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SPRING 2010
COUNSELLOR
THE VOICE OF PRIVATE TRUCKING
CONTENTS
Counsellor Columnists
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Bruce Richards, President / président
Private Motor Truck Council of Canada
Association canadienne du camionnage d’entreprise
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Kevin Riley, Chairman / président du Conseil d’administration
Private Motor Truck Council of Canada
Association canadienne du camionnage d’entreprise
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Gary Petty, President and CEO / président et chef de la Direction
National Private Truck Council
Association nationale du camionnage d’entreprise
Features
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Trucking’s Tough Balancing Act
By Lisa Kopochinski
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Risky Business
By Kenton Smith
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PMTC President’s Report /
le mot du président, ACCE
By / par Bruce J. Richards, President / président
Private Motor Truck Council of Canada / Association canadienne du camionnage d’entreprise
I
t has been a year of turmoil on many fronts for the
trucking community.
Of course the biggest issue for everyone was
the recession, which put a great deal of stress on fleet
operators in both the for-hire and the private sector.
At PMTC’s 2009 conference several fleet managers
presented their plans for cost containment during
recessionary times, and sharing that information was
enormously helpful to their peers.
We have also wrestled with regulatory issues such as
mandatory speed limiters, and an almost universal ban on
using hand-held communication devices while driving.
And now we may be faced with perhaps the most
controversial of all the recent changes: mandatory electronic on-board recorders.
In a 2009 magazine article I wrote “There are those
who use EOBR’s and swear by them; those who use
them and swear at them; and those that don’t want
anything to do with them.”
Many premium carriers, private and for-hire, use
them and swear by them; others hold different views,
including the infringing-on-my-rights crowd.
But it certainly looks like we are heading toward
some level of mandatory EOBR’s in North America. The
U.S. DoT and Canada’s CCMTA are both considering
the question seriously.
Just what form such a rule would take is still being
debated; whether it should only apply to carriers with
multiple infractions and/or poor safety records, or
whether it would apply universally seems to be the
discussion point.
But we may have moved past the debate about the
benefits of EOBR’s. So if you’re not already a convert, I
suggest you get ready.
L
’industrie du camionnage a connu une année de bouleversements à plusieurs chapitres.
La récession a, bien évidemment, touché l’ensemble du pays,
imposant un stress énorme aux exploitants de flottes tant dans les
secteurs du transport pour autrui qu’au privé. Lors de la conférence de
l’ACCE de 2009, plusieurs gestionnaires de flottes ont fait état de leurs
stratégies pour favoriser la limitation des coûts en période de récession ;
ce partage de renseignements a énormément bénéficié à leurs pairs.
Nous avons également été confrontés à des enjeux visant l’application
des règlements, notamment la réglementation obligatoire des limites de
vitesse et l’interdiction à l’échelle presque mondiale de l’utilisation au
volant des appareils de communication portatifs.
Et maintenant, nous risquons de faire face à un changement encore
plus controversé que les précédents : les enregistreurs de bord électroniques obligatoires.
En 2009, j’ai écrit dans un article « Il y a ceux qui utilisent les
enregistreurs de bord électroniques obligatoires et ne jurent que par
eux, ceux qui les utilisent et qui jurent à cause d’eux et ceux qui ne
veulent rien savoir d’eux ».
Tandis que plusieurs flottes de premier plan, privées et des secteurs
du transport pour autrui, les utilisent et sont vendus à ces appareils,
d’autres adoptent des points de vue différents et invoquent même
l’atteinte aux sacro-saintes libertés individuelles.
Malgré tout, il semble que l’Amérique du Nord ne pourra échapper à
un certain degré d’utilisation obligatoire des enregistreurs de bord électroniques. Le Department of Transport américain et le Conseil canadien
des administrateurs en transport motorisé étudient le dossier de très près.
Reste à savoir quelle forme prendra un tel règlement. Le débat est
ouvert. Devra-t-on ne l’appliquer qu’aux compagnies de transport ayant
accumulé des infractions ou qui ont un mauvais dossier de sécurité ou
l’imposer de façon générale ? Voilà la question.
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PMTC Chairman’s Message /
le mot du président du Conseil d’administration, ACCE
By / par Kevin Riley, Chairman / président du Conseil d’administration
Private Motor Truck Council of Canada / Association canadienne du camionnage d’entreprise
T
o say the year has gone by in a hurry almost
seems contradictory given what fleet managers
have endured in this year of recession. For many
of us it was a long and stressful time, but we are beginning to see positive signs of an economic turnaround.
And as we look ahead to a return to what we might
consider to be normality we can also look forward to
the PMTC’s annual conference. You can read all about
it in this issue, and I’m certain you will find the program
to be an exciting one.
First, we have a new venue (for us). After several
successful years in Niagara-on-the-Lake we have
relocated the 2010 conference to the fabulous Kingbridge Conference Centre, in King City, minutes north
of Toronto. We selected this venue for its many guest
amenities, its proximity to the Toronto airport, and of
course, for its first-rate conference facilities. You will
truly enjoy your stay.
Once again the conference will provide the learning
and networking opportunities that attendees have
come to expect at PMTC events. We will cover a wide
range of topic matter under two major themes: Driver
Wellness and Managing the Business.
When you have reviewed the agenda in this issue
of The Counsellor I know that you will agree with
me when I say that every year the PMTC conference
provides the single best learning opportunity for the
private fleet community. This conference will be no
exception.
Come out and join us on June 18. I look forward to
seeing you there.
D
ire que 2009 s’est écoulée rapidement semble presque
contradictoire compte tenu de ce que les gestionnaires
de flotte ont enduré au cours de cette année de récession. Pour la plupart d’entre nous, ce fut une période stressante, mais nous commençons à reconnaître des indices positifs de reprise économique.
Alors que nous pouvons envisager un retour à ce que
nous considérons comme normal, nous nous préparons à la
conférence annuelle de l’ACCE. Le présent numéro contient de
l’information à ce sujet et je suis convaincu que vous trouverez
le programme intéressant.
Mentionnons d’abord que l’endroit a changé. Après plusieurs
années de réussite à Niagara-on-the-Lake, la conférence se
tiendra cette année au fameux Kingbridge Conference Centre,
à King City, à quelques minutes au nord de Toronto. Nous avons
choisi cet emplacement à cause de ses nombreux attraits pour
les clients, sa proximité de l’aéroport de Toronto et, évidemment, ses installations de première classe pour les conférences.
Vous apprécierez sûrement votre séjour.
Encor cette année, la conférence sera l’occasion de fournir
les possibilités d’apprentissage et de réseautage auxquels les
participants sont en droit de s’attendre des événements de
l’ACCE. Nous couvrirons un large éventail de sujets sous
deux grands thèmes : le mieux-être des chauffeurs et la
gestion des affaires.
Lorsque vous aurez parcouru l’ordre du jour dans le présent
numéro de The Counsellor, vous conviendrez comme moi que
la conférence de l’ACCE constitue chaque année la meilleure
occasion d’apprentissage pour la communauté des flottes de
camionnage privées.
C’est donc un rendez-vous pour le 18 juin prochain !
Service. Anywhere. All the time.
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NPTC President & CEO’s Message /
le mot du président et chef de la Direction, ANCE
By / par Gary Petty, President and CEO / président et chef de la Direction
National Private Truck Council / Association nationale du camionnage d’entreprise, Washington, D.C.
National Driver All-Stars
Chauffeurs de camions toute étoile
Last year, the National Private Truck Council (NPTC)
recognized 12 individual private fleet truck drivers as
National Driver All-Stars. The award honours those
drivers who demonstrated high performance against
their peers throughout the country based on customer
service, safety, adherence to company standards, regulatory compliance, and community service.
These drivers embody all the characteristics, skills
and attitudes that are the heart of what enables the
private fleet to continue to deliver exceptional levels of
customer service. They are ambassadors, not only for
their company, but for the entire private fleet community. We are honoured to recognize these private fleet
drivers for meeting high performance standards in the
fields of customer service, safety and compliance.
NPTC initiated the National Driver All-Stars program
to recognize those drivers of NPTC fleet member
companies based on how they perform against their
own internal customer service metrics. Specific
measures of the recognition include:
• Customer service (uniform/appearance; on-time
deliveries; attitude/conduct; customer feedback;
loading/unloading; co-operation)
• Safety (number of DOT reportable accidents; number
of OSHA reportable injuries; number of traffic violations verified by current MVR)
• Compliance with company standards (attendance, attendance at safety meetings, training, paperwork, etc.)
• Regulatory compliance (hours of service, DVIR,
MVR, etc.)
• Community service
Drivers that meet or exceed the standards will
be evaluated on the merits of their eligibility against
internal corporate standards. The eligibility guidelines
recognize that standards vary company to company.
This program recognizes a driver’s performance against
the internal high standards of the member company as
opposed to some arbitrary industry standard.
Drivers selected for recognition in the 2010 NPTC
National Driver All-Stars group will be announced and
honoured at a Special Luncheon to be held in conjunction with NPTC National Safety Conference, September
9-10, 2010, at the Hyatt Dulles Hotel just outside of
Washington, D.C.
If you are interested, please visit the NPTC website at
www.nptc.org for a complete list of rules and regulations.
L’an dernier, l’Association nationale du camionnage d’entreprise
(NPTC) a reconnu douze chauffeurs de camions toute étoile.
Ils ont reçu un prix attribué aux chauffeurs qui ont fait montre
d’un excellent rendement par rapport à leurs pairs à l’échelle
du pays au chapitre du service client, de la sécurité, du respect
des normes d’entreprise, de la conformité aux règlements et du
service à la collectivité.
Ces chauffeurs possèdent toutes les caractéristiques, compétences et attitudes qui animent toute flotte privée désireuse de
donner le meilleur service qui soit à sa clientèle. Ce sont des
ambassadeurs non seulement pour leur entreprise, mais aussi
pour toute l’industrie du camionnage d’entreprise. Nous sommes
honorés de souligner ces chauffeurs de flotte privée qui ont
atteint des niveaux élevés de rendement sur les plans du service
client, de la sécurité et du respect des normes.
Le NPTC a lancé le programme des chauffeurs de camions
toute étoile pour reconnaître les chauffeurs des compagnies
membres de l’Association pour leur rendement par rapport à
leurs propres critères internes de service client. Parmi les critères
selon lesquels ils sont jugés, mentionnons :
• Service à la clientèle (uniforme/tenue ; livraisons dans les temps
; attitude/manières ; commentaires des clients ; chargement/
déchargement ; collaboration)
• Sécurité (nombre d’accidents signalables au ministère des
Transports ; nombre de blessures signalables à l’Occupational
Safety and Health Administration ; nombre d’infractions au
Code de la route vérifié par le MVR actuel)
• Respect des normes de la compagnie (assiduité, présence aux
réunions de sécurité, formation, administration, etc.)
• Conformité aux règlements (heures de service, DVIR, MVR, etc.)
• Bénévolat au sein de la collectivité
Les chauffeurs qui respectent ou qui surpassent les normes
seront évalués selon leur admissibilité comparativement à ces
normes internes d’entreprise. Les directives d’admissibilité
reconnaissent que les normes varient d’une entreprise à l’autre.
Le programme évalue le rendement d’un chauffeur selon les
critères internes exigeants d’une compagnie membre et non par
les normes arbitraires de l’industrie.
Les chauffeurs primés pour le Programme des chauffeurs de
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du Banquet spécial qui se tiendra conjointement avec la Conférence sur la sécurité nationale du NPTC, les 9 et 10 septembre
2010, au Hyatt Dulles Hotel, situé tout près de Washington (D.C.).
Si vous êtes intéressé, rendez-vous sur le site du NPTC au
www.nptc.org pour obtenir la liste des règlements en vigueur.
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Trucking’s Tough
Balancing Act
Companies
must juggle
numerous balls
when overseeing
costs in today’s
economy
By Lisa Kopochinski
W
ith frugality the new way
of life to survive in this
tough economy, companies
must continue to look for ways to
reduce costs, yet still maintain high
levels of customer service. The drive to
reduce costs has taken different forms
for fleets, and some PMTC members
shared their approaches at a recent
PMTC conference.
Strategizing route and freight loads,
regular maintenance, driver training
and safety are just some of the areas
being stringently focused on to keep
costs in line for 2010 and beyond.
For Maple Leaf Consumer Foods,
one of the company’s biggest challenges is maintaining a competitive
rate with a reduction in volume.
“We do this by combining freight
on a multi-drop load and looking
for opportunities to partner with
customers that have transportation
networks and systems in place to
take on some of the transportation
responsibility,” explains Kevin Riley,
senior director of distribution opti-
mization for Maple Leaf in Kitchener,
Ont. “We can also adjust our delivery
frequency, so instead of going to a
particular region five days a week, we
scale back to three days a week.”
The last two years have been tough
for Maple Leaf, just as it has for many
other companies.
“The economic challenges were
obviously our greatest hurdle, and
we overcame this by reviewing our
entire fleet operation to streamline
costs wherever possible,” says Mark
Mostacci, national safety, compliance
and training officer for the TDL Group
Corp., also known as Tim Hortons.
“This included a complete review
of routing. Modifications were made
in all five fleets across Canada, wherever possible, to improve equipment
utilization. This resulted in the implementation of resident driver programs
in Edmonton and Sudbury.”
TDL also implemented extended
delivery window times to include
deliveries into the evenings in the
Kitchener-Waterloo and Ottawa areas.
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At Maple Leaf, Riley says the
company is striving to improve its
overall service level to customers in
such areas as on-time delivery and fill
rate. This can be a definite balancing
act, but he remains confident that
there will be an upswing in volume
and gradual growth over the next 12
to 18 months.
“We also look for opportunities to
redesign the packaging to allow us
to safely stack product higher, while
ensuring that it doesn’t get damaged
in transit,” explains Riley.
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“It is critical to keeping our costs
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and train them on how to drive the
piece of equipment that they have
today,” stresses Riley. “It’s important
to understand what’s happening on
the road so that drivers can give us
the opportunities. They see where
the efficiencies are out there.”
Mostacci cites driver safety as
TDL’s number one training focus as
this leads to better driver performance. The company’s extensive driver
training and mentoring program
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for life, especially since there is excessive interaction with the public at its
many Tim Hortons stores.
“We assist our drivers with ongoing
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when needed. This program helps
reduce insurance costs, as well as
improve our overall carrier safety
ratings, and demonstrates a commitment to safety with our driver teams
across Canada.”
When it comes to fuel conservation, TDL’s Mostacci says some of the
best efforts include driver training.
“Especially GHG emissions in conjunction with progressive shifting, and
reducing speed limits to 95 KPH. We
reduced our carbon footprint by over
2 million kg in 2009 by implementing
these strategies across Canada.”
TDL is also implementing automated transmissions in its Class
8 trucks in 2010 (Volvo I-Shift)
to help reduce fuel consumption/
GHG emissions.
When it comes to the importance
of tire maintenance, John Overing,
heavy truck tire segment manager
for Michelin in Laval, Que., says there
are six factors that can cause tires
to severely impact fuel mileage —
low air pressure, high air pressure,
missing valve caps, dual mismatch air
pressure, dual mismatch height, and
irregular wear.
“Installing low-rolling resistance
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tires provides the highest level of
savings, followed by aerodynamic
device,” he says. For example, every
three per cent reduction in rolling
resistance can translate to a one per
cent fuel-economy improvement.
Mostacci adds that equipment
specifications are also critical to
ensuring maximum fuel efficiency is
attained, so the use of aerodynamic
devices on tractors such as roof
farings, aerodynamic bumpers and
cab extender farings go a long way to
helping achieve this.
“We currently spec all these
devices on our trucks and will be
adding tank side farings to our trucks
for our upcoming order of 40 class
8 tractors in 2010,” says Mostacci.
“Also, tractor fifth-wheel placement
is critical since the gap between
the trailer and tractor should be as
minimal as possible to reduce ‘drag’,
but to do so you must also ensure
tractor front and rear-axle weights are
not affected by this.”
Don’t Cut Too Much
It would seem that following best
practices is a no-brainer. Yet some
companies are guilty of cutting
corners too much. For those that
neglect best practices, the negative impact can sometimes be insurmountable.
For instance, reducing the amount
spent on preventive maintenance
may provide short-term savings, but
will cost you more in repairs and
downtime in the end.
“In the case of tires, failure to regularly check air pressures will result in
reduced tread life as well as higher
fuel costs,” says Overing. “Low pressures can also affect the life of the
casing, reducing the number of times
it can be retreaded.”
Vehicle suspension and alignment
are also areas that, if overlooked, will
lead to premature or irregular wear.
Additionally, neglecting maintenance
procedures can result in safety issues.
Proper wheel end maintenance is
extremely important in ensuring
not only the safety of the driver, but
passengers as well.
While the economy and industry
remain tough right now, PMTC
members remain optimistic and will
continue to find ways to lower costs
while maintaining high levels of
customer service.
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term success of the trucking industry
is a quick and smooth recovery from
last year’s recession,” adds Mostacci.
“I strongly believe only those
companies committed to excellence
in both fleet and customer services
survived the difficult landscape in
2009. So, as long as they maintain
their commitment in these areas, they
will continue to thrive in the future.”
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Risky
Business
By Kenton Smith
Are you really insured for the worst?
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W
hat happens if someone in
your senior management
ranks gets hit by a bus or a
long term illness?
The answer to that may depend on
how well you prepared for the possibility, and the trucking industry, like
any other industry, is subject to these
everyday concerns.
Hence the importance of sound
insurance and contingency planning.
Yet insurance experts experienced
with the Canadian trucking business
will tell you: don’t necessarily assume
there are no chinks in your armour.
For a start, if your company uses
owner operators you should be certain
that they have adequate coverage.
“They’d better,” says Anne Nicoll,
senior vice president at Marsh Canada
Limited, “that is, unless you want to
potentially inherit responsibility for
work-related accidents.”
Indeed, according to Nicoll’s
fellow senior vice president, Greg St.
Croix, third-party coverage ought to
be at least equivalent to that offered
by Workers’ Compensation Boards.
And now here’s an even bigger
consideration: in the wake of the
swine flu, are you prepared for a
pandemic that could sideline a large
number of your employees?
“Most companies aren’t,” says
Scott Ashley of Associate Marketing
International. (AMI) “In the case of
swine flu,” he says, “the vaccine has
made people think they’ve simply
dodged a bullet.”
According to Gayle Mitcham, vice
president at Marsh, statistics clearly
show preparation can help save a
business in such an emergency —
and indeed, many companies today
have crisis management and response
plans in place.
Yet many actual plans are scattershot. “Most companies,” says Ashley,
“simply aren’t organized. They may
have convened committees and held
meetings, but are all over the place
when something actually hits.”
This was first revealed during the
SARS epidemic. “Many companies
were caught off guard and were not
prepared at all,” Ashley says.
According to Mitcham, it seems that
larger companies had done some planning, smaller companies not. “And I’ll
bet,” she continues, “that it probably
remains the same today.”
“They’ve been ignoring the inevitable,” St. Croix says. “It’s not a question of if, but when.”
As far as emergency insurance
coverage goes a company can get
coverage under a business continua-
tion plan, Mitcham explains, but
pandemic planning must be a
specific part of the package. “I would
strongly advise people to be sure of
this,” she declares.
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that, it’s been approved by the Private
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“People want to know how do you
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As Ashley explains, the overriding
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are: What if people start getting sick?
How will things continue to get done?
“Part of the planning process,”
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indisposed workers.”
A
crucial
related
element,
according to Nicoll, is awareness of
potential costs. For example, an operation may have a disability plan that
picks up the cost of sick employees,
as well as allowing payroll to cover
replacement workers.
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Insurance-wise, Mitcham adds that
business interruption insurance may
be obtainable if an operation has to
shut down.
And then there are other concerns
to be considered. Asks Mitcham,
“What about employees who aren’t
sick, but refuse to come into work
because of perceived risk? How do
you deal with the how’s and when’s
with paying employees?”
Such considerations are precisely
smaller operations are concerned,”
Nicoll says, “the WCBs are generally
the industry default for cases of accident and injury; however, if a worker
gets a bug — unless they can prove
they got it while on the job — it falls
under the category of non-occupational illness.”
What are a worker’s options then?
One way of compensating for any
pay loss, Nicoll explains, would be
through a company disability plan;
another would be through collecting
on any employment insurance plan
being paid into.
(As for group benefits, Nicoll
advises that there are some
specialty carriers in the industry,
catering to smaller businesses;
some industry associations may
at times also offer group plans
through a private carrier.)
It’s all in the preparation. What
are you ready for?
Hence one of the
most critical steps
in developing such
a plan is identifying
the critical, essential
and supportive
elements of one’s
human resources.
The questions to
address are: what if
people start getting
sick? How will things
continue to get done?
what AMI’s Pandemic 101TM Business
Toolkit is intended to address. What
can be expected of government and
public health providers? How do
you monitor developments in the
pandemic? What about travel advisories and policies for employees? The
kit provides the relevant links for all of
these. (For more information on AMI’s
Pandemic 101 visit www.pmtc.ca
and look under “Latest News.”)
And what about the matter of
public perception? “If a pandemic
hits,” Mitcham says, “a crisis management team should have a communications plan ready to go — for creditors,
business partners, and of course the
media. Yet she is less sure whether
companies have actually developed
media management strategies.”
Workers also need to be aware of
what will happen to them. “As far as
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Drivetrains
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Easy Belt Roller
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Ryder Canada
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310 E. Elmwood Avenue
Falconer, NY 14733
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[email protected]
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2 County Court Boulevard, Suite 430
Brampton, ON L6W 3W8
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Laval, QC H7P 6G2
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Tel: 800-361-0084
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GTA Trailer Rentals Inc.
36 Cardico Drive
Gormley, ON L0H 1G0
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SAF – Holland Canada
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Tel: 519-537-2366
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Select Trailer Sales Ltd.
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6711 Mississauga Road, Suite 501
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2100 Derry Road West, Suite 410
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2100 Derry Road West #410
Mississauga, ON L5N 0B3
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Archer Truck Services
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Canadian Trucking
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Flexi-Van Canada Ltd. .................... 34
www.flexi-van.com
GTA Trailer
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Location Brossard Inc.
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Mack Trucks
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Michelin Canada
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PACCAR of Canada Ltd.
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PeopleNet ...............32-33
www.peoplenetonline.com
Huron Services
Group Ltd. ..........Outside Back Cover
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