In-House vs. Outsourced Truck Maintenance
Properly, effectively, and efficiently maintaining trucks is essential to keeping your fleet on the road. But what’s best — in-house or outsourced maintenance?
Two recalls issued for Peterbilts
Covers almost 36,000 trucks
It’s cool to be a trucker now
TORONTO, Ont. – Millennials, take note. It’s cool to be a trucker now. Recent studies have suggested that millennials, who are defined as those born between 1980 and 2000, have no interest in a longhaul trucking career. In the wake of the Covid-19 pand…
Week two amid the outbreak: The little things we lean on in the face of the unknown
‘Duck and Cover! Duck and Cover!’ The old cold war directive rings through the head of Long Haul Paul Marhoefer in a shipping clerk’s office under the withering glare of a man wearing a bandanna mask, Lone Ranger-style. “With a Hail Mary in my head, I …
Keep “essential service” documents in cross-border trucks: CTA
TORONTO, Ont. – Cross-border drivers are being encouraged to carry copies of a U.S. Department of Homeland Security notice that defines the movement of cargo as “essential travel”. The Canada-U.S. border was closed to everything but essential travel at…
Ontario closes Drive Test Centres effective immediately
TORONTO, Ont. – Ontario is closing the Drive Test Centres and part-time Travel Point locations effective immediately. “Based on the advice of Ontario’s Chief Medical Officer of Health to help prevent the spread of COVID-19, all full-time Dr…
SAAQ delays periodic inspections amid Covid-19 measures
MONTREAL, Que. – The owners of heavy vehicles that require periodic mechanical inspections in Quebec will be granted an extra month to have the work completed. The news comes as the Societe de l’Assurance Automobile Quebec (SAAQ) reduces operating hour…
Company Driver of the Year looks back on 40-year career
‘You need to return home safely’
Roadcheck inspection blitz still on … for now
Scheduled for May 5-7
Washington Allows Mobile Fueling During Coronavirus Crisis
Demand for mobile fueling has shot up across the country as consumers observe shelter-in-place guidelines in response to the coronavirus crisis.