Posts tagged with family-run business values

  • 16
  • Jan2023

Looking Back at the Freedom Convoy Protest

Looking Back at the Freedom Convoy Protest

Freedom Convoy Perspective, One Year Later The Freedom Convoy was chosen by multiple Canadian news agencies as 2022’s ‘New Story/Newsmaker of the Year.’  This distinction is justly deserved. Our neighbor to the south has a deep history of memorable events that captured the world’s stage and held its attention. By comparison, Canada has a relatively […]

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  • 13
  • Sep2022

Inflation can be a good thing

Inflation can be a good thing

With all costs to operate a trucking company going up, it’s a good thing that Air is still relatively free.  When it comes to commercial transportation, it’s the air inside the tires that supports the load being carried.  Tire inflation is one of the most important and often overlooked maintenance items.  It’s estimated that 95% […]

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  • 27
  • May2022

Relief for Rising Diesel Prices?

Relief for Rising Diesel Prices?

If transportation companies didn’t have enough operating challenges with supply chain disruptions, driver shortages and tight equipment availability, now it’s rising prices at the pumps.  Gasoline prices have risen consistently since the middle of 2020 when the economy began the initial recovery after pandemic lockdowns.  The cost of diesel has nearly doubled since last year […]

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  • 04
  • Sep2020

Medium-Duty Trucks Need Heavy-Duty TLC

Medium-Duty Trucks Need Heavy-Duty TLC

People call K.I.D. Truck & Trailer Service in Oakville, Ontario to enquire curiously if we work on medium-duty trucks.  In our nearly four decades in business, we’ve serviced every make and model of diesel engine equipment, literally.  It seems like a good time to review our commitment to this class of vehicles and explain why […]

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  • 23
  • Jul2020

A Reputation for Good Value is a Certainty

A Reputation for Good Value is a Certainty

Given our current circumstances, there’s an intense focus on making every dollar go further and every purchase count. We’ve come to equate a low price with good value and there is often waste in this equation. It reminds me of a time when I met a Maintenance Manager for the first time. He kept repeating […]

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  • 23
  • Mar2020

Keep Calm and Carry on With Humanity

Keep Calm and Carry on With Humanity

I had another blog in mind for this month, although with the focus on the novel Coronavirus, it seems tone deaf to pretend we can carry on as we would normally. We’re living through interesting times to say the least. The stock market has plunged more than at any other time in history, the Saudis […]

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