Posts tagged with truckpro halton region

  • 14
  • Aug2024

Commercial EV Hype Cycle Ending

Commercial EV Hype Cycle Ending

The past few years, we’ve lived through a number of technology hype cycles. Each one promises miraculous benefits, if one can suspend disbelief and invest in the vision yet to be born. Such as electrification of heavy-duty truck fleets. Trade magazines are filled with sponsored content suggesting that it’s just the right time to buy […]

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  • 06
  • May2024

Safer Industry Long-Term

Safer Industry Long-Term

The ongoing “freight recession” is the worst down cycle in many professionals’ careers and causing companies to cease operations. That’s not necessarily a bad thing. Warren Buffet is famous for the quote, “A rising tide floats all boats…only when the tide goes out do you discover who’s been swimming naked.” A deeper meaning to what […]

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  • 22
  • Mar2023

New Commitment to Skilled Trades

New Commitment to Skilled Trades

The pandemic highlighted the importance of Essential workers in delivering goods, manufacturing necessity products and maintaining public services and infrastructure.  Covid also revealed, with glaring clarity, that we’re facing a severe skilled labour shortage.  It’s happening in every service sector including healthcare and now a lack of qualified pilots just as travel is returning to […]

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  • 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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