June 2018 Volume 38, Issue 5
TRUCK NEWS Eastern Canada’s Trucking Newspaper Since 1981
Delivering daily news at trucknews.com
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We salute you
Focus on maintenance
Fuel-sippers
Oil’s well with CK-4
Women in the trucking industry take center stage at Truck World, where the first Image Team was named.
Coverage of the Canadian Fleet Maintenance Summit and addressing the technician shortage.
Driving strategies, and in-cab technologies, that can improve fuel consumption.
The transition to a new engine oil category is in full swing, but the education campaign is ongoing.
Tops in the shop
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MISSISSAUGA, ONTARIO Jason Makin is just another good Kingston boy. Nine years ago, after a career as a technician with the Canadian Forces followed by some time at Toyota Motor Company, Makin and his wife decided to return to their hometown in Eastern Ontario. He took a job as the fleet maintenance manager with Cruickshank Construction. Nearly a decade later Makin is the Volvo Fleet Maintenance Manager of the Year for 2018. Makin made the drive to the Canadian Fleet Maintenance Summit (CFMS) to be presented with the award. Although Makin knew he was nominated for the honor, the award was meant to be a surprise to its winner until the moment his named was announced. When he reached the stage, Makin said he was suspicious when he saw his son – also a technician – at CFMS, but also seeing his wife was a dead giveaway. The die-hard Leafs fan says it was a learning curve returning to truck maintenance on the Cruickshank fleet after spending years at the ToyContinued on page 13
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Highway Star of the Year Douglas McGowan promotes the hiring of military veterans, claiming they make excellent professional drivers.
On a mission to serve Highway Star of the Year urges industry to improve outreach to military veterans
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By James Menzies MISSISSAUGA, ONTARIO After a 25-year military career leading some assignments of monumental importance, Douglas McGowan thought his transition into civilian life would be simple. He began his military career driving heavy vehicles and had piloted almost every type of vehicle possible while in uniform, often under challenging circumstances. That’s why a career as a truck driver made sense to McGowan, but his optimism soon faded as resume after resume was ignored. After submitting 101 resumes –
about 40 of which were for truck driving jobs – McGowan took a different approach. “I told myself I was going to stop at 101 resumes, and I stopped at 101 resumes and never got any jobs,” McGowan told Truck News in an interview. “With the training I had, running the people, having the highest level of security clearance you can get in the Canadian government, and I got nothing.” McGowan took a more aggressive approach when he saw a marquee sign advertising trucking jobs for Can West – a Calgary, Alta.-based propane hauler. “I went in and I applied with a totally clean resume and Continued on page 19