From Phil's Mind

What's New in the Trucking Industry?

Specs, sourcing tips and the occasional rant about lot-pushing — straight from the Building Centre Truck Program's president, twice a month.

Fresh From the Yard

I had a call last month with a building centre GM who needed a truck "yesterday." There was one sitting on a dealer's lot two hours away, ...

A Home Hardware dealer in the Prairies called us a while back because he thought he needed another truck.

I'll admit something that might sound a little strange coming from someone who sells trucks for a living: sometimes the best solution isn't ...

Most building centres don’t think much about their trucks until the workload starts exposing weaknesses. At first it’s manageable — an ...

A lot of building supply companies end up making the same costly mistake when it comes to fleet purchases: they buy what’s available ...

I’ve spent most of my life in the truck sales business, and at this point, I’m comfortable calling myself a dinosaur. I’ve seen different ...

After delivering more than 400 trucks over the past five years, you start to build a sense of how building centre fleets are supposed to ...

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