--- title: Truck Buying Insights for Canadian Building Centres | Trinity description: Straight answers on truck specs, costs, compliance and fleet planning for Canadian building centres, from Phil Aitken, President of Trinity Truck Sales. --- [![Trinity Truck Sales logo](https://trinitytrucksales.ca/hubfs/Trinity%20Truck%20Sales.jpg)The Building Centre Truck ProgramOperated by Trinity Truck Sales](https://trinitytrucksales.ca/?hsLang=en) [Home](https://trinitytrucksales.ca/?hsLang=en) Who We Help ▾ [Home Hardware](https://trinitytrucksales.ca/the-home-hardware-truck-program?hsLang=en) [Castle Building Centres](https://trinitytrucksales.ca/castle-truck-program?hsLang=en) [All Canadian Building Centres](https://trinitytrucksales.ca/building-centre-truck-program?hsLang=en) [Fleet Advisor +](https://trinitytrucksales.ca/fleet-advisor-plus?hsLang=en) [Our Truck Guide](https://trinitytrucksales.ca/building-centre-product-catalogue?hsLang=en) [About Trinity](https://trinitytrucksales.ca/our-story?hsLang=en) [Blog](https://trinitytrucksales.ca/phil-aitkens-bi-weekly) [Contact](https://trinitytrucksales.ca/contact-me-global?hsLang=en) ☰ Looking to speak with Phil? call directly at [(289) 527-4345](tel:12895274345) Phil Aitken's Bi-Weekly # Truck Buying Insights for Canadian Building Centres Straight answers on specs, costs, compliance and fleet planning from 18 years of putting the right truck in the yard. [![Dashcams, Telematics and Your Next Insurance Renewal](https://trinitytrucksales.ca/hubfs/AI-Generated%20Media/Images/Dashcam%20View%20From%20F750%20Truck%20Cab-1.png)](https://trinitytrucksales.ca/phil-aitkens-bi-weekly/dashcams-telematics-and-your-next-insurance-renewal) ## [Dashcams, Telematics and Your Next Insurance Renewal](https://trinitytrucksales.ca/phil-aitkens-bi-weekly/dashcams-telematics-and-your-next-insurance-renewal) If your fleet insurance renewal came in higher this year, you have company. Commercial truck insurance has climbed across Canada for several years ... Oct 16, 2026, 8:42:31 AM [Read the article →](https://trinitytrucksales.ca/phil-aitkens-bi-weekly/dashcams-telematics-and-your-next-insurance-renewal) [![Gas or Diesel in Your Next Medium-Duty Truck? Look at Your Delivery Route First](https://trinitytrucksales.ca/hubfs/AI-Generated%20Media/Images/Blue%20Ford%20F650%20And%20Diesel%20Trucks%20At%20Busy%20Construction%20Yard.png)](https://trinitytrucksales.ca/phil-aitkens-bi-weekly/gas-or-diesel-in-your-next-medium-duty-truck-look-at-your-delivery-route-first) ## [Gas or Diesel in Your Next Medium-Duty Truck? Look at Your Delivery Route First](https://trinitytrucksales.ca/phil-aitkens-bi-weekly/gas-or-diesel-in-your-next-medium-duty-truck-look-at-your-delivery-route-first) For most of my career, dealers didn't ask whether a medium-duty work truck should be gas or diesel. You bought diesel. Gas engines in that class were ... Oct 12, 2026, 8:28:20 PM [Read the article →](https://trinitytrucksales.ca/phil-aitkens-bi-weekly/gas-or-diesel-in-your-next-medium-duty-truck-look-at-your-delivery-route-first) [![Lease, Finance or Pay Cash for Your Next Delivery Truck?](https://trinitytrucksales.ca/hubfs/AI-Generated%20Media/Images/Blue%20Crane%20Truck%20At%20Building%20Centre%20Lot.png)](https://trinitytrucksales.ca/phil-aitkens-bi-weekly/lease-finance-or-pay-cash-for-your-next-delivery-truck) ## [Lease, Finance or Pay Cash for Your Next Delivery Truck?](https://trinitytrucksales.ca/phil-aitkens-bi-weekly/lease-finance-or-pay-cash-for-your-next-delivery-truck) Once a dealer settles on the right truck, the next question is how to pay for it. I hear three answers. Some owners pay cash because they don't like ... Oct 9, 2026, 10:42:53 AM [Read the article →](https://trinitytrucksales.ca/phil-aitkens-bi-weekly/lease-finance-or-pay-cash-for-your-next-delivery-truck) [![Kargo King](https://trinitytrucksales.ca/hubfs/Completed%20Deliveries/Roll-Offs%20(Kargo%20King)/HHDS%20Photos%20%20(A4%20(Landscape))%20(37).jpg)](https://trinitytrucksales.ca/phil-aitkens-bi-weekly/spec-the-truck-your-drivers-want-to-drive) ## [Spec the Truck Your Drivers Want to Drive](https://trinitytrucksales.ca/phil-aitkens-bi-weekly/spec-the-truck-your-drivers-want-to-drive) If a building centre loses a good delivery driver, the exit interview usually talks about pay or hours. Sometimes that's the whole story. But I've ... Oct 7, 2026, 5:09:21 PM [Read the article →](https://trinitytrucksales.ca/phil-aitkens-bi-weekly/spec-the-truck-your-drivers-want-to-drive) [![Your Truck Is Heavier Than You Think: Payload After the Deck, Crane and Moffett](https://trinitytrucksales.ca/hubfs/750-2.jpeg)](https://trinitytrucksales.ca/phil-aitkens-bi-weekly/your-truck-is-heavier-than-you-think-payload-after-the-deck-crane-and-moffett) ## [Your Truck Is Heavier Than You Think: Payload After the Deck, Crane and Moffett](https://trinitytrucksales.ca/phil-aitkens-bi-weekly/your-truck-is-heavier-than-you-think-payload-after-the-deck-crane-and-moffett) I've had some version of this conversation more times than I can count. A dealer buys a flatbed rated at 19,500 lbs and figures he has close to ... Oct 6, 2026, 10:47:23 AM [Read the article →](https://trinitytrucksales.ca/phil-aitkens-bi-weekly/your-truck-is-heavier-than-you-think-payload-after-the-deck-crane-and-moffett) [![Fewer Houses, More Apartments: What That Means for Your Delivery Fleet](https://trinitytrucksales.ca/hubfs/Completed%20Deliveries/Moffett%20Trucks/Moffett%20M5%20-1.jpg)](https://trinitytrucksales.ca/phil-aitkens-bi-weekly/fewer-houses-more-apartments-what-that-means-for-your-delivery-fleet) ## [Fewer Houses, More Apartments: What That Means for Your Delivery Fleet](https://trinitytrucksales.ca/phil-aitkens-bi-weekly/fewer-houses-more-apartments-what-that-means-for-your-delivery-fleet) CMHC's August numbers came out this month, and they tell a story most building centre owners already feel in their order books. Canada started homes ... Oct 4, 2026, 9:54:33 PM [Read the article →](https://trinitytrucksales.ca/phil-aitkens-bi-weekly/fewer-houses-more-apartments-what-that-means-for-your-delivery-fleet) [![The 2027 Emissions Rules: What's Changed Since I Last Wrote About Them](https://trinitytrucksales.ca/hubfs/New%20Building%20Centre%20Truck%20Program%20Logo.png)](https://trinitytrucksales.ca/phil-aitkens-bi-weekly/the-2027-emissions-rules-what-s-changed-since-i-last-wrote-about-them) ## [The 2027 Emissions Rules: What's Changed Since I Last Wrote About Them](https://trinitytrucksales.ca/phil-aitkens-bi-weekly/the-2027-emissions-rules-what-s-changed-since-i-last-wrote-about-them) In February of last year, I wrote that the 2027 diesel emissions rules could add $20,000 to $30,000 to the price of a new truck. A lot has happened ... Oct 2, 2026, 9:06:18 AM [Read the article →](https://trinitytrucksales.ca/phil-aitkens-bi-weekly/the-2027-emissions-rules-what-s-changed-since-i-last-wrote-about-them) [![Write Off Your Next Delivery Truck in Year One: What the New Federal Deduction Means for Building Centres](https://trinitytrucksales.ca/hubfs/48534230-e006-4f1e-8c89-6f1739337bb0.jpeg)](https://trinitytrucksales.ca/phil-aitkens-bi-weekly/write-off-your-next-delivery-truck-in-year-one-what-the-new-federal-deduction-means-for-building-centres) ## [Write Off Your Next Delivery Truck in Year One: What the New Federal Deduction Means for Building Centres](https://trinitytrucksales.ca/phil-aitkens-bi-weekly/write-off-your-next-delivery-truck-in-year-one-what-the-new-federal-deduction-means-for-building-centres) On September 15, Ottawa announced a tax change that every building centre owner thinking about a truck should know about. It's called the ... Oct 1, 2026, 12:08:18 PM [Read the article →](https://trinitytrucksales.ca/phil-aitkens-bi-weekly/write-off-your-next-delivery-truck-in-year-one-what-the-new-federal-deduction-means-for-building-centres) [![What Tariffs Are Doing to the Price of Your Next Truck](https://trinitytrucksales.ca/hubfs/2027%20White%20F550.jpeg)](https://trinitytrucksales.ca/phil-aitkens-bi-weekly/what-tariffs-are-doing-to-the-price-of-your-next-truck) ## [What Tariffs Are Doing to the Price of Your Next Truck](https://trinitytrucksales.ca/phil-aitkens-bi-weekly/what-tariffs-are-doing-to-the-price-of-your-next-truck) A medium-duty truck crosses the Canada-U.S. border more times than most of your customers do. The chassis comes out of a plant in the U.S. or Mexico. ... Oct 1, 2026, 9:58:30 AM [Read the article →](https://trinitytrucksales.ca/phil-aitkens-bi-weekly/what-tariffs-are-doing-to-the-price-of-your-next-truck) Page 1 of 6 [Older posts →](https://trinitytrucksales.ca/phil-aitkens-bi-weekly/page/2) Have a truck decision coming up? ## Tell us how the truck will be used Send your typical daily load and delivery radius and we'll come back with a spec, price and sourcing plan. No obligation, no lot-pushing. [Get a Quote](https://trinitytrucksales.ca/contact-me-global?hsLang=en) Trinity Truck Sales Inc. 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