Snapshots of Canadian Trucking

In July 2023, International Truck Stop•1 Minute•By NZ Trucking magazine•August 29, 2023

Friend of New Zealand Trucking and Kiwi truck enthusiast Grant Schofield shares photos of working Canadian trucks taken on a recent trip to British Columbia (‘Eh!’)

Super Bee Transport, heading north up the Trans-Canada Highway towards Cache Creek.

A Kenworth W900L heading east up and over the Coquihalla Highway, made famous in the Canadian documentary TV series Highway Thru Hell. Combinations like this can gross up to 63.5 tonne.

Tony Penil Trucking, grossing over 60 tonnne, near Savona, British Columbia.

Manitoulin Transport is well known across Canada, especially in Alberta, Manitoba, and the northern and eastern states. The company operates tri-drive tractor units fitted with Dromedary boxes for extra freight capacity, and this Freightliner Argosy is a prime example. (We wonder what the rear view is like past that side-mounted intake. – Ed)

Fraser Coast Transport’s Peterbilt 389 almost home from his trip from Abbotsford, BC, to Regina, Saskatchewan, and back. That’s 1656km each way and not even halfway across Canada.

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