are not labour intensive, though some-one has to be available in the event of breakdown or problems.
Some large fleets with no time to wash prefer automatic drive-through systems because of their efficiencies. Simply drive the truck through the bay and the machines do all the cleaning. Here again, though, problems may arise. Layered grime may require multiple washes to get a complete clean. Moreover, the absence of the human factor de-mands that machines use as much soap and water as possible since there is no one around to select-ively apply more pressure in dirtier spots. Unlike humans, machines can-not read the condition of the next truck com-ing through. Automatic systems with more mov-ing parts are known for high maintenance costs as well.
Three types of auto-mated systems domin-ate the market - touch-less drive-throughs, roll-overs, and walk-arounds. Drive-throughs rely on pressurized water spray to clean truck surfaces. These can be efficient if spray pressures are prop-erly calibrated and, as previously mentioned, do work well for larger fleets unwilling to spend
money on labour costs associated with handheld alternatives. Some indus-try pundits laud drive-throughs for their absence of brushes which, they claim, damage paint and vehicle surfaces. Others hold a different view. Jack Jackson says automatic systems with brushes, rollovers included, are better at cleaning since it’s the brushes, and not the water, that actually works into the dirt. That said, pressurized water in drive-throughs can do the same job if high end chemicals and maximum pressure output are util-ized. The result, how-ever, is significantly higher cleaning costs. Rollovers and other brush-based systems use less water and are deemed more en-vironmentally friendly as less water is drawn from limited resources and less water dispensed back into storm sewers or tankers. Indeed, as water becomes more expensive and pres-sure to conserve ramps up, water usage is likely to become a significant consideration in future choices. Currently water costs vary from 1 cent to 4 cents per gallon usage. But these too can be offset by emerging technologies. According to Jackson, “today’s technology al-lows for water treatment systems at your wash bay.
There are many systems available that capture your water, clean it and re-use for washing. This allows for zero discharge, thus saving money and minimizing impact on the environment.”
Regular practice though is often at odds with what should be done. The ma-jority of fleets favour hir-ing mobile wash compan-ies to spray down units usually in the middle of the night. Oftentimes the waste water finds its way into storm sewers, even in municipalities where water discharge in this fashion is illegal.
And while brush wash-ing has been disparaged for rough treatment of smooth vehicle surfaces, this view is only half true. Poor quality brushes are responsible for abuse, but today’s brushes are made of lambskin, foam and polyethelene ma-terials which are appro-priate cleaning tools, especially when mixed with the proper soap and chemicals to ensure maximum performance. According to Jackson, polyethelene brushes will last 20,000 washes and foam brushes up to 40,000 washes. Problems with brushes arise when their use is continued beyond suggested shelf life and chemicals are improperly applied.
Automated walk-around units have their adherents too. Like handheld pres-surized water systems they involve labour costs as an individual walks a portable cylindrical de-vice mounted on wheels around the truck. The upside of this approach is water savings. Walk-arounds provided by Jack-son’s Awash Systems, for example, use just one gal-lon per washing minute and can clean a vehicle in 5 minutes with very little water and soap. Unlike automatic systems no dedicated wash bays are required. When finished, the unit is simply rolled into a storage space. En-vironmental benefits are little water usage and discharge, and the elec-tricity required for one wash cycle is equal to that required to pop 2 bags of popcorn in a microwave, the company says.
Adding cleaning costs on top of already mount-ing operational expenses has led some commercial fleets to opt instead for graphics replacements as an alternative to invest-ments in washing sys-tems. Either way, clean vehicles enhance pres-entation value, and in a highly competitive indus-try companies need as many tools as possible to sculpt a solid market presence.V
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Blue Beacon Distinguished by Quality Cleaning Workmanship and Speedy ServiceBy don craig
To tell the Blue Bea-con of Canada story we have to go back
to Salina, Kansas in 1973 when Charlie Walker, the founder of Blue Beacon, opened his first truck wash. It was a new concept in which speed of service and quality work stood side by side in the provi-sion of superior customer service. These founding pillars poised Charlie for success in this new busi-ness venture.
Originally involved in the manufacture and use of mobile wash equip-ment, Charlie later met Gary Franklin. A deal was struck between these in-novators and Gary brought Blue Beacon to Canada.
We opened the first loca-tion in Milton, Ontario in 1978 after negotiating a
lease with the 5th Wheel Corporation. Blue Beacon of Canada’s first location was number five in the North American chain. The business model required a significant concentration of truck traffic, which in Canada limited our vi-able opportunities. There were, and continue to be, several regions we have identified as potential new location sites. We hope to expand into those regions and grow this division of Canclean Financial Cor-poration.
Over the years many changes have taken place in the trucking industry, changes which have led to significant modifications in the way we manage our business. In spite of these changes two fundamental business principles con-tinue: quality work and
speed of service, the same principles established by our founder, Charlie Walk-er, that continue to set us apart in the industry.
Our success is attribut-able to our people who regularly interact with customers to determine the wash service they are looking for. Our crews continuously undertake the wash services pre-ferred by our customers. All steps are planned and executed with the utmost care, a testament to the quality of our employees whose contribution is es-sential to the success of our operations. A hearty ‘Thank You’ to them all! Blue Beacon strives to build a corporate culture where employee advan-cement is based on merit and where high levels of performance are encour-
aged and rewarded. Su-perior work is performed using proprietary pre-spray cleaning solutions, high pressure spray guns, and in some cases very soft wash brushes in the hands of well trained people as op-posed to machines unable to detect surface areas that require additional atten-tion. The wash, and more particularly the paint on the truck, can be protected by what we feel are two of the industry’s best spray-on protectants.
Blue Beacon is unique within the industry, notable by significant brand recog-nition. Our buildings and logo are easily recognized by most people behind the wheel of a heavy truck!
Blue Beacon subscribes to the Business 101 model: Quality service at the best possible price. Indeed, the
key to our success is to never lose focus of the importance of the quality we deliver to our custom-ers one truck wash at a time, and to be as efficient as possible in controlling our costs! Success and setting ourselves apart is our business practice. Our Canadian operation benefits by the luxury of running in the slip stream already well established by Blue Beacon International which operates in over 100 locations. As a result of be-ing bought out of our lease in Dorchester we are now down to four locations; however, a new London site is poised for opening in the summer of 2015 which will bring us back to 5 locations.
Blue Beacon’s advertis-ing budget is dedicated primarily to signage and
fresh paint on all build-ings. Our best advertising is when trucks pull out of our wash bays and tell their friends about the quality workmanship on the CB radio!
We don’t discount for fleets. We only open ac-counts for companies with the best payment policies. Having terms with Blue Beacon of Canada is a privilege, not a right. If you are one of our valued customers you benefit from pricing that is made pos-sible by the fact that your fee is not inflated to cover bad receivables and poor decisions we made.
Our most important mes-sage is to say thank you to our customers. Thank you for using Blue Beacon of Canada. We will be work-ing hard to continue to earn your business!V
How safe are you w a s h i n g y o u r trucks? While most
would like to wash at their own facilities there are many barriers – primar-ily cost and availability of space at their location. Many companies did not build for a wash bay in mind or don’t feel they can afford an automated wash-ing system. You would be surprised at how affordable today’s automated systems are and how versatile they can be.
General ly, the cost to wash is buried in the maintenance budget with the majority of companies choosing external compan-ies to rely on their washing, primarily with a tanker truck full of water and some sort of chemicals showing up in the yard and spraying down the vehicles late at night or over the week-end. Do you know if you are responsible for those
employees if any accidents happen? There have been a couple cases last year where the company was fined for the deaths of 3rd party workers washing their trucks. It would be prudent to know where you stand.
Companies that have a facility and a need to wash their vehicles regularly have the toughest decisions. With a pressure washer, long handle brush and a ladder, staff scrubs away on a tractor trailer by hand. Safety of the individuals becomes an issue when you have high pressure hoses and ladders, water and chemicals in confined spaces. Injury and fatigue can become common place with little resolve for the workers due to the lack of proper equipment.
And for trucks that haul food or livestock, proper washing is essential. With government regulations and HACCP requirements, washing the inside of the trailers is also imperative. This adds to the time and cost of washing as well as strain on the individuals that must accomplish these tasks.
Working with any supplier of washing equipment sys-tems will help enhance the experience of the workers
with ergonomically placed drop guns, ensuring proper equipment set up, as well as offering the most effi-cient system to wash your trailers.
Today’s technology to wash vehicles is advancing quickly, almost as fast as government regulations on grey water and waste disposal. There are many options to deal with these
issues; however, it always comes down to cost and time to invest in the proper methods.
Chemical companies are focusing on the proper alignment of products, and equipment companies are developing more affordable machinery to help allevi-ate worker compensation issues. However, if com-panies do not focus on this
safety issue, money is lit-erally going down the drain in labor costs, chemicals and of course water costs, particularly as they rise to premium levels.
By using metered soap systems and a mechanical automated washing system that reduces the exposure to accidents, this will have a much better ROI than the other alternatives. Today’s
automatic systems can fit almost anywhere in a building without requiring dedicated space.
Jack Jackson is President of Awash Systems Corp. “We solve vehicle wash-ing issues where no one else can.” Email: [email protected] or call 800.265.7405. Visit our web-site www.awashsystems.com.V
volvo TrucKs
Alternative Fuels Plan Modified
Adapting to the pace of the North Amer-ican alternative
fuel market, Volvo Trucks has put on hold plans to launch its own compres-sion ignition liquefied natural gas (LNG) engine for North America. Field testing of Volvo’s dim-ethyl ether (DME)-powered vehicles will continue, and the company will continue to offer spark-ignited nat-ural gas engines in its VNM and VNL models.
Development of the nat-ural gas infrastructure to support long-haul trucking
has been modest over the last year, and the needs of customers in the primary markets for natural gas vehicles - regional haul and dedicated routes - are being met with the com-pany’s current natural gas line-up.
Volvo Trucks continues to believe that DME - which can be produced from nat-ural gas - holds promise as a heavy-truck fuel.
For more information, please visit www.volvo-group.com or www.volvo-group.mobi if you are using your mobile phone.V
On O c t o b e r 8 , 2 0 1 4 , t h e E U ( E u r o p e a n
Union) paid us a visit. The CBSA (Canada Bor-der Services Agency) Trusted Trader Program Officer, Bill Tu, organ-ized a local visit between seven delegates from the EU: Radu Hurjui, Euro-pean Union Commission from Brussels, Belgium, Annegret Rohloff, Euro-pean Union Commission from Brussels, Belgium, Cédric Diat, EU French Customs, Giorgio Di Lu-cia, EU Italian Customs, Adrian Ionita, EU Ro-manian Customs, Siv Ringström, EU Swedish Customs, Andrea Head, EU UK Customs; and two CBSA Senior Pro-gram Advisors from HQ: Robert Frost, Ottawa, ON, and Lisa Benett, Ot-tawa, ON. CBSA Intel-ligence Officer, Mr. Ron Flowers, Robert Schen-ck, President, Schenck Farms & Greenhouses and myself representing
Cross Border Services were also in attendance.
The CBSA has been working diligently with the EU to sign our MRA, Mu-tual Recognition Agree-ment, mutually recogniz-ing International Trade between Canada and the European Union. Work-ing with our international partners closely strength-ens our partnership, understanding of each other’s requirements, and contributes to our joint security efforts, thereby stimulating economic growth for all of us.
Stimulating our econ-omy means more job cre-ation for both Canada and our International Trade Partners. Facilitating trade through our mutual agree-ments, such as the MRA, aids our importers and exporters in the ability to gain access to the dynamic EU markets. It also helps in sharing in the best prac-tices and collaborations in the development of risk management and height-ened security practices.
The EU is Canada’s second largest trading partner averaging over $120 bil-lion per year in both goods and services.
While here on this visit by the EU on October 8, 2014, all the above-mentioned participants attended a Partners In Protection Validation hosted by my-self and Robert Schen-ck of Schenck Farms & Greenhouses. Information was shared regarding the policies, procedures and heightened security meas-ures required by CBSA to be a certified member of the CBSA PIP Trusted Trader Partner Program. I have been the Advisor for Schenck Farms for many years. Robert Schenck graciously opened his doors for this exciting meeting. My advice in the provision of information to both the private and public business sectors has increased the expos-ure of our Trusted Trader Partner Programs, and we encourage all companies encompassing transpor-
tation modes – trucking, logistics, rail, ocean, air – as well as manufacturers, distributors, importers and exporters to seek advice in these crucial areas of trade and security. I believe taking this step with the CBSA and the EU signing
the MRA is pivotal to the future of our international trade and the boosting of our economies both in Canada and in the EU. We encourage everyone to join us!
For information re-garding this exciting EU
meeting and all trusted trader programs, please contact Dawn Truell of Cross Border Services at 905.973.9136. Email [email protected], visit www.crossborder-services.org, www.c-tpat-certified.com.V
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Freight Volumes Rebound in September
Toronto, Ontario - TransCore Link L o g i s t i c s C a n -
ad ian F re igh t Index picked up in Septem-ber after two consecu-tive months of declining freight volumes. Sep-tember saw increases across the board with month-over-month load volumes increasing five percent, and year-over-year volumes jumping 28 percent.
September volumes were the highest ever re-corded for any September in any year, surpassing the previous records set in 2005 and 2001 by six percent. Also, volumes for the third quarter beat any previous third quarter re-sults since TransCore Link Logistics started recording
data. Third quarter vol-umes in 2014 topped those set in 2013 by 23 percent.
Cross-border load vol-umes for September aver-aged 68 percent of the total.
Loads into Canada im-proved 15 percent year-over-year.
Loads leaving Canada to the United States soared 57 percent year-over-year.
Intra-Canada load vol-umes represented 26 per-cent of the total volumes for September and rose 22 percent year-over-year.
Equipment post ings saw a slight increase for the month of Septem-ber. There was a modest increase of four percent from last month’s levels, and a four percent de-crease year-over-year.
The equipment-to-load ratio decreased to1.92 from 1.95 in August. When compared to September’s posting levels of 2.56 in 2013, the equipment-to-load ratio improved 33 percent year-over-year.
TransCore’s Canadian Freight Index accurately measures trends from roughly 5,000 of Canada’s trucking companies and freight brokers, and in-cludes all domestic, cross-border and interstate data submitted by Loadlink’s Canadian-based custom-ers.
Real-time and histor-ical data on total truck and load volumes, as well as ratios in specific areas can be accessed from TransCore’s Posting Index.V
From left to right: radu hurjui, cédric Diat, cBsa: ron Flowers, eu: siv ringström,
annegret rohloff, robert schenck, cross Border services: Dawn Truell, eu: adrian ionita,
giorgio Di lucia, andrea head, cBsa: lisa Benett, Bill Tu, robert Frost.
Should We be Thinking About Cyber Threats?By liNDa colgaN
Almost daily it is possible to read someth ing on
hackers penetrating per-sonal and commercial businesses to gain access to information that bene-fits the avails of crime. No one is above being vulner-able. It’s not only bank accounts or credit cards these criminals want, it’s identity as well. The evidence is clear, cyber threats are here and it’s not only through hacking of internet waves that one can be exposed – it can be simply through human error.
We all remember the identity theft that Target stores suffered in late 2013 with 70 million customers’ personal financial infor-mation exposed to the hands of hackers. Truly a fearful act! Another Rus-sian crime ring known to a security firm in the U.S. has storage of 1.2 billion
user names and password combinations and accord-ing to the article in the New York Times in August of this year, more than 500 million email addresses as well. In the same article it reveals that a theft service in Vietnam secured 200 million personal records including social security numbers. These numbers are alarming to say the least.
Ever think about the con-venience of downloading information onto a USB stick – willfully holding a mass of information for the purpose of be-ing able to have access through another computer at home, for storage, or even for use at work for presentations? As much as we may not think that the information is import-ant, what would happen if the portable device was stolen? Imagine the infor-mation on that device that could expose a company
to financial loss or render it vulnerable to business interruption? It could eas-ily destroy a company’s reputation.
Personal information, company information, contracts and other data that falls into the wrong hands can have devastat-ing effects. Cyber insur-ance is one of the most re-cent developments in the insurance marketplace. With the recognition of the cyber exposures, more companies are introdu-cing endorsements to limit the exposure in this arena under commercial general liability policies. Cyber insurance coverage is evolving year to year in response to loss of intel-lectual property, extortion, online media, and data privacy concerns. Some insurers are extending coverage for business in-terruption losses as well. As the claims occur the insurance coverages are
becoming more detailed. Cyber insurance is on the rise and should be con-sidered not only for large businesses but smaller ones as well. Smaller com-panies may not have the funds to invest in cyber se-curity which, unfortunate-ly, makes access easier to information that benefits thieves.
As well as investigat-ing cyber insurance as an integral part of risk management purchases, internal corporate poli-cies should also reflect how the companies are going to govern cyber threats. Speak to your Broker about cyber in-surance. The education needs to begin now.
Linda Colgan has been an Insurance Broker in the transportation indus-try since 1986 and is Sen-ior Account Executive with Bryson & Associates Insurance Brokers Ltd.
To contact Linda call 416.809.3103 or feel free to email her at [email protected]
New Health & Safety Company Sponsors Sudbury Meeting
By MareK KrasusKi
The Sudbury Chapter of the Transporta-tion Maintenance
and Technology Associa-tion (TMTA) held its Octo-ber meeting at the site of this month’s sponsor, the SafetyShopp in Sudbury. President Don Campbell
and his associates gener-ously provided a pasta and salad dinner before TMTA President, Stewart McBain, began the even-ing’s proceedings.
TMTA Safety Officer Mike Hamel followed with a presentation citing statis-tics provided by the OPP
on road safety in Ontario, identifying four causal factors contributing to the 216 road deaths so far this year: distracted driving, speeding, impaired driv-ing and lack of occupant restraint. In an effort to stem the tide of road fatal-ities nationwide, the OPP
has joined with other law enforcement agencies in Operation Impact, a na-tional road safety enforce-ment and education cam-paign. In a news release, OPP Deputy Commissioner Brad Blair stated, “Drivers have it within their means to end road deaths that
fall into these four cat-egories because these are not ‘accidents’ that occur through no one’s wrong-doing. These collisions only occur when motorists drive aggressively, while impaired, while distracted, or while they or their pas-sengers are not buckled up. Regardless of the cat-egory, the tragic result is always related to poor driving behaviour.”
Further discussion fol-lowed on a new TMTA location as the existing venue at the Howard Johnson Plaza Hotel will no longer be available in the new year. During his monthly Tech Talk, Dave Klus of The Day Group apprised members of sev-eral issues surrounding SCR technology, advising members to clean diesel particulate filters, and to pay attention to minor maintenance procedures such as checking plugs and wiring.
Following Dave’s pres-entation Don Campbell and his associates at the SafetyShopp featured highlights of their new and growing company. Established earlier this year, the owners and staff bring to their new enter-prise decades of related experience in safety prod-ucts and safety training. The SafetyShopp is a dis-tributor of safety supplies, clothing and personal pro-tective safety equipment and work wear, industrial equipment, tools, material handling and janitorial
supplies. This is a one stop shop for all your Safety, In-dustrial, Construction and Janitorial needs and Health & Safety Training. Top name suppliers such as Dickies, Ago, STC, Showa, Viking, Big Bill, Dynamic, Royer, Pioneer, Walls, Ranpro, Covergalls, Royer and many more serve the mining, construction, industrial, education and healthcare sectors.
T h e S a f e t y S h o p p ’s Health & Safety programs include Fall Arrest & Pro-tection, Confined Space Awareness, Forklift oper-ations, Ladder Safety, Safety Audit and Young Worker Awareness Train-ing. Equipment Training is also provided by the Safe-tyShopp’s qualified and licensed instructors. For more information contact: [email protected].
The Sudbury TMTA is a group of fleet mainten-ance professionals actively running light, medium, and heavy fleets in the province of Ontario and operating across Can-ada and the U.S. It holds monthly meetings on the second Thursday of each month from September to June at the award winning Howard Johnson Plaza Hotel. Sponsors are en-couraged to support the monthly dinner meetings. These are unique oppor-tunities to engage in one place with transportation fleet maintenance and distributors from Sudbury, Timmins, North Bay and Manitoulin Island.V
Custom Fit for Driver’s Comfort & PerformanceBy roBerT MacMillaN
Selecting the prop-er in-cab mattress can reflect a driver’s
concern for their personal safety and wellness. Along with eating right and getting enough rest, proper sleep has a tremendous impact on your health and well-being. Achieving a quality sleep requires a quality mattress, and for a driver that means one custom-ized to satisfy their specific needs in terms of comfort and support.
Comfort, which is mainly about pressure relief, re-quires that your mattress needs to conform to your body shape, forming a cradle that is deep enough to spread your weight over the surface of the mattress and relieve pressure points. Optimal support, which is mainly about spinal align-ment, means your mat-tress needs to control how far different parts of your body sink down into the mattress. This is primarily the role of the lower parts
of your mattress or what is called the support layers.
When you sleep, a variety of essential processes take place within your body such as carrying out intensive repair and rebuilding. The more stress and demands you place on your body and mind during the day, the more important the night’s sleep is for recovery.
Recently, mattress manu-facturers have revolution-ized sleep comfort and mattress performance for the trucking industry. This
is achieved by incorporating a pliable “infused liquid” gel material combined with a quality engineered visco-elastic layer into the con-struction of a mattress, plus a Truckers Edge - extra firm outer rails for seating sup-port. This helps the user while sitting on the edge of the bed do simple com-mon things, like putting on socks for example, without sinking right down to the base. This configuration responds exceptionally well to your individual weight
and shape. Add to this a removable, fire-rated mat-tress cover - easy to wash and to remove odors and stains - and a convenient,
secure and restful sleep is assured.
Quality sleep on the road is now an affordable option!V
volvo TrucKs
Volvo to Sponsor America’s Road Team Again in 2015
Volvo Trucks will continue its spon-sorship of Amer-
ica’s Road Team, serving as the sole sponsor of the premier trucking industry safety outreach program. As part of its support, Volvo will donate a 2015
Volvo VNL 780 model for use by the America’s Road Team program. Göran Nyberg, President of Volvo Trucks North American Sales and Marketing, made the announcement at the American Trucking Associations Management
Conference & Exhibition in San Diego, California.
America’s Road Team members, called Captains, are expert professional drivers with elite driving skills who have logged millions of accident-free miles. The Captains help
raise awareness about highway safety and the importance of the truck-ing industry by speaking to fellow drivers, govern-ment officials and stu-dents.
The Volvo VNL model will be driven by the new
2015-2016 Road Team Captains selected in Janu-ary 2015. It will be used to haul the ATA’s Image Trail-er, an interactive experi-ence space used during presentations. The new tractor will feature several of Volvo’s advanced safety
technologies, including adaptive cruise control with integrated collision avoidanceVolvo’s I-Shift automated manual trans-mission.
For more information, please visit www.volvo-group.com.V
Tips for Drivers During Back-to-School SeasonBy Dr. george TraiTses
As summer draws to a close and the c lassroom
bell has rung in the new school year, over 800,000 students across Ontario will ride the bus back to school. Dr. George Trait-ses and Canadian Auto-mobile Association are reminding drivers to slow down in school zones and watch for flashing bus lights. Here are a few more quick tips for drivers, students and bus riders.
Tips for Drivers:• Always check for chil-
dren on the sidewalk, driveway and behind your vehicle before backing up• Remember to slow
down in school zones• Be ready to stop at all
times as children may dart out between parked vehicles• Try to make eye contact
with children waiting to cross the street• Remember to slow
down in school zones• Come to a complete stop
for school buses when red
lights are flashing• Back-to-School Tips for
Students:• Stop before stepping
onto the road• Look in all directions
before crossing the street• Listen for traffic• Walk; don’t run, across
the roadBus Safety Rules:• Be at the bus stop ahead
of time• Stand back from the
edge of the road in a safe location• Hold the hand rail when
boarding or exiting the bus
• Keep feet out of the aisle to avoid tripping others• Keep your head and
arms inside the bus• Always follow the bus
driver’s instructionsFor more information on
health and safety visit the Ontario Chiropractic As-sociation and the Canadian Automobile Association. Visit the web site at www.chiropractic.on.ca or call 877.327.2273.
Dr. George Traitses can be reached at 416.499.5656 or visit www.infinite-health.com.V
TraNsporTaTioN TechNology
New Radar Detects Texting While Driving?
Police radar devices could soon be able to detect more than
just drivers’ speed.A Virginia-based com-
pany says it is developing a radar gun-type device that would help roadside enforcement catch drivers as they text, the Virginian-Pilot reported recently.
According to company
ComSonics, the system works by detecting and differentiating the types of radio frequencies that emit from a vehicle when someone inside is using a cellphone. As the news-paper explains:
Cable repairmen use similar means to find where a cable is dam-aged – from a rodent, for
instance – by looking for frequencies leaking in a transmission.
A text message, phone call and data transfer emit different frequencies that can be distinguished by the device ComSonics is work-ing on, the company says.
The radar gun would prove useful in jurisdic-tions where texting behind
the wheel is banned, but talking hands-free on the phone is legal.
According to the re-port, the device is “close to production,” but the company admits there are
several legislative hurdles and approvals to clear. There are also privacy concerns – some critics are worried the devices could eventually be able to decrypt the content
of texts transmitted by drivers – and questions about how law enforce-ment could determine who is texting between drivers and another passenger in the vehicle.V
Trans-West Honored with US EPA 2014 SmartWay Excellence Award
Award Recipients are Top Program Performers and
Leaders for Freight Supply Chain Efficiency
Trans-West was honored with a SmartWay® Excel-lence Award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency as a true indus-try leader in freight sup-ply chain environmental performance and energy efficiency.
Trans-West VP of Fi-nance, Denis Paquet ex-plains, “Trans-West adopt-ed different strategies to
reduce our fuel consump-tion. We equipped our trailer with skirt, trailer tail and super single tires; we also equipped our trucks with 6X2 traction with super single tires and con-tinuous pro-active engine adjustment to maximize our fuel economy. We also trained all our drivers for fuel economy methods and provided them a re-port of their habits after each trip.
We save over 570,000 gallons a year and are generating a saving of
13%.”Trans-West was one of
44 carriers to receive this distinction, representing the best environmental performers of SmartWay’s nearly 3000 Partners. The carrier Excellence Awardees were honored at American Trucking As-sociations’ Annual Man-agement Conference & Exhibition held in San Diego, California on Oc-tober 7, 2014.
“SmartWay carriers de-serve our gratitude for a decade of progress in cut-
ting carbon pollution and other air pollutants,” said Chris Grundler, Director, EPA’s Office of Transporta-tion & Air Quality. “They have reduced thousands of tons of dangerous pol-lutants and raised the bar on a sustainable transpor-tation future, all while sav-ing money in fuel costs.”
aBouT TraNs-WesT
Trans-West was founded by Real Gagnon in1987 as a Refrigerated Trucking Company with team driv-ers who moved loads from the east coast Canada to the west coast USA. In the last decade, Trans-West has expanded and evolved into a Logistics Company. Through the years the company has been growing progres-sively and constantly, in 2007 Trans-West did 18 million miles and this year (2014) we’ll be closing the year with 35 million miles. All trailers are equipped with trailer tails and skirts,
to reduce the drag and fuel emission. Trans-West was awarded Canada’s 50 Best Managed Companies of 2011.
For more information on Trans-West go to www.groupetranswest.com.
aBouT sMarTWay
EPA’s SmartWay Trans-port Partnership is cele-brating 10 years as a mar-ket-driven initiative that empowers businesses to move goods in the clean-est, most energy-efficient way possible, while pro-tecting public health and reducing the impacts of climate change. Demon-stration of a commitment to corporate sustainability and social responsibility through SmartWay pro-
vides for a more competi-tive and environmentally-friendly business environ-ment. Since 2004, Smart-Way Partners have saved 120.7 million barrels of oil and $16.8 billion in fuel costs. SmartWay’s clean air achievements (51.6 million metric tons of car-bon dioxide, 738,000 tons of nitrogen oxides, and 37,000 tons of particulate matter emissions avoided) help to protect the well-being of citizens.
For more information on SmartWay in general visit www.epa.gov/smartway.
For the List of Excel-lence Award recipients v is i t epa.gov/smart-way/about/sw-awards.htm#aboutawards.V
your health be enough to make you consider stop-ping the use of this highly refined product?
Sugar is everywhere, and beverages and punches are a major source. Do you know that drinking a can of coke is as good as suck-ing on 10 sugar cubes? Just one sugar cube a day translates into 17.04 lbs of sugar a year. Multiply be ten and the result is 170.40 lbs of sugar con-sumed each year. Add to this pastries, desserts, candies and snacks and the amount increases dra-matically. When you are looking at the sugar list on products remember that
it goes by many names: corn syrup, golden syrup, maltose, sorghum syrup, and sucrose are some of the creative names used.
Sugar is a pro-inflam-matory agent: excessive sugar not only causes tooth decay but can be linked to increased risk of obesity, inflammation and chronic diseases such as metabolic syndrome and type 2 diabetes. In-flammation-dousing sub-stitutes for your sweet tooth are products such as stevia, molasses, honey
and maple syrup. Natural sugars found in fresh or dried fruits are also great choices. Not only do they give you the sweet-ness you crave, but supply you with vitamins, minerals, anti-oxidants and f iber. Dates , figs, persimmons, kiwis, tangerines and various types of berries are some of the natural healthy snacks you can sink your teeth into.
Here is a great way to start your day. Into a blender or food proces-sor add 1
cup chocolate al-mond milk, 1 ripe ba-
nana, 1 egg, 2 scoops frozen yogurt, 2 tbsp.
maple syrup, and blend until very smooth. You are going to love this. It is good for you and also sweet.YouTube has
an interesting pres-entation “Chew on This.” As usual I can be reached at health_you_deserve@yahoo.
ca.VTraNscore liNK logisTics
Recipients of LinkScholar Program
Toronto, Ontario – TransCore Link L o g i s t i c s a n -
nounced the recipients of the company’s scholar-ship program. Stephanie Weake from Burlington, Ontario and Rachel Barry
from Summerside, Prince Edward Island each have been awarded a $2,500 scholarship for demon-strating strong academic achievement, well-round-edness, leadership and tenacity.
“These exceptional stu-dents differentiated them-selves among applicants academically and through their engagement in school and their desire to help others” said Claudia Milicevic, Senior Director
and General Manager of TransCore Link Logistics.
The second scholar-ship recipient, Rachel, is studying Human Rights and History at St. Thomas University.
TransCore Link Logistics
hopes that its scholarship will play a part in enabling these driven students to continue their educational pursuits.
In addition to offering this scholarship program, TransCore Link Logistics
has an extended history of supporting local and children’s charities across Canada. The LinkScholar program was designed for students with a connec-tion to the Canadian trans-portation industry.V
Mack® mDRIVE™ Automated Manual Transmission Now Standard on the Pinnacle™ Model
San Diego, Califor-nia – The Mack® mDRIVE™ automat-
ed manual transmission (AMT) is now standard on the Mack Pinnacle™ highway model, offering increased fuel efficiency, productivity and safety to even more Mack custom-ers. The ever-increasing popularity of the mDRIVE, driven by its proven per-formance and benefits, led to the decision. More than 50 percent of Pin-nacle models sold now are equipped with the transmission.
Stephen Roy, President of Mack Trucks North Amer ican Sa les and Marketing, made the an-nouncement during the 2014 American Trucking Associations Manage-ment Conference & Ex-hibition in San Diego.
“We at Mack decided to offer the mDRIVE as
standard equipment be-cause we believe that the best components deliv-ering the best benefits to the customer should be the standard,” Roy said. “Our confidence in the mDRIVE and its ability to offer increased efficiency, productivity and safety will set the bar for the industry.”
Engineered and built to Mack stan-dards, the mDRIVE is based on proven technology, requiring minimal service and sig-nificantly reducing main-tenance downtime. With its simplified shifting, the mDRIVE also can help attract and retain drivers.
“The mDRIVE helps cus-tomers work faster and smarter by eliminating traditional shifting,” Roy said. “By removing that task, mDRIVE allows driv-ers to focus on the job
at hand: delivering their cargo safely and on time.”
The 12-speed mDRIVE continuously monitors multiple driving variables to maximize driver pro-ductivity, performance and fuel efficiency.
Sophisticated program-ming and precise engin-eering and manufacturing
deliver smooth shifts and automatically select the best gear for conditions.
The mDRIVE is con-trolled through a dash-mounted shift pad with an integrated display to indi-
cate the current
gear. The Mack Co-Pilot driver display, located in the center of the instru-
ment panel, displays the mDRIVE’s status, includ-ing the number of upshifts or downshifts available, the current gear and the current operating mode.
The mDRIVE, a key component of Mack’s integrated powertrains,
is designed to work seamlessly with Mack MP® series engines. W h e n c o m b i n e d with a Mack Pedi-gree Powertrain, the mDRIVE can boost fuel efficiency by up to 1.5 percent com-
pared to a standard transmission.For applications where
fuel economy is a pri-ority, Pinnacle models can be spec’d with the Super Econodyne inte-grated powertrain pack-age. Featuring the Mack MP7 ® or Mack MP8 ® engine, mDRIVE, pro-prietary drive axles and
Mack’s custom software, the Super Econodyne package maximizes ef-ficiency without sacrifi-cing performance. When compared to similarly spec’d vehicles, the MP7 Super Econodyne and MP8 Super Econodyne provide fuel economy improvements of up to 4 percent and 3.5 percent respectively.
A key feature of the Super Econodyne pack-age is “down speeding” of the engine. “Down speed-ing” reduces engine rpm by more than 200 rpm at a highway speed of 65 mph, cruising at 1160 rpm versus 1380 rpm. This de-crease in engine rpm re-duces fuel consumption, with a corresponding re-duction in CO2 emissions.
For more information about Mack, visit our web-site at www.macktrucks.com.V
The Mack® mDrive™ automated manual transmission is
Saving on fuel is a goal for any fleet of vehicles, given that
it is the second biggest ex-pense for a shipping com-pany. Therefore, initiatives that can generate such a benefit are truly worthy of praise. Vipal Rubber, the Latin America leader and one of the world’s top manufacturers of tyre retreading products, is providing that precise benefit to the market by means of its ECO treads. In order to demonstrate that this is not just a theory, a
shipping company once again conducted tests on a design from the line, and naturally came away satis-fied. Transportes Paraíso, from Flores da Cunha (RS), measured the VRT2 ECO model and achieved fuel savings of 2.71%, a fairly considerable percentage which is particularly sig-nificant across a fleet.
Due to its proprietary design and special rub-ber compound, Vipal’s ECO treads generate fuel economy for the shipping company. Paraíso was
able to confirm this with the VRT2 ECO. The ship-ping company’s owner, Valdir Devens, explains that the idea for the test came from Vipal and that he agreed to it. “We hadn’t used this tread on any of our trucks, but we were offered the chance to per-form the test, and we saw the result” he says.
The company, with over 33 years’ experience in the market, works with inter-national and domestic fuel transport and climate-controlled cargos, among
others. It is a partner of Antoniazzi Tyre Repair, also from Flores da Cunha, a retreader that has been part of the Vipal Authoris-ed Network since 2003.
The VRT2 ECO tread is ideal for long-distance travel on paved roads, and its structure preserves the tyre casing. An example of innovation, the ECO line is the result of Vipal’s in-vestments in technology. They are ground-breaking and proprietary products that provide shipping companies with greater
fuel economy, while also preserving the environ-ment. Recognised globally for its significant results, ECO treads are manufac-tured with special rubber compounds, leading to a potential for achieving up to 10% reduction in fuel consumption.
Vipal Rubber -www.vi-pal.com.br- was founded in 1973, in Nova Prata, Rio Grande do Sul. With 3,000 employees, the company has two plants in Nova Prata and one in Feira de Santana, Bahia, totalling
approximately 160,000 square metres of manu-facturing facilities and three distribution centres in Brazil. The company exports to all continents and also has distribution centres in South America, North America, Europe and Oceania.
Vipal was the first Brazil-ian company in the sec-tor to be ISO 9002 certi-fied, also boasting ISO 9001: 2008 and the IFBQ/INMETRO performance check certificate for its line of tyre treads.V
BriDgesToNe group
Gifts to International Aid Groups Fighting Ebola
Nashville, Tennes-see and Tokyo - The Bridgestone
Group (Bridgestone) is pleased to announce it will donate one million dollars (USD) to critical efforts underway in Liberia and the region to combat the Ebola outbreak. Specific-ally, $500,000 will be paid to Samaritan’s Purse by Bridgestone Americas, Inc. for work in Liberia, while Bridgestone Corpor-ation will donate $500,000 (JPY 54 million) to sup-port UNICEF’s efforts in Liberia and Nigeria. This $1,000,000 donation fol-lows months of work by Firestone Liberia to man-age an effective Ebola emergency response pro-gram on its subsidiary rubber farm and nearby
communities in coun-try. The funds are aimed at strengthening efforts to stop the spread of Ebola through public awareness; helping facilitate delivery of in-home care supplies for the sick; enhancing medical treatment; and providing support for chil-dren left orphaned due to the epidemic.
Firestone Liberia, a Bridgestone Americas subsidiary, has been dir-ectly affected by the Ebola outbreak. Since the out-break hit Liberia, there have been approximately 71 Firestone Liberia em-ployees, family members, retirees and people from surrounding commun-ities who have contracted the virus. The Firestone Medical Center located
on Firestone Liberia’s rub-ber farm has been treat-ing patients in its Ebola Treatment Unit, which has helped 17 people survive the deadly disease.
“Our Firestone Liberia teammates and commun-ity have selflessly met the demands of this deadly outbreak and we sup-port them and the great work Samaritan’s Purse and UNICEF are doing in the region to help pro-tect the citizens of Liberia and West Africa,” said Gary Garfield, CEO and President, Bridgestone Americas, Inc. “We im-plore others to step up in taking on this fight against Ebola.”
Samaritan’s Purse has been working since April to combat the disease
through a prevention edu-cation program. Its more than 350 staff members in Liberia provide educa-tion and direct patient care. The money donated by Bridgestone Americas will be used for the or-ganization’s home-based care program which pro-vides Personal Protect-ive Equipment (PPE) kits to people caring for sick family members.
UNICEF’s work across the region to contain and control the spread of the disease includes mass education for commun-ities on essential preven-tion methods, promoting health and hygiene activ-ities, providing medical and other supplies, sup-porting the government of Nigeria’s Ebola Emer-
gency Operations and Care Center and the Li-berian national taskforce. UNICEF works with these governments and partner organizations to develop services for families and establish a system to care for the children orphaned by Ebola. The money do-nated by Bridgestone Cor-poration will be used to support UNICEF’s mass public awareness efforts and work to support or-phaned children.
In addition to the Fire-stone Medical Center’s Eb-ola Treatment Unit, Fire-stone Liberia’s emergency response to Ebola includes active case management, investigations, contact tracing, as well as inter-vention measures and strategies to help protect
and care for thousands of people who live in the Firestone community. Part of the intervention strat-egy is a mass education program which reaches its more than 8,000 employ-ees and approximately 72,000 additional people residing within Firestone’s property, as well as many more in the surrounding communities. The com-pany also is working with local government and health officials to help curb the spread of the disease throughout the country. Firestone Liberia is working closely with the Liberian Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, the Centers for Disease Con-trol and Prevention and the WHO, among other organizations.V
MicheliN
Latest Smartway®-Verified X One® Tire
Greenville, South C a r o l i n a – MICHELIN Amer-
icas Truck Tires, a division of Michelin North America, Inc., announced the launch of the MICHELIN® X® One® Multi™ Energy T, a wide-base single – trailer tire for regional operations that is U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
SmartWay®-verified. This latest addition to the X One® family of tires delivers a significant reduction in ir-regular wear and outstand-ing fuel economy, while allowing fleets to carry more than 700 pounds of additional freight versus dual applications.
The MICHELIN X One Multi Energy T is engin-
eered with breakthrough Advanced Casing Technol-ogy design, which changes the casing shape of the tire during use to reduce irregular wear. This results in a contact patch with a consistent footprint, re-gardless of payload weight. Solid shoulder architecture delivers significant wear improvement and the wide
Infini-Coil Technology™ provides a consistent foot-print for improved removal mileage. Compared to the MICHELIN® X One® XTE®, the MICHELIN X One Multi Energy T also delivers a 15% reduction in rolling resistance, for outstanding fuel economy.
“Regional fleets that focus on fuel and weight will
benefit from the perform-ance of the new MICHELIN X One Multi Energy T of-fering. This tire also fights irregular wear, which is especially important for trailer tires, as fleets often experience this issue in both dual and wide base single tires,” said Adam Murphy, Vice President of Marketing for Michelin
Americas Truck Tires.The MICHELIN X One
Multi Energy T tire, which replaces the MICHELIN® X One® XTE, is available now in the 445/50R22.5 size. The 455/50R22.5 size will be available early 2015.
To learn more about truck tires and services, visit www.michelintruck.com.V
New Carrier Thin Film Solar Panel Technology Used to Maintain TRU Power
Athens, Georgia - A new acces-sory from Carrier
Transicold harnesses the power of the sun to charge transport refrigeration unit (TRU) batteries to maintain peak perform-ance in an environment-ally sustainable way. Carrier Transicold helps improve global transport and shipping of temper-ature-controlled cargoes with a complete line of equipment for refriger-ated trucks, trailers and containers, and is a part of UTC Building & Indus-trial Systems, a unit of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE: UTX).
Developed specifically to maintain TRU battery charge, the new Thin-Film Flexible Solar Panels are easily installed on the roofs of trailers, truck bodies and refrigerated rail cars chilled by Car-rier Transicold or other systems. When exposed to daylight, the panels continuously charge TRU
batteries, ensuring ample power for system starts and helping to avoid issues and costs associ-ated with a weak or dead battery.
“The engineering specifi-cations for many features of the Thin-Film Flex-ible Solar Panel systems were developed by Carrier Transicold experts who understand the unique power demands of TRUs and associated electrical architecture,” said Jason Forman, Marketing Man-ager - Truck Trailer, Car-rier Transicold Perform-ance Parts Group. “Re-frigerated fleet demands for value-added electrical loads have increased in recent years, tapping re-frigeration system batter-ies to power additional electronics such as tele-matics devices, fuel-level sensors, interior trailer lighting and other acces-sories.”
Such power draws can range from milliamps to a few amps per hour, de-
pending on the number of devices tied to the battery. If the TRU has not been operated for some time and these accessories continue to draw power while the unit is off, its battery might not have enough charge to start the engine, resulting in a service callout or battery replacement.
“Solar panels can offset the draw from accessory electrical devices while the TRU is off, significantly reducing callout charges related to the battery,” Forman said.
Solar panels can also help conserve fuel by minimizing the need to run the TRU engine to charge the battery. Carrier Transicold solar panels provide up to 1.8 amps per hour and are compat-ible with 12-volt wet cell and absorbent glass mat batteries. Amorphous sili-con solar cell technology performs reliably even in low and indirect lighting conditions. Weighing less
than 2 pounds, the panels are highly flexible and measure less than one-eighth of an inch thick. Designed to withstand the harsh transportation environment, they are waterproof and puncture-resistant and have a five-year limited warranty on power output.
Carr ier Transicold’s North America dealers offer two configurations of Thin-Film Flexible Solar Panels. The standard panel measures approxi-mately 26 by 41 inches and is intended for trail-er and rail installations where there is a wide, flat roof. The rail-optimized
panel is suited for narrow corrugated roofs, measur-ing approximately 14 by 80 inches.
To learn more about the new Thin-Film Flexible Solar Panels, turn to the experts within the Carrier Transicold dealer network or visit www.carrier.com/tru-solar.V
carrier’s new Thin-Film Flexible solar panels are easily installed on the roofs of trailers,
truck bodies and refrigerated rail cars chilled by carrier Transicold or other systems. photo:
carrier Transicold
DaiMler TrucKs NorTh aMerica
New Detroit Medium Duty Engines
San Diego, California - Daimler Trucks North America has
announced that it will of-fer Detroit™ medium duty engines beginning in 2016. The new engines, branded the Detroit DD5™ and DD8™, will allow DTNA to further expand Detroit engines to its complete product portfolio.
Detroit’s new DD5 and DD8 engines are a part of Daimler Trucks’ Global Excellence Strategy to have uniform production standards and processes worldwide, resulting in the most efficient, highest quality and lowest cost of ownership products in the industry. The development of the DD5 and DD8 is an-other example of Daimler’s international development
effort, with global test-ing and validation being undertaken in both Europe and the United States, and series production in Eur-ope since 2012.
“Detroit medium duty engines will provide what no other manufacturer in North America can offer - a total vehicle solution that matches Daimler’s global engineering prowess with the most complete product lineup bar none in the in-dustry,” said Martin Daum, President and Chief Execu-tive Officer, Daimler Trucks North America. “The DD5 and DD8 will feature at-tributes that are synonym-ous with Detroit including exceptional fuel efficiency, lowest total cost of owner-ship, power, performance and reliability.”
The DD5 and DD8 en-gines were developed in an uncompromising manner for environmental friendliness, economy and performance. DTNA’s en-tire product line-up, in-cluding vehicles equipped with the DD5 and DD8, will meet GHG17 standards early. The engines will be initially built and shipped from Daimler’s powertrain facility in Mannheim, Ger-many with further plans to industrialize the engines in North America in 2018.
The new DD5 and DD8 engines will be offered throughout Daimler Trucks North America’s product portfolio which includes Freightliner, Western Star, Thomas Built Buses, and Freightliner Custom Chas-sis vehicles. Detroit sup-
ports its complete line of products through a nation-wide parts and distribution network, including 800-plus authorized service outlets in North America.
Detroit offers a complete line of heavy-duty diesel engines, axles, transmis-
sions and telematics prod-ucts for the commercial transportation industry in both the on-highway and vocational markets. Detroit products are sold and serviced through a network of hundreds of lo-cations throughout North
America. For more infor-mation, or to locate the nearest Detroit location, visit DemandDetroit.com. Detroit™ is a brand of Detroit Diesel Corpora-tion, a subsidiary of Daim-ler Trucks North America LLC.V
New Detroit Diesel medium-duty engines will power Freightliner medium-duty trucks like
this Business class M2, Western star trucks, and Thomas Built Buses.
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NeW proDucTs & services
Truck-Right & D.A.D Launch Web-Based Software Suite
President of Truck-Right Data Management Inc., a company proud to pro-vide bilingual web-based services for the Canadian Transportation Industry, is pleased to announce the launch of TruckRight and D.A.D.
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TruckRight is a web-based recruiting/applica-
tion management, human resources and payroll ser-vice solution. It will help you to securely build and manage compliant job application files from an applicant’s initial contact in our application man-agement module, all the way through the hiring life cycle into our human resources module.
As we know the trucking industry has imposed a complex payroll process
on itself, but thankfully our payroll module makes it easier to deal with the complexities.
Best of all, TruckRight is integrated with D.A.D al-lowing you to request and receive verified employ-ment records and docu-mentation.
Drivers
auTheNTicaTeD DaTa
(D.a.D)
D.A.D is an econom-ical and secure service for
performing background checks on prospective drivers and independent contractors. It is Canada’s national repository of driver verified work, drug and alcohol histories inte-grated with TruckRight’s recruiting platform.
Accessorial services of-fered by D.A.D include a one stop shop for Drivers Abstracts, CVORs, Police Records, Credit Checks, PSP Reports and instant
verification of the status and class of a driver’s license.
Our proprietary data interface allows the ser-vices and reports to be automatically filed in each individual Carrier’s driver qualification file.
Working with Canada’s leading human resources law firm, we have ensured that D.A.D complies with the Personal Information Protection and Electronic
Documents Act (PIPEDA).For more information
please call 855.932.9323 or visit www.truckright.ca.V
Greensboro, North Carolina – Mack T r u c k s h a s
launched Mack® Fleet Management Services, its suite of software and technology offerings that, initially through Telogis, enhance operational per-formance for customers, reduce costs and increase safety.
Built on the Mack Guard-Dog® Connect telematics solution platform, Mack Fleet Management Servi-ces is available on Mack Pinnacle™, Granite® and Titan by Mack models. Factory-installed hard-ware provides detailed vehicle information, in-cluding fleet and compli-ance management data, and eliminates the need for aftermarket hardware purchases and installation costs.
Mack’s first collaboration is with Telogis, a leading provider of cloud-based intelligence software. Mack will offer three pack-ages – Telogis Compliance and Navigation, Telogis Fleet and a bundled pack-age of the two. Mack Fleet Management Services will also offer the flexibility to work with multiple part-ners.
“Mack Fleet Manage-ment Services offer cus-tomers tools to effectively and efficiently manage
their operations, improv-ing their total cost of ownership,” said Stephen Roy, President of Mack Trucks North American Sales & Marketing. “In-tegrating technology and services facilitates cus-tomer choice and offers them the best return on in-vestment. We are pleased to be working with Telogis out of the gate in providing these types of services.”
Telogis utilizes propri-etary Mack data, including driver and vehicle per-formance history, for the initial Mack Fleet Manage-ment Services offer.
Telogis Compliance and Navigation enable drivers to better manage and meet hours-of-service require-ments and complete Driv-er Vehicle Inspection Re-ports. Telogis Navigation also delivers dynamically updated road conditions collected from an existing community of more than 140,000 commercial driv-ers in North America, en-abling Mack customers to avoid potential delays and helping to increase on-time deliveries.
Telogis Fleet is a com-prehensive, scalable fleet management solution that can be activated over the air. Combined with Mack proprietary data, it pro-vides real-time visibility into vehicle and driver
performance. With Telogis Fleet, customers can view critical information for all the trucks in their fleets on one dashboard to help run their fleets safely and efficiently.
“Leveraging the Mack GuardDog Connect tele-matics solution platform, Mack customers now have the easiest path to comprehensive fleet management, easy-to-use compliance apps and truck-specific navigation from Telogis,” said Su-san Heystee, Executive Vice President, Worldwide Sales at Telogis. “Mack customers will experience
near-immediate ROI by maximizing uptime and lowering the total cost of ownership.”
The hardware, which is standard on Mack Pin-nacle, Mack Granite and Titan by Mack models, is also central to the Mack GuardDog Connect tele-matics solution. GuardDog Connect enables real-time diagnosis of issues, pro-active communication of decision-critical informa-tion for the fleet manager, scheduling for repairs and confirmation that needed parts are in stock and ready to install, all while the truck is still on the job.
Once GuardDog Con-nect is engaged, an auto-matic alert is sent to Mack OneCall®, Mack’s 24/7 customer support center staffed by trained support specialists. Upon receiving the notification and while the driver continues work-ing, the Mack OneCall team immediately evalu-ates the situation.
A case is opened in the Mack ASIST web-based fleet service management platform, the owner or fleet maintenance man-ager is contacted and the repair planning process begins through a custom-er-chosen dealer.
This process includes verification that a bay and the necessary parts are available while Mack OneCall electronically sends repair instructions to the dealer. Every step of the process happens with-in minutes of the initial GuardDog Connect heads-up and is constantly man-aged by Mack OneCall. The end result is that tech-nicians are fully prepared when the truck arrives, getting the customer back on the road faster.
For more information about Mack, visit our web-site at www.macktrucks.com.V
Mack Trucks has launched Mack® Fleet Management services, its suite of software and technology offerings that, initially
through Telogis, enhance operational performance for customers, reduce costs and increase safety.
Freins, pneus et extrémités de rouespar MareK KrasusKi
Les flottes font con-stamment face à une multitude de
choix en ce qui concerne l’achat des composants d’extrémité de roue. Elles doivent viser le produit le plus adapté à des ap-plications spécifiques, dé-cider entre des fournitures importées ou produites au Canada, choisir entre les produits de marché d’après-vente et les pro-duits OEM et décider si elles veulent adopter des technologies meilleures mais plus chères. Prenons l’exemple des freins à disques à air. Les trans-porteurs nord américains préfèrent typiquement les freins à tambours aux freins à disques. Malgré les nombreux avantages des disques, on s’attend à ce que leur adoption par le marché nord améric-ain n’augmente que de 5 à 10 pourcent au cours des années à venir. Cela est dû, en grande partie, à l’habitude. Les freins à tambours sont là depuis longtemps et le marché est lent à se muter. Et évidemment, le prix est un autre facteur. Les freins à disques peuvent couter jusqu’à 1000 dollars par essieu de plus que les tambours, une entrave évidente à une indust-rie qui cherche toujours à réduire ses dépenses. A la place d’une adop-tion généralisée des freins à disques, les consom-mateurs optent pour des tambours plus légers. Le marché où les disques ont réussi à pénétrer est celui des applications plus intenses qui requiert une forte capacité de freinage.
L’adopt ion général-isée des freins à disques, cependant, a aussi été entravée par des facteurs historiques. Dans les an-nées 1980, les freins à disques furent introduits, mais ne se sont pas im-plantés à cause de défauts d’ingénierie. Ensuite, les rotors étaient petits et ne pouvaient pas absorber l’énorme usure sur les véhicule lourds, ce qui a
mené à des rotors et com-posantes de freins fissurés et inutilisables.
Mais la lutte pour la popularisation des freins à disques n’est pas finie. L’adoption de distances de freinages plus réduites en 2011, exigeant des améliorations de 30% font des freins à disques une alternative attractive et efficace, bien que les fab-ricants s’appliquent aussi à accroitre la puissance de freinage des freins à tambours en agrandis-sant les tambours, sabots, chambres et bras de freins. Cependant, les avantages des freins à disques sont considérables. Le frein-age est plus efficace, la stabilité meilleure, l’usure des freins moindre, ainsi que les frais d’entretiens; tout cela représente des économies importantes au cours de la durée de vie des freins. De plus, le temps ça prend né-cessaire pour rempla-cer les coussins sur les disques est bien plus court que celui requis pour rem-placer un tambour.
A la d i f f é rence de l’Europe, qui utilise des freins à disques depuis des années sur tous les essieux, l’Amérique du Nord n’utilise des freins à disques qu’en partie. Les freins à disques sont typiquement installés sur les essieux directeurs tandis que les tambours demeurent sur les essieux arrière et les remorques. Des problèmes de compat-ibilité peuvent en résult-er quand, par exemple, à cause de l’usure plus rapide des freins à tam-bours, les essieux direc-teurs des freins à disques en viennent à supporter une part excessive du poids. Le poids excessif placé sur les disques peut les fissurer ou les rendre inefficaces à cause de la surcompensation.
Les choix pour les flottes et opérateurs ne se limit-ent certainement pas au choix entre disques et tambours. Parmi les nom-breux choix il faut compter celui des pièces neuves
ou refabriquées qui sont fournies à la fois par des entreprises étrangères et domestiques. Une gamme de produits aussi large peut présenter des diffi-cultés. Les pièces refabri-quées, moins chères, par exemple, constituent un choix attractif si l’on veut amoindrir les dépenses, mais nombreux sont ceux au sein de l’industrie qui conseillent de ne pas op-ter pour des alternatives bon marché, affirmant que les épargnes initiales s’avèreront plus chère avec le temps en raison de leur usure prématurée et de leur performance peu reluisante.
L’achat de nouveaux sabots de freins, par exemple, réduit les risques associés aux alternatives refabriquées qui peuvent être considérées comme conformes aux normes, sans l’être vraiment. La valeur des freins refabri-qués peut parfois n’être connue qu’après les avoir installés.Comme le dit un représentant de l’industrie, «parfois on a de la chance et on obtient un bon produit, mais souvent on obtient la ferraille de quelqu’un d’autre et ces sabots noyaux ne vous donneront rien que des maux de tête.» Cependant, certains constructeurs ma-jeurs assurent leurs clients qu’un machinage précis et des pratiques de manu-facture et d’assemblage exigeantes auront pour effet de garantir que les freins refabriqués seront conformes ou supérieurs aux normes de l’OEM. Ces constructeurs fournissent des garanties pour cor-roborer leurs affirmations.
L’entretien des freins, naturellement, est vital à la fiabilité, l’efficacité et la longévité du produit. Une information abondante est mise à la disposition des clients par les fournis-seurs, y compris les trois entreprises de systèmes de freinage complet pour camions et remorques les plus importantes en Amérique du Nord. Ben-dix, Meritor WABCO et
Haldex fournissent chacun des conseils d’entretien et d’inspection pour freins à disques et à tambours.
A l’occasion de la Se-maine de la sécurité des freins, qui s’est déroulée du 7 au 13 septembre, les experts du transport ont présenté de l’information au sujet des freins et des procédures d’entretien. Dans un rapport intitulé «Avez-vous inspecté vos freins aujourd’hui?» Tom Bray de J.J. Keller & As-sociates ont donné les conseils suivants pour s’assurer que les freins soient en bon état: «La première étape pour s’assurer que les compo-santes des freins soient en bonne condition se produit avant de quitter l’usine. Il s’agit de vérifier les composantes et fonc-tionnalités du système de freins durant toute opéra-tion d’entretien prévent-ive. Avec cette approche, à chaque fo is qu’un véhicule subit une opéra-tion d’entretien, le sys-tème de freins est inspecté par un technicien qualifié. Le technicien devrait in-specter tous les éléments importants, notamment le régleur automatique de timonerie pour tout débattement ou mauvaise condition, les matériaux de connexion (manilles, contre-écrous, goupil-les, barres de connexion, etc.) pour tout relâche-ment, endommagement ou problème d’usure. Il devrait aussi inspecter la chambre de coupure pour vérifier qu’il n’y a pas de fuite, ou d’erreur de montage ou condi-tion; de même les tuyaux d’air qui approvisionnent la chambre afin d’y dé-celer d’éventuels signes d’usure, de déchirure ou de frottement; enfin, il devrait vérifier l’état des plaquettes et garnitures de frein, ainsi que celui du tambour de frein ou rotor pour y déceler des traces éventuelles d’usure ou de fissure.
Les pneus sont tout aussi importants aux opérateurs quand il s’agit de réduire
les dépenses. L’entretien et la réparation des pneus représentent la p lus grande part des dépen-ses pour tout opérateur de flotte marchande et sont un facteur contribu-ant à plus de la moitié des pannes mécaniques de camions. Comme on pourrait s’y attendre, des ressources considérables ont étés investies dans les technologies de pneus. Le principe de l’application après la vente d’un scel-lant d’étanchéisation, par exemple, a été introduits pour prévenir les cre-vaisons sur les bandes de roulement. Certains produits d’étanchéisations aujourd’hui sont implantés sous la doublure du pneu pour permettre à celui-ci de survivre au processus de rechapage. Ils peuvent aussi protéger contre la rouille et autres matériaux nocifs aux fils métalliques présents dans les pneus.
Les pneus simples à large bande ont été introduits il y a quelques années et remportent le suffrage d’un nombre croissant d’opérateurs soucieux de limiter leurs dépenses. Les plus grands avan-tages des pneus simples sont l’économie d’essence qu’ils engendrent, leur capacité de charge, et leur meilleure traction. Réduire le nombre de pneus direc-teurs de deux à un pneu de chaque côté écono-mise environ 100 livres par pneu et diminue la résistance au roulement. Certaines entreprises utili-sent les pneus simples et larges, louant les écon-omies d’essence qu’ils engendrent et l’absence de crevaisons. Dans les ré-gions moins peuplées, les pneus simples et larges ne sont pas aussi populaires, car il est plus difficile de les remplacer et les cre-vaisons accroissent les risques d’endommager les jantes en roulant avec un pneu crevé. Les fabricants de pneus ont cependant accru leur disponibilité, mais peu de conducteurs sont préparés à attendre sur le bord de la route
pour des livraisons. De plus, la différence de rendement énergétique s’amoindrit entre les deux modèles car les fabricants de pneus produisent des pneus doubles avec de meilleurs rendements. La majorité des flottes qui utilisent les pneus à large bande préfèrent des es-sieux d’épaisseur standard pour faciliter une éven-tuelle conversion vers les pneus doubles.
P o u r d e s r a i s o n s d’économies, de plus en plus de flottes se tournent vers des pneus et des rechapages présentant de meilleurs rendements énergétiques. Les pneus à faible résistance au roule-ment (PFRR) jouent un rôle décisif dans la réduction des dépenses en amélior-ant le rendement énergé-tique d’un pourcentage qui peut atteindre jusqu’à 11%. Certains actionnaires se sont montrés réticents à adopter les PFRR à cause de leur durée de vie, qui est perçue comme étant relativement courte.
Les PFRR, dit-on, n’ont simplement pas la même durée de vie que les al-ternatives convention-nelles. « C’est faux », rétor-quent le Conseil National de la Recherche et Trans-port Canada: une étude récente montre qu’elle est équivalente dans les deux cas. Et selon trans-port Canada, on prédit que la pénétration dans le marché des PFRR va augmenter en raison des nouvelles exigences éne-rgétiques imposées par les autorités de régulation. En plus d’une durée de vie comparable donc, l’étude a démontré que les PFRR ont 29% de moins de ré-sistance au roulement, et que leur performance par temps de neige est iden-tique à celle des autres pneus. Transport Canada a commenté l’étude en disant : « Dans le contexte du camionnage canadien, il y a pleins de facteurs qui doivent êtres pris en con-sidération lors de l’achat
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de pneus pour un remor-queur. L’avènement de pneus à faible résistance au roulement a donné aux propriétaires et opé-rateurs un élément de plus à prendre en considéra-tion. »
Avec la technologie d’aujourd’hui, il des argu-ments forts pour le re-chapage, mais certains
secteurs continuent à être réticents, selon Harvey Brodsky de la Retread Tire Association. « Bien que pratiquement toute entre-prise de camionnage im-portante au Canada utilise régulièrement des pneus rechapés pour réduire les coûts de manière sécuritaire et pour aider l’environnement, pleins nombreuses sont les flottes dans le secteur pub-
lic dans les villes et prov-inces canadiennes qui ré-sistent à l’implémentation de rechapages sur leurs véhicules, » dit-il. Brod-sky dit affirme que les rechapages sont tout aussi sécuritaires et fi-ables que de nouveaux pneus de qualité compar-able, qu’ils ont un meilleur rapport cout-efficacité, et ont un moindre im-pact environnemental.
Les rechapages ont tend-ance à avoir une mau-vaise réputation en raison de mauvaises pratiques d’entretien, par exemple la une pression pneumatique inappropriée. De plus, les défauts de rechapages ne sont pas plus problé-matiques que des pneus défectueux.
Les produits d’extrémité de roue sont tout aussi importants à la sécurité
que les freins ou les pneus, et beaucoup d’information est disponible en ligne pour leur bonne instal-lation et leur bon entre-tien. Ces procédures sont cruciales pour prévenir les accidents, surtout à la lumière des nombreux accidents récents ayant pour cause des défauts au niveau des extrémités de roues. Parmi les causes habituelles d’accident, il y
a les boulons de roues mal serrés, les problèmes liés au roulements de roues, les roues endommagées, et les fusées d’essieux fracturées. Un rapport par le Ministère des Trans-port de l’Ontario fournit tous les détails au sujet des vulnérabilités extré-mités de roues ainsi que des conseils d’entretien. Voyez www.true-lock.com/truck.pdf.V
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Lancement de TruckRight et D.A.D
Le 1er octobre 2014 – Belleville, Ontario – Dirk Kupar, Pré-
sident de Truck-Right Data Management Inc., une compagnie fière d’offrir des services internets bi-lingues pour l’Industrie de Transport Canadienne, est heureux d’annoncer le lancement de TruckRight et D.A.D.
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TruckRight est une solu-tion de service internet
pour le recrutement et la gérance d’application, les ressources humaines et la paie. Durant le cycle d’embauche, notre solu-tion vous aidera à ét-ablir et gérer un fichier d’application conforme en toute sécurité, à partir du contact initial d’un postu-lant, depuis notre module de gérance d’application jusqu’à notre module de ressources humaines.
Comme nous le savons,
l’industrie de transport s’est imposée un système complexe de paie, mais heureusement, notre mod-ule de paie facilite à sur-monter cette complexité.
Le meilleur de tout ça, est que l’intégration de TruckRight avec D.A.D, vous permet ainsi de de-mander et recevoir des fichiers d’emploi et autres documents vérifiés.DoNNées auTheNTiFiées
De chauFFeurs (D.a.D)
D.A.D est un service économique et sécurisé, pour executer des vérifi-cations d’antécédents de chauffeurs potentiels et de contracteurs indépen-
dents. C’est le dépôt na-tional du Canada, intégré avec la plateforme de re-crutement de TruckRight, pour les historiques verifiés d’emplois des chauffeurs et tests de drogues et alcool.
Les services supplémen-taires, offerts par D.A.D, comprennent en un seul endroit, les Résumés de Dossier d’Immatriculation, UVUs, Casiers Judicaires, Vérifications de Crédit, Rapports PSP et la vérifica-
tion instantanée du statut et de la classe d’un permis de conduire.
Notre interface de don-nées propriétaire, permet de classer automatique-ment les services et rap-ports dans les fichiers de qualification de chauffeur pour chaques Transpor-teurs.
Pour plus d’informations s’il vous plaît appelez 855.932.9323 ou visitez www.truckright.ca.V
Trans-West Reçoit USA Prix d’Excellence Smartway
Trans-West a reçu un prix d’excellence d e l ’ A g e n c e
Américaine de Protection de l’Environnement à titre de leader dans la protec-tion de l’environnement et de l’efficience énergétique.
Le Vice-Président aux Finances Denis Paquet explique:
“Chez Trans-West, nous avons adopté différentes stratégies afin de réduire notre consommation de carburant. Nous avons équipé nos remorques de jupes aérodynamiques, de rétreints (trailer tails) ainsi que de pneus sim-ples à bande large. Nous avons également modi-fié le mode de traction en utilisant un seul dif-férentiel sur les essieux arrières. Nous assurons un suivi continu des aj-ustements de moteur afin de maximiser notre écon-omie de carburant.
Nos routiers reçoivent une formation de conduite économique et un rapport
sur leur performance de conduite leur est transmis après chaque voyage.
L’an dernier, nous avons économisé 570,000 gal-lons de carburant pour une économie de 13%.”
Trans-West est un des 44 transporteurs à re-cevoir cette mention d’excellence qui recon-naît les meilleures per-formances en environne-ment auprès de 3000 partenaires. Les récipi-endaires de cette men-tion d’excellence ont été honorés à la conférence annuelle de l’American Trucking Association le 7 Octobre à San Diego, Californie.
“Les transporteurs mem-bres de Smartway méritent notre reconnaissance pour une décennie d’efforts de réduction des carbones et autres polluants” men-tionne M. Chris Grundler, Directeur du transport à l’agence de protection de l’environnement. “Ils ont participé à la réduction de
tonnes d’émanations de polluants nocifs et ont re-levé les standards en ma-tière de développement durable dans l’industrie du transport tout en réalisant des économies au niveau de leurs coûts de carbur-ant.”
Trans-West est spécial-isé dans le transport de matières réfrigérées en provenance des États-Unis. Pour ce faire, ils utilisent des équipes de 2 conducteurs. Trans-West est reconnu comme une des 50 compagnies les mieux gérées au Canada depuis 2011 et détient les accréditations C-TPAT, PIP, FAST et ACE.
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sMarTWay:
Le partenariat entre l’Agence de Protection Environnementale Smart-way et l’industrie du trans-port célèbre une décennie d’initiative dans le trans-port de marchandises de façon responsable, en privilégiant l’économie
de carburant tout en protégeant la santé pub-lique et en réduisant les impacts en matière de changements climatiques. L’engagement des trans-porteurs auprès de Smart-way démontre une re-sponsabilisation sociale et environnementale dur-able. Depuis 2004, les partenaires Smartway ont réalisé des économies de 120.7 billions de barils
de carburant et de 16.8 millions de dollars. Les accomplissements éne-rgétiques de Smartway (51.6 millions de tonnes métriques de monoxyde
de carbone, 738,000 tonnes d’oxyde de nitro-gène et 37,000 tonnes de particules en suspension) contribuent au mieux-être de tous les citoyens.V
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always preoccupied by memories - my dad’s passing on October 30th, trick or treating by horse and wagon with my BFF when I was younger, and my grandparents and other family members who have served our country and the gratitude I feel for the giving of their time to make my life better.
Most think of Remem-brance Day as an acknow-ledgement of those that fought in WW I & II, but the Vietnam War, Gulf War, and Afghanistan War, just to name a few, should also be included in these memories. Along-side those you can add others who lost their lives at home with the October Crisis and the Oka Crisis as examples. The men and women of our coun-try have seen a lot. They have been peacekeepers, re-built schools and entire towns, protected victims
and adopted many in their hearts during times of conflict. They travelled to foreign lands war torn from the destruction of bombs, tanks and mis-siles, all to make the world a better place, and all on a volunteer basis.
With it looking like our troops will be returning to help in the fight against ISIS, we will yet again be saying goodbye to many we know and love, send-ing prayers with our let-ters and special treats to remind them of home, and reliving memories, bitter-sweet to some, but mem-ories honorable to all.
So it was nice to meet someone that is finding an element of comfort and enjoyment for life by trav-eling back in time. When faced with memories of dangers and devastation, some take those experien-ces and make something both pleasing to the eye as well as welcoming. In this particular case it was with a classic antique ride.
Meet Gordon Neaves
and his sidekick, “Belle”, his beloved 1969 Dodge Dart GT Sport Convertible affectionately named after Snoopy’s girlfriend. The Neaves family, very proud Snoopy fans, reflect this popular Peanut’s charac-ter with several tributes. Snoopy dangles from the rear-view mirror and the awesome license plate sports the tag, “COOL ERNU”.
This Dodge Dart shows beautifully in the intense blue pearl but according to the research under-taken by the Neaves family it was actually cop-per gold prior to Gordon’s purchase back in 2000 from the Sudbury area. The car is trimmed out with just enough black accents that intensify the color and the sleek lines are clearly defined, just begging you to get closer, without touching.
Neaves and his family worked on this vehicle for 5 years, finally having it road worthy in 2005, and finishing just a few
days before he went to serve our county in Afghanistan. Un-like many hobbyists who work on getting their classic rides done so they can showcase it and possibly move on to another project, Neaves says his passion and hobby is simple: cruising in his convertible all summer long. B e i n g t h a n k -ful he was able
to come home to his loved ones, Gor-don Neaves is still able to find a source of pleas-ure in things this simple.
The car does have some original features that have been replaced, re-paired or restored, including the in-terior which was replaced with the same black vinyl.
The motor, a 340 and the transmission, a 727, were both re-built with an entire-ly new wiring sys-tem installed from top to bottom and bumper to bump-er. The car was rebuilt with the help of 2 donor parts cars so the saying, ‘3 strikes or cars,’ really holds true with this project. This muscle car has its own personal touches, those that are true to the owner. But it also stays true to MOPAR being fea-tured everywhere at its finest.
Although for the most part the car is original or has original parts, there have been some conversions like the 4 wheel disc brak-ing system and the overdrive transmis-sion to keep the RPM’s down and save on fuel, something that was not considered at the time of its manufacture.
Neaves says the car was fun to put together, but while chatting with him he lit up when he spoke of his daughter getting married a couple of years back. He was both honored and humbled to drive her to the chapel while she sat in the back seat all decked out in her own personal beauty, the top down, and the radio sporting AC/DC. The event, filled with laughter, cre-ated yet another positive mem-ory, while others looked on.
Although the owner says he can’t honestly say what he paid for the car since he also purchased the donor vehicles, he did feel he had put in over $10,000. It has since been ap-
praised at $32,500, but personally the emotional therapy this car provides for one of our many veterans is, in my opinion, priceless.
May we all remember our fallen and surviving soldiers this coming Nov-ember 11th and proudly wear our poppies. But also let’s remember that we don’t always know why someone does what they do, and how their per-sonal leisure time might be actually an outlet to recover from negativity, to transform traumatic
experiences into positive reflections that can be shown to the world.
Please feel free to con-tact me with any ques-tions or concerns. If you have a vehicle you would like to see featured or know of a vehicle and proud owner, please con-tact me via our FaceBook fan page or email me at [email protected]. You can also call our of-fice and I will contact you. Until next month stay safe and be proud. Thank a soldier.V
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].
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ontario, eastern
bEllEvillE
ultRAMAR
25 Bellevue Dr., Hwy 401 Exit 538(rear of Ultramar Service Station)
Belleville, ON K8N 4Z5Tel: 613.771.1755
Open 24 hrs, lunch counter, convenience store, washrooms, showers,short–time
parking & drivers’ lounge.
Cardinal
730 tRuck stop
2085 Shanly Road,Hwy 401 Exit 730,
Cardinal, ON K0C 1E0Tel: 613.657.3019
Open 24 hrs, restaurant, convenience store, washrooms, showers, overnight
parking & drivers’ lounge.
dEsEronto
quick stop
215 Hwy #49Deseronto, ON K0K 1X0
Tel: 613.396.3043Fax: 613.396.1449
Open 6 am – 10pm, 7 days, Subway, convenience store & parking.
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, parking & ATM.
JoyCEvillE
kingston husky tRuck stop
Joyceville Road,(Hwy 401 Exit 632)
Joyceville, ONTel: 613.542.3468www.myhusky.ca
Kingston
esso – kingston
Hwy 401 Exit 611Kingston, ON
Tel: 613.384.8888Fax: 613.634.3162
Open 24-7
ontario, eastern
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, washrooms, drivers’ lounge,
showers & short-time parking
sPEnCErvillE
Angelo’s tRuck stop
2025 County Road 44Spencerville, ON K0E 1X0
Tel: 613.925.5158Fax: 613.925.5158
Open 7 days, game room, restaurant, convenience store, showers, parking &
1510 South Service Road West(Trans Canada Hwy 1 West)Swift Current, SK S9H 3T1
Tel: 306.773.6444www.myhusky.ca
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WoMeN iN TrucKiNg
There’s an Association for That!By elleN voie
Women In Truck-ing Association is an organiza-
tion whose mission is to “encourage the employ-ment of women in the trucking industry, promote their accomplishments and minimize obstacles faced by women working in the trucking industry.”
Dictionary.com defines an association as “an or-ganization of people with a common purpose and having a formal structure” or “a connection of ideas…correlation of elements of perception, reasoning, or the like.”
Although Women In Trucking has a focused membership that is indus-try related, many other organizations are more relaxed in their entrance threshold. For most, the goal is to promote a com-mon interest.
These include organiza-tions such as The Society for Creative Anachronism, (sca.org) which is “dedi-cated to researching and recreating the arts and skills of pre-17th century Europe.” The group holds festivals, workshops, and more to encourage the common interest of the Middle Ages. The only requirement to join (and pay dues) is to waive any liability regarding safety at an event and send them a check.
You might be involved in an organization that promotes a sport or hobby, such as the National Rifle
Association or the Soccer Association, or even The Knitting Guild Association.
If you like food, you can join the Association of Chinese Cooking Teach-ers, the Snack Food As-sociation of the American Chuck Wagon Association, whose mission is to “pre-serve the heritage of the chuck wagon.” The only requirement to join is to support the mission, and pay dues.
Many people join an as-sociation because it relates to their job. If you are a court reporter, you’ll join the National Court Re-porters Association, and if you’re a Funeral Direc-tor, you’ll want to join the National Funeral Directors Association.
If you don’t think global warming will clear your streets of snow this winter, you can join the Snow and Ice Management Asso-ciation or the Accredited Snow Contractors Asso-ciation, which will even certify your company as being “reliable, profes-sional and trustworthy!”
If you live in the southern states you might be more comfortable with joining the Lawn and Landscape Professionals or the Nez-perce Prairie Grass Grow-ers Association for Ken-tucky bluegrass growers or the Turfgrass Producers of Texas who grow sod.
The health care com-munity has more asso-ciations than you could imagine. There’s an or-ganization for almost any
disease you can name. You may have heard of the Ice Bucket Challenge that was initiated by the ALS Association, which is fo-cused on finding a cure for amyotrophic lateral sclero-sis (ALS) commonly called Lou Gehrig’s disease.
Whether you suffer from heart disease (American Heart Association), dia-betes (American Diabetes Association), HIV or AIDS (International AIDS Society or HIV Medicine Associa-tion) you can find a group committed to addressing the disease and supporting the victims. Some groups address a small part of the problem, like the “Asso-ciation of Toll-like recep-tor polymorphisms with HIV status in North Amer-icans.”
If there is an issue affect-ing some of us, there will be an association to bring those concerned about it together to fight the battle.
For the professionals who look for shared infor-mation to address some of these health issues, you can find groups such as the American Dental Associa-tion, the American Medical Association, the American Chiropractic Association and the American Holistic Medical Association.
If your focus is on trans-portation, you can find groups that support high-ways (American Asso-ciation of State Highway and Transportation) or railroads, (Association of American Railroads), freight forwarding (Inter-
national Air & Shipping Association), airlines (Air-lines for America) or even cruise ships, (Cruise Lines International Association).
Truly, you can find an association for almost any-thing. You can join the Gender Education and Ad-vocacy, (gender.org) which focuses on the needs, issues and concerns of gender variant people in human society.
If you struggle with losing weight, you might want to join the “National Associa-tion for Advance Fat Ac-
ceptance (NAAFA).” Their goal is to improve the qual-ity of life for the obese. You can also support the Na-tional Eating Disorders Association, which focuses on bulimia, or the National Association of Anorexia Nervosa and Associated Disorders (ANAD).
Seriously, there is an association for just about anything you can image… even for associations. The American Society for Association Executives supports the association executives who head all
of these organizations. An annual convention offers insight into everything from software to board member recruitment.
Where there is an issue, there’s an association. Not all of them are as focused on a mission as Women In Trucking Association, but they all have a motivation and are supported by the dues paid by their mem-bers.
So, whatever thought enters your mind, there probably is an organiza-tion for that!V
Volvo Delivers 1,000th VAH Model to Auto Transporter Hansen & Adkins
Volvo Trucks in North America re-cently delivered its
1,000th Volvo Autohauler (VAH) model to Hansen & Adkins Auto Transport. Developed exclusively for the automobile transport business, the VAH maxi-mizes payload capacity
while bringing the value of Volvo’s legendary safety, efficiency and driver pro-ductivity to this highly specialized market.
The milestone truck, a Volvo D11-powered VAH 200 model, was presented to Hansen & Adkins President Louie
Adkins and Executive Vice President Steve Han-sen during a ceremony at Volvo Trucks’ North American headquarters in Greensboro, North Caro-lina.
“Having been involved with the VAH since its inception, it’s nice to
commemorate this mile-stone,” Hansen said. “Auto transport requires a very specific vehicle configura-tion - low height and short bumper-to-back-of-cab - and Volvo has been re-sponsive in working with us to continue refining the VAH to meet our needs. It’s
well accepted by our driv-ers, who note its comfort.”
“We are pleased to rec-ognize Hansen & Adkins with the 1,000th Volvo VAH,” said Göran Nyberg, President, Volvo Trucks North American Sales & Marketing. “Understand-ing that payload is key for auto transporters, we designed the Volvo Auto-hauler’s dimensions to maximize the size and number of vehicles that can be carried in each load. The VAH combines maximum payload cap-acity with Volvo’s hall-marks of safety, efficiency and driver productivity, contributing to a better return on investment for our customers.”
Delivery of the 1,000th VAH highlights the ser-ies’ increasing popularity among auto transport-ers, a small niche market. Volvo Trucks initially intro-duced the VAH model in March 2011.
All VAH models include a package of unique fea-tures that reduce overall height to provide the ul-timate in loading flexibility. Deep-drop front axles, low-height Volvo Air Ride rear suspensions and re-duced-height cab options all contribute to lower overall height, offering the flexibility to position a car, pick-up or minivan over
the truck’s cab. A clean top-of-frame behind the VAH cab expedites body mounting and eases trailer hookup.
“The VAH model and its success has truly been a collaborative effort, work-ing alongside customers to help meet their specific operating needs for this niche market,” said Steve Boyer, President of Fon-taine Vocational Services, which has worked closely with Volvo from the begin-ning on development of the VAH and its ongoing enhancements.
With a coast-to-coast operating area spanning 29 terminals in 21 states, Los Alamitos, California-based Hansen & Adkins serves all of the U.S.-based auto brands, many of the European and Asian brands, as well as numer-ous used car accounts. The company transports nearly two million vehicles an-nually, using a fleet of 884 trucks with an average age of less than five years.
In addition to the VAH 200 daycab model for lo-cal hauling, the VAH ser-ies also includes the VAH 430 model with a 42-inch sleeper and full-size bunk for regional haul oper-ations.
For more information, please visit www.volvo-group.com.V
göran Nyberg, president, volvo Trucks North american
First let us start with the definition of holistic health. It
is a wellness approach that addresses the body, mind and spirit. The idea is that if any one aspect of this trio is out of bal-ance you will not able to achieve a state of “well-ness” which is the goal we should all strive for. Now, how does this relate to a truck driver? Easy! Truck driving has gained a bad reputation over the years for taking individuals with average health and spit-ting them out a few years later as obese, stressed out people with heart disease and numerous other ailments. The funny thing is truck drivers are not unique in their need to be guided on the road to health and wellness. We all need to follow the same basic guidelines to achieve that balance in our lives that leads us to optimal health regardless of our occupation.
Understanding the im-portance of keeping the
body healthy is a big part of achieving wellness and a straightforward concept to grasp. We all know physical fitness is so important to remaining healthy, strong and mobile for years to come. Stay-ing active means keeping your body functioning at a high level. Regular exercise will maintain the performance of your lungs and heart to most efficiently burn excess calories and help maintain a healthy weight. Exercise will also improve muscle strength, endurance and increase flexibility. Physic-al activity also decreases the risk of heart disease, risk of stroke, colon can-cer, diabetes and high blood pressure. These are all great benefits for feeling great every day but also to help us age more gracefully with fewer vis-its to the doctor’s office.
Addressing our mental health is a little more difficult to put on the top of our “to do” list! In gen-eral, coming to have good mental health means that you are not in a state of mental disorder such as, depression, anxiety or stress. Mental health may also include someone’s ability to enjoy life, and create a balance between life activities and efforts to achieve a balanced life. We know how stressful working in the trucking industry can be and we need to remember to set
aside time with family and friends when we are home. It is also extremely important to put time into our romantic relation-ships. Studies are proving one of the best ways to maintain our own mental health is to foster those in-timate relationships with our loved ones.
Spiritual health can be the most confusing as-
pect of holistic health. It is very important to note that we aren’t talking about religion here. Some people may find spiritual fulfillment through re-ligion, but religion and spirituality are not one in the same. Spiritual health is about finding meaning and purpose in your life, discovering who you truly are and connecting with
those things that provide you strength, comfort, and inner peace. This could be anything from walking in nature, playing with your children or grandchil-dren in the park, running, building a model car, or washing and polishing your truck until you see your reflection! Whatever you need to do to keep that balance is very indi-
vidual to you.The tie that binds all
three aspects of holistic health together is you! You have to take time even when you are out on the road for days or weeks at a time to care for yourself. This is the key to a successful career as a driver and the secret to a long, healthy and happy life!V
Toronto, Ontario – Kriska Holdings Limited (Kriska) is
pleased to announce it has been selected as the 2014 Volvo Trucks Safety Award winner in the large fleet category today dur-ing a ceremony at the American Trucking As-sociations Management Conference & Exhibition
in San Diego, California. This award is given out on an annual basis based on the recipient’s safety and training programs, as well as their safety scores in Canada and the United States.
“This award is a testa-ment to the caliber of driver we have at Kriska,” notes Mark Seymour, CEO
of Kriska. “Our company drivers and owner oper-ators are true profession-als, who treat the safety of the motoring public with the utmost of care and importance. Our drivers represent the very best of the trucking industry, and this award is something all of our employees at Kriska – both inside the office and
over the road – should be very proud of.”
Kriska provides its new drivers with at least four weeks of in-cab training from one of 16 veteran driver trainers. Drivers also have the ability to enhance their skills and knowledge through the use of the company’s in-house driver simulator. Kriska also de-
veloped a Safety & Per-formance Bonus Program, which rewards Kriska operators with cash in-centives for driving three months without a safety incident.
“By investing in innova-tive training programs, Kriska achieved tremen-dous safety performance during the past year,” said Göran Nyberg, President of Volvo Trucks North Amer-ican Sales & Marketing. “These results show that safety does not happen by chance, it happens by choice.”
aBouT KrisKa
Founded in 1978, the Kriska Group of Compan-
ies is a privately held, family owned Canadian corporation. A fourteen-time consecutive winner of Canada’s 50 Best Managed Companies, today Kriska is a premiere asset-based provider of both dry and temperature controlled transportation serving Canada and the United States. As a recognized early adapter of technology, Kriska is well positioned to help its customers achieve continuous improvement in their supply chains.
For addition informa-tion about Kriska please contact Jonathan Wahba, Chief Operating Officer, 905.795.2770.V
BrysoN iNsuraNce
Recognized Twice for Award Winning Performance in 2014
The insurance in-dustry has recog-nized the efforts
of Ajax, Ontario based Bryson Insurance with two awards of distinction. Earlier this year, Bryson received the nod for being one of the Top 10 Insur-ance Brokers in Canada. A September announcement singled out top performer Neil Bryson for his mem-bership in the top half of Canada’s Top 30 Elite brokers.
Both awards signify the commitment this family owned and operated en-terprise is making to not only grow their business but excel at it. President, Tracy Makris explains fur-ther, “The insurance in-dustry is evolving rapidly and the use of technology is constantly changing the way we run our personal lines of life, home and auto. We’ve embraced this time saving auto-mation and at the same time, continue to keep our customer relationships at the forefront. With our commercial lines, we do our utmost to respect the demands on our clients’
time and bring solutions that keep coverage cur-rent and offer the best cost saving recommendations available.”
The awards were pub-lished in the May and September issues of “In-surance Business Can-ada”. Recipient of the Top 30 Elite Broker, Neil Bryson states, “We were up against some pretty big players and came out on top. It’s a testament to what a great team can ac-complish when you’re fo-cused on one mission… do our best to really under-stand our customers’ re-quirements and develop the best insurance pack-age available to them.”
aBouT BrysoN
Bryson Insurance is ap-proaching 35 years of ser-vice. With the second gen-eration at the helm, this family owned and oper-ated insurance brokerage offers a wide range of personal, commercial and specialized services to the Durham region of Ontario and beyond. For more in-formation visit their web-site at brysoninsurance.ca.V
If you are like a major-ity of the people I meet on a daily basis you
probably aren’t fond of rules and regulations. In fact with some people just knowing there is a rule in place will make them want to break them. You know them, they see a speed limit sign that says 80 kilo-meters per hour and they need to do 90 kilometers per hour. Maybe the sign says no parking and they park anyway. Some people are wired to break rules wherever they see them. How many of you use rules to your advantage? How many of you have made up your own set of rules for running down the road safely? How many of you have communicated those rules to the people they affect? You may be asking why you would set rules in the first place. What will they do for you?
In order to set rules you have to understand the type of person you are, how things affect you and what you are willing to do to make sure you are
safe and productive. For instance what is your tol-erance for snow? How do you react in traffic? Which parts of town are you will-ing to sleep in and which ones are out of bounds? Where will you run and where won’t you run and why? All of these questions are the types of questions that make good bases for rules and why they should be formed. The problem is they have to make sense and they have to jive with the other rules of your profession.
Let’s look at the example of a snow storm. If the weather gets out of hand, when do you shut down your truck? Do you wait for Dispatch or someone from head office to tell you it is bad and you should park the truck? I have yet to see a company that will do that on a whim. Oh sure, they may say that in the recruiting brochure, but I have never seen a dispatch call a driver and tell them to shut down. That’s why you have to have a rule for yourself so that you know at what point it is time to stop. You will only know that if you know how you react in bad weather and at what point you start to get nervous. My rule used to be 40 kilometers per hour in bad weather. If I couldn’t achieve at least that speed in bad weather then it wasn’t worth my time to keep going in a storm. Better off to pull the unit into a truck stop and wait until the roads are clear.
I see too many people try to play superhero and put the truck into a ditch. Then what? I had another rule where I didn’t sleep in New York City and only once have I broken that rule in my 25 year driving career.
The secret to getting away with your own set of rules is the communication fac-
tor. You can’t wait until be-ing dispatched to come up with a list of rules to work by. That should be com-municated early on when you start at a company. The same thing should apply if you shut down in bad weather. The time to tell dispatch is when you first shut down, not when you
have been down for four hours and then tell them what you did. If you work by rules that make sense and communicate to those that require that informa-tion, then you won’t have trouble running by your own rules. Not communi-cating will result in nothing but trouble, no matter how
well you set up your rules.Bruce Outridge has been
in the transportation indus-try for over 30 years and is the author of two books, Running by the Mile and Driven to Drive. To learn more about Bruce and his work please visit his website at www.outridgeenterprises.ca.V
The work of God is present in our lives before we are born.
In fact, long beforehand God knew who we were going to be. He was pre-paring the circumstances that would have the most influence and impact on us. Why? To show us our need for Him and to be part of His plan for others!
He is with us from the moment we are con-
ceived. And if we choose to be with Him during this lifetime, which is the big-gest decision we make, we are with Him throughout this life and then forever after. We do well to think about the fact that God has always been there, plan-ning for us and waiting for us, in anticipation of the loving relationship He desires to have specifically with each one of us.
God pursues this re-lationship. He actively “courts” us, continually showering us with buck-ets of blessings, love and grace. It is unassuming and never forced. God is always wooing us, hoping we will accept His no-brainer, amazing offer. His offer is free to us, and saves us so much pain and struggle in this world. He offers an incredible, eter-
nal life in heaven after this life. We were planned mil-lions of years ago and then conceived to have this beautiful romance with God. Without it, we will always feel an emptiness when we turn to ungodly substitutes that tease us and mimic what we are missing.
Why we turn the other way is bewildering and
sad. Satan is great at put-ting harmful options at our fingertips and tricking us to grab onto them as he feeds on our near-sighted, me-centered need for instant gratification. Today, look at what you are pursuing instead of God. With what hollow and harmful substitutes do you let Satan entice you? What are you seeking
when directing or mis-directing your needs? Are you looking to be soothed, comforted, escape from your troubles? Anything other than God Himself and what He provides is a dangerous counterfeit. And if we depend on these counterfeits often enough it is an addiction.
Know that the Lord is seeking you and has
for many years. Are you ready to receive the love and gifts He offers? When you do, you will be both humbled and empow-ered beyond your dreams. Whether you pursue God in response to His wishes for you or clamour after self-seeking counter-feit wastes of time, it is your decision. So choose well!V
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U.S. Capitol Christmas Tree 2014 Tour Dates Announced
For the past 50 years, a beautiful tree has appeared on the
west lawn of the U.S. Cap-itol in Washington, D.C. during the holiday season. The U.S. Forest Service, in partnership with Choose Outdoors and the Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe, will bring this special gift from Minnesota to Washington, D.C. for the 2014 season, involving nearly 30 com-munities along the way.
“This annual tradition provides the opportunity for communities to cele-brate the spirit of the sea-son and the forests that connect us all,” said Darla Lenz, Forest Supervisor of the Chippewa National Forest.
With great fanfare, the tree - a whopping 80-foot plus white spruce - will leave the Chippewa Na-tional Forest followed by a caravan of caretakers for the journey to the U.S. Capitol.
The tree will be cut dur-ing a public ceremony Wednesday, Oct. 29 and will then be moved to Bemidji State University, where it will be prepared for the nearly 2,000-mile cross-country expedition.
The 70 companion trees will be provided by the Minnesota Tree Growers Association to decorate the inside of the U.S. Cap-itol building and other sites throughout Wash-ington, D.C., along with 10,000 ornaments created by children and others in Minnesota as a gift from the “Land of 10,000 Lakes.”
The tree lighting is ex-pected to occur in early December, as determined by the U.S. Speaker of the House, John Boehner, and will be broadcast on C-SPAN.
For news, updates, tour information and to track the tree cross-country, visit www.capitolchristmastree.com.V
Recently a subject has come to my attention. Its bad
enough that some car driv-ers continue to drive after their licence has been sus-pended. Now something even worse. Truckers right across Canada are operat-ing big rigs without a valid driver’s licence.
DOT’s in all provinces and trucking companies need to spot check drivers on a regular basis such as when a driver is at a scale or going through a roadside inspection.
The question this month: “Do you feel you should be asked to show your driver’s licence during an inspec-tion or at the scales?”
Parry Peiver drives for ConTrans from its terminal in Hagersville, Ontario: “A driver should always be ready to show his or her driver’s licence. I am very proud to have my CDL and am ready to show it when asked. When a driver has their licence suspended, the court should notify the company they drive for.”
NormaNd Lecours drives for Couture Trans-port in Saint-Éphrem-de-Beauce, Quebec: “Each and every time we are stopped by police or de-partment of transport of-ficers, our licence should be the first piece of paper-work we show. As a driver I am very proud to have my CDL. It allows me to do my job right across Canada.”
PauL QuiNN drives for Nesel Fast Freight Inc. based in Bolton, Ontario: “When drivers continue to drive with suspended licences they give the whole industry a bad name. Yes! We should be asked to share our licence every time we are stopped. This will get rid of people breaking the law.”
david cameroN drives for Muirs Transport out of the Concord, Ontario terminal: “Drivers across Canada are proud of their CDL. We are members of an old brotherhood. After all, truckers keep our na-tion’s economy running. Every time we are stopped we should have to show our licence. This will help weed out the people who are not legal to drive.”
• • •If you have any ideas or
question you would like to see discussed, please feel free to contact me, [email protected] or phone Carl McBride at 877.225.2232, ext. 304.V
From the
Driver’s SeatBy: carl McBriDecarl@woodwardpublishing .com
