--- 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. [![Pickup truck towing a trailer loaded with lumber on a road at dusk](https://trinitytrucksales.ca/hubfs/Imported%20sitepage%20images/0001-8898508812324246297.jpg)](https://trinitytrucksales.ca/phil-aitkens-bi-weekly/before-you-buy-another-truck-price-out-a-trailer) ## [Before You Buy Another Truck, Price Out a Trailer](https://trinitytrucksales.ca/phil-aitkens-bi-weekly/before-you-buy-another-truck-price-out-a-trailer) This month we delivered a new 2027 Manac 36 ft flatbed trailer to Renomat Home Hardware in St-Pierre, set up to carry a Moffett. A few weeks earlier, ... Nov 13, 2026, 10:35:03 AM [Read the article →](https://trinitytrucksales.ca/phil-aitkens-bi-weekly/before-you-buy-another-truck-price-out-a-trailer) [![Diesel fuel nozzle at a pump at dusk](https://trinitytrucksales.ca/hubfs/Imported%20sitepage%20images/0001-5341791008578446910.jpg)](https://trinitytrucksales.ca/phil-aitkens-bi-weekly/diesel-is-over-2.60-a-litre.-where-is-your-delivery-fleet-losing-it) ## [Diesel Is Over $2.60 a Litre. Where Is Your Delivery Fleet Losing It?](https://trinitytrucksales.ca/phil-aitkens-bi-weekly/diesel-is-over-2.60-a-litre.-where-is-your-delivery-fleet-losing-it) Diesel crossed $2.65 a litre on average across Canada this fall, up close to 20% in three months. If you run four or five delivery trucks, you've ... Nov 12, 2026, 9:30:00 AM [Read the article →](https://trinitytrucksales.ca/phil-aitkens-bi-weekly/diesel-is-over-2.60-a-litre.-where-is-your-delivery-fleet-losing-it) [![Building centre yard manager reviewing fleet numbers beside a white flatbed truck loaded with lumber at sunset](https://trinitytrucksales.ca/hubfs/Imported%20sitepage%20images/0001-7965137791711332853.jpg)](https://trinitytrucksales.ca/phil-aitkens-bi-weekly/five-fleet-numbers-to-pull-before-december-31) ## [Five Fleet Numbers to Pull Before December 31](https://trinitytrucksales.ca/phil-aitkens-bi-weekly/five-fleet-numbers-to-pull-before-december-31) Year-end is when most building centre owners look hard at their numbers. Inventory gets counted, margins get reviewed, the accountant starts asking ... Nov 11, 2026, 9:23:56 AM [Read the article →](https://trinitytrucksales.ca/phil-aitkens-bi-weekly/five-fleet-numbers-to-pull-before-december-31) [![The Truck You Need in April Gets Ordered in October](https://trinitytrucksales.ca/hubfs/AI-Generated%20Media/Images/Owner%20Planning%20New%20International%20Flatbed%20Truck%20for%20Spring.png)](https://trinitytrucksales.ca/phil-aitkens-bi-weekly/the-truck-you-need-in-april-gets-ordered-in-october) ## [The Truck You Need in April Gets Ordered in October](https://trinitytrucksales.ca/phil-aitkens-bi-weekly/the-truck-you-need-in-april-gets-ordered-in-october) Every spring I get the same call. A dealer's season is about to start, contractors are lining up framing packages, and one of the delivery trucks ... Oct 26, 2026, 9:27:27 PM [Read the article →](https://trinitytrucksales.ca/phil-aitkens-bi-weekly/the-truck-you-need-in-april-gets-ordered-in-october) [![Why A Multi-Store Home Hardware Owner  Put Tractor-Trailers Into His Fleet](https://trinitytrucksales.ca/hubfs/1791599250754.jpeg)](https://trinitytrucksales.ca/phil-aitkens-bi-weekly/why-rob-lawrie-put-tractor-trailers-into-his-home-hardware-fleet) ## [Why A Multi-Store Home Hardware Owner  Put Tractor-Trailers Into His Fleet](https://trinitytrucksales.ca/phil-aitkens-bi-weekly/why-rob-lawrie-put-tractor-trailers-into-his-home-hardware-fleet) Most of my conversations with building centre owners are about delivery trucks. Flatbeds, Moffetts, crane trucks, the trucks that take product from ... Oct 26, 2026, 9:11:07 PM [Read the article →](https://trinitytrucksales.ca/phil-aitkens-bi-weekly/why-rob-lawrie-put-tractor-trailers-into-his-home-hardware-fleet) [![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) 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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