I live on the wet coast too. Be careful if you have your own truck. Most of the companies out here are scam outfits. Contract or not, you'll end...
If you've been born in Canada and only know English, then that's why you keep applying and/or send resumes and get no replies. You've been scammed...
It's approximately 5 days from Ontario to BC when running single. Therefore half that time if your wife drives half the miles. Figure in lots of...
Tractor weights range from 18,000 lbs to all the way up to 24,000 lbs or a bit more. Fleet trucks are usually speced light, and Petes and Kennys...
Avoid Vancouver and the Lower Mainland of BC. A Brit that only speaks English would have a helluva hard time getting a gig here. Plus, you'd have...
The GFS in Edmonton is a royal pain in the butt. I refuse to go there again.
I've tried to use the Veddar one before, but sometimes they won't let other trucks than theirs use it. Too bad the CAT scale that used to be...
If you can't afford the high priced virgin XDS2s, then call a shop called Tirecraft in Langley BC. They will be able to give you virgin Michelin...
I used the General Grabber AT2s on my pickup. They eat snow. But my Michelin XDS2s are like driving on dry pavement, no matter what crap is on...
I'd comment here, but because the topic mainly concerns foreigners who run companies and drivers who are foreigners, I would get nuked because...
I usually get smiles and amazement. I speak english.
I have some furry XDS2s on all my drives. The new tire nubs still haven't worn all the way down after a month running the mountains in BC.
The job bank is filled with companies looking for drivers. The government doesn't screen the ads posted there. One quick scan of the daily list of...
There's plenty of BC (Lower Mainland) companies hiring. Check out the government job boards. No experience needed. Team work. Yeah that's right,...
Glad to see that others know how to calculate conversions correctly.
You obviously only know metric. People my age grew up knowing what gallons were and what size they were in comparison to the country next to us....
7.2 imperial gallons is 8.64684 US gallons. You need to learn mathematics.
Imperial But I've been driving semis since 1979.
I have a feeling that the freight out west is being brokered now in a specific group's own network. Most companies are saying there's nothing...
My two cents worth are: Don't. Just Don't. Run away, don't walk.