VOCATIONAL
Tuck Routes: Cottrill Heavy Equipment....................page 18
News & Views: Independent Service Provider......... page 20
Product Review: Eaton High Pressure Filters.......... page 23
2017 APNA Truck Show........... ......................................page 24
T ruck & Trailer VOCATIONAL July 2017
T R A NSP O R TAT I O N • C O NS T RU C T I O N • U T I L I T I E S • G RO U NDS M A I N T E N A N CE • F O RE S T RY • M I N I NG • O I L & G A S • AG RI CU LT U RE
GIN-COR INDUSTRIES
Delivers Precision – Tough Equipment For Severe Service Applications BY MAREK KRASUSKI
E SIMCOE COUNTY MUSEUM
Blast From The Past Breezes Through Simcoe County BY MAREK KRASUSKI
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he past came alive earlier in June at the Simcoe County Museum north of Barrie. Here, families, guests and spectators relived another era as mighty machines of the past were showcased by the Museum in partnership with the Historical Construction Equipment Association (HCEA). Simcoe County Museum has been hosting equipment shows in cooperation with HCEA Canada since 1999 and they have steadily gained traction over the years according to Darryl Wines, the Museum’s Collections Technician. “Popularity has steadily increased over the years with a noticeable rise in the attendance of young
families,” he said. With a focus on the past the HCEA is very much a contemporary organization that hosts a full roster of activities and events throughout the year. From May to November it will host, this year, a dozen events in Simcoe, Bracebridge, Cookstown, Paisley, Milton and Blyth. As the organization’s name implies, the Historical Construction Equipment Association is all about old machinery, and demonstrating their applications when they were in full use. And there was no shortage of vintage pieces to admire and learn about at the Museum’s interactive show. Over 100 CONTINUED ON PAGE 21
very successful business subscribes to the principle that the constant pursuit of improvement in product and service quality is crucial to thrive in competitive markets. From its early days Gin-Cor Industries, a leading custom manufacturer of vocational severe-service vehicles, embraced this belief as standard business practice, one which has yielded significant rewards - for the company, its employees, partners, suppliers, and the customers it serves. Since its founding in 1978 Gin-Cor’s mission has been to build the best vocational and severe service trucks on the road. Indeed, insistence on quality became the company’s guiding mantra, so much so that the company founders, Bob Corriveau and Phillip and Louis Gingras, insisted that the best advertising was free advertising that could only be achieved through word of mouth by satisfied customers. From their headquarters in Mattawa, Ontario Corriveau and the Gingras brothers well knew that their workmanship for a client base that stretched into the far reaches of the North had to be exceptional. “They quickly realized that the cost of re-
turning a truck or servicing a defective vehicle far from home was not feasible, so they had to ensure that the quality and toughness of their workmanship had to supersede the work of local competitors,” said Luc Stang, Gin-Cor President. Since 2002 when Stang assumed ownership he insisted in following the family tradition of excellence. Stang was prepared to go further, standing on the broad shoulders of the successful owners who went before him. “We wanted to make CONTINUED ON PAGE 19
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