Well, it's that time of year again. One that's supposed to bring me much joy but also much sadness. As I've written in other articles, Christmas has not been the same since my mom passed away. We do not have a large fami....

I intended to write part 2 of my last article about being a paid tourist until my Christmas party. While ‘tis the season for merriment and joy, others and I descended into a conversation regarding friends we had lost a....

Every country in the world has laws. Canada is no different, we have our laws and they are for the well-being of not only ourselves but those around us. In the trucking industry we have laws to govern the way we do b....

I’d not had my class licence for long, and the ink was hardly dry when I got a job with a real trucking company. It was a big change from running about the streets in a three-ton van delivering parcels people had order....

I’m a paid tourist. That’s what I tell people when they ask what I do for a living. I travel around North America and get paid to do it. The scenery is never the same, and neither is the weather. Invariably th....

Dad and I had just delivered some high-tech equipment to the Vancouver docks and slipped it into Sea cans for shipment to somewhere on the other side of the world. We had hauled them in two 40-foot reefer vans so ....

With a heavy heart, I tell you that our friend and associate writer, Ed Murdoch, has passed away. For almost 14 years, Ed entertained us with stories about his life on the road.  Ed was well-educated and took great ....

The company that I worked for in Saskatoon had built a winch truck that was one of a kind. They took a cab over Kenworth with a V8 Cat, then mounted a 5-speed main, a 4-speed auxiliary and a three-speed Browning box. The....

I was in Toronto unloading on a Friday, and after I got unloaded (at about 1 p.m.), I decided to drop in on my old friends at Dillon. They had a system that on Fridays, they started a bit early and would shut down at 2 p....

When you’re a young, fit trucker, you never think about growing old and the problems old age will bring. All the old truckers warned you about jumping off trailers and loading docks, “Your knees will give out if ....