Canadian Trucking Magazine June 2013

Dave brings 40 years of valuable and interestingexperience in transportation, management, safety,business and compliance. Dave has driven in everycondition across North America and overseas asmilitary, policeman,company driver to an owner op-erator to transportation management. Now Pub-lisher Editor of Canadian Trucking Magazinebringing you articles and entertainment in print andon the web. Join Dave on Face Book for real timeupdates. Meet Dave at the Truck Shows.

What an awesome startJune has been for Transport!

June 8th Glen and Iheaded to Lloydminster Ab forTony’s Convoy for Hope with 51trucks screaming down Hwy 16!

When I say screaming Imean low speeds but hornsgoIng and music rocking!

If you have never takenpart in a Convoy, boy are youmissing out. If you don’t have atruck you can be there and do-nate and take part and feel theexcitement.

Page 10 have a few picsbut in the expanded web editionon the web site is every truckand more.

This September is theConvoy in Winnipeg Mb or a Cityclose to you, make sure to checkout the CTM FB page and findone to sponsor and go to.

At the CTM TRUCK ~BIKE ~ MUSCLE CAR ~ SHOWin Headingley MB August 4th,will be a sign up table for theManitoba Convoy.

Convoy for a Cure inEdmonton AB is always a greatone and we will keep youposted.

June also found us atthe 2013 Manitoba ProfessionalTruck Driving Championship.

What a great day andevent thanks to efforts of acommittee of volunteers work-ing year round to make thishappen.

Then the companies,sponsors and volunteers thatshow up to put legs on it.

Most the competitorsthat go through a nationalcourse challenging thier driv-ing skills in every way,,,,,,,,,,,,,

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Mark August 4th 2013 ~ Headingley MB ~ CTM TRUCK~BIKE~MUSCLE CAR~SHOW

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The hardest thing for meis watching Howard McAfee andKen Wiebe and wanting to cheerfor both!

I have know both for yearsand they take turns back and forthbeing the Grand Champion of theevent. Never can tell till the dinnerwho has it this year.

Howard took it this year asGrand champion pictured here withhis awesome better halfTeressa.What an arm full of tro-phies as both Howard and Ken al-ways top thier own class as well!More on them on Page 43.

In the center of the maga-zine is the Pet Page and a specialpicture of my friend Lyle and hisawesome Daughter Leah.

Pictured beside us is theentire family.

Trucking has always beendeep family based I think morethan any other job out there. Allthose old trucking songs and newones are always about family. Mostof us, that is why we are out thereputting our kids through school.

That’s what Lyle did, hedrove, he warehoused,he brokeredat the same time as raising a familywith values, love and a father theyreally could look up too. That iswhy they fill a page of CTM as I ama better man for meeting Lyle.

Another important notehere, is to remember it is Gradseason and these kids havemore on thier minds then safetyof a motor vehicle.So let’s watchout for them and do the defen-sive driving we truckers are fa-mous for and make sure thiermistake in a vehicle is not an un-happy outcome.

Now speaking of the PetPage, it is awesome!

Rowan and Doog cruiseon the motorcycle and you cansee Doog just loves it. Had to putthat into the June Edition.

Hope to see Rowan andDoog out at the CTMTRUCK~BIKE~MUSCLE CAR~SHOW, as we expect a good turnout of bikes.

Please be sure to showup with your trucks, 2 wheels and4 wheels if you are in Winnipegon the August long week-end.

We will be set up rightacrosss from the HeadingleyScale at the RoadHouse.

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Lucky us, not only didwe get to see Carson Ruud pic-tured on page 10, but also hisgreat Mom, Val the truckers Palat the Dog in Regina.

If you have never droppedin there on an evening and seenher service, you are missing whata lot of hosts at the Dogs do for us.Make us feel welcome and athome away from home.

I don’t spend as much timeon the road as I use to, but still gocoast to coast, north and south, tohave a first hand look at where ourindustry is at all times.

I appreciate when you takethe time to come up and give youropinions, good or bad, it builds ourmagazine here made for you thereader.

That is why CTM tries tomake all the important eventsacrosss Canada, because if youare there, we want to be there.

I meet great people likeAmanda from One Insurance whostepped up to contribute bottles ofwater for the Truck Driving Cham-pionships, picture to the right here.

In the crossword puzzlesis always people from the truckstops, I usually don’t label wherethey are from as I like to ask driverson the road if they know.

Did anyone notice the logofor the Road King Crome Shop onPage 3 bottom corner?

Steve there is awesome,just starting out but can get youanything you want and at a com-petitive price without a big over-head to charge back on yourpurchases.

Next time you are throughCowtown, stop at the Road King,tell Steve you read about him andsee what he can order you.

Good thing about truckingyou are in and out of places all thetime, so why not get your truckneeds at a price good for you.

Well run out of room againand lots left to say, so flag me downat your next stop you see me andlet’s chat!

Hope you can make it outon the 4th, good times and greatprizes, and free for all.

Always remember, Iwould rather hear from you, thanabout you!Happy Trails....... Dave

Val the Truckers Pal, Dog Regina

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Truck DriverJ a m e sP o s t l e t h -waite, a 30-year truckerwith no crimi-nal record,from NorthVan cou ve r

was convicted of smuggling pot for theHell’s Angels; he now faces 12 years inprison.

His arrest was in Idaho inMarch of 2012 and he has been in cus-tody ever since then.

In May 2013 he received hissentencing, the U.S. District JudgeJohn C. Coughenour said Postleth-waite "understood the size and scopeof the conspiracy," and was responsi-ble for smuggling vast quantities ofmarijuana into the United States, aswell as smuggling cocaine intoCanada. "Cocaine has had a devastat-ing impact on the streets of Vancou-ver," and the defendant's actionscontributed directly to that problem,

Coughenour said. After inves-tigation into this drug trafficking ring,which began back in May 2010, theU.S. Attorney said "the marijuana wasobtained from Trevor Jones, a con-firmed associate of the Hells AngelsWhite Rock chapter, and smuggledacross the Canadian border by variousmeans.

Using court authorizedwiretaps, investigators with U.S.Drug Enforcement Administrationand Homeland Security they weretransporting and distributing up to2,000 pounds of marijuana and up to200 kilograms of cocaine everymonth. "Cash obtained from thesale of the marijuana was trans-ferred to Southern California, whereit was used to purchase largeamounts of cocaine to be smuggledinto Canada through the UnitedStates.

Trevor Jones was the ulti-mate customer for that cocaine," thereport said. Jones’ twin brotherRandy is a full-patch White RockHells Angels.

Postlethwaite’s truck had ahidden compartment, which allowedhim to transport as many as 95 loadsof drugs across the border. Duringthis investigation more than $2 mil-lion is cash and 136 kilograms of co-caine were seized.

Truck driver VictorOrozco, 38, of Grandview, Wash-ington, was indicted first week ofMay 2013 on charges of posses-sion with intent to sell 6 pounds ofheroin and 26 pounds metham-phetamine that was found in histractor-trailer hauling watermel-ons.

He had the drugs wrappedin plastic in a duffel bag in his sleep-ing compartment; he now faces 10years to life in prison and up to a $10million fine.

Truck driver Paul AnthonySimmons, 45, was arrested forpossession of 3.9 tons of mari-juana after being pulled over on aroutine traffic stop in Texas.

The marijuana worth $3.4million was found in his tanker truck,it filled nearly the entire tanker, he isbeing held on $1 million bail.

Cargo van in early May,2013, during a traffic violation stop2,300 pounds of marijuana werediscovered, the van’s two occu-pants were arrested as well as athird person involved at a ware-house.

Drug trafficking chargesare currently pending against allthree suspects as the investigationcontinues.

Prison By: Dawn Truell ~ CBS ~

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Truck driver James BrucePyron Jr., hauling a load of pickles fromMcAllen to North Carolina was caughtat the Falfurrias Border checkpoint withover 1,000 pounds of marijuana in histractor-trailer.

When agents no-ticed a major gap in be-tween the time he wentto pick up the produce atMcAllen to the check-point they pulled himover; a drug smugglingdog alerted the agents tothe back of the trailer.Pyron insisted the com-pany had put the bolt

seal on the back of the trailer, afterquestioning the company they said thatthey do not put locked seals on theirtrailers

. Pyron later admitted toknowing that he was carrying the drugsand was going to be paid $7,000 totransport them to Houston before deliv-ering the produce in North Carolina.

Pyron said at theMcAllen/Pharr area a man met withhim to give him the trailer and directedhim where to go. Pyron was taken tothe Coastal Bend Detention Centre inRobstown for judicial proceedings.

An investigation that beganin June 2012 which targeted the ac-tivity of a gang known as the Dixon

Bloods involving mur-der, drug traffickingand gun smugglingwith connections asfar west as Albertafrom Ontario endedwith a series of predawn raids on June13, 2013.

From the Dixon road in the GTA toWindsor around 5 a.m. 39 high-risk police raids involving 42 tacti-cal teams from 17 agencies endedin 19 arrests in Toronto, 9 arrestsin Windsor, 19 warrants issued, 40firearms seized, $3 million in nar-cotics seized and more than$572,000 in cash was seized.

On another note, the U.S.A.is going through a lot of significant is-sues including as we all know, the re-cent terrorism attack in Boston,Massachusetts, therefore all borderssouthbound will be much more care-ful and time consuming with their in-spection procedures so be warnedand allow for the extra time.Dawn Truell, President,Cross Border Serviceswww.c-tpat-certified.comwww.crossborderservices.org905-973-9136.

Note from Dave!If you see suspicious activ-

ity,persons asking you for a rideacross the border in your truck, aloose lipped driver talking aboutsmuggling loads of weapons ordrugs, do us all a favour and contactauthorities. Try to get as much infor-mation as possible without becominginvolved and shut these bad guysdown!CALL BORDER WATCH1.888.502.9060

for drug smuggling, is the money ‘really’ worth it?

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TONY’S 4th AnnualCONVOY FOR HOPEin Lloydminster ABwas a big successwith 51 trucks! Seethe videos on theCTM FB page and fullcoverage of everytruck in the ExpandedWeb Edition of CTM!Family, what trucking is all about, isn’t it!

So good to see Carson Ruud there!Here comes Tony’s Convoy for Hope!

Finish Line from above!

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Tell them CTM sent you!

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Jimmie Johnson, driver of the #48 Lowe's Patriotic Chevrolet, spins out after anincident the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte MotorSpeedway on May 26, 2013 in Concord, North Carolina.

Scott Steckly won the pole position for the EMCO 200 , Saturday,Canadian Tire Series At Delaware June 15th

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Do you love NASCAR!Catch more on the CTM WEBExpanded Edition availible @the CTM Web Page & FB Page

MAY 30: Five-Time NASCAR Sprint Cup Series champion Jimmie Joh distribute supplies to victims of the May 19-20 tornados. Johnson was NASCAR President Mike Helton. The visit was in conjunction with Joh

hnson visited tornado-ravaged Moore, Okla., on Thursday to help s accompanied by his wife, Chani, a native of Muskogee, and hnson's sponsor, Lowe's, and the Feed the Children initiative.

Dale Earnhardt Jr., driver of the #88 National Guard/Man of S Sprint Cup Series Quicken Loans 400 at Michigan Internation

Steel Chevrolet, leads a group of cars during the NASCAR nal Speedway on June 16, 2013 in Brooklyn, Michigan.

Kevin Harvick, driver of the #29 Budweiser Folds of Honor C NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Moto (Photo by Streeter Lecka/Getty Images)

hevrolet, celebrates with a burnout after winning the or Speedway on May 26, 2013 in Concord, North Carolina.

Trevor Bayne, driver of the #6 Ford EcoBoost Ford, celebrat 250 at Iowa Speedway on June 9, 2013 in Newton, Iowa.

es winning the NASCAR Nationwide Series DuPont Pioneer

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Over the past fewyears, Snortn’ Boarowner -ope ra to rMarc Springer hashauled some of themost head-turningloads found onuShip.com. Andsince he’s startedappearing on

A&E’s Shipping Wars last year, hisloads have only gotten more diverse –some really challenging, some superheavy and some just plain cool. He re-cently sat down with CTM to look backon his top 10 coolest shipments of2012.

Evel Knievel TruckWhen I was a kid, I thought

Evil Knievel was the coolest. His death-defying feats made himmy one of my favorites,a legend, bigger thanElvis. When Evil’s1974 original showtruck and trailer cameup for bid on uShip, Iwanted to haul it at all

costs. At 70-feet plus and 9-tons, andfull of nostalgia, I was like a little kidwhile hauling this load.

Monster TruckKnowing me is to know my

love of cool trucks. So, when a 1996Chevy Monster Truck headed to Mud-

Fest in Louisiana cameup for bid on an episodeof Shipping Wars, nothinggot in my way. This$50,000-$60,000 vehiclerequired a few permits toget it from state to state,

but once I had a chance to take a ride,it was well worth the trip. And no, lettingair out of the tires would NOT havehelped! Watch it again and tell me whynot! Dare ya!

Spire of FireThis load was 7,000 lbs of

fire-breathing, steel-framed sculptureheaded to a gigantic RAVE in NewJersey at Metlife Stadium. The ship-ment wasn’t without itsproblems, but as youmay have seen on theShipping Wars episode,I got it there on time.The coolest part wasbeing able to fire upthese five stories offlame. The builder andhis crew were great guys – all fire-fighters.

Hand of ManNothing makes me happier than anorganization that wants to crush can-cer – and when they needed me tohaul their robotic hydraulic Hand ofMan kinetic structure in theprocess, all the better. Thisbad boy could lift and crushcars, all in the name of raisingmoney for cancer research.While I had some truck is-sues, I still got it delivered toLos Angeles.

Sheepsfoot RollersWhile this load wasn’t the sexiest, itwas certainly one of the heaviest.Had to have Ritchie Bros. keep oneof them and make a second trip withanother set for the same buyer.These sheepsfoot packer rollers,each weighing 12,000 lbs, travel be-hind bulldozers when constructingroads. The best part of this load wasgetting into the Canadian Rockies,near Grand Prairie, AB.

Head-turning loads found on uShip.com.

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1927 CabooseI love nostalgia as much as I

do a challenge – and this 1927 woodcaboose had both. This thing had nowheels, weighed 30,000 lbs. and was42-feet in length – and frankly, wasfalling apart. I ended up taking the topoff to meet height requirements for the2,000 mile trip to Utah. At the end ofthe day, this was a real pain in my ca-boose.

Munson BoatOne of the coolest water craft

on the market is made by The WilliamE. Munson Company just north ofSeattle. On an episode of ShippingWars, I hauled one of these weldedaluminum boats. These high-speedlanding craft are top of the line, with aprice tag of $150,000. And this was asmall one! The kicker on this load hap-pened on delivery: the new owner wasjust 17.

Gyro CopterIn itself, this gyro copter flying machineis a pretty cool load. But what madethis particularly momentous was that itwas the first thing I loaded on my newLandoll Trailer in Kansas. In fact, I gotso excited about the trailer, I com-pletely forgot to load the rotor blades ofthe copter. Fortunately, Landoll calledme before I was too far down the road.

Two Army TanksI landed two army tanks, the coolest ofwhich was a 1988 British ScorpionLight Reconnaissance tank, often usedin films. While these were fun loads,they were also heavy and did not run,requiring me to hire a crane to safelyget them on my trailer. I also learned afew things about taking my rig backingthrough some round-a-bout in a smallPennsylvania town. Not at all designedfor truck traffic!! What a day!

All the Best and be Safeand profitable out there!

Marc SpringerOwner / OperatorSnortn’ Boar TransportProviding Quality Transporta-tionThroughout the US andCanada

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For over 30years, I haveheard driversspeak of thefreedom of theroad and driverslikened to the

old time cowboy. Asking one ofthose drivers to tell me what he/shewas talking about, I would hear, “itis about working in the wide openspaces” or “I don’t have anyonelooking over my shoulder.” I didn’tthink too much about it, but neverfully understood what they meant.

Recently while working outmy two-week notice, I got talking to adriver for a company I was interestedin. When he asked me why I was leav-ing the company I was with, I told him Ididn’t like being micromanaged. I wasan experienced driver and didn’t needdispatch holding my hand, and I justwanted to be told where to pick up theload, where and when to deliver it, andthen be left alone to do my job. He gota phone call and I had an epiphany, Ifinally understood. The concept of free-dom of the road means different thingsto different people depending on whenthey started trucking.

"Liberty is not merely aprivilege to be conferred; it is a habitto be acquired." - David Lloyd George

To a driver whostarted in the industryin the last 15 years orso, freedom of theroad means living withsatellite communica-tions, no daily phone

call to dispatch and even on boardcomputers that tell the driver whenhe/she needs to stop for the day. Thecomputer monitors their speed, their lo-cation, gives them their dispatch,routes them and tells them where tofuel and how many gallons to put on.

To these drivers, freedomof the road is freedom from having toreally think about the run or do muchmore than get the load picked up anddelivered safely and on time.

O l dhand drivershave a very dif-ferent conceptof freedom ofthe road, andyes, some likeme don’t reallyu n d e r s t a n dthat freedomuntil we lose it.Our freedom of the road consisted ofbeing told where to pick up a load,where to take it and what time to bethere, and then left alone other thana daily check call to dispatch andperhaps the broker. We were treatedlike professionals who knew how toroute ourselves, figure out for our-selves where to stop to fuel withinthe company policies, when weneeded to stop to take a nap, and wegot the job done without being con-stantly monitored.

Understandingthe differences betweenthe different concepts offreedom of the roadhelped me to under-stand why old timetruckers have beenlikened to the old timecowboy. The old time cowboy wastold by his boss to go check fence orround up cattle, and then he went outand did it without being checked onto see if he actually did the job. Thecowboy’s boss just knew he woulddo the job and do it well; it was apoint of cowboy honor. They didn’thave to be monitored constantly justlike truckers didn’t used to be moni-tored; it was a point of trucker‘shonor.

Freedom of the Road ~ By Sandy Long

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Is there one freedom of theroad concept better than the other con-cept? Perhaps not, but it depends onyour perspective. To me, with my moreliberal concept of freedom of the road,trying to adapt into a company whomonitors their drivers constantly makesme feel smothered and off balance,while to a newer driver they would feelprotected and free.

“When an American saysthat he loves his country, he meansnot only that he loves the New Eng-land hills, the prairies glistening inthe sun, the wide and rising plains,the great mountains, and the sea. Hemeans that he loves an inner air, aninner light in which freedom livesand in which a man can draw abreath of self-respect.” -AdlaiStevenson

F r eedomof the road ishow one per-ceives one’sself and howone looks atlife. To me, free-dom of the roadis how I do myjob to the bestof my abilitywithout total su-pervision, andin that lays my

self-respect and my downfall. With theepiphany came the realization that I donot fit easily into the new concept offreedom of the road the newer drivershave and the companies now define. Intrying to do so, I lost my inner lightwhere freedom lives, my self-respectand my joy in trucking became dim.

Guard your concept of free-dom of the road; revel in it, enjoy it,love it, never let it go. It is who youare and what you do. It is the foun-dation of your career as a driver anda person; it is why you drive truck.

“Free people, rememberthis maxim: We may acquire lib-erty, but it is never recovered if itis once lost." - Jean Jacques Rousseau

Ya’ll be safe out there!Sandy Long is a long time

truck driver who is also very ac-tive within the trucking industry.She is a freelance writer for lay-over.com, a life member of OOIDA,member of the WIT and owner oftwo websites: Trailer Truckin’Tech, a yahoo group dedicated tothe education of new andprospective truck drivers andwww.satinandsteelsisterhood.com for women in non traditionaljobs. Sandy welcomes commentsat [email protected]

Do not cuss a truckeror a farmer with your mouthfull!

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Thank-you Mark for the great photographs from Ian Smart Photography!

Manitoba 2013 Professional Truck Driver Awards!

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Editors Note; A bighank-you to the MTAand all the sponsors &volunteers that makeshis such a great eventeach year! Most of allhanks to the competi-ors that come out andgive the course a try. Itmakes it a great day forall involved. Hope tosee you next year!

On June 8, Robert “Bob” Kellyof Surrey received the 2013 B.C. Pro-fessional Driver of the Year award atthe B.C. Trucking Association’s(BCTA’s) Annual Management Confer-ence in Kelowna.

Kelly was recognized for an ex-emplary record for safe driving and pro-fessionalism over 25 years with hiscurrent employer, Berry and Smith Truck-ing Ltd., as well as his record previouslyas owner of Kelly Towing in Hope.

Volvo Trucks Canada andBCTA sponsor the provincial driver ofthe year award annually to recognizeand promote safe driving among pro-fessional drivers. Terry Warkentin ofVolvo Trucks Canada presented thisyear's award

In addition to excellent drivingrecords, award winners have often distin-guished themselves through service totheir communities and acts of bravery.

Born in 1945, Kelly first went towork at the Douglas Lake cattle ranch in1963, joined the army from 1964-1967,then graduated from the B.C. VocationalSchool (the predecessor to the B.C. Insti-tute of Technology) in 1967. He appren-ticed and worked as a machinist,electrician, and logging camp cook beforestarting a career in towing in 1969, includ-ing heavy towing from 1973-1987.

After opening his company,Kelly Towing, in Hope, he won awardsfor towing in Canada and the U.S. andreceived citations and plaques fromthe RCMP, BCAA and ICBC for his serv-ice to the community and involvementin teams.

Kelly tackled complex and diffi-cult work in towing, adding kindness to theservices he offered; he was known forinviting stranded clients to stay in hishome while he fixed their vehicles.

Kelly began driving for Berry andSmith Trucking as an owner-operator in1987. In 2011, he became a companydriver. He has taught a number of peopleto drive trucks, including his daughter,Tammi, who now also works with Berryand Smith.

Kelly enjoys helping other driv-ers with issues and information, includ-ing about transportation of dangerousgoods – and even with directions. Kellyis also a well-known source for the bestsights to see and places for Cajun foodfrom Vancouver to Louisiana.

Kelly married Karen in 1966, andthey began fostering children in 1967. Todate, they have provided foster parent carefor more than 100 children. In addition toTammi, Bob and Karen have a 13-year-olddaughter, Stefani.

With Berry and Smith, Kelly hasreceived numerous safe driving awards, themost recent in 2012. According to the com-pany, Kelly is the consummate professionaldriver, with his strong work ethic, customerservice, commitment to safety and mainte-nance, and positive attitude; he has beenan outstanding representative for the com-pany and the industry during his career.

“Bob always has a smile on hisface and a willingness to go above andbeyond to help others.

If he doesn’t have an answer to aquestion, he’ll find it for you," said MattBerry, Berry and Smith president.

"Bob’s motto is that if you aregoing to do a job, it should be done rightand to the best of your ability."

Great Job Bob from Cana-dian trucking Magazine and our80,000+ readers a month!

You are truly an inspirationto all of us in transportation.

From left: Matt Berry, president of Berry andSmith Trucking Ltd., Karen and Bob Kelly, andTerry Warkentin, of Volvo Trucks Canada.

Robert “Bob” Kelly is Driverof the Year 2013 B.C.

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