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Centreline TMS: Accord Software’s Solution to Saving Money & Streamlining Business Activity

By Marek Krasuski

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uccess in today’s competi ti ve en vironment calls for a seamless integration of departmental activities to drive business forward.

Compromised performance of even one practice in the overall matrix of operations jeopardizes success. The Concord, Ontario-based firm, Accord Software, has, since its inception more than 20 years ago, understood and embraced this foundational principal and built a reputation of excellence by providing innovative technological solutions that improve efficiencies, save time and increase profitability in the trucking industry.

At the heart of the firm’s success is the development and implementation of its premium product suite, the Centreline Transportation Management System (TMS). This software platform is a resource planning and operations management tool that automates the cross-functional business processes of a transportation company.

Critical business activities, ranging from dispatch, cross dock and rating, to invoicing, accounting and management, are streamlined through the effective automation of business practices that deliver optimal control over the entire shipping process.

The value of any product or service lies beyond the functionality it promises; its true worth is in the ability to deliver. Greg Rogge is General Manager and Vice President of Clark Freightways, a long-established British Columbia-based carrier with a network of 85 tractors, 170 trailers, and multiple branches and agents distributed throughout the province. Since incorporating Centreline’s fully integrated suite of management tools two years ago, Greg says his

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expectations have been met, and exceeded. “The primary reason for wanting a system was to create information flow internally within our company and externally with our customers. They wanted to know what was happening with their orders, and they needed up-to-date information as much as we did.” Clark Freightways previously had an operations system in place, but it lacked integrating capabilities. Information was siloed separately in each department and lacked the real-time capabilities of the Centreline TMS management tools.

The information flow Greg was looking for needed to address key functions of Clark’s operations.

Among them was a track and trace system, just one of the various modules in Centreline’s TMS that reflects the various processes in the operation of a commercial carrier. The tracing function is an effective tool that supports Clark’s promise to keep their customers informed. “By using a reference number related to the shipment, our customers now have the ability to search a shipment and determine its exact location.”

At the heart of the system is the Cross Dock control module which monitors freight shipments and feeds the activity directly into the billing system. It also determines line haul Preferred Carriers and Points of Interchange, tracks and manages claims, and monitors inbound and outbound freight manifesting.

For Greg Rogge, these features provide a high degree of process control and a tremendous amount of valuable data. “The Cross Dock functions keep our customers informed about the status of the shipment, help us drive process efficiencies, and provides the tools to assess driver performance.”

Chief among the management tools of the TMS system, especially for Clark Freightways with multiple power units, trailers and locations, is the mobile dispatch function. Typical dispatch environments are extremely hectic with dispatchers being flooded with calls from drivers and customers requesting pickups. The Centerline TMS environment creates a seamless and accurate coordination of customer orders with the highest utilization of trucks. As Greg explains, “With Centerline TMS dispatchers can see where every truck is in real time relative to the pickup orders, thereby ensuring that freight pickups are handled promptly and in an efficient manner.

Itinerary details are automatically sent to drivers’ mobile computing devices, similar to wireless PDAs, but with reinforced construction designs able to withstand the rigours of the trucking environment.

“What the mobile device does,” Greg continues, “is transmit the key details of the pickup or delivery directly to the driver, eliminating the time wasted on potentially dangerous cell phone conversations.”

Furthermore, the dispatch board is updated automatically with accurate date and time stamps as each stop is completed by the driver.

In an effort to guarantee customer satisfaction, Clark Freightways depends on Accord Software’s Centreline TMS to achieve best practices.

For decades, the company has built its reputation on the transportation of perishable goods, including refrigerated and frozen foodstuffs. This highly specialized task demands that food products remain at prescribed temperatures throughout the shipping process. Checks and balances programmed into

Centreline’s mobile devices require that drivers comply with step-by-step procedures in the loading and unloading of merchandise. The software reminds drivers to probe frozen food before loading to ensure that the temperature is accurate. Failure to do so will prevent the driver from continuing until the data has been entered into the system. Such attention to detail guarantees customer satisfaction and demonstrates Clark’s adherence to best practices. It also eliminates costly overruns due to driver error.

“If a driver forgets to collect payment on a COD delivery, for example, he will not be able to complete the delivery until he keys information into the handheld device confirming that payment has been made,” Greg explains.

In contrast to traditional environments in which shipping data is collected from drivers at day’s end, the immediate retrieval of information from the hand-held devices maximizes the effectiveness of the accounting and operations of the company. Detailed, real-time information transmitted to the office early in the day, Greg says, makes planning easier, more accurate, and reduces the risk and cost of running line haul trips unnecessarily.

Before integrating the Centreline TMS into company operations, Clark Freightways Senior Management consulted with representatives at Accord Software, including its president, Tony De Feo. “We are very proud of the power and flexibility that we have built into our solution.” says Mr. De Feo, “but more importantly we are proud of the value that our solutions deliver to trucking companies like Clark Freightways and of the strong partnerships that we foster and maintain

with them before, during and long after the sale.”

Among the many management tools available in this integrated system is the rating function, a powerful business tool that eliminates waste, reduces duplication, saves employee’s time, and shortens the billing and collection cycle. “The rating system,” Tony says, “is an effective process of calculating, in short order, how much to charge a customer to move freight. Our auto-rating function calculates even the most complicated of rate structures and provides an accurate rate with little or no intervention.”

Rating staff are freed from the cumbersome process of calculating freight charges involving continuous references to rating manuals. Instead Centreline’s rating engine completes the task automatically, with little if any intervention from staff. For Clark Freightways this has proven to be another costsaving tool.

“Carriers have come up with complicated pricing schemes to differentiate themselves from their competitors. Centerline’s rating system allows us to tailor pricing plans that are best suited to our customers. In addition, it saves money because our employees don’t waste time rating bills manually. The process also eliminates human error and provides the customer with an accurate

and timely invoice, which is important to them.” Indeed, the dramatic reduction in the number of transactions that require operator intervention has resulted in a 90 percent auto-rating success rate by TMS users.

The auto-rating function, proven to be a time-saving tool, stands alongside an equally important module; WEB Order Entry. These electronic bills of lading have significantly reduced the time required to place orders. Using a secure web portal, customers connect to Clark Freightway’s system, and enter their own orders by using user friendly drop-down fields to populate shipping details. The order is then automatically fed onto the dispatcher’s board who forwards it to the handheld device of the driver nearest to the location.

Once the cargo is loaded and delivered, the contract concludes with a digital Proof of Delivery (POD) document signed by the receiver and an email notification sent to the customer with delivery details.

Reflecting on the ease with which multiple tasks are performed, Greg Rogge concludes his assessment of Accord’s suite of management tools with this missive: “Companies make changes either to save money or provide something of value to their customers. Centreline TMS does both!”

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This Month’s Theme: Trucking Software

Freightliner Software Slow to Embrace, Quick to Ease Business Operations

By Marek Krasuski

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mong the general population, there is an enduring image that characterizes the trucking industry; the care-free driver rolling down the highway, arm out the window, listening to his favourite tunes on the FM radio. It would seem those days are long gone. The advent of engine refinement, emission controls, communications devices, and freight broker software have ushered in a new era of sophistication.

But appearances can be deceiving. While technology has played a leading role in advancing the industry, it may be surprising to learn that the impetus to change often lags.

Despite the many benefits of trucking software programs, for example, there remains a reluctance to embrace this technology, even though its ability to streamline operations, assess the status of trucks, and generally provide a bird’s eye view of a carrier’s daily activities yields substantial rewards.

“People are reluctant to change and employ technology,” says Dara Nagra, representative for Avaal Technology Solutions, an industry leader that provides management software and technology education and consulting.

He observes that most companies tend to operate in traditional ways and are comfortable working with outdated systems. It’s a sentiment reinforced by others like James May, Regional Manager for North America for the firm, Crimson Logic, a software

and business consulting enterprise that assists companies in expediting cross-border shipments.

When the United States introduced the ACE manifest – Automated Commercial Environment – in 2007, James observed “there was a lot of push-back by the carrier industry. They did not want to comply with the regulations that were designed to improve border safety.” The objections weren’t against border security per se - everyone was willing to participate in security enhancement after 9/11. The resistance mounted in response to the new demands placed on companies to ensure their cargo information arrived at the border before the trucks did.

Reluctance also stems from perceptions of affordability. Sixty-two percent of trucking companies are considered to be small, and many of those believe freight border software systems are beyond their financial reach. That was the case a few years ago, but no longer, says Dara Nagra. “Five years ago a dispatch program could cost anywhere from between $50,000 and $100,000. Today the technology is affordable.

Instead of selling software to big companies at huge margins, providers began to target the smaller companies by offering leasing arrangements with minimal monthly rates.

Today, the smaller carriers can access programs for a few hundred dollars per month,” he says.

As both provider and educator, Dara sees firsthand the traditional mindsets encrusted in old ways of thinking. But he’s also witnessed the change behavioural change once his charges understand the software’s application and benefits to their business.

“When they understand how the technology works

and how much money they will save, then they love it,” Dara says, supporting his claim by the 500 companies he says have purchased Avaal’s technology services in the last two years.

Technology laggards may have good reason to cast a critical eye on the professed benefits of software programs. It is, after all, evolutionary, and therefore takes time to reach optimal efficiency.

Traditional software services had limitations – among them, the so-called siloing of information.

Different programs were specific to different business functions. Dispatch programs, for example, were distinct and separate from accounting or fleet management programs and lacked integrating functions so that information in one department did not interface with another.

But many companies have overcome these limitations with programs that provide integrated m ana g e m e nt s y s t e m s designed to streamline business activity. Freight management software can be tailored to the specific needs of each carrier, but all good ones share common features.

Among them is a dispatch program. In traditional settings, dispatchers are on hand to answer a flurry of phone orders from customers requesting deliveries which are then matched to drivers by dispatchers. Dispatch software renders this onerous activity virtually obsolete with a function that tracks the location of every truck in a fleet. When a customer order is placed, it is matched to the nearest truck and automatically entered into the system.

Head office has immediate accessibility to the status of trailers, trucks, drivers and customer orders.

Well-equipped software

programs also come with GPS tracking tools that monitor freight shipments on the road and at cross docks, and assesses the shortest route between delivery points. Updated information also keeps customers abreast of the status of their shipment.

Gregg Rogge is General Manager and Vice President of Clark Freightways, a British Columbia-based carrier with multiple tractors, trailers and distribution networks across the province. The software management tools he incorporated into the company some two years ago were provided by the Ontario-based Accord Software. (See profile in this edition.) The company’s cross dock module, just one of several that reflects the various processes in the operation of a commercial carrier, monitors shipments and feeds the activity into the billing system. According to Greg, the cross dock function of the Accord system, known as Centreline TMS, provides multiple benefits.

“It keeps our customers informed about the status of their shipment, helps us to make adjustments to our business, and aids us in assessing driver performance.” This powerful monitoring tool records

the arrival, loading and departure times of drivers at cross dock locations.

Invoice and accounting tools are equally important functions that reduce the amount of labour spent manually entering financial data. Good programs will provide functions by which invoices can be processed immediately.

Accounting modules should include general ledger records, customer lists, account maintenance designs and reporting functions. Software programs should also come equipped with fuel log instruments that record fuel purchases and expenditures, as well as taxes, a particularly important function as taxes and toll rates vary between states in the U.S. Some programs, like Accord’s Centreline TMS, are equipped with an auto rating function which calculates all freight variables – size, weight, distance, for example – and transmits in short order a delivery price. The assessing of shipping estimates by employees forced to regularly consult manuals is virtually eliminated.

Among computer assisted technologies are the services offered by a limited number of firms like Crimson Logic whose systems support traditional

dispatch software. These companies employ technology to expedite crossborder shipments, through multiple services, for carriers deterred by the onerous paperwork demanded by border authorities. For example, Crimson offers a web portal for companies to enter details of their e-manifests that describe cargo shipments bound for the United States. By using the web portal, carriers receive notice, in short order, informing them of their clearance status.

Crimson Logic’s consulting services also include filling out e-manifests on behalf of carriers and submitting the information to customs brokers and border authorities.

Transportation companies can expect to see an increase in the submission of electronic data to border authorities as Canada gears up to mirror America’s ACE Manifest requirements. The ACI e-manifest program enforced by the Canadian Border Services Agency (CBSA) is now fully functional, though carriers have until the summer of 2012 to fully comply with the requirements, after which time the implementation timeline will be complete and fines issued to carriers for non compliance.

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This Month’s Theme: Trucking Software

Danatec’s TDG Handbook iPhone App Revolutionizes Industry

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algary-based Danatec Educational Services Ltd. has always

been an industry leading innovator and their latest creation, the TDG Handbook App for both the iPhone and iPad, is no different and is based on their best-selling TDG Handbook. “It’s really starting to take off”, says Marketing Specialist Warren Bailey, “We’ve had really great feedback on the App so far. Once our customers get their hands on it, they realize it’s just as convenient as our traditional TDG handbook in its ability to access important informa-

tion quickly.”

The Danatec TDG Handbook App is a convenient way to access a summary of the material covered in their award winning TDG Training Programs. Users can utilize the App during a TDG training program and refer to it afterward for details about classification, shipping documents, labels, placards, containers, special situations or reporting and emergency.

There is also a section on requirements for transborder shipments and a

glossary of TDG terms.

Chris Plante, Danatec’s Transportation of Dangerous Goods Expert adds, “The Danatec TDG Handbook has always been a winner in the Transportation industry, both for the Driver and Shipper. For 2011, we now have the TDG Handbook available as an App, which makes this a convenient way to refer to information regarding classification, labels, placards and documentation. I have this App on my iPad, it’s fast and very easy to use.”

With the ever increasing use of iPhone’s in the industry as reference tools, not just communication devices, Danatec will continue to develop App’s as their customers demand them. Danatec is currently in the process of releasing their WHMIS Handbook App this spring as well.

To purchase the TDG Handbook App from Danatec, search “Danatec” in iTunes, visit their website, www.Danatec.com or call 800.465.3366 for more information.

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Rand McNally

Introduction of the Next Generation of TruckPC

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an Diego, CA – Rand McNally today introduced significant enhancements to its TruckPC mobile communication system at the Truckload Carriers’ Association Annual Convention. TruckPC is a fully compliant electronic on-board recorder (EOBR) that automatically tracks and manages Hours of Service, making it the solution of choice to enable companies to meet new

CSA requirements.

TruckPC now provides award-winning navigation; enhanced behavior- and truck-monitoring systems; workflow; in-cab video training; 2-way communication; an improved and easy-to-use back-end monitoring system; and on-board scanning.

The new TruckPC upgrades include: Fully integrated navigation and truck tool fea-

tures from Rand McNally: Proprietary truck-specific routing, points of interest, road construction, turn by turn directions, and mileage calculation capabilities are now fully integrated into the TruckPC. Driver behavior monitoring: Enhanced warnings alert drivers to sharp curves, steep hills, speed limit changes, state boundaries, road construction, time zone

changes and on/off duty changes. Over Speed Limit Indicator changes with the designated speed limit for the road segment. All of these events can be reported back and analyzed.

Workflow: Step-by-step instructions customized for events such as pre-trip inspections, or customer service with location specific procedures. Workflow enables a company to manage complex tasks with confirmation of completion from the driver.

Performance Stability: Upgraded hardware with 1.6 GHz processor and solid-state hard drive eliminates moving parts,

enhancing the performance stability of the unit.

The latest Windows® embedded software ensures that this unit will be current as software technology evolves.

Mapping enhancements to FleetWatcher: The backend monitoring and analysis tool now includes interactive satellite mapping.

Visit www.RandMcNally. com/truckpc for more information.

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ATSSA Toronto

Navistar Presents OnCommand at April Meeting

By Barb Woodward

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ohn Hosie, Key Market Manager, Commercial Trucks for Navistar Canada, Inc. presented Navistar’s OnCommand System which is one of the largest and most comprehensive packages of support services in the industry. OnCommand helps customers achieve more efficient repairs and maintenance, better lifecycle value, and overall lower total cost of ownership ultimately giving customers increased visibility and better control of their business. The package in-

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cludes three key components namely Knowledge, Education and Control.

The Knowledge module includes service where customers are provided with web-based service manuals, letters, circuit diagrams and VIN-specific data. Parts information is provided through web, print and CD-based parts catalogue with detailed illustrations and optional electronic ordering.

The Education module offers web-based vehicle systems training courses for self-maintainers.

The Control module is

divided in to five sectors which are the Repair Advocate, the Service Partner, Fleet Charge, Maintenance & Inventory Management and the Parts Return Program.

The “Repair Advocate” is an integrated fleet repair management system empowered by Navistar parts and service support groups which is supported with individual case files for 100% visibility.

The “Service Partner” includes dealer provided maintenance and repairs providing expedited service to customers with

fixed hours of service labor for specific repairs across the dealer network.

“Fleet Charge” is a parts purchasing program with guaranteed consistent pricing and instant credit across the dealer network.

“Maintenance and Inventory Management” covers scalable fleet maintenance and inventory management software solutions for self-maintaining fleets and independent garages.

The “Parts Return Program” allows customers to return unused supplies and obsolete parts for full cash value payout.

For more information contact an International dealer or visit www.navistar.com.

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 Dave Ongaro at 905.957.7265 or for more information visit www. cfmsonline.com.

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ly meetings are always welcome. This is your company’s opportunity for a captive audience to present your products!

Also, if you know a company that would like to become a sponsor and they do sponsor a meeting, you will receive a discount off your annual membership dues.

Information and tickets for the Annual Golf tournament can be obtained through Brian Sibbald, Entertainment Chairman at 905.302.5470 or visit the ATS website at www. torontoats.com.

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Kenworth/Centre du Camion Amos

New Val d’Or Parts & Service Facility

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al d’Or, Quebec Centre du Camion Amos has opened a new Kenworth parts and service facility in Val d’Or, Quebec, offering local fleets and truck operators easy access from TransCanada Quebec Route 117.

A member of the Kenworth dealer network of more than 300 locations in the United States and Canada, Kenworth Val d’Or is located on a 2-acre site about one-half kilometer north of the Boulevard Tetrault (Quebec Route 117) and Rue de l’Hydro roundabout. Route 117 is a provincial highway within Quebec, between Montreal and the Quebec/Ontario border. It is the only direct route between southern Quebec and the AbitibiTémiscamingue region.

“We’re pleased to open this new location because it provides customers in Val d’Or and the AbitibiTémiscamingue region closer access to Kenworth parts and service. So far, customer response to the new location has been very positive,” said Alain Sayeur, General Manager of Centre du Camion Amos.

Val d’Or, which is French for valley of gold, is the commercial center of the Abitibi-Témiscamingue region, where mining and logging are the main industries of the local economy.

“Our new location serves a variety of customers –

logging companies, muck haulers, construction companies, and food hauling fleets,” Sayeur added.

Kenworth Val d’Or is located at 1771 rue de l’Hydro. The dealership is open from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Monday through Friday and 8 a.m. to noon Saturday. The phone number is 819.874.6471. In addition to Alain Sayeur, key personnel include Daniel Dicaire, Parts Manager, and Dominic Sayeur, Service Manager.

The 10,000 square-foot dealership features six service bays, 650 squarefoot parts department and comfortable driver’s lounge. The dealership offers full warranty service support for the PACCAR MX engine. “We offer fleet customers parts delivery and remote maintenance service, plus we have emergency roadside assistance for fleets and truck operators,” Sayeur said.

The new facility is part of Kenworth’s constant commitment for superior service coverage as exemplified by Kenworth and its dealer network receiving the 2010 J.D. Power and Associates award for “Highest in Customer Satisfaction for Medium Duty Truck Dealer Service”.* Kenworth Truck Company is the manufacturer of The World’s Best(R) heavy and medium duty trucks.

Kenworth is an industry leader in providing fuelsaving technology solutions that help increase fuel efficiency and reduce emissions. The company’s dedication to the green fleet includes aerodynamic trucks, compressed and liquefied natural gas trucks, and medium duty diesel-electric hybrids.

Kenworth is the only truck manufacturer to receive the Environmental Protection Agency’s Clean Air Excellence award in recognition of its environmentally friendly products.

Kenworth’s Internet home page is at www.kenworth. com. Kenworth, a PACCAR Company. *Kenworth received the highest numerical score for medium-duty truck dealer service in the proprietary J.D. Power and Associates 2010 Medium Duty Truck Customer Satisfaction Study(SM). Study based on responses from 1,258 respondents measuring 8 manufacturers. Survey was of primary maintainers and owner operators and measures overall service quality of new (2009 model year) medium-duty (Class 5, 6, and 7) trucks (2009 model year). Proprietary study results are based on experiences and perceptions of consumers surveyed in June-August 2010. Your experiences may vary. Visit jdpower. com.

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Road Today Truck Show

Road Today Truck Show Coming to Brampton on May 28th & 29th

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he 3rd Annual Road Today Truck Show will be held at the Powerade Centre in Brampton on May 28th and 29th, 2011. The weekend multicultural event is free of charge and will include plenty of activities. Included is an indoor trade show, outside display, Show & Shine Competition, road safety awareness including OPP rollover simulator, educational seminars, motorcycle drill performance, and truck roll over recovery display, kids and family entertainment, ethnic food stalls and lots more.

Prominent sponsors of the show include SelecTrucks of Toronto, Arrow Truck Sales, Diesel Truck Centre, ITS Transport, Kenworth Toronto, Peterbilt Ontario, Ontario Trucking News, Over the Road and Newcom Business Media to name a few.

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powerful big trucks are also getting ready for this year’s Show and Shine

Competition at the Road Today Truck Show. The trucks will compete in

more than 10 categories and will be judged on, among other things, best

interior and best chrome.

A team of independent judges will rigorously

inspect and score each truck. Awards include cash prizes and giveaways. The Show and Shine is sponsored by Power DSYL and Fuel Lock.

Show sponsors and exhibitors will be offering additional prizes and discounts worth thousands of dollars. Entry and parking to the show is absolutely free. Visitors are encouraged to pre-register online for quick access and qualify for a chance to win exciting prizes including an Apple iPhone, and a 42” LCD TV amongst other prizes. Ontario Trucking News is pleased to be one of the media sponsors and will be well represented at the show.

For more information about exhibiting opportunities, please contact Manan Gupta, Show Manager at 905.487.1320 or email manan@roadtoday. com or visit www.roadtodaytruckshow.com.

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Ten Acre Truck Stop

Fundraiser for Employees a Huge Success!

By Wendy Morgan-McBride

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elleville, Ontario - Saturday, April 16 th , started out with rain, wind gusts and cold weather, but that did not deter a special emergency fundraiser for the staff of Ten Acre Truck Stop in Belleville, Ontario. The truck stop is currently unable to serve food, due to a kitchen

fire on April 4 th , which caused over $250,000 damage and has limited the business to the store/ showers and washrooms only being available Monday through Friday from 8:00 A.M. - 6:00 P.M. This means almost 40 employees have lost their income. The kitchen is scheduled to be up and running in two months.

In the meantime manager, Pam McPherson is attempting to obtain a portable kitchen with a limited menu to get most of the staff back to work, even if only with limited hours.

Wendy McBride founder of Memorial Highway in Heaven, (A Tribute for Truckers) along with Emily Walker, a staff member

at the diesel bar of the Ten Acre Truck Stop organized the event. The site was formed on Facebook which snowballed with people offering services, time, promotion and donations. Ralph Townsend who owns Herbert Fry Trucks cooked the donation of burgers, hot dogs, sausages and fries. All food was free to participants by donating to the fund.

Raffle and auction donations arrived before and during the event. Truck News, Belleville International, Pioneer, FREE Flow and others jumped in with gift cards, tickets, and other items. Not to be forgotten were International Truckload Services, Ontario Trucking News and TAW Accounting’s Arlene Wannamaker all with cash donations.

The event was titled appropriately, “Locals Helping Locals” which was evident by Bradley’s DJ service who offered their services and Thompson Tents who provided the tents. Pam McPherson kindly offered the dining room so that the event could be moved inside.

Tents were set up to go to and from the fry truck.

A live auction was held and Paul McComb came forward with his services for this part of the event with items such as a quilt, gift baskets and local favourite Hawkins Cheezies. A raffle table was set up with items from gas cards, spa treatments, water and gift baskets with winning tickets being drawn hourly.

The most surprising thing was that most of the volunteers were other staff who looked at it as helping their co-workers.

They may be worried about their own lives but were most concerned with making sure their work family was taken care of not to mention it was a great way to relieve some stress while having a fun time. The devastat-

ing interruption in their lives was lessened by these people who they see every day and look forward to chatting with.

Pat Mooney, one of the waitresses took the time the night before the event to bake cookies, tarts and other items to sell. At the end of the auction, she offered what was left to be auctioned off which turned into a huge bidding war. Believe me I got a taste and it was worth the war!

Avondale Flowers also donated corsages for the men and women who were affected by the fire to let them know that they community cares about them. Near the end of the day one of the owners of the Ten Acre Truck Stop arrived from Toronto and presented a $500.00 cheque for the fund. A total amount of $2,400.00 was raised with more coming. Our goal was to have $100.00 for each employee affected by the fire. We are a little short but feel that the goal will be met and exceeded.

So even though it was a g l o o m y, r o t t e n d a y outside, it had sunshine underneath in the dining room of the Ten Acre Truck Stop with warm hearts that kept giving.

The staff realized that they are appreciated more than they know and are not alone.

What a great day it was to be part of the trucking world. Thank you to all of the organizers, volunteers and companies who donated money and prizes. Well done and thank you!

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Ask the Fuel Expert

Retiring the R Word…

By Jack Lee

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s managers we all want to be in control. If not it costs us money. Everything from operations expenses, to equipment, to labour and all costs from computers to fuel must be controlled.

And those things we can’t control, we must manage around. Over the last two and a half years we have had to manage our businesses around uncontrollable economic factors.

Wherever we turned pundits were explaining the recession. In Canada we were not hit as hard as our friends in the US, but still we had some devastating effects. I hope you made it through.

Like many companies we had to adjust to the harsh realities of the economy.

I always try to look on the positive side of any situation but it has been a challenging time for us and all of our six thousand plus clients. Now it seems there is an end in sight.

I, for one, am pleased to announce we are retiring the “R Word.” And there are some good reasons for doing it too.

Whether you are in the construction, transport, earth-moving, marine, rail or other industries there are many positive indicators about the Canadian economy. Here are a few notes taken from recent reports and studies that give me good reason to think the worst is behind us in Canada.

Statistics Canada released some numbers on employment showing Canada’s job creation in January was more than four times the median forecast, pushing the Canadian dollar to its strongest level since May 2008 and adding to evidence the country’s economic recovery may be accelerating. They report that employment rose by 69,200 and the labour force increased by 106,400. The jobless rate rose to 7.8 percent from December’s 7.6 percent, as more people sought

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work. Economists forecast 7.6 percent unemployment and job growth of 15,000, according to the median estimates of 25 and 26 economists surveyed by Bloomberg News.

Before we open our wallets we need more confidence in the economy and that is just what we are starting to see today. Mark Chandler, head of Canadian currency and rates strategy at Royal Bank of Canada’s RBS Capital’s Markets unit in Toronto says, “This adds confidence to the notion we are headed for a better year for growth and growth in the job market,” He adds, “There isn’t a lot of slack in the labour market in Canada, certainly on a relative basis to other countries.”

Canadian policy makers have been dealing with the impact of a strong currency and a slowdown in growth of household and government spending that crimped the economic recovery in the second half of last year. Bank of Canada Governor Mark Carney stopped raising interest rates after September and Finance Minister Jim Flaherty scaled back plans to exit stimulus.

“The bank is very cautious but I think this should tip the scales a little bit for them,” said Dawn Desjardins, assistant chief economist at RBC Capital Markets in Toronto, adding the central bank will still “need to see more” evidence before resuming rate increases.

I appreciate those educated words, but more important is a strong showing of confidence from the business sector. You know those guys who put their money on the line and invest in Canada. Guys like Wal-Mart. On January 26, 2011 it was reported that Wal-Mart Stores Inc., the world’s largest retailer, will open 40 “supercentres” in Canada by the end of January 2012, creating 9,200 construction and store jobs. Now that shows confidence.

As far as our business and our clients, we are

getting some positives back from eastern and western Canada. Dale Peters, our Regional Sales Manager for Ontario, reports that his clients are cautiously optimistic about this spring and summer. He says, “A couple of our construction clients have added new equipment.” Dale adds, “Many of our transport clients are seeing revenues

improve slightly with good prospects for the next few months.”

Statistics Canada reported that private companies boosted their payrolls by 22,700 during January and Public-Sector Employment increased by 26,400. Even more good reason to retire the “R Word.”

At 4Refuel we are working with our clients to help

facilitate new growth in the upcoming months. We have always helped to minimize your fuel consumption with fuel management solutions for all industries.

During the recession we helped you tighten your belts when cash flow was more important than ever.

Oops, I used “The R Word.”

I promise that won’t happen again.

Jack Lee is the Executive Chairman and Founder of 4Refuel – 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.

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Legal Matters

Annual “Random” Road Check Runs June 7th to 9th

By Mark Reynolds

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es, it’s that time of year again!

Road check is the annual North American wide survey of Commercial Vehicles. This will run from June 7th through June 9th.

Road check is a “random” inspection of commercial vehicles. The reason it is meant to be random is so that the authorities can get some idea of how compliant the trucking industry is from one year to the next.

Officers will be operating Inspection Stations 24 hours a day where possible and staffing will be at its peak during these 3 days in order to ensure that as many vehicles and drivers as possible are inspected. Officers are instructed to randomly inspect commercial vehicles and drivers. This means that officers are not to be looking specifically for vehicles that show signs of possible problems, but are to select vehicles based on “the next vehicle coming down the ramp” so that a true picture of the industry overall is shown through the statistics gathered.

Once selected, a driver and his/her vehicle will receive a full mechanical and document inspection.

At the end of these 3 days the statistics gathered such as out of service defects and log book infractions will be tallied to see if the overall compliance across the continent as well as in separate jurisdictions has improved or declined.

Now having said that inspections will be random, we all know that most officers that see a vehicle approaching in a condition indicating that it may not have been properly

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maintained will be difficult to resist, and some of the inspections conducted during Road Check will be based on the perceived condition of the vehicle.

There are ways to avoid being selected for inspection on a non random basis. Officers use different methods of determining which vehicles may be defective based upon their individual experience, but some are obvious to most of us.

Obvious damage to a vehicle is an indicator that the vehicle is not being maintained, even if the damage does not impact the safe operation of the vehicle. Although lights can blow at any time, it is often the fact that a

light is out that will attract the attention of an officer. When a number of lights are out, regardless of how insignificant they may seem, officers will pay attention to that vehicle.

Tires are another indicator that a vehicle may have problems. If one tire has tread that is approaching the minimum depth, many officers will turn their attention elsewhere, but if a number of tires are in a borderline condition you may receive more attention that you are comfortable with, cracked or broken glass is also another indicator.

Any one of these defects may not be enough for an officer to select your vehicle outside of the “ran-

dom” process but in most cases it will cause the officer to instinctively look for other problems. If your vehicle has minor defects that are obvious, the officer at the scale head will likely signal your vehicle to stop, to allow the officer an opportunity for a closer look at the vehicle prior to allowing you to proceed.

If the officers directs your vehicle to stop and your brakes look as though they may be out of adjustment, don’t be too surprised if you end up as an out of service statistic for Road Check.

Check your vehicle carefully over the next few days. Be alert to problems that may attract undue attention. Given the ran-

dom selection of vehicles, you may be selected for an inspection regardless of your efforts, but it’s up to you whether you end up with a sticker indicating that you passed the inspection, or whether you end up as an out of service statistic.

Mark Reynolds is a licensed paralegal, former truck driver, MTO enforcement officer, and provincial trainer and Enforcement coordinator. He can be reached at 416.221.6888 or by email at MarkReynolds@ OTTLegal.com.

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Shell Rotella

Ultra ELC™ Top Shell Rotella Heavy-Duty Coolant

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hell Lubricants has introduced the revamped Shell Rotella™ heavy-duty engine antifreeze/coolant product portfolio to Canada, led by Shell Rotella Ultra ELC™. The most technologically advanced coolant in the portfolio, Shell Rotella Ultra ELC™ is an extended-life antifreeze/ coolant for use in heavyduty diesel, gasoline and natural gas-powered engines.

“Shell Rotella Ultra ELC is an improved performance, next-generation, extended-life engine coolant that is designed to meet the more severe operating conditions of new emission-compliant engines,” said Stede Granger, Technical Manager, Shell Lubricants. “Shell Rotella Ultra ELC is the most technologically advanced coolant offered by the Shell Rotella™ brand.”

Shell Rotella Ultra ELC™

is joined in the line of heavy-duty coolants by Shell Rotella™ Fully Formulated, which has replaced Shell Diesel Ready Fully Formulated Coolant/Antifreeze, and Shell Rotella ELC®. Positioning a complete line of coolants under the Shell Rotella™ brand complements the Shell Rotella™ portfolio of heavy duty engine oils, which also offer high-performance protection for today’s heavy duty diesel engines. Shell Rotella Ultra ELC™, Shell Rotella ELC and Shell Rotella™ Fully Formulated are currently available in 3.78 liter bottles.

“The inclusion of Shell Rotella Ultra ELC™ in the coolant portfolio for Canada is an important part of the continued growth and development of the Shell Rotella™ product line,” said Mark Reed, Global Brand Manager for Shell Rotella™. “This further

strengthens our position as technology leaders by providing a diverse line of coolants and engine oil products that are designed to meet the challenges of today’s and future heavyduty engines.”

Unlike fully formulated coolants, extended life coolants (ELCs) are designed to go 965,606 onhighway kilometers (and beyond with proper monitoring) and help to provide overall reduction in cooling system maintenance. ELCs also offer cooling system component protection by helping to reduce water-pump failures, hard-

water-scale deposits and silicate gel (the green goo you often see). Understanding the challenges faced by consumers, the Shell Rotella™ coolant product portfolio has been designed to help make maintenance needs easier.

An advanced coolant, Shell Rotella Ultra ELC™ is formulated to meet more severe operational conditions of modern, hotterrunning engines.

This is particularly important for new emission engines, especially those with EGR. Shell Rotella Ultra ELC™ is formulated to be an extended-life antifreeze/

coolant in the heavy-duty engines found in on- and off-highway vehicles, and in marine, farm, mining and construction equipment. The product does not contain nitrites, amines, phosphates (NAP), borates or silicates. Improvements compared to Shell Rotella ELC® antifreeze/coolant include enhanced oxidation control and corrosion protection of aluminum alloys and lead solder, as well as better elastomer compatibility with silicone seals. In addition to organic additive technology corrosion inhibitors, Shell Rotella Ultra ELC™ antifreeze/coolant contains molybdate to provide extra protection to cylinder liners found in heavy-duty applications. It will not require an initial charge or additional supplemental coolant additives (SCAs) in the future.

Shell Rotella Ultra ELC™ antifreeze/coolant pro-

vides protection in lightduty engines, making it highly suitable for mixed fleets that include lightduty as well as heavyduty gasoline and diesel engines. The product can provide protection for up to 12,000 hours or 965,606 kilometers in heavy-duty applications under normal operating conditions.

Shell Rotella Ultra ELC™ antifreeze/coolant is available in two formulations a pre-diluted 50/50 and a concentrate. Shell Rotella Ultra ELC™ antifreeze/ coolant Pre-Diluted 50/50 is premixed and ready to use and requires no further dilution. Shell Rotella Ultra ELC™ antifreeze/coolant Concentrate should be diluted with water, preferably with demineralized or de-ionized water, if possible.

For more information about Shell RotellaTM products visit www.Rotella.ca.

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May 2011 15

Health Insurance Matters

How to Find a Quality Professional Advisor

By Lina Demedeiros

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ick any kind of advisor whether it be a doctor, lawyer, accountant or insurance advisor to help you make better decisions. They do what we cannot or would rather not do.

How do you find a quality

advisor and one that you can trust? Referrals help but might lead you astray because your situation is unique. For example, a doctor who specializes in heart disease would not be able to help you with a brain tumor. So remember the following critical points when looking for a quality advisor.

Chemistry: To start, you should always do business with someone you like. A good rapport makes tough advice easier to accept and follow. Without chemistry, there is a chance you will be less than satisfied.

Credentials: You may like

your advisor but the real question is, can they do the work? Although you’re paying them to perform a service, you want to get the best advice for your money. Living Benefits Specialists and Registered Health Underwriters have the highest qualifications to advise clients on what is really needed in order to protect the client from any financial disaster.

Generosity: Advisors can easily provide you with a very precious gift called information. They can use blogs, newsletters, flyers, and video. An advisor cannot build a reputation on

Announcement

Evans Cooling Systems Announces Strategic Alliance with Hydra Technologies

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haron, Connecticut - Evans Cooling Systems, Inc. (Evans) is pleased to announce a strategic alliance with Hydra Technologies Limited (Hydratech), to manufacture and market Evans unique range of waterless engine coolants in the UK and Ireland.

Evans developed and patented waterless engine coolants to solve overheating problems in high performance applications and heavy duty diesel trucks, and recently expanded into the stationary engine industry.

Evans coolants improve fuel economy, reduce maintenance costs, increase performance are environmentally friendly and never need replacement.

Hydratech (www.hydratech.co.uk) was established in 1998 and is the UK’s leading formulator and manufacturer of specialist heat transfer fluids for the RAC, Geothermal and Solar sectors. Hydratech offers unrivalled technical knowledge of fluid thermodynamics and 16 May 2011

heating & cooling system design. Whether the priority is cost, thermal efficiency, toxicity, environmental impact, corrosion resistance or a combination of these, Hydratech has a fluid to suit.

Following the alliance Hydratech have formed Evans Cooling Systems UK (Evans UK) to market the waterless engine coolants throughout the UK and Ireland. Evans UK will also be providing a full installation service of the Economax Engine Cooling System, which has at its heart the waterless coolants. For more information please visit www.evanscooling. uk.com Evans and Hydratech will be working hard assist their customer’s efforts in reducing engine fuel consumption and minimizing CO2 emissions.

Evans Cooling Systems, Inc. headquartered in Sharon, CT, has focused on engine cooling and related areas for over 25 years. Evans is committed to maintaining a cleaner, safer environment, and continually seeks to im-

prove product choices for all major heavy duty engine users. For more information on Evans Cooling Systems, Inc. and Waterless Engine Coolants please visit www. evanscooling.com, or call .860.668.1114.

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what they are going to do but only what they actually do for the client.

Trust: Blind chemistry, credentials and generosity, are the most essential and elusive types of qualities that establish trust. You can use the same selection process in picking any type of relationship from an employer to a partner.

Another excellent tip is to ensure that he or she can quote the contract to you as well as explain the contract without referencing the contract. If they do reference the contract, this is an absolute giveaway.

They must understand the dynamics of the contract to sell their product or

service.

While many transport companies today still elect coverage on behalf of their employees, they can only do so much. Although income varies as an independent business owner, management cannot accept the responsibility of whether or not the contract will pay or if the owner/operator is in any other type of situation where coverage was not purchased.

Independent business owners must take the initiative. All transport companies are listening to what the owner/operator wants and needs from fleet insurance companies

and brokers, lawyers and accountants. They aim to please the masses because everyone has a set of different priorities, goals and objectives. Everyone shares the same priority of cash flow, but protecting it is unique to each individual.

So next time, whether you enroll in a corporate sponsored plan or purchase individual coverage consider these principles when on how to find a quality advisor.

For more information on this article or any other article, please contact our office at 1.800.236.5810 or 416.748.9992 or by visiting our website at www.lmdfinancial.com.

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Historic 1st Tractor Donated to Iowa 80 Trucking Museum

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nn Arbor, MI and Walcott, IA, Apr 14, 2011 - Conway Freight, a less-thantruckload (LTL) carrier and subsidiary of Con-way Inc., today announced it donated “Ole Number One”, a 1983 Ford CL 9000 cabover tractor, to the Iowa 80 Trucking Museum at a commemorative ceremony held there Tuesday.

Ole Number One was the company’s first tractor to go into service in the Midwest under the Con-way name.

The Con-way regional carriers were startups, with Con-way Central Express opening for business in June 1983. Ole Number One was the first in the original fleet of 50 trucks and 150 trailers that began service in the company’s initial net-

work of 11 service centers in nine Midwestern states.

Today, Con-way Freight is a $3 billion company with more than 21,000 employees, 290 service centers and a fleet of more than 8,600 tractors and 25,000 trailers across North America.

“Back in 1983, on the heels of deregulation of the trucking industry, no one knew how this idea to launch a new trucking company -- one that would focus exclusively on next-day freight service -would turn out,” said David L. Miller, who started with Con-way Central Express (CCX) as an Operations Supervisor in Cincinnati in 1983, rising through the ranks to become President of the former CCX and COO of Con-way Freight

before retiring last year.

“We’ve learned that it has become one of those rare success stories in trucking -- a startup that stayed true to its roots and grew into an industry leader.”

Miller attended the ceremony along with Dick Heyob, an original driver sales representative who, like Miller, also started with the company in Cincinnati in 1983. Heyob was among the first drivers to pilot Ole Number One when the company opened its doors.

Heyob still drives today for Con-way Freight out of its Cincinnati service center.

The tractor was retired in 1992 with over a halfmillion miles in service.

It was then fully restored to showroom-new condition by a team of Con-way

Freight mechanics based in Toledo, Ohio. The end result was a tribute to their skill and craftsmanship. In 1993 Ole Number One went on display in the main lobby of the company’s previous general office in Ann Arbor until Con-way Freight’s headquarters were relocated in 2009. At that time, the company began

to research locations where this important piece of history could be preserved for future generations and shared with a larger audience. The Iowa 80 Trucking Museum quickly rose to the top of the list.

“During our search we discovered that no other place in the United States was doing the remarkable

work of the Iowa 80 Trucking Museum to keep so many great reminders of our industry’s past alive,” added Miller.

“We are honored that Conway Freight selected the Iowa 80 Trucking Museum as the new home for this historic truck,” said Dave Meier, Curator of Iowa 80 Trucking Museum.

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Iowa 80 Museum curator David Meier stands in front of Ole Number One.

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Atlantic Truck Show

Atlantic Truck Show at Moncton Coliseum, June 10-11

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oncton, New Brunswick The Atlantic Truck Show (ATS) will be rolling into the Hub City on June 10-11th, 2011.

The Moncton Coliseum will play host to Atlantic Canada’s largest and most inclusive trucking show. The 2011 edition promises to be an outstanding business op-

portunity and will ramp up your sales, as key decision makers in the transportation and logistics industry prepare to modernize their fleets and warehouses.

World economies are on the road to recovery and consumer confidence is rising. It is a well-known fact that the trucking industry is vital

Announcement

Ridewell Adds Design Engineer

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pringfield, Missouri - Ridewell Suspensions is pleased to announce the addition of Paul Bannick to the engineering team. Bannick graduated from the Missouri University of Science and Technology (Missouri S & T) in May 2010, with a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering.

As Design Engineer, he works primarily with trailer suspension products and air controls/pneumatics.

“I’m excited to be launching my career at Ridewell.

It’s a great team environment, and I look forward to developing products and expanding my engineering skills.” Bannick said.

Director of Engineering Bruce Barton is also optimistic about adding Bannick to the department. “I

believe Paul is going to be a great addition to the Ridewell engineering team.”

Ridewell manufactures suspensions for the truck, trailer, bus, and RV industries. The company supplies the North American community as well as many other countries worldwide.

For more information visit www.ridewellcorp. com.

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ETN@ATS

EASTERN TRUCKING NEWS will be at

THE ATLANTIC TRUCKING SHOW

June 10th & 11th, 2011

Come visit us at booth #510 & enter our draw for a Blue-Ray DVD Player!

877.225.2232 home of

Eastern Trucking News. Ontario Trucking News & Western Trucking News 18 May 2011

to the North American economy and the industry continues to thrive, even during uncertain times. As the saying goes “If you got it, a trucker brought it.”

The ATS is the event where industry meets to find new products and to see the latest in commercial truck and transportation equipment. Fleet

managers, truck buyers and distributors want to talk with your sales and technical staff face to face to plan their next purchase.

The ATS is the ideal venue to witness the launch of the newest and most innovative products on the market that are paramount to the trucking and transporta-

tion industry, including trucks, trailers, engine components and parts manufacturers, as well as services catering to the heavy and medium duty truck industry.

There is Good News in the Industry as FTR Associates Report Indicates Huge Surge in Class 8 Truck Demand.

The forecaster’s March

North America Commercial Truck and Trailer Outlook report forecasts demand will jump more than 50% in 2011 making the Atlantic Truck Show the event that is in the right place, at the right time.

Vi s i t w w w. a t l a n t i c truckshow.com for updates and all the exciting details!

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Mack truck Inc.

Mack’s Continued Innovation & Investment

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ouisville, Kentucky - At the recent 2011 Mid-America Trucking Show (MATS), Kevin Flaherty, Mack senior vice president, U.S. and Canada, said that despite ongoing weakness in the construction sector, the company is well-positioned for success.

“I’m proud to say that despite there being almost no Class 8 construction truck market last year, we managed to maintain our overall North American market share, actually grow our U.S. share, and preserve or expand our leadership positions in the segments of the market that are core to Mack,” Flaherty said. “The diversity of our business and our wide range of products, both highway and vocational, allows us to better weather storms in a particular segment, like the one we’re experiencing now in construction. While demand for vocational vehicles remains low, we’re encouraged by a number of factors. Despite extremely difficult economic times, we’ve continued to invest in our product range, and we’re announcing some key enhancements to our Mack Pinnacle model

highway truck series here at MATS this year. Customer response to MACK® ClearTech™ SCR trucks has been overwhelmingly positive, particularly when it comes to fuel economy and performance. We sold out every slot we had for our new MACK® mDRIVE™ automated manual transmission almost as soon as we introduced it at MATS last year, and demand for that product continues to be very strong. Our dealers have continued to provide the kind of customer service and support that’s at the heart of Mack. In short, despite a rather large bump in the road right now in the construction segment, it’s clear that Mack’s future is bright.”

Flaherty said that Mack expects a Class 8 North American market this year in the range of 220,000 trucks, driven primarily by replacement demand and the average age of the existing U.S. fleet, which at eight years is the oldest since deregulation.

Last fall, the company opened a new 160,000 square-foot Mack Customer Center in Allentown, PA – a short drive away from the Mack Macungie As-

sembly Operations where all of the company’s trucks for North America and export are built.

“The combination of these two facilities gives us a powerful tool for showcasing our history, current products and brand,” Flaherty said. “We’re proud to be part of the only heavyduty truck manufacturing group building exclusively in the U.S. for the North American market. Every

truck we sell in the U.S. is built in the U.S. – that means a lot to us, we think it also matters to customers, and we believe the kind of manufacturing jobs we offer are the kind we need to hold on to in this country.”

Dedicated to quality, reliability, and total customer satisfaction, Mack Trucks, Inc. has provided its customers with innovative transportation solutions

for more than a century.

Today, Mack is one of North America’s largest producers of heavy-duty trucks and MACK® trucks are sold and serviced through an extensive distribution network in more than 45 countries. Mack trucks and diesel engines sold in North America are assembled in the United States. Mack manufacturing locations are certified to the internationally recognized ISO

9001 standard for quality and ISO 14001 standard for environmental management systems. Mack is also a proud sponsor of Share the Road, an American Trucking Associations’ public information campaign aimed at enhancing the safety of our nation’s roadways.

For more information about Mack, visit our web site at www.macktrucks. com.

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Mack Trucks, Inc.

Tri-State Truck Center Named 2010 Distributor Of The Year

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reensboro, North Carolina - April 18, 2011 - Mack Trucks, Inc. named TriState Truck Center, Memphis, Tennessee, as its 2010 North American Distributor of the Year.

Each year, Mack acknowledges the efforts and contributions of its dealer network by honoring highperforming North American and International distributors. Selection criteria include sales, facilities, personnel, service, parts,

general management, customer satisfaction and community service.

Tri-State Truck Center, Inc. was founded in 1945

by F.A. Maddox, Sr. and is now operated by Rod and Jim Maddox, the third generation of the Maddox family to run the business. It has six other fullservice locations across Arkansas, Mississippi and Tennessee, in addition to Memphis. Tri-State Truck Center currently has over 250 employees.

Mack also named 2010 winners for each of its U.S. regional sales divisions: Northeast Region: Ballard Mack Sales & Service, Inc., Worcester, MA Southeast Region: TriState Truck Center, Memphis, TN Central Region: Wiegand Mack Sales & Service, Inc., Sterling Heights, MI Southwest Region: Vanguard Truck Center of Houston, Houston, TX Western Region: TEC of California, Fontana, CA Canada Region: Redhead Equipment, Regina, Saskatchewan For the second consecu-

tive year, Vanguard Truck Center of Houston (part of the Vanguard Truck Group) was named North American Used Truck Distributor of the Year. The Mack Leasing System North American Distributor of the Year award went to Conway Beam Leasing, East Syracuse, New York.

“These businesses are on the front lines, serving our customers every day, and exemplify Mack’s longstanding commitment to excellence in support and service,” said Kevin Flaherty, Mack Senior Vice President, U.S. and Canada.

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This eye-catching MACK® Pinnacle™ Axle Back Sleeper is being used by 2010 Distributor of the Year Tri-State Truck Center to spread the word about Mack’s fully EPA’10certified MP engines and ClearTech™ SCR technology – delivering near-zero emissions and up to a 5 percent or more fuel efficiency improvement over EPA’07 products.

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Making Your Miles Count

Choosing a Trucking Company: Owner/Operator Fuel Costs?

By Robert D. Scheper

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s I explained in my first book there are two different types of operators, lease operators and owner/ operators. The definitions have nothing to do with the financing arrangements of the truck; it has to do with the business operating models. Simply put, lease operators get paid by the mile and owner/operators get paid percentage of the freight rate. The two business models are light years apart in risk and therefore have significantly different fuel cost issues.

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concerned with the net rate per mile and are exposed to freight rate fluctuations.

They usually experience feasts and famines in some form.

Business science states “the higher the risk, the higher the rate of return”.

T h e r e f o r e, i n t h e o r y, owner/operators should make more money than lease operators because they have much higher market risks. But theory is just… theory. Good paying loads are not always dependent on being at the right place at the right time.

It’s also dependent on the trucking company licensed on. Sometimes the company doesn’t have access to good paying loads, or your power is assigned to serve other specific customers. Either way owner/ operators are usually married to the trucking company’s customer base.

Being exposed to fluctuating freight rates, owner/

operators (by principle) should also be exposed to fluctuating fuel prices.

Therefore (by principle) 100% of invoiced fuel surcharges should go directly to the operator. None of the fuel surcharge should be portioned off for the trucking company. Trucking companies have no fuel costs in an owner/operator contract. The customer (and industry) understands that the fuel surcharge is indexed to fuel prices. In principle having a load broker or trucking company take a percentage of the fuel surcharge from an owner/operator is “theft” (however, not necessarily theft by Canadian law).

Currently the industry is split. Some respect the operator’s fuel surcharge portion and others do not.

However, this inconsistency is not up for debate.

The only reason some do is because some can! If more operators refused, fewer

companies would skim.

Freight invoices should always specifically list fuel surcharges so costs can be tracked net of fuel surcharge (subtracting the fuel surcharge from the actual fuel costs). However, some customers don’t want to see the breakdown, they only want the bottom line (or so the industry says). To further complicate matters, most trucking companies own or use a related load brokering company and can hide a lot of information (if they want to). When no breakdown is provided how do you factor out the fuel surcharge which is obviously included? The answer right now is, you can’t!

This is just one of the many places where scientific business principles stop and blind trust begins.

Owner/operators are at the mercy of the company

owner’s personal ethics.

Without a universal standard it’s nearly impossible to compare apples to apples scientifically.

It’s not just frustrating for owner/operators but for good companies as well. Ethical owners who are both transparent and supportive of their owner/ operators see the “tricks of the trade” every day.

They know how the unethical companies skin the industry professionals.

In some cases it was the shafting of the operators that kept the unethical companies alive during 2009. It keeps freight prices unjustly low and clouds the judgement of good drivers from switching to good companies.

There is a three part solution to this operator dilemma: educating owner/ operators, transparency of trucking companies and

sound personal ethics. Just as clarification, there is no such thing as business ethics! Everything is personal!

Too often the term “business ethics” simply provides verbal justification to flat out screwing someone.

The fuel costs for lease operators are an entirely different topic. It’s much more critical and much more controllable. Let’s take that up next month.

Robert D. Scheper operates an accounting and consulting firm in Steinbach, Manitoba. He has a Masters Degree in Business Administration and is the author of the Book “Making Your Miles Count: taxes, taxes, taxes” (now available on CD). You can find him at www.thrconsulting.ca and thrconsulting.blogspot.com or at 1.877.987.9787. You can e-mail him at robert@ thrconsulting.ca.

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New Products & services

Kenworth Trucks

Kenworth T800 Celebrates 25th Anniversary

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ouisville, Kentucky - Twenty-five years ago, the trucking industry witnessed the birth of the Kenworth T800. Since then, Kenworth has produced more than 235,000 Kenworth T800s for service throughout the United States and Canada.

Line all those T800s produced up end-to-end from Seattle, where the first T800 was built in 1986, and one would have to travel more than 1,300 miles. It wouldn’t be a boring drive either. Those lined-up T800s would be configured as line-haul tractors with day cabs or small to large sleepers; vocational trucks such as mixers, dump trucks and heavy haulers; tankers and even snow plows. And the list goes on.

As the truck model celebrates its 25th anniversary, the T800 has become Kenworth’s all-time most diverse truck, and is still the company’s top seller in vocational markets.

Introduced in 1986, a year after the revolutionary T600 – the industry’s first truly aerodynamic truck model – the Kenworth T800 quickly made a name for itself in vocational markets, and as a more robust line-haul tractor.

“The T800’s calling card is its versatility to meet a variety of specifications and applications,” said Gary Moore, Kenworth assistant general manager for marketing and sales.

“The sloped hood gives the T800 exceptional visibility and aerodynamics, while the set-back front axle gives a tight wheel cut for greater maneuverability. It can be spec’d with engines rated with a wide horsepower range, offers several radiators sizes up to 1,780 square inches for added cooling, and has a variety of rear axle ratings to meet specific customer applications requirements.”

One of the first to buy the new truck model was Allen Logging out of Forks, Wash. “It made a big impact on our operation,” recalled Gerry Lane, who serves as general manager for the company.

“I remember when our first units came in. We would park them in a row right along our property off Highway 101. Others in the logging industry would pull over to look at the truck – they brought their cameras too. We started off with five T800s to haul wood chips, and you know, in the 25 years since that first purchase,

we’ve never bought another truck model.”

The T800 made a big impact on construction companies as well. Vecellio Contracting was just beginning operation in South Florida as the company acquired a road building/ asphalt paving company.

“With the acquisition of Ranger Construction, we inherited some Kenworth W900s in their fleet, but we wanted to take a fresh look at what truck would work best going forward for our operation and trade cycle,” recalled Michael Slade, president of Ranger, one of several construction companies under the Vecellio Contracting umbrella.

F o r m a n y Ke n w o r t h dealers specializing in vocational sales, the T800

was and continues to be a staple in truck sales.

For Al Koenig, founder of Midwest Specialized Transportation, based in Rochester, Minn., the T800 was the go-to truck for the company. “We standardized on that truck as soon as it was available. We ran flat-beds, heavy haul and van trailers,” Koenig recalled. “The T800 gave us the added advantage of aerodynamics and the versatility of multiple configurations for our operations. We’d go with different sleeper sizes and day cabs for each segment in our operation.

The three-piece bumper and split windshield were added features we really liked – there was a lot of wildlife to deal with and

the T800 was easy to repair. We also loved the resale value of the T800. We never had to trade them in. We always had grain haulers contacting us – we actually had a waiting list for buyers once we were ready to sell. That says a great deal about that truck.

“There is also historical importance for that truck,” added Koenig, past president of the American

Truck Historical Society.

“It was the continuous evolution of what we have today. It was a stepping stone for the rest of the industry when it came to features and attributes, such as the sloped hood for a vocational truck and the set back front axle.”

Vist Kenworth’s Internet home page is at www.kenworth.com, Kenworth, a PACCAR Company.

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ESCO

Brake Safe® Saves Time & Money

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rake Safe® is a simple yet extremely accurate and effective means of providing a visual of air-brake stroke travel. Brake Safe® helps drivers & fleets comply with CSA 2010; Subpart C 393.53 “automatic brake adjusters & brake adjustment indicators”.

It is easily installed and

takes the guess work out of determining brake adjustments. Brake Safe® totally eliminates the often difficult and always time consuming procedure of crawling under a power unit or trailer to perform the daily pre-trip inspection measurements of brake adjustments.

Brake Safe® will save

you time and money. The Brake Safe® System is available in two universal formats: one fits all power unit steering and drive axles while a second fits all trailer axles.

Brake Safe® can be installed on a brake chamber in 10 to 15 minutes using basic shop tools.

For further informa-

tion contact ESCO at 800.352.9852 or email at sales@esco.net.

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New Products & services

Shaw Tracking

HOS Software Increases Drivers’ Awareness of Fatigue

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ississauga, Ontario, April 15, 2011 - Shaw Tracking, the leader in mobile communications for the Canadian Transportation industry announces Wallenstein Feed & Supply Ltd. has shown a savings in 15 minutes per driver, per day, since rolling out Shaw Tracking’s Automated Hours of Service application five months ago. In addition, Wallenstein reports savings

of five to six hours per month in administrative time with the elimination of paper logs.

“Automated Hours of Service through Shaw Tracking has increased our drivers’ awareness on the safety aspects of fatigue and the necessity of proper rest periods,” said Rob Hall, Transport Manager, Wallenstein Feed & Supply Inc. Wallenstein, an independent feed manufacturer in Ontario,

runs 39 trucks with 60 full-time and part-time drivers. The company has also implemented Critical Event Reporting and Geofencing through Shaw Tracking’s hardware Mobile Computing Platform, MCP100.

Wallenstein has been taking advantage of the platform’s text-to-speech application to address driver distraction laws as load information is delivered by audio, as well as the GPS tracking

system which was able to direct a stranded driver’s coordinates to another truck this past winter. “ Shaw Trac ki ng and Wallenstein are working together to continue to leverage and integrate new technologies driving to increase safety, compliance and their bottom line,” said Mike Ham, VP Shaw Tracking.

T h e S h a w Tr a c k i n g Critical Event Reporting service is an automatic vehicle monitor that en-

ables safety and fleet managers to proactively manage the behaviour of drivers in real time. Since adapting the Critical Event Reporting service, Wallenstein has seen a dramatic decrease in hard braking. During the first month of use the system showed 27 hard brakes, and after a driver training meeting the following month showed 12 hard brakes, a reduction of over 50 per cent.

Shaw Tracking’s

Geofencing application is an enhanced service for customers and business partners that notifies them of arrival and departure. If there are any health issues in certain areas with carrying feed, Wallenstein is able to Geofence that area to verify whether there are, or at a previous time, any trucks within that area.

For more information about Shaw Tracking, please visit www.shawtracking.ca.

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Kenworth Truck Company

New Line of Proprietary Seats for T700

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ouisville, Ky., – Kenworth Truck Company announced today that it will offer a new line of proprietary seats exclusively for the Kenworth T700.

The new Kenworth GT701, GT702, and GT703 seats offer a range of options and features, including an advanced air suspension system that can automatically adjust to the weight of the driver – meeting the needs of

individual as well as team drivers. It also offers an adjustable shock that provides drivers with a full range of height adjustments.

The seats come in vinyl, cloth or Ultraleather™, with coverings in gray, black and red, and with options for matching or contrasting

stitching. The cushions can be removed and replaced without changing the seat’s susp e n s i o n structure.

All GT700 series seats offer optional heating while the GT703 adds the option for cooling with premium

leather covering. The GT703 also comes with an exclusive upper back adjustability feature that provides improved shoulder and neck support over a wide range of recline angles.

“The Kenworth GT700 series seats are made to Kenworth specifications and provide drivers the ability to fine tune their ride experience, making the Kenworth T700 an even more compelling

choice for truck fleets and operators,” said Preston Feight, Kenworth chief engineer. “The driver seat is something truck fleets and operators can’t afford to ignore since it’s a critical component in helping drivers stay comfortable, alert and focused while driving.”

To learn more about the Kenworth GT700 series seats and the Kenworth T700, contact your local Kenworth dealer.

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Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems LLC

Bendix Launches Wingman® Advanced™

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lyria, Ohio – Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems LLC, the North American leader in the development and manufacture of leading-edge active safety and braking system technologies, recently launched Bendix® Wingman® Advanced ™ – A Collision Mitigation Technology. The launch fulfills the next step in the company’s safety technology road map.

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– Bendix® ESP® – providing fleets with a system that can help drivers in collisions, rollovers, and loss-of-control situations.

Using a radar sensor mounted to the front of the vehicle, Bendix Wingman Advanced delivers both warnings and active interventions to help drivers mitigate rearend collisions or, at least, help reduce their severity. The system provides following distance and stationary object alerts which are always available – whether or not cruise control is engaged.

When drivers utilize the adaptive cruise control with braking feature, the

system will also actively intervene to help them maintain a safe following distance behind a forward vehicle by reducing throttle; engaging the engine

brakes to help decelerate the vehicle when the system senses a rear-end collision may be imminent. About two-thirds of the available braking

retarder; or, if necessary, applying the foundation brakes.

The collision mitigation feature of Bendix Wingman Advanced provides additional interventions, whether or not cruise control is active, by alerting the driver and automatically applying the

power of the vehicle can be delivered through collision mitigation – compared to about one-third through adaptive cruise control with braking. The driver, of course, still maintains control and can add additional braking or steering inputs to help avoid or minimize

the collision situation.

Bendix Wingman Advanced Features Stationary Object Alerts The innovative stationary object alert system provides audible and visual alerts to the driver when the vehicle is approaching a stationary metallic object, such as a car, steel drum, or other metallic obstruction blocking the lane of travel. The alert gives the driver up to three seconds before a potential impact, helping them respond to the impending threat. The warning, like all the alerts available with the system, does not turn off and is always available.

The Bendix Wingman Advanced system with stationary object alerts provides only warnings – the system will not decelerate the vehicle upon approaching a metallic stationary object. The feature provides notifications in a wide range of conditions – whether rain, snow, smoke, fog, or at night. Currently, only Bendix offers stationary object alerts as part of its adaptive cruise with braking and collision mitigation technologies.

For more information about the Wingman Advanced system or any Bendix Commercial Ve h i c l e s y s t e m s v i s i t www.bendix .com.

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New Products & services

Hino Motors Canada, Ltd.

Hino 195h Hybrid Makes Its Debut in Canada

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ississauga, Ontario, April 7, 2011 – Hino Motors Canada, Ltd. introduced its new 2012 Hino 195h Hybrid Class 5 truck chassis to Canada at the ExpoCam truck show in Montreal this month. The 195h Hybrid truck was previously unveiled at the NTEA show in Indianapolis last month where it received rave reviews.

The Hino 195h utilizes advanced diesel-electric hybrid technology and Hino’s proven Selective Catalytic Reduction Sys-

tem to achieve major improvements in both fuel economy and engine exhaust emissions. The truck fully meets EPA2010 emission regulations, the most stringent in the world.

According to Eric Smith, Vice President of Sales for HMC, “The Hino 195h hybrid will be the first of its kind for the Class 5 truck market in North America.

It will be ideally suited to pick-up and delivery applications where low average speed allows the hybrid system to develop large efficiency gains.”

According to HMC, the hybrid is expected to arrive starting in December.

New Diesel-Powered COE The newly designed cab and chassis will also be available in a Class 4 and Class 5 diesel engine only configuration starting September. All models are powered by Hino’s J05E Series engine producing 210hp and 440 lbs.-ft. of torque. The transmission is Aisin’s 6-speed fully automatic A465. Driver comfort is enhanced with a unique magnetic suspension seat

in a cab designed to accommodate drivers up to 6’6” tall. The Class 4 truck will be rated at 14,500lbs GVW while the larger Class 5 truck will be rated at 19,500lbs GVW. Hino Motors Canada, Ltd., a Toyota Group Company, assembles and distributes light and medium duty commercial trucks in Canada. Hino is headquartered in Mississauga, Ontario with assembly operations in Woodstock, Ontario. Service is provided through its extensive coast-to-coast dealership network and is backed

by its industry leading customer care protection program. For more

information, please visit us at www.hinocanada. com.

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Premium Ceramic Coated Exhaust Manifolds for Detroit Series 60

By Shawn Udy

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merican Falls, ID – Bully Dog is pleased to announce the availability of two new ceramic coated exhaust systems for Detroit Series 60 engines.

The engineering team at Bully Dog has spent considerable time analyzing

and flow testing various layouts for each manifold utilizing state of the art CAD design software.

Each manifold is simulated and prototyped numerous times as they search for the design that produces the ultimate efficiencies.

Two primary factors are incorporated in every de-

sign. First, to maximize the airflow by smoothing out the sharp corners of the stock manifolds and eliminating any bottlenecks.

Second, the engineers work to eliminate any known failure points in the stock manifold. The final result is an impressive piece that not only looks

great but is fine-tuned in every aspect to improve the performance of the engine.

Both new exhaust manifolds work on the same model years of the Detroit Series 60 engines from ’95’03. The high mount option (Part #85301) that is typically found in Kenworth

and Peterbilt applications and will replace OEM manifolds #23519348 as well as #23511978.

The low mount option (Part #85300)

that is typically found in Freightliner and Western Star applications will replace OEM #23532122.

The tolerances of these three-piece systems have been tightened to prevent leakage at the joints. A special metal alloy has also been used that is superior to the stock manifolds so that all three pieces expand and contract at the same rate as the engine heats up and cools over the life of the manifold.

Customers will notice a quicker turbo spool, a fuel economy improvement as well as add 30 additional hp to the rear wheels. Each manifold is finished with a high performance ceramic coating both inside and out; which improves air flow, as well as lowers exhaust temperatures radiating off of the manifold by 300 degrees.

For more information about the Bully Dog manifolds visit www.bullydogbigrig.com.

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tires & Wheels

New Millenium Tire Centre

National Sales & Service

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riginally established in the year 2000 with one service truck, New Millenium Tire Centre strived to offer great service married up with optimal prices to all of our customers. By doing this we were able to secure direct buying with the largest tire manufactures in the world. At New Millenium Tire we are pleased to offer national account sales and service to many companies across Canada and the United States.

One year ago on March 1st we relocated to our Brampton facilities at 25 Clark Blvd. Our 30,000 square foot building sits on three acres of land which hosts a large inventory and service capabilities. We are open 7 days

a week with 24 hour roadside service in the GTA. We are the number one dealer of BF Goodrich and Hankook tires in Ontario. We also carry Michelin, Yokohama, Continental, General and Hercules tires.

Our company slogan, “We Inflate Tires, Not Prices” holds true because we are committed to exceeding the expectations of our customers to the best of our ability with honesty and integrity.

We have a wide variety of tires from passenger, performance, medium truck, used truck, industrial and retread tires. Our services include National Account Sales & Service, Truck Alignment, Air Conditioning Service, Tire Balancing and Tire Repair.

For more information

Oliver Rubber Canada Ltd

New Millenium Tire Joins Oliver Rubber Network

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rampton, Ontario.

– Oliver Rubber Canada Limited has announced that New Millenium Tire Centre will join their North American network of Oliver elite retread licensees.

The Brampton Ontario based tire dealer operates six commercial tire locations in Canada with five locations in SurreyBritish Columbia, Calgary and Edmonton-Alberta, Vaudreuil-Quebec, and Windsor-Ontario and will open an Oliver retread facility this spring/summer to serve the Ontario market.

“New Millenium Tire Centre has developed a strong presence in the Ontario market and the addition of an Oliver production facility and the Oliver retread product portfolio will enhance their commercial offering. We feel very fortunate they chose Oliver as

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their retread partner”, said Steve Phillips, Oliver’s director of sales The new retread facility will incorporate the latest retread production equipment offered

by Oliver. “We required a top tier retread product and process and felt that Oliver offered a broad and diverse line of innovative products that will serve our customer’s needs”, said Andy Dhugga, CEO of New Millenium Tire Centre.

Plans call for the new plant facility to be located next to the corporate headquarters in Brampton with production to begin this spring/summer.

Oliver Rubber Company has sold retread rubber products and equipment since 1912. The company, headquartered in Greenville, S.C., is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Michelin North America, Inc.

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call 888.890.1888 or 905.452.0111 (local) or visit our website at www. milleniumtire.ca.

In keeping with the ongoing expansion to our company, owners Andy, Kala, and Paul Dhugga are pleased to announce that we will be joining Oliver Rubber Company this year to open a retread plant.

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Tires & Wheels

Owner/Operators Gain “Michelin Advantage”

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ouisville, Kentucky - For the first time ever, owner/operators in the United States can enjoy the benefits of the popular MICHELIN® Advantage Program.

Announced recently at the 2011 Mid-America

Trucking Show, Michelin Americas Truck Tires (MATT) opens its program to even more small businesses, helping even more trucking professionals with consistent program pricing, emergency road service (ERS), as well as

safety and maintenance training information.

Initially established for small fleets, the Advantage Program now includes owner/operators.

Michelin signed up new Advantage Program customers at its Mid-America Trucking Show booth and online at the Michelin Truck Tires website.

At home or on the road, the MICHELIN Advantage Program provides consistent program pricing on both new tire products and Michelin Retread Technologies (MRT) retread products. Purchases can be made with any Visa, MasterCard or American Express credit card.

Program members also have access to MICHELIN® ONCall™ emergency road service with no dispatch fee. Using the anytime, any-day service by

calling 800.TIRE-911, customers can get their truck back on the road quickly, saving them crucial time and money.

Members receive unique access to the MICHELIN® Commercial Service Network™, which provides consistent service from Network dealers with highly trained technicians,

professional equipment, and casing management, all ensured by rigorous certification and audit standards.

The Advantage Program also supplies members with access to valuable resources on the Advantage Program website, which provides training information and maintenance tips

and techniques. Along with regular e-newsletter updates on news, product updates and promotions, new in 2011 are quarterly webcasts on important tire topics, such as CSA 2010, tire casing analysis and more, which members can view and also download to help them maintain safe truck operations.

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Goodyear’s fleetHQ Goes for “Gold”

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kron, Ohio, April 13, 2011 – In the trucking business, where efficient costper-mile operating performance can lead straight to success, The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company has come up with a new “gold standard.”

The Gold Medallion

Retread Tire Program is fleetHQ’s latest innovative service, offering costeffective, quality retreaded tires for emergency road service from coast to coast. Gold Medallion retreads meet the premium casing standards of large national fleets and are backed by the Goodyear

Retreaded Tire Limited Warranty.

Gold Medallion Retreaded Tires are recognized for benefits, such as offering a quality, costeffective alternative to new tires, meeting the premium retread specs of large national fleets by wheel position and providing popular on-highway sizes and treads coast to coast through fleetHQ dealers.

To display authenticity, Gold Medallion retreads are branded with a “Gold” emblem on the side of the tread directly above the tire’s DOT number.

Gold Medallion retreaded tires are available throughout the United States and Canada through the fleetHQ network of servicing dealers.

The fleetHQ emergency road service program has no enrollment fees, no incidence fees for calling its toll free number (866-fleetHQ), and the price customers pay for tires on the road is the same as they pay at home.

It offers a portfolio of business solutions that include online information systems providing 24/7 access to services in progress, retread history, repair data and tire purchase histories.

To learn more about the fleetHQ program, or to find the nearest authorized dealer, go to www. fleetHQ.com.

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Alberta

Alberta

brooks

lloydminster

NAPA Auto Parts

Box 1276, Brooks, AB T1R 1C1 Tel: 403.501.5551 Fax: 403.501.5665 Email: bnapa@telus.net Contact: Brian Sieble

calgary

Traction

329 – 72nd Ave. S.E., Unit 82, Calgary, AB, T2C 4X6 Tel: 403.279.2870 Fax: 403.279.4372 Email: pjoseph@uapinc.com Contact: Pat Joseph

edmonton

Traction Head Office

18532 – 116 Avenue Edmonton, AB T5S 2W8 Tel: 780.489.7555 Fax: 780.481.0148 Email: robrien@uapinc.com Contact: Richard O’Brien th

edmonton north west

Traction

18051 – 111th Avenue Edmonton NW, AB T5S 2P2 Tel: 780.444.4334 Fax: 780.444.7204 Email: rdodds@uapinc.com Contact: Rob Dodds

edmonton south

Traction

3404 – 78th Avenue Edmonton South, AB, T6B 2X9 Tel: 780.465.8010 Fax: 780.466.4627

edson

NAPA Auto Parts 4657A

4833 – 2nd Avenue Edson, AB, T7E 1T8 Tel: 780.712.4152 Fax: 780.712.4212 Email: kpero@napacanada.com Contact: Kris Pero

fort mcmurray

Paramount Parts Inc.

36 Riedel Street, Fort McMurray, AB T9H 3E1 Tel: 780.791.3000 Fax: 780.790.0365 Email: busick@napacanada.com Contact: Brent Usick

grande prairie

Traction

#4 16101 – 101 Street, Grande Prairie, AB T8V 0P2 Tel: 780.538.3038 Fax: 780.538.3398 Email: hharmsen@uapinc.com Contact: Harold Harmsen

High Prairie

High Prairie Truck & Trailer Ltd 5309 – 53rd Avenue, High Prairie, AB T0G 1E0 Tel: 780.523.4777 Fax: 780.523.4773 Contact: Crosby Rich

hinton

NAPA Auto Parts 4236A

120 North Street Hinton, AB, T7V 1S8 Tel: 780.865.8800 Fax: 780.865.7628 Email: gireland@napacanada.com 26 May 2011

Truck Zone

5205 – 65th Street Lloydminster, AB, T9V 2E8 Tel: 780.875.7712 Fax: 780.875.4039 Email: peter@truck-zone.com Contact: Peter Parkinson

medicine hat

Hydraco Industries Ltd.

2110 – 9 Avenue S.W. Medicine Hat, AB T1A 7G8 Tel: 403.526.2244 Fax: 403.526.1074 Email: jkaramanos@hydraco.com Contact: John Karamanos th

peace river

Peace Truck & Trailer Ltd. 9103 – 75th Street Peace River, AB, T8S 1T2 Tel: 780.624.8655 Fax: 780.624.8592 Email: pttrh@telus.net Contact: Rene Houle

red deer

Traction

8045 Edgar Industrial Cr. Red Deer, AB, T4P 3R2 Tel: 403.342.7884 Fax: 403.342.7377 Email: rcain@uapinc.com Contact: Ron Cain

rocky mountain house

NAPA #6260

4528F – 47th Avenue Rocky Mtn House, AB, T4T 0A9 Tel: 403.845.2709 Fax: 403.845.2786 Email: dauld@napacanada.com Contact: Dave Auld

Wabasca

Pelican Automotive

2330 Pelican Business Park, Wabasca, AB T0G 2A0 Tel: 780.891.3600 Fax: 780.891.3615 Contact: Shawn Molloy British Columbia

burns lake

Polar Park Automotive

831 Hwy 16 West Burns Lake, BC, V0J 1E0 Tel: 250.692.7501 Fax: 250.692.7985 Email: kebrown@napacanada.com Contact: Keith Brown

Chilliwack

Traction Truck Parts

25 – 43915 Industrial Way, Chilliwack, BC V2R 3A4 Tel: 604.793.9611 Fax: 604.793.9669 Contact: Dave Easson or Wayne Cromarty

Fort Nelson

Traction CHR-ACK Parts & Repairs

4704 – 48 Avenue, Fort Nelson, BC V0C 1R0 Tel: 250.774.3273 Fax: 250.774.3274 Email: colleen@chr-ack.com Contact: John & Colleen Reynolds th

British Columbia

kamloops

Pineridge Trailer & Equipment Ltd. 1875 Kryczka Place, Kamloops, BC, V1S 1S4 Tel: 250.374.3100 Fax: 250.374.0631 Contact: Fred Daku

kelowna

Central Valley Truck Service Ltd 105 Adams Road Kelowna, BC, V1X 7R1 Tel: 250.765.7738 Fax: 250.765.7705 Email: kelownatraction@shawbiz.ca Contact: Rick Viens

prince george

NAPA – PG

564 – 2nd Avenue Prince George, BC, V2L 2Z9 Tel: 250.563.7778 Fax: 250.563.4994 Email: kcarter@napacanada.com Contact: Kevin Carter

quesnel

Manitoba

brandon

Traction Brandon 1940 Queen Avenue, Brandon, MB, R7B 0T1 Tel: 204.728.9573 Email: rcbt2@mts.net Contact: Rick Blaine

winnipeg

Traction 200 Oak Point Highway Winnipeg, MB, R2R 1V1 Tel: 204.956.9490 Fax: 204.949.9493 Email: lross@uapinc.com Contact: Louise Ross N. W. territories

yellowknife

Delta Mike Holdings Ltd. 114 – 314 Old Airport Road Yellowknife, NT, X1A 3T2 Tel: 867.669.6272 Fax: 867.669.6282 Email: yknapa@ssimicro.com Contact: Doug Moodie

NAPA Traction

Ontario

1185 Hwy 97 North Quesnel, BC, V2J 2Y3 Tel: 250.991.0650 Fax: 250.991.0620 Email: nbiller@napacanada.com Contact: Nick Biller

Traction Ontario Head Office

smithers

Smithers Parts & Service 3465 Victoria Drive Smithers, BC V0J 2N0 Tel: 250.847.4287 Fax: 250.847.5038 Email: dansps@telus.net Contact: Dan Groot

squamish

Triton Auto & Ind. Ltd. 1003 Industrial Way Squamish, BC, V0N 3G0 Tel: 604.892.5951 Fax: 604.892.3986 Email: info@tritonindustries.ca Contact: Mike Bothroyd

Surrey

Trailine Trailer Parts Ltd. 10304A – 120 Street, Surrey, BC V3V 4G1 Tel: 604.582.4888 Fax: 604.582.4880 Email: trailine@telus.net Contact: Steve Knowlan th

terrace

Bow Valley Machine 5107 Keith Avenue Terrace, BC, V8G 1K8 Tel: 250.638.0099 Email: terracetraction@citywest.ca Contact: Steve Leal

williams lake

WL Forestry Supplies Ltd. 675 McKenzie Avenue Williams Lake, BC, V2G 1N9 Tel: 250.392.6699 Fax: 250.392.6644 Email: tgood@napacanada.com Contact: Tom Good

6895 Menway Court, Mississauga, ON L5S 1W2 Tel: 905.612.0032 or 905.672.3288 Fax: 905.612.8572 Email: robrien@uapinc.com Web: www.uapinc.com

bancroft

M&M Gas Diesel & Truck Parts 27523 Highway 62 South, Bancroft, ON K0L 1C0 Tel: 613.332.5474 Fax: 613.332.5998

barrie 255 Saunders Road, Barrie, ON L4N 9A3 Tel: 705.792.1371 Fax: 705.792.1591 Contact: Jason Nelson Email: jnelson@uapinc.com

bolton

Visco Industrial 1 Simpson Road, Bolton, ON L7E 1E4 Tel: 905.857.2071 Fax: 905.857.2070

cambridge 1090 Fountain Street North, Units 12 & 13, Cambridge, ON N3E 1A3 Tel: 519.653.3427 Fax: 519.653.0608 Contact: Jim Curley Email: jcurley@uapinc.com

dryden

D & S Auto 495 Government Street P.O. Box 697 Dryden, ON P8N 2Z3 Tel: 807.223.3227 Fax: 807.223.4245 Contact: Dale Green

Ontario

hamilton 30 Bancroft Street Hamilton, ON L8E 2W5 Tel: 905.561.0932 Fax: 905.561.3280 Contact: Brian Kinzel Email: bkinzel@uapinc.com

hanover

JD Truck Parts

790 – 10th Street, Hanover, ON N4N 1S2 Tel: 519.364.1848 Fax: 519.364.7738 Contact: Brad Wedow Email: jdtruck@wightman.ca

kenora

D & S Auto

1051 Railway Street, Kenora, ON P9N 3W8 Tel: 807.468.9894 Fax: 807.468.8436 Contact: Dale Green Email: dgreen@napacanada.com

london 2405 Scanlan Street, London, ON N5W 6G9 Tel: 519.455.3440 Fax: 519.455.2812 Contact: Derek Dutt Email: ddutt@uapinc.com

maidstone 3725 Webster Dr. RR #3 Maidstone, ON N0R 1K0 Tel: 519.737.7995 Fax: 519.737.7741

mississauga 5915 Atlantic Drive, Units 6 & 7 Mississauga, ON L4W 1S4 Tel: 905.670.2868 Fax: 905.670.9757 Contact: Doug Paddock Email: dpaddock@uapinc.com

New Liskeard

Traction New Liskeard 437136 Hawn Drive, New Liskeard, ON P0J 1P0 Tel: 705.647.8707 Fax: 705.647.9362

north bay

Service 1 Mufflers & More 2621 Trout Lake Road North Bay, ON P1B 7S8 Tel : 705.497.0404 Fax: 705.497.9543

sault ste. marie 380 Industrial Park Crescent, Sault Ste. Marie, ON P6B 5Y8 Tel: 705.759.8042 Fax: 705.759.2962 Contact: Maurice Saindon Email: msaindon@uapinc.com

st. catharines

Nick’s Truck Parts

244 Dunkirk Road, St. Catharines, ON L2R 7K6 Tel: 905.687.7031 Fax: 905.687.7129

sudbury

Sudbury Truck & Trailer Inc 510 Whissell Avenue, Sudbury, ON P3B 2Z3 Tel: 705.673.3613 Fax: 705.673.4411 Contact: Cheryl Schroeder

Ontario

thunder bay

Tractor Trailer Service 64 Water Street South, Thunder Bay, ON P7B 6T3 Tel: 807.345.5882 Fax: 807.345.1559 Contact: Felice Meo

whitby 1751 Wentworth St. W., Units 3-6, Whitby, ON L1N 8R9 Tel: 905.432.2785 Fax: 905.571.5436 Contact: Paul MacLean Email: pmaclean@uapinc.om Saskatchewan

meadow lake

Unified Auto Parts Inc.

807-1st Avenue West Meadow Lake, SK, S9X 1N2 Tel: 306.764.4220 Fax: 306.236.3200 Email: mark.napa@sasktel.net Contact: Mark Krasicki

moose jaw

Golden West Trailer & Equipment Ltd.

1802 Stadacona West Moose Jaw, SK, S6H 4N8 Tel: 306.692.7402 Fax: 306.694.0607 Email: timgoldenwesttrailer@ sasktel.net Contact: Tim Trafford

prince albert

Unified Auto Parts Inc.

365-36th Street West Prince Albert, SK S6V 7L4 Tel: 306.764.4220 Fax: 306.763.7988 Email: mark.napa@sasktel.net Contact: Mark Krasicki

regina

Traction

405 Park Street Regina, SK, S4N 5B2 Tel: 306.721.8333 Fax: 306.721.4446 Email: mdevers@uapinc.com Contact: Max Devers

saskatoon

Traction

#2, 2915 Faithfull Avenue Saskatoon, SK, S7K 8E8 Tel: 306.244.9877 Fax: 306.244.9878 Email: jstinson@uapinc.com Contact: Jeff Stinson

swift current

Brake & Drive Ltd.

1511 Cheadle Street West Swift Current, SK S9H 5G4 Tel: 306.773.7293 Fax: 306.773.5511 Email: brakeanddrive@sasktel.net Contact: Bruce Borden Yukon

Whitehorse

Pacesetter Trading Co. Ltd. 171 Industrial Road, Whitehorse, Yukon Y1A 5M7 Tel: 867.633.5908 Fax: 867.456.2824

Alberta

Alberta

edmonton

PEACE RIVER

McCoy Service Centre West

Peace Truck & Trailer

17303 – 114th Avenue, Edmonton, AB T5S 2R9 Tel: 780.453.8706 Fax: 780.453.8758 Email: djabs@mccoycorporation.ca Contact: Darnell Jabs

9103 – 75th Street, Peace River, AB T8S 1T2 Tel: 780.624.8655 Fax: 780.624.8592 Email: pttrh@telus.net Contact: Rene Houle

McCoy Service Centre South 3904 – 78 Avenue, Edmonton, AB T6B 2W4 Tel: 780.468.1471 Fax: 780.440.1394 kmitchell@mccoycorporation.ca Contact: Ken Mitchell th

grande prairie

Bradvin Trailer Sales Ltd. 10920 – 87th Avenue, Grande Prairie, AB T8V 8K4 Tel: 780.539.6260 Fax: 780.539.4247 Email: bwillsey@bradvin.com Contact: Brad Willsey

high prairie

High Prairie Truck & Trailer Box 1388, High Prairie, AB, T0G 1E0 Tel: 780.523.4777 Fax: 780.523.4773 Contact: Crosby Rich

lloydminster

smithers

Smithers Parts & Service 3465 Victoria Drive, Smithers, BC V0J 2N0 Tel: 250.847.4287 Fax: 250.847.5048 Email: dansps@telus.net Contact: Dan Groot

4841 – 78th Street, Red Deer, AB, T4P 1N5 Tel: 403.343.8771 Fax: 403.340.0888 lackerman@mccoycorporation.ca Contact: Larry Ackerman

Manitoba

brandon

sundre

RCB Truck & Trailer Ltd.

Partco Truck Parts & Service Box 1187, West Road Industrial Park, Sundre, AB T0M 1X0 Tel: 403.638.3414 Fax: 403.638.4232 Email: s.lausen@airenet.com Contact: Daryl Peters or Scott Lausen

5600 Richmond Ave. E., Brandon, MB, R7A 7L5 Tel: 204.727.9172 Fax: 204.725.4702 Email: rcbt2@mts.net Contact: Rick Blaine

winnipeg

Zirino’s Auto Truck & Trailer Service Ltd. 3165 McGillivray Blvd., Winnipeg MB, R3Y 1G5 Tel: 204.275.8038 Fax: 204.275.7759 Email: joez@zirinos.com Contact: Joe Zirino

British Columbia

chilliwack

Lickman Truck & Trailer

medicine hat

fort nelson

2110 – 9th Avenue S.W., Medicine Hat, AB T1A 7G8 Tel: 403.526.2244 Fax: 403.526.1074 Email: jkaramanos@hydraco.com Contact: John Karamanos

9122 Rock Island Road, Prince George, BC V2N 5T4 Tel: 250.564.6763 Email: totaltruck@telus.net Contact: Mark Forbes

McCoy Service Centre

5205 – 65th Street, Lloydminster, AB, T9V 2E8 Tel: 780.875.7712 Fax: 780.875.4039 Email: peter@truck-zone.com Contact: Peter Parkinson

Hydraco Industries Ltd.

Prince George

Total Truck & Equipment Ltd.

red deer

25, 43915 Industrial Way, Chilliwack, BC V2R 3A9 Tel: 604.793.9660 Fax: 604.793.9620 lickmantruckandtrailer@shaw.ca Contact: Dave Easson or Wayne Cromarty

Truck Zone

British Columbia

Ontario

barrie

Simcoe Truck & Trailer Ltd 630 Welham Road, Barrie, ON L4N 8Z8 Tel: 705.728.8222 Fax: 705.728.9855

CHR-ACK Parts & Repairs 4704 – 49th Avenue, Fort Nelson, BC, V0C 1R0 Tel: 250.774.3273 Fax: 250.774.3274 Email: colleen@chr-ack.com Contact:John & Colleen Reynolds

bolton

Bolton Truck & Trailer 1 Simpson Road, Bolton, ON L7E 1E4 Tel: 905.951.9111 Fax: 905.951.9113

Ontario

Ontario

Brockville

hamilton

Ontario

new liskeard

Brockville Tractor-Trailer Maintenance

Barton Truck Centre Ltd.

3524 County Road 26, R.R. 2 Prescott, ON K08 1T0 Tel: 613.925.2889 Fax: 613.925.4933

483-487 Rennie Street, Hamilton, ON L8H 3P6 Tel: 905.544.2626 Fax: 905.544.0747

260 Hawn Road., Box 1088, New Liskeard, ON P0J 1P0 Tel: 705.647.8707 Fax: 705.647.9362

caistor center

hanover

K.I.D. Truck & Trailer Service

9381 Silver Street, R.R. 2, Caistor Center, ON L0R 1E0 Tel: 905.957.7033 Fax: 905.957.0808

R R #1, Hanover, ON N4N 3B8 Tel: 519.369.5052 Fax: 519.369.5961

Pyett Spring & Alignment

Caledonia

On eida Truck & Trailer 634 Fourth Line, Caledonia, ON N3W 2B3 Tel: 905.765.5011

downsview

North Keele Auto, Truck & Trailer Repair 3915 Keele Street, Downsview, ON M3J 1N6 Tel: 416.638.5963 Fax: 416.638.5964

eden

Voth Sales & Service 10816 Plank Road 19, Eden, ON N0J 1H0 Tel: 519.866.3459 Fax: 519.866.3572 Contact: Frank Voth

essex

Hwy #4 Truck Service

hearst

Serge G & D Repair Inc. P O Box 1706, Hearst, ON P0L 1N0 Tel: 705.362.5633 Fax: 705.362.7960

huntsville

Muskoka Truck Centre 88 Madill Church Road, Huntsville, ON P1H 2J2 Tel: 705.789.8600 Toll Free Tel: 866.353.3009 Fax: 705.789.9584

kapuskasing

Parent Mechanical Services 53 Brunelle Road North, Kapuskasing, ON P5N 2M1 Tel: 705.335.3617 Fax: 705.337.6880

Ken Lapain & Son Ltd 2119 County Road 15, Essex, ON N8M 2X6 Tel: 519.776.6473 Fax: 519.776.6475

Etobicoke

OK Tire Truck Repair 39 Shorncliffe Road, Etobicoke, ON M8Z 5K2 Tel: 416.236.1277 Contact: Darryl Croft

goulais river

Goulais River Truck & Tractor 90 Highway 552 East, Goulais River ON P0S 1E0 Tel: 705.649.4788 Fax: 705.649.4754

longlac

Ray & Doris Truck Parts 106 Hamel Avenue, Longlac, ON P0T 2A0 Tel: 807.876.2687 Fax: 807.876.2570

mississauga

B. Andrews Truck Service Centre Ltd. 6755 Columbus Road, Unit #2, Mississauga, ON L5T 2G9 Tel: 905.670.3384 Fax: 905.670.5794 Contact: Boyd Andrews Email: bjandrews60@hotmail.com

Pioneer Spring & Alignment

oakville

1090 South Service Rd., Unit A, Oakville, ON L6J 2X8 Tel: 905.842.2942 Fax: 905.338.5600

ottawa

Ottawa Trailer Repair Inc. 2020 Bantree Street, Ottawa, ON K1B 5A4 Tel: 613.741.0878 Fax: 613.741.0245

simcoe

Wilson Truck & Trailer 401 Queensway West, Simcoe, Ontario N3Y 5B3 Tel: 519.428.0501 Fax: 519.428.4631 Contact: Duane or Lisa Wilson

sudbury

Sudbury Truck & Trailer 510 Whissell Avenue, Sudbury, ON P3B 2Z3 Tel: 705.673.3613 Fax: 705.673.4411 Contact: Dennis Monticelli

verner

Mobile Mechanical Services 11769 Hwy 364, Box 309, Verner, ON P0H 2M0 Tel: 705.594.1319 Fax: 705.594.1548 Saskatchewan

Saskatoon

A-Line Frame & Alignment 3246 Millar Avenue, Saskatoon, SK, S7K 5Y2 Tel: 306.931.6612 Fax: 306.931.6615 Email: stan.aline@sasktel.net Contact: Stan & Fred Neudorf

Healthy Living

What Are We Really Eating?

By Brenda Ricker hen you walk through the grocery store, it’s the front labels that get your attention. What would happen if you chose food by reading the ingredients instead of the front part of the label?

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There are four categories of products most people know and probably will buy because of advertising or because they think that they are good for them.

Check the ingredients to see if you can imagine a food with these ingredients. Most foods contain essentially the same cheap ingredients namely refined carbohydrates, oil and/ or sugar.

The first set of ingredients consists of unbleached enriched wheat flour, palm oil, liquid brown sugar, salt, malted barley flour, flour, yeast, hydrogenated soybean oil, vinegar, soy lecithin, color, artificial flavor and citric acid.

The second set of ingredients consists of enriched wheat flour, vegetable oil shortening (vegetable, modified palm, modified

palm kernel), sugar, salt, glucose-fructose, malt flour, sodium bicarbonate, ammonium bicarbonate, monocalcium phosphate, soya lecithin, soybean oil with TBHQ and citric acid, amylase, protease, papain, yeast, and sour dough culture.

The third set of ingredients consists of rice, wheat gluten, sugar/glucosefructose, defatted wheat

germ, salt, Malt (corn flour, malted barley), vitamins (thiamin, hydrochloride, niacinamide, pyridoxine hydrochloride, folic acid, D-Calcium Pantothenate) and iron.

The fourth set of ingredients consists of wheat flour, sugar/glucose-fructose, corn starch, modified palm oil, canola oil, malt syrup, salt, modified milk ingredients, glycerin, baking soda,

ammonium bicarbonate, soya lecithin, natural flavor, and sulphites.

Don’t all of these ingredients just make your mouth water? It is very important to understand what the labels actually are telling you. Next month I will give you the answers to the four categories. Until then, be healthy! Email: health_you_deserve@yahoo.ca.

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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 Barb@woodwardpublishing.com or mail at 259 Salmon Point Road, R.R. #1, Cherry Valley ON K0K 1P0. Visit us online at www.woodwardpublishing.com. accounting, tax & bookkeeping

Air Conditioning & Heating: Sales & Service

automated Lubrication systems

cargo control products

compliance services

Driver Training

E&B Safety Consulting

E & B Safety Consulting Inc.

Aarden Industries Inc. Accounts & Records Management Bookkeeping For Your Business & Personal Finances Toll Free Tel: 888.644.2333

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It’s All About Numbers 1017 Jordan Road, Cardinal, ON K0E 1E0 Diagonally across from the 730 Truck Stop Tel: 613.340.8409 Fax: 888.818.4964 admin@itsallaboutnumbers.com www.itsallaboutnumbers.com Summer hours by appointment only

26 Napier Court, Utopia, ON L0M 1T0 Tel: 705.797.0041 Fax: 705.797.2469 AardenIndustries@hotmail.com

••• Manwin Enterprises Inc. 15 Wanless Court, Ayr, ON N0B 1E0 Toll Free: 888-823-7611 Tel: 519-624.4003 Fax: 519.624.5501 Email: manwin@bellnet.ca

In-Home Service Truckers Tax Saver Tel: 800.642.2716 Email: info@southwesttax.ca Web: www.SouthwestTax.ca “Call for an In-Home Quote in Ontario”

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Wilson Instruments Ltd.

81 Tremaine Road Milton, ON L9T 2W8 Tel: 905.878.7161 Fax: 905.878.7730 Email: info@seti-imports.com Web: www.autogreaser.com or www.seti-imports.com

43 Crowe Bay Heights, R.R. 2 Campbellford, ON K0L 1L0 Tel: 705.653.2403 Fax: 705.653-5560 Toll Free: 877.467.4440 WilsonInstruments@sympatico.ca www.wilsoninstrumentsltd.com

Transport Financial Services

Advocates & lobbyists

The Trucker’s Voice 2 Cripple Creek Crescent, Stittsville, ON K2S 1T3 Tel: 613.831.1332 Email: Peter_Turner@ thetruckersvoice.ca Web: www.thetruckersvoice.ca

••• S.E.T.I. Imports Inc.

automated Lubrication systems

Specializing in the trucking industry since 1974 Toll Free: 800.461.5970 Email: info@tfsgroup.com Web: www.tfsgroup.com “We Make Trucking Less Taxing”

50 Admiral Blvd., Mississauga, ON L5T 2W1 Tel: 905.671.2355 Fax: 905.671.2358 Toll Free: 800.668.5458 Email: sales@flocomponents.com Website: www.flocomponents.com

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Southwest Tax Consulting Inc.

Flo Components Ltd.

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7065 Twiss Road Campbellville, ON L0P 1B0 Tel: (905) 864-3110 Fax: (905) 878-6935 Email: info@lubecore.com Website: www.lubecore.com

CPL Systems Canada Inc.

Freinmeister Group Inc. 6 Farnham Crescent, London, ON N6K 1K1 Tel: 519.641.6770 Email: ron@freinmeister.com Web: www.freinmeister.com 28 May 2011

Corporate Office 8450 Lawson Road, Unit #5, Milton, ON L9T 0J8 Tel: 905.875.1017 Fax: 905.875.2125 Toll Free Tel: 800.263.1760 Email: sales@cplsystems.com Web: www.cplsystems.com or www.groeneveld-group.com

A-Z Technical Building Systems Inc 299 Mill Road, Unit 1510, Etobicoke, ON M9C 4V9 Tel: 416.626.1794 Toll Free Tel: 877.743.5888 Fax: 416.626.5512 Email: a-ztech@sympatico.ca Web: www.a-ztech.on.ca

Travel Centre of America, 535 Mill Street, Unit 104, Woodstock, ON N4S 7V6 Tel: 519.537.2002 Fax: 519.537.7499 sandy@ebsafetyconsulting.com Web: www.ebsafetyconsulting.com Taking the guesswork out of compliance Drug &&Alcohol Truck tRAILER Testing rEPAIRS

Fil-Mor Automotive & Clutch Products Ltd. 81 Northline Road, Toronto, ON M4B 3E9 Tel: 416.759.2245 Fax: 416.759-5890 Toll Free Tel: 1.800.677.9038 A 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.

SKF Lubrication Solutions (A Division of SKF Canada Ltd.) 5777 Coopers Avenue Mississauga, ON L4Z 1R9 Tel: 905.631.1821 Fax; 905.631.1787 Toll Free: 800.207. 5823 (LUBE) Email: marketing@skf.ca Web: www.skf.ca “Greasing on the Go!”

Travel Centre of America, 535 Mill Street, Unit 104, Woodstock, ON N4S 7V6 Tel: 519.537.2002 Fax: 519.537.7499 Email: sandy@ebsafetyconsulting.com Web: www.ebsafetyconsulting.com Taking the guesswork out of compliance

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compliance services

buildings - all steel pre-engineered

Air Brake Training for Mechanics

clutch products

Lubecore International Inc.

Beka Lube Products Inc.

automated Lubrication systems

6176 Atlantic Drive, Mississauga, ON L4C 1W2 Tel: 905.670.4488 Toll Free Tel: 800.668.3773 Fax: 905.670.2748 Email: info@movers3.com www.movers3.com

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••• 2830 Argentia Road, Unit 9 Mississauga, ON L5N 8G4 Toll Free Tel: 888.862.7461 Tel: 905.821.1050 Fax: 905.858.0597 Email: info@beka-lube.com Web: www.beka-lube.com “Technology you can rely on.”

Mover’s Equipment & Supplies

Cross Border Services 4130 Foxwood Drive Burlington, ON L7M 4L3 Tel: 905.973.9136 Fax: 905.315.7427 crossborderservices@cogeco.net www.crossborderservices.org C-TPAT, FAST, PIP, CSA, SCAC, Bonded Carrier, NAFTA, Customs Brokerage and SAPP.

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DriverCheck Inc. ICC The Compliance Center Inc. 205 Matheson Blvd. East, Unit 7, Mississauga, ON L4Z 1X8 Tel: 905.890.7228 Fax: 905.890.7070 Toll Free: 888.977.4834 sales@thecompliancecenter.com www.thecompliancecenter.com Dangerous Goods Supplies & Services

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Integrated Training Resources P.O. Box 402, 140 Market Drive, Milton, ON L9T 4Y9 Tel: 905.693.0660 Fax: 905.693.0332 Toll Free Tel: 888.812.0099 info@integratedtrainingresources.ca www.integratedtrainingresources.ca

1 Manley Street, Ayr, Ontario N0B 1E0 Tel: 519.632.9371 Toll Free Tel: 800.463.4310 Fax: 519.632.9534 Email: drivercheck@drivercheck.ca 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 Email: rossmullen@drivercheck.ca Web: www.drivercheck.ca Worried about substance misuse & abuse in your workplace?

Emergency Road Services

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Emergency Road Services of Canada Inc.

Maggie’s Essential Services

3413 Wolfedale Road, Suite 5, Mississauga, ON L5C 1Z8 Tel: 905.277.2377 Fax: 905.277.2378 Email: info@ersofcanada.com Web: www.ersofcanada.com

Cell: 416.994.3588 Fax: 905.846.1625 Email: Maggie@TruckAdmin.com Web: www.TruckAdmin.com IFTA, Road Taxes, Administration, Permits/Renewals driver services, recruitment & employment

factoring, finance & foreign exchange

Danatec Educational Services Ltd. 201-11450 29th Street SE, Calgary, AB T2Z 3V5 Drakkar Human Resources Toll Free: 800.465.3366 1131 Derry Road East, Tel: 403.232.6950 Mississauga, ON L5T 1P3 Email: info@danatec.com Tel: 905.795.1397 Web: www.danatec.com Toll Free Tel: 877.372.5527 Fax: 905.795.1391 Changing the way you train since 1985. Canada’s leading TDG Training MississaugaResumes@drakkar.ca Web: www.drakkar.ca & Services.

J D Factors 315 Matheson Blvd. East, Mississauga, ON L4Z 1X8 Tel: 905.501.5000 Toll Free Tel: 800.263.0664 Fax: 905.501.0395 Email: canadasales@jdfactors.com

factoring, finance & foreign exchange

insurance brokers

lifting equipment & jacks

lubricants

Pressure Washers

RP Oil Limited

6790 Davand Drive, Units 13 & 14 Mississauga, ON L5T 2G5 Tel: 905.568.4868 Fax: 905.565.8821 Toll free: 888.568.8001 Email: info@can-clean.com Website: www.can-clean.com

Can-Clean Pressure Washers

Dalton Timmis Insurance Group

Liquid Capital Liquid Capital Midwest Corp.

176 Seacliff Drive West, Leamington, ON N8H3Y5 Tel: 519. 419.5044 Toll Free Tel: 877.653.9426 Fax: 519.326.4047 riacobelli@liquidcapitalcorp.com www.liquidcapitalmidwest.com “Large Account Service” to small fleet & start-up companies.

insurance brokers

Allen Insurance Group P O Box 189, 45 Dominion Street, Warkworth, ON K0K 3K0 Toll Free Tel: 877.924.2632 Fax: 705.924.3385 Email: info@alleninsurance.ca Web: www.alleninsurance.ca

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Fasteners

35 Stone Church Road, Ancaster, ON L9K 1S5 Tel: 905.648.3922 Tol Free Tel: 888.385.8466 Fax: 905.648.2640 Email info@daltontimmis.com Web: www.daltontimmis.com The Perfect Fit for your trucking insurance needs.

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Canada Powertrain 3833 Nashua Drive, Mississauga, ON L4V 1R3 Tel: 905.677.3522 Toll Free Tel: 800.268.4809 Fax: 905.677.4618 Email: parts@cptparts.com Web: www.cptparts.com lubricants

1111 Burns Street East, Unit 3, Whitby, ON L1N 6A6 Tel: 905.666.2313 Toll Free Tel: 800.335.6623 Fax: 905.666.2761 Email: larryharris@rpoil.com lubricants (synthetic)

Corrosion Control Coatings Ltd

Dalton Timmis Insurance Group Multi-Line Fastener Supply Co. Ltd. 1100 Courtneypark Drive East, Unit 5, Mississauga, ON L5T 1L7 Tel: 905.677.5088 Fax: 905.677.4917 Web: www.multilinefasteners.com Serving Fastener Needs for Industrial, Automotive & Maintenance Trades Filters

Baird MacGregor Insurance Brokers LP 825 Queen Street East, Toronto, ON M4M 1H8 Tel: 416.778.8000 Toll Free Tel: 800.263.3030 Fax: 416.778.4492 lgarofalo@bairdmacgregor.com www.bairdmacgregor.com

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14-600 Crowfoot Cres., NW Calgary, AB T3G 0B4 Tel: 403.241.2288 Tol Free Tel: 866.472.0721 Fax: 866.399.3177 Email info@daltontimmis.com Web: www.daltontimmis.com The Perfect Fit for your trucking insurance needs.

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Wakefield Canada Inc. 3620 Lakeshore Blvd. West, Toronto, ON M8W 1P2 Tel: 416.252.5511 ext 4449 Toll Free Tel: 800.268.5339 Fax: 416 252.7315 mpagnanelli@wakefieldcanada.ca Web: www.castrol.ca Castrol HD creates products that deliver superior performance and greater reliability with the goal of reducing customer operating costs.

Sinwal Enterprises Inc 5656 Bell Harbour Drive, Mississauga, ON L5M 5J3 Tel: 416.520.5527 Toll Free Tel: 866.326.7645 Fax: 905.814.1802 Email: lubedealer@rogers.com Web: www.sinwal.com oil furnace sales & Service

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Donaldson Company P O Box 1299 Minneapolis, MN 55440-1299 USA Tel: 952.887.3699 Fax: 952.887.3716 Toll Free Tel: 800.374.1374 Email: engineserviceparts@ donaldson.com Web: www.donaldson-filters.com

Baizana Insurance Brokers 806 Greenbank Road Ottawa, ON K2J 1A2 Tel: 613.825.5575 Fax: 613.825.5624 Toll Free: 877.791.1682 Email: info@baizanainsurance.com Web: www.baizanainsurance.com

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fleet management & litigation support

Bryson & Associates Insurance Brokers Ltd. DWS Fleet Management Services 21 Lake Street, Ste. 2101 Wrentham, MA 02093-1214 Tel: 508.384.9021 Cell: 508.397.7169 Fax: 508.384.9010 Email: dws@darrystuart.com Web: www.darrystuart.com Web: www.ecmteam.com Fleet Management & Litigation Support for the Trucking Industry. fuel additives & lubricants

Bennetts Power Service Products P.O. Box 51016, RPO Tyndall Park Winnipeg, MB R2X 3C6 Tel: 204.694.1777 Toll Free Tel: 877.778.4440 Fax: 204.633.0133 Email: gbennett@powerservice.ca Web: www.powerservice.ca

Bryson Insurance & Financial Services Ltd. Tol Free: 800.661.5196 Fax: 905.426.4959 Email: jscheetz@bryson-insurance.com 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”

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Erb and Erb Insurance Brokers Ltd. 30 Queen Street North, Kitchener, ON N2H 6N2 Tel: 519.579.4270 Fax: 519.741.1977 Toll Free: 800.265.2634 Email: cbunn@erb-erb.com or info@erb-erb.com Website: www.erb-erb.com What you want to protect the most..

We protect the best!

1 Eglinton Ave. East, Suite 415, Toronto, ON M4P 3Z1 Tel: 416.486.0951 Fax: 416.489.5311 Email: jasonj@cibi.ca Web: www.cibi.ca

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

ON-Board truck Scales

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Vulcan On-Board Scales Lucas Oil Products 33 Princess Street, Suite 501 Leamington, ON N8H 5C5 Tel: 519.326.9339 Fax: 519.326.0128 Toll Free Tel: 800.463.4700 Email: dan.mcguire@ hubinternational.com Web: www.hubinternational.com Transportation Insurance

••• Rainbow Insurance Brokers Inc

Canadian Insurance Brokers Inc.

De-On Supply Inc. R.R. #1, 1595 Lobsinger Road St. Jacobs, ON N2J 4G8 Toll Free Tel: 800.824.4115 Toll Free Fax: 888.626.7843 Email:info@deonsupply.com Web:www.deonsupply.com

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HUB International Ontario Ltd

958 Road 2 East Kingsville, ON N9Y 2E4 Tel: 519.733.3268 Fax: 519.733.3282 Email: trishd@xplornet.com www.rainbowinsurancebrokers.

In Business since 1995

Rust Control Products

4060B Sladeview Crescent Mississauga, ON L5L 5Y5 Toll Free Tel: 888.878.6973 Fax: 905.814.9836 Email: info@lucasoil.ca Web: www.lucasoil.ca “Keep that Engine Alive!”

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NOCO Lubricants Company 2 Bradpenn Road, Toronto, ON M8Z 5S9 Tel: 416.232.6626 Toll Free Tel: 800.414.6626 Fax: 416.201.9880 Email: orderdesk@noco.ca Web: www.noco.ca

Best Service, Best Value, Best Quality

106 Colborne Street, P.O. Box 1088 Walkerton, ON N0G 2V0 Toll Free Tel: 800.934.7771 Toll Free Fax: 800.563.8078 Email: dwells@cc-coatings.com Web: www.cc-coatings.com

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Krown Corporate 35 Magnum Drive, Schomberg, ON L0G 1T0 Tel: 905.939.8750 Fax: 905.939.8710 Toll Free Tel: 1.800.267.5744 Email: info@krown.com Web: www.krown.com Satellite Tracking

Petro-Viron Inc. 2 Taggart St., Unit 10 Guelph, ON N1H 6H8 Tel: (519) 837-2281 Fax: (519) 763-9371 Email: mgorman@petroviron.ca www.petroviron.ca/pivot/ tarps & tarping systems

#11-1642 Langan Ave. Port Coquitlam BC V3C 1K5 Ph: 604.944.1481 Fax: 604.944.1482 Toll Free Tel: 800.663.0854 Web: www.vulcanscales.com Permits & services

730 Permit Services Box 755, 2085 Shanly Road, Cardinal, ON K0E 1E0 Tel: 613.657.1244 Toll Free Tel: 800.410.4754 Fax: 613.657.1453 Email: info@730permitservices.com Web: www.730permitservices.com

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C.U.T.C. Inc. 1295 Carol Crescent, Laval, QC H7W 1G3 Tel: 450.687.8294 Toll Free Tel: 866.927.8294 Fax: 450.687.6963 Email: pvoelker@sympatico.ca

Aero-Kit Industries 5499 Harvester Road, Burlington, ON L7L 5V4 Tel: 905.335.2012 Toll Free Tel: 800.465.8277 Fax: 905.335.8499 Web: www.aero-kit.com “Keeping You Covered”

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Cramaro Tarpaulin Systems 206 Arvin Avenue, Stoney Creek, ON L8E 2L8 Tel: 905.662.2757 Toll Free Tel: 800.565.8277 Fax: 905.662.4811 Email: mail@cramarotarps.com Web: www.cramarotarps.com Cramaro, for all your tarping needs.

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tarps & tarping systems

tire & wheel service & equipmenT

Trison Tarps

Hunter Engineering Company

130 Copernicus Blvd., Brantford, ON N3P 1L9 Tel: 519.720.9464 Toll Free Tel: 866.948.2777 Fax: 519.720.9468 Email: paul@trisontarps.ca Web: www.trisontarps.ca

112 York Street, Eden Mills, ON N0B 1P0 Tel: (905) 699-7991 Email: d.martin@xplornet.ca Website: www.hunter.com towing services

test equipmentbrakes, abs, lights

towing services

trailer manufacturers

trailer Sales, leasing, rentals & service

Gobbo Towing & Recovery Ltd. 85 Pondhollow Drive, Sudbury, ON P3E 6C1

Shop 5238 Hwy. 69 South, Sudbury, ON P3E 4N1 Tel: 705.523.2341 Fax: 705.523.2817 Toll Free: 800.261.4252 Email: gobbotowing@bellnet.ca

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Titan Trailers 1129 Hwy #3, R R #3, Delhi, ON N4B 2W6 Tel: 519.688.4826 Fax: 519.688.6453 Email: info@titantrailers.com Web: www.titantrailers.com trailer manufacturers [ tankers ]

Transport Companies

Yanke Group Of Companies Transit Trailer Ltd. 22217 Bloomfield Rd., R R #6, Chatham, ON N7M 5J6 Tel: 519.354.9944 Toll Free Tel: 877.995.5999 Fax: 519.354.9782 Email: info@transittrailer.com Web: www.transittrailer.com Transport Companies

27 Automatic Road, Brampton, ON L6S 5N8 Tel: 905.791.1369 ext 3747 Toll Free Tel: 800.373.6678 Fax: 905.791.1278 Email: donnah@yanke.ca Web: www.yanke.ca Transportation Training

Lite-Check, LLC 3102 East Trent Avenue Spokane, WA, 92202 Tel: 509.535.7512 Toll Free Tel: 800.343.8579 Fax: 509.535.7680 Email: info@lite-check.com www.lite-check.com tire balancing

Hansen Towing & Recovery A Towing Service Ltd. 185 Bartley Drive Toronto, ON M4A 1E6 Service GTA, Ontario and USA Tel: 416.656.4000 Fax: 416.656.3065 Toll Free Tel: 800.773.7952 Email: carol@atowing.ca Web: www.atowing.ca A company you can count on!

236 Rutherford Road South, Brampton, ON L6W 3J6 Tel: 905.453.7319 Fax: 905.451.1534 Toll Free Tel: 800.876.7097 Email: hhansen@hansenautow.com Web: www.hansentowing.com

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Counteract Balancing Beads 13029 8th Line, Georgetown, ON L7G 4S4 Tel: 905.873.3339 Fax: 905.873.3088 Toll Free Tel: 800.572.8952 Email: info@counteractbalancing.com www.counteractbalancing.com

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Abram’s Towing “Service Across Ontario” Tel: 416.398.2500 Toll Free Tel: 888.667.5438 24 Hour Heavy Towing Web: www.abrams.ca

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2801 2nd Avenue North, Unit #2 Lethbridge, AB T1H 6S2 Toll Free: 888.553.3005 Fax: 403.394.9911 Email: joel@taabs-int.com Website: www.taabs-int.com

Duret et Landry Inc. 2250 boul, Industriel, Laval, QC H7S 1P9 Tel: 514.337.7777 Toll Free Tel: 800.663.0814 Fax: 450.663.2688 Email: elandry@duretetlandry.com

Ontario Office Corghi, ON Tel: 416.902.4663 Contact: Thierry Lefebvre Web: www.duretlandry.com

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Hofmann Balancing Techniques Ltd 6500 Millcreek Drive, Mississauga, ON L5N 2W6 Tel: 905.821.0799 Fax: 905.821.2073 Toll Free Tel: 800.267.2185 Email: info@hofmann.ca or johnvl@hofmann.ca Web: www.hofmann.ca 30 May 2011

5785 Place Turcot Montreal, QC H4C 1V9 Tel: 514.937.1670 Fax: 514.937.2190 Email: btinc@aei.ca Web: www.bedardtankers.com Leader in Dry Bulk, Liquid, Liquified Compressed Gas & Cryogenic Road Tanker Trailers

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K.B.W. Towing

TAABS Inc.

tire & wheel service & equipmenT

Bedard Tankers Inc.

KBW Truck Transfer Service 1 Towns Road, Etobicoke, ON M8Z 1A1 Tel: 416.255.4443 Toll Free Tel: 866.616.6379 Fax: 416.252.2558 Email: edkbw@hotmail.com Heavy & Medium Towing, Flatbed Specialists.

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Tremcar Inc. 790 Montrichard Ave. St-Jean-sur-Richelieu, QC J2X 5G4 Tel: 450.347.7822 Fax: 450.347.8372 Toll Free Tel: 800.363.2158 Email: tremcar@tremcar.com trailer Sales, leasing, rentals & service

J P Towing Service & Storage Ltd Action Automotive, Towing & Recovery P O Box 126, Trenton ON K8V 5R2 Tel: 613.394.4924 Toll Free Tel: 800.551.6151 Fax: 613.394.2428 Email: action@reach.net Web: www.actiontowing.com “Meeting Your Service Needs in Eastern Ontario”

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C.A. Towing R.R. 2, 2485 Campbellville Road, Campbellville, ON L0P 1B0 Tel: 905.854.0169 Toll Free Tel: 800.363.2209 Fax: 905.854.1282 Email: catowing@bellnet.ca #

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Gervais Towing & Recovery 1485 Startop Road, Ottawa, ON K1B 3W5 Tel: 613.747.4666 Toll Free Tel: 888.689.2170 Fax: 613.747.8323 Email: info@gervaistowing.com Web: www.gervaistowing.com

11 Glen Scarlett Road, Toronto, ON M6N 1P5 Tel: 416.203.9300 Toll Free Tel: 866.527.8225 Fax: 416.203.9303 Email: sales@jptowing.com Web: www.jptowing.com

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Fort Garry Industries Email: trailers@fgiltd.ca Web: www.fgiltd.com/trailers Proud distributors for Lode-King, Midland Manufacturing, Arctic Manufacturing, Landoll, CMIC Container Chassis and more.

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Pat Rogers Towing Kingston, Ontario 24 Hour Emergency Service Toll Free Tel: 888.221.3672 Tel: 613.384.2572 Web: www.PatTogersTowing.ca trailer & Container Sales & service

Storstac 90 North Queen Street, Etobicoke, ON M8Z 2C9 Tel: 416.231.9100 Fax: 416.231.7517 Email:sales@storstac.com Web: www.storstac.com

GTA Trailer Rentals Inc. Head Office – 36 Cardico Drive, Gormley, ON L0H 1G0 Toll Free Tel; 866.482.5311 Fax: 905.888.6061 Email: j.ciciretto@gtatrailer.com Web: www.gtatrailer.com

Brian Kurtz Trucking Ltd. R R #2 , Breslau, ON N0B 1M0 Tel: 519.836.5821 Fax: 519.836.9396

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Centennial College Carmen Transportation Group 3700 Weston Road, Toronto, ON M9L 2Z4 Tel: 416.667.9700 Fax: 416.667.8272 Email: vince@ carmentransportationgroup.com Web: www. carmentransportationgroup.com

2891 Sideroad 10, Bradford, ON L3Z 2A4 Tel: 905.775.6700 Toll Free Tel: 888.747.7667 Fax: 905.775.7250 Email: info@smartwaytrailers.ca Web: www.smartwaytrailers.ca

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Erb Group of Companies 290 Hamilton Road, New Hamburg, ON N3A 1A2 Tel: 519.662.2710 Fax: 519.662.3316 Toll Free Tel: 800.665.2653 Email: info@erbgroup.com Web: www.erbgroup.com

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Adanac Truck Driver Training 595 Middlefield Road, Unit 10, Scarborough, ON M1V 3S2 Tel: 416.754.2222 Toll Free Tel: 877.317.4222 Contact: Wayne Campbell Email: adanactruck@primas.ca www.adanactrucktraining.com

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Commercial Heavy Equipment Training International Truckload Services Inc.

2421 Cawthra Road, Mississauga, ON L5A 2W7 Tel: 416.456.2438 Toll Free Tel: 800.297.4322 Fax: 905.281.9637 Contact: Gordon Brown Email: training@chet.ca Web: www.chet.ca

107 Bellevue Drive, Box 1450 Belleville, ON K8N 5J1 Tel: 613.961.5144 Toll Free Tel: 800.267.1888 Fax: 613.961.1255 Toll Free Fax: 888.485.6487 Crossroads Training Academy Email: ChrisMcMillan@itsinc.on.ca 49 Truman Rd., Barrie, ON L4N 8Y7 Web: www.itstruck.ca Tel: 705.719.2419

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Smartway Trailer Rentals

P.O. Box 631, Station A, Toronto, ON M1K 5E9 Tel: 416.289.5000 Ext 7606 Email: dormiston@ centennialcollege.ca Web: www.centennialcollege.ca Looking for a career?

Apprenticeship Training: Truck,Coach & Heavy Equipment Technicians.

Star Van Systems 10 Kerivan Court, Stoney Creek, ON L8E 5P6 Toll Free: 800.263.4884 Fax: 905.643.8700 kens@starvansystems.com www.starvansystems.com

Toll Free Tel: 866.446.0057 Fax: 705.719.2438 Contact: Read Conley read@crossroadstrainingacademy.com or Diane Austin diane@crossroadstrainingacademy. com or crossroadstruc1@bellnet.ca www.crossroadstrainingacademy.com

Crossroads Training Academy 888 Walbridge Loyalist Road, C.R.S. Bldg, Belleville, ON K8N 4Z5 Tel: 613.389.6000 Toll Free Tel: 888.282.6605 Contact: Robert Barclay

Transportation Training

Transportation Training

Transportation Training

Transportation Training

truck delivery

Acadian Driveaway Crossroads Training Academy 1525 Centennial Drive, Kingston, ON K7P 2Y7 Tel: 613.389.6000 Toll Free Tel: 888.282.6605 Contact: Robert Barclay

Crossroads Training Academy 2020 Bantree Street, Ottawa, ON K1B 5A4 Tel: 613.742.7499 Toll Free Tel: 866.529.1113 Contact: Brian Adams or Erica Kelly Brian@crossroadstrainingacademy.com www.crossroadstrainingacademy.com

Kim Richardson Transportation Specialists Inc.

Ontario Truck Driving School (Niagara-on-the-Lake)

634 Ireland Road, Simcoe, Ontario N3Y 4K8 Tel: 519.426.8260 ext. 232 Toll Free Tel: 800.771.8171 Fax: 519.428.3112 Contact: Roxanne Wilkieson Email: rwilkieson@krway.com Website: www.krway.com Heavy equipment & forklift also available.

281 Queenston Road Niagara-on-the-Lake, ON L0S 1J0 Contact: Bill Kent (Truck and Bus Course Info) Contact: Wayne Saunders (Heavy Equipment Info) Tel: 905.685.1117 Toll Free Tel: 800.263.4777 Fax: 905.641.0533 Email: training@otds.com Web: www.otds.com

Kim Richardson Transportation Specialists Inc.

120 Bill Martyn Parkway Street, Thomas, Ontario N5R 6A7 Crossroads Truck Training Tel: 905.765.3445 Academy Toll Free Tel: 800.771.8171 10 Maple Street, Fax: 905.765.1444 Smiths Falls, ON K7A 1Z5 Contact: Roxanne Wilkieson Tel: 613.742.7499 Email: rwilkieson@krway.com Fax: 613.742.7899 Website: www.krway.com Toll Free Tel: 866-529-1113 Heavy equipment & forklift Email: erica@bellnet.ca also available. www.crossroadstrainingacademy.com

Danbro Truck Training 505 Kenora Ave., Bldg. #1, Unit #1, Hamilton, ON L8E 3P2 Contact: Brent Nantais Tel: 905.575.7606 Toll Free Tel: 800.273.5867 Fax: 905.388.6699 brent@danbro-training.com

Modern Training Ontario

308 Kenora Avenue, Hamilton, ON L8E 2W2 Contact: Nick Korakas Tel: 905.573.9675 Toll Free Tel: 866.443.7483 Fax: 905.573.6425 Email: info@moderntraining.com Web: www.moderntraining.com

Ontario Truck Driving School (Sarnia) 141 Mitton Street South, Sarnia, ON N7T 3C5 Contact: Bill Kent Tel: 519.332.8778 Toll Free Tel: 800.263.4777 Toll Free Fax: 866.800.6837 Email: training@otds.com Web: www.otds.com

Ontario Truck Driving School (Windsor) 1333 College Avenue, Windsor, ON N9B 1M8 Contact: Bill Kent Tel: 519.258.0333 Toll Free Tel: 866.410.0333 Fax: 519.258.9056 Email: training@otds.com Web: www.otds.com Forklift & Heavy Equipment Training Available

Shaun-David Truck Training School 111 Sherwood Drive, Unit 14, Brantford, ON N3S 6J9 Contact: David Nicholas Tel: 519.720.9349 Toll Free Tel: 866.550.5589 Fax: 519.720.9351 Email: shaundavid@bellnet.ca Web: www.shaundavidtts.com

Tri-County Truck Driver Training 480 Waydom Drive, Ayr, ON N0B 1E0 Contact: Richard Wynia Tel: 519.653.1700 Toll Free Tel: 800.265.0400 Fax: 519.653.2442 Email: info@tricountytruck.com Web: www.tricountytruck.com

Truck Training Schools Association of Ontario 27 William Street St. Catharines, ON L2R 5H9 Toll Free: 866.475.9436 Fax: 905.704.1329 Web: www.ttsao.com

Valley Driver Training

99 Cote Blvd.

Hammer, ON P3P 1L9 Contact: Jamie Fitchett 25 Vagnini Court, Tel: 705.897.8849 Ontario Truck Training Academy Lively, ON P3Y 1K8 Fax: 705.524.7067 (Oshawa) Contact: Kevin Pattison 199 Wentworth Street East, Tel: 705.692.9222 valleydrivertraining@hotmail.com Toll Free Tel: 800.719.9334 Oshawa ON L1H 3V6 Truck & Trailer Fax: 705.692.9256 Contact: Dennis Lagrois Repairs Email: info@northernacademy.ca Tel: 905.723.1237 Toll Free Tel: 800.753.2284 Greater Ottawa Truck Training Web: www.northernacademy.ca Fax: 905.723.1245 Northstar Truck Driving School 5 Caesar Avenue, Email: admin@otta.ca 1540 Matthew Brady Blvd., Ottawa, ON K2G 0A8 Website: www.otta.ca Windsor ON N8S 3K6 Tel: 613.727.4688 Fort Garry Industries Contact: Robert Labute Ontario Truck Training Academy Fax: 613.727.5997 Email: info@fgiltd.ca Tel: 519.967.0444 (Peterborough) Contact: Shahram Dowlatshahi Web: www.fgiltd.com/parts/ Fax: 519.967.0445 365 Lansdowne Street East, Unit 3, gott@greaterottawatrucktraining.com Brake specialists, installations, Email: northstartruck@bellnet.ca Peterborough, ON K9L 2A3 www.greaterottawatrucktraining.com safeties and a whole lot more. www.northstartruckdrivingschool.com Tel: 705.743.1888

Equitrain Systems Ltd.

7384 Beards Lane, P.O. Box 1741, Woodstock, ON N4S 0B1 Tel: 519.537.7722 Toll Free Tel: 866.718.3993 Fax: 519.537.3672 Contact: Melissa Email: melissa@equitrain.ca Web: www.equitrain.ca

Jay’s Professional Truck Training Centre

589 Middlefield Road, Unit 11, Scarborough, ON M1V 4Y6 Contact: Jay or Chandrika Tel: 416.299.9638 Fax: 416.609.9814 Email: jaystruck@bellnet.ca Web: www.jaystrucktraining.ca

Kim Richardson Transportation Specialists Inc. 23 Industrial Drive, Caledonia, Ontario N3W 1H8 Tel: 905.765.3445 Toll Free Tel: 800.771.8171 Fax: 905.765.1444 Contact: Roxanne Wilkieson Email: rwilkieson@krway.com Website: www.krway.com Heavy equipment & forklift also available.

Northern Academy of Transportation Training

Ontario Truck Driving School (Chatham) 1005 Richmond Street, Chatham, ON N7M 5J5 Contact: Bill Kent Tel: 519.355.0077 Toll Free Tel: 800.263.4777 Toll Free Fax: 866.800.6837 Email: training@otds.com Web: www.otds.com

Ontario Truck Driving School (London) 427 Exeter Road, London, ON N6E 2Z3 Contact: Bill Kent Tel: 519.858.9338 Toll Free Tel: 800.263.4777 Fax: 519.858.0920 Email: training@otds.com Web: www.otds.com Forklift & Heavy Equipment Training Available

Toll Free Tel: 800.939.1463 Fax: 705.743.1875 Email: admin@otta.ca Website: www.otta.ca

Robar Training Specialists 701 Powerline Road, Brantford, ON N3R 7X3 Contact: Don Ross Tel: 519.770.3576 Toll Free Tel: 866.231.5885 Fax: 519.770 4559 Email: info@robartraining.com Website: www.robartraining.com

Safety Truck Training School Ltd 4 Wilkinson Road, 2nd Floor Brampton, ON L6T 4M3 Contact: Yogan Sockalingam Tel: 905.793.9546 Fax: 905.793.6426 Email: yogan@safetytruck.com Web: www.safetytruck.com

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MTT Repair Services Inc. 1868 Drew Road, Mississauga, ON L5S 1J6 Tel: 905.677.2771 Fax: 905.677.2774 Email: info@mttrepair.com

11 Dansk Court, Toronto, ON M9W 5N6 Tel: 905.709.8131 Toll Free Tel: 800.668.1879 Fax: 905.709.2527 Email: info@adctoronto.com Web: www.adctoronto.com truck equipment

Manitoba

brandon

Fort Garry Industries 1440 Highland Avenue Brandon MB R7C 1A7 Tel: 204.571.5980 Toll Free: 866.883.6120 Fax: 204.571.5982 Email: brandon@fgiltd.ca Web: www.fgiltd.com

winnipeg

Fort Garry Industries

Fort Garry Industries Email: truckequip@fgiltd.ca Web: 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: 905.670.9105 Fax: 905.670.0618 Toll Free Tel: 800.899.0427 Email: driveline@mtpi.com

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Grote Industries Co. 230 Travail Road, Markham, ON L3S 3J1 Tel: 905.209.9744 Toll Free Tel: 800.268.5612 Fax: 905.209.9757 Toll Free Fax: 800.267.9024 Email: mark.paul@grote.com Web: www.grote.com

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2525 Inskster Blvd.

R.R. #2 Stn Main Winnipeg MB R3C 2E6 Tel: 204.632.8261 Toll Free: 800.282.8044 Fax: 204.956.1786 Email: winnipeg@fgiltd.ca Web: www.fgiltd.com Saskatchewan

regina

Fort Garry Industries 1523 Ross Avenue East Regina, SK S4N 7E5 Tel: 306.757.5606 Toll Free: 800.552.8044 Fax: 306.781.7926 Email: regina@fgiltd.ca Web: www.fgiltd.com

saskatoon

Fort Garry Industries 3455 Miners Avenue P.O. Box 1848 Saskatoon, SK S7K 7K9 Tel: 306.242.3465 Toll Free: 800.772.4599 Fax: 306.933.4850 Email:saskatoon@fgiltd.ca Web: www.fgiltd.com Alberta

calgary

Fort Garry Industries 5350-72nd Avenue SE Calgary, AB T2C 4X5 Tel: 403.236.9712 Toll Free: 800.661.3126 Fax: 403.236.7249 Email: calgary@fgiltd.ca Web: www.fgiltd.com

edmonton

Fort Garry Industries Techspan 3131Pepper Mill Court, Mississauga, ON L5L 4X6 Tel: 905.820.6150 Toll Free Tel: 800.363.1588 Fax: 905.820.6142 Email: sales@techspan.ca Web: www.techspan.ca

truck CUSTOMIZING

truck parts & supplies

Quality Custom

Discount Truck Parts Ltd.

12 Clarke Blvd.

Brampton, ON L6W 1X3 Tel: 905.451.8550 Fax: 905.451.7627 Email: info@qualitycollision.ca Web: www.qualitycustom.ca

truck parts & supplies

11633-156 Street, Edmonton, AB T5M 3T8 Tel: 780.454.5050 Toll Free: 800.661.5051 Email: sales@gearcentregroup.com Web: www.discountruckparts.com Quality truck parts at discount prices.

16230-118th Avenue NW Edmonton AB T5V 1C6 Tel: 780.447.4422 Toll Free: 800.663.9366 Fax: 780.447.3289 Email: edmonton@fgiltd.ca Web: www.fgiltd.com

grande prairie

Fort Garry Industries 10610-82nd Avenue Clairmont AB T0H 0W0 Tel: 780.402.9864 Toll Free: 866.424.5479 Fax: 780.402.8659 Email: grandeprairie@fgiltd.ca Web: www.fgiltd.com

grande prairie

Fort Garry Industries 10610-82nd Avenue Clairmont AB T0H 0W0 Tel: 780.402.9864 Toll Free: 866.424.5479 Fax: 780.402.8659 Email: grandeprairie@fgiltd.ca Web: www.fgiltd.com May 2011 31

truck parts & supplies

truck parts & supplies

truck sales, leasing, parts & service

Truck tire sales & service

truck transmissions, differentials & pto’s

truck Wash

Levy Steering Centre Ltd. 1409 Shawson Drive Alberta

Mississauga, ON L4W 1C4

lloydminster

Fax: 905.564.1911

Fort Garry Industries 5701-63rd Avenue Lloydminster AB T9V 3B8 Tel: 780.875.9115 Toll Free: 800.661.9709 Fax:780.875.1403 Email: lloydminster@fgiltd.ca Web: www.fgiltd.com

Tel: 905.564.1899 Toll Free: 800.565.5389 orderdesk@levysteering.com Web: www.levysteering.com

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Irvine Truck Centre 7537 Woodbine Avenue Markham, ON L3R 2W1 Tel: 905.513.1500 Toll Free Tel: 877.468.7897 Fax: 905.752.0967 Email: sales@irvinechev.com Web: www.irvinetrucks.ca

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red deer

Fort Garry Industries 7947 Edgar Industrial Drive Red Deer, AB T4P 3R2 Tel: 403.343.1383 Toll Free: 866.297.0022 Fax: 403.347.8275 Email: reddeer@fgiltd.ca Web: www.fgiltd.com ontario

Mississauga

Fort Garry Industries 731 Gana Court Mississauga, ON L5S 1P2 Tel: 905.564.5404 Toll Free: 888.456.6567 Fax: 905.564.8455 Email: mississauga@fgiltd.ca Web: www.fgiltd.com

thunder bay

Shield Truck Accessories P.O. Box 281, Aylmer, ON N5H 2R9 Tel: 519.765.2828 Toll Free Tel: 866.617.0201 Fax: 519.765.2821 hans@shieldtruckaccessories.com www.shieldtruckaccessories.com truck sales, leasing, parts & service

Diesel Truck Parts Inc.

Morgan’s Diesel Truck Parts & Service Inc. 1248 McAdoo’s Lane, R.R. #1 Glenburnie, ON K0H 1S0 Tel: 613.546.0431 Toll Free Tel: 800.267.0633 Fax: 613.546.4206 Web: www.morgan-diesel.com Truck tire sales & service

Trans Canada Ontario Regional Office 520 Abilene Drive, Mississauga, ON L5T 2H7 Toll Free Tel: 800.465.0618 Tel: 905.564.5171 Fax: 905.564.5175 Email: LHardy@oktire.com Web: www.oktire.com Over 100 Truck Tire Service Centres Across Canada truck transmissions, differentials & pto’s

13 Anderson Blvd.

Stouffville, ON L4A 7X4 Tel: 905.642.4556 Fax: 905.642.2293 Toll Free: 888.297.0682 manager@crtransmission.com We service clutchs also.

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Tel: 519.652.2100

915 Walsh Street West Thunder Bay, ON P7E 4X5 Tel: 807.577.5724 Toll Free: 800.465.5044 Fax: 807.475.9033 Email: thunderbay@fgiltd.ca Web: www.fgiltd.com

Toll Free Tel: 800.363.4380 Fax: 519.652.6593 Email: info@gerrystrucks.com Web: www.gerrystrucks.com “Your Complete Transportation Business Partner”

Yellowhead Highway 16 West South at Range Road 14 Lloydminster, AB T9V 3C2 Tel: 780.874.9274 Fax: 780.874.9275 Email: terry@tctw.ca Web: www.tctw.ca Home of the 8 Minute Semi Wash and the Clean Ride Car Wash Truck Wire, Cable & Electrical Accessories

C & R Transmission Service Ltd

4049 Eastgate Cres.,

Fort Garry Industries

1261A Shawson Drive, Mississauga, ON L4W 1C4 Tel: 905.564.3116 Toll Free: 877.564.3116 Fax: 905.564.3119 Email: customerservice@ canadawideparts.com Web: www.canadawideparts.com Canada’s leading supplier of Powertrain Components.

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Gerry’s Truck Centre London, ON N6L 1B7

Automatic Truck Wash Canada-Wide Parts Distributors Ltd

Domar Transmission Ltd. 130 Skyway Avenue, Toronto, ON M9W 4Y9 Tel: 416.675.2268 Toll Free Tel: 800.387.4883 Email: domar@fcibroadband.com When it comes to transmissions… think DOMAR

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Surgenor Truck Centre

Techspan 3131 Pepper Mill Court, Mississauga, ON L5L 4X6 Tel: 905.820.6150

261 Binnington Court, Kingston, ON K7M 9H2 Tel: 613.548.1100 Toll Free Tel: 877.548.1101 Fax: 613.548.4990 Email:mgallant@surgenortruck.com Web: www.surgenortruck.com

Canada Powertrain 3833 Nashua Drive, Mississauga, ON L4V 1R3 Tel: 905.677.3522 Toll Free Tel: 800.268.4809 Fax: 905.677.4618 Email: parts@cptparts.com Web: www.cptparts.com

Toll Free Tel: 800.363.1588

Mascot Truck Parts 475 Admiral Blvd., Unit #1 Mississauga, ON L5T 2N1 Tel: 905.670.9100 Fax: 905.670.0618 Toll Free Tel: 800.668.5560

Fax: 905.820.6142 Email: sales@techspan.ca Web: www.techspan.ca

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Volvo Trucks in North America

Volvo 2010 North American Dealers of the Year

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o l v o Tr u c k s i n North America recently announced its 2010 Dealers of the Year for the U.S. and Canada. The annual award honors each dealership’s entire organization and its employees for overall accomplishment and performance.

Selection criteria for the annual award includes outstanding performance in new truck and parts sales, growth in market share, penetration of Volvo engines, customer satisfaction index, and investment in facilities.

General Truck Sales of Muncie, Indiana was

32 May 2011

named the U.S. Dealer of the Year for 2010. Steve Bassett has been dealer principal for 21 years. His father Larry purchased General Truck Sales in 1974. The dealership currently has 47 employees and offers customers sales of new and used trucks, full parts and service departments, a paint and body shop, contract maintenance, and fullservice lease and rental operations.

Expressway Trucks of Waterloo and Windsor, Ontario was named the Canada Dealer of the Year for 2010. Since acquiring the Waterloo dealership

in 1999, Dealer Principal Scott Lawson has grown Expressway Trucks into two new and used sales and service locations with a total of 36 mechanical bays and 70 full

and part-time employees.

“There’s no question that General Truck Sales and Expressway Trucks have done an outstanding job in achieving excellence while repre-

s e nt i ng th e v alu e s o f the Volvo brand,” said Ron Huibers, Senior Vice President - Sales & Marketing. “Through a strong focus on providing support to help

maximize uptime, both dealerships have truly exemplified the excellent quality and service that customers have come t o e x p e c t f r o m Vo l v o Trucks.”

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Announcement

Manitoulin Transport Acquires Penner

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ississauga, Ontario, April 19, 2011 - Manitoulin Transport today announced it has acquired the Less-than-Truckload (LTL) business of Penner International Inc., based in Steinbach, Manitoba.

Penner International has made the decision to focus on its Truckload business and has concluded an agreement with Manitoulin Transport to purchase its LTL book of business.

The LTL business segment operates through

seven terminals: Toronto, Winnipeg, Edmonton, Calgary, and Surrey in Canada, and Minneapolis, Minnesota and Fargo, North Dakota in the United States. The primary consolidation points are Winnipeg and

Minneapolis. The additional freight to and from the U.S. will allow Manitoulin to provide direct service coverage between Minneapolis and Winnipeg, improving service times to all of Western Canada.

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Alphabetical List Of Advertisers Advertiser

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A & A Truck Exahust. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,21 Ontario Trucking News Accord Software. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Ontario Trucking News Arrow Truck Sales. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Ontario Trucking News Atlantic Trucking Show . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

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Bennett’s Power Service Products . . . . . . . . . . 7,48 Brighton Speedway. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Ontario Trucking News Britannia Fleet Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

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C.U.T.C. Inc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Canada Wide Parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Canadian Fleet Maintenance Seminar. . . . . . . . . 12 Castrol/Wakefield . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13,20, 47 Challenger Motor Freight. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Checker Flag Leasing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Custom Trux & Equipment Sales. . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Ontario Trucking News Ontario & Western Trucking News Ontario Trucking News Ontario Trucking News

D

DMR Truck Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Ontario Trucking News Drive Logistics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Ontario Trucking News Domar Transmission Ltd.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,18

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

F

Fleet Safety Council Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

G

Great Canadian Truck Centre. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

H

Hunter Engineering Company. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Ontario Trucking News HWT Transport. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Western Trucking News

I

International Truckload Services Inc. . . . . . . . . . 40 Ontario Trucking News

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J.D. Factors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Jonjo Transport Refrigeration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

ADVERTISERS BY PRODUCT or SERVICE Product/service

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Air Conditioning Sales & Service Wilson Instruments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Ontario Trucking News Automated Greasing Systems Lubecore International . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,7,18 SKF Canada Ltd. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Ontario Trucking News Diesel Performance Products Performance Products (Bully Dog) . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Emergency Road Services Emergency Road Services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Eastern & Western Trucking News Employment Opportunities Challenger Motor Freight. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Custom Trux & Equipment Sales. . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 DMR Truck Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Drive Logistics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Great Canadian Truck Centre. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 HWT Transport. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 International Truckload Services Inc. . . . . . . . . . 40 Kindersley Transport Ltd.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Laidlaw Carriers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Mackie Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Star Van Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Traffic Tech . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 TransX. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40,47,48 Travelers Transportation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 Your Advantage Staffing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Ontario Trucking News Ontario Trucking News Ontario Trucking News Ontario Trucking News Western Trucking News Ontario Trucking News Ontario Trucking News Ontario Trucking News Ontario Trucking News Ontario Trucking News Eastern Trucking News Ontario Trucking News Ontario Trucking News

Exhaust Sales & Service A & A Truck Exahust. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,21 Ontario Trucking News Factoring & Finance J.D. Factors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Liquid Capital Midwest Corp.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Ontario Trucking News Fuel Additives Bennett’s Power Service Products . . . . . . . . . . 7,48 Legal Services OTT Legal Services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Ontario Trucking News Lubricants Castrol/Wakefield . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13,20,47 Ontario & Western Trucking News Lucas Oil Products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Shell Canada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

K

Permits & Waivers C.U.T.C. Inc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

L

Satellite Tracking Petro-Viron Inc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Ontario Trucking News

Kindersley Transport Ltd.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Ontario Trucking News

Laidlaw Carriers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Ontario Trucking News Levy Steering. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Liquid Capital Midwest Corp.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Ontario Trucking News Lubecore International . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,7, 18 Lucas Oil Products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

M

Mackie Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Ontario Trucking News

N

New Millenium Tire Centre . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

O

Ontario Truck Driving Championships. . . . . . . . . 38 OTT Legal Services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Ontario Trucking News

P

Performance Diesel (Bully Dog). . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Petro-Viron Inc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Ontario Trucking News

R

Road Today Truck Show. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

S

Shell Canada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 SKF Canada Ltd. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Ontario Trucking News Star Van Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Ontario Trucking News

T

TAABS International. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 The Fuel Lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Traction Truck Parts & TruckPro . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Ontario & Western Trucking News TransX. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40,47,48 Traffic Tech . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Eastern Trucking News Travelers Transportation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 Ontario Trucking News Trison Tarps Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,14

Steering & Clutch Products Levy Steering. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Tarps Sales & Service Trison Tarps Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,14 Theft Prevention Products The Fuel Lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Trade Shows Atlantic Trucking Show. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Canadian Fleet Maintenance Seminar. . . . . . . . . 12 Fleet Safety Council Conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Ontario Truck Driving Championships. . . . . . . . . 38 Road Today Truck Show. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Trailer Leasing Checker Flag Leasing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Trailer Repairs Britannia Fleet Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Transport Refrigeration Sales, Service & Parts Jonjo Transport Refrigeration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Trucking Software Accord Software. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Ontario Trucking News Truck Parts & Accessories Traction Truck Parts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Ontario & Western Trucking News Truck Sales Arrow Truck Sales. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Ontario Trucking News Truck Transmissions Canada Wide Parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Ontario Trucking News Domar Transmission Ltd.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17,18 Truck Repairs TruckPro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Ontario & Western Trucking News

V

Truck Tires & Repairs New Millenium Tire Centre . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

W

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

Vulcan On-Board Scales . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Western & Eastern Trucking News Wilson Instruments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Ontario Trucking News

Y

Your Advantage Staffing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 Ontario Trucking News

Wheel Balancing Products Hunter Engineering Company. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Ontario Trucking News TAABS International. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

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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 barb@woodwardpublishing.com.

Manitoba

Saskatchewan

arborg

regina

Petro Canada-Petro Pass

Highway #7 & #68, Arborg, MB Tel: 204.376.5593 Fax: 204.376.5587 Open 24-7, drivers’ lounge & game room, convenience store & parking

BEAUSEJOUR

Petro Canada-Petro Pass

400 Park Avenue, Beausejour, MB Tel: 204.268.2223 Fax: 204.268.4749 Open 24-7, convenience store & parking

Husky Bulk Sales

210 North McDonald Street, Regina, SK S4Z 1A5 Tel: 306.721.6880 www.myhusky.ca 1755 Prince of Wales Drive Regina, SK S4Z 1A5 Tel: 306.789.3477 www.myhusky.ca

saskatoon

Brandon Husky Travel Centre 1990-18th Street North, Brandon, MB R7C 1B3 Tel: 204.728.7387 www.myhusky.ca

402-51st Street East, Saskatoon, SK Tel: 306.934.6766 Fax: 306.668.6110 Email: rainbow@sasktel.net Drivers’ lounge, convenience store, laundry facilities, ATM, showers, scale & parking

MORRIS

Petro Canada-Petro Pass

217 Main Street, Morris, MB Tel: 204.746.8967 Fax: 204.746.6008 Open 24-7, full service islands, drivers’ lounge & game room, convenience store, ATM & parking

pINE FALLS

Petro Canada-Petro Pass Highway #11 & #304 Pine Falls, MB Tel: 204.367.8800 Fax: 204.367.4037 Open 24-7, Parking

TEULON

Petro Canada-Petro Pass

Highway #7 & 5th Street, Teulon, MB Tel: 204.886.2732 Fax: 204.886.3612 Open 24-7, convenience store & parking

winnipeg

Petro Canada-Petro Pass

500 Oak Point Highway, Winnipeg, MB Tel: 204.949.7292 Fax: 204.949.7295 Open 24-7, drivers’ lounge & game room, convenience store, laundry facilities, ATM, showers & parking

Petro Canada-Petro Pass

928 Marion Street, Winnipeg, MB Tel: 204.949.7280 Fax: 204.949.7288 Open 24-7, drivers’ lounge & game room, convenience store, laundry facilities, showers & parking

estevan

Estevan Husky Travel Centre 201- 4th Street, Estevan, SK S4A 0T5 Tel: 306.634.3109 www.myhusky.ca

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swift current

Husky Travel Centre

1510 South Service Road West, (Trans Canada Hwy 1 West) Swift Current, SK S9H 3T1 Tel: 306.773.6444 www.myhusky.ca

British Columbia

lloydminister

cRAIGELLACHIE

Hancock Petroleum

Skyline Truck Stop

5904-44th Street, Lloydminster, AB T9V 1V6 Tel: 888.875.2495 Fax: 780.875.2095 Convenience Store, Showers & Laundry Facilities

5507 Trans Canada Hwy, Craigellachie, BC Tel: 250.836.4949 Fax: 250.836.4950 Email: skyline@jetstream.net Open 24-7, full service islands, driver’s lounge & game room, restaurant, convenience store, laundry facilities, ATM, showers & parking

Husky Travel Centre

delta

Regina Husky Travel Centre

Petro Canada-Petro Pass

brandon

Alberta

5721-44th Street, Lloydminster, AB T9V 0B3 Tel: 780.872.7089 www.myhusky.ca

MEDICINE HAT

Husky Travel Centre 561-15 Street SW, Medicine Hat, AB T1A 4W2 Tel: 403.527.5561 th

Petro Canada Card Lock AgCom Petroleum Fuel Sales 1802-10 Avenue, S.W. Medicine Hat, AB Tel: 403.527.6411 Fax: 403.529.1660 Showers.

British Columbia

Chilliwack

bonnyville

5602-54th Avenue

Bonnyville, AB Tel: 780.826.3043 Fax: 780.826.6353 Email: brentm@cougarfuelsltd. ca www.cougarfuelsltd.ca Convenience store, cardlock and showers.

calgary

Calgary Husky Travel Centre 2525-32nd Avenue N.E. Calgary, AB T1Y 6B7 Tel: 403.291.1233 www.myhusky.ca

Chilliwack Husky Travel Centre 7620A Vedder Road, Chilliwack, BC V2R 4E8 Tel: 604.858.5113 www.myhusky.ca

Chilliwack Petro-Pass 45461 Yale Road West Chilliwack, BC Tel: 604.795.9421 Fax: 604.792.8931 chilliwack@southcoastpetro.ca Commercial Cardlock Open 24 hrs, 7 days, Convenience Store open Monday to Friday, 8am-5pm (washrooms).

RoadKing Travel Centre 4949 Barlow Trail SE, Calgary, AB T2B 3B5 Tel: 403.569.6251 Fax: 403.235.5095 www.roadking.ca

Husky Travel Centre 10128 Nordel Court, Delta, BC V4G 1J7 Tel: 604.582.1433 www.myhusky.ca

delta

Petro Canada Southcoast Petroleum Ltd. 10178 Nordel Court, Delta, BC Tel: 604.581.3835 Fax: 604.581.3850 nordel@southcoastpetro.ca Canopy, fax, photocopier, nearby Gov’t Scale, Restaurants & ATM

golden

Edmonton

RoadKing Travel Centre Strathcona Inc.

26 Strathmoor Drive Sherwood Park, AB T8H 2B6 Tel 780-417-9400 Fax 780-417-9449

Jepson Petroleum Ltd. Box 1408 Golden, BC V0A 1H0 Tel: 250.344.6161 Fax: 250.344.2232 Email: ladine@jepsonpetro.com Open 8am-5pm mon-fri, lubes & propane, 24hr Cardlock, regular, diesel & diesel mark.

hope

Dogwood Valley Husky Travel Centre 27052 Baker Road, Hope, BC V0X 1L3 Tel: 604.869.9443 www.myhusky.ca

Flood Hope Husky Travel Centre Cool Creek Agencies 7985 Lickman Road, Chilliwack, BC V2R 3Z9 Tel: 604.795.5335 Fax: 604.794.5080 sdufault@coolcreek.ca Full service islands, driver’s lounge & game room, convenience store, showers, laundry facilities, parking & CAT scale

Western Ontario

SICAMOUS

fort erie

1340 Trans Canada Hwy., Sicamous, BC V0G 2V0 Tel: 250.836.4675 Fax: 280.836.2230 Contact: Shelley Arvandel www.myhusky.ca Open 24-7, restaurant (6am-10pm), convenience store, showers, laundry facilities, parking, photocopier, oil products, ATM and fax machine.

1637 Pettit Road (Exit 5 off QEW) Fort Erie, ON L2A 5M4 Tel: 905.994.8293 Open 24 hrs, Restaurant, Toilet, Showers, Overnight Parking & Truckers’ Lounge

Western Ontario

grimsby

Husky Travel Centre

Ultramar

beamsville

Alberta

Cougar Fuels Ltd.

British Columbia

61850 Flood-Hope Road R.R. #2, Hope, BC V0X 1L2 Tel: 604.869.9214 www.myhusky.ca

OSOYOOS

Husky Travel Centre 9206-97th Street, R.R. #2, Osoyoos, BC V0H 1V2 Tel: 250.495.6443 www.myhusky.ca

Beamsville Relay Station

4673 Ontario Street, (Exit 64 off QEW) Beamsville, ON L0R 1B4 Tel: 905.563.8816 Fax: 905.563.4770 Email: relaystation@bellnet.ca Open 24-7, restaurant, convenience store, laundry facilities, ATM, showers & parking

bowmanville

Fifth Wheel Truck Stop

Fifth Wheel Truck Stop 398 North Service Road, (Exit 74, off QEW, E. of Hamilton) (Casablanca Blvd. Exit) Grimsby, ON L3M 4E8 Tel: 905.945.0300 Fax: 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.

2475 South Service Road, hamilton (Exit 431, Hwy 401, Waverly Road) Bowmanville, ON L1C 3L1 Tel: 905.623.3604 Fax: 905.623.7109 Marshall Truck & Trailer Open 24 hrs., Diesel fuel, Repair & Truck Stop convenience store, CAT scale, 336 Kenora Avenue, gasoline (self service), ATM, propane, Hamilton, ON L8E 2W2 convenience store at fuel bar, Sunoco Tel: 905.561.4712 fleetfuel Cardlock ,full service fuel islands, restaurant, private showers, Fax: 905.561.7757 laundry facilities, drivers’ lounge & Email: wayne@marshalltruck.com arcade room, 100+ truck parking Web: www.marshalltruck.com capacity, motel (smoking & nonOpen 24-7 for Cardlock fuelling, smoking),Bell Canada Internet Kiosk, open 7am-12am mon-fri, 7am-5pm Irving Cardlock.

Sat, closed Sunday, full service dorchester islands, drivers’ lounge, restaurant, showers & parking

kitchener

Fifth Wheel Truck Stop

3305 Dorchester Road, (Exit 199, Hwy 401, East of London) Dorchester, ON N0L 1G0 Tel: 519.268.7319 Fax: 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.

drumbo

Trucker’s Haven

Hwy 401, Exit 250, 806607 Oxford Road, Drumbo, ON N0J 1G0 Tel: 519.463.5088 Fax: 519.463.5628 Email: amdroit1990@hotmail.com

Petro-Pass Kitchener 120 Conestoga College Blvd., Kitchener, ON N2P 2N6 Tel: 519.748.5550 Fax: 519.748.9656 Drivers’ lounge & game room, convenience store, laundry facilities, showers & CAT scale.

london

Flying M Truck Stop 7340 Colonel Talbot Road, London, ON Tel: 519.652.2728 Fax: 519.652.6554 Email: flyingmtruckstop.com Open 24 hrs, 6 days, full service islands, drivers’ lounge, restaurant, convenience store, ATM, internet services, showers, garage on premises & parking

Western Ontario

Western Ontario

London

DESERONTO

windsor

London Husky Travel Centre Hwy 401 & 74 (Exit 195 off 401) Belmont, ON Tel: 519.644.0200 www.myhusky.ca

milton

Fifth Wheel Truck Stop 40 Chisolm Dr. (Hwy 401 Exit 320) Milton, ON L9T 3G9 Tel: 905.878.8441 Fax: 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 Centre 200 Clements Road, Pickering, ON Tel: 905.428.9700 www.myhusky.ca

port Hope

Windsor Husky Travel Centre Tecumseh, ON (off Hwy 401 at Exit 14) Tel: 519.737.6401 www.myhusky.ca

woodstock

Ultramar

535 Mill Street, (Hwy 401 Exit 230 on TA site) Woodstock, ON N4S 7V6 Tel: 519.421.3144 Open 24 hrs, restaurant, convenience store, toilet, showers, truckers’ lounge & overnight parking Eastern Ontario

arnprior

Antrim Truck Stop

580 White Lake Road, Arnprior, ON K7S 3G9 Tel: 613.623.3003 Fax: 613.623.1003 Toll Free: 866.334.4775 jack@antrimwesternstar.com Open 24-7, full service islands, restaurant, convenience store, showers, overnight parking, truckers’ lounge, CAT scale, garage service facilities, tire service, western star truck dealer.

bELLEVILLE

ULTRAMAR

Ultramar 2211 County Road 28, (Hwy 401 Exit 464) Port Hope, ON L1A 3W4 Tel: 905.885.4600 Open 24 hrs, lunch counter, convenience store,toilet, showers, truckers’ lounge & short-time parking

stoney creek

Stop 50 Truck Stop 1310 South Service Road, (Exit QEW at Fifty Road) Stoney Creek, ON L8E 5C5 Tel: 905.643.1151 Fax: 905.643.8068 Open 24-7, full service islands, restaurant, convenience store, laundry facilities, ATM, showers & parking

Tilbury

Pilot Travel Centre 19325 County Road 42, Exit 56 off Hwy 401 Tilbury, Ontario Tel: 519.682.1140 Fax: 519.682.9221 Email:TravelCenter.461@ pilottravelcentres.com www.pilottravelcenters.com Open 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.

Eastern Ontario

25 Bellevue Drive, (Hwy 401 Exit 538, rear of Ultramar Service Station) Belleville, ON K8N 4Z5 Tel: 613.771.1755 Open 24 hrs, lunch counter, convenience store, toilets, showers, short-time parking & truckers’ lounge

cARDINAL 2085 Shanly Road, Exit 730 off Hwy 401 Cardinal, ON K0C 1E0 Tel: 613.657.3019 Open 24 hrs, restaurant, convenience store, toilet, showers, overnight parking & truckers’ lounge

Cornwall

Fifth Wheel Truck Stop

1901 McConnell Avenue, (Exit 792 off Hwy 401) Cornwall, ON K6H 5R6 Tel: 613.933.8363 Fax: 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.

Quick Stop 215 Hwy 49, Deseronto, ON K0K 1X0 Tel: 613.396.3043 Fax: 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, ON Tel: 613.527.1026 or 613.627.2100 Fax: 613.527.2726 Open 24-7, full service islands, restaurant (Tim Horton’s), convenience store, showers, parking & ATM.

Eastern Ontario

Northern Ontario

New Brunswick

sPENCERVILLE

timmins

perth-andover

Angelo’s Truck Stop

2025 County Road 44, Spencerville, ON K0E 1X0 Tel: 613.925.5158 Fax: 613.925.5158 Open 7 days, game room, restaurant, convenience store, showers, parking & CAT scale.

vankleek hill

Herb’s Travel Plaza

Kingston Husky Truck Stop Joyceville Road, (Hwy 401 Exit 632) Joyceville, ON Tel: 613.542.3468 www.myhusky.ca

KINGSTON

Esso-Kingston Hwy 401 Exit 611, Kingston, ON Tel: 613.384.8888 Fax: 613.634.3162 Open 24-7

Ultramar

Waubaushene

sALISBURY

Northern Ontario

Montreal

bradford

Hwy 400 & 88, Bradford, ON Tel: 905.775.5794 www.myhusky.ca

hWY 144 @ 560a

Watershed Car & Truck Stop Hwy 144 & 560a, Tel: 705.655.4911 or 705.523.4917 Fax: 705.523.4160 jim_blackbearhunting@live.com

new liskeard

Gilli’s Truck Stop

Hwy #11 North, New Liskeard, ON Tel: 705.647.1919 Fax: 705.647.5610 Full service islands, restaurant, convenience store, showers & parking.

BayTruck Stop

OTTAWA

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

21 Quarry Road, Box 419, Waubaushene, ON L0K 2L0 Tel: 705.538.2900 Fax: 705.538.0452 Email: bramji@sympatico.ca

north bay

1993 Hwy 15, Exit 623 Kingston, ON K7L 4V3 Tel & Fax: 613.542.7971 Email: AkashIndia@hotmail.com Open 24/7, Fast-Food, Convenience Store, ATM, Overnight Parking.

Tobique One Stop Exit 115, Perth-Anover, NB Tel: 506.273.9682 Fax: 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.

21160 Service Road, Exit 27 off Hwy 417 Vankleek Hill, Ontario Toll Free: 800.593.4372 Tel: 613.525.2120 Fax: 613.525.1595 Email: suzie_vink@yahoo.ca Open 24-7 drivers’ lounge, restaurant, convenience store, laundry facilities, ATM, internet services, showers & parking.

Bradford Husky Travel Centre JOYCEVILLE

Esso Truck Stop 2154 Riverside Drive, Timmins, ON Tel: 705.268.3400 Fax: 705.267.7231 bgagnon@krebenterprises.ca

3060 Hwy 11 North, North Bay, ON Tel: 705.474.8410 Fax: 705.495.4076 Toll Free: 888.474.8410 Email: baytruckstop@bellnet.ca Web: www.transportmall.com Open 24-7, full service islands, restaurant, convenience store, showers, parking & truck repairs within 2 km.

sudbury

Waubaushene Truck Stop

Québec

Irving 24 5918, Rue Notre Dame Est, Montreal, QC H1N 2C5 Tel: 514.257.8626 Fax: 514.259.0910

Ultramar

Aulac Big Stop Circle K 170 Aulac Road, Aulac, NB E4L 2X2 Tel: 506.536.1339 Fax: 506.536.0579 Email: aulac@eastlink.ca

Open 24-7, full service islands, drivers’ lounge, restaurant, convenience store, showers, laundry facilities, parking & CAT scale.

grand falls

Petro Pass 315 Ouellette Street, Grand Falls, NB Tel: 506.473.5575 Fax: 506.475.9816 Toll Free: 800.361.8322 guypass@nb.sympatico.ca Drivers’ lounge & game room, convenience store, showers, laundry facilities, internet services, showers, parking & CAT scale.

woodstock

Murray’s Truck Stop Exit 191, 198 Beardsley Road, Woodstock, NB Tel: 506.328.2994 Driver’s Fax: 506.325.2148 email: calving.murraystruckstop @gmail.com www.murraystruckstop.ca Open 24-7, full service islands, drivers’ lounge & game room, restaurant, convenience store, showers, laundry facilities, parking & CAT scale & tire sales & service.

Nova Scotia

ENFIELD

Enfield Big Stop (Circle K) 6757 Hwy #2, Enfield, NS S2T 1C8 Tel: 902.882.2522 Fax: 902.883.1769 Open 24-7, full-service islands, drivers’ lounge, restaurant (6 am11pm), convenience store, showers & parking.

truro heights

Sudbury Petro Pass

3070 Regent Street, Sudbury, ON Tel: 705.522.8701 Fax: 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.

waasis

Lincoln Big Stop (Irving)

415 Nevers Rd., Waasis, NB E3B 9E1 Tel: 506.446.4444 Fax: 506.446.4440 Open 24-7, restaurant, convenience bluecanoe@nb.aibn.com store & laundry facilities. www.Irvingoil.com Open 24-7, full service & self service New Brunswick islands, drivers’ lounge & game room, restaurant, convenience store, aulac showers, laundry facilities, parking

mONCTON 3199 Hawthorne Road, (Exit 110 off Hwy 417) Behind Ultramar Service Station Ottawa, ON K1G 3V8 Tel: 613.248.9319 Open 24 hrs, lunch counter, convenience store, toilet, Truckers’ lounge, showers & short- ime parking

Salisbury Big Stop 2986 Fredericton Road, Salisbury, NB E4J 2G1 Tel: 506.372.3333 Fax: 506.372.0083 Open 24-7, drivers’ lounge & game room, restaurant, convenience store, showers, laundry facilities, parking & CAT scale

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

Truro Heights Circle K 86 Connector Rd., Hwy 102 Exit 13, Truro Heights, NS B2N 5B6 Tel: 902.897.0333 Fax: 902.897.0499 Open 24-7, self service islands, drivers’ lounge, restaurant, convenience store, showers & parking.

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Section Française

Le Thème Du Mois: Les Systèmes De Freins Et Leurs Produits Spécifiques

L’Industrie de Transport Se Prépare à Suivre de Nouveaux Règlements Par Marek Krasuski

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n 2007 et 2010, l’industrie de transport a dû s’adapter à des réductions strictes en les émissions de particules solides de diesel et d’oxyde d’azote. Plus tard cette année de nouveaux réglements SPIF (Safe, Productive, Infrastructure Friendly) vont entrer en vigueur. Ces règlements exigent que toutes les roues des nouvelles remorques touchent la surface de la route pour assurer la distribution de la charge et la repartir bien sur chaque essieu ce qui devra reduire les dégâts éventuels sur les routes d’Ontario. Mais il en y a encore! En 2012, de nouvelles normes de distance d’arrêt de freins pour véhicules commerciaux seront mises en place.

Cette initiative rendue obligatoire par le NHTSA (U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration) sera suivie par les autorités canadiennes de transport.

Lorsque ces nouveaux règlements seront mis en place, un camion et remorque typique qui voyagent à 100 kph devra compléter son arrêt avant 250 pieds. Les règlements en vigueur actuellement exigent un arrêt avant 355 pieds. Les paramètres suivants seront inclus dans ces règlements.

1. Un camion et remorque equipés de deux ou trois essieux avec un poids maximum permis de 70,000 livres ou moins doit s’arrêter avant 250 pieds.

2. Un camion et remorque equipés de trois essieux avec un poids maximum permis de plus de 70,000 livres doit s’arrêter avant 310 pieds.

3. Un camion equipé de quatre ou plus essieux avec un poids maximum permis de plus de 85,000 livres ou moins doit s’arrêter avant 250 pieds.

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permis de plus de 85,000 livres ou plus doit s’arrêter avant 310 pieds.

On espère que ces changements reduiront le nombre de collisions.

Pensez que presque 30% d’accidents de camions commerciaux s’avèrent causés par une panne de freins. Selon le NHTSA américain des lois plus strictes et une application proactive policière promettent de sauver la vie à 227 personnes par an, d’eviter 300 blessures graves et de reduire les couts de dégâts à la propriété de presque 170 millions de dollars.

Les manufacturiers de freins se préparent à conformer à ces nouvelles normes, qui ne s’appliquent qu’à de nouveaux camions, a v e c d e s i n novations conceptuelles et techniques. Il y a d’innombrables manufacturiers qui viennent et vont suivant la marée des changements économiques, mais parmi la dizaine de manufacturiers primaires, la plupart est prète à se conformer aux nouveaux règlements.

On ne sait pas encore de combien le prix des nouveaux camions s’élèvera pour compenser les couts de tambour à freins ou l’installation de freins à disc supplémentaires.

Un des plus anciens manufacturiers de freins, Bendix Spicer Foundation Brake, a annoncé récemment son Eversure, frein à ressort qui utilise la technologie No Touch, que la compagnie décrit comme la nouvelle génération de diaphrame double de frein à tambour. La compagnie chante les louanges de cette nouvelle conception comme le frein le plus

léger parmi ses concurrents dans l’industrie et qui promet une meilleure durabilité et performance.

Chaque frein est plus de 2 livres plus léger que les modèles d’avant, ce qui réduisent le poids de l’ensemble du camion et de la remorque d’entre 16 et 24 livres. Bendix dit que le poids plus léger confère la capacité de porter une charge augmentée et d’améliorer l’économie de carburant. En même temps, la resistance à la corrosion est améliorée, grace à l’application d’un revêtement protecteur.

Toutes les configurations de Bendix - soit freins à tambour soit freins à disc – sont conformes à ou dépassent l’exigence de réduction de 30% immin-

ente, selon la compagnie.

Parmi les innovateurs de l’industrie se trouve Express Brake International (EBI), une compagnie basée en Floride qui commence à envisager l’établissement d’un dépôt canadien de distribution dans l’Ontario.

EBI a développé et a déposé un brevêt pour un nouveau système de mâchoire de freins à air et un système de garniture de freins qu’on signale comme un alternatif attrayant pour l’industrie de mâchoire de freins pour poids lourds. Selon le directeur de ventes régionales de la compagnie, Scott Deslippe, on réalise une surface augmentée de freinage en éliminant les trous de rivet et les fuseaux, ce qui résulte en une amélioration de l’usure de la garniture. « Nos produits fournissent 100% de contact de surface, ce qui

représente un départ de la plupart des concurrenciers dont les mâchoires à rivets contribuent à la corrosion et la craquelure de la garniture, » dit-il. L’absence de trous de rivet sur la face de la mâchoire empèche l’usure inégale de la mâchoire et du tambour.

Le website d‘EBI indique que le matériel d’acier inoxydable et la soudure du joint de mâchoire résultent en un produit plus solide et plus durable.

Le marché a vu un essor en l’installation de freins à disc - un produit supér-

ieur, selon l’avis de la majorité, aux freins à tambour conventionnels, mais plus côuteux quant à l’achat et à l’entretien.

On prédit que les freins à disc vont obtenir une part plus grande du marché, non seulement à cause de leur capacité d’arrêt dans une distance plus courte, mais aussi parce qu’ils contribuent à une régénération de puissance améliorée dans les camions hybrides et une tendance générale dans l’harmonisation des plateformes de camions globalement.

En dépit de préférences pour des freins à disc ou à tambour, une critque commune mentionnée souvent par beaucoup de spécialistes dans l’industrie est le manque très répandu de diligence en ce qui concerne l’entretien des systèmes de freinage.

Les experts prétendent

qu’un entretien de freins incorrect peut causer au moins l’usure inégale et accélère les coùts de réparations. Le pire qui puisse arriver c’est que des systèmes de freins mal entretenus risquent de causer des collisions.

Bob Blair, de la compagnie Lite-Check Inspection Solutions basée a Washington, tire l’attention sur des pratiques courantes dans l’industrie qui fatiguent les systèmes de freins.

Parmi elles se trouvent le manque d’air règlé introduit dans le tuyau du frein.

M ê m e quand il y a deux p e r sonnes qui vérifient l e s freins – l’un q u i exerce de la pression sur la pédale du frein et l’autre qui vérifie chaque frein – la quantité de pression reste généralement inconnue.

Un conducteur peut appliquer 60 livres de pression dans une application et 90 livres dans une autre. Une pression inégale cause usure inégale des machoires du frein et des pneus.

Puisant dans sa longue expérience en l’entretien des freins, Bob Blair a noté que les techniciens « ont l’habitude de prendre une ligne d’air qui requiert, par exemple, 180 livres de pression et l’utilisent pour un système qui exige normalement de 90 à 110 lpc. Il en résulte une pression excessive sur chaque composant, connection et soupape » Une autre pratique commune est la tendance à verifier chaque chambre de frein en essayant de l’écouter

s’il y a des fuites d’air dans un chantier ou un garage bruyant. Dans l’absence d’un outil de test fiable de fuite d’air, cette méthode ne peut pas mesurer la perte d’air avec précision et peut mener à une panne de freins ou à un freinage variable.

Blair conseille aussi d’être vigilant contre la combinaison de la pression d’air au frein à ressort ou au frein d’urgence.

Supposons que le frein à ressort prend 120 livres de pression, l’addition de 80 livres d’air de service ajoute 200 livres de pression dont le résultat est une fatigue excessive sur tous les composants du système de freins.

Les autorités de transport au Canada et aux ÉtatsUnis auront des inspections de systèmes de freins beaucoup plus strictes à la suite des nouveaux règlements. Les représentants de l’industrie, comme Bob Blair, encouragent déjà les conducteurs et les directeurs de flotte à prendre des initiatives d’une manière proactive pour assurer la conformité.

L’alternatif sera de subir des coùts financiers punitifs. « Si les systèmes de freins ne sont pas en bon état, on devra encourir non seulement un coùt elevé de réparations et une performance réduite des pneus, mais aussi les pénalités attachées aux infractions, avec le camion en question hors de service et le coùt supplémentaire d’un technicien certifié, obligé de voyager jusqu’au camion pour faire les réparations nécessaires. » Blair encourage les directeurs d’entretien à consulter les directives des organismes, tel que le Canadian Transportation Equipment Association (CTEA), pour s’assurer de la conformité aux normes et ainsi d’éviter des dépenses inutiles.

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Section Française

Annonce

Trailer Wizards Annonce la Nomination d’Un Nouveau Vice-Président, Canada Atlantique

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railer Wizards a le plaisir d’annoncer la nomination de Dave Skaarup au poste de vice-président, Canada Atlantique. Dave assumera la double responsabilité des ventes et opérations pour le secteur Canada atlantique et se rapportera directement à Doug Vanderspek, président de Trailer Wizards.

En se joignant à l’équipe Trailer Wizards,

Dave apporte 25 années d’expérience dans l’industrie. Il occupait récemment le poste de vice-président Opérations (transport intermodal et semi-remorques) chez Clarke Road Transport.

Dave sera basé dans nos installations de Moncton et Halifax et travaillera à la croissance des activités de la compagnie dans l’ensemble du secteur Canada atlantique.

Dave est originaire de Perth Andover au New Brunswick. Il a fait des études en management à l’Université du Nouveau-Brunswick ainsi qu’à l’Université Concordia.

Il habite présentement à Halifax avec ses deux enfants. Dave est un passionné de la moto et il apprécie les activités de plein air, notamment le golf, la chasse et la pêche.

Trailer Wizards est le

principal fournisseur canadien de solutions de location de semi-remorques et d’entreposage.

L’entreprise offre des programmes d’entretien complets, l’assistance routière en tout temps (24/7) et possède les ressources nécessaires pour toujours livrer l’équipement requis par les clients au moment 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 assurant une meilleure optimisation du parc de semiremorques. 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 propos de Semi-remorques Wizards, y compris sur les types de semi-remorques, la disponibilité et les programmes d’entretien, visitez notre site internet au www.trailerwizards. com pour obtenir de plus amples renseignements ainsi que nos coordonnées à la grandeur du pays.

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Ministère des Transports du Québec [MTQ]

Le Plus Important Projet De Réfection d’Un Pont Jamais Entrepris en Canada

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vancement Du Projet De Réfection Du Pont Honoré-Mercier : Deux Chantiers Qui Progressent Bien Malgré les inspections du Ministère des Transports du Québec (MTQ), nous poursuivons le projet de réfection du pont HonoréMercier. Bien que ce soit très confondant, il importe de préciser que les inspections entreprises depuis de nombreuses fins de semaine relèvent du MTQ, ainsi que la restriction imposée aux camions depuis le début de l’année. Ce blogue étant administré par le fédéral (Les Ponts Jacques Cartier et Champlain Incorporée), nous diffusons toute l’information que nous recevons du MTQ dès que possible.

En ce qui a trait au projet de réfection du pont Honoré-Mercier, nous avons démarré deux chantiers importants qui progressent très bien. Tout d’abord du côté l’arrondissement de LaSalle, nous sommes en train de bâtir un pont temporaire, afin de dévier la circulation et d’isoler l’un des deux viaducs Monette qui sera entièrement reconstruit cette année (le viaduc permettant l’accès au pont en direction de la Rive-Sud). La construc-

tion du pont temporaire avance bien et n’affecte pas la circulation. La construction de ce pont est une mesure de mitigation importante que nous avons mise en place pour limiter au maximum les inconvénients aux usagers de la route dans le cadre de la reconstruction du viaduc Monette. Lors de ces travaux de reconstruction, l’ensemble de la circulation sera dévié sur ce pont temporaire, afin de maintenir la circulation à deux voies vers la Rive-Sud et de fermer complètement le viaduc Monette pour le reconstruire.

Du côté de la Rive-Sud, nous sommes en train de finaliser la réfection de la bretelle La Prairie (rampe 2). Cette dernière rampe permettra de compléter la réfection de l’ensemble des approches au pont HonoréMercier du côté de la RiveSud. Les travaux sur cette bretelle progressent également très bien, puisque l’entrepreneur a développé un excellent rythme de travail depuis l’amorce de ces travaux en 2009. Deux grues sont à l’œuvre présentement pour remplacer tout le tablier de cette rampe par de nouvelles dalles de béton.

Outre ces deux chantiers,

nos travaux dans le cadre du projet de réfection du pont Honoré-Mercier devraient principalement se faire sous le pont cette année. Nous amorçons d’importants renforts à la structure d’acier du pont, afin de pouvoir débuter le remplacement du tablier en 2012 et 2013. Le remplacement du tablier du pont au-dessus du fleuve devrait ainsi se faire sur environ deux ans. Les principaux travaux dans le cadre de ce projet devraient ainsi s’achever après 2013. Le MTQ poursuit toutefois en parallèle ses travaux dans le secteur provincial du pont.

Ce blogue a été lancé au départ pour suivre le projet de réfection du pont qui devait s’avérer le principal défi au cours des prochaines années sur cet axe. Nous en profitons toutefois pour vous aviser des différentes fermetures du MTQ qui s’avèrent également un nouveau défi à relever parallèlement à ce grand chantier.

Nous sommes toujours très préoccupés par le fait que nous désirons vous informer rapidement et régulièrement, toutefois veuillez noter que nous aurons toujours davantage d’information et la possi-

bilité d’avoir des réponses plus précises à vos questions en ce qui a trait au projet de réfection du pont Honoré-Mercier plutôt qu’aux fermetures du MTQ dans leur secteur du pont.

Pour vous informer concernant ces entraves, il demeure plus simple de contacter directement le Québec 511.

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C.H. Express Inc.

Le Nouveau Site Web de C.H. Express Inc. Révélé

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ous sommes fiers de vous inf o r m e r, q u e l e nouveau site Internet de C.H. Express Inc. a été grandement amélioré et mis en ligne depuis le 21 mars. Vous y retrouverez de multiples informations et outils, tels que : Des informations pertinentes sur notre entreprise et les services multiples que nous offrons. Les différents types d’équipements ainsi que leurs descriptions techniques et bien p l us ! P l us i e urs i nf or mations générales sur les provinces du Canada, des États-Unis et

du Mexique. Les temps de transit approximatifs entre les destinations, les fuseaux horaires et les codes régionaux.

Plusieurs outils et liens utiles tels que les normes de charges, de dimensions et d’arrimage, traduction, vérification de dédouanement, conversion de mesures, temps d’attente aux frontières, etc. Le tout agrémenté de plusieurs photos, témoignages et animations et beaucoup plus.

Créé dans le but qu’il devienne un outil pratique et un support essentiel pour la ges-

tion de votre transport, n’hésitez pas à le consulter et à l’ajouter à vos « Favoris ». Vous pouvez, également, de façon simple, contacter un membre de notre équipe directement pour obtenir un taux, de l’information sur votre compte, ouvrir un nouveau compte ou plus.

Rendez vous à www. chexpressinc.com et n’hésitez pas à nous transmettre vos commentaires. Bonne visite !

Pour plus de renseignements contacter Cynthia Carpenter, Directrice Administrative à 450.348.2350.

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OTN Goes to the Races

Again this year, Ontario Trucking News is one of the sponsors of former Late-Model Class driver Andrew Hennessy.

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Employment

Niagara Falls Bridge Commission [NFBC]

NFBC Unveils ExpressPass for Trucks, Buses

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ewiston, NY The Niagara Falls Bridge Commission, operator of three of the four Niagara River bridges between Western New York and Southern Ontario, today unveiled the new ExpressPass for trucks crossing the Lewiston-Queenston Bridge that will help re-

duce wait times for all motorists.

The first commercial automatic crossing pass of its kind on a northern border bridge, the ExpressPass program is expected to serve 270 trucking companies using some 15,000 individual trucks and tractor-trailers that pay the one-way toll

into Canada at the Lewiston-Queenston Bridge.

The pass also works for tour buses crossing the Rainbow Bridge, which does not handle trucks, or at Queenston.

The NFBC’s third bridge, the Whirlpool Bridge, is NEXUS only.

The ExpressPass for commercial vehicles utilizes two fully automated, unmanned toll booths.

The driver pulls up to a booth and flashes the ExpressPass card – essentially a debit card – at the designated sensor.

The system then deducts the appropriate amount of money from a pre-deposited account maintained by enrolled truckers, counts the preregistered number of axles on the truck, and up- or down-charges for more or fewer axles as needed, to ensure a speedy, fair and accur-

ate transaction. There is a web-based account management system that allows companies to manage their commercial account online.

“This is essentially a VIP line for truckers. We created the commercial ExpressPass system inhouse and it is the first of its kind to be used on

volved in the pass’s use is Dave Bansmer, a driver for Cassens.

“The card works great.

You put it out the window, you don’t stop, the gate goes up and you just keep going. You’re not sitting in line and it speeds your time getting through,” said Bansmer. “Before ExpressPass

the northern border,” said Victor Montalbo, NFBC manager of administration and finance. “The response we received from those who helped us during the testing and pilot phase has been overwhelmingly positive because this system will help them better meet their budgetary needs and shipping deadlines.”

One of the truckers in-

there were times that I had to wait 10 minutes to cross the bridge. Now I get through quickly and I’m on my way.”

Benefits of having an ExpressPass commercial account: • To l l p a y m e n t s a r e prepaid using electronic cards that make crossing quick and easy while removing the need for cash and receipts.

•The system has been designed to utilize the latest technology and offer customers ease in account administration.

•Two toll lanes have been exclusively dedicated to ExpressPass customers at the LewistonQueenston Bridge.

•Customers never have to worry about negative account balance with online automatic credit card replenishment.

•The ExpressPass is not battery driven and is better for the environment.

To start an ExpressPass Commercial acco u n t in te r e ste d par ties can contact NFBC at 716.285.6322, ext.

4143 in the U.S., or 905.354.5641, ext. 4143 in Canada. Initial registration information can also be su bmitte d o n the NFBC website at www.niagrafallsbridges. com.

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Central Ontario Regional Truck Driving Championships

26th Anniversary of CORTDC

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itchener, Ontario - The Central Ontario Regional Truck Driving Championships will be held June 11 th this year, with the top placing drivers winning a spot in the provincial championships where they’ll vie for the opportunity to represent Ontario at the nationals.

This year marks the

26 th anniversary of the CORTDC, which will take place at Conestoga College’s Doon Campus with an awards ceremony to follow at the Kitchener Knights of Columbus Hall.

Participating drivers will have to complete a written test, a vehicle inspection and then navigate a challenging obstacle course.

Categories include:

straight truck; single axle tractor, single axle trailer; single axle tractor, tandem axle trailer; tandem axle tractor, tandem axle trailer; and B-train.

Complete rules are available at Central Ontario Regional Truck Driving Championships.

Organizers say the top four drivers in each category will move on to

the provincial championships. Awards will also be presented for Grand Champion; Safety Award; Rookie of the Year; and the Team Award.

For more information, visit Central Ontario R e g i o n a l Tr u c k D r i v ing Championships or call Dennis Shantz at 519.664.4977 or Mick Sayer at 519.502.2319.

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Alberta Motor Transport Association

Alberta’s Strategy for Labour Shortage

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lberta’s important position as the engine of Canada’s economic growth means that it is vital that a pool of skilled labour be available into the future. With the anticipated shortage of skilled workers looming, the province is developing an initiative to address the anticipated labour and skill shortages and protect

Alberta’s economic growth and prosperity.

AMTA is at the table speaking for the road transportation industry at the meetings attended by other Alberta industry sectors.

The initiative, called Building and Educating Tomorrow’s Workforce, is billed as Alberta’s comprehensive labour force development strategy.

This strategy, identifies 17 government-led priority actions to ensure the province has more workers, better trained people and innovative workplaces.

These government actions address labour force issues across several industry sectors. Individual government ministries are responsible for implementing the priority actions that

fall under each ministry’s specific roles and mandates.

To read about the initiative go to http://employment.alberta.ca/BI/3282. html. To read the document which addresses transport and supply chain logistics go to http://employment. alberta.ca/documents/ WIA/WIA-BETW_supply_ chain_strategy.pdf.

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Employment

Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency

Health Study Positive News for Trucking Industry

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ieppe, New Brunswick, April 4, 2011 - The Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency, known as ACOA, recently approved funding for a three year project to research and study health issues in professional truck drivers but also enhancing driving performance.

Jean Marc Picard, Executive Director of the Atlantic Provinces Trucking Association stated today, “This is excellent news for the trucking industry in Atlantic Canada. The APTA members realized the importance of this project immediately and gave their full support on the proposal from Université de Moncton (U de M) and the Collège Communautaire du Nouveau Brunswick - Dieppe campus (CCNB)”.

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project that will be managed at the U de M by Dr. Michel Johnson in conjunction with the CCNB. Also, a simulator will be purchased for the research, which will be available for trucking firms and their drivers.

Tr u c k i n g c o m p a n i e s are extremely challenged as it is with an aging workforce, rapidly evolving skills requirements, employee turnover and not to mention high fuel costs, and legislative requirements.

“With the average age of drivers being around 52, the trucking industry is facing looming challenges with regards to recruiting drivers but projects like these really demonstrate that we want to improve the lifestyle of our drivers.”

The funding will support the creation and

staffing of a universitybased research facility in Moncton (U de M), along with a college managed mobile research unit (CCNB) to travel throughout Atlantic Canada, in order to gather comprehensive industry-specific data from APTA’s membership regarding health and driving performance. The research data collected will be used to create a mathematical algorithm called the Healthy Driver Profile. This profile will be an invaluable tool to help our industry identify and address costs associated with driver health issues.

In Canada, the trucking industry generates over $65 billion in revenues, and employs over 260,000 truckers nationally of which 20,000 are in Atlantic Canada.

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Employment

Drive Logistics

How Do You Fit In?

By Eric Bialkowski

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have been in Human Resources for many years and at Drive Logistics in Windsor, Ontario since its inception in 2004. People spend a large majority of their waking hours at work, especially professional truck drivers, and what they want is to be happy at work. It’s not to say that every day at

work is going to be joyous, we all have good days and bad days. What most people want when they reflect on their work lives is to be generally happy with the work they do and the company they work for. I believe that there are two primary components to a happy work life.

The first is passion for the work you do. Over the

years I have come to know many professional drivers and I have discovered that most professional drivers are very passionate about their careers. This is a very tough job and requires skill, intelligence, street smarts, patience, professionalism, strategic thinking, business acuity, the ability to make quick decisions, customer focus,

friendly personality, ability to be away from home for long periods of time, did I miss anything? Without a true passion for the work, people don’t last very long in this profession.

The second is to work for a company whose values are closely aligned with your own personal values.

For example, my overall view of people is that 99%

of people want to do a great job and are not out to “screw the system”. I know that not everyone agrees with this position, but it’s my honest viewpoint. Once I worked for a company that expected me to appeal to every Workers’ Compensation claim that was made by an employee, even the claims that were clearly legitimate. I was not so happy going into work every day, within a year I was able to find another job with a company that was more aligned with my personal values.

You may be working for a company that doesn’t align with your personal values and are looking to make a change; in fact, you may have been jumping from one company to the next trying to find a company with a corporate culture that works for you.

Since jumping can be very costly, below are four steps to help you understand a company’s corporate culture before you the make an expensive move.

Step 1: Create a top 10 list of values important to you. Use this list to compare a company’s corporate culture with your own values. Not every value is going to align perfectly, but you want to be “closely aligned”.

Step 2: Conduct an Internet search looking for clues to their corporate culture. Visit the Company’s website, do they list a value statement, staff satisfaction surveys, or accredited awards such as the TCA’s Best Fleets to

Drive For. Google the company for articles regarding charity work they have done, etc.

Step 3: Speak to current drivers. Current drivers have firsthand knowledge of what it’s like to drive for that company. Ask them questions such as; what’s it really like to work there?

How are drivers treated?

How are problems solved?

What is your dispatch like?

Don’t rely on just one driver’s opinion; they may have had an exceptionally good or bad experience. If you speak to a few drivers a truer picture will emerge.

Step 4: Interview the company. Arrive early for the interview and observe how people are treated by reception, how staff interact with each other, how they are dressed, etc. Are there plaques on the wall and what do they represent. Most interviewers will ask, do you have any questions? This is a perfect time to be ready with questions about their corporate culture. Ask open ended questions like, what is your process for solving problems? How is your corporate culture statement integrated into day-to-day activities? What charities does your company support and why? How are decisions communicated and so forth?

After reviewing the information gathered you will be in a much better position to decide if this is a company that you would be happy at in the long run.

Eric Bialkowski is the V.P. Human Resources of Drive Logistics.

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The Safety Tip Adviser

Beware of the Almighty Sun

By Alvis Violo

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s we head into the summer, it’s a good time to remind ourselves that beyond having to prepare against other distractions on the road, drivers must also be aware of natural distractions such as the sun. Driving in the sun can obstruct your vision and cause limited sight.

Without adequate protection, the sun not only endangers a driver’s safety, it also creates a vision-health hazard that we need to be aware of.

The suspected cause of many motor vehicle accidents is poor visibility due to sun glare. Necessary precautions should be taken by drivers to ensure their safety and the safety of others on the road. The following tips will help reduce the dangers of driving on bright sunny days.

1 . D r i v e c a u t i o u s l y.

Leave a proper distance to ensure ample reaction time.

2. Make it a habit to lower your sun visors.

3. Make sure all the windows are clean. Clean windows will help cut down on the suns glare.

4. On bright sunny days, take an alternate route when possible, lined with trees or tall buildings instead of a route with extreme glare.

5. Do not look directly at the sun. Direct eye contact with the sun can bleach the eye’s retina and affect vision from five seconds to as long as thirty seconds.

6. Most importantly, wear sunglasses at all times. If you wear prescription eye glasses, have a set of prescription sun glasses made for you.

Not only is it important to wear sunglasses at all times, it is even more important to wear a good pair of sun glasses. A good pair of sun glasses will have lenses that are polarized to reduce the sun’s glare.

Polarized lenses utilize polarized filtering technology to diffuse and deflect concentrated light waves.

Polarized lenses also provide excellent protection by blocking the glare that can cause eyestrain and fatigue.

A good pair of sun glasses will also have lenses with

Retraction

ERS Announcement

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n t a r i o Trucking News published a press release in the April edition from Emergency Road Services that indicated Gerry Drouin was the new Sales Manager at Emer-

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gency Road Services.

This press release was printed in error as Mr. Drouin left the company a few months ago. We apologize for any inconvenience this error has caused Emergency Road Services.”

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UV protection to shield the eyes from damage. Reflected UV rays are believed to contribute to various eye diseases such as cataracts, macular degeneration and photokeratitis (sunburn of the eyes). A driver may also experience blurred vision, change in colour vision or difficulty seeing at night.

Proper sun glasses are es-

pecially critical now as scientists point out the rapid deterioration of the Earth’s ozone layer and subsequent increased amount of harmful UV rays.

As you can see, taking safety precautions while driving in the sun will not only help us to avoid unwanted accidents, they will also help us to protect

one of our most valuable assets, our eyes. I don’t know about you, but the first thing I am going to do next week is to run out and buy myself a good (and cool) pair of sun glasses.

Drive safe, think positive and be prosperous.

Alvis Violo is the C.E.O. of Emergency Road Services Corporation., a coast

to coast bilingual roadside assistance company dedicated to the trucking industry in Canada and the U.S. For more information visit www.emergencyroadservices.com or call 877.377.2262. Please send your questions, feedback or comments about this column to alvis@emergencyroadservices.com

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New, Feature-Rich C.H. Express Web Site

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e are proud to announce that the new web site for C.H. Express Inc. has been greatly improved and made available since March 21st. You will find a lot of information and tools such as the ones outlined below.

Information about our company and the vari-

ous services we offer.

Technical description and more details about the variety of equipment we have available. Pertinent information about the provinces of Canada, United States and Mexico. The approximate transit time between destinations, time zones and area codes.

Several useful links and tools such as the size and weight limitations, cargo securement rules, etc. Translation, custom clearance verification, Metric/SAE conversions, border wait times and much more. All are featured with several pictures, testimonials, animations and a whole lot

more.

Created to become a practical tool and an essential support for the management of your transportation, feel free to view and add it to your “bookmarks”. You can also easily contact a member of our team directly for rates, information about your account,

open a new account and more.

G o t o w w w. c h e x pressinc.com and don’t hesitate to send us your comments. Enjoy your visit!

For more information contact Cynthia Carpenter, Administrative Manager at 450.348.2350.

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Announcement

Trailer Wizards Announces New VP of Atlantic Canada

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railer Wizards is pleased to announce the appointment of Dave Skaarup as Vice President, Atlantic Canada. Dave will be reporting directly to Doug Vanderspek, President of Trailer Wizards and will

be responsible for both sales and operations for the region.

Dave brings 25 years of industry experience to the Trailer Wizards team and most recently held the position of VP Operations (Intermodal and

Van Division) for Clarke Road Transport. Dave will be working out of the existing Moncton and Halifax facilities and expanding the company’s services throughout Atlantic Canada. Dave is from Perth Andover, New Brunswick,

attended both the University of New Brunswick and Concordia University for specialized management studies and currently resides in Halifax with his two children. An avid motorcyclist, Dave enjoys any activity that keeps him outdoors including golf, hunting and fishing.

Trailer Wizards is Canada’s leading provider of semi-trailer solutions for

lease, rent and storage.

They offer full maintenance programs, 24/7 roadside assistance and have the resources to consistently deliver the equipment customers need, when they need it most. With the latest trailer tracking technology, their customers can reduce costs through better fleet optimization and Trailer Wizards’ green initiatives program also positively im-

pacts customers’ resources and the planet’s. With over 25 Trailer Wizards locations across Canada they have made their vision of “local service nationwide” a reality.

To learn more about Trailer Wizards including; trailer types, availability and maintenance programs, visit their new website at www.trailerwizards.com.

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Transport For Christ

Be Strong In Your Faith

By Chaplain Len Reimer

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e certainly live in an interesting time, no lack of excitement, the activity in the eastern world is quite disconcerting. The Bible makes reference in there being too much turmoil and unrest in the last days before Christ returns in power and in might.

It is fitting then that we make reference to a portion of scripture in which we are instructed to be strong in our faith. We find in Ephesians 6:10-18, how we are to dress spiritually.

“Finally, be strengthened by the Lord and by His vast strength. Put on the full armour of God so that you can stand the tactics of the Devil. For our battle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against authorities, against the world powers of this darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavens. This is why you must take up the full armour of God, so that you may be able to resist in the evil day, and

highway Star

2011 Canadian Driver of the Year Montreal, Quebec - On April 9th, 2011, Reg Delahunt, who drives for Independence Transportation, was chosen as the 2011 highwayStar Canadian Driver of the Year award at the industry show ExpoCam 2011 in Montreal. The award was sponsored by highwayStar, Freightliner, Arvin Meritor and the Owner/ Operators Business Association of Canada.

Reg has been driving for

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53 years, clocking over six million kilometres on the road while traveling through 44 states with the exception of Alaska and all across Canada.

Reg’s family is involved in the trucking industry in one way or another.

His daughter works as a dispatcher for an Ottawa transport company and his son drives his own truck down the highway.

Congratulations Reg on a job well done!

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having prepared everything, to take your stand.

Stand therefore with truth like a belt around your waist, righteousness like armour on your chest, and your feet sandaled with readiness for the gospel of peace. In every situation take the shield of faith, and with it you will be able to extinguish the flaming arrows of the evil one. Take

the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is God’s word. With every prayer and request, pray at all times in the Spirit, and stay alert in this, with all perseverance and intercession for all the saints.”

In these verses we are encouraged to be strengthened by the Lord and by His vast strength.

God’s strength and power is available to followers of Jesus Christ, for those who with their heart believe in the name of Jesus. The strength is available to those that have faith in Jesus Christ as Lord and Saviour. We hear people say, I believe in God, friends we must receive Him and put our trust in the Son of God.

No question, that we live in a difficult time, so that is why we must take up the full armour of God, so that you may be able to resist in the evil day, and having prepared everything to take a stand.

R e m e m b e r, i n J e s u s Christ we are all winners.

Those who do not want to be a winner, enjoy the fight!

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Employment

From the

Driver’s Seat By: Carl McBride

Computer Technology

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omputers and computer software have finally entered the trucking industry of North America.

Computers are now part of the braking system, engine operation and the daily activities of truck drivers.

The question of the month is very simple.

“What is your opinion of the new computer technology being added to your trucks and how do they affect your daily work?”

A trip to 10 Acres Truck Stop came up with some very concrete answers.

The downside of this question was that drivers need to be consulted and better trained so that they can understand what all of these new changes are about.

Tom Robinson drives for Skylark Transport out of Cambridge, Ontario. “I feel all the new equipment will have its advantages in allowing drivers the opportunity to do their jobs better. The new equipment should be easy to operate at a glance. Lastly all the new computers must be able to handle the heavy vibrations and the bumpy ride a truck offers.”

Dennis Huckle drives for Wild Rose Transport out of London, Ontario. “I do not believe any of this new equipment is going to work. The new e-logs don’t allow for any proper time off. “On duty, not driving” does not allow for enough driving time during the day.”

Nelson PellEtier, warehouse/driver for CRS out of Belleville, Ontario.

“First of all, computer generated information will make operations more efficient. Secondly, computers will help drivers learn more about their truck and how they work especially new drivers. Finally, e-logs will get everyone to view this new equipment as a good thing and have a better overall understanding of what is going on in the industry.”

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