The Infrastructure Health and Safety Association has created a new a new Safe Work Practices for the Aggregates Industry. This manual, based on resources from the former Mines and Aggregates Safety and Health Association, provides workers in the aggregates industry…
Rocky Mountain Equipment, Kenworth leadership changes
Billion-dollar Phase 1 extension will be complete this year
Blackbird Infrastructure Group will design, build, finance and maintain the Highway 407 East Phase 2 project, Infrastructure Ontario announced this morning. The Blackbird Infrastructure Group has been selected as the preferred bidder and final financial details are still to be…
The B.C. Road Builders and Heavy Construction Association has elected its Board of Directors for 2015 including new Chair, John Ryan of the Nechako Group of Companies. “It is exciting to serve on the board of directors of the B.C.…
John Deere supplier moves to state-of-the-art building
Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers sold $4.2 billion worth of equipment through 349 unreserved auctions and its online equipment marketplace during 2014. This is a new annual record for Ritchie Bros., and represents a 10.5 per cent increase in gross auction proceeds…
IronPlanet, the online marketplace for buying and selling used heavy equipment and trucks, and Associated Auction Services, an alliance of Caterpillar and several of its independent Cat dealers, that operates under the name of Cat Auction Services, have signed an…
It’s getting to be a whole new world for full-size pickup trucks. Last year, almost every pickup manufacturer introduced newly redesigned or refreshed models, and the changeover continues for the 2015 models now on the market. With full-size pickups generally…
The Cement Association of Canada (CAC) supports the Ontario government’s renewed commitment to develop new alternative fuel rules by the end of the year to help large scale energy industries reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The commitment is part of Ontario…
Ledcor Group of Companies now boasts one of Canada’s largest fleets of compressed natural gas (CNG) vehicles. G.W. Anglin Manufacturing converted more than 200 of Ledcor’s vehicles – 2014 and 2015 Ford Transit Connect cargo vans – to incorporate CNG fuel systems…
In our latest heavy equipment roundup, we took an in-depth look at some of the most recent options to hit the vocational truck market. With each new model designed for North American users, manufacturers are consistently aiming to strike the…
The Pacific Heavy Equipment Show – British Columbia’s big iron showcase – took place from September 19 to 20 at TRADEX in Abbotsford, and for the first time ever it was co-located with TRUXPO, Western Canada’s largest commercial trucking show.…
Terex Trucks has appointed Strongco Corp. as distributor of its rigid haulers in Ontario, Quebec and Atlantic Canada. Through the agreement Strongco has distribution rights to five models of Terex Trucks’ rigid haulers with designs and payloads ranging from 32…
When Canadian contractors are spending big bucks on construction equipment—that bodes well for the economic strength of the industry. Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers sold more than $143 million of trucks and heavy equipment in Edmonton, AB on April 23 – 25,…
Kenworth de Mont-Laurier has opened a new parts and service location in Mont-Laurier, Que., a rural area about 240 km northwest of Montreal. The dealership is located in an 18,700-sq-ft. facility at 2076, Boulevard Albiny Paquette. The facility is situated…
What’s new in 2014 and 2015 full-size pickup trucks?
Fuel economy, safety, size, comfort, weight, durability, strength and durability: Today’s trucks have it all
Greater fueling infrastructure and increased strength make natural gas-powered vocational trucks a viable option for Canadian operators
STOCKHOLM—In February, Volvo Trucks launched Dynamic Steering, a new steering technology that makes even a heavily laden truck light and easy to manoeuvre. To prove its claims that a driver can steer the vehicle with but a single finger on…
