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SPOTLIGHT ON… CaSTrOL HEavy DUTy LUbrICaNTS

A Century of Research & Collaboration Castrol’s Success in Developing a Superior SyntheticDiesel Engine Oil: Elixion 5W30 CJ4by MarEK KraSUSKI

In 1899 the English entrepreneur, Charles Wakefield, established

an oil company which, some years later, revo-lutionized the transpor-tation industry with the introduction of a new lubricant into the global market. In consultation with industry participants at that time, success fol-lowed success as Charles “Cheers” Wakefield con-tinued to contribute to exciting record achieve-ments. His product was the chosen oil for breaking world speed and endurance records on land, sea, and air.

The company’s suc-cess continues to grow in accordance with the founder’s principles of con-sultation and part-nership in the de-velopment of prod-ucts that meet and surpass customer demand. Over 100 years later, Charles Wakefield’s com-pany, Castrol Lubri-cants, still abides by its bedrock philosophy upon which its world-leading lubrication solu-tions continue to excel.

Castrol is distinguished by its exclusive com-mitment to the design, manufacture and distri-bution of lubricating oils. All research initiatives, intellectual effort, and funds are invested in the continuous development of this specific range of lubricants. A century-long commitment to product excellence has brought to the market a spectrum of oils, lubricants and greases for passenger and recreational vehicles, as well as for on-road and off-road commer-cial vehicle applications. Many in the transporta-tion industry have relied

on Castrol’s Heavy Duty family of diesel engine oils for top performance - notably the Castrol Hy-puron 15W40, Tection Extra 15W40 and Assuron SAE 40 brands.

The company’s reputa-tion as the brand of choice has been underscored, this time, by its five-year research commitment to the development of the new Castrol Elixion 5W30 CJ4 engine oil, a superior synthetic base lubricant. “As a premier national

distributor of automotive and commercial lubri-cants in Canada, Castrol is pleased to present the most up-to-date advan-cement formulation,” an-nounced Mark Pagnanelli, HD Sales & Marketing manager for Wakefield Canada, Castrol’s exclu-sive strategic partner and national distributor of Castrol branded lubricants in Canada.

Elixion is Castrol’s re-sponse to the commercial transportation industry’s need for superior-grade oil capable of optimal per-formance under the most stressful conditions. Its full synthetic composition and stable viscosity allow for flexible drain intervals. Longer drain intervals

translate into less oil, less maintenance and labour costs, and less down time, resulting in higher operational efficiencies. Always attentive to cus-tomer demand, Castrol designed this synthetic product to reap multiple cost saving benefits.

“Elixion provides the

additional benefit of low

friction grade which re-sults in a three-to-four percent fuel savings. We are the only manufac-turer in the market confi-dent enough to state this on the product label,” continued Mark. Indeed, evidence-based research supports Castrol’s com-mitment to its custom-ers. Millions of miles of real world-testing by real fleets world wide under a variety of conditions has been undertaken, includ-ing telemetry systems attached to engines that accurately measure rates of fuel economy.

Exhaustive testing over a five year period in all environmental conditions enabled Castrol to de-velop characteristics that,

in addition to saving fuel, have extended oil life, en-sured excellent cold-start potential, and effective soot-handling capabil-ity. Castrol Elixion’s all-temperature engine pro-tection is guaranteed by base oil properties which allow for low pour points for cold temperature wear

p r o t e c t i o n while safeguarding the engine against excessive oil thinning or thickening during very high operating temperatures and pres-sures. The result is an oil solution that far exceeds the cold temperature pro-tection limits of conven-tional engine oils. In addi-tion, this oil lubricant’s low volatility minimizes oil consumption and re-duces smoke and par-ticulate matter emissions, providing protection for both the environment and the diesel particulate filters on newer engines.

Elixion’s properties were designed to counter the forces at work in an en-gine that can potentially “shear down” a lubricant and cause it to lose vis-cosity. Viscosity loss is

detrimental to an engine as it potentially causes premature wear and leads to engine failure. Elixion’s carefully crafted formu-lation is equipped with exceptional shear stabil-ity which guards against permanent viscosity loss, unlike conventional min-eral oil formulations.

Strong claims of product excellence must meet the exacting needs of all industry participants. Cas-trol, in addition to formu-lating an engine oil that

met customer n e e d s ,

also had to comply with the engine-specific stan-dards of al l Original Equipment Manufactur-ers (OEMs). Viscosity stresses, piston deposits and other design elements were factored into Elix-ion’s formulation. “Castrol was extremely creative in ensuring that it met the standards of all manu-facturers. We consulted with every major OEM to ensure that we not only met, but far exceeded their expectations,” Mark explained, adding that Elixion is “backward com-patibility,” an industry term referring to Elixion’s ability to work just as ef-fectively in older engine models.

In recent years, Castrol Heavy Duty Lubricants

has tripled its distribution base in order to make Elixion and other lubri-cants readily available across the country. As a premier national top brand lubricant manufac-turer in Canada, wider dis-tribution comprises part of an overarching marketing initiative that reflects the company’s ongoing com-mitment to its custom-ers. Elixion is now avail-able, along with the entire family of superior grade commercial engine oils, through Castrol’s five na-tional distributions sites, including the Wakefield location in Toronto, and

its network of chosen vendors at service facilities and retail locations across the country.

Ideal for both on-road and off-road applications, Elixion’s superior synthetic prop-erties allow for extended drain intervals, cold-start performance leading to im-proved battery and

starter motor life, reduced oil consumption, increased wear protection and reduced emissions.

The spirit of resourceful-ness that defined Charles Wakefield’s success over one hundred years ago continues to drive Cas-trol’s commitment toward the development, manu-facture, and provision of the most technically advanced lubricants on the market today.

Castrol Elixion CJ4 in-dustry specifications and OEM approvals by grade are as follows: API CJ-4, CI-4 Plus, CI-4, CH-4, CAT ECF-3, Cummins CES 20081, Volvo VDS-4, Mack EO-O Premium Plus & MB Sheet-228.31.

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VolVo Trucks

Mean Green – The World’s Fastest Hybrid Truck

Mean Green is a unique hybrid truck built by

an enthusiastic team at Volvo Trucks. They plan to use it this spring to beat the world speed record for the standing kilometre. Behind the wheel is Swed-ish truck racing ace Boije Ovebrink.

“The absolute e l i te among Volvo’s hybrid technology experts are the driving force behind the project. They are true enthusiasts, every last one of them. I’d go so far as to say that Mean Green is the world’s fastest hybrid truck,” says Ovebrink.

To understand how he can make this claim with such confidence, we need to rewind to November 2007. Ovebrink had just beaten his own standing kilometre record from 2001 for trucks with a maximum displacement of 16 litres. He achieved this by reaching an average speed of 158.829 km/h with his red Volvo NH16, a.k.a., The Wild Viking.

After winning, he met Staffan Jufors, President and CEO of Volvo Trucks, who asked him: “Do you plan to sit down and twid-dle your thumbs now, enjoying the fame that comes with being world champion, or do you have

any new ideas?” Ovebrink replied: “I’d like to build the world’s fastest hybrid.”

“The idea met with ap-proval, but at the time I had no idea about the fantastic technology Volvo had in the pipeline,” he recalls.

Planning for the hybrid got under way. Suddenly,

however, a Czech truck racing team claimed they had beaten Ovebrink’s record. Order had to be restored, so that spring, Volvo engineer Olof Jo-hansson got down to some serious work.

He started building a truck that could retake the record but that could also be reconfigured for the planned racing hybrid driveline. That truck is now called Mean Green. But the team decided not to install the hybrid drive-line straight away.

“I started building the truck from two half frames that had been earmarked for the scrap yard. The American VN cab came from a crash-tested chas-sis whose cab was totally intact,” he explains.

Weight reduction was absolutely crucial to set-ting new records. For ex-ample, the front axle was milled by experts from Volvo’s engine factory in Skövde and lightened

from 100 kg to 57 kg. The gear set for first gear was removed from the gear-box, shaving off another 7 kg.

“I slit open the wiring harnesses and removed unnecessary wiring. That slashed almost 6 kilos,” says Johansson. Ovebrink was also ordered to lose weight. “They made me promise to lose 20 kilos, and so far I’m half-way to my target,” he says.

Designer Jonas Sand-ström at Volvo put in many hours with his CAD pro-gram to come up with the optimal aerodynamic shape.

“It’s important that the wind breaks away from the bodywork in the right way. Our truck differs from a Formula 1 car, for in-stance, in that the aerody-namic properties allow the truck to slice through the air rather than be pressed down onto the road sur-face,” he explains.

Just a few days before

the assault on the rec-ord, it was announced that FIA, the international motorsport organization, had disallowed the Czech team’s result. Still, there was no need to cancel the planned attempt on the record.

Ovebrink and the Volvo team were aiming to fur-ther improve on the 2007 record. On June 9, 2010 they did just that. The

new world record for the standing kilometre was set at a two-way average speed of 166.7 km/h. Top speed was in the region of 260 km/h.

Once this was achieved, focus reverted to what the entire project had been about from the very outset.

“Olof immediately went on the offensive. The very same day the new record

was set; he pulled out his toolbox and started modi-fying the truck to build what we see today – a thoroughbred hybrid.”

The truck already had a standard Volvo 16-litre engine with 700 hp, with equipment including twin turbos from Volvo Penta. It was a power plant de-livering a massive 1900 horsepower. The truck retained that unit.

However, the lightened Powertronic auto-shifter was replaced with a modi-fied version of Volvo’s automated I-Shift gearbox so that the transmission could interact with the component that makes Mean Green a hybrid – its electric motor.

“This gives an additional 200 horsepower and 1100 Newton metres of torque. The result is a lightning-speed boost from start-off without any of the customary diesel-engine delay. It’s like a cham-pagne cork, but without the sound effects. For the first couple of seconds, the truck just makes a slight whistle until the diesel engine, which runs on renewable liquid rosin diesel, starts delivering with explosive force – by which time the truck is al-ready doing 60 km/h and I can engage ninth gear,” explains Ovebrink.

When is Mean Green going to make its bid for the standing kilometre record?

“In November we’ll test race it at Volvo’s Häl-lered proving ground to see what it’s capable of. As soon as the winter snows disappear early next spring, we’ll set our record.”

The standing kilometre - The distance is 1,000 metres and the truck starts off from standstill. The course is first covered in one direction and then the other. The average speed from the two runs is noted as the official figure.

Follow Boije Ovebrink’s adventures on Facebook: www. facebook .com/boijeovebrink.

See the film from June 2010 when Boije Ovebrink set his new world rec-ord: www.youtube.com/watch? v=BQ4yEph2jCk.

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Building the record-breaking truck and the new hybrid racer took many hours of hard work.

The result is powerful – both under the hood and in terms of its commanding appearance.

ovebrink is full of confidence. In spring 2011, as soon as

the winter snows melt, he has promised to tackle the world

record with his Mean Green hybrid racer.

Volvo engineer olof Johansson led the project to build

Mean Green.

The diesel engine is a standard FH D16G 700 hp unit,

installed behind the cab for optimum weight distribution.

The engine has two-stage turbocharging, special fuel

injectors (twice the capacity of those fitted to the standard

engine) and specially engineered pistons. The Mean Green

hybrid truck is designed to be mated to a modified I-shift

transmission.

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aUTOMOTIvE TraNSPOrTaTION SErvICE SUPErINTENDaNT’S aSSOCIaTION (aTSSa)

Sudbury ATSSA Hosts Info Session on SPIFby MarEK KraSUSKI

An atmosphere of undivided atten-tion prevailed at

a recent seminar in Sud-bury outlining new SPIF regulations. MTO Policy Analyst, Ron Madill, spoke to over 150 industry repre-sentatives about the new requirements governing Safe, Productive, Infra-structure-Friendly (SPIF) vehicles. The legislation passed into law in Decem-ber 2010 will be enacted on July 1, 2011. Ron Madill highlighted some parts of the exhaustive legislation governing vehicle weight and dimensions in a 105-page document which includes specifications for all vehicle types.

For affected operators, SPIF is a double-edged sword. On the one hand, new trailers will cost more money because of up-grades; on the other hand, they will yield higher load capacities. The July 2011

enforcement date repre-sents the fourth and final phase of vehicle weight and dimension reforms that have been a decade in the making. Phase 4 addresses straight trucks and trailer combinations and buses. In 2001, Phase 1 dealt with vehicles with fewer than four axles. Phase 2, enacted in 2002, specified changes to end-dump and open hopper dumps, and Phase 3, intro-duced in 2005, dealt with all non-dump semi-trail-ers with four or more axles and all double trailers.

Ron Madill introduced the discussion with a pre-amble about the reasons behind the new standards. “These regulations ad-dress the $300 million an-nual damage to Ontario’s road infrastructure and to reduce the higher collision rates of some types of trucks,” he said. The ma-jor changes affecting all operators deal with trailer

wheels. To date, operators had the option of lift-ing some axles. SPIF-ap-proved trailers will require all wheels to remain on the road surface so as to distribute cargo and thus reduce damage to On-tario’s roadways caused by excessive weight con-centration. In addition, all SPIF-compliant trail-ers must be equipped with self-steering trailer wheels, a feature which many claim will help pre-vent axles from ripping apart on corners.

The added costs, how-ever, will be offset by additional load bearing capacities. “Taking every-thing into consideration, operators can earn more money by the increas-ing carrying capacity of SPIF-approved trailers, noted Stewart McBain, President of the Sudbury Chapter of the Automotive Transportation Service (ATS) Superintendant’s

Association, the organiza-tion which hosted the SPIF seminar in Sudbury on February 10, 2011.

Under the new regula-tions, drivers will be held responsible for ensur-ing that cargo weight on SPIF-compliant trailers is equally spread among all axles. As McBain cau-tions, “a SPIF-trailer can still be overloaded in the sense that the weight is not distributed evenly over the trailer. In the end, it’s up to the driver to see that the load distribution con-forms to the regulations.”

MTO’s Ron Madill ad-vised that only trailers manufactured after the July 2011 enactment date must be SPIF-compliant. Trailers made before this time will be receive grand-father status and not be compelled to comply with the new standards, though even these will terminate at pre-established dates, explained ATS President, Stewart McBain.

“Vehicles purchased be-fore July 1, 2011 will be grandfathered in for ten years and be accorded a special application for extending the grand-fathered limit for another five years. The extension entails a one-time $300 non transferrable permit.” McBain also noted that any vehicle can be made SPIF compliant at any On-

tario Safety Rated Shop. The new Amended On-tario Regulation 413/05 includes 31 schedules that address axle weights, gross weights and di-mensions of various SPIF vehicles. In addition, the MTO website, found at www.mto.gov.on.ca, in-cludes an easy-to-read synopsis of the regula-tions, including a section outlining the enhanced productivity of SPIF-ap-proved vehicles.

It says, “SPIF vehicles include a number of pro-ductivity improvements. All SPIF semi-trailers have a standardized maximum length of 16.2m (53’). All SPIF combinations may be equipped with additional lift-axles for deployment in other jurisdictions. Tandem and tridem axle weight increases have been extended to double

trailers in order to further improve harmonization of rules with Quebec and the Atlantic provinces. Tri-drive tractors have been introduced for situations where greater traction is needed. Axles equipped with wide single tires are allowed up to 9,000 kg provided their weight does not exceed 10 kg per mm of tire width.”

Some exceptions to the new regulations apply. For example, exemptions are made to snow ploughs and extended platform trucks that protect line-painting vehicles, as well as heavy hauls of machin-ery where the equal distri-bution of weight across all axles is not possible.

Access to the new Regu-lation 413/05, governing weights and measures, is available online at www.e-laws.gov.on.caV

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aNNOUNCEMENT

Toronto Transportation Club Appointment

The board of The Toronto Transpor-tation Club would

like to announce the post-ing of Ms. Denise Cardy to the position of Club Secretary Treasurer, ef-fective February 1, 2011. Denise brings many years of experience and know-ledge to the position and will work closely with the board executive moving

forward on all administra-tive functions. We would also like to thank Andree Baillargeon for over 9 years of involvement with the Toronto Transporta-tion Club as our past Sec-retary Treasurer. “We are thankful for Andree’s time spent with the board over the years, and wish her well in future endeavours. We are also very excited

to have Denise stepping in. Her passion and in-dustry knowledge is a true fit for the TTC members and its board”, said Club President, Gary Crowther.

The Toronto Trans-portation Club is a not for profit organization that provides financial assistance for students entering post-secondary education.V

CaNaDIaN TrUCKING aLLIaNCE (CTa)

End War on Trucks in Urban Centres

Toronto, Ontario - “ I t is incred-ible that so many

urban communities that are wholly dependent upon trucking to deliver the consumer goods and necessities of life can be so decidedly anti-truck.” So said David Bradley, the president and CEO of the Canadian Trucking Alli-ance (CTA), in a speech to the annual meeting of the Transportation Research Board held in Washington, DC. Bradley was invited to speak on panel entitled, Balancing Freight Movement Needs in Liveable Urban Areas, along with academics and planners from the University of Southern California, the Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning and internation-al transportation and infrastructure consulting firm, Wilbur Smith.

Part of the problem, said Bradley, is that too often goods movement in urban settings is “at worst viewed as a neces-sary evil and at best it is taken for granted.”

“Freight transportation is often an after-thought if not for planners then certainly for politicians,” he said. “We see it in the debate over funding of transit versus roads; in

the design of roads and intersections that don’t accommodate modern truck configurations; in the lack of parking for trucks; and inadequate loading/unloading facili-ties, both old and new.”

He said that if urban communities and the people that plan and ul-timately approve of trans-portation policies and plans want to deal more effectively with freight transportation, they need to get beyond the myths about urban goods move-ment – such as getting the trucks off the road by using more rail; or that trucks are always run-ning around half-empty; or that trucks are the main cause of conges-tion – and start dealing with realities.

“Trucks are not going away,” he said. “So we had better start looking for real solutions.”

“Basically, all truck-ers want is to be able to get into and out of cities quickly, with a minimum of disruption. They want to minimize or reduce the costs of operating in con-gested urban areas. With the price of fuel and the limits on a driver’s hours of service, that is critical.” Bradley listed a number of things that could be

done to help address the situation.

Encourage more off-peak deliveries – “All our trucks have lights on them, so operating at night is not a problem for us, so long as there is someone there to receive or ship the goods and that is often not the case. If you want to address this, the supply chain needs to be engaged, not just the truckers.”

Clear traffic incidents more quickly.

Strategic infrastructure investment – “If we’re serious about this we need to: Balance and better coordinate fund-ing for transit and roads; examine the feasibility of truck-only lanes; design roads that accommo-date modern truck con-figurations (citing prob-lems with the design of roundabouts which are growing in popularity); de-politicize decisions on truck routes/bans; and come up with sensible ticketing policies.

Bradley said it is not going to be easy, given that the footprint of most cities was established decades ago, “but try we must if we are go-ing to ensure our com-munities are liveable and competitive.”V

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THIS MONTH’S THEME: 2010 EPa ENGINE COMPLIaNCE

EGR Versus SCR:OEM’s Choice for 2010 EPA Compliant Engines

by MarEK KraSUSKI

Major manufac-turers have now come on board

with engines that meet the rigid pollution reduction standards imposed by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The last decade has been marked by immense strides in the evolution of industry specifications to produce eco-friendly trucks. First there were the 2002 ex-haust reductions followed by soot controls in 2007. Now the industry has met the demanding standards of the 2010 Nitrous Ox-ides (Nox) specifications. Nox emissions have been steadily reduced over the years. Today, heavy duty trucks emit a fraction of previous levels. EPA regu-lations were the catalyst behind the reduction of 83 percent of NOx emissions from 2007 to 2010.

Truck manufacturers have adopted one of two technologies to attain these reductions – Select-ive Catalytic Reduction (SCR) or Exhaust Gas Re-circulation (EGR). Navistar stands alone in the adop-tion of the EGR emissions solution.

The MaxxForce Ad-vanced EGR tech-nology cools diesel exhaust which i s c i r c u -lates back into the engine where e m i s -s i o n s a r e elimin-ated in-cylinder. The advantages of Advanced EGR,

Navistar claims, are no additional costs associ-ated with the purchase of liquid Urea required with the Selective Catalytic Recirculation method, in-creased payload capacity, and improved efficiency that comes with an inte-grated chassis and engine approach.

Engines with EGR ca-pability deplete the oxy-gen in the exhaust gas resulting in a lower tem-perature burn which, ex-perts claim, delivers a 50 percent reduction in N0x. The recycled exhaust gas is cooled, causing even greater reductions in emissions by lowering the combustion temperatures. When used with a Diesel Particulate Filter (DPF), emissions can be reduced up to 90 percent.

Other advantages of the EGR application are purported to be no risk of reduced power due to N0x monitoring, the elimination of technical risks associated with the catalyst and doser in the CSR system, simpler fuel-ling requirements, and a potential increase in cooling capacity. What has deterred most manu-facturers from adopting this system, however, are the larger radiators and fans needed to handle in-creases in heat rejection, as well as fuel costs which are said to be higher than the cost of fuel plus Urea in the SCR system.

Popular among most manufac-

turers is the Selective Catalytic Reduction (SCR) method which is distin-guished by the treatment of N0x outside the en-gine as opposed to the in-cylinder treatment in the EGR system. SCR requires add-ons. Four major components com-prise the SCR system: a diesel exhaust fluid (DEF) tank, a DEF doser, a SCR catalyst and an ammonia or oxidation catalyst, all of which are integrated into the exhaust system. SCR works by injecting a small amount of urea, or diesel exhaust fluid, into the exhaust system of a diesel engine. The urea solution combines with nitrous oxide to produce environmentally friendly by-products which are discharged through the tailpipe.

Like the EGR model, SCR reduces N0x emis-sions up to 90 percent and is characterized by both benefits and poten-tial disadvantages. On the plus side, SCR enhances thermal efficiency and fuel economy. Smaller and lighter engines made pos-sible by the SCR system increase payload perform-ance, and the reduction of heat rejection and cooling system problems allows for smaller radiators and extended periods between oil changes.

Yet some industry spe-cialists caution against problems that may arise with Urea. DEF or Urea tanks are usually stored

next to the fuel tank, range

i n s i z e from 3 to 30 gallons and prom-

ise ex-tended r u n s before a n -o t h e r

f i l l - u p . “A truck can

run up to 2000 kilo-

metres on a 30-gallon UREA tank,” says one representative. Others promise even more per-formance. Detroit Diesel claims its Blue Tec tech-nology enables trucks to run up to 7,000 miles between fill-ups. Shelf life for DEF is about a year depending on temper-ature, and drivers need not worry about running out of DEF. Multiple indi-cators warn of diminish-ing levels.

Still, others raise con-cerns about the limited availability of Urea which can take drivers off the main route in search of suppliers. Consumption of Urea is also unpredict-able since mixing ratios can change with driving conditions. For example, some question how Urea will react in extreme cold conditions. In addition, failure to maintain Urea tanks will reduce en-gine performance by 40 percent. Other variables tarnishing SCR’s reputa-tion include the unknown future costs of Urea, as well as concerns that SCR systems are least effective in stop-start conditions where constant accelera-tion creates the most N0x.

Volvo/Mack took the lead in the adoption of SCR technology by being the first to have its 2010 engines certified by the Environmental Protection Agency and by an exten-sive validation program that included more than two million miles of test-ing. The engine technol-ogy is distinguished by a variable turbocharger that provides higher rates of flow needed. As one company representative noted, “When the driver steps on the pedal, it goes. No lag, no hesitation.” The company supports its SCR technology with Fuelwatch, a program that incorporates strat-egies on maximizing fuel efficiency. These include

advising drivers on key specifications such as aerodynamic designs that contribute to improved air flow, optimized trailer gap and height to reduce fuel consumption, anti-idling measures, the right selec-tion of engines to applica-tions, transmissions and fuel efficient tires.

Cummins, which had produced and shipped 20,000+ heavy duty and mid range engines as of August 2011, claims its SCR equipped engines deliver up to six percent better fuel economy and meet the near-zero emis-sions levels required by the EPA standards. SCR technology is not new to Cummins. In 2006, the company launched its MidRange engines certi-

fied to the Euro 4 standard using SCR for commercial vehicle applications in Europe. The company is the only manufacturer that manages, designs, and engineers everything in-house and provides ex-haust systems and turbo chargers to some of its competitors.

The manufacturer is also known for improvements to the so-called sweet spot, a range in which trucks operate at efficient levels. This narrow win-dow typical of previous models left less room for gear shift ratios which restricted the rpm grace period. A wrong gear shift ratio would comprom-ise driveability and fuel

economy. The company has since introduced a broader sweet spot range of approximately 250 rpms, providing greater room for gear ratio shifts and thereby enlarging the comfort zone.

Finally, PACCAR which sells around the world under the nameplates Kenworth, Peterbilt, and DAF, has received accol-ades from the EPA for the application of aerodynam-ic packaging in their prod-uct designs. Over 100,000 Paccar engines are suc-cessfully performing with SCR technology which, the company says, deliv-ers up to five percent fuel economy improvement compared to pre-2010 en-gines. The cooler engines promise greater reliability

and the heat generated ensures that operational consistency is achieved under severe cold tem-peratures. PACCAR is also working with diesel ex-haust fluid (DEF) distribu-tors to ensure wide avail-ability at fuelling stations and OEM dealerships.

Market projections point to healthy sales for Class 8 production in 2011. As new units are introduced to meet the demand of the forecasted surge, many will watch with inter-est how EGR and SCR technologies measure up to their anticipated performance.V

8 MarCH 2011

2010 EPa ENGINE COMPLIaNCE

Cummins ISX15 & ISX11.9 are Top Choice for Heavy-Duty Customers

Throughout 2010, fleet customers and owner/operators

made Cummins the en-gine of choice in the North American heavy-duty mar-ket, with nearly 19,000 ISX15 and ISX11.9 engines built and shipped. Volume has been growing every quarter as the economy rebounds, and custom-ers have begun hearing real-world evidence from fellow truckers that Cum-mins engines truly deliver as promised – with up to 6% better fuel economy than our EPA 2007 models.

Cummins utilizes Se-lective Catalytic Reduc-tion (SCR) technology for its EPA 2010 on-highway engines. This, coupled with the integration of everything from air intake to exhaust after-treatment, has allowed Cummins en-

gineers to optimize per-formance and achieve near-zero emiss ions simultaneously. Drivers are reporting that overall pulling power and throttle response are improved over previous models.

Lucas Redpath, Project Manager for Cum-mins Eastern C a n a d a ’ s Industrial and Auto-m o t i v e Business, n o t e d t h a t : “Dr ivers really l ike the fact that these engines have more pulling power and quicker throttle re-sponse, while fleet owners are pleased with the in-crease in fuel economy. It’s a win-win for everyone.”

Reliability of these en-gines has proven to be the best of any engine launch program according to Cummins – a fact that can be attributed to the use of proven technology such as the patented VGT™ Turbo-

charger that has fewer m o v i n g parts than

competi-t ive de-signs and the ultra-

high pressure XPI fuel system.T h r o u g h o u t

2010, Cummins has continued to make

improvements to the ISX15, and in October, an-nounced three new Smart-Torque ratings at 400, 425 and 450 horsepower (298, 317 and 336 kW) with a bigger sweet spot that

makes it easier for every driver to achieve up to a 6% fuel economy improve-ment. SmartTorque ratings get an extra 200 lb-ft (271 Nm) of torque in the top two gears, so drivers can stay in top gear longer. Plus, the 600-hp (447 kW) Intebrake™ s y s t e m o n t h e ISX15 con-tinues to set the standard in the trucking industry for simplicity of instal-l a t i o n and braking performance.

The Cummins ISX11.9 has one of the highest power-to-weight ratios of any engine in vocational work trucks and LTL operations. A

14% increase in clutch engagement torque over its predecessor (Cummins ISM) provides significantly more pulling power at construction sites and re-fuse dumping facilities with dirt, mud and steep

inclines.B o t h t h e ISX15 and

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that includes SCR and Cummins

Particulate Filter. This system, which is fully

integrated with the cooled Exhaust Gas Recirculation (EGR) subsystem on the engine and controlled by a single Electronic Control

Module (ECM), helps re-duce emissions of Particu-late Matter (PM) and oxides of Nitrogen (NOx) to near-zero levels. Diesel Exhaust Fluid (DEF) is readily avail-able in a wide variety of packaging options.

Another reason truckers are choosing Cummins is resale value. A Cummins ISX15 big-bore engine under the hood brings more money at resale than smaller displacement en-gines, making the decision to stick with Cummins that much easier.

One year a f ter the introduction of the new-est EPA emissions stan-dards, trucking custom-ers across North America are delivering the same verdict: Cummins ISX15 and ISX11.9 Heavy-Du-ty engines are their top choice.V

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MaKING yOUr MILES COUNT

Choosing a Trucking Company That You Can Trust

by rObErT D. SCHEPEr

There are many things to consider when choosing a

trucking company such as contracted rate of pay, type of equipment, lanes of operation, social en-vironment, commodities shipped, customers etc. None of that is as important as the ability to trust your employer.

Initially a good under-standing of your contract is essential. Most are very similar but occasionally I come across an obscenely one sided agreement. My favorite quote is “…we (the trucking company) reserve the right to deduct any amount at any time for any reason without notice…”. Not only was this company bold enough to write it down they were equally as brazen to act on it.

Sometimes, however, it makes no difference what is written in the contract. If the controlling share-holders are unscrupulous, then practically speaking it doesn’t matter what they type up and have you sign. If they are not honorable, just and fair minded you’ll still end up getting shafted (to varying degrees of ab-surdity of course).

Forty plus years ago there was a deep natural sense of loyalty between drivers and trucking companies. Everyone worked for “the best” and had the best driv-ers. Today, however, trust is a rare commodity. Each operator has to grow their own isolated limb as best they know how and pray the company doesn’t saw it off while they’re out there.

So how can anyone tell if a company is ethical? Take a close look at the owners, not the senior managers. It’s the owners who hire the managers who get the

results they want. If the owners are individuals of character and integrity it will reflect in their choice of management and policies. There is no such thing as personal ethics and busi-ness ethics. Every choice is a reflection of the person in power! Hiring someone to steal for you means you’re the instigator or at least an accomplice.

A good way to judge their character is to observe their actions. Some actions are more easily judged than others. Integrity is a way of life not an isolated incident, it continuously reflects in what we do and what we don’t do. We all recognize it when we see it.

Here’s an example. On January 19th Nolan Trans-port (Brampton, ONT) was featured in a press release that confirmed the success of a multi plaintiff action against Canada Revenue Agency on behalf of Owner Operators between 1991 and 2002 (Israel Ludwig acting litigator). The settle-ment was reported to be about $15 million. The amount was/is to be dis-tributed to about 3 dozen trucking companies who participated. They, in turn, must pass on the funds to their operators (many of them past operators). The checks Nolan issued ranged from $400-16,000. Not exactly chump change.

The first problem is that the release only mentioned three companies that vol-unteered to be test sub-jects in the claim (Nolan Transportation, Penner International and Bison Transport). Who are the other companies? How come nobody else has an-nounced the windfall to their operators? In this situation, how companies act or don’t act is a clear reflection of their ethical compus. Maybe some (and we don’t yet know who, if any) may not wish to have their name mentioned. They may perceive the windfall as “their windfall” (contrary to what Israel Ludwig states “carriers that don’t pass along the

rebates could face ramifi-cations”).

This is a multi-million dollar ethics play at work. Not only are the compan-ies responsible to forward the funds but forward the full amount of funds. Here-in lays another black ice patch, who’s to say they didn’t send it all out? In the end, it all comes down to trust. CRA was adamant

that operators receive the money, not the carriers. The responsibility is the trucking companies. It’ll be interesting over the next few months or couple years to find out who oper-ated with integrity and who didn’t. Some answers may have to be revealed by the freedom of information act or by CRA audit. It’s com-forting to know there are

still companies like Nolan Transport where you can drive with pride and assur-ance of integrity.

When companies trade in deception and greed the entire industry reputation suffers. Drivers don’t fully participate in the compan-ies efforts and even find ways to stunt growth rather than expand it. But work-ing with or even watch-

ing a company of integrity inspires us all to greater heights. We all want to see them succeed and if given a chance, quality drivers would like to work for them too.

For more information contact Robert D Scheper at 877.987.9787, by email at [email protected] or visit his website at www.thrconsulting.ca.V

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HEaLTH INSUraNCE MaTTErS

Top Financial Planning Tips for 2011

by LINa DEMEDEIrOS

This year there are some amazing op-portunities in the

insurance industry that will save you time and money by looking for value versus cost.

Some of the largest insur-ance companies in North America are delivering opportunities addressing all aspects of your finan-cial pyramid. The focus is on untraditional financial planning techniques to help you to free up capital consequently enabling you to focus on your prior-ities. Alternatively, gaining popularity is one of the most reliable forms of life insurance coverage called “Whole Life”.

Debt, disability and death are the three leading causes of all financial disasters so I would like to offer some valuable tips when buying products or services in the financial services sector.

Debit usually consists of mortgages & credit lines. This year one of Canada’s largest insurance compan-ies is offering mortgages and credit lines that offer maximum flexibility title protection without set-up fees. Once you contact us, a bank consultant in your area will visit you to obtain all the documents you need instead of you having to going to the bank, waiting for hours and being pro-cessed by several different individuals to finally get a mortgage or line of credit.

With Disability and Job Loss Insurance your in-come is your most valued asset. If you are employed and lose your job, how will you pay your bills? The disability component with job loss protection for a 50 year old costs only $44 per month for $200,000 of

protection. The disability portion protects you for 24 months and the job loss portion for 6 months.

Life insurance is always available, but have you ever thought of what your short and long term goals are? Some of the most progressive international companies have reverted to traditional forms of cover-age that deliver maximized cash value and higher lev-els of coverage at lower costs, namely “Whole Life”.

There are packages for single moms and baby boomers. These packages address loss of income, critical illness, life insur-ance and keep the cost of insurance down. This is an excellent opportunity

to save on policy fees that cost anywhere from $8-$12 per month.

Decreasing “Term In-surance” is cost effective insurance for the exact amount of your mortgage based on the amortization period while keeping the cost of insurance down. If you are a baby boomer in your 50’s and you recently applied for mortgage in-surance at the bank with existing permanent insur-ance, you will find this op-tion cost effective because you only pay for coverage for exactly what you owe based on your amortization period each year.

If you independently apply for critical illness coverage, the process is

far more in-depth than being underwritten for life insurance. If you are at your optimum health, weight and height in spite of family history, you will have an opportunity to buy

$250,000 of both life and critical illness coverage.

Remember that debt can destroy the opportunity to secure your goals, dreams and loved ones. Contact us today for more information

on these valuable tips and others. Call LMD Insurance & Wealth Management Inc. at 416-748-9992 or 1-800-236-5810 or visit our web-site at www.lmdfinancial.com.V

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CrOSS bOrDEr SErvICES

Recent Border Seizures

by DaWN TrUELL

There are reasons why we need to comply with gov-

ernment programs such as C-TPAT & PIP because drug smuggling in today’s society is out of control. These programs aid in protecting us all from drug smugglers.

The following accounts are about some recent border seizures. CBSA and CPS seized $30,000 worth of synthetic can-nabis in Calgary, Alberta on Tuesday, January 25, 2011. This investigation resulted in the execution of search warrants by

both agencies of seven stores known to sell drug paraphernalia used for marijuana. Inside, officers seized 770 packages of a product containing sus-pected synthetic cannabis, which is illegal in Canada. Synthetic cannabis, which also goes by the brand names “Spice, K2, Yucatan Fire, Tribe and Skunk”, is an herbal and chemical product which mimics the effects of cannabis. Users have suffered serious side effects, including panic attacks, heart palpitations, hallucinations, delusions and vomiting. It is also illegal in many European countries and several states in the United States.

F i v e p e o p l e w e r e charged with possession of one million doses of Ketamine which was the largest known Ketamine bust in Vancouver, British Columbia. On December 7, 2010, Border Services officers identified a suspi-

cious shipment onboard a container vessel arriving from Hong Kong. Docu-mentation accompanying the shipment identified the goods as 402 cartons of coffee mugs. When CBSA officers examined the 20-foot marine container, they noticed discrepancies in the X-ray images and conducted a full examina-tion of the container. Their examination confirmed 318 cartons of coffee mugs and 84 boxes that con-tained coffee mugs and vacuum sealed bags con-taining a white crystalline powder. Tests performed by Border Services of-ficers indicated that the bags contained ketamine hydrochloride. A total of 1003.9 kg of ketamine was seized. Ketamine is a tranquilizer with hal-lucinogenic properties. This represents well over one million doses which is enough ketamine for every person in the cities

of Surrey and Vancouver combined. This seizure represents more than $15 million taken out of the wallets of drug traffickers. Ketamine causes symp-toms such as amnesia, depression, and long-term memory and cognitive problems. The drug can be used on its own, but it is also commonly cut and mixed into ecstasy pills, or is used as a date-rape drug. Ketamine is in the same category as cocaine,

opium and heroin and is illegal to import, possess or sell. The maximum penalty for importing or trafficking ketamine is life imprisonment.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection seized more than $119,000 in mari-juana and arrested two men in separate cases. According to court rec-ords, a 20 year old man was arrested Sunday at Los Indios International Bridge by CBP and later

charged by U.S. Immi-gration and Customs Enforcement with pos-session of a controlled substance. A 21 year old man was arrested Friday at Gateway International Bridge and also charged by ICE with possession of a controlled substance. For information on gov-ernment programs con-tact www.crossborderser-vices.org, [email protected] or call 905.973.9136.V

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LEGaL MaTTErS

Managing the Record

by MarK rEyNOLDS

This is a topic that I’ve addressed a couple of times in

the past, but I think it’s worth revisiting.

I am one of the few para-legals that defends carriers at the Licence Appeal Tri-bunal, when MTO is trying

to either cancel or sanc-tion the carrier’s CVOR. When MTO takes this ap-proach, it is because the CVOR holder’s violation rate is unacceptable, and has generally exceeded 100% of the threshold. In these cases, MTO has little choice but to take action against the carrier, and this action can threaten the existence of the com-pany and therefore the employment of all work-ers at that company. This is a serious matter and by the time MTO takes this step, they have in most cases intervened with the

carrier previously through “warning letters”, audits, interviews and finally a proposed sanction. This decision has to be con-tested at the Licence Ap-peal Tribunal, who will conduct a hearing and decide if the MTO decision is warranted, or should be perhaps reduced or altered in some way.

The vast majority of car-riers that attend my office facing a proposed sanc-tion or cancellation have something in common. They or their drivers have simply been paying their tickets, and fines, with-

out making any effort to contest them. Once they have paid the fines, they have essentially pleaded guilty to their charges and the convictions will stand. Most of these convictions will have CVOR points as-signed, thereby elevating the carrier’s violation rate until it exceeds 100% and the carrier is facing a can-cellation of their operating privileges. Usually I have less compliant clients with violation rates well below the 100% mark. This is be-cause those carriers make the effort to challenge their charges thereby re-ducing the points in a large percentage of the cases.

This is simply a matter of managing the CVOR record. Carriers and driv-ers are not automatically guilty of an offence simply because a charge was laid. It’s important to note that carriers often get double the points they should get when they do not contest their charges simply due to the fact that the carrier gets CVOR points for their own convictions as well as the driver’s conviction for the same offence.

In the end, the carriers who allow their drivers to pay tickets and carriers that do not contest their own charges, are playing a dangerous game. It may

seem expensive to contest charges, but that expense is nothing compared to the expense and impact of potentially losing one’s operating authority. Chal-lenging the company’s and driver’s charges is simply good business, and an ef-fective way of managing the points assigned to your record.

Mark Reynolds is a li-cenced paralegal, a for-mer truck driver, MTO enforcement officer, prov-incial trainer and Enforce-ment coordinator and can be reached at 416.221. 6888 or by emai l a t [email protected] rESOUrCES CaNaDa

Roadmap Touts Benefits of Natural Gas

Toronto, Ontario - Increased com-petitiveness and

reduced environmental impact are two main ad-vantages to expanding the use of natural gas as a trucking fuel, according to a report from Natural Resources Canada.

The report, called Natural Gas Use in Transportation Deployment Roadmap, in-vestigates how to best use natural gas in the transpor-tation sector.

The document brings together the views of natural gas producers, transporters, distributors, vehicle makers, equip-ment manufacturers and end-users, environmental NGOs and academia.

According to the report, natural gas offers sev-eral potential benefits. These include the ability to diversify energy use and meet increasing energy demand, lower carbon emissions and provide an option for compliance op-tion with carbon-related regulations; and introduce a cost-effective fuel that has traded at a discount to crude oil-based fuels.

Some organizations have praised the report, including the Canadian

Natural Gas Vehicle Alli-ance (CNGVA).

“This is an excellent ex-ample of federal leadership and industry collabora-tion,” said Jonathan Burke, the Alliance’s Chair and Vice-President of Van-couver-based Westport Innovations. “Natural gas can provide clean, cost effective transportation solutions which will bene-fit all Canadians.”

The Canadian Gas As-sociation (CGA) also wel-comed the report. The Association’s President, Timothy Egan, noted the document was the first comprehensive look at the role of natural gas in Canada’s transportation sector.

“This report is invalu-able in that it articulates a number of important factors that will determine the success of natural gas as a smart transportation fuel source,” he said.

The Canadian Trucking Association (CTA) called the report a “good as-sessment” of the potential benefits and the obstacles to liquefied natural gas (LNG) as a trucking fuel. Without significant incen-tives, the association said, it will be difficult for carri-

ers to justify the increased costs for equipment need-ed to use the resource. The association also noted the need to develop the nas-cent natural gas distribu-tion network.

“LNG has the potential to serve as an import-ant niche in the trucking marketplace,” said Alliance CEO, David Bradley.V

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bUSINESS INSUraNCE MaTTErS

Speed Limiters in Trucks?by LINDa COLGaN

A of couple months ago a colleague and I were travel-

ling southbound on the 400 when a truck passed us in the passing lane. A couple of issues propelled in our minds. “Who was this per-son and was his company one of our clients?” It was quite obvious from the plates when it passed by that it was from Ontario.

Reputable trucking com-panies say they want to know the identification of the unit in order to exercise their own internal investi-gation. We elected to catch up once the opportunity presented itself. Much to

our surprise the Ryder truck displayed the logo of the trucking company. At that point the transport was in the middle lane so we travelled alongside for a short period of time. We were both travelling at a speed of 130 kph. It took a brief few seconds to determine the speed, obtain the unit number. Immediately thereafter we began to decelerate. At that point the truck driver put on his signal to come back into the passing lane. When the driver saw us in his mirror it was obvious to both of us that the words he was yelling could not be interpreted as “have a nice

day.” With his left hand waving middle fingered he signalled for us to get out of the passing lane and we allowed him to do so.

After working in this in-dustry for a long time, I have the utmost respect for those sitting in the driver’s seat. It is a position that cannot be executed without training, skill and tolerance. After observing this individual I started to resent the fact that he sin-gle handily was destroying any concept of profession-alism to the general public while representing the transportation industry. We reported this incident to his company. Many times

clients have voiced that they would want to know about unprofessional be-haviour and we thought this incident was a prime example. We diligently recorded the incident with a unit number, location, time, etc.

To our dismay we were reassured by the company that the logs and engine download had proven that our report was inaccurate.

We were assured that the magnitude of this driver’s skills were not within the character of the individ-ual that we had reported. Consequently the file was closed.

Although disappointing, we can only hope that this behaviour was an isolated incident. We should have captured this action on video, however by the re-sponse we received I am

sure this company would have disputed the merit of the video as well. We cer-tainly have learned a valu-able lesson about this firm.

Linda Colgan has been an Insurance Broker in the transportation indus-try since 1986 and cur-rently is a Transportation Insurance Advisor with JDIMI. To contact Linda call 416.809.3103 or email lindac@ jdimi.com.V

PETErbILT MOTOrS COMPaNy

Vedder Transport Orders 50 LNG Trucks

Denton, Texas - Peterbilt Motors C o m p a n y a n -

nounces the purchase of 50 Model 386 liquefied natural gas (LNG) trucks by Vedder Transport Ltd. of Abbotsford, British Columbia, expanding Peterbilt’s leadship in al-ternative fuel truck manu-facturing.

“Peterbilt is dedicat-ed to engineering en-vironmentally friendly solutions that meet cus-tomers’ reliability and durability expectations,”

said Bill Jackson, Peterbilt General Manager and PACCAR Vice President. “The Model 386 LNG truck is a product that pro-vides fuel efficiency and environmental charac-teristics through a clean powered platform with-out jeopardizing per-formance. We are excited to partner with Vedder Transport to help sup-port their business ob-jectives.”

Vedder Transport spe-cializes in the transporta-tion of Food Grade prod-ucts in a bulk liquid or dry state, and offers dedi-cated and irregular route, truck load and less than truck load freight services throughout Canada, and between Canada and the United States. With the purchase of 50 Peterbilt Model 386 LNG trucks, Vedder Transport is lead-ing environmentally clean transporter of the Bulk Food Grade market.

“Vedder Transportation is committed to reducing transportation-related emissions, reducing fuel management expenses and improving air quality for future generations,” says Fred Zweep, Vedder Transportation Group President. “Peterbilt’s Model 386 LNG truck not only helps us achieve this goal, but it also allows us to provide reliable servi-ces to our customers.”

The Peterbilt clean fuel Model 386 is powered by the Westport HD sys-tem, which consists of the GX 15-litre engine, proprietary Westport fuel injectors, LNG fuel tanks with integrated cryogenic fuel pumps, and associ-ated electronic compon-ents to facilitate robust performance and reliable operation. The Westport HD GX engine is certified and compliant to 2010 U.S. Environmental Pro-tection Agency (EPA) and California Air Resources Board (CARB) emission limits in North America.

Peterbilt also offers compliant compressed natural gas (CNG) and li-quefied natural gas (LNG) power platforms in the Models 320, 365, 367 and 384, which are equipped with the Cummins West-port ISL-G engine. Effi-cient and emissions com-pliant, the ISL-G natural gas engine offers a 320 horsepower rating and 1,000 ft-lbs of torque, making it comparable in capability to the diesel engines. Peterbilt’s family of alternative fuel trucks forms the industry’s most comprehensive, environ-mentally responsible line-up. With over 250 Dealer locations in the U.S. and Canada, Peterbilt pro-vides best in class service support for natural gas vehicles.V

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4rEFUEL aSK THE FUEL ExPErT

SIX Fuel Reports You Can’t Live Without!

by JaCK LEE

Management is a series of inter-ruptions inter-

rupted by interruptions. That’s a pretty good quote. I can’t remember where I heard it, but it is something that is proven to be true every day around my office. I enjoy the interaction and the challenges facing us in business today and those interruptions are part of it. They can be learning experiences too, because I have learned to count on my systems and proced-ures to give me back some of the time taken away by those constant interrup-tions.

If you are fuel reliant and manage a fleet of trucks or equipment, calculating fuel economy to minimize con-sumption can take hours and hours of your time, but it is necessary. Without that effort you will waste fuel and squirt money out your tail pipe. The first step to effective Fuel Management is setting up the reports you need. Here is my top six:

Better Reporting will Cut Fuel Costs.

1. Fuel Economy. This is the number one report you need to help you manage and control the profitabil-

ity of each unit in your fleet. Get the mileage and fuel consumption by unit, calculate their efficiencies and compare each unit and find out which are the fuel wasters and fix it.

2. Monthly Fuel Budgets. Budgeting can be a pain particularly if you leave it to the end of each fiscal year, so reconcile your monthly fuel consumption and build the file as you go. If you have a number of people in outlying regions that are a part of the process, even more reason to keep regular track of your fuel expenditures. Track per-formance vs. budget, com-paring distance, pricing and fuel consumption. The more variables you meas-ure the better.

3. Invoice Management. Stay on top of your fuel bills and review them as soon as you get them. Ever had an invoice that appeared to be wrong? Deal with it quickly otherwise the problem will grow.

4. Asset Utilization/Monthly Consumption Re-ports. Check historic re-ports and calculate trends based on weekly or month-ly fuel reports. Gather this information by equipment grouping, by region and by project. With this bird’s-eye view of your fuel expens-es it is easy to figure out where and when your peak consumption periods are and more importantly your Return on Fuel Investment.

5. Fuel Reports by Loca-tion. If you refuel from a number of different

sources including on site, or your own centrally lo-cated fuel tanks and/or card-locks, gather these inputs and measure ef-ficiencies by unit and by location.

6. IFTA Reporting. If you are in the long haul trans-port business crossing be-tween provincial and state borders creates a ton of paperwork. Add to that currency exchange rates that vary day to day and you’ve got a full time job, but you got to know. Keep a daily log, by unit and the job will be a bit easier, saving you some time. And that saves you money.

Why Six Reports? One Answer: Fuel Management Online (FMO)

Ok. If you have made it through the list above, you now realize how much time it takes to manage your fuel to get the max-imum return on your fuel investment. There is a simple solution. It is Fuel Management Online, or FMO. With 4Refuel’s FMO you can get the informa-tion you need quickly at the click of a mouse. It gathers data from each piece of equipment and fuelling source. It is the best web-based software available today. It is being used by more than 6,000 public and private companies in most industries including rail, construction, trans-port, logistics and marine. FMO manages millions of litres of fuel each week for these companies giving them the six reports above

and a whole lot more. All reports are easily imported and exported, regardless of the software systems you use. For example, IFTA Reporting alone can take up to 15 minutes per unit to gather. FMO can do that for in a fraction of the time, saving on average, one hour per unit per month. That’s a lot of man-hours!

FMO gives you quick access to all fuel invoices too so you can see what was spent and where. You

no longer have to meet with your Accounting De-partment and do forensic searches. It even has GPS capabilities so you can see where your fleet has been and what fuel was pumped as well as distance trav-elled, giving you a virtual report.

These six reports will make your life easier. And once you have started to use FMO you’ll find you can’t live without it. Do you want even better news?

These six reports are only a small sample of what FMO’s software suite can do for you.

Jack Lee is founder, President and CEO of 4Re-fuel – the largest onsite fuel management company in Canada and a global leader in technology designed to help businesses reduce their fuel expenses. Got a question about fuel? Ask the fuel expert by emailing Jack at AskTheFuelExpert @4Refuel.com.V

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NEW PrODUCTS & SErvICES

PETrO-vIrON INC.

Track Your Valuable Shipments, Assets & Key Events

Tw o y e a r s a g o , Michael Gorman, President of Petro-

Viron Inc. was demon-strating a new Cellular Propane Tank Monitor-ing System to a Propane Distributor and was given a new challenge: “We don’t have cellular cover-age everywhere we have tanks or trucks” the cus-tomer explained. “We have hundreds of tanks in the oil patch, some small stationary tanks, and some large trailer tanks. They get moved around and we actually lose some. I need a sys-tem that will provide GPS coordinates on a fully mapped web site and also provide a low level alert for the tank.”

Petro-Viron Inc. is not new to monitoring and managing data. They have been providing this service since 1991 be-ginning with Shell Can-ada. Shell was one of the first companies in Can-ada to remotely monitor electronic leak detection systems for their under-ground tanks and pip-ing. Changing with the times and pace of tech-nology, Petro-Viron now hosts thousands of tanks, assets and other devices with multiple hardware solutions and secure web sites, allowing their cus-tomers to view the status, run reports and be noti-fied of critical events via the internet from their office or smart phone.

With this challenge at hand, Petro Viron first sourced the hardware that could meet both conditions. The first one was to provide the ability to track the equipment, stationary or mobile, and second one was to provide the means and expandability to identify key events. Not only was it for alerts for this par-ticular customer, but also events such as a trailer or equipment door opening, a generator reaching its service interval, or liquid spilling into a contain-ment hold. Logging the

event with the date and time stamp was a perfect solution for many regula-tory requirements.

Michael elaborates “The big part was developing

the Pivot web site for our customers to view the information that was im-portant to them, and in a

format that provided flex-ibility, yet useful relevant information.” Pivot is fully customizable and al-lows customers to group their assets by equipment

type, sort information by status or location, and create specific noti-fication schedules and

event emails tailored to their needs. “Using the latest web site design that incorporates Tags, our customers can create as many tags for each asset

as required. Tags make finding the information and sorting it a breeze.” Furthermore, Petro-Viron

has partnered their Pivot web with Google Maps and also incorporates the LSD grid for Alberta addressing their custom-ers’ needs involved in the oil patch.

Petro-Viron’s S1 Mon-itor is a standard indus-trial device that provides the flexibility and reliabil-ity required when utilized on the back of a trailer exposed to the extreme elements, or on the top of a fuel tank with its CSA approval for hazardous locations. Another key feature is the S1 Monitor using standard AA lith-ium batteries providing thousands of transmis-sions. When power is low, the Pivot Web notifies the customer to schedule for easy battery replace-ment. Compact and light weight, the S1 Monitor in-cludes a mounting brack-et and industrial adhesive tape. The installation is typically completed in minutes.

Michael reflects back at meeting the challenge. “When most people hear the word satellite mon-itoring, they think big dol-lars. With our S1 Monitors three modes of operation,

regular interval reporting, geo-fence breach, and motion reporting, we pro-gram the monitor to pro-vide a solution to meet our customers’ needs and budget. Most companies are satisfied with a few updates per day and only need updates every few hours if they are moving or key events are taking place.”

“Our Pivot S1 Monitor-ing solution is perfect for trailers, containers, fuel-lube-propane-chemical fixed or mobile storage tanks, fleet vehicles, rail cars, heavy equipment. I could go on and on, but our customers know what is valuable to them and the importance of knowing where it is and what it is doing. The S1 is a very smart and flexible device. It can accumulate events (run times) as well as count events. Bring us your requirements and we will provide a solu-tion”.

For more information contact them by phone at 519.837.2281, by email at [email protected] or visit their web-site at www.petroviron.ca.V

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WEb PaGE SCrEEN SHOT

NEW PrODUCTS & SErvICES

EaSTErN GrEENWay OILS INC. (EGO)

Fuel Additives That Truckers Appreciate

Eastern Greenway Oils Inc. (EGO) is a small company

that prides itself in offer-ing eco-friendly products to consumers which can not only help the environ-ment, but aid in lowering expenses, too. Located in Waterville, New Bruns-wick, Eastern Greenway is nestled in the heart of trucking country, with the Houlton, U.S. border only minutes away. Brandon Harvey, EGO’s Director of Sales & Marketing ex-plains, “With respect to fuel additives, we hear a lot of stories from truck-ers who venture into the southern U.S., and then have issues with gelling once they return north to the Maritimes and Que-bec. This is one issue our products can really help to address.”

C u r r e n t l y, E a s t e r n Greenway has 75 distribu-tors in New Brunswick, PEI and Nova Scotia sell-

ing the EGO Penetr-All® penetrating oil and fuel enhancers. Mr. Harvey states “We have a won-derful network of dealers that cover a wide array of sectors in the Maritimes. We have products that help in all industries in-cluding trucking, fishing, farming and construction. Our dealers include auto-motive supply chains such as NAPA, CarQuest and Uni-Select; tractor dealers such as Case, John Deere and Kubota; truck dealers such as Peterbilt, Ken-worth, International And Freightliner; and other locations such as Home Hardware, gas stations and independent dealers. In a nutshell, we’ve got most areas covered but are always striving to sell more.”

Regarding the fuel addi-tives, EGO has had tre-mendous success, espe-cially with highway trucks. “Truckers are one of our

largest consumers of fuel additives,” Harvey states. “Most drivers believe in a quality additive, as they cannot afford unnecessary breakdowns and costly repairs. Fuel mileage is always a concern, too and that is where we shine.” EGO offers numerous fuel enhancers for diesel en-gines, and all are designed to address different issues. They have “preventative-maintenance” items such as “4+ Arctic with anti-gel” for winter and “4+Pre-mium” for summer. They have “Diesel Boost”, an all-season fuel conditioner

& lubricator designed for heavy trucks; and they also offer “Super Clean”, formerly known as “Diesel Kleen”, which is a super strength cleaner recom-mended every 10,000 miles to maintain cleanli-ness of the entire fuel sys-tem. To top it off, they offer a product called “Diesel Melt” which is only to be used in already-gelled fuel in cold weather. This product will get you up and running in 20 minutes, and contains no methanol or harmful alcohols.

Mr. Harvey states, “We tend to think of our prod-

ucts as being professional grade. You cannot buy them on every street cor-ner, and our bio-compon-ent serves a purpose like no other. Not only does it aid in lubricity, but when burned will drastically reduce harmful emissions and particulate matter.” EGO claims that many products out there do not advertise ASTM stan-dards, contain petroleum distillates, and contain a formula that has never changed in years. Harvey says, “Companies have to keep up to changes in technology; that’s why we

changed the formula last year in our 4+ Premium, 4+ Arctic and Diesel Boost to aid in the new high-pressure fuel systems found in today’s engines. We added products called DPF X-Tend™ and Black-Filter Eliminator™ to help reduce soot deposits in Diesel Particulate Filters (DPF’s) and to aid in ex-tending the fuel filters life.”

For more information on Eastern Greenway Oils and to find a dealer near you, check out their web-site at www.easterngreen-way.com or call them at 506.454.6609.V

FONTaINE FIFTH WHEEL

New Video Shows How to Get the Ultra Connection

Trussville, Alabama - As part of its commitment to customer support and

training, Fontaine Fifth Wheel has released a video and document out-

lining the proper coupling, sliding and uncoupling procedures for its new-est fifth wheels, the Fon-taine® Ultra LT, Ultra HD and Ultra HR.

“A good fifth wheel con-nection is critical for the safe operation of a truck and trailer,” explains Terry Mennen, Fontaine Fifth Wheel Vice President of Sales and Marketing. “Our Ultra family of fifth wheels uses a patented lock design that requires specific coupling, slid-ing and uncoupling pro-cedures. Every operator who drives a truck e q u i p p e d with a

Fontaine U l t r a LT, U l t ra HD or Ultra HR fifth wheel should review these procedures in order to maximize their safety and performance advantages.”

The training video runs for about eight and a half minutes and features live-action demonstrations of each step of the coupling, sliding and uncoupling

processes. It is available for download or online viewing under the “Vid-eos” tab on Fontaine’s website, www.fifthwheel.com.

The full-color training document details the coupling and uncoupling procedures, with photos illustrating key elements. It is available for down-load on Fontaine’s web-site at www.fifthwheel.com/support-informa-tion.html.

“By following the proper coupling, sliding, and un-

c o u p -

ling procedures for the Ultra LT,

Ultra HD and Ultra HR family of fifth wheels, you can count on Fontaine for safe, dependable per-formance mile after mile,” Mennen says.

For more information about Fontaine Fi f th Wheel, visit the website at www.fifthwheel.com or call 800.874.9780.V

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TIrES & WHEELS

DuraSeal Technology 5th Anniversary

Akron, Ohio – When Goodyear un-veiled DuraSeal

Technology five years ago, it represented a break-through in tire technology. It was the first - and still is - the only truck tire in the industry with a built-in sealant.

Originally marketed to-ward the waste-hauling industry with Goodyear’s line of mixed-service tires, the company now offers DuraSeal in several tire models, including the G316 LHT trailer tire, which also includes Goodyear’s Fuel Max Technology.

“Growth for DuraSeal Technology has been tre-mendous, and day-in, day-out, it’s helping to prevent flats for our customers,” said Bruce Woodruff, Dir-ector of Marketing for Goodyear. “We’ve seen our sales nearly triple on our trailer tires with Du-raSeal Technology in the past year. What’s more, our G288 MSA – a mixed service tire for use in the waste industry, especially transfer dump operations, as well as in construction applications, has doubled in sales in the past 12 months.”

DuraSeal Technology uses a gel-like, solvent-free compound built into the inner liner of the tire. It can seal punctures up to ¼-inch in the repair-able tread area, without the need to repair the tire until it is retreaded. This allows drivers to continue operating after a tire is punctured. (It does not seal sidewall punctures.)

Over the years, DuraSeal Technology has cascaded to a variety of tires for specific applications. “It really made sense to bring DuraSeal to our long-haul trailer tires, which also incorporates our low roll-ing resistance Fuel Max Technology compounds to optimize fuel economy,” said Woodruff. The Good-year marketing director pointed out that Fuel Max Technology makes the Goodyear G316 LHT a

verified low rolling resist-ance tire under the U.S. Environmental Protec-tion Agency’s SmartWay Program.

“Our research, analyzing all flats that are processed through fleetHQ, our emer-gency roadside service program, showed that a majority of flats occur in the trailer position,” Woodruff added. “Trailers not only pick up nails and other debris on the road, but when backing into loading docks.”

James Mason, Main-tenance Director for Mc-Connell & Sons of Little Rock, Arkansas, said after hearing what DuraSeal has done for mixed-service fleets, he was happy to see them available for the trailer position.

“Before going to Du-raSeal, we were normally experiencing 10 to 15 flats per month, so we were really pushing the limits when it came to down-time,” Mason said. “You can imagine how all those extra service calls and replacement tires used up our tire budget. Things got expensive - $350 to $400 per call.”

To see if DuraSeal could make a difference, Mason tested a set of DuraSeal tires on one of McConnell’s Heil pneumatic bulk tank-ers. “The tires went on the rig of one of our drivers who had suffered the most with flats,” said Mason. “After six months, the tires on that rig did not suffer one flat. Our driver couldn’t believe it. I couldn’t, either. So we ordered three more sets, and not one had a flat. We’re now standard-ized with DuraSeal in the 11R22.5 size, phasing out the existing trailer tires.”

In waste hauling applica-tions where operators run trucks into and out of land-

fills, Woodruff said Good-year’s DuraSeal Technol-ogy tires have become commonplace. “Our self-sealing t i res

really took hold because nails and other debris have the potential to puncture tires and disable a vehicle.”

Steve Cooke, Mainten-ance Manager for Ajax, Ontario-based National Waste Services (NWS), said two years ago his company began testing the Goodyear G177 with DuraSeal Technology on

the drive position of a roll-off truck based in Lindsay. Over the last two years, the DuraSeal tires have run 175,000 kilometers or 108,700 miles without a single flat, which Cooke said is “extraordinary.”

NWS runs a fleet of nearly 150 power units, includ-ing rear-loading, side-loading, front-loading and

roll-off trucks stationed at five different locations. It also runs 12 multi-axle highway truck and trailer combinations on Ontario Highway 401 from the Greater Toronto area to landfills.

Because of the success of that test, NWS now

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uses the Goodyear G177 with DuraSeal Technology on the drive position of trucks that operate in rural areas. Cooke said before the company tried the Du-raSeal tire, it was common for its trucks to get two or more flats each week.

The company’s success with the Goodyear Du-raSeal tire on the com-pany’s rural route trucks is why Cooke has also placed

DuraSeal tires on the eight UAG open-top and four compact trailers.

“It’s critical for those highway units not to have any downtime,” he said. “It’s a time-sensitive run because the drivers have just enough time to make one trip down to landfills and then drive back to load up for the next morning. We can’t have the drivers sitting on the side of On-tario Highway 401 waiting to get a flat tire repaired.”

Goodyear DuraSeal Technology has been par-ticularly good for haul-ing operations involving construction and demo-lition debris, such as Blaine, Minnesota-based Shamrock Disposal and Shamrock Recycling and Transfer. The company provides containers and hauling services to numer-ous construction contract-ors, roofing contractors and remodelers. Sham-rock trucks haul numerous

types of construction and demolition debris - wood, concrete, cardboard, sheetrock and metal - from the construction site to the construction waste hauling operation’s sister company, Shamrock Re-cycling.

Rich Gersdorf, owner of Shamrock, said he began using Goodyear G287 MSA DuraSeal tires on the steer and drive positions in 2008.

“The number of service calls we’ve experienced has dropped significantly,” Gersdorf said. Shamrock’s construction waste haul-ing operation runs an all-Mack fleet of 17 roll-off trucks with Ampliroll lift systems, five Class 8 tractors and five trailers, including three moving floor and two end-dump trailers.

“In the waste hauling industry, particularly for those involving construc-tion wastes, dealing with tire punctures is just an on-going battle we deal with everyday,” Gersdorf said.

Gersdorf said the com-pany’s trucks now have less than two service calls per month involving tires, and none of the calls are due to tire punctures. “I would estimate that de-pending on our work-load each day, plus the time of the calls and the distances involved, the service calls were costing us about $1,000 to $2,000 per month or more. Those expenses are now all but gone,” he said.

For more information on Goodyear’s commercial tires, go to www.goodyear.com/truck.V

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Next Generation Waste Haul Tire

Greater structural stability and en-hanced product

performance are the hall-marks of Continental Tire the Americas, LLC’s (“Con-tinental”) latest waste haul truck tire, the HSU2+, the company said today.

The HSU2+ is the next

generation of Continent-al’s heavy truck tire de-signed for waste hauling and other severe service applications. While the tire incorporates the previous HSU2’s wide tread and shoulder ribs for improved wear, a robust cut- and chip-resistant tread com-

pound and unique tread groove designs to reduce stone retention, a new feature is Continental’s premier “Stable” bead construction, said Roger Stansbie, director of truck tire engineering for the Americas.

“The Stable bead con-struction is a new, techno-logically advanced bead design that incorporates

the best that Continental’s engineers have to offer for severe service, con-struction and other off-road applications,” Stans-bie explained. “With the improvements we have made to the bead design, waste haulers and other tough customers will see even longer casing life-times and better struc-tural durability with the

HSU2+.”The new Stable bead

features an 18 percent increase in chafer cord density, an increase in the amount of tear-resistant wrap at the chafer and ply edges of the steel cord, an optimized chafer angle for improved stiffness across the body ply of the tire and an extruded sidewall, turn-up cover and rim

strip.Continental’s HSU2+

sports an extra-deep 26/32nds of tread depth, as well as 276 millimeters of tread width for greater stability. It is available now in size 315/80R22.5, load range L from author-ized Continental truck tire dealers. Visit www.continental-truck.com for more information.V

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DES qUESTIONS DE CONFOrMITé

Changements se Produisant Autour des Issues de FrontièrePar MarEK KraSUSKI

Plus de $1.5 milliards de marchandises traversent la fron-

tière Canada - États-Unis chaque jour, ce qui repré-sente 100 millions de pas-sages chaque année. Le boom économique pour les deux pays est assez grand pour que les hauts niveaux des deux gou-vernements nationaux se rapprochent pour essayer de résoudre des problèmes de commerce transfront-alier. Le President Barak Obama et le Premier Min-istre Stephen Harper se rencontreront plus tard cette année pour discuter l’harmonisation de la sécurité de la frontière pour faciliter le mouve-ment libre de cargaison entre les deux pays. Il y aura beaucoup à discuter. Depuis le bombardement des deux tours de la ville de New York, les États-Unis a introduit plus d’une douzaine de programmes de sécurité majeurs et le gouvernement du Canada a reflété ces initiatives de sécurité. Le résultat a été un soi-disant « épaisisse-ment » de la frontière qui, avec la récession, a placé le Canada dans un déficit commercial. Depuis 2007, le nombre de camions qui arrive au Canada a dépassé le nombre qui en sort pour aller aux Étas-Unis.

Un trait principal de l’activité transfrontalière est caracterisé par des politiques régulatoires rig-oureuses, des problèmes continuels de sécurité et de l’infrastructure. Ces réalités augmentent les coûts du transport et les observateurs de l’ indust-rie craignent que ceci ne menace la compétivité des marchandises fabriquées en Amérique du Nord et des investissements directs. D’autres soucis s’élèvent autour des com-mentaires faits par Janet Napolitano, Sécretaire de Homeland Security des États-Unis qui a attiré

l’attention sur la necessité de créer une ‘vraie’ fron-tière – euphèmisme, selon quelques analistes, qui cache l’idée d’introduire p lus de mesures de sécurité que celles créés depuis 911.

Il y a aussi des inquié-tudes au sujet de l’efficacité du programme FAST (FREE AND SECURE TRADE) une initiative jointe par les États-Unis et le Canada, concue pour augmenter la sécurité frontalière et accélerer le transport des cargaisons pour les trans-porteurs sans risques qui entrent aux États-Unis. Les transporteurs qui sont approuvés par FAST sont permis d’utiliser des lignes spéciales aux traversées frontalières. Celles-ci per-mettent un passage et un dédouanement plus rapide et efficace des car-gaisons transfrontaliers. L’approbation de FAST est exigée pour non seule-ment le transporteur mais aussi pour le chauffeur. Les chauffeurs avec un casier judiciaire ne sont pas acceptés par le pro-gramme FAST.

L’adhés ion au pro-gramme FAST comprend des avertissements. Elle exige que ses transpor-teurs soient approuvés par C-TPAT et PIP. C-TPAT(The Customs Trade PartnershipAgainst Ter-rorism) signifie que les compagnies qui y par-ticipent sont d’accord pour développer « un proces-sus de validation interne afin d’assurer la présence de certaines mesures de sécurité documentées dans leur voies de ravi-taillement ». L’adhésion à C-TPAT et à son equivalent canadien, PIP (Partners In Protection) prouve que ces compagnies ont déjà passé des mesures de sécurité rigoureuses et que les autorités frontalières peuvent avoir confiance en elles en comparaison à celles qui n’adhèrent pas à ces normes. L’industrie a bénéficé d’une déci-

sion récente quand les deux organisations se sont harmonisées. Depuis le mois de novembre 2010, l’adhésion à une organi-sation, C-TPAT ou PIP, confère automatiquement l’adhésion à l’autre. Avant, il fallait faire les deux de-mandes séparément bien que les deux demandes aient les questionnaires et papiers identiques.

La réputation de FAST comme programme qui assure un accès rapide aux États-Unis des cargaisons commerciaux a été remise en question récemment à la suite des plaintes con-cernant l’infrastructure de qualité inférieure. Stephen Russell qui parle de la part des American Trucking Associations a critiqué le manque d’investissement en infrastructure et res-sources dont on a besoin pour permettre la circu-lation optimale des car-gaisons commerciaux à la frontière. Les problèmes se voient les plus aigus aux traversées de ponts entre les deux pays. Les transporteurs approuvés par FAST sont souvent obligés d’attendre dans une queue longue de 2,5 milles dans des voies con-cues pour accommoder des queues beaucoup plus courtes .

Depuis 911 toutes les mesures de sécurité qui guident l’importation des marchandises aux États-Unis sont sous la rubrique de l’ACE (Automated Com-mercial Environment) la douane et la protection frontalière americaine nommée ‘ l’etalon–or’ des processus douaniers com-merciaux. Ce programme assure la livraison rapide des marchandises en re-duisant le temps d’attente par 33% aux certains ports d’entree et permet au per-sonnel de sécurité de viser des cargaisons risqués par des mécanismes qui identifient les marchan-dises ou les chauffeurs comme suspects. Le cout de cette initiative, qui

compte aussi l’adhésion aux programmes comme C-TPAT, PIP et FAST, est mesuré ausssi pour la quantité de documenta-tion exigée pour entrer aux États-Unis.

Kevin Gills, directeur de conformité et des opéra-tions américaines chez Manitoulin Transport a expliqué recemment les procédures qui obtiennent pour transporter le car-gaison du Canada aux régions au sud de la fron-tière. Manitoulin Transport utilise plusieurs traversées frontalières du Québec à la Colombie Britannique.

« Les règlements exigent qu’on emploie les services d’un courtier de douane qui assumera la respons-abilité de PAPS (Pre-Ar-rival Processing System). Avant qu’on puisse ex-porter des marchandises aux États-Unis, il faut que le courtier vérifie la charge et lui donne un numéro PAPS. Ensuite nous som-mes obligés de verifier sur le web-site du courtier pour nous assurer que les marchandises ont été ac-cepté pour le passage.

D’autres méthodes inclu-ent une caution de transit et dans certains cas, un simple notice aux doua-niers si les marchandises ont une valeur en-dessous de $200 américains. Une fois approuvée, la com-pagnie peut transporter la cargaison à la frontière ac-compagnée de ses papiers

ACE, documents obliga-toires qui précisent la de-scription de la compagnie, la cargaison, son poids et la quantité d’articles, des points de départ et d’arrivée et le port d’entrée voulu. L’inobservation de tous les réglements en-trainera un refus d’entrer aux États-Unis.

En ce qui concerne les grands transporteurs LTL comme Manitoulin Transport, le processus est plus complexe. Kevin Gills l’explique ainsi, « Il nous arrive de vouloir expédier, par exemple, 40 cargaisons de provenance de 40 compagnies dans une seule remorque. Si, parmi ces compagnies, il y en a qui ne sont pas ap-prouvées par FAST, nous ne pouvons pas utiliser les voies FAST » . Il y a des exceptions, quand un camion rentre vide ou quand la cargaison entière est expediée par une compagnie approuvée par FAST.

Jusqu’à date les restric-tions ont été plus pronon-cées du coté américain de la frontière, spéciale-ment en ce qui concerne le règlement qui exige qu’on indique l’arrivée de la cargaison au moins une heure avant son ar-rivée au port américain du point d’entrée. Des règle-ments similaires vont être redigés pour le coté cana-dien du frontière aussi. L’initiative CSA (CUSTOMS

SELF ASSESSMENT) est un programme qui facilite le mouvement transfront-aliér des marchandises qui arrivent au Canada. En commençant en 2012, le CBSA (Canada Border Services Agency) exigera un e-manifest pour les cargaisons qui entrent au Canada. Sous les règle-ments actuels, les car-gaisons qui entrent sans IAD (Importeradmissibility Data) peuvent toujours y entrer. Ceci va changer avec la mise en oeuvre de l’e-manfest. « Pourvu que les transporteurs aient soumis leur e-manifest et les courtiers de douane aient donné leur numéro PAPS avant d’arriver à la frontière canadienne, ils y pourront entrer. « Sans ces deux permis, e-manifest et l’IAD, ils se verront bar-rés » dit Kevin Gill.

En effet, la conformité pour les compagnies qui cherchent à faire la trans-portation transfrontalière demande un certain cour-age. Selon Dawn Truell, propriétaire de Cross Bor-der Services, expert en normes de conformité et éducatrice spécialiste de douane qui travaille avec les deux gouvernements les défis sont nombreux.

« Souvent quand les gens ouvrent une compagnie de transport, ils pensent que c’est une chose facile et peu couteuse. Il faut,

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ELCarGO

Une Économie De Carburant De Près De 9% Avec Le Nouveau Système Multi-Flip D’ElCargo

St-Hyacinthe, QC - Les résultats des essais de consom-

mation Énergotest effec-tués avec le tout nouveau système de toile mécanisé Multi-Flip d’ELCARGO en septembre dernier mon-trent une économie de carburant de 8,80% avec la benne couverte com-parativement à la consom-mation obtenue lorsque la benne n’était pas couverte du système Multi-Flip. Ces essais ont été effectués en septembre dernier lors de la cinquième édition d’Énergotest au Centre d’essais pour véhicules automobiles de Transports Canada à Blainville.

L’ o b j e c t i f p r e m i e r du système Multi-Flip

d’ELCARGO est de protéger par sa toile étanche la marchandise à l’intérieur de la benne basculante et d’en faciliter l’ouverture et la fermeture de façon sécuritaire grâce à son opération mécanisé simple et efficace. Mais la toile permet aussi de réduire la trainée aérodynamique du véhicule lorsque la benne est vide.

Les résultats des essais ont été plus que con-cluants, et permettent maintenant à l’entreprise d’affirmer que l’utilisation de ses systèmes de toile mécanisés peut mener à des économies de carbur-ant qui frôlent les 9%.

À cette reconnaissance s’ajoute l’accréditation

de la technologie ELCAR-GO par le Programme d’aide à l’amélioration de l’efficacité énergétique dans le transport des mar-chandises du Ministère des Transports du Qué-bec. Cette accréditation permet aux transporteurs de demander une subven-tion pouvant aller jusqu’à 1500.00$ du coût d’achat et d’installation d’un sys-tème de toile ELCARGO.

« La rentabilité de nos systèmes de toile mécan-isés étaient déjà excellente, grâce aux économies de carburant, rappelle Réal Royer. Mais avec cette subvention, les transpor-teurs et les camionneurs artisans n’ont plus aucune raison de se priver des

avantages d’un système mécanisé ELCARGO. »

Depuis maintenant 10 ans, les systèmes de toile mécanisés ELCARGO, fab-riqués au Québec, ont dé-montré leur solidité et leur fiabilité. Les résultats des essais Énergotest 2009 et 2010 démontre clairement les économie et par le fait même la protection de l’environnement des sys-tèmes de toiles mécanisé ELCARGO et l’accréditation au programme d’aide à l ’ a m é l i o r a t i o n d e l’efficacité énergétique viennent confirmer qu’ils sont aussi profitables, et qu’ils constituent un moy-en efficace pour réduire la consommation de carbur-ant, tout en réduisant les

émissions de polluants.Les performances éco-

environnementales des systèmes de toile mécan-isés ElCargo sont d’ailleurs les seuls à avoir été docu-mentées scientifiquement, dans le cadre des plus récents essais Énergotest. Ces essais sur les per-formances en économie de carburant, effectués par la firme indépendante FPInnovations en septem-bre dernier sur la piste de Transport Canada à Blainville, ont permis de démontrer que les sys-tèmes ELCARGO peuvent permettre de réaliser une économie de carburant de 14,93% dans le cas des remorques à toi ouvert et de 8.80% pour le Multi-Flip.

Pour plus d’information, c o m m u n i q u e z a v e c : Roger Lussier, directeur des ventes, ElCarGO au 450.253.3560 ou sans frais au 877.353.3560 ou Sylvain Saumure, Com-munications Armure, au 514.774.9790 ou par cour-riel, [email protected].

Pour plus d’information s u r l e P r o g r a m m e d’efficacité énergétique dans le transport des mar-chandises, visitez le site internet du Ministère des Transports du Québec au lien suivant: www.mtq.gouv.qc.ca/portal/page/portal/ministere/minis-tere/programmes_aide/efficaciteener_transp_march_camionnage.V

SEMI–rEMOrqUES WIzarDS

Publie un numéro sans frais de Service d’urgence routière « ERS » accessible à travers l’Amérique du Nord

Se m i – r e -morques Wizards (autrefois Lions

Gate Trailers / Provin-cial Trailer Rentals) a publié aujourd’hui son numéro ERS sans frais pour l’Amérique du Nord : 855.EASY.ERS (327.9377). L’accès sans frais à ce ser-vice d’urgence mobile de réparation de remorques, en opération 24/7, qui existe de longue date n’est qu’une des nombreuses initiatives mises en place par Semi–remorques Wiz-ards pour que le client vive une expérience conviviale en faisant affaires avec eux.

Doug Vanderspek, Pré-sident de Trailer Wizards a déclaré, « Notre pro-gramme ERS est éprouvé et effectif, il s’étend au-delà de notre réseau canadien pour couvrir les États-Unis. Comme un grand nombre de semi-remorques de nos cli-ents voyagent à travers l’Amérique du Nord, nous avons développé le réseau nécessaire pour que, sur un appel, Trailer Wizards organise une solution complète répondant en tous points aux besoins du client. Que la réparation soit effectuée par notre personnel ou l’un de nos

partenaires de service pré qualifiés, le proces-sus sera le même pour les clients qui recevront un rapport détaillé sur les travaux qui ont été faits sur l’équipement ».

Semi–remorques Wiz-ards est fier de la bonne condition de sa flotte et de ses programmes d ’ e n t r e t i e n p r é v e n -tif. Cependant lorsque s u r v i e n t u n e s i t u a -tion d’urgence, un plan d’action est mis en place pour éviter des maux de têtes aux clients. Monsieur Vanderspek ajoute « Ce service est une des nom-breuses améliorations

que nous avons apporté à l’industrie. Le fait que nous sommes le plus important fournisseur en location de semi-remorques au Can-ada nous procure certains avantages concurrentiels dont nos clients peuvent bénéficier. Notre objectif est de développer notre entreprise suivant une approche personnalisée résultant de l’écoute de nos clients et de notre réponse à leurs exigences, d’un Océan à l’autre ».

Sous sa nouvelle im-age de marque, Semi-remorques Wizards est le principal fournisseur de solutions de loca-

tion de semi-remorques e t d ’ e n t r e p o s a g e . L’entreprise offre des pro-grammes d’entretien com-plets, l’assistance routière en tout temps (24/7) et possède les ressources nécessaires pour toujours livrer l’équipement requis par les clients au mo-ment où ils en ont le plus besoin. Grâce aux plus récentes technologies de repérage satellite, elle est en mesure de réduire les coûts de la clientèle en as-surant une meilleure opti-misation du parc de semi-remorques. De plus, ses initiatives écologiques ont aussi un effet bénéfique

sur les ressources de la clientèle et sur la planète. Avec plus de 25 centres Semi-remorques Wizards partout au Canada, elle a réalisé son rêve, celui d’offrir un « Service local... à la grandeur du pays ».

Pour en savoir plus à pro-pos de Semi-remorques Wizards, y compris sur les types de semi-remorques, la disponibilité et les pro-grammes d’entretien, vis-itez notre site Internet au www.trailerwizards.com pour obtenir de plus amples renseignements ainsi que nos coordon-nées… à la grandeur du pays.V

…Changements >>

pourtant, tenir compte du grand nombre d’exigences telle le CVIP (Commercial Vehicle Impoundment Pro-gram). Si on trouve des défauts critiques dans un camion ou une remorque, l ’ inspecteur enlèvera les plaques et saisira le véhicule durant un min-imum de quinze jours. Les

compagnies de transport sont guettées aussi par les agences d’application telles MTO, DOT, CBSA, CBP et FMCSA qui re-garderont le résumé de chaque chauffeur. »

Truell souligne aussi un avertissement sur la con-sommation d’alcool.

« Le taux d’alcoolémie est zéro. Selon les nouveaux règlements, si l’alcool test

indique un niveau de .05, une suspension de permis est automatique pendant 72 heures et le véhicule est saisi. Ceci affecte les prime d’assurance pour le chauffeur et pour la com-pagnie et dans certains cas le chauffeur peut être renvoyé » dit-elle.

Étant donné toutes les demandes de conformité pour les chauffeurs et pour

les compagnies, il reste la question, pourquoi ils veu-lent continuer à faire du commerce transfrontalier? Il y en a beaucoup qui ne le font plus. Il y a des proprié-taires-chauffeurs et aussi de petites compagnies

qui ne supportent plus les enquètes de sécurité méticuleuses, toute la paperasserie et les exi-gences placées sur leurs

opérations. Beaucoup de compagnies canadiennes ont decidé de ne plus faire le commerce transfront-

alier » dit Dawn Truell. « Il y a juste trop de problèmes qui le rendent trop difficiles pour eux. »V

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alberta

BRooksNAPA Auto PArts

Box 1276,Brooks, AB T1R 1C1Tel: 403.501.5551Fax: 403.501.5665

Email: [email protected]: Brian Sieble

CalgaRytrActioN

329 – 72nd Ave. S.E., Unit 82,Calgary, AB, T2C 4X6Tel: 403.279.2870Fax: 403.279.4372

Email: [email protected]: Pat Joseph

edMontontrActioN HeAd office18532 – 116th Avenue

Edmonton, AB T5S 2W8Tel: 780.489.7555Fax: 780.481.0148

Email: [email protected]: Richard O’Brien

edMonton noRtH WesttrActioN

18051 – 111th AvenueEdmonton NW, AB T5S 2P2

Tel: 780.444.4334Fax: 780.444.7204

Email: [email protected]: Rob Dodds

edMonton soutHtrActioN

3404 – 78th AvenueEdmonton South, AB, T6B 2X9

Tel: 780.465.8010Fax: 780.466.4627

edsonNAPA Auto PArts 4657A

4833 – 2nd AvenueEdson, AB, T7E 1T8Tel: 780.712.4152Fax: 780.712.4212

Email: [email protected]: Kris Pero

foRt MCMuRRayPArAmouNt PArts iNc.

36 Riedel Street,Fort McMurray, AB T9H 3E1

Tel: 780.791.3000Fax: 780.790.0365

Email: [email protected]: Brent Usick

gRande pRaiRietrActioN

#4 16101 – 101 Street,Grande Prairie, AB T8V 0P2

Tel: 780.538.3038Fax: 780.538.3398

Email: [email protected]: Harold Harmsen

HigH pRaiRieHigH PrAirie truck & trAiler ltd

5309 – 53rd Avenue,High Prairie, AB T0G 1E0

Tel: 780.523.4777Fax: 780.523.4773

Contact: Crosby RichHinton

NAPA Auto PArts 4236A120 North Street

Hinton, AB, T7V 1S8Tel: 780.865.8800Fax: 780.865.7628

Email: [email protected]

alberta

lloydMinsteRtruck ZoNe

5205 – 65th StreetLloydminster, AB, T9V 2E8

Tel: 780.875.7712Fax: 780.875.4039

Email: [email protected]: Peter Parkinson

MediCine HatHydrAco iNdustries ltd.

2110 – 9th Avenue S.W.Medicine Hat, AB T1A 7G8

Tel: 403.526.2244Fax: 403.526.1074

Email: [email protected]: John Karamanos

peaCe RiveRPeAce truck & trAiler ltd.

9103 – 75th StreetPeace River, AB, T8S 1T2

Tel: 780.624.8655Fax: 780.624.8592

Email: [email protected]: Rene Houle

Red deeRtrActioN

8045 Edgar Industrial Cr.Red Deer, AB, T4P 3R2

Tel: 403.342.7884Fax: 403.342.7377

Email: [email protected]: Ron Cain

RoCky Mountain HouseNAPA #6260

4528F – 47th AvenueRocky Mtn House, AB, T4T 0A9

Tel: 403.845.2709Fax: 403.845.2786

Email: [email protected]: Dave Auld

WaBasCaPelicAN Automotive

2330 Pelican Business Park,Wabasca, AB T0G 2A0

Tel: 780.891.3600Fax: 780.891.3615

Contact: Shawn Molloy

british columbia

BuRns lakePolAr PArk Automotive

831 Hwy 16 WestBurns Lake, BC, V0J 1E0

Tel: 250.692.7501Fax: 250.692.7985

Email: [email protected]: Keith Brown

foRt nelsontrActioN

cHr-Ack PArts & rePAirs4704 – 48th Avenue,

Fort Nelson, BC V0C 1R0Tel: 250.774.3273Fax: 250.774.3274

Email: [email protected]: John & Colleen Reynolds

kaMloopsPiNeridge trAiler

& equiPmeNt ltd.1875 Kryczka Place,

Kamloops, BC, V1S 1S4Tel: 250.374.3100Fax: 250.374.0631Contact: Fred Daku

british columbia

keloWnaceNtrAl vAlley truck service

ltd

105 Adams Road

Kelowna, BC, V1X 7R1

Tel: 250.765.7738

Fax: 250.765.7705


Contact: Rick Viens

pRinCe geoRgeNAPA – Pg

564 – 2nd Avenue

Prince George, BC, V2L 2Z9

Tel: 250.563.7778

Fax: 250.563.4994


Contact: Kevin Carter

quesnelNAPA trActioN

1185 Hwy 97 North

Quesnel, BC, V2J 2Y3

Tel: 250.991.0650

Fax: 250.991.0620


Contact: Nick Biller

sMitHeRssmitHers PArts & service

3465 Victoria Drive

Smithers, BC V0J 2N0

Tel: 250.847.4287

Fax: 250.847.5038


Contact: Dan Groot

squaMisHtritoN Auto & iNd. ltd.

1003 Industrial Way

Squamish, BC, V0N 3G0

Tel: 604.892.5951

Fax: 604.892.3986


Contact: Mike Bothroyd

suRReytrAiliNe trAiler PArts ltd.

10304A – 120th Street,

Surrey, BC V3V 4G1

Tel: 604.582.4888

Fax: 604.582.4880


Contact: Steve Knowlan

teRRaCeBow vAlley mAcHiNe

5107 Keith Avenue

Terrace, BC, V8G 1K8

Tel: 250.638.0099


Contact: Steve Leal

WilliaMs lakewl forestry suPPlies ltd.

675 McKenzie Avenue

Williams Lake, BC, V2G 1N9

Tel: 250.392.6699

Fax: 250.392.6644


Contact: Tom Good

manitoba

BRandonrcB truck & trAiler ltd.

5600 Richmond Ave. E.Brandon, MB, R7A 7L5

Tel: 204.727.4850Fax: 204.727.2068

Email: [email protected]: Rick Blaine

WinnipegtrActioN

200 Oak Point HighwayWinnipeg, MB, R2R 1V1

Tel: 204.956.9490Fax: 204.949.9493

Email: [email protected]: Louise Ross

n. W. territories

yelloWknifedeltA mike HoldiNgs ltd.114 – 314 Old Airport Road

Yellowknife, NT, X1A 3T2Tel: 867.669.6272Fax: 867.669.6282

Email: [email protected]: Doug Moodie

ontario

trActioN oNtArio HeAd office

6895 Menway Court,Mississauga, ON L5S 1W2

Tel: 905.612.0032or 905.672.3288

Fax: 905.612.8572 Email: [email protected]

Web: www.uapinc.com

BanCRoftm&m gAs diesel & truck

PArts

27523 Highway 62 South,Bancroft, ON K0L 1C0

Tel: 613.332.5474Fax: 613.332.5998

BaRRie255 Saunders Road,Barrie, ON L4N 9A3Tel: 705.792.1371Fax: 705.792.1591

Contact: Jason NelsonEmail: [email protected]

BellevillequiNte truck & trAiler PArts

280 Jamison Bone Road, Belleville ON K8N 5B5

Tel: 613.966.6070Fax: 613.966.0720

Boltonvisco iNdustriAl

1 Simpson Road,Bolton, ON L7E 1E4Tel: 905.857.2071Fax: 905.857.2070

CaMBRidge1090 Fountain Street North,

Units 12 & 13,Cambridge, ON N3E 1A3

Tel: 519.653.3427Fax: 519.653.0608Contact: Jim Curley


ontario

dRydend & s Auto

495 Government StreetP.O. Box 697

Dryden, ON P8N 2Z3Tel: 807.223.3227Fax: 807.223.4245Contact: Dale Green

HaMilton30 Bancroft Street

Hamilton, ON L8E 2W5Tel: 905.561.0932Fax: 905.561.3280

Contact: Brian KinzelEmail: [email protected]

HanoveRJd truck PArts790 – 10th Street,

Hanover, ON N4N 1S2Tel: 519.364.1848Fax: 519.364.7738

Contact: Brad WedowEmail: [email protected]

kenoRad & s Auto

1051 Railway Street,Kenora, ON P9N 3W8

Tel: 807.468.9894Fax: 807.468.8436Contact: Dale Green


london2405 Scanlan Street,London, ON N5W 6G9

Tel: 519.455.3440Fax: 519.455.2812Contact: Derek Dutt


Maidstone3725 Webster Dr. RR #3Maidstone, ON N0R 1K0

Tel: 519.737.7995Fax: 519.737.7741

Mississauga5915 Atlantic Drive, Units 6 & 7

Mississauga, ON L4W 1S4Tel: 905.670.2868Fax: 905.670.9757

Contact: Doug PaddockEmail: [email protected]

neW liskeaRdTracTion new Liskeard

437136 Hawn Drive,New Liskeard, ON P0J 1P0

Tel: 705.647.8707 Fax: 705.647.9362

noRtH Bayservice 1 mufflers & more

2621 Trout Lake RoadNorth Bay, ON P1B 7S8

Tel : 705.497.0404Fax: 705.497.9543

sault ste. MaRie380 Industrial Park Crescent,Sault Ste. Marie, ON P6B 5Y8

Tel: 705.759.8042Fax: 705.759.2962

Contact: Maurice SaindonEmail: [email protected]

st. CatHaRinesNick’s truck PArts

244 Dunkirk Road,St. Catharines, ON L2R 7K6

Tel: 905.687.7031Fax: 905.687.7129

ontario

sudBuRysudBury truck & trAiler iNc

510 Whissell Avenue,Sudbury, ON P3B 2Z3

Tel: 705.673.3613Fax: 705.673.4411

Contact: Cheryl Schroeder

tHundeR BaytrActor trAiler service

64 Water Street South,Thunder Bay, ON P7B 6T3

Tel: 807.345.5882Fax: 807.345.1559Contact: Felice Meo

WHitBy1751 Wentworth St. W., Units 3-6,

Whitby, ON L1N 8R9Tel: 905.432.2785Fax: 905.571.5436

Contact: Paul MacLeanEmail: [email protected]

saskatcheWan

MeadoW lakeuNified Auto PArts iNc.

807-1st Avenue WestMeadow Lake, SK, S9X 1N2

Tel: 306.764.4220Fax: 306.236.3200

Email: [email protected]: Mark Krasicki

Moose jaWgoldeN west trAiler &

equiPmeNt ltd.1802 Stadacona West

Moose Jaw, SK, S6H 4N8Tel: 306.692.7402Fax: 306.694.0607


Contact: Tim Trafford

pRinCe alBeRtuNified Auto PArts iNc.

365-36th Street WestPrince Albert, SK S6V 7L4

Tel: 306.764.4220Fax: 306.763.7988

Email: [email protected]: Mark Krasicki

ReginatrActioN

405 Park StreetRegina, SK, S4N 5B2Tel: 306.721.8333Fax: 306.721.4446

Email: [email protected]: Max Devers

saskatoontrActioN

#2, 2915 Faithfull AvenueSaskatoon, SK, S7K 8E8

Tel: 306.244.9877Fax: 306.244.9878

Email: [email protected]: Jeff Stinson

sWift CuRRentBrAke & drive ltd.

1511 Cheadle Street WestSwift Current, SK S9H 5G4

Tel: 306.773.7293Fax: 306.773.5511

Email: [email protected]: Bruce Borden

HEaLTHy LIvING

What Are Irradiated Foods & How Safe Are They?

Food irradiation is the process of exposing food to a controlled

amount of energy called “ionizing radiation.” There are three different types of radiation allowed: Gamma

28 MarCH 2011

alberta

edMontonmccoy service ceNtre west

17303 – 114th Avenue,Edmonton, AB T5S 2R9

Tel: 780.453.8706Fax: 780.453.8758

Email: [email protected]: Darnell Jabs

mccoy service ceNtre soutH3904 – 78th Avenue,

Edmonton, AB T6B 2W4Tel: 780.468.1471Fax: 780.440.1394

[email protected]: Ken Mitchell

gRande pRaiRieBrAdviN trAiler sAles ltd.

10920 – 87th Avenue,Grande Prairie, AB T8V 8K4

Tel: 780.539.6260Fax: 780.539.4247

Email: [email protected]: Brad Willsey

HigH pRaiRieHigH PrAirie truck & trAiler

Box 1388,High Prairie, AB, T0G 1E0

Tel: 780.523.4777Fax: 780.523.4773

Contact: Crosby Rich

lloydMinsteRtruck ZoNe

5205 – 65th Street,Lloydminster, AB, T9V 2E8

Tel: 780.875.7712Fax: 780.875.4039

Email: [email protected]: Peter Parkinson

MediCine HatHydrAco iNdustries ltd.2110 – 9th Avenue S.W.,

Medicine Hat, AB T1A 7G8Tel: 403.526.2244Fax: 403.526.1074

Email: [email protected]: John Karamanos

alberta

peaCe RiveRPeAce truck & trAiler

9103 – 75th Street,Peace River, AB T8S 1T2

Tel: 780.624.8655Fax: 780.624.8592

Email: [email protected]: Rene Houle

Red deeRmccoy service ceNtre

4841 – 78th Street,Red Deer, AB, T4P 1N5

Tel: 403.343.8771Fax: 403.340.0888

[email protected]: Larry Ackerman

sundRePArtco truck PArts & service

Box 1187,West Road Industrial Park,

Sundre, AB T0M 1X0Tel: 403.638.3414Fax: 403.638.4232

Email: [email protected]: Daryl Peters or Scott

Lausen

british columbia

CHilliWaCklickmAN truck & trAiler

25, 43915 Industrial Way,Chilliwack, BC V2R 3A9

Tel: 604.793.9660Fax: 604.793.9620

[email protected]: Dave Easson or

Wayne Cromarty

foRt nelsoncHr-Ack PArts & rePAirs

4704 – 49th Avenue,Fort Nelson, BC, V0C 1R0

Tel: 250.774.3273Fax: 250.774.3274

Email: [email protected]:John & Colleen Reynolds

british columbia

pRinCe geoRgetotAl truck & equiPmeNt ltd.

9122 Rock Island Road,Prince George, BC V2N 5T4

Tel: 250.564.6763Email: [email protected]

Contact: Mark Forbes

sMitHeRssmitHers PArts & service

3465 Victoria Drive,Smithers, BC V0J 2N0

Tel: 250.847.4287Fax: 250.847.5048

Email: [email protected]: Dan Groot

manitoba

BRandonrcB truck & trAiler ltd.

5600 Richmond Ave. E.,Brandon, MB, R7A 7L5

Tel: 204.727.9172Fax: 204.725.4702

Email: [email protected]: Rick Blaine

WinnipegZiriNo’s Auto truck & trAiler

service ltd.3165 McGillivray Blvd.,Winnipeg MB, R3Y 1G5

Tel: 204.275.8038Fax: 204.275.7759

Email: [email protected]: Joe Zirino

ontario

BaRRiesimcoe truck & trAiler ltd

630 Welham Road,Barrie, ON L4N 8Z8Tel: 705.728.8222Fax: 705.728.9855

BoltonBoltoN truck & trAiler

1 Simpson Road,Bolton, ON L7E 1E4Tel: 905.951.9111Fax: 905.951.9113

ontario

CaistoR CenteRPyett sPriNg & AligNmeNt

9381 Silver Street, R.R. 2,Caistor Center, ON L0R 1E0

Tel: 905.957.7033Fax: 905.957.0808

CaledoniaoNeidA truck & trAiler

634 Fourth Line,Caledonia, ON N3W 2B3

Tel: 905.765.5011

doWnsvieWNortH keele Auto,

truck & trAiler rePAir

3915 Keele Street,Downsview, ON M3J 1N6

Tel: 416.638.5963Fax: 416.638.5964

edenvotH sAles & service

10816 Plank Road 19,Eden, ON N0J 1H0Tel: 519.866.3459Fax: 519.866.3572Contact: Frank Voth

essexkeN lAPAiN & soN ltd

2119 County Road 15,Essex, ON N8M 2X6Tel: 519.776.6473Fax: 519.776.6475

etoBiCokeok tire truck rePAir

39 Shorncliffe Road,Etobicoke, ON M8Z 5K2

Tel: 416.236.1277Contact: Darryl Croft

goulais RiveRgoulAis river truck & trActor

90 Highway 552 East,Goulais River ON P0S 1E0

Tel: 705.649.4788Fax: 705.649.4754

ontario

HaMiltonBArtoN truck ceNtre ltd.

483-487 Rennie Street,Hamilton, ON L8H 3P6

Tel: 905.544.2626Fax: 905.544.0747

HanoveRHwy #4 truck service

R R #1, Hanover, ON N4N 3B8Tel: 519.369.5052Fax: 519.369.5961

HeaRstserge g & d rePAir iNc.

P O Box 1706, Hearst, ON P0L 1N0Tel: 705.362.5633Fax: 705.362.7960

HuntsvillemuskokA truck ceNtre

88 Madill Church Road,Huntsville, ON P1H 2J2

Tel: 705.789.8600Toll Free Tel: 866.353.3009

Fax: 705.789.9584

kapuskasingPAreNt mecHANicAl services

53 Brunelle Road North,Kapuskasing, ON P5N 2M1

Tel: 705.335.3617Fax: 705.337.6880

longlaCrAy & doris truck PArts

106 Hamel Avenue,Longlac, ON P0T 2A0

Tel: 807.876.2687Fax: 807.876.2570

MississaugaB. ANdrews truck service

ceNtre ltd.6755 Columbus Road, Unit #2,

Mississauga, ON L5T 2G9Tel: 905.670.3384Fax: 905.670.5794

Contact: Boyd AndrewsEmail: [email protected]

ontario

neW liskeaRdPioNeer sPriNg & AligNmeNt

260 Hawn Road., Box 1088,New Liskeard, ON P0J 1P0

Tel: 705.647.8707Fax: 705.647.9362

oakvillek.i.d. truck & trAiler service

1090 South Service Rd., Unit A,Oakville, ON L6J 2X8

Tel: 905.842.2942Fax: 905.338.5600

ottaWaottAwA trAiler rePAir iNc.

2020 Bantree Street,Ottawa, ON K1B 5A4Tel: 613.741.0878Fax: 613.741.0245

siMCoewilsoN truck & trAiler

401 Queensway West,Simcoe, Ontario N3Y 5B3

Tel: 519.428.0501Fax: 519.428.4631

Contact: Duane or Lisa Wilson

sudBuRysudBury truck & trAiler

510 Whissell Avenue,Sudbury, ON P3B 2Z3

Tel: 705.673.3613Fax: 705.673.4411

Contact: Dennis Monticelli

veRneRmoBile mecHANicAl services

11769 Hwy 364, Box 309,Verner, ON P0H 2M0Tel: 705.594.1319Fax: 705.594.1548

saskatcheWan

saskatoonA-liNe frAme & AligNmeNt

3246 Millar Avenue,Saskatoon, SK, S7K 5Y2

Tel: 306.931.6612Fax: 306.931.6615

Email: [email protected]: Stan & Fred Neudorf

HEaLTHy LIvING

What Are Irradiated Foods & How Safe Are They?

Food irradiation is the process of exposing food to a controlled

amount of energy called “ionizing radiation.” There are three different types of radiation allowed: Gamma

rays, X-rays and electron beam radiation.

WHy IrraDIaTE FOOD?

Ionizing radiation can penetrate food, killing micro-organisms without raising the temperature of the food significantly.

Food irradiation is used to prevent food poisoning by reducing the level of harmful bacteria, such as Escherichia coli (common-ly abbreviated “E.coli”) in ground beef and Salmon-ella and Campylobacter in

poultry as well as parasites which cause food-borne diseases. It also prevents spoilage by destroying bacteria, molds and yeast which cause food to spoil. By using food irradiation it also controls insect and parasite infestation and increases shelf life by slowing the ripening or sprouting in fresh fruits and vegetables.

It is possible for irradi-ated food to become con-taminated after it has been

treated. For this reason, proper storage, handling and cooking are very im-portant.

IS EaTING IrraDIaTED

FOODS SaFE?

Vegetables, meats, poult-ry, nuts, spices are some of the foods you are eating which are irradiated. Ir-radiation damages the quality of food. Irradiation also covers up problems that the meat and poultry industry should solve.

Science has not proved

that a long-term diet of irradiated foods is safe for human health. Labe l ing i s necessary to inform consum-e r s s o they can make the choice to avoid irradi-a t e d f o o d s . Electron-beam ir-radiation today means nuclear irradiation to-

morrow. Irradiation using radioactive materials is

an environmental hazard. Irradi-

ation doesn’t p r o v i d e clean food nor does n o t h i n g to change

t h e w a y food is grown

and produced.For a full story send

an email to [email protected]

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accounting, tax & bookkeePing

accounTs & records ManageMenT

Bookkeeping For YourBusiness & Personal Finances

Toll Free Tel: 888.644.2333

• • •iT’s aLL abouT nuMbers

1017 Jordan Road,Cardinal, ON K0E 1E0

Diagonally across from the730 Truck Stop

Tel: 613.340.8409Fax: 888.818.4964

[email protected]

Summer hours by appointment only

• • •

souThwesT Tax consuLTing inc.In-Home Service Truckers Tax Saver

Tel: 800.642.2716Email: [email protected]: www.SouthwestTax.ca

“Call for an In-Home Quote in Ontario”

• • •

TransporT FinanciaL services

Specializing in the trucking industry since 1974

Toll Free: 800.461.5970Email: [email protected]: www.tfsgroup.com

“We Make Trucking Less Taxing”

• • •

TruckTax™

4261-A14 Hwy 7 East. Suite 885Markham, ON L3R 9W6Toll Free: 888.456.6504

Tel: 905.477.7773Fax: 866.323.8250

Web: www.trucktax.ca

“Bookkeeping, Tax Preparation and Tax Planning for Truckers”

advocates & lobbyists

The Trucker’s voice

2 Cripple Creek Crescent,Stittsville, ON K2S 1T3

Tel: 613.831.1332Email: Peter_Turner@ thetruckersvoice.ca

Web: www.thetruckersvoice.ca

air brake trainingfor mechanics

FreinMeisTer group inc.6 Farnham Crescent,

London, ON N6K 1K1

Tel: 519.641.6770


Web: www.freinmeister.com

air conditioning & heating: sales &

service

aarden indusTries inc.26 Napier Court,

Utopia, ON L0M 1T0

Tel: 705.797.0041

Fax: 705.797.2469

[email protected]

• • •Manwin enTerprises inc.

15 Wanless Court,

Ayr, ON N0B 1E0

Toll Free: 888-823-7611

Tel: 519-624.4003

Fax: 519.624.5501


• • •

wiLson insTruMenTs LTd.43 Crowe Bay Heights, R.R. 2

Campbellford, ON K0L 1L0

Tel: 705.653.2403

Fax: 705.653-5560

Toll Free: 877.467.4440

[email protected]

www.wilsoninstrumentsltd.com

automated lubrication systems

beka Lube producTs inc.2830 Argentia Road, Unit 9

Mississauga, ON L5N 8G4


Tel: 905.821.1050

Fax: 905.858.0597


Web: www.beka-lube.com

“Technology you can rely on.”

automated lubrication systems

cpL sysTeMs canada inc.Corporate Office

8450 Lawson Road, Unit #5,Milton, ON L9T 0J8Tel: 905.875.1017Fax: 905.875.2125

Toll Free Tel: 800.263.1760Email: [email protected]: www.cplsystems.com orwww.groeneveld-group.com

• • •

FLo coMponenTs LTd.50 Admiral Blvd.,

Mississauga, ON L5T 2W1Tel: 905.671.2355Fax: 905.671.2358

Toll Free: 800.668.5458Email: [email protected]: www.flocomponents.com

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s.e.T.i. iMporTs inc.81 Tremaine Road

Milton, ON L9T 2W8Tel: 905.878.7161Fax: 905.878.7730

Email: [email protected]: www.autogreaser.com or

www.seti-imports.com

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Lubecore inTernaTionaL inc.7065 Twiss Road

Campbellville, ON L0P 1B0Tel: (905) 864-3110Fax: (905) 878-6935

Email: [email protected]: www.lubecore.com

• • •

skF LubricaTion soLuTions

(A Division of SKF Canada Ltd.)5777 Coopers Avenue

Mississauga, ON L4Z 1R9Tel: 905.631.1821Fax; 905.631.1787

Toll Free: 800.207. 5823 (LUBE)Email: [email protected]

Web: www.skf.ca

“Greasing on the Go!”

buildings - all steel Pre-engineered

a-Z TechnicaL buiLding

sysTeMs inc

299 Mill Road, Unit 1510,Etobicoke, ON M9C 4V9

Tel: 416.626.1794Toll Free Tel: 877.743.5888

Fax: 416.626.5512Email: [email protected]

Web: www.a-ztech.on.ca

cargo control Products

Mover’s equipMenT & suppLies

6176 Atlantic Drive,Mississauga, ON L4C 1W2

Tel: 905.670.4488Toll Free Tel: 800.668.3773


www.movers3.com

clutch Products

FiL-Mor auToMoTive & cLuTch producTs LTd.

81 Northline Road,Toronto, ON M4B 3E9

Tel: 416.759.2245Fax: 416.759-5890

Toll Free Tel: 1.800.677.9038A proud Canadian remanufacturer of quality Heavy Duty & automotive

clutches since 1980.Specializing in heavy duty & custom made clutches including our own.

• • •

Resurfacing all types of flywheels and repairing lugs. A good line of clutch related components including clutch brakes, clutch

forks, drive lugs, release bearings, pilot bushings/bearings, master/slave cylinders, flywheels and

alignment tools.

comPliance services

cross border services

4130 Foxwood DriveBurlington, ON L7M 4L3

Tel: 905.973.9136Fax: 905.315.7427

[email protected], FAST, PIP, CSA, SCAC,

Bonded Carrier, NAFTA, Customs Brokerage and SAPP.

comPliance services

danaTec educaTionaL services LTd.

201-11450 29th Street SE,Calgary, AB T2Z 3V5

Toll Free: 800.465.3366Tel: 403.232.6950

Email: [email protected]: www.danatec.com

Changing the way you train since 1985. Canada’s leading TDG Training

& Services.

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e&b saFeTy consuLTing

Travel Centre of America,535 Mill Street, Unit 104,Woodstock, ON N4S 7V6

Tel: 519.537.2002Fax: 519.537.7499

Email:[email protected]

Web: www.ebsafetyconsulting.comTaking the guesswork out of

compliance

• • •

icc The coMpLiance cenTer inc.205 Matheson Blvd. East, Unit 7,

Mississauga, ON L4Z 1X8Tel: 905.890.7228Fax: 905.890.7070

Toll Free: 888.977.4834sales@thecompliancecenter.comwww.thecompliancecenter.com

Dangerous Goods Supplies & Services

• • •

inTegraTed Training resources

P.O. Box 402, 140 Market Drive,Milton, ON L9T 4Y9Tel: 905.693.0660Fax: 905.693.0332

Toll Free Tel: 888.812.0099info@integratedtrainingresources.cawww.integratedtrainingresources.ca

• • •

Maggie’s essenTiaL services

Cell: 416.994.3588Fax: 905.846.1625

Email: [email protected]: www.TruckAdmin.com

IFTA, Road Taxes, Administration, Permits/Renewals

driver services, recruitment &

emPloyment

drakkar huMan resources

1131 Derry Road East,

Mississauga, ON L5T 1P3

Tel: 905.795.1397


Fax: 905.795.1391

[email protected]

Web: www.drakkar.ca

driver training

e & b saFeTy consuLTing inc.Travel Centre of America,

535 Mill Street, Unit 104,

Woodstock, ON N4S 7V6

Tel: 519.537.2002

Fax: 519.537.7499

[email protected]

Web: www.ebsafetyconsulting.com

Taking the guesswork out of compliance

truck & trailer rePairs

truck & trailerrePairsPairsP

drug & alcohol testing

drivercheck inc.1 Manley Street,

Ayr, Ontario N0B 1E0

Tel: 519.632.9371


Fax: 519.632.9534


Web: www.drivercheck.ca

drivercheck inc.4888,72nd Avenue SE, 2nd Floor,

Calgary, AB T2C 3Z2

Tel: 403.720.5848

Toll Free: 800.463.4310


Web: www.drivercheck.ca

Worried about substance misuse & abuse in your workplace?

emergency road services

eMergency road services oF canada inc.

3413 Wolfedale Road, Suite 5,

Mississauga, ON L5C 1Z8

Tel: 905.277.2377

Fax: 905.277.2378


Web: www.ersofcanada.com

factoring, finance & foreign exchange

J d FacTors

315 Matheson Blvd. East,Mississauga, ON L4Z 1X8

Tel: 905.501.5000Toll Free Tel: 800.263.0664


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Liquid capiTaL

Liquid capiTaL MidwesT corp.176 Seacliff Drive West,Leamington, ON N8H3Y5

Tel: 519. 419.5044Toll Free Tel: 877.653.9426

Fax: 519.326.4047riacobelli@liquidcapitalcorp.comwww.liquidcapitalmidwest.com“Large Account Service” to small

fleet & start-up companies.

fasteners

MuLTi-Line FasTener suppLy co. LTd.

1100 Courtneypark Drive East,Unit 5,

Mississauga, ON L5T 1L7Tel: 905.677.5088Fax: 905.677.4917

Web: www.multilinefasteners.comServing Fastener Needs for Industrial,

Automotive & Maintenance Trades

filters

donaLdson coMpany

P O Box 1299Minneapolis, MN55440-1299 USATel: 952.887.3699Fax: 952.887.3716

Toll Free Tel: 800.374.1374Email: engineserviceparts@

donaldson.comWeb: www.donaldson-filters.com

fleet management & litigation suPPort

dws FLeeT ManageMenT services

21 Lake Street, Ste. 2101Wrentham, MA 02093-1214

Tel: 508.384.9021Cell: 508.397.7169Fax: 508.384.9010

Email: [email protected]: www.darrystuart.comWeb: www.ecmteam.com

Fleet Management & Litigation Support for the Trucking Industry.

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The Products & services directory is your direct route to professional companies serving your local trucking market across Canada.Include your company in the directory by contacting Barb Woodward by phone at 877.225.2232, fax at 613.476.5959, email at

[email protected] or mail at 259 Salmon Point Road, R.R. #1, Cherry Valley ON K0K 1P0. Visit us online at www.woodwardpublishing.com.

factoring, finance & foreign exchange

J d FacTors

315 Matheson Blvd. East,Mississauga, ON L4Z 1X8

Tel: 905.501.5000Toll Free Tel: 800.263.0664


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Liquid capiTaL

Liquid capiTaL MidwesT corp.176 Seacliff Drive West,Leamington, ON N8H3Y5

Tel: 519. 419.5044Toll Free Tel: 877.653.9426

Fax: 519.326.4047riacobelli@liquidcapitalcorp.comwww.liquidcapitalmidwest.com“Large Account Service” to small

fleet & start-up companies.

fasteners

MuLTi-Line FasTener suppLy co. LTd.

1100 Courtneypark Drive East,Unit 5,

Mississauga, ON L5T 1L7Tel: 905.677.5088Fax: 905.677.4917

Web: www.multilinefasteners.comServing Fastener Needs for Industrial,

Automotive & Maintenance Trades

filters

donaLdson coMpany

P O Box 1299Minneapolis, MN55440-1299 USATel: 952.887.3699Fax: 952.887.3716

Toll Free Tel: 800.374.1374Email: engineserviceparts@

donaldson.comWeb: www.donaldson-filters.com

fleet management & litigation suPPort

dws FLeeT ManageMenT services

21 Lake Street, Ste. 2101Wrentham, MA 02093-1214

Tel: 508.384.9021Cell: 508.397.7169Fax: 508.384.9010

Email: [email protected]: www.darrystuart.comWeb: www.ecmteam.com

Fleet Management & Litigation Support for the Trucking Industry.

fuel additives & lubricants

benneTTs power service

producTs

P.O. Box 51016, RPO Tyndall ParkWinnipeg, MB R2X 3C6

Tel: 204.694.1777Toll Free Tel: 877.778.4440


Web: www.powerservice.ca

insurance brokers

aLLen insurance group

P O Box 189, 45 Dominion Street,Warkworth, ON K0K 3K0

Toll Free Tel: 877.924.2632Fax: 705.924.3385

Email: [email protected]: www.alleninsurance.ca

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baird Macgregor insurance brokers Lp

825 Queen Street East,Toronto, ON M4M 1H8

Tel: 416.778.8000Toll Free Tel: 800.263.3030

Fax: [email protected]

www.bairdmacgregor.com

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baiZana insurance brokers

806 Greenbank RoadOttawa, ON K2J 1A2Tel: 613.825.5575Fax: 613.825.5624

Toll Free: 877.791.1682Email: [email protected]: www.baizanainsurance.com

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bryson & associaTes insurance brokers LTd.

Bryson Insurance & Financial Services Ltd.

Tol Free: 800.661.5196Fax: 905.426.4959


www.bryson-insurance.com“For All Your Trucking Insurance

Needs”Transportation Insurance, Fleet

Safety Management Services, Bonds, Health, Drug, Dental, Life & Disability

Insurance.“Same Day Quotes up to 10 units”

insurance brokers

canadian insurance brokers inc.1 Eglinton Ave. East, Suite 415,

Toronto, ON M4P 3Z1Tel: 416.486.0951Fax: 416.489.5311

Email: [email protected]: www.cibi.ca

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daLTon TiMMis insurance group

35 Stone Church Road,Ancaster, ON L9K 1S5

Tel: 905.648.3922Tol Free Tel: 888.385.8466

Fax: 905.648.2640Email [email protected]: www.daltontimmis.com

The Perfect Fit for your trucking insurance needs.

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daLTon TiMMis insurance group

14-600 Crowfoot Cres., NWCalgary, AB T3G 0B4Tel: 403.241.2288

Tol Free Tel: 866.472.0721Fax: 866.399.3177

Email [email protected]: www.daltontimmis.com

The Perfect Fit for your trucking insurance needs.

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erb and erb

insurance brokers LTd.30 Queen Street North,Kitchener, ON N2H 6N2

Tel: 519.579.4270Fax: 519.741.1977

Toll Free: 800.265.2634Email: [email protected] or

[email protected]: www.erb-erb.com

What you want to protect the most..We protect the best!

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hub inTernaTionaL onTario LTd

33 Princess Street, Suite 501Leamington, ON N8H 5C5

Tel: 519.326.9339Fax: 519.326.0128

Toll Free Tel: 800.463.4700Email: [email protected]

Web: www.hubinternational.com

Transportation Insurance

insurance brokers

rainbow insurance brokers inc

958 Road 2 East

Kingsville, ON N9Y 2E4

Tel: 519.733.3268

Fax: 519.733.3282


www.rainbowinsurancebrokers.

In Business since 1995

lifting equiPment & jacks

canada powerTrain

3833 Nashua Drive,

Mississauga, ON L4V 1R3

Tel: 905.677.3522


Fax: 905.677.4618


Web: www.cptparts.com

lubricants

wakeFieLd canada inc.3620 Lakeshore Blvd. West,

Toronto, ON M8W 1P2

Tel: 416.252.5511 ext 4449


Fax: 416 252.7315

[email protected]

Web: www.castrol.ca

Castrol HD creates products that deliver superior performance and greater reliability with the goal of

reducing customer operating costs.

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huTchinson FueLs

8 Loyalist Drive, Unit #2,

Brighton, ON K0K 1H0

Tel: 613 475 3334

Tol Free Tel: 800.465.0449

Fax: 613.475.4480

• • •

Lucas oiL producTs

4060B Sladeview Crescent

Mississauga, ON L5L 5Y5


Fax: 905.814.9836


Web: www.lucasoil.ca

“Keep that Engine Alive!”

lubricants

noco LubricanTs coMpany

2 Bradpenn Road,Toronto, ON M8Z 5S9

Tel: 416.232.6626Toll Free Tel: 800.414.6626


Web: www.noco.ca

Best Service, Best Value, Best Quality

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rp oiL LiMiTed

1111 Burns Street East, Unit 3,Whitby, ON L1N 6A6Tel: 905.666.2313

Toll Free Tel: 800.335.6623Fax: 905.666.2761


lubricants (synthetic)

sinwaL enTerprises inc

5656 Bell Harbour Drive,Mississauga, ON L5M 5J3

Tel: 416.520.5527Toll Free Tel: 866.326.7645


Web: www.sinwal.com

oil furnace sales & service

de-on suppLy inc.R.R. #1, 1595 Lobsinger Road

St. Jacobs, ON N2J 4G8Toll Free Tel: 800.824.4115Toll Free Fax: 888.626.7843Email:[email protected]:www.deonsupply.com

on-board truck scales

vuLcan on-board scaLes

#11-1642 Langan Ave.Port Coquitlam BC V3C 1K5

Ph: 604.944.1481Fax: 604.944.1482

Toll Free Tel: 800.663.0854Web: www.vulcanscales.com

Permits & services

730 perMiT services

Box 755, 2085 Shanly Road,Cardinal, ON K0E 1E0

Tel: 613.657.1244Toll Free Tel: 800.410.4754

Fax: 613.657.1453Email:

[email protected]: www.730permitservices.com

• • •c.u.T.c. inc.

1295 Carol Crescent,Laval, QC H7W 1G3Tel: 450.687.8294

Toll Free Tel: 866.927.8294Fax: 450.687.6963


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Preventative maintenance

Products

pro-Ma perForMance producTs

6370 Concession #6 SouthAmherstburg, ON N9V 2Y8

Tel: 519.796.5919Toll Free Tel: 866.284.7851


www.promaperformanceproducts.com

Pressure Washers

can-cLean pressure washers

6790 Davand Drive, Units 13 & 14Mississauga, ON L5T 2G5

Tel: 905.568.4868Fax: 905.565.8821

Toll free: 888.568.8001Email: [email protected]

Website: www.can-clean.com

rust control Products

corrosion conTroL coaTings LTd

106 Colborne Street,P.O. Box 1088

Walkerton, ON N0G 2V0Toll Free Tel: 800.934.7771Toll Free Fax: 800.563.8078

Email: [email protected]: www.cc-coatings.com

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krown corporaTe

35 Magnum Drive,Schomberg, ON L0G 1T0

Tel: 905.939.8750Fax: 905.939.8710

Toll Free Tel: 1.800.267.5744Email: [email protected]: www.krown.com

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satellite tracking

peTro-viron inc.2 Taggart St., Unit 10Guelph, ON N1H 6H8Tel: (519) 837-2281Fax: (519) 763-9371

Email: [email protected]/pivot/

tarPs & tarPing systems

aero-kiT indusTries5499 Harvester Road,

Burlington, ON L7L 5V4Tel: 905.335.2012

Toll Free Tel: 800.465.8277Fax: 905.335.8499

Web: www.aero-kit.com“Keeping You Covered”

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craMaro TarpauLin sysTeMs206 Arvin Avenue,

Stoney Creek, ON L8E 2L8Tel: 905.662.2757

Toll Free Tel: 800.565.8277Fax: 905.662.4811

Email: [email protected]: www.cramarotarps.com

Cramaro, for all your tarping needs.

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Trison Tarps130 Copernicus Blvd.,Brantford, ON N3P 1L9

Tel: 519.720.9464Toll Free Tel: 866.948.2777

Fax: 519.720.9468Email: [email protected]: www.trisontarps.ca

test equiPment-brakes, abs, lights

LiTe-check, LLc3102 East Trent Avenue

Spokane, WA, 92202Tel: 509.535.7512

Toll Free Tel: 800.343.8579Fax: 509.535.7680


tire balancing

counTeracT baLancing beads13029 8th Line,

Georgetown, ON L7G 4S4Tel: 905.873.3339Fax: 905.873.3088

Toll Free Tel: 800.572.8952Email:

[email protected]

tire balancing

Taabs inc.2801 2nd Avenue North, Unit #2

Lethbridge, AB T1H 6S2Toll Free: 888.553.3005


Website: www.taabs-int.com

tire & Wheelservice & equiPment

dureT eT Landry inc.2250 boul, Industriel,Laval, QC H7S 1P9Tel: 514.337.7777

Toll Free Tel: 800.663.0814Fax: 450.663.2688


onTario oFFiceCorghi, ON

Tel: 416.902.4663Contact: Thierry Lefebvre

Web: www.duretlandry.com

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hoFMann baLancingTechniques LTd

6500 Millcreek Drive,Mississauga, ON L5N 2W6

Tel: 905.821.0799Fax: 905.821.2073

Toll Free Tel: 800.267.2185Email: [email protected] or

[email protected]: www.hofmann.ca

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hunTer engineering coMpany112 York Street,

Eden Mills, ON N0B 1P0Tel: (905) 699-7991

Email: [email protected]: www.hunter.com

toWing services

a Towing service LTd.185 Bartley Drive

Toronto, ON M4A 1E6Service GTA, Ontario and USA

Tel: 416.656.4000Fax: 416.656.3065


Web: www.atowing.caA company you can count on!

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abraM’s Towing“Service Across Ontario”

Tel: 416.398.2500Toll Free Tel: 888.667.5438

24 Hour Heavy TowingWeb: www.abrams.ca

toWing services

acTion auToMoTive,Towing & recovery

P O Box 126,Trenton ON K8V 5R2Tel: 613.394.4924

Toll Free Tel: 800.551.6151Fax: 613.394.2428

Email: [email protected]: www.actiontowing.com

“Meeting Your Service Needs in Eastern Ontario”

• • •c.a. Towing

R.R. #2, 2485 Campbellville Road,Campbellville, ON L0P 1B0

Tel: 905.854.0169Toll Free Tel: 800.363.2209


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gervais Towing & recovery

1485 Startop Road,Ottawa, ON K1B 3W5

Tel: 613.747.4666Toll Free Tel: 888.689.2170

Fax: 613.747.8323Email: [email protected]: www.gervaistowing.com

• • •

gobbo Towing & recovery LTd.85 Pondhollow Drive,Sudbury, ON P3E 6C1

shop

5238 Hwy. 69 South,Sudbury, ON P3E 4N1

Tel: 705.523.2341Fax: 705.523.2817

Toll Free: 800.261.4252Email: [email protected]

• • •hansen Towing & recovery

236 Rutherford Road South,Brampton, ON L6W 3J6

Tel: 905.459.1011Fax: 905.451.1534


Web: www.hansentowing.com

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k.b.w. Towing

1 Towns Road,Etobicoke, ON M8Z 1A1

Tel: 416.255.4443Toll Free Tel: 866.616.6379


Flatbed Specialists, Heavy & Medium Towing

toWing services

J p Towing service & sTorage LTd11 Glen Scarlett Road,Toronto, ON M6N 1P5

Tel: 416.203.9300Toll Free Tel: 866.527.8225


Web: www.jptowing.com

• • •

paT rogers TowingKingston, Ontario

24 Hour Emergency Service

Toll Free Tel: 888.221.3672Tel: 613.384.2572

Web: www.truckdown.com

trailer & container sales & service

sTorsTac90 North Queen Street,Etobicoke, ON M8Z 2C9

Tel: 416.231.9100Fax: 416.231.7517

Email:[email protected]: www.storstac.com

trailer manufacturers

TiTan TraiLers1129 Hwy #3, R R #3,Delhi, ON N4B 2W6Tel: 519.688.4826Fax: 519.688.6453

Email: [email protected]: www.titantrailers.com

trailer manufacturers

[ tankers ]

bedard Tankers inc.5785 Place Turcot

Montreal, QC H4C 1V9Tel: 514.937.1670Fax: 514.937.2190Email: [email protected]

Web: www.bedardtankers.comLeader in Dry Bulk, Liquid, Liquified Compressed Gas & Cryogenic Road

Tanker Trailers

• • •

TreMcar inc.790 Montrichard Ave.

St-Jean-sur-Richelieu, QC J2X 5G4Tel: 450.347.7822Fax: 450.347.8372


trailer sales, leasing, rentals &

service

ForT garry indusTriesEmail: [email protected]

Web: www.fgiltd.com/trailersProud distributors for Lode-King, Midland Manufacturing, Arctic Manufacturing, Landoll, CMIC Container Chassis and more.

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gTa TraiLer renTaLs inc.Head Office – 36 Cardico Drive,

Gormley, ON L0H 1G0Toll Free Tel; 866.482.5311


Web: www.gtatrailer.com• • •

sMarTway TraiLer renTaLs2891 Sideroad 10,

Bradford, ON L3Z 2A4Tel: 905.775.6700

Toll Free Tel: 888.747.7667Fax: 905.775.7250

Email: [email protected]: www.smartwaytrailers.ca

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TransiT TraiLer LTd.22217 Bloomfield Rd.,

R R #6, Chatham, ON N7M 5J6Tel: 519.354.9944

Toll Free Tel: 877.995.5999Fax: 519.354.9782

Email: [email protected]: www.transittrailer.com

transPortcomPanies

brian kurTZ Trucking LTd.R R #2 , Breslau, ON N0B 1M0

Tel: 519.836.5821Fax: 519.836.9396

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carMen TransporTaTion group3700 Weston Road,

Toronto, ON M9L 2Z4Tel: 416.667.9700Fax: 416.667.8272


Web: www.carmentransportationgroup.com

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erb group oF coMpanies290 Hamilton Road,

New Hamburg, ON N3A 1A2Tel: 519.662.2710Fax: 519.662.3316

Toll Free Tel: 800.665.2653Email: [email protected]: www.erbgroup.com

transPortcomPanies

inTernaTionaL TruckLoad services inc.

107 Bellevue Drive, Box 1450Belleville, ON K8N 5J1

Tel: 613.961.5144Toll Free Tel: 800.267.1888

Fax: 613.961.1255Toll Free Fax: 888.485.6487

Email: [email protected]: www.itstruck.ca

• • •

sTar van sysTeMs

10 Kerivan Court,Stoney Creek, ON L8E 5P6

Toll Free: 800.263.4884Fax: 905.643.8700

[email protected]

• • •

yanke group oF coMpanies

27 Automatic Road,Brampton, ON L6S 5N8

Tel: 905.791.1369 ext 3747Toll Free Tel: 800.373.6678


Web: www.yanke.ca

transPortation training

cenTenniaL coLLege

P.O. Box 631, Station A,Toronto, ON M1K 5E9

Tel: 416.289.5000 Ext 7606Email: dormiston@

centennialcollege.caWeb: www.centennialcollege.ca

Looking for a career?Apprenticeship Training: Truck,Coach

& Heavy Equipment Technicians.

• • •

adanac Truck driver Training595 Middlefield Road, Unit 10,

Scarborough, ON M1V 3S2Tel: 416.754.2222

Toll Free Tel: 877.317.4222Contact: Wayne Campbell


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coMMerciaL heavy equipMenTTraining

2421 Cawthra Road,Mississauga, ON L5A 2W7

Tel: 416.456.2438Toll Free Tel: 800.297.4322

Fax: 905.281.9637Contact: Gordon BrownEmail: [email protected]

Web: www.chet.ca

crossroads Training acadeMy49 Truman Rd., Barrie, ON L4N 8Y7

Tel: 705.719.2419Toll Free Tel: 866.446.0057

Fax: 705.719.2438Contact: Read Conley

[email protected] Diane Austin

[email protected]

or [email protected]

crossroads Training acadeMy888 Walbridge Loyalist Road,

C.R.S. Bldg, Belleville, ON K8N 4Z5Tel: 613.389.6000

Toll Free Tel: 888.282.6605Contact: Robert Barclay

crossroads Training acadeMy1525 Centennial Drive,Kingston, ON K7P 2Y7

Tel: 613.389.6000Toll Free Tel: 888.282.6605

Contact: Robert Barclay

crossroads Training acadeMy2020 Bantree Street,Ottawa, ON K1B 5A4Tel: 613.742.7499

Toll Free Tel: 866.529.1113Contact: Brian Adams or Erica KellyBrian@crossroadstrainingacademy.comwww.crossroadstrainingacademy.com

crossroads Truck Training acadeMy

10 Maple Street, Smiths Falls, ON K7A 1Z5

Tel: 613.742.7499Fax: 613.742.7899

Toll Free Tel: 866-529-1113Email: [email protected]

www.crossroadstrainingacademy.com

danbro Truck Training505 Kenora Ave., Bldg. #1, Unit #1,

Hamilton, ON L8E 3P2Contact: Brent Nantais

Tel: 905.575.7606Toll Free Tel: 800.273.5867

Fax: [email protected]

equiTrain sysTeMs LTd.7384 Beards Lane, P.O. Box 1741,

Woodstock, ON N4S 0B1Tel: 519.537.7722

Toll Free Tel: 866.718.3993Fax: 519.537.3672 Contact: Melissa

Email: [email protected]: www.equitrain.ca

greaTer oTTawa Truck Training5 Caesar Avenue,

Ottawa, ON K2G 0A8Tel: 613.727.4688Fax: 613.727.5997

Contact: Shahram Dowlatshahigott@greaterottawatrucktraining.comwww.greaterottawatrucktraining.com


Jay’s proFessionaL Truck Training cenTre

589 Middlefield Road, Unit 11,Scarborough, ON M1V 4Y6Contact: Jay or Chandrika

Tel: 416.299.9638Fax: 416.609.9814

Email: [email protected]: www.jaystrucktraining.ca

kiM richardson TransporTaTion speciaLisTs inc.

23 Industrial Drive,Caledonia, Ontario N3W 1H8

Tel: 905.765.3445Toll Free Tel: 800.771.8171

Fax: 905.765.1444Contact: Roxanne Wilkieson

Email: [email protected]: www.krway.com

Heavy equipment & forklift also available.

kiM richardson TransporTaTion speciaLisTs inc.634 Ireland Road,

Simcoe, Ontario N3Y 4K8Tel: 519.426.8260 ext. 232Toll Free Tel: 800.771.8171




kiM richardson TransporTaTion speciaLisTs inc.

120 Bill Martyn Parkway Street,Thomas, Ontario N5R 6A7

Tel: 905.765.3445Toll Free Tel: 800.771.8171




Modern Training onTario

308 Kenora Avenue,Hamilton, ON L8E 2W2Contact: Nick Korakas

Tel: 905.573.9675Toll Free Tel: 866.443.7483

Fax: 905.573.6425Email: [email protected]: www.moderntraining.com

norThern acadeMy oF

TransporTaTion Training

25 Vagnini Court,Lively, ON P3Y 1K8

Contact: Kevin PattisonTel: 705.692.9222

Toll Free Tel: 800.719.9334Fax: 705.692.9256

Email: [email protected]: www.northernacademy.ca

norThsTar Truck driving schooL

1540 Matthew Brady Blvd.,Windsor ON N8S 3K6

Contact: Robert LabuteTel: 519.967.0444Fax: 519.967.0445



onTario Truck driving schooL (chaThaM)

1005 Richmond Street,Chatham, ON N7M 5J5

Contact: Bill KentTel: 519.355.0077

Toll Free Tel: 800.263.4777Toll Free Fax: 866.800.6837Email: [email protected]

Web: www.otds.com

onTario Truck driving schooL (London)

427 Exeter Road,London, ON N6E 2Z3


Toll Free Tel: 800.263.4777Fax: 519.858.0920

Email: [email protected]: www.otds.com

Forklift & Heavy EquipmentTraining Available

onTario Truck driving schooL (niagara-on-The-Lake)

281 Queenston RoadNiagara-on-the-Lake, ON L0S 1J0

Contact: Bill Kent(Truck and Bus Course Info)Contact: Wayne Saunders(Heavy Equipment Info)

Tel: 905.685.1117Toll Free Tel: 800.263.4777


Web: www.otds.com

onTario Truck driving schooL (sarnia)

141 Mitton Street South,Sarnia, ON N7T 3C5


Toll Free Tel: 800.263.4777Toll Free Fax: 866.800.6837Email: [email protected]

Web: www.otds.com

onTario Truck driving schooL (windsor)

1333 College Avenue,Windsor, ON N9B 1M8


Toll Free Tel: 866.410.0333Fax: 519.258.9056

Email: [email protected]: www.otds.com

Forklift & Heavy EquipmentTraining Available

onTario Truck Training acadeMy (oshawa)

199 Wentworth Street East,Oshawa ON L1H 3V6

Contact: Dennis LagroisTel: 905.723.1237

Toll Free Tel: 800.753.2284Fax: 905.723.1245

Email: [email protected]: www.otta.ca

onTario Truck Training acadeMy (peTerborough)

365 Lansdowne Street East, Unit 3,Peterborough, ON K9L 2A3

Tel: 705.743.1888Toll Free Tel: 800.939.1463

Fax: 705.743.1875Email: [email protected]: www.otta.ca


robar Training speciaLisTs

701 Powerline Road,Brantford, ON N3R 7X3

Contact: Don RossTel: 519.770.3576

Toll Free Tel: 866.231.5885Fax: 519.770 4559

Email: [email protected]: www.robartraining.com

saFeTy Truck Training schooL LTd

4 Wilkinson Road, 2nd FloorBrampton, ON L6T 4M3

Contact: Yogan SockalingamTel: 905.793.9546Fax: 905.793.6426

Email: [email protected]: www.safetytruck.com

shaun-david Truck Training schooL

111 Sherwood Drive, Unit 14,Brantford, ON N3S 6J9Contact: David Nicholas

Tel: 519.720.9349Toll Free Tel: 866.550.5589

Fax: 519.720.9351Email: [email protected]: www.shaundavidtts.com

Tri-counTy Truck driver Training

480 Waydom Drive,Ayr, ON N0B 1E0

Contact: Richard WyniaTel: 519.653.1700

Toll Free Tel: 800.265.0400Fax: 519.653.2442

Email: [email protected]: www.tricountytruck.com

Truck Training schooLs associaTion oF onTario

27 William StreetSt. Catharines, ON L2R 5H9

Toll Free: 866.475.9436Fax: 905.704.1329

Web: www.ttsao.com

vaLLey driver Training

99 Cote Blvd.Hammer, ON P3P 1L9

Contact: Jamie FitchettTel: 705.897.8849Fax: 705.524.7067

[email protected]

truck & trailer rePairs

ForT garry indusTries

Email: [email protected]: www.fgiltd.com/parts/Brake specialists, installations, safeties and a whole lot more.

• • •MTT repair services inc.

1868 Drew Road,Mississauga, ON L5S 1J6

Tel: 905.677.2771Fax: 905.677.2774


truck customiZing

quaLiTy cusToM

12 Clarke Blvd.Brampton, ON L6W 1X3

Tel: 905.451.8550Fax: 905.451.7627

Email: [email protected]: www.qualitycustom.ca

truck delivery

acadian driveaway

11 Dansk Court,Toronto, ON M9W 5N6

Tel: 905.709.8131Toll Free Tel: 800.668.1879

Fax: 905.709.2527Email: [email protected]: www.adctoronto.com

truck equiPment


Email: [email protected]: www.fgiltd.com/equipment

Sales and NSM certified installations of snow plows, sanders, mixers,

dump bodies and more.

truck lighting & accessories

aLdo’s driveLine

475 Admiral Blvd., Unit #1,Mississauga, ON L5T 2N1

Tel: 905.670.9105Fax: 905.670.0618


• • •

groTe indusTries co.230 Travail Road,

Markham, ON L3S 3J1Tel: 905.209.9744

Toll Free Tel: 800.268.5612Fax: 905.209.9757

Toll Free Fax: 800.267.9024Email: [email protected]

Web: www.grote.com

• • •

Techspan

3131Pepper Mill Court,Mississauga, ON L5L 4X6

Tel: 905.820.6150Toll Free Tel: 800.363.1588


Web: www.techspan.ca

truck Parts & suPPlies

manitoba

BRandonForT garry indusTries

1440 Highland AvenueBrandon MB R7C 1A7

Tel: 204.571.5980Toll Free: 866.883.6120


Web: www.fgiltd.com

WinnipegForT garry indusTries

2525 Inskster Blvd.R.R. #2 Stn Main

Winnipeg MB R3C 2E6Tel: 204.632.8261

Toll Free: 800.282.8044Fax: 204.956.1786

Email: [email protected]: www.fgiltd.com

manitobamanitobasaskatcheWan

ReginaForT garry indusTries

1523 Ross Avenue EastRegina, SK S4N 7E5Tel: 306.757.5606

Toll Free: 800.552.8044Fax: 306.781.7926


saskatoonForT garry indusTries

3455 Miners AvenueP.O. Box 1848

Saskatoon, SK S7K 7K9Tel: 306.242.3465

Toll Free: 800.772.4599Fax: 306.933.4850

Email:[email protected]: www.fgiltd.com

alberta

CalgaRyForT garry indusTries

5350-72nd Avenue SECalgary, AB T2C 4X5Tel: 403.236.9712

Toll Free: 800.661.3126Fax: 403.236.7249


edMontonForT garry indusTries

16230-118th Avenue NWEdmonton AB T5V 1C6

Tel: 780.447.4422Toll Free: 800.663.9366


Web: www.fgiltd.com

gRande pRaiRieForT garry indusTries

10610-82nd AvenueClairmont AB T0H 0W0

Tel: 780.402.9864Toll Free: 866.424.5479


Web: www.fgiltd.com

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alberta

gRande pRaiRieForT garry indusTries

10610-82nd AvenueClairmont AB T0H 0W0

Tel: 780.402.9864Toll Free: 866.424.5479


Web: www.fgiltd.com

lloydMinsteRForT garry indusTries

5701-63rd AvenueLloydminster AB T9V 3B8

Tel: 780.875.9115Toll Free: 800.661.9709

Fax:780.875.1403Email: [email protected]

Web: www.fgiltd.com

Red deeRForT garry indusTries

7947 Edgar Industrial DriveRed Deer, AB T4P 3R2

Tel: 403.343.1383Toll Free: 866.297.0022


Web: www.fgiltd.com

ontario

MississaugaForT garry indusTries

731 Gana CourtMississauga, ON L5S 1P2

Tel: 905.564.5404Toll Free: 888.456.6567


Web: www.fgiltd.com


ontario

tHundeR Bay


915 Walsh Street West

Thunder Bay, ON P7E 4X5

Tel: 807.577.5724

Toll Free: 800.465.5044

Fax: 807.475.9033


Web: www.fgiltd.com

• • • Levy sTeering cenTre LTd.

1409 Shawson Drive

Mississauga, ON L4W 1C4

Tel: 905.564.1899

Fax: 905.564.1911

Toll Free: 800.565.5389

[email protected]

Web: www.levysteering.com

• • •

shieLd Truck accessories

P.O. Box 281,

Aylmer, ON N5H 2R9

Tel: 519.765.2828


Fax: 519.765.2821

[email protected]

www.shieldtruckaccessories.com

truck sales, leasing, Parts & service

gerry’s Truck cenTre

4049 Eastgate Cres.,

London, ON N6L 1B7

Tel: 519.652.2100


Fax: 519.652.6593


Web: www.gerrystrucks.com

“Your Complete Transportation Business Partner”

• • •

irvine Truck cenTre

7537 Woodbine Avenue

Markham, ON L3R 2W1

Tel: 905.513.1500


Fax: 905.752.0967


Web: www.irvinetrucks.ca


Diesel Truck Parts Inc.

Morgan’s dieseL Truck parTs & service inc.

1248 McAdoo’s Lane, R.R. #1

Glenburnie, ON K0H 1S0

Tel: 613.546.0431


Fax: 613.546.4206

Web: www.morgan-diesel.com


surgenor Truck cenTre

261 Binnington Court,

Kingston, ON K7M 9H2

Tel: 613.548.1100


Fax: 613.548.4990


Web: www.surgenortruck.com

truck tire sales & service

onTario regionaL oFFice

520 Abilene Drive,

Mississauga, ON L5T 2H7


Tel: 905.564.5171

Fax: 905.564.5175


Web: www.oktire.com

Over 100 Truck Tire Service Centres

Across Canada

truck transmissions, differentials &

Pto’s

c&r TransMission service LTd.13 Anderson Blvd.

Stouffville, ON L4A 7X4

Tel: 905.642.4556

Fax: 905.642.2293

Toll Free: 888.297.0682

[email protected]

We service clutchs also.

• • •

canada powerTrain

3833 Nashua Drive,

Mississauga, ON L4V 1R3

Tel: 905.677.3522


Fax: 905.677.4618


Web: www.cptparts.com

• • •

doMar TransMission LTd.130 Skyway Avenue,

Toronto, ON M9W 4Y9

Tel: 416.675.2268



When it comes to transmissions… think DOMAR

truck transmissions, differentials &

Pto’s

MascoT Truck parTs475 Admiral Blvd., Unit #1Mississauga, ON L5T 2N1

Tel: 905.670.9100Fax: 905.670.0618


truck Wash

Trans canadaauToMaTic Truck wash

Yellowhead Highway 16 WestSouth at Range Road 14

Lloydminster, AB T9V 3C2Tel: 780.874.9274Fax: 780.874.9275

Email: [email protected]: www.tctw.ca

Home of the 8 Minute Semi Wash and the Clean Ride Car Wash

truck Wire, cable & electrical accessories

Techspan3131 Pepper Mill Court,

Mississauga, ON L5L 4X6Tel: 905.820.6150

Toll Free Tel: 800.363.1588Fax: 905.820.6142

Email: [email protected]: www.techspan.ca

VaTSSa TOrONTO

Abram’s Towing Promotes the Importance of Being a Member of the A.T.S.S.A.

by barb WOODWarD

The February meet-ing was sponsored by Abram’s Towing.

Joey Gagne, Owner and President gave a unique presentation on how much the ATS means to his company and what it should mean for the rest of the trucking industry. He brought up many valid points about the inter-action and support that one receives from being a member and attending ATS functions. This valu-able organization has been in existence over 70 years

with many of its current members having close to 40 years membership. To become an ATS member, contact Guido Groppini, Membership Chairman at 905.564.5404.

Abrams Towing Servi-ces Ltd. (Abrams Services) was incorporated in 1984 and has grown to become Ontario and Canada’s lar-gest towing and recovery company and provider of motorist and transport ser-vices.

Their dispatch centres are open to serve you 24 hours a day and are located con-

veniently throughout the Greater Toronto Area and Southern Ontario. They are also located in Windsor to service South Western On-tario. In addition, Abrams maintains affiliations with several other professional towing companies, making it easy for their customers to obtain service no matter where or when the need arises.

Joey Gagne, Abram’s founder and President, has been the driving force (no pun intended) behind Abram’s phenomenal growth for the past two

decades. Joey has built the company to include a fleet of more than 125 mod-ern towing and recovery vehicles, including scores of light duty tow trucks and flat beds, plus, tri-axle, 50-ton heavy truck wreckers and hydraulic float trailers.

Abram’s staff is fully screened and expertly trained by industry profes-sionals as well as their in-house training and safety program. They attend in-dustry seminars to ensure the most knowledgeable, courteous and skilful ser-vice no matter what the

situation.In addition to towing and

motorist services, Abrams conducts public vehicle auctions every six to eight weeks.

For more information call 800.267.4594 or visit their website at www.abrams.ca.

The Annual Canadian Fleet Maintenance Seminar has been scheduled for May 9th, 10th and 11th, 2011. The new site at the Hilton Suites Conference Centre in Markham, Ontario was a great success last year and will be used again for the 2011 seminar. To book your

trade booth contact Brian Sibbald at 905.564.7278 or for more information visit www.cfmsonline.com.

To become an ATS mem-ber, contact Guido Grop-pini, Membership Chair-man at 905.564.5404.

Sponsors for monthly meetings are always wel-come. This is your com-pany’s opportunity for a captive audience to present your products! If you would like to sponsor a meeting or if you have any suggestions for the Entertainment Com-mittee, contact Brian Sib-bald at 905.564.7278.V

34 MarCH 2011

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ClutchesFil-Mor Automotive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Diesel Performance ProductsPerformance Products (Bully Dog) . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Emergency Road ServicesEmergency Road Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Eastern & Western Trucking News

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Engine ManufacturersCummins Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Ontario Trucking News

Factoring & FinanceJ .D . Factors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3Liquid Capital Midwest Corp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Ontario Trucking News

Fuel AdditivesBennett’s Power Service Products . . . . . . . . . 7, 44

Heating Sales & ServiceEspar Heating Products . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17Wilson Instruments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Ontario Trucking News

InsuranceAllen Insurance Brokers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Ontario Trucking News

LubricantsCastrol/Wakefield . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1, 5, 21 Ontario & Western Trucking NewsEastern Greenway Oils . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Eastern Trucking NewsLucas Oil Products . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

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Satellite TrackingPetro-Viron Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Ontario Trucking News

Steering & Clutch ProductsLevy Steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Tarps Sales & ServiceTrison Tarps Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1, 14

Theft Prevention ProductsThe Fuel Lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

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TrainingDanatec . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Ontario Trucking News

Truck Parts & AccessoriesTraction Truck Parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Ontario & Western Trucking News

Truck Sales (Used)Arrow Truck Sales . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Ontario Trucking News

Truck TransmissionsDomar Transmissions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6, 20

Truck RepairsTruckPro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Ontario & Western Trucking News

Truck Tires & RepairsNew Millenium Tire Centre . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Weigh Scales (On Board)Vulcan On-Board Scales . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Western & Eastern Trucking News

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GGreat Canadian Holidays & Coaches . . . . . . . . . . 11Great Northern Battery Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

HHunter Engineering Company . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Ontario Trucking NewsHWT Transport . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 Western Trucking News

IInternational Truckload Services Inc . . . . . . . . . . 41 Ontario Trucking News

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KKindersley Transport Ltd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 Ontario Trucking NewsKleysen Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 Western Trucking News

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SSpring Creek Carriers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Ontario & Western Trucking NewsStar Van Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Ontario Trucking News

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WWilson Instruments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Ontario Trucking News

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manitoba

aRBoRg

Petro cANAdA-Petro PAssHighway #7 & #68, Arborg, MB

Tel: 204.376.5593Fax: 204.376.5587

Open 24-7, drivers’ lounge & game room, convenience store & parking

BeausejouRPetro cANAdA-Petro PAss

400 Park Avenue,Beausejour, MB

Tel: 204.268.2223Fax: 204.268.4749

Open 24-7, convenience store & parking

BRandonBrANdoN Husky trAvel ceNtre

1990-18th Street North,Brandon, MB R7C 1B3

Tel: 204.728.7387www.myhusky.ca

MoRRisPetro cANAdA-Petro PAss

217 Main Street,Morris, MB

Tel: 204.746.8967Fax: 204.746.6008

Open 24-7, full service islands, drivers’ lounge & game room,

convenience store, ATM & parking

pine fallsPetro cANAdA-Petro PAss

Highway #11 & #304Pine Falls, MB

Tel: 204.367.8800Fax: 204.367.4037Open 24-7, Parking

teulonPetro cANAdA-Petro PAss

Highway #7 & 5th Street,Teulon, MB

Tel: 204.886.2732Fax: 204.886.3612

Open 24-7, convenience store & parking

WinnipegPetro cANAdA-Petro PAss

500 Oak Point Highway,Winnipeg, MB

Tel: 204.949.7292Fax: 204.949.7295

Open 24-7, drivers’ lounge & game room, convenience store, laundry facilities, ATM, showers & parking

Petro cANAdA-Petro PAss928 Marion Street,

Winnipeg, MBTel: 204.949.7280Fax: 204.949.7288

Open 24-7, drivers’ lounge & game room, convenience store, laundry

facilities, showers & parking

estevanestevAN Husky trAvel ceNtre

201- 4th Street,Estevan, SK S4A 0T5Tel: 306.634.3109www.myhusky.ca

saskatcheWan

Regina

Husky Bulk sAles210 North McDonald Street,

Regina, SK S4Z 1A5Tel: 306.721.6880www.myhusky.ca

regiNA Husky trAvel ceNtre1755 Prince of Wales Drive

Regina, SK S4Z 1A5Tel: 306.789.3477www.myhusky.ca

saskatoon

Petro cANAdA-Petro PAss402-51st Street East,

Saskatoon, SKTel: 306.934.6766Fax: 306.668.6110

Email: [email protected]’ lounge, convenience store,

laundry facilities, ATM, showers, scale & parking

sWift CuRRentHusky trAvel ceNtre

1510 South Service Road West,(Trans Canada Hwy 1 West)Swift Current, SK S9H 3T1


alberta

BonnyvillecougAr fuels ltd.5602-54th AvenueBonnyville, AB

Tel: 780.826.3043Fax: 780.826.6353


www.cougarfuelsltd.caConvenience store, cardlock and

showers.CalgaRy

caLgary husky TraveL cenTre

2525-32nd Avenue N.E.Calgary, AB T1Y 6B7Tel: 403.291.1233www.myhusky.ca

roAdkiNg trAvel ceNtre4949 Barlow Trail SE,Calgary, AB T2B 3B5Tel: 403.569.6251Fax: 403.235.5095www.roadking.ca

edMontonroAdkiNg trAvel ceNtre

strAtHcoNA iNc.26 Strathmoor Drive

Sherwood Park, AB T8H 2B6Tel 780-417-9400Fax 780-417-9449

alberta

lloydMinisteRHANcock Petroleum

5904-44th Street,Lloydminster, AB T9V 1V6

Tel: 888.875.2495Fax: 780.875.2095

Convenience Store, Showers & Laundry Facilities

Husky trAvel ceNtre

5721-44th Street,Lloydminster, AB T9V 0B3


MediCine HatHusky trAvel ceNtre

561-15th Street SW,Medicine Hat, AB T1A 4W2

Tel: 403.527.5561

Petro cANAdA cArd lock

Agcom Petroleum fuel sAles

1802-10 Avenue, S.W.Medicine Hat, AB

Tel: 403.527.6411Fax: 403.529.1660

Showers.

british columbia

CHilliWaCk

cHilliwAck Husky trAvel ceNtre

7620A Vedder Road,Chilliwack, BC V2R 4E8


chiLLiwack peTro-pass

45461 Yale Road WestChilliwack, BC

Tel: 604.795.9421Fax: 604.792.8931

[email protected] Cardlock Open 24 hrs, 7 days, Convenience Store

open Monday to Friday, 8am-5pm (washrooms).

cool creek AgeNcies

7985 Lickman Road,Chilliwack, BC V2R 3Z9

Tel: 604.795.5335Fax: 604.794.5080

[email protected] Full service islands, driver’s lounge & game room, convenience store,

showers, laundry facilities, parking & CAT scale

british columbia

CRaigellaCHieskyliNe truck stoP

5507 Trans Canada Hwy,Craigellachie, BC

Tel: 250.836.4949Fax: 250.836.4950

Email: [email protected] 24-7, full service islands, driver’s lounge & game room, restaurant, convenience store,

laundry facilities, ATM, showers & parking

delta

husky TraveL cenTre

10128 Nordel Court,Delta, BC V4G 1J7Tel: 604.582.1433www.myhusky.ca

delta

peTro canada

souThcoasT peTroLeuM LTd. 10178 Nordel Court,

Delta, BCTel: 604.581.3835Fax: 604.581.3850

[email protected], fax, photocopier, nearby Gov’t Scale, Restaurants & ATM

golden

JePsoN Petroleum ltd.Box 1408

Golden, BC V0A 1H0Tel: 250.344.6161Fax: 250.344.2232

Email: [email protected] 8am-5pm mon-fri, lubes & propane, 24hr Cardlock, regular,

diesel & diesel mark.

Hope

dogwood vAlley

Husky trAvel ceNtre

27052 Baker Road,Hope, BC V0X 1L3Tel: 604.869.9443www.myhusky.ca

flood HoPe Husky trAvel ceNtre

61850 Flood-Hope RoadR.R. #2, Hope, BC V0X 1L2


osoyoosHusky trAvel ceNtre

9206-97th Street,R.R. #2, Osoyoos, BC V0H 1V2


british columbia

siCaMousHusky trAvel ceNtre

1340 Trans Canada Hwy.,Sicamous, BC V0G 2V0

Tel: 250.836.4675Fax: 280.836.2230

Contact: Shelley Arvandelwww.myhusky.ca

Open 24-7, restaurant (6am-10pm), convenience store, showers, laundry

facilities, parking, photocopier, oil products, ATM and fax machine.

Western ontario

BeaMsville

BeAmsville relAy stAtioN4673 Ontario Street,

(Exit 64 off QEW)Beamsville, ON L0R 1B4

Tel: 905.563.8816Fax: 905.563.4770

Email: [email protected] 24-7, restaurant, convenience

store, laundry facilities, ATM, showers & parking

BoWManville

fiftH wHeel truck stoP2475 South Service Road,

(Exit 431, Hwy 401, Waverly Road) Bowmanville, ON L1C 3L1

Tel: 905.623.3604Fax: 905.623.7109

Open 24 hrs., Diesel fuel, convenience store, CAT scale,

gasoline (self service), ATM, propane, convenience store at fuel bar, Sunoco

fleetfuel Cardlock ,full service fuel islands, restaurant, private showers, laundry facilities, drivers’ lounge & arcade room, 100+ truck parking capacity, motel (smoking & non-

smoking),Bell Canada Internet Kiosk, Irving Cardlock.

doRCHesteR

fiftH wHeel truck stoP3305 Dorchester Road,

(Exit 199, Hwy 401, East of London)Dorchester, ON N0L 1G0

Tel: 519.268.7319Fax: 519.268.2967

Open 24 hrs, diesel fuel, convenience store, CAT scale, blue beacon truck wash, drug testing

centre, gasoline (self serve), ATM, take-out food, open roads chapel,

Sunoco & Irving Cardlock, full service fuel islands, restaurant, private

showers, laundry facilities, drivers’ lounge, 150+ parking capacity, motel

(smoking & non-smoking), arcade room, convenience store.

dRuMBotrucker’s HAveNHwy 401, Exit 250,

806607 Oxford Road,Drumbo, ON N0J 1G0

Tel: 519.463.5088Fax: 519.463.5628


Western ontario

foRt eRie

ultrAmAr1637 Pettit Road (Exit 5 off QEW)

Fort Erie, ON L2A 5M4Tel: 905.994.8293

Open 24 hrs, Restaurant, Toilet, Showers, Overnight Parking &

Truckers’ Lounge

gRiMsBy

fiftH wHeel truck stoP398 North Service Road,

(Exit 74, off QEW, E. of Hamilton)(Casablanca Blvd. Exit)Grimsby, ON L3M 4E8

Tel: 905.945.0300Fax: 905.945.1115

Open 24 hrs, diesel fuel, convenience store, CAT scale, blue

beacon truck wash, ATM, drug testing centre, gasoline, Sunoco

Cardlock, full service fuel islands, restaurant, private showers, laundry facilities, drivers’ lounge & arcade

room,100+ parking capacity, chapel, motel (smoking & non- smoking) &

Irving Cardlock.

HaMilton

mArsHAll truck & trAiler rePAir & truck stoP

336 Kenora Avenue,Hamilton, ON L8E 2W2

Tel: 905.561.4712Fax: 905.561.7757

Email: [email protected]: www.marshalltruck.comOpen 24-7 for Cardlock fuelling,

open 7am-12am mon-fri, 7am-5pm Sat, closed Sunday, full service

islands, drivers’ lounge, restaurant, showers & parking

kitCHeneR

Petro-PAss kitcHeNer120 Conestoga College Blvd.,

Kitchener, ON N2P 2N6Tel: 519.748.5550Fax: 519.748.9656

Drivers’ lounge & game room, convenience store, laundry facilities,

showers & CAT scale.

london

flyiNg m truck stoP7340 Colonel Talbot Road,

London, ONTel: 519.652.2728Fax: 519.652.6554

Email: flyingmtruckstop.comOpen 24 hrs, 6 days, full service

islands, drivers’ lounge, restaurant, convenience store, ATM, internet

services, showers, garage on premises & parking

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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].

S

Western ontario

london

loNdoN Husky trAvel ceNtreHwy 401 & 74 (Exit 195 off 401)

Belmont, ONTel: 519.644.0200www.myhusky.ca

Milton

fiftH wHeel truck stoP40 Chisolm Dr. (Hwy 401 Exit 320)

Milton, ON L9T 3G9Tel: 905.878.8441Fax: 905.878.9376

Open 24 hrs, diesel fuel, convenience store, CAT scale, Blue Beacon truck wash, ATM, lube shop, Sunoco & Irving Cardlock, full service

fuel islands, restaurant, showers, laundry facilities, drivers’ lounge & arcade room, 100+ parkin, chapel, motel (smoking & non- smoking), &

lottery tickets.

piCkeRing

Husky trAvel ceNtre200 Clements Road, Pickering, ON


poRt Hope

ultrAmAr2211 County Road 28,

(Hwy 401 Exit 464)Port Hope, ON L1A 3W4

Tel: 905.885.4600Open 24 hrs, lunch counter,

convenience store,toilet, showers, truckers’ lounge & short-time parking

stoney CReekstoP 50 truck stoP

1310 South Service Road,(Exit QEW at Fifty Road)

Stoney Creek, ON L8E 5C5Tel: 905.643.1151Fax: 905.643.8068

Open 24-7, full service islands, restaurant, convenience store,

laundry facilities, ATM, showers & parking

tilBuRyPilot trAvel ceNtre

19325 County Road 42,Exit 56 off Hwy 401

Tilbury, OntarioTel: 519.682.1140Fax: 519.682.9221


www.pilottravelcenters.comOpen 24-7, six pilot diesel lanes, six gasoline lanes & six ESSO Cardlock

lanes, subway restaurant, large convenience store, drivers’ lounge & game room, CAT scale, coin laundry,

ATM, six showers & 70+ parking available.

Western ontario

WindsoRwiNdsor Husky trAvel ceNtre

Tecumseh, ON (off Hwy 401 at Exit 14)


WoodstoCk

ultrAmAr535 Mill Street,

(Hwy 401 Exit 230 on TA site)Woodstock, ON N4S 7V6

Tel: 519.421.3144Open 24 hrs, restaurant,

convenience store, toilet, showers, truckers’ lounge & overnight parking

eastern ontario

aRnpRioR

ANtrim truck stoP580 White Lake Road,Arnprior, ON K7S 3G9

Tel: 613.623.3003Fax: 613.623.1003

Toll Free: [email protected] 24-7, full service islands, restaurant, convenience store,

showers, overnight parking, truckers’ lounge, CAT scale, garage service facilities, tire service, western star

truck dealer.

BellevilleultrAmAr

25 Bellevue Drive,(Hwy 401 Exit 538, rear of Ultramar

Service Station)Belleville, ON K8N 4Z5

Tel: 613.771.1755Open 24 hrs, lunch counter,

convenience store, toilets, showers, short-time parking & truckers’ lounge

CaRdinal

2085 Shanly Road,Exit 730 off Hwy 401Cardinal, ON K0C 1E0

Tel: 613.657.3019Open 24 hrs, restaurant,

convenience store, toilet, showers, overnight parking & truckers’ lounge

CoRnWall

fiftH wHeel truck stoP1901 McConnell Avenue,(Exit 792 off Hwy 401)Cornwall, ON K6H 5R6

Tel: 613.933.8363Fax: 613.932.3952

Open 24 hrs, diesel fuel, full-service fuel islands, convenience store at fuel bar, take-out food, CAT scale, Blue Beacon Truck Wash, propane, Sunoco Cardlock, restaurant, 200+

truck parking capacity, private showers, laundry facilities, drivers’ lounge & arcade room, Bell Canada Internet Kiosk, barber shop, ATM, drug testing centre, chapel, motel

(smoking & non-smoking), tire shop, lube shop, mechanic shop, Irving

Cardlock.

eastern ontario

deseRonto

quick stoP

215 Hwy #49,Deseronto, ON K0K 1X0

Tel: 613.396.3043Fax: 613.396.1449

Open 6am-10pm, 7 days, full service islands, subway, convenience store,

parking & coffee drive-thru.

dunvegan

esso-duNvegAN

1515 County Road #20,(Hwy 417 Exit 51)

Dunvegan, ONTel: 613.527.1026 or

613.627.2100Fax: 613.527.2726

Open 24-7, full service islands, restaurant (Tim Horton’s),

convenience store, showers, parking & ATM.

joyCevillekiNgstoN Husky truck stoP

Joyceville Road,(Hwy 401 Exit 632)

Joyceville, ONTel: 613.542.3468www.myhusky.ca

kingstonesso-kiNgstoN

Hwy 401 Exit 611, Kingston, ONTel: 613.384.8888Fax: 613.634.3162

Open 24-7

uLTraMar

1993 Hwy 15, Exit 623Kingston, ON K7L 4V3

Tel & Fax: 613.542.7971 Email: [email protected]

Open 24/7, Fast-Food, Convenience Store, ATM, Overnight Parking.

ottaWa

ultrAmAr

3199 Hawthorne Road,(Exit 110 off Hwy 417)

Behind Ultramar Service StationOttawa, ON K1G 3V8Tel: 613.248.9319

Open 24 hrs, lunch counter, convenience store, toilet,

Truckers’ lounge, showers& short- ime parking

eastern ontario

spenCeRvilleANgelo’s truck stoP2025 County Road 44,

Spencerville, ON K0E 1X0Tel: 613.925.5158Fax: 613.925.5158

Open 7 days, game room, restaurant, convenience store, showers, parking

& CAT scale.

vankleek Hill

HerB’s trAvel PlAZA21160 Service Road,

Exit 27 off Hwy 417Vankleek Hill, Ontario

Toll Free: 800.593.4372Tel: 613.525.2120Fax: 613.525.1595

Email: [email protected] 24-7 drivers’ lounge,

restaurant, convenience store, laundry facilities, ATM, internet services, showers & parking.

northern ontario

BRadfoRd

BrAdford Husky trAvel ceNtreHwy 400 & 88, Bradford, ON


HWy 144 @ 560awAtersHed cAr & truck stoP

Hwy 144 & 560a,Tel: 705.655.4911 or

705.523.4917Fax: 705.523.4160

[email protected]

neW liskeaRdgilli’s truck stoP

Hwy #11 North, New Liskeard, ONTel: 705.647.1919Fax: 705.647.5610

Full service islands, restaurant, convenience store, showers &

parking.

noRtH BayBAytruck stoP

3060 Hwy 11 North, North Bay, ONTel: 705.474.8410Fax: 705.495.4076

Toll Free: 888.474.8410Email: [email protected]: www.transportmall.comOpen 24-7, full service islands, restaurant, convenience store,

showers, parking & truck repairs within 2 km.

sudBuRy

sudBury Petro PAss3070 Regent Street, Sudbury, ON

Tel: 705.522.8701Fax: 705.522.4280

Open Mon-Fri. 6am-11pm,Sat. 8am-8pm & sun. 10am-9pm,

drivers’ lounge & game room, convenience store (hot food, pizza,

chilli & soup), laundry facilities, showers & parking.

northern ontario

tiMMins

esso truck stoP

2154 Riverside Drive,

Timmins, ON

Tel: 705.268.3400

Fax: 705.267.7231

[email protected]

Open 24-7, restaurant, convenience store, ATM & showers.

WauBasHenewAuBAsHeNe truck stoP

21 Quarry Road, Box 419,

Waubashene, ON L0K 2L0

Tel: 705.538.2400

Fax: 705.538.0452


québec

MontRealirviNg 24

5918, Rue Notre Dame Est,

Montreal, QC H1N 2C5

Tel: 514.257.8626

Fax: 514.259.0910

Open 24-7, restaurant, convenience store & laundry facilities.

neW brunsWick

aulaCAulAc Big stoP circle k

170 Aulac Road,

Aulac, NB E4L 2X2

Tel: 506.536.1339

Fax: 506.536.0579


Open 24-7, full service islands, drivers’ lounge, restaurant,

convenience store, showers, laundry facilities, parking & CAT scale.

gRand fallsPetro PAss

315 Ouellette Street,

Grand Falls, NB

Tel: 506.473.5575

Fax: 506.475.9816

Toll Free: 800.361.8322

[email protected]

Drivers’ lounge & game room, convenience store, showers, laundry facilities, internet services, showers,

parking & CAT scale.

MonCton

Petro-cANAdA

Exit 450, 2600 Mountain Road,

Moncton, NB E1G 3T6

Tel: 506.859.6000

Fax: 506.859.6005

Open 24-7, convenience store, fast food, ATM’s & restrooms

neW brunsWick

peRtH-andoveR

toBique oNe stoP

Exit 115, Perth-Anover, NBTel: 506.273.9682Fax: 506.273.9682

Open 24-7, full service islands, drivers’ lounge with large screen,

restaurant, satellite TV, convenience store, showers, laundry, parking &

free high-speed internet.

salisBuRy

sAlisBury Big stoP

2986 Fredericton Road,Salisbury, NB E4J 2G1

Tel: 506.372.3333Fax: 506.372.0083

Open 24-7, drivers’ lounge & game room, restaurant, convenience store, showers, laundry facilities, parking &

CAT scale

WaasisliNcolN Big stoP (irviNg)

415 Nevers Rd., Waasis, NB E3B 9E1Tel: 506.446.4444Fax: 506.446.4440

[email protected]

Open 24-7, full service & self service islands, drivers’ lounge & game

room, restaurant, convenience store, showers, laundry facilities, parking

WoodstoCk

murrAy’s truck stoP

Exit 191, 198 Beardsley Road,Woodstock, NB

Tel: 506.328.2994Driver’s Fax: 506.325.2148

email: [email protected]

www.murraystruckstop.caOpen 24-7, full service islands, drivers’ lounge & game room, restaurant, convenience store,

showers, laundry facilities, parking & CAT scale & tire sales & service.

nova scotia

enfieldeNfield Big stoP (circle k)

6757 Hwy #2, Enfield, NS S2T 1C8Tel: 902.882.2522Fax: 902.883.1769

Open 24-7, full-service islands, drivers’ lounge, restaurant (6 am-

11pm), convenience store, showers & parking.

tRuRo HeigHtstruro HeigHts circle k

86 Connector Rd., Hwy 102 Exit 13,Truro Heights, NS B2N 5B6

Tel: 902.897.0333Fax: 902.897.0499

Open 24-7, self service islands, drivers’ lounge, restaurant,

convenience store, showers & parking.

MarCH 2011 37

TraNSPOrT FOr CHrIST

Does Your Heart Comply?

by LEN rEIMEr

As we think about the importance of proper clean

running truck engines we realize there is a similar-ity with the human heart. Many of us daily overlook the importance of proper heart maintenance. We stuff ourselves with foods high on cholesterol, exces-sive fat or high on sugar. We eat them because they tickle our taste buds.

Recently I joined my wife on a grocery shopping bonanza. I would pick up items and she would read the labels and put them back on the shelf, and

explain to me, they are not good for us. You see, I am diabetic, I have high blood pressure and I am too heavy for my height.

I looked up the word “heart” in my bible con-cordance and learned the King James Bible makes 855 references to heart. The first one I found is in Geneses 6:5 and reads, “Then the Lord saw that the wickedness of man was great on the earth, and that every interest of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually. We find another verse in Jeremiah 17: 9 “The heart is more deceitful than all else, and desperately sick; who can understand it. I the Lord search the heart. In only a few scriptures we find man described, and the picture is less than pretty. It’s no surprise then that our world is in the condition it`s in.

By nature we are not good people, regardless of

race or nationality. We re-quire help from a Greater Being (God), to improve the way our hearts behave, act and think.

The Bible invites us in Mark 12:30 “And thou (you) shall love the Lord thy God with all thy “heart”, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength; this is the first commandment.

Friends what I find so exciting, is that in spite of the description of our hearts, God wants us to experience His peace, and enjoy the peace of Christ. Jesus himself says in John 14:1 Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in Me (Jesus). But as it is writ-ten in I Corinthians 2:9 “Eye has not seen, nor

ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love Him.

As it is important for our truck engines to comply with government regula-tions, so it is essential for our hearts to be in tune with Almighty God,

and His regulations. “No compliance no passage”. You see, there is a day coming when we will be asked if our hearts com-ply with God`s word, (or compliance book). Our entrance or passage into His prepared mansion, depends in whether our hearts comply.V

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transport for Christ

Does Your Heart Comply?and His regulations. “No compliance no passage”. You see, there is a day coming when we will be asked if our hearts com-ply with God`s word, (or compliance book). Our entrance or passage into His prepared mansion, depends in whether our hearts comply.V

amta

Distracted Driving Legislation Passes

AMTA welcomed news this month that Alberta’s dis-

tracted driving legisla-tion passed the provincial legislature. Bill 16 restricts the use of hand-held cell phones and other dis-tracting activities while driving. The provincial government is calling the Bill the ‘most compre-hensive distracted driving legislation in Canada’.

“AMTA is commit-ted to eliminating dis-tracted driving,” says AMTA Executive Director Mayne Root. “The truck driver’s workplace is the roadway and making Al-berta roadways safer is a priority.”

The legislation permits the use of hands-free phones. The sweeping legislation bans hand-held CB radios for recreational purposes. CB radios are

permitted only for driv-ers of pilot vehicles who must maintain contact with another vehicle, and for drivers using the radio to contact their employer where the employee is required to maintain radio contact. The exemption

also extends to use in search and rescue situa-tions and emergencies.

“AMTA was instrumental in ensuring the province exempted CB type com-munications devices and

other push-to-talk tech-nology for the motor trans-port industry,” says Mayne Root, Executive Director.

The proposed fine for the distracted driving offence is $172 with no demerit points. Drivers engaged in any of the identified activities can be charged under this new law. A distracted driver could face additional charges if

they commit other viola-tions such as running a red light or making an improper lane change. This legislation comple-

ments the current driv-ing without due care and attention law — a serious offence with a fine of $402 and six demerit points.

This legislation will come into force upon proclama-tion, with an anticipated grace period, and could take effect by the middle of 2011.V

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EMPLOyMENT

THE SaFETy TIP aDvISEr

Beware of Melting Snow!

by aLvIS vIOLO

With the winter coming to an end and the

spring approaching, we find ourselves faced with having to drive on wet slippery roads more fre-quently. While most of us use caution while driving on wet roads, many drivers treat it as regular driving conditions. According to the National Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), every year nearly one million vehicle accidents occur on wet road condi-tions. While it is impossible to completely eliminate the risk of driving on wet roads, it is possible to re-duce the factors that lead

to such accidents. Here are some of the best safety tips available to reduce those risks.

Slow down: It is better to drive slow and safe than fast and reckless. As you decrease your speed, your tires tread that contacts the road service increases. If at all possible, avoid try-ing to pass other vehicles as this could cause a reac-tion or over reaction.

Maintain a safe distance: You should not stay too close to the vehicle in front of you when the roads are wet. It takes about three times longer to brake on wet roads than it does on dry roads. Keep more than two vehicle lengths be-tween you and the vehicle in front of you.

Know how to recover from a skid: If your vehicle does skid, remember not to slam on the brakes. If you have an anti-lock braking system (ABS), do not pump the brakes. In-

stead, apply firm, steady pressure to the brakes and steer the vehicle in the direction of the skid.

Properly maintain your tires: Improperly inflated tires not only adverse-ly affect your gas mile-age, they also affect your vehicle’s handling. Tires that are properly inflated and well maintained can cut through water and keep traction better than worn or bald tires. Check your tires condition and air pressure on a regular basis.

Be careful at intersec-tions: Accidents occur most frequently at inter-sections. When approach-ing an intersection, exer-cise caution during wet road conditions. Although you may be approach-ing slowly, other drivers around you may not be so cautious. Intersections are often made more danger-ous by frequent oil spills making the stopping sur-

face more slippery.Try to avoid aquaplaning:

While driving in wet condi-tions, your tires must cut through the water to main-tain contact with the road. If you are traveling too fast and there is too much water on the road, your vehicle may start to ride on top of the water which is a condition called aquaplan-ing or hydroplaning. You can avoid aquaplaning by keeping your tires properly inflated, maintaining deep tire treads, slowing down and driving on the tracks of the vehicle in front of

you.As drivers, we all need to

change our mindset and techniques when driving in wet road conditions. Wet roads lead to slipping, skidding and aquaplaning, all of which can cause vehicle damage, personal injury or even death. By taking a few precautions and by using wet road driving techniques, we can hopefully avoid ending up soaking wet on the shoul-der of a highway waiting for a tow truck, or just like many other safety tips, this safety tip could save

our lives.Drive safe, think positive

and be prosperous.Alvis Violo is the C.E.O.

of Emergency Road Servi-ces Corporation., a coast to coast bilingual road-side assistance company dedicated to the trucking industry in Canada and the U.S... For more infor-mation visit www.emer-gencyroadservices.com or call 1-877-377-2262. Please send your ques-tions, feedback or com-ments about this column to [email protected]

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AmtA BEhind CtA’s

Changes to National Weights & Dimensions Needed

AMTA has been the driving force behind a recent

move by the Canadian Trucking Alliance (CTA) to urge the Nat ional Vehicle Weights and Di-mensions Task Force to increase the length of B-trains in Canada.

“AMTA recognizes the need for more flexibility with the existing rules

to provide drivers more comfort in the sleeper berth and for fleets to have more flexibility in determining which fuel economy-GHG reduc-tion options they wish to adopt in the future,” says AMTA executive director.

David Bradley, CTA’s chief executive officer says: “the changes CTA is proposing with regard

to the national standards for B-trains, and trac-tor wheelbase are two areas where we feel more flexibility would be desir-able in order to ensure those drivers who use sleeper berths have the maximum of comfort, and carriers and owner-operators will have more flexibility in determining which fuel economy-GHG

reduction options they wish to implement going forward.”

The way to do this would be for the task force to amend the na-tional Memorandum of Understanding on truck configurations to bet-ter accommodate more comfor tab le s l eeper berths within B-train combinations and extend

the maximum al low-able tractor wheelbase on tractor-semitrailer units to accommodate larger sleeper berths. This would also make it possible to accom-modate var ious new add-on devices such as auxiliary power units (APUs) aimed at reducing a truck’s GHG emissions.

“The cur ren t t ruck

we ights and d imen-sions regulations have and continue to serve the industry well,” says Bradley. “But like any-thing else they need to be tweaked in order to modernize them from time to time.”

For more information on this issue, please visit the CTA website at: www.cantruck.ca.V

pArtnErs in CompliAnCE (piC)

PIC Fleets Saved $1.1 Million by Bypassing Scales

Al b e r t a m o t o r transport oper-ators know that

time is money. Fleets who are interested in saving money will want to look at becoming a member of Partners in Compliance (PIC). There are already 4,661 trucks and 2,359 buses in the program.

“To-date, PIC Members utilizing the transponder

bypass system have by-passed Alberta Inspection stations a total of 234,758 times,” says PIC director Lane Kranenburg. “At a calculated savings of $5.00 each, this amounts to an overall savings of $ 1,173,790.00. A driver will tell you the ability to stay on the highway is much more valuable than $5.00. Add in the recog-nition of the yellow PIC

vanity plate and you have a win/win combination!”

“The Partners In Com-pliance program is de-signed to establish safety as a primary measure of excellence in transport, oilfield and bus compan-ies,” says Kranenburg. “Several tangible and non tangible benefits are available to those com-panies whose proactive approach to safety has

resulted in exemplary safety records, mainten-ance records, and driver retention records. Fur-ther, those companies embracing ‘safety as a culture’ have developed an overall sense of pride, satisfaction and well-being within their staff.”

Some of the benefits include:

• A Safety Fitness Rat-ing of “Excellent”

• $11.00 reduction in cost on every Alberta abstract

• Unlimited no-cost Al-berta Carrier Profiles

• Fee waiver for al l Commercial Vehicle In-spection Program (CVIP) shop licenses in Alberta.

• A PIC Quarterly Safety review (electronic)

• A true sense of pride in your driver group

• Recognition by peers,

customers, general pub-lic, and enforcement

• 98% scale bypass for those companies util-izing the transponder system

Find out how to be-come a PIC fleet today! Contact: Lane Kranen-b u r g a t l a n e _ p i c @amta.ca, 403.214.3431 or Lorr i Chr is tensen at [email protected], .403.214.3430.V

Alberta to Host 2011 NPTD Championships

Save the date! Al-ber ta wi l l p lay host to the 2011

National Truck Driving Championships f rom September 7 – 10, 2011. This Olympic Games of trucking sees top placed

drivers from provincial competitions across the country put their skills to the ultimate test when they compete for brag-ging rights and prizes. The event will be held at the Fire Training Acad-

emy in Calgary.This event couldn’t

take place without the suppor t o f sponsors who will be spotlighted throughout the event. Sponsorship is avail-able at the fol lowing

levels, Platinum $5,000 and over, Gold $2,500 to $4,999, Silver $1,000 to $2,499, Bronze $500 to $999 and Partner below $500. For more informa-tion about sponsorship opportunit ies, please

contact the following persons.

Dean Pais ley, Leth-bridge Truck Terminal: [email protected] or Real Durand, Bison Transport: [email protected]; 403.444.0520 or

Dave Jorgensen, Alberta Motor Transport Asso-ciation: [email protected]; 403.214.3426 or Candace Suski, BFL CANADA In-surance Services Inc., csuski@bf lcanada.ca; 403.451.4134.V

BC ministry of trAnsportAtion And infrAstruCturE

New Highway Webcams Help You Know Before You Go

Victoria, BC – Eight more Dr iveBC web cameras are

now online to help you “know before you go” on British Columbia high-ways, Transportation and Infrastructure Minister Shirley Bond announced today.

“With these new web-

cams, motorists know weather and highway conditions and are able to make safe travel plans,” said Bond. “DriveBC now has 175 webcams show-ing highway conditions throughout the province to help you plan a safe trip.”

Five of these latest

cameras are in the Lower Mainland, including key Highway 91 (East-West Connector) intersections, as well as Highway 99 at 8th Avenue.

“Whether coming home, commuting to work or planning a road trip, you want to do it safely,” said Surrey-White Rock MLA

Gordon Hogg. “These new webcams, from right here in White Rock to Richmond and the Inter-ior, provide the informa-tion you’ll need to get to your destination.”

The new webcams out-side of the Lower Main-land are on Highway 99 at Fountain Valley,

just north of Lillooet; on Highway 97A at Spallum-cheen, north of Vernon; and on Highway 1 near the 10 Mile Brake Check in the Kicking Horse Can-yon.

The webcams are avail-able at www.drivebc.ca and travelers may also call the toll-free DriveBC

line at 800.550.HWYS (4997). DriveBC also pro-vides travel advisories, road closure information, weather information and other important links.

Fol low the Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure on Twit-t e r a t t w i t t e r . c o m /tranbc.V

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EMPLOyMENT

THE TrUCKEr’S vOICE

Appealing Ontario’s Ministry of Transport Decisions

The Ontario Min-istry of Transport (MTO) has finally

filed its appeal in the case concerning Mr. Ingratta. This gent leman won his case which would force the MTO to sign an access form accepting responsibility for any damage or loss of war-ranty resulting from its unauthorized access to

a vehicle before being given the right to plug in and utilize the EZ-TAP. We have posted the trial transcript along with the judgment on our website. In the trial transcript the judge states that the MTO needs more training as the only training received was from the manufac-turer of the EZ-TAP. The court believed that Mr.

Ingratta did not refuse the MTO Inspector access to the truck computer as the MTO Inspector stat-ed. The judge also stated “I do not know how this is going to flush out down the road with a lot of these trucks”. At last, a judge who is willing to make a judgment based on the facts instead of worrying about upsetting

the government.This case raises many

issues and questions. This time it was not the creditability of the de-fendant but that of the in-spector. Usually in MTO court there is no physical evidence only “hearsay” from the MTO agent. Why is it that we are legally responsible under the Highway Traffic Act

to assist in gathering possible incriminating information against our-selves?

At last, this judge has opened the door for us to challenge this law, so run through these doors, don’t walk! We need to follow Mr. Ingratta’s ex-ample of standing up for our rights.

If you would like to do-

nate to the Mr. Ingratta’s defense fund please con-tact Joanne Ritchie at OBAC at (888) 794-9990 or [email protected].

For more information about the Truckers’ Voice contact Pete Turner at 613-831-1332, by email at [email protected] or visit his website at www.thet-ruckersvoice.ca.V

qUEENSTON-LEWISTON brIDGE

Plaza Improvements Completed

Queenston, On-t a r i o – T h e H o n o u r a b l e

Rob Nicholson, Member of Parliament for Niagara Falls, Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada, and Dr. Ken-neth E. Loucks, Chair of the Niagara Falls Bridge Commission, celebrated the completion of the central plaza building at the Queenston-Lewiston International Bridge on January 27, 2011].

“The Government of Canada is proud to have invested in the Queens-ton-Lewiston Bridge, one of the busiest Canada-U.S. border crossings,” said Minister Nichol-son. “Investments in the Queenston Plaza will help to reduce traffic congestion, facilitate lo-cal border crossings and improve this important trade link in the Niagara region.”

“Complet ion o f the Queenston central plaza building on the northern-most of our three bridges will provide even more rapid border crossings for our cars, trucks and buses moving into Can-ada,” said Dr. Loucks. “As a binational commission, we work extremely hard to provide the highest-quality services to aid and guide the motorists who use our bridges. This building is another example of the success of that effort.”

T h i s p r o j e c t w a s the second phase of improvements to the Canadian Plaza and in-cluded the construction of a central building for Canada Border Services Agency and Canadian Food Inspection Agency functions; 10 passenger vehicle primary inspec-tion booths; and a separ-ate bus-processing lane. These improvements will result in increased peak traffic capacity and faster processing times for travellers, strength-ening trade and tourism between Canada and the United States.

Phase Two construction builds on the $49-million Phase One redevelop-ment project undertaken and funded entirely by the Niagara Falls Bridge Commission. Phase One included the construc-tion of a new elevated parking structure, a toll complex, a primary com-mercial customs process-ing facility, a retaining/security wall and a new maintenance storage fa-cility.

The total cost for Phase Two improvements is $78 mill ion, with the Government o f Can-ada contributing up to $62 million through the Gateways and Border Crossings Fund (Building Canada Plan). The Niag-ara Falls Bridge Com-mission contributed $16 million.V

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