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CVI, Registration & Docs for Trailers/Chassis in B.C. (2025 Checklist)

If your fleet runs trailers and intermodal chassis in B.C., staying buttoned-up on inspections and paperwork isn’t optional—it’s the difference between clean turns and costly downtime at a scale or...

Peak-Season Survival for Port of Vancouver Drayage Fleets

How to keep turns up when vessels bunch, gates fill, and rail cutoffs loom. Peak season around the Port of Vancouver is a game of minutes: a vessel arrives early, a rail window tightens, and a...

Tri-Axle vs. Tandem Chassis: When the Third Axle Pays for Itself

Tri-axle chassis spread weight across three axles, giving you more legal payload headroom, less risk of roadside re-work, and smoother turns on heavy 40s — especially in the Lower Mainland dray lanes...

Dry Van Leasing in B.C. (2025 Playbook): Specs, CVI, and Seasonality

If you’re running freight across the Lower Mainland, Fraser Valley, or up through the Coquihalla, a smart dry-van leasing plan can make the difference between smooth peak-season turns and costly...

We Remember: September 11

A message from Mainland Truck and Trailer Sales & Leasing September 11, 2001 changed the course of history. Twenty-four years later, the images of that morning remain vivid: lives cut short...

Lease-to-Own Chassis in 2025: The Smart Middle Path Between Cash Flexibility and Fleet Control

Cash, control, and risk—those three variables decide whether a chassis strategy actually makes money in 2025. Buy everything and you’ll tie up capital. Rent everything and you’ll pay a premium for...

Tariff-Proof Cross-Border Drayage in 2025: Why Renting Canadian-Made Chassis Is the Smartest Move You Can Make

If your containers touch U.S. lanes in 2025, “origin risk” is now a line item—right beside fuel and insurance. The tariff environment for container chassis did not fade with the pandemic. In fact, it...

Rental Chassis = Your 2025 Competitive Edge on Canada’s West Coast

If your boxes touch Vancouver or Prince Rupert in 2025, you don’t just need more chassis—you need the right chassis strategy. Freight is recovering, railroads are investing, and the Port of...

Mainland Truck and Trailer Sales & Leasing: 2025 Market Outlook and Why Canadian-Made Chassis Win Right Now

Western Canada’s freight economy is pivoting—again. After two years of stop-start normalization, the Port of Vancouver just posted an 11% rebound to ~3.5M TEU in 2024, marking a return toward...