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Choosing your first trailer: dry van, reefer, flat deck or step deck
Dry van, reefer, flat deck or step deck: what each one hauls, the BC rules that shape it, and a quick helper to choose your first trailer.
10 min readReviewed Oct 5, 2026
Tariffs on trucks, trailers and chassis between Canada and the US
Which duties and surtaxes apply to trucks, trailers, chassis and parts crossing the Canada–US border as of October 5, 2026, with the…
16 min readReviewed Oct 5, 2026
How to read a used truck spec sheet, line by line
What each line on a used truck’s spec sheet tells you, from the VIN and engine to axle ratio and weights, and…
11 min readReviewed Oct 5, 2026
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Your first truck: for first-time owner-operators
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Running port drayage: for drayage carriers and fleets
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Buying used: for buyers of used trucks and trailers
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Renting a chassis: for carriers who rent or lease chassis
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Choosing your first trailer: dry van, reefer, flat deck or step deck
Dry van, reefer, flat deck or step deck: what each one hauls, the BC rules that shape it, and a quick helper…
10 min readReviewed Oct 5, 2026
Tariffs on trucks, trailers and chassis between Canada and the US
Which duties and surtaxes apply to trucks, trailers, chassis and parts crossing the Canada–US border as of October 5, 2026, with the…
16 min readReviewed Oct 5, 2026
How to read a used truck spec sheet, line by line
What each line on a used truck’s spec sheet tells you, from the VIN and engine to axle ratio and weights, and…
11 min readReviewed Oct 5, 2026
Driver Inc. enforcement in Canada: what’s changed and what’s next
What Ottawa has done about Driver Inc.: the law, the money, the inspections so far, and what it means for carriers, owner-operators…
8 min readPublished Apr 29, 2026
The used Class 8 market in spring 2026: what the data show
Imports of diesel tractors from the US fell by more than half in early 2026, then climbed back through the spring. What…
5 min readPublished Apr 22, 2026
Truck and trailer maintenance checklist for BC, season by season
Daily, seasonal and yearly checks for trucks, trailers and chassis in BC, tied to the rules that apply, with checklists you can…
11 min readReviewed Oct 5, 2026
EPA 2027: should your next truck be new or used?
Where the EPA 2027 NOx rule stands, what it changes on new trucks, and a way to weigh new against used with…
14 min readReviewed Oct 5, 2026
BC cross-border freight in Q1 2026: what the numbers show
Fewer trucks crossed into BC and road exports to the US fell in the first quarter of 2026. What the official numbers…
5 min readPublished Apr 1, 2026
CVI inspections in BC: who needs one, how often, what’s checked
Who needs a BC commercial vehicle inspection, how often, what the inspector checks, and a checklist to get a truck, trailer or…
12 min readReviewed Oct 5, 2026
Port of Vancouver drayage playbook: access, terminals and peak season
What it takes to dray containers at the Port of Vancouver: the port’s licensing rules, the four container terminals, and a peak-season…
13 min readReviewed Oct 5, 2026
Tridem vs tandem container chassis: when the third axle pays
What BC’s axle-group limits mean for a tandem and a tridem container chassis, which boxes each one takes, and a quick way…
9 min readReviewed Oct 5, 2026
Dry van trailer leasing in BC: specs, CVI and the rules that apply
Rent, lease or lease-to-own a dry van in BC: the spec sheet questions to ask, the size and CVI rules that apply,…
11 min readReviewed Oct 5, 2026
Lease-to-own container chassis: how it works and when it pays
How lease-to-own works on a container chassis, what to check in the written offer, and a break-even worksheet that runs on your…
11 min readReviewed Oct 5, 2026
Electric and hybrid trucks in BC: a reality check
What’s real for electric and hybrid trucks in BC today: the rebates that are open and closed, charging, weight and range, and…
11 min readReviewed Oct 5, 2026
How to buy a used semi truck in BC, step by step
The steps from shortlist to plates: the spec, the inspection, a lien search, PST and the ICBC transfer, insurance, the CVI and…
10 min readReviewed Oct 5, 2026
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Driver Inc. enforcement in Canada: what’s changed and what’s next
What Ottawa has done about Driver Inc.: the law, the money, the inspections so far, and what it means for carriers, owner-operators and drivers…
The used Class 8 market in spring 2026: what the data show
Imports of diesel tractors from the US fell by more than half in early 2026, then climbed back through the spring. What public data…
BC cross-border freight in Q1 2026: what the numbers show
Fewer trucks crossed into BC and road exports to the US fell in the first quarter of 2026. What the official numbers show, and…
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