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Repeating As Champs and Mechanical Fitness According to the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alli- Home Hardware Once Again Shines at Ontario Truck Driving Ance (CVSA) September 2016 Volume 36, Issue 9 TRUCK NEWS Canada’s Trucking Newspaper Since 1981 Delivering daily news at trucknews.com Planning ahead Reason for optimism A new middleweight Tanker tips Mullen Group CEO Murray The Top Fleet Employers Detroit has launched its first What to consider when Page 8 Mullen says now is the time program has found carriers medium-duty engine, the buying or leasing a new Page 34 to begin preparing for a Page 10 are upping their human DD5. We took it for a spin. Page 38 tanker trailer and some tips recovery in oil prices. resources game. for maintenance.a ce Roadcheck RETAIL ADVERTISING results PAGES 39-45 revealed New Brunswick has lowest OOS rate while Alberta’s is highest in Canada OTTAWA, ONTARIO Results of Canada’s 2016 Internation- al Roadcheck were recently released and like last year, nearly 82% of com- mercial vehicles inspected in Cana- da passed CVSA’s on-road inspection criteria. The three-day blitz took place June 7-9 across Canada, the US and Mexi- A driver co. In Canada alone, inspections were squeezes carried out at random at 146 sites between across the country. In total this year, barriers with no 1,698 commercial vehicle enforce- room for error. ment officers conducted more than 8,100 Level 1 inspections (the most thorough of the on-road inspections). Results show that 7,736 of the trucks, trailers and passenger carrying ve- hicles were issued new decals to show they met the highest degree of safety Repeating as champs and mechanical fitness according to the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alli- Home Hardware once again shines at Ontario Truck Driving ance (CVSA). In total, 1,480 trucks were placed Championships; Shawn Matheson named grand champ out of service during this year’s Road- check in Canada. Close to half (46%) of those placed out of service were due By James Menzies to brake system defects and brake ad- NAPANEE, ONTARIO Continued on page 14 vanced to the nationals five. “It’s always special,” he said. It is often said in sports that while winning a championship A full field of 46 drivers competed in this year’s provin- Careers: is tough, defending one is even tougher. cial competition. Each had to earn their way in by placing 20, 21, 22, But if the drivers from Home Hardware were feeling some among the top drivers at regional competitions. added pressure coming off a dominant performance at last Other category winners included: Stewart Jutzi, Erb 23, 24, 25, year’s Ontario Truck Driving Championships (OTDC), they Transport, straight truck; Clary Ward, XPO Logistics, sin- 26, 27, 28, weren’t showing it on the course at the Flying J in Napanee gle-single (by a one-point margin over runner-up, rookie 29, 30, 31, July 16. The Home Hardware representatives once again Martin Jacobs of YRC); Bryon Winfield, Home Hardware, made many trips to the front of the room during the awards single-tandem; and Dan Congdon, YRC Reimer, B-train. 32, 33, 34, banquet to collect their trophies and the private fleet will The highest points of the day award was also collected by 35, 36 once again be well represented at this year’s nationals, to be Matheson, while Harpreet Singh of Speedy Transport was hosted in Brantford, Ont. Sept. 16-18. named the top rookie. Grand champion was Home Hardware’s Shawn Mathe- For the first time ever, five drivers tied with perfect scores son, who also won the tandem-tandem category. He nar- in the pre-trip inspection part of the competition. They in- Ad Index: 49 rowly edged out the tandem-tandem runner-up and Home cluded: Rory Holland (Waste Management); Satnam Singh Or go to List Hardware colleague Tom Griffiths. Saini (FedEx Freight); Clary Ward (XPO Logistics); Martin of Advertisers at The grand champion award is given to the driver who Jacobs (YRC Reimer); and Tom Griffiths (Home Hardware). trucknews.com outperformed the average score of the class by the widest Griffiths won the MTO Safety Award, for achieving the margin. Asked if he was surprised to win the award, Mathe- highest combined score in the pre-trip inspection and writ- son said, “It sure did come as a surprise. It’s a great day. ten test categories. Awesome.” Continued on page 27 PM40063170 He has competed in the provincials 10 times and has ad- BECAUSE EVERY DELIVERY COUNTS, RELY ON MICHELIN. ® Arriving on time and meeting delivery deadlines, whatever the weather conditions, is a daily challenge for professional drivers. You can trust the MICHELIN® XDS®2 to get you where you need to go, when you need to get there. © 2016 MNA(C)I. All rights reserved. The “Michelin Man” is a registered trademark licensed by Michelin North America, Inc. (C14032) TRUCK NEWS 3 INSIDE THIS ISSUE 5 Editorial 28 Scott Taylor - Tax Talk 38 Tanker trailers 54 Lou Smyrlis writes that a Manaing GST/HST should Buying considerations and journey of 1,000 miles begins be as easy as ABC. Just not if maintenance tips for tanker with a single step and James you’re paying by cheque. Scott trailers. Menzies welcomes the age of Taylor examines CRA’s push The Last Word touchless maintenance. towards electronic filing and 47 New Products why you should log on. Carrier Transicold gets into the An east coast 6-23 Business telematics game, Petro-Canada Mullen Group says the time 29 Ask the Expert - Safety prepares for new oil launch has come to plan for a recovery, Distracted driving must come and International now offering fleet overcomes trucking is upping its HR game to an end. Here are some tips on predictive cruise. and Quebec is targeting youth how to become more aware of personal for driving jobs. your driving habits and better 48 Guest Column focused on the task at hand. Tandet Group’s Ryan Tilley heartbreak to promotes an OTA program for 25 Mike Millian - Industry 30 Karen Bowen - Health young leaders. prosper. Does the trucking industry It’s corn on the cob season. really have a driver shortage Karen explores why you 49 Maintenance or is it just a perception? Mike shouldn’t let the season pass A Canadian has won Ryder’s offers his perspective. without indulging. top technician program – and $50,000 cash – for the first time. 26 Mark Lee - Opinion 31 Dr. Chris Singh - Health Our intrepid owner-operator Many people are opting for a 51 Bill Cameron - Opinion considers the replacement gluten-free diet. Are there good As owner of a small trucking 50 cycles for this two trucks and reasons to do so or is it just a fad? company, Bill is dusting off begins planning his next move. his resume since he feels large 32 Al Goodhall - Opinion carriers could use his help. 27 Companies must adopt new technologies or lose their competitiveness. So what’s with the push to mandate them? In every issue 39-45 Marketplace 33-37 Equipment Cummins showed off its new 49 Ad Index Mark Dalton in... Driving Championships X15 engine platform, Detroit Ontario’s top truck drivers came out with a medium-duty 52 Newland Transport Goober for hire gathered in Napanee for the engine of its own and Shell is provincial championships. coming to market with new 53 Announcements Some familiar faces won. oils early. TRUCK NEWS September 2016 Volume 36, Issue 9 On the Road ISSN 0712-2683 (Print) ISSN 1923-3523 (Online) Truck News is published monthly by Newcom Business Media Inc. 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