Anyone running in Canada.

Finally some actual Journalism in the Canadian Trucking media. Good on Rolf.

I always liked getting pulled into the Colorado POE. Right there on the door under the Great Seal of the State of Colorado....

"Department of Revenue"

Up front and honest.

 

20% heck shouldnt be hard when 30 to 40% trucks you see on ontario roads have visible problems but never go through but around scales maybe if they patrolled roads near scales they could quit nitpicking honest drivers

 

Where do you get your facts? I have to say, 30 to 40% seems like a stab in the dark. I wouldn't say trucks in Ontario are in any worse shape than any other jurisdiction. When I ran the southern U.S., I thought there were a high number of trucks that looked "shady", but that is only my opinion, not fact.

 

They've been patrolling roads around scales since long before you (or I) were born. I suspect a great amount of your Ontario experience would include Hwy 11. The simple solution would be to ban the biggest perps. For example, some (but not all) of Trans-X', Bison, H&R's lesser qualified steering wheel holders, as well as almost everyone with either Brampton ON or Surrey BC as their domicile. That would help out. A lot.

As to PB's link, I'm not surprised in the least, considering that the FIBerals have turned Ontario into a have-not province. And hey, they have to try and recoup the 600+ million they lost in the gas plant coverup, and maybe they can address the white elephant known as Hydro One when they're at it too.

Major Kudos to Rolf for exposing this. You'd never see this in the other rag, Discount Dan and Diamond Dave's OTA Truck News, or Truck News for short.

 

??? By driver "shortage" Are you suggesting that this article is being deceptive? Not that I would be surprised at all but I'm considering OTR/long haul as a career change. I keep coming across mixed signals here as to whether driving truck for a living is a solid career choice or not. I don't want to get myself into a situation where I love what I do but the work isn't there or they pay is bunk.
Thanks so much for your posts, they are very informative (thumbs up!)

 

Did he have to get Challenger's head office on the line to know how to correctly respond to you or was Discount Dan in the audience?

 

LOL...yea
..Id be really interested in his 'on the spot' answer to that also...

 

We had a retirement party a few years back for two guys. My partner retired with 41 years and the other guy had 42 in.